The group exchanged glances and followed Lin Qixian inside.

Robin asked Chen Xiao in a hushed voice, "Lord Chen, who the hell is this guy?"

"Just one of Lu Rugao’s dogs," Chen Xiao said disdainfully, not even bothering to lower his voice.

Lin Qixian’s face suddenly stiffened. "What did you say!?"

"Are you deaf? Lord Chen said you’re just a dog!" Robin shouted, his voice even louder.

The shocked gazes of everyone present swept over them.

Lin Qixian’s face flushed with humiliation as he gritted his teeth. "Say that again, I dare you!"

Robin shot him a provocative look and flipped him the middle finger. "You’re just a snarling dog!"

With Chen Xiao backing him, what was there to fear? What could this guy possibly do to him?

Lin Qixian clenched his fists, about to lunge forward and punch Robin.

Robin cleverly dodged behind Chen Xiao. "Lord Chen! The dog’s about to bite! Quick, toss it a bone!"

"Damn it!" Lin Qixian was so furious he could have stomped his feet.

This guy’s mouth... so damn vile.

Chen Xiao stared coldly at Lin Qixian. "What? You want to spar with me?"

The intimidating light in his eyes made Lin Qixian’s heart tremble. He recalled the skills Chen Xiao had displayed at the Sail Raising Conference and forced himself to swallow his rage. Fighting Chen Xiao would only be asking for humiliation.

"I’d like to see how long you can keep up this arrogance!" Lin Qixian snorted coldly and quickened his pace.

Far from being intimidated, Robin roared with laughter. "Lord Chen, look! The dog ran off with its tail between its legs! You’re really something else!"

Lin Qixian almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He had already committed Robin to memory, burning with hatred.

Soon, he led Chen Xiao and the others to a golf course. Several large parasols stood beside it.

Lu Rugao, wearing sunglasses, was lying nonchalantly under one of them. Her body was coated in sunscreen, and her long, alluring legs were bare, drawing every eye. Beside her was a group of well-dressed young men and women. They were all adorned with jewels and radiated an air of trendy extravagance. A single glance was enough to tell they came from extraordinary families.

These people were all from prominent families in the Capital City. They flocked around Lu Rugao like stars around the moon, their words dripping with flattery.

"Miss Lu, you’re giving them too much face. These country bumpkins don’t deserve to attend your victory celebration!"

"Exactly! In terms of status, they aren’t even qualified to lick your boots."

"HAHAHA— What do you guys know? Miss Lu invited them here today to humiliate them in public, to make them our clowns! We need to put on a good show and not disappoint her!"

"What a coincidence. I was just thinking I’d like to walk a dog. I’ve raised all sorts of expensive foreign breeds, but never a local mutt..."

"HAHAHA—"

The grounds erupted in a wave of derisive laughter.

Lu Rugao waved her hand dismissively. "Just put on a good performance later. I imagine they came to beg for mercy. After all, under my assault, all they can do is struggle to survive. But even if they kneel before me, I won’t let them off so easily."

Just then, a disdainful voice cut in, "So, you’re Lu Rugao?"

Hearing this, Lu Rugao immediately sat up and took off her sunglasses. Sure enough, she saw Chen Xiao and his companions walking toward her, along with a young man she’d never seen before who had a slouching, roguish air about him.

She couldn’t help but narrow her eyes as a cold glint appeared within them.

Robin continued, "You said our Lord Chen should kneel and beg you for mercy? You’re thinking too much. Our Lord Chen has no such hobby. I, on the other hand..."

He licked his lips obscenely. "But I’m afraid if I knelt before you and let my tongue work its exquisite magic, you’d be the one clamping your legs together and begging for mercy."

As he finished speaking, the entire area fell into a dead silence. Once they grasped the meaning behind Robin’s words, their faces turned deathly pale.

Is this guy looking for death? How dare he make such a lewd joke to Lu Rugao?

Lu Rugao’s eyes practically shot fire, her delicate body trembling slightly.

She was a woman of distinguished status, put on a pedestal by everyone since birth! What man would dare speak to her like that?

Once, a scion from a powerful Capital City family had made a thoughtless, lewd remark to her. The next day, his manhood was cut off and hung on his family’s front gate. His family didn’t dare make a peep.

"Is this your attitude for seeking a truce?" she said coldly. "Luo Qingli, don’t you know what’s good for you?"

Luo Qingli replied nonchalantly, "Miss Lu, I believe you’ve misunderstood something. When did I say I was here for a truce?"

Lu Rugao sneered. "So you mean to fight us to the bitter end?"

"That’s right!" Luo Qingli nodded.

"Very good! Very good!" Lu Rugao clapped her hands. "You’ve got guts!"

Then, Lu Rugao turned her gaze to Zhang Yaqing. "Miss Zhang, do you want to play this game with me too?"

Zhang Yaqing chuckled lightly. "If Miss Lu doesn’t mind, I could exchange a few pointers with you. However, your current target is the Luo Group, which you haven’t even taken down yet. To now threaten me as well... isn’t that a bit presumptuous?"

Hearing this, Lu Rugao’s eyes darkened. "I have one hundred billion in capital and the Lu Family backing me. If I split that capital and throw it at your two companies, you will both be destroyed! Do you really think you’re qualified to challenge me? What gives you this confidence?" Lu Rugao sneered relentlessly. "Is it this man?"

She glanced disdainfully at Chen Xiao. "He may have some martial skill, and I was careless last time and let him get a small advantage, but do you really think I’m afraid of him?"

Chen Xiao said mildly, "Whether you’re afraid or not, it’s too early to tell."

Lu Rugao laughed. "How utterly clueless! Do you have any idea how much one hundred billion is? Forget a hundred billion, you probably couldn’t even come up with ten million!"

"Did you think I haven’t investigated you? You’re just a country bumpkin from the mountains. You were probably stone-broke, which is why you married into the Luo Family as a live-in son-in-law. You learned a little martial arts and now you look down on everyone! If you were truly capable, would you need to be a live-in son-in-law?"

Chen Xiao might have some fighting skill, but this was a business war! Fighting ability was utterly useless!

Besides, the Lu Family had at least ten men like Chen Xiao working for them. Therefore, Lu Rugao didn’t give him a second thought.

Chen Xiao said calmly, "While I may not be very capable, scrounging up eight hundred million or a billion for Qingli is still a simple matter. You’re too arrogant. Even if we go down fighting, we will never surrender!"

At his words, the entire crowd erupted in laughter.

Lu Rugao laughed even harder, picking up a glass of red wine from a nearby table. She took a sip. "Eight hundred million... a billion? Are you serious?"

Chen Xiao added, "And that’s just the current amount. Soon, I can gather about five billion to help Qingli win this battle. Don’t think you’re so great just because you have a hundred billion! Five billion is more than enough to deal with you."

Luo Qingli chimed in, "That’s right. And I have ten billion of my own. With fifteen billion on our home turf, we absolutely have the power to fight you!"

Before arriving, Chen Xiao and the others had agreed to create a facade. They would make Lu Rugao believe they didn’t have enough capital to fight back, thus letting her get overconfident. This was how they would let out the line to catch the big fish.

Once Lu Rugao truly took the bait and underestimated them, she would be utterly annihilated.