Shen Ziyi didn't react for a moment. What was going on?
After a brief daze, Shen Ziyi realized her clothes had been stripped off, and she'd been kicked!
"Ah!!!" Shen Ziyi screamed.
The assistant finally snapped back to reality and quickly grabbed a coat, rushing over to drape it over Shen Ziyi.
Shen Ziyi, tightly wrapped in the coat, glared at Lu Ming with bloodshot eyes. When had she ever suffered such humiliation? She wanted nothing more than to skin Lu Ming alive, dismember him, and mince him into paste!
She roared, "You dog, how dare you treat me like this? I'll have your life!"
Lu Ming scoffed, "Doesn't Teacher Shen like to run around without clothes? I was helping you, why are you unhappy?"
Shen Ziyi gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, you're good with your words. Is this how your Jiang family bullies people? But don't forget, the Yan family is behind me!"
She immediately took out her phone and called the eldest young master of the Yan family – Yan Shihong.
As soon as the call connected, Shen Ziyi tearfully said, "Young Master Yan, I've been insulted. People from the Jiang family took photos of me, didn't pay, and then hit me. Please come and bring me justice."
The way she put it, it sounded as if Jiang Lan had maliciously withheld wages, completely twisting the facts.
Jiang Lan angrily rebuked, "Shen Ziyi, you're shameless!"
The call ended.
Shen Ziyi said coldly, "No one has ever dared to bully me. You are the first and the last to dare treat me this way! Today, I will make Xun Rong disappear from this world!"
The employees of Xun Rong turned pale with fright.
One by one, they unconsciously distanced themselves from Jiang Lan.
"The Yan family's strength is far superior to the Jiang family's. The eldest young master of the Yan family is short-tempered. Manager Jiang is likely to be beaten to death soon."
"This matter could have been salvaged, but that idiot Lu Ming actually stripped Teacher Shen's clothes. Now, it's completely hopeless."
"Acting on impulse has dragged Xun Rong down with it. Truly unwise."
"Stupid, utterly stupid!"
Everyone began to blame Lu Ming, turning a small matter into a major crisis, completely forgetting how Shen Ziyi had previously forced Jiang Lan to run naked.
Jiang Lan's face was extremely grim.
She knew how powerful the Yan family was.
She had been planning to expand and grow, to show her family her capabilities. But before she could achieve anything, she had offended the Yan family.
Her future was completely ruined.
She regretted it!
If she had known, she shouldn't have asked Shen Ziyi to take photos. Why find trouble by inviting such a jinx?
Jiang Lan tugged at Lu Ming's sleeve and whispered, "Lu Ming, you leave first. I'll take responsibility for whatever happens."
Lu Ming smiled, "I caused the trouble, and I run? Leaving all the trouble for you to handle? Am I even human then?"
Jiang Lan said, "This isn't the time to show off. I know you can fight, but the Yan family is rich and powerful, they have a large group of thugs. You can't fight against many. A wise person knows when to retreat. You run first, your life is important."
Run?
Shen Ziyi smiled, "Can you run away?"
As soon as she spoke, three white vans drove up, and then more than twenty hoodlums with tattoos and permed hair jumped out of the vehicles.
Each of them was holding an iron bar and charged into Xun Rong Company, shouting loudly.
Leading them was a man wearing sunglasses and a black leather jacket, who was also the eldest young master of the Yan family – Yan Shihong.
Shen Ziyi immediately threw herself into Yan Shihong's arms and said coquettishly, "Young Master Yan, if you had arrived a moment later, I would have been beaten to death. Young Master Yan, you must bring me justice."
Yan Shihong took a drag from his cigarette and gently caressed Shen Ziyi's cheek, "Don't worry, Yiyi, I will definitely bring you justice."
He then turned his head to look at Jiang Lan and Lu Ming.
He said coldly, "Are you two dogs who bullied Yiyi?"
Jiang Lan swallowed and cautiously explained, "Young Master Yan, please listen to me. It's not what you think. It was entirely because Shen Ziyi was being difficult and uncooperative, and made extremely excessive demands on me, that things escalated to this point."
Yan Shihong snorted, "Do I need to listen to your explanation? What kind of dog are you?"
Just from his words, it was clear Yan Shihong was no good.
As expected.
He unreasonably declared, "Dare to bully Yiyi? I'll spill your blood here and now!"
Yan Shihong waved his hand, "Smash them!"
Upon receiving the order, the thugs rushed in without hesitation, smashing anything they saw.
Tables, chairs, benches, computer equipment, studios, recording rooms, anything and everything – one word: smash!
Jiang Lan watched, heartbroken.
These were all assets she had just prepared, important for her company's development. But before she could realize her ambitions, they were all smashed.
Jiang Lan's heart ached as if being cut.
At this moment, Lu Ming stood silently by the side, not saying a word, seemingly stunned into silence.
The employees of Xun Rong cast looks of contempt at him.
"This Lu Ming, wasn't he very fierce earlier? Now that Young Master Yan has brought people, he's immediately chickened out."
"Xun Rong's equipment is all new. It's such a shame it's all smashed before it was even used."
"It's all that bastard Lu Ming's fault. If he hadn't caused trouble, how could things have escalated to this point?"
"Alas, poor Manager Jiang."
Lu Ming didn't pay attention to the accusations. He quietly took out a small notebook and began writing and drawing while watching the destruction.
Yan Shihong blew a smoke ring and said with a cold smile, "Dog, what are you drawing there?"
Lu Ming replied without blushing or skipping a beat, "Taking notes."
"What notes?"
"Notes on what you've smashed," Lu Ming said as he wrote. "What you've smashed, and how much it's worth, I'm backing it all up."
Yan Shihong burst into laughter.
He said, "What, are you preparing to reorder after everything is smashed?"
Lu Ming explained, "Reordering is certain, but it won't be me doing the ordering."
Yan Shihong asked, "If not you, who will order?"
Lu Ming pointed at Yan Shihong, "You. You smashed it, so you'll do the ordering and compensate our company. To prevent you from saying I'm extorting you, I'm backing it up in advance. At the same time, it will give you a clear idea of what to buy and what not to buy when you're doing the ordering, for planning purposes."
He said it so casually, but those listening were all overwhelmed.
Was this person crazy?
Yan Shihong, who had brought people to smash everything, was so fierce. How could he possibly reorder things for you?
"Crazy, he's truly crazy."
"He's not thinking of calling the police and demanding compensation from Yan Shihong, is he?"
"Simple-minded!"
"This Lu Ming still can't see reality. He's truly the child of stupidity, born of stupidity – stupid to the core!"