The night breeze blew gently, fluttering the pure white hem of the girl's dress and forming a beautiful arc.
Lan Xi stepped forward and stood in front of Zhang Yang, looking ugly but full of entreaty.
"Mr. Lu, he didn't know your power before. Don't be as petty as him... A man has his dignity, how can he just kneel and kowtow casually?"
Hearing this, Lu Jinsheng didn't show any mercy. He was expressionless, and there was no ripple in his eyes. "A man has his dignity. How about you do it instead of him?"
With just this short sentence, Lan Xi didn't know what to say for a moment. She swallowed hard, looking at the man in front of her, her heart pounding violently.
She knew that Lu Jinsheng was definitely not lying. Since he said he would make Zhang Yang kneel and kowtow, he would surely do it.
Lan Xi turned to look at Zhang Yang. He was staring with wide eyes, and the panicked look showed in his eyes. She had known Zhang Yang for so long, but had never seen him so scared of anything before.
She frowned slightly and stammered, "Zhang Yang, why don't you just kowtow to Mr. Lu... Otherwise, he won't let us go."
She remembered clearly that the Lin family almost went bankrupt just because of a single word from Lu Jinsheng. Her father was also discussing cooperation with the Lu Group recently. If the cooperation failed because of what she had done, her father would break her legs.
"Zhang Yang... It was you who caused this trouble in the first place. Just apologize, and everything will be fine."
Zhang Yang got angry. He had only been willing to help because of Lan Xi. Now she was betraying him. Only a bitch like Lan Xi could say such things.
He suddenly pushed Lan Xi away.
The girl couldn't stand steadily. She stepped on a stone, sprained her ankle and fell to the ground.
The originally pure white dress was covered in dirt and looked filthy.
Lu Jinsheng glanced at Lan Xi. There was no emotion in his black eyes. Finally, his gaze fell on Zhang Yang, as if waiting for him to kneel and kowtow.
Zhang Yang hesitated for a long time.
If he knelt and kowtowed today, he would definitely not be able to stay in the social circle. But if he didn't, he would face something even more cruel.
No wonder he always felt that the name Lu Jinsheng sounded familiar. Now he finally remembered.
There was a saying before: It's better to offend a hundred people than to offend the devil named Lu Jinsheng.
It seemed that this saying was not unfounded. Letting him kneel today was already giving Shen Jianyi face.
He took a deep breath and looked at the man in front of him bravely.
Although it was very shameful, he had to do it.
Zhang Yang knelt on his knees.
"Thud—"
The sound of his knees hitting the ground surprised everyone. None of the younger brothers with colorful hair behind him dared to say a word. No one dared to speak up for their boss.
"G... Grandpa."
Zhang Yang kowtowed and let out a cry.
This spectacular scene really stunned Shen Jianyi. It was really heart - wrenching. It could be said that the harm was not great, but the insult was extremely strong.
He swallowed hard and kowtowed again, shouting "Grandpa" again. He didn't look up until he had kowtowed three times, looking at the man in front of him.
From the moment he knelt, the man didn't even look at him directly. His dark eyes were filled with tenderness as he stared at the woman beside him all the time.
Zhang Yang felt humiliated, but he didn't dare to say a word.
He looked so embarrassed that it was almost laughable.
Shen Jianyi secretly tugged at Lu Jinsheng's hand and pulled it slightly. The man immediately understood what she meant. Lu Jinsheng bent down and brought his ear closer.
The woman whispered, "Let's not argue with them. They're just kids."
Hearing this, Lu Jinsheng really wanted to laugh. Shen Jianyi was the same age as them, but she could say such things.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, wife."
He lowered his eyes, and the coldness returned to his eyes. His words were without any warmth. "If I ever find out that you bully Yiyi again, I will never let you go so easily."
Zhang Yang kept nodding, like a nodding doll.
This was the kind of pressure that Lu Jinsheng exuded. It almost made Zhang Yang out of breath.
After the two of them left.
Zhang Yang stood up from the ground. He turned to look at Lan Xi who was still on the ground, and his expression immediately changed.
His facial features were a bit distorted. He walked up to Lan Xi step by step. Lan Xi backed away, but he grabbed her hair and pulled it hard.
"Lan Xi, you've really fucked me up! You even made me kneel to them just now!" After saying that, Zhang Yang grabbed her head and hit it against the trunk of a willow tree beside them. "You're really good at betraying people!"
Lan Xi almost fainted from the pain. How could Zhang Yang let her go so easily? He reached out and patted Lan Xi's face, with a sinister smile on his face. "Lan Xi, you have to pay the price for your actions."
After saying that, he waved his hand.
The younger brothers swarmed forward. Although they felt a bit pity for such a beautiful girl being beaten, they didn't dare to disobey.
Zhang Yang ordered, "Don't touch her face. You can do whatever you want to the rest of her body."
That day became a nightmare for Lan Xi.
She covered her chest with both hands, watching those people leave. Tears kept streaming down her fair cheeks. She had no strength left to cry.
Li Qing, who had been hiding behind the tree, witnessed everything. She was scared. In a panic, she wanted to run away but accidentally tripped over a stone.
"Ah—"
Lan Xi immediately looked over warily and saw Li Qing wriggling her body and running away quickly.
She sobbed uncontrollably but choked out harsh words. "Shen Jianyi, I will definitely make you pay the price. I'll make you pay tenfold!!"
"Li Qing... We'll see."
In the darkness, the woman slowly stood up, put on her dirty and tattered white dress, and limped away from the abandoned factory in the back mountain.
...
Shen Jianyi was roughly dragged into the car by the man.
As soon as he left the abandoned factory, he seemed to have changed into a different person. His expression was cold, and there was a shadow in his eyes.
Shen Jianyi was hurt by the way he threw her. She covered the wound with her hand, looking as pitiful as a cat that had made a mistake.
The man got into the driver's seat, started the car without saying a word, and stepped on the accelerator.
Almost all the way, Lu Jinsheng didn't say a word. It seemed that he was sulking.
Shen Jianyi glanced at him twice. She grabbed the seat - belt with both hands and coughed carefully. "Cough... Jinsheng, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing."
This didn't look like nothing at all. He was clearly angry, and it was the prelude to a cold war.
She couldn't stand cold wars the most in her life. Shen Jianyi pouted and looked at him angrily. "You can quarrel with me, but if you want to have a cold war, I will really be sad."
For some reason, the man became extremely excited when he heard this. He immediately pulled over, unbuckled his seat - belt, and stared at the woman's light pink lips before biting down on them.