Free Web NovelChapter 399: Chapter 399: Enemies on a Narrow Road
"Kid, you better apologize to Mr. Tan right now, or you’ll regret it later!"
The man with the bulging flesh on his face seemed very domineering.
Hearing the commotion over here, the old man with the long beard also stopped in his tracks and looked over.
It was fine when Mr. Tan stopped, but these people got even more arrogant when they saw Mr. Tan paying attention to the disturbance, slowly closing in on Wang Hao.
"What? Still not apologizing?"
The man with the bulging flesh on his face immediately began to shout and roll up his sleeves, grabbing Wang Hao by the collar in one swift motion.
"Go ahead, don’t release your grip later!"
Wang Hao said coldly.
No sooner had Wang Hao finished speaking than about twenty or thirty people immediately surrounded them, encircling Mr. Tan and those dozen or so uniformed strongmen.
As underground forces usually come to the festivals in Zao City to make a quick buck, but these people all worked under Wang Hao. Seeing their boss Wang Hao being treated rudely, they immediately rushed over.
They must have a death wish to dare to mess with the boss of the Zao City power, it seemed like these people were really tired of living.
Seeing all these people who had come over looking furious, the man with the bulging flesh on his face immediately changed his expression, his forehead coated in cold sweat, nervously swallowing saliva.
Twenty or thirty people versus a dozen of them meant two or three against one; they were no match, and would either be beaten to death or disabled.
"A bunch of bastards, how dare you disrespect our Brother Wang Hao, release him right now!"
A henchman immediately charged over, roaring at the man with the bulging flesh on his face.
"You... what do you want to do? This... has nothing to do with you..."
"Bang!"
Before the man with the bulging flesh could finish speaking, a henchman from the Sun Family rushed up and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
Other uniformed strongmen tried to rush over, but the Sun Family henchmen swarmed up, blocking them off.
The rest pummeled the man with the bulging flesh without mercy.
"Even daring to grab Brother Wang Hao’s collar, I’ll make you!"
"You blind dog, asking for death!"
Soon, the man with the bulging flesh was beaten black and blue by the Sun Family henchmen; after all, it was done in broad daylight, and even though the Sun Family had significant influence in Zao City, they didn’t go as far as to kill him.
The strongmen who were so arrogant and imperious just moments before could only watch from afar, not daring to come any closer.
"Big brother, I’m sorry, I really know I was wrong, I won’t dare to do it again, please forgive me!"
The man with the bulging flesh could no longer stand up to it and pleaded miserably with Wang Hao. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
But Wang Hao remained silent.
Since Wang Hao did not speak, the henchmen kept on beating.
These people were not originally Sun Family’s henchmen; they had hung out with He Xinghua before, which is why they were later taken in by the Sun Family and Wang Hao, so now they were taking the opportunity to show off in front of Wang Hao.
The old man with the long beard furrowed his brows upon seeing this and suddenly walked towards Wang Hao.
Accompanied by a neatly dressed girl who looked very capable and tried to stop Mr. Tan, she was still pushed aside by Mr. Tan.
Approaching Wang Hao, Mr. Tan first greeted him with a polite smile.
"Sir, these are the bodyguards I hired, I’m terribly sorry for any offense caused just now. I’m apologizing on their behalf; could you please show leniency and spare them this time?"
It was clear that Mr. Tan was a shrewd person; he recognized at a glance that Wang Hao was the local powerbroker. As the saying goes, even a powerful dragon can’t crush a local snake, and now that he was on someone else’s turf, he naturally didn’t want to offend Wang Hao.
Even if he came to apologize, Mr. Tan spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, showing no hint of fear.
Moreover, Wang Hao had noticed that the capable woman by the old man’s side had been following close to Tan Haipin’s left and right, exuding an overbearing manner, presumably implying that this woman indeed had some genuine abilities.
"Stop!"
Wang Hao raised his hand and shouted, signaling his underlings to halt their assault, then he addressed Tan Haipin.
"Mr. Tan, I don’t care how rich you are or how many bodyguards you hire, but the people you bring out must at least have a minimum respect for others, right?"
"Consider today a lesson I’m teaching your servants on how to behave, and I hope such unpleasant incidents will not happen again in the future!"
Wang Hao spoke with great authority, giving off an aura that he was not to be trifled with.
"You..."
The anger was evident on the woman behind Tan Haipin, who was about to scold Wang Hao, but Tan Haipin stopped her with his hand.
"Then I should thank the young brother here!"
Tan Haipin smiled, and once the man with a fleshy face got up, he hurriedly left with those uniformed strong men.
They headed straight towards the venue.
"Disperse, disperse, go back to whatever you were doing."
After Tan Haipin walked away, Wang Hao then let his underlings scatter as well.
Once they had all left, Wang Hao also went to the registration location he had been to earlier, but it was past the registration time now, so no more staff was accepting new registrants.
There were only a few staff members responsible for answering inquiries.
The receptionist was a young lady, who appeared to be very smart and cute.
"Beauty, may I ask if your Mr. Song is here?"
Wang Hao politely inquired.
Mr. Song’s full name was Song Jianjun, and he was the organizer of this Traditional Chinese Medicine auction. Before coming here, Wang Hao had conducted in-depth investigations, and Song Jianjun would also be at the venue escorting some very important guests in the next few days.
"May I know who is asking?"
The receptionist looked at Wang Hao with a puzzled face and asked.
"Could you please tell Mr. Song that Wang Hao is looking for him with an urgent matter, and I hope he can take the time to meet me."
Wang Hao still maintained a humble and polite demeanor, after all, the receptionist was such a beautiful girl; no matter what, he had to be polite to a beauty.
Just as Wang Hao finished speaking, several people came out of the elevator behind the reception, one of whom was Song Jianjun.
But now, there were others with Song Jianjun, and upon seeing one of them, Wang Hao’s expression suddenly darkened, as this person was Cheng Yin.
Wang Hao finally understood why Song Jianjun would come up with such a nasty trick against him, for it turned out that Cheng Yin was behind it all.
What surprised Wang Hao even more was that Tan Haipin, who had had a conflict with Wang Hao outside the door earlier, was also here, and the way Song Jianjun treated Tan Haipin with utmost respect suggested that this Tan Haipin was also quite a character.
Wang Hao thought to himself that today’s events might be a bit trickier.
"Mr. Song, there is a Mr. Wang Hao here who would like to see you!"
The receptionist approached Song Jianjun as he came out and turned to point at Wang Hao.
Song Jianjun and Cheng Yin looked at Wang Hao following the receptionist’s direction, and then the two exchanged a knowing smile.
Song Jianjun whispered something to Tan Haipin, and from the way they talked, it seemed that they held Tan Haipin in high regard before proceeding towards Wang Hao.
"So you are Mr. Wang Hao from Chicheng Trading Company!"
