Chapter 67: Don’t even think about taking advantage of my Su family’s prestige!

Dusk settled and the lights were just beginning to twinkle in the resplendent Hilton International Hotel.

In a private room on the second floor, Su Mengqing’s group of four sat waiting with excited yet tense anticipation.

“Sis, do you think when Dad comes and sees us like this, he’ll immediately go and settle the score with Lin Fan and the Wang family?” Su Gang asked from his wheelchair, his body wrapped in thick white bandages. He looked just like a large mummy fresh out of its sarcophagus, his bloodshot eyes betraying a twisted sense of pleasure.

“Of course. Dad has really made a name for himself now. He’s working with the Prince of Sha Country, so no one in Haicheng dares to look down on him!” Zhang Meili’s fat face, caked with makeup, beamed with pride.

Her skin was thick, so even after being whipped a few times at the Wang family estate that morning, she was largely unharmed. In contrast, Su Mengqing and Yang Tingting, seated across the table, both appeared pale and still looked ill.

“Director Su, Lin Fan thinks he can do whatever he wants to us just because he has the Yuan family’s backing. If he knew our Su Family now has connections with the Prince of Sha Country, wouldn’t his legs give out from fear?” Yang Tingting said, her face contorted with hate as she sneered through clenched teeth. “We must pay Lin Fan back for this morning’s whipping!”

“Not just pay him back. We’ll make Lin Fan beg for forgiveness in front of every business tycoon in Haicheng!” Su Mengqing nodded, her eyes filled with venom.

With her father, Stubborn Su Gang, as a stepping stone, what is a mere Haicheng Pharmaceutical Procurement Conference in comparison? Hmph, you won’t let Su Pharmaceutical enter? Big deal. We’ll just go abroad and open up international market channels in Sha Country! By the time the Su Family makes a fortune, all of you snobs will be crying with regret, scrambling to curry favor when it’s already too late!

As this grand vision of being the center of attention filled her mind, Su Mengqing felt her confidence swell. Even the searing pain of the lashes on her back seemed to lessen considerably.

Just then, a knock on the door interrupted her delightful daydream.

The four people in the private room lit up with joy.

“I’ll get it! I’ll get it!” Su Gang chirped, gleefully wheeling himself to the door and pulling it open. “Dad! I’ve missed you so much— Lin Fan? What the hell are you doing here!”

Three figures stood outside the door. Leading them was an indifferent-looking Lin Fan.

Su Gang’s smile froze, his face twisting in rage.

“Who are you calling ’Dad’? I wouldn’t have a worthless piece of trash like you as a son,” Lin Fan said, glancing past Su Gang and into the private room.

As his eyes met theirs, a dead silence fell over the room.

Zhang Meili and Yang Tingting’s smiles stiffened. Su Mengqing’s eye twitched and her expression turned grim. I can’t believe it. We just saw him this morning, and now we run into him again? And he’s clearly here with Dad… what exactly is he planning?

“Lin Fan! How dare you show your face here? There’s no place for you!” Zhang Meili’s face sank as she pointed at Lin Fan and began to curse.

“This is hilarious. Some people have no shame. The second you hear the Su Family is on the rise again, you come rushing over to flatter us?” Yang Tingting added, crossing her arms and lifting her pointed chin in a continuous scoff.

“Lin Fan, you never cease to amaze me,” Su Mengqing stared coldly at him, her gaze a mixture of disgust and arrogance. “I don’t know how you convinced my dad to bring you here… but I can still tell you to get lost right now!”

The four of them glared at Lin Fan, all of them convinced that he was shamelessly trying to ride their coattails.

“Prince, they don’t welcome us here. Let’s go,” Lin Fan said, finding the situation amusing and paying them no mind. He turned to the bewildered Xiao Jie, spoke briefly, and immediately walked away.

“Oh, okay. I’ll go with you,” Xiao Jie nodded. He glanced at Stubborn Su Gang, shrugged, and followed Lin Fan.

“Wait! Please wait, Prince!” Stubborn Su Gang’s throat bobbed, his expression turning uglier than if he had swallowed a dead fly.

Clearly, the relationship between Xiao Jie and Lin Fan is far closer and more trusting than my own. If the Prince leaves with Lin Fan, how am I supposed to get money for the Su family?

“Zhang Meili! Are you blind? The Prince personally appointed Lin Fan as his Chief Security Consultant! That means he’s his personal bodyguard!” Seeing Lin Fan and the Prince about to reach the end of the corridor, Stubborn Su Gang panicked and viciously slapped Zhang Meili across her plump face!

SMACK!

The crisp sound echoed throughout the private room. Su Gang froze, completely dumbfounded. Su Mengqing and Yang Tingting’s eyes went wide, as if they had seen a ghost.

“Su Guang! You dare hit me the moment you get back? Did you grow the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard?!” Zhang Meili shrieked, stunned. A look of disbelief filled her eyes as she clutched the fresh red handprint on her face, her scream hysterical.

“Hmph, you got off lightly with just a slap! If you dare to disrespect Lin Fan and the Prince again, believe me, I’ll divorce you on the spot and kick you out of the Su family!” Stubborn Su Gang roared back fiercely, spitting as he yelled. “And let me say this again, my name is Stubborn Su Gang now!”

Su Gang and Yang Tingting gasped in shock. Su Mengqing was so shocked and furious that her vision went black. The sky is falling! I thought that when Dad came back, he would help me get even, that he would get revenge on Lin Fan for me. But the moment they meet, he’s completely on Lin Fan’s side? He even dared to slap Mom for Lin Fan!

“Now! All of you, go and apologize to Lin Fan and the Prince, immediately!” Stubborn Su Gang commanded sternly, pointing toward the door.

What? We have to go apologize to Lin Fan? Are you kidding me? Whose side are you on?!

Zhang Meili trembled with rage, her small eyes welling up with tears of grievance and resentment.

Su Mengqing and Su Gang looked at each other but said nothing.

“Fine. So my words mean nothing to you, is that it?” Stubborn Su Gang rolled his eyes and immediately turned to leave, muttering as he went. “Hmph. I came back thinking I could pull the Su family out of this mess… Useless. You’re completely unleadable!”

“Dad, don’t go! We’ll do it! We’re willing to apologize to Lin Fan and the Prince!” Su Mengqing couldn’t hold back any longer. Gritting her teeth, she hurried after Stubborn Su Gang and clutched his arm.

Su Gang and Yang Tingting glanced at Zhang Meili, then all three followed with their heads hung low.

“That’s more like it. What do you have to be so proud of right now? Getting on good terms with the Prince is how you make a fortune. Don’t you understand?” Stubborn Su Gang nodded in satisfaction.

He then jogged over to the elevator, blocking Lin Fan and Xiao Jie just as they were about to step inside.

“Lin Fan, Prince, I’ve already disciplined my family. I guarantee they won’t act out of line again!” he said, forcing a smile. He bowed deeply, his tone utterly obsequious.

“…”

Seeing this, Zhang Meili and the others lowered their heads even further. Su Mengqing clenched her jaw, her face burning with shame. An awful feeling churned in her stomach. I thought Lin Fan came here to leech off the Su Family’s glory, to fawn and flatter us. Who would have thought it would be Dad deliberately sucking up to Lin Fan! What in the world is going on? I thought the Prince of Sha Country had just arrived from far away. How did Lin Fan manage to get on his good side so quickly?!

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