Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 1183 - 1228: The Clan Chief’s Prestige

The people inside the hall also heard the shouting from outside. What was originally noisy and bustling suddenly turned as quiet as if the crows and sparrows had been silenced. They, of course, understood this meant the opposition had come to settle accounts again, and at this time, it was uncertain whether Zheng Yuyang could resolve the situation. If he couldn’t, many people here would also be implicated.

"Li Yifei, what do we do now?" Shen Yuying leaned in and whispered with a lowered voice.

Li Yifei shrugged his shoulders and said, "I only know how to fight, but it seems like they have some powerful backing. I really can’t afford to fight such battles, because if no one supports me afterwards, I’ll definitely be dead."

Shen Yuying gave a wry smile and said, "Then it seems like we’re in a tight spot; the other party seems to have even more powerful backing, and it’s uncertain whether Zheng Yuyang can handle it."

During the conversation, six people had already entered the hall. The person walking at the front was tall and well-built, with a square face and extremely short hair, standing stiffly, his face full of ferocity, clearly a rather fierce individual.

Walking beside him was the young man who had been beaten by the group, followed by four other people, clearly bodyguards, from the looks of it.

"Young Master Hu, what wind has blown you here?" Zheng Yuhao and Zheng Yuyang came into the hall from the side, Zheng Yuhao laughed heartily as he greeted Hu Dong.

Hu Dong glared at Zheng Yuhao and said, "Zheng Yuhao, so you are here too. I was wondering how that kid Zheng Yuyang had the guts; are you Zhengs trying to openly go against our Hu family now?"

When Zheng Yuhao saw the bruising on the young man’s face beside Hu Dong, clearly having been severely beaten, he quickly said, "Young Master Hu, this is definitely a misunderstanding. I just arrived here, and this Yuyang misunderstood and offended your Hu family member. I’m apologizing on his behalf here first."

Hu Dong stared harshly at Zheng Yuyang and said, "A misunderstanding? Zheng, does that mean I should also have someone beat up Zheng Yuyang and then tell you it was a misunderstanding afterward?"

Zheng Yuhao faintly smiled and said, "It’s certainly Yuyang’s fault, but since the incident has already happened, I sincerely apologize to you, Young Master Hu. We can also compensate this brother, just state your conditions."

The beaten young man snorted coldly and said, "I don’t want any compensation. However I was beaten, I want to beat him back the same way."

For the people of major families, money isn’t that much of a concern, but face, that is quite a significant matter. Usually, in disputes between two major families, they tend to downplay major issues and trivialize the minor ones, generally not allowing the situation to escalate.

But it also depends on the situation. The person beaten today is a direct descendant of the Hu Family, named Hu Jin, who had just returned from studying abroad and was about to be given important responsibilities by the Hu Family. Just having returned not two days ago, to be beaten this severely, was an absolute humiliation for the Hu Family.

If the one Hu Jin had a conflict with were a direct descendant of the Zheng Family, like Zheng Yuhao, firstly, Zheng Yuhao wouldn’t let the situation get to this point; secondly, even if Zheng Yuhao had really hit him, since Hu Jin was also not humiliatingly beaten since both were direct descendants, Zheng Yuhao having been an influential figure in the provincial city for many years, is not something this newly returned foreigner could compare with.

Because the person who hit Hu Jin was merely an external branch member of the Zheng Family, this was quite embarrassing, and the Hu family obviously couldn’t agree, and making such a demand, was not excessive. You beat my direct descendant, I just beat your external branch member, this also saves face for the Zheng Family.

Zheng Yuhao was also clear about this point, but being a member of the Zheng Family, to just hand over a person for the other side to beat, would totally lose the Zheng Family’s face. Moreover, Zheng Yuyang had always been loyal to him; if he didn’t protect him, who else would serve him in the future?

"Young Master Hu, I know your demands are not excessive, but there was a misunderstanding in this incident, and Yuyang didn’t realize he was a direct member of your Hu family, nor was it targeted at your Hu family. How about this, I’ll compensate you with a brand new Mercedes-Benz 320, what do you think?"

A brand new Mercedes-Benz 320, even if not high-spec, still costs over eight hundred thousand; if it’s a high-spec version, that’s over a million. And the car that Hou Jianwei scratched, at most, was only worth about three hundred thousand; indeed, a significant compensation.

Hu Dong snorted coldly and said, "Zheng, that’s not right. It’s not about the car. Never mind that my brother drives just a regular Mercedes, even if it was a ten million sports car, if it was just scratched, I wouldn’t make the Zheng family pay for it. But my brother was beaten like this, are we just talking about a car here? Today, you have to hand him over to me."

At this moment, Zheng Yuhao was incredibly frustrated but still said, "Young Master Hu, why must you be so insistent with an external family member? Doesn’t this diminish your status?"

"If you, Young Master Zheng, don’t intervene, I’ll simply take him away; there’s nothing to be insistent about. Now that you, Young Master Zheng, are involved, I’m insisting because I’m giving you face, rather than taking him away directly."

Hu Dong’s words were quite discourteous, making Zheng Yuhao’s anger grow stronger. He said sternly, "Young Master Hu, one should not be too extreme; leave a line for future interactions. Yuyang may be an external family member of our Zheng Family, but he is still one of ours. If he has wronged, our Zheng Family will naturally explain to you, but your wanting to take him straight away like this does not respect our Zheng family enough."

