I Become The Richest Man With A monthly Salary of Twenty Thousand Yuan-Chapter 566 - 418 Coming

After seeing the two leave, he shakily called his wife, only to find her phone turned off. In the end, he just set the navigation for the Jinling Grand Hotel.

More detailed information began to spread from the guests who had attended the Daoist Association’s gathering. Xia Liang’s methods had once again surpassed everyone’s imagination. Yuan Daozi had spontaneously combusted. Xia Liang had summoned heavenly lightning to strike Wang Daoyuan dead. All of this had happened because the Daoist Association provoked Xia Liang, the diviner from Qingyun City.

Overnight, the entirety of Jinling was shaken, and the shock was even more intense than before. The city’s upper echelons had first heard of Xia Liang when the entire Wu Family bowed in apology to him. Afterwards, they had looked into the various incidents that had occurred in Qingyun City. They only knew that an extraordinary diviner had arrived from there.

However, most people still adopted a wait-and-see attitude and didn’t immediately seek him out. They knew the powerful Jinling Daoist Association would never allow an unaffiliated diviner to make a name for himself in Jinling. Besides, most people were far more familiar with the Daoist Association than with Xia Liang. Considering the Association’s large membership and the network of contacts they had built over many years, they believed Xia Liang wasn’t even in the same league.

But the complete collapse of the Daoist Association in a single day made everyone understand the truth. The so-called Jinling Daoist Association probably wasn’t even worthy of carrying Xia Liang’s shoes, let alone challenging him. Consequently, compared to the stunning news of the Association’s demise, the scandal of the Sun Corporation chairman’s wife being caught cheating barely registered with anyone.

「The next day, in the hotel restaurant.」

Xia Liang was eating breakfast and idly browsing Weibo. The posts were nothing out of the ordinary. Just as he finished his meal and was about to leave, a voice from a nearby table caught his attention.

"Are you blind? Do you know how expensive these clothes are? You couldn’t afford them even if we sold you!"

At the next table, a young man was loudly berating a waiter. There were a few grease stains on his clothes, apparently because the waiter had accidentally brushed against him while serving a dish.

"I’m so sorry, sir, truly sorry! I’ll wash it for you right away. I promise it won’t be damaged." This was the first time the waiter had encountered such a situation. He was flustered, and his voice trembled.

"Too bad for you. Our boss doesn’t wear clothes once they’ve been dirtied," one of the young man’s followers sneered. "It’s useless to wash it, no matter how clean you get it." His other subordinates chimed in, cursing the waiter as well.

"Then... how much are the clothes? I’ll pay for them..."

Listening to the commotion, Xia Liang’s expression remained impassive. He had no intention of intervening. After all, this waiter had nothing to do with him.

"You can’t afford them!"

SNAP! 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

A sharp slap echoed from the side. The man had struck with vicious force, hitting the waiter so hard he spat out a mouthful of blood. He raised his hand to strike again, but at that moment, Xia Liang frowned, let out a long sigh, and turned to face them.

"Young man," he said, "it’s better to be merciful when you can."

As he spoke, Xia Liang was already examining the young man’s life trajectory and learned his name was Shen Tianbing. Seeing the wealth of information laid out before him, Xia Liang chuckled softly. This man’s path is far from clean. Since I’m the one who’s caught you, don’t even think about escaping.

"What’s this? Trying to be a hero?" Shen Tianbing sneered, paying Xia Liang no mind as he raised his hand to slap the waiter a second time.

This time, however, Xia Liang caught his arm.

"You want to fight me?" Shen Tianbing sneered. At his cue, his followers instantly moved to surround them, trapping Xia Liang. But Xia Liang acted as if he didn’t even see them, his expression completely unfazed.

After Shen Tianbing pulled his hand back, he continued, "Kneel and kowtow to me right now, and I’ll let this go."

His lackeys had already grabbed nearby chairs and stools to use as makeshift weapons. At a single command, they would all attack.

Watching all of this unfold, Xia Liang simply chuckled and echoed the man’s words. "You kneel and kowtow to me right now, and I’ll let this go."

Shen Tianbing froze for a moment. Is this guy out of his mind? Asking me to kneel to him?

"Kid, you’re asking to die!"

Just as he was about to give the order to attack, Shen Tianbing saw Xia Liang pull out his phone and flash the screen at him. The text read: "No. 18 Warehouse on Xiafei Road. One container. The abandoned warehouse on Mashan Road in the suburbs."

The moment Shen Tianbing saw those words, his legs went weak, and he nearly collapsed. A cold sweat instantly soaked through his clothes. It’s over. How does he know about these places? Did he call the police? Who on earth is he? Countless questions instantly flooded his mind.

His family had always operated in the gray areas of business, often smuggling illegal goods, including firearms. If the contents of those two warehouses were discovered, it would be a death sentence. The only people who handled the transport and had access to these goods were their most trusted subordinates. The merchandise was still in the warehouses, awaiting buyers. How could the man standing before him possibly know about it?

「Meanwhile,」

Xia Liang continued speaking. "All I have to do is press ’send,’ and this message will go straight to the phone of the Jinling Security Bureau’s director. Do you still want to make a move?"