"Mr. Xue, it seems you got it backwards, you’re the one who first tried to ruin me."
Zhou Wang shook his head.
"I... I just wanted to teach you a lesson, besides, you didn’t actually suffer any real damage, did you?"
Xue Peng forced a smile and said, "You should know about my status too, Mr. Zhou, leave some room for maneuver, so we can see each other again in the future..."
"The future?"
Zhou Wang chuckled, his gaze profound, "I don’t understand where you got the misconception... Xue Peng, do you really think you’re worthy of dealing with me?"
Hearing Zhou Wang’s arrogant words, not to mention Xue Peng, even the people around like Feng Yuanzheng, Xiao Wang, and others felt a bit uncomfortable, but neither Qiu Zeyu nor Jiang Minghao had any reaction; obviously, they couldn’t show any either.
"You..."
Xue Peng gritted his teeth, just about to say something more, when the distant sound of police sirens vaguely reached in from outside the villa.
As commotion broke out in the hall, Xue Peng’s face changed repeatedly, and he quickly lowered his voice and said urgently, "Mr. Zhou, tonight’s matter was my fault, I apologize... Let’s do it this way, no matter what the terms, feel free to name them, you know I have the capability, let’s just let this pass, okay?"
Zhou Wang suddenly laughed.
Just when Xue Peng thought Zhou Wang was moved, Zhou Wang’s laughter became even louder.
A few seconds later, Zhou Wang’s smile abruptly vanished; he stared at Xue Peng, speaking word by word:
"If I were just that ’outsider Zhou Wang’, if today you had really succeeded, and I told you to just let it go, would you agree?"
As Xue Peng was left speechless, Zhou Wang said indifferently:
"Xue Peng, you’re not regretting, you just know... this time you’re really going to fall."
The blare of police sirens echoed Zhou Wang’s emphatic words, making Xue Peng’s face turn pale.
In a corner of the hall, Zhou Zihan, silently watching Zhou Wang, had eyes that seemed to pull out threads...
...
A few minutes later, a large group of police arrived, Feng Yuanzheng went to greet them, and after explaining the situation in a low voice to his colleagues, with the assistance of the site security, Xue Peng, Zhao Yan, and others were escorted out one by one.
Xue Peng seemed to have figured something out, as he remained silent up until he got in the police car, just giving Zhou Wang one last look, his eyes gloomy.
"Zhou Wang, I was wrong, I won’t dare anymore, please forgive me this once, it’s my dog eyes that failed to recognize Mount Tai, it’s my lack of awareness... I beg you, even for the sake of Song Rui..."
Zhao Yan, who had been hanging his head, suddenly broke free from the police restraints once he realized Xue Peng couldn’t save him either, rushed over and knelt in front of Zhou Wang, crying bitterly.
The kind of regret that seemed to seep from his bones made everyone present feel somewhat wistful.
Zhou Wang didn’t even know how he had the face to mention Song Rui, but he couldn’t possibly argue with such people, so he just looked at him coldly, letting the police take him onto the police car.
As for Xu Jing, she was so scared she practically wet herself... as she was dragged away, leaving an obvious trail on the ground, she too tried to rush over and cling to Zhou Wang’s leg, only to be firmly held back by a female officer.
When Song Rui, who had come out of the room, was also put on the police car, Feng Yuanzheng came over to Zhou Wang and said, "Mr. Zhou, you might need to come along as well to make a statement..."
That was to be expected, and Zhou Wang naturally had no objections. After greeting Zhou Zihan, he got on the police car too, along with staff from the property management and on-site security, as they were important witnesses.
Qiu Zeyu thought for a moment and decided to leave with Zhou Wang as well, whereas Cheng Yiyi, due to her poor condition, was taken to the hospital and hadn’t woken up yet.
Once the involved parties had left, the hall suddenly became much emptier.
With such an incident happening, the party couldn’t continue, but most people were still reluctant to leave, whispering among themselves.
Especially for those "marginal figures" who had slipped into the party for various reasons, tonight’s experience was beyond their imagination; it was expected to be their bragging material in social events for a long time to come.
At this time, Jiang Minghao was the first to stand up, "Zihan, I’m leaving now."
"Safe travels, Mr. Jiang, my apologies for not entertaining you well today."
Lost in thought, Zhou Zihan nodded at Jiang Minghao.
Jiang Minghao, with his younger brother and people like Xiao Wang, left the hall and went out to the garden. Seeing Jiang Minghao still silent, Xiao Wang finally couldn’t help but speak up.
"Brother Hao, about what happened today..."
Jiang Minghao stopped and turned to see that, besides Jiang Yisen, the others all wore expressions of wanting to say something but hesitating. He couldn’t help but smile faintly.
"It seems like you all have many questions, go ahead and speak your mind."
"Brother Hao, I don’t quite understand, theoretically, since Zhou Wang refused your invitation, even if you’re magnanimous and choose not to bother with it, there’s no need to stand up for him at a time like this, right?"
What Xiao Wang said essentially voiced what everyone else was thinking, and they couldn’t help but nod.
Yes, standing up...
Even though Jiang Minghao appeared to be a mere bystander throughout, hardly speaking, his presence there in itself was a show of support.
No matter what happened to Xue Peng afterward, in others’ eyes, Jiang Minghao was standing on Zhou Wang’s side.
So they couldn’t understand why Jiang Minghao would choose to do that?