In Wang Sheng's eyes, if Li Chuan were an esteemed figure of Jiangzhou City, it wouldn't even count as an insult to him.
The main issue is, Li Chuan is just an unknown small figure in Jiangzhou City, and as a descendant of a prominent family in the provincial capital, even Jiang Qingru doesn't pay much attention to him. Why should such an ant be so close to the goddess?
However, in front of the girl now, he can't lose his composure. He can only feign a polite expression and say.
Li Chuan laughed, "Hello, Young Master Wang, nice to meet you, please take care of me."
"Hmm, likewise."
Wang Sheng had a noncommittal expression.
Li Chuan always felt that Wang Sheng had an odd look in his eyes when looking at him. This guy was just a smiling tiger, one who would eat you without leaving even bones, someone who says one thing in public but does another in private.
However, although Wang Sheng was polite, as Wang Sheng's close aide, he already noticed something was amiss. At this time, it's crucial to play the role of a loyal aide, things that are inconvenient for the master to say must be said by them.
There are some things that the master cannot do, but they can!
So, Ding Quan, who was behind Wang Sheng, sneered, "What a joke, our Young Master Wang is from a prominent family in the provincial capital, and the Patriarch of the Wang Family is a Grandmaster! Do you think you can take care of our Young Master?"
These words were extremely sharp and immediately destroyed the harmonious atmosphere from just a moment ago, leaving Li Chuan and Jiang Qingru both stunned.
Wang Sheng's expression faltered, shaking his head, he said, "Brother Ding, a guest is a guest, you mustn't be rude."
Ding Quan said, "Young Master Wang, I just can't stand this guy looking so smug and pleased, not knowing what tricks he used to get close to Miss Jiang, gain her trust, and now he's strutting in front of us."
Wang Sheng said, "Shut up, speak nonsense again and get ready to be sent back to the provincial capital."
Wang Sheng wore a dark expression, as if genuinely angry.
Jiang Qingru looked at Ding Quan angrily and said coldly, "Li Chuan is a good friend of mine, I hope you won't make unwarranted assumptions about him and speak ill words."
Ding Quan lowered his head and said nothing, but his task was considered complete.
Wang Sheng smiled at Li Chuan and said, "Brother Li Chuan, my subordinates are naturally reckless, please don't mind. It's my lack of discipline and I didn't have time to bring anything during this trip, let me give this watch worth 9 million as an apology. Please accept it, Brother Li Chuan."
As he finished speaking, Wang Sheng took off his Patek Philippe wristwatch, still maintaining a gentle smile, as if genuinely apologizing to Li Chuan.
In fact, his intentions were also malicious, mainly to let Jiang Qingru see how these people from the lower class are blinded by money.
In Wang Sheng's view, a goddess like Jiang Qingru would certainly have very high standards for her friends, not tolerating any flaws. She's warm to Li Chuan now, perhaps because she's tired of the good life and occasionally wants to try street vendors. But once she discovers the lamb at the stall is actually rat meat, naturally, she would feel disgusted and grow contemptuous.
Nine million is just a drop in the bucket for him, but for a person at the bottom of society, it's money they cannot earn in several lifetimes!
How could he not be tempted?
Such a sudden fortune, no one could resist such temptation.
However, Li Chuan saw through his intentions at a glance, these rich people, their ways of humiliating people are truly becoming more high-class.
"I'll accept the apology, but as for the watch, it's really unnecessary. If I were to accept this watch, wouldn't it reveal my nature of taking advantage of small gains?" Li Chuan laughed heartily, using this self-deprecating way to counter back directly.
Wang Sheng explained helpfully, "Brother Li Chuan, I absolutely have no other intentions."
As he finished speaking, Wang Sheng put away the watch, shaking his head with a smile, "I indeed didn't think it through earlier. My apologies."
Li Chuan smiled and then looked at Jiang Qingru, "Qingru, I'll leave now, you should also go home and rest early."
Jiang Qingru nodded with a smile, "Sure, let's chat on WeChat later, you go back to your room first."
This remark was also directed at Wang Sheng, signaling him to get lost quickly and not to stand in the way.
Li Chuan turned around and walked out of the grand hotel, while Wang Sheng inconspicuously gave a signal to Ding Quan standing beside him.
Li Chuan didn't immediately return to Panlong District, but instead went to Ma Family Martial Arts Hall.
With the Black Dragon Squad guarding the place, those troublemakers couldn't stir up much trouble, Li Chuan just came to have a look.
The old couple's son and grandson were quite persistent, putting on a stance that they wouldn't leave without getting money.
Yet, they were also somewhat apprehensive, as the tents nearby were all surrounded by tents of the Black Dragon Squad members.
Although they didn't make a move, the aura of the Black Dragon Squad members was still intimidating as if walking on thin ice.
Luckily, some people from nearby helped them to bolster their numbers.
After these few days of their efforts in spreading the word, many locals started to believe that the medicine from Ma Family Martial Arts Hall could actually kill people.
So, quite a few people gathered nearby, and they even set up a dedicated WeChat group.
They even put up a banner at the entrance of Ma Family Martial Arts Hall.
"Heartless Martial Arts Hall, profiting from disaster."
However, the banner was quickly torn apart by the Black Dragon Squad members.
These people wanted to keep putting it up, but the Black Dragon Squad members went directly to fetch grindstones, and started sharpening knives beside them.
Given this new situation, they didn't dare to put up the banner again.
After all, if they want to live on the street, nobody would mind.
But if you want to harm the reputation of Ma Family Martial Arts Hall, then sorry!
Even though many people believed that the medicine here was effective, seeing the current situation, nobody dared to come here for treatment or prescriptions.
At this moment, those troublemakers saw Li Chuan approaching, and they all became extremely agitated, especially the middle-aged father and son duo, shouting and crying, "Heartless boss, murderer, return my father's and mother's life."
Li Chuan couldn't be bothered with them, and walked straight into the martial arts hall.
After just being with Jiang Qingru, he felt a lot of suppressed anger inside, just the right time to seek his senior sister Ma Yuanzhi for some yin and yang balance.
However, just when Li Chuan was about to take his senior sister to the backyard, a voice suddenly called out from the front, "Is Mr. Li here?"
Li Chuan was puzzled, "Senior Sister, who is it?"
Ma Yuanzhi, leaning on Li Chuan, shrugged her shoulders and said, "It's the community director of this neighborhood, named Zhang Yuan, he's been here several times."
Ma Yuanzhi was quite dissatisfied at this moment, she was already in the mood.
Li Chuan said, "Let me go see what's going on."
Ma Yuanzhi gave him a kiss and said, "I'll be waiting in my room, go and get rid of him quickly."
Li Chuan nodded.
Zhang Yuan was the director of the Xijing Community in West City. He had worked here for many years and usually helped the locals, having a pretty good reputation in the community.
Zhang Yuan was about fifty years old, and was only a few years away from retirement.
After walking into the martial arts hall, Zhang Yuan looked at the place that used to be the medicine cabinet, now emptied, and sighed.
He used to come here for some minor ailments, and it was quite effective.
Sadly, the martial arts hall would no longer provide free treatment or prescriptions.
Li Chuan asked, "Director Zhang, what brings you to me?"
Zhang Yuan sighed again, "With the martial arts hall having such incidents, it also makes me feel uneasy. Originally, everything was fine, but now it ended up like this."
Li Chuan replied, "Director Zhang, don't let it bother you. Everyone can still go to hospitals without the martial arts hall, it's all good."
Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke up, "Mr. Li, I've been here several times before, and I came again today mainly to ask you for one favor."