"Ha..." Hu Dong laughed out loud then sharply snapped his head back, glaring at Zheng Yuhao, and commanded, "Since you say so, I won’t consider your Zheng Family at all, what can you do about it? Take him away!"

Immediately two people from behind rushed forward, targeting Zheng Yuyang.

Zheng Yuyang turned pale with fright; if Hu Dong took him away, he might not die, but he would likely lose half his life. He hurriedly hid behind Zheng Yuhao.

Zheng Yuhao spread his arms to block the two men and bellowed, "Hu Dong, don’t go too far,"

Hu Dong laughed loudly and said, "I am going too far, what can you do about it? Today, if I don’t clean him up, others will think our Hu Family is easy to bully, everyone will think they can shit and piss on our Hu Family’s head."

Zheng Yuhao furiously shouted, "I dare you to touch him!"

Hu Dong said coldly, "Young Master Zheng, pardon the offense, take action."

Those two guards immediately lunged behind Zheng Yuhao, grabbing Zheng Yuyang like an eagle seizing a chick.

"Yuhao, save me!" Zheng Yuyang was suddenly so scared that he screamed and struggled desperately, but the hands of those two men were like iron clamps, and with his strength, it was like a dragonfly shaking a pillar, completely ineffective.

Zheng Yuhao yelled angrily, "Hu Dong, how dare you?"

Hu Dong snorted coldly and said, "I dare, what can you do about it?"

"You... you..." Zheng Yuhao’s face was flushed with anger, but he hadn’t brought his family guards, so he was helpless against Hu Dong’s forcefulness.

At that moment, Li Yifei stood up, and Shen Yuying was right next to Li Yifei, which startled her, and she said, "What are you going to do?"

"I’m going to help."

"Can you really help? They... seem to have a big backing, like they are from some families, their power seems really huge, you better let Zheng Yuyang’s brother figure it out, if you go to help now, don’t get yourself involved too."

Li Yifei smiled lightly and said, "Since he’s Xiaofei’s classmate, I must help." With that, he strode towards the door and shouted, "Leave the person behind."

Hearing Li Yifei’s voice, Zheng Yuyang immediately cried out loudly, "Yifei, save me quickly."

Li Yifei responded, "No problem."

Seeing that Meng Xiaofei was still not a bit nervous at this time, Shen Yuying anxiously stomped her feet, and said, "Xiaofei ah, why don’t you persuade him, he can’t handle this."

Meng Xiaofei said cheerfully, "It’s okay, it’s a small matter."

"What small matter? Didn’t you hear, they are from some major families, in front of these people, Zheng Yuyang seems to be nothing at all."

"Hehe, those people are nothing in front of Brother Li either," said Meng Xiaofei cheerfully, and then she also quickly walked towards the door.

Hu Jin saw Li Yifei and immediately spoke loudly, "Brother, it was him who made the move."

Hu Dong looked over at Li Yifei, and his expression suddenly changed, asking, "Your Honorable Surname?"

This tone was very different from the arrogance he showed earlier, indeed a stark change, making it quite abrupt.

Zheng Yuhao also turned his gaze towards Li Yifei, and then his facial expression also suddenly changed.

Li Yifei smiled faintly and said, "I am Li Yifei."

"Li Yifei! Li Yifei of Mile City?" Hu Dong asked with a deep voice.

Li Yifei stood with his hands behind his back, proudly saying, "Indeed, it is me!" Since the other party recognized him, as a family head, facing someone merely a scion of a family, Li Yifei needed to maintain enough dignity.

This dignity was instantly a stark contrast to the earlier Li Yifei, who was smiling and casual, making it easy to feel close, but now, he exuded an untouchable majesty.

Although Li family was a newly established family, major families in the province had investigated Li Yifei’s strength. Although they did not know that Li Yifei had already received approval from higher-ups, the women around Li Yifei were enough proof that Li Yifei’s background was not simple.

Ye family of the provincial capital, and Su Family, Ning Family, Xiao Family, and Zheng Family of the Capital City, all had daughters married to Li Yifei, which meant behind Li Yifei were five major families supporting him, something definitely not to be underestimated.

Scions like Zheng Yuhao and Hu Dong naturally also knew who Li Yifei was.

Hu Dong’s complexion changed several times, and said with a very respectful tone, "Mr. Li, are you intervening in this matter?"

Zheng Yuyang’s classmates were all looking at Li Yifei in amazement, because since Hu Dong came in, he was always so arrogant and domineering, never saying a soft word, but facing Li Yifei, he was so respectful, suggesting Li Yifei’s background was something he couldn’t afford to provoke.

With a stern face, Li Yifei said, "Yes, Zheng Yuyang is my girlfriend’s classmate, I came here today to participate in their reunion, you have taken the host away, are we supposed to continue this reunion or not?"

"This... alright! Then I’ll give Mr. Li face, let’s go!" Hu Dong waved his hand, instructed his men to release Zheng Yuyang, and then walked out with big strides.

The crowd was dumbfounded, who exactly was Li Yifei, to have such influence that with a single word, he made Hu Dong release the person and leave.