"Everyone, you're in deep trouble this time!"
The manager said repeatedly, "Those people from just now carry a lot of weight. Since you hit them, you'd better leave as soon as possible!"
"No need to worry!"
Zhang Hao spoke up, "They provoked us first. If they really come back to cause trouble, I'll handle it!"
"But!"
The manager frowned and started to say more, but several male classmates pushed him out the door.
Since Zhang Hao said so, he must have been fully confident, and the others were not worried.
"Brother Hao is truly mighty!"
Several classmates at the scene flattered him, raising their glasses in a toast, acting quite deferential.
Zhang Hao thoroughly enjoyed these remarks.
Moreover, as a senior executive at the Han Group, he felt a cut above the rest.
Anyone with any status or reputation in Longcheng had to show some respect to the Han Group.
Before long, however, quite a few men arrived outside White Tiger Restaurant, looking fierce and aggressive.
The leading man wore a sinister look as he led more than a dozen figures straight toward White Tiger Restaurant.
The Allheaven Sect was holding a team-building event there today, and he never expected anyone to cause trouble and even throw their people out of a private dining room.
This was simply unheard of. When had the Allheaven Sect ever suffered such an insult?
Boom...
Just as everyone was toasting Zhang Hao, the private room door was kicked open, giving everyone a severe start.
A dozen men armed with weapons broke in, looking extremely menacing.
The students, who had been acting so arrogant just a moment ago, instantly deflated like punctured balloons; the newcomers clearly meant business.
All eyes immediately turned to Zhang Hao.
Among their classmates, Zhang Hao was the one with the most influence.
"Which one of you reckless fools dared to lay a hand on our people?"
The leading man's voice was cold and accusatory.
"There must be some misunderstanding here!"
Zhang Hao remained calm and composed as he pulled out a business card. "This is my card. I am Zhang Hao, a senior executive at the Han Group!"
Seeing Zhang Hao pull out his identification, the other students instantly straightened their backs.
Though these thugs looked fierce, Zhang Hao was a senior executive at a major corporation, which surely carried some weight in this part of Longcheng.
The leading man took the card, looked at it with utter disdain, crushed it under his foot, and slapped Zhang Hao hard across the face, sending him reeling.
"Why are you hitting people!"
Qin Ruping gasped, hurriedly crying out.
The rest of the classmates were dumbfounded. Zhang Hao had already revealed who he was, and yet he still got hit? What kind of move was this?
"Just a lowly executive—where do you get the nerve to run wild in front of the Allheaven Sect?!"
The leading man's expression was icy and filled with chill.
"The Allheaven Sect?"
Zhang Hao jolted in shock, clearly not expecting these men to belong to the Allheaven Sect.
If he had known this beforehand, he certainly wouldn't have tried to play the hero so easily.
"The Allheaven Sect! They're actually from the Allheaven Sect!"
The students whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with terror.
No matter how ignorant they were, who in Longcheng hadn't heard of the Allheaven Sect?
"This matter has nothing to do with us!"
Zhang Hao scrambled to his feet. "He's the one who threw the punches!"
He pointed at Li Shiqi. If it had been some ordinary faction, he would have naturally loved to put on a show of authority.
But this was the Allheaven Sect. Who would dare cross them? That would be absolute suicide.
"Zhang Hao!"
Wan Jiayi frowned, casting a look of contempt at Zhang Hao, utterly shocked by his utter shamelessness.
He had been boasting so arrogantly just a moment ago, yet now he acted like a frightened turtle, even betraying his classmate.
"That's right, he's the one who did it! It has nothing to do with us!"
The other classmates chimed in, nodding repeatedly. None of them wanted to get dragged into this.
"We're all classmates. Isn't it a bit low of you to kick a man when he's down?"
Zhang Dashan frowned, clearly displeased.
"Zhang Dashan, do you have any idea who you are?"
A man in glasses spoke up, "This kid offended the Allheaven Sect, which is pure suicide. If you want to talk about classmate loyalty, fine, but don't drag us into it. We don't know him!"
Zhang Dashan was left speechless. Only today did he truly see through these people's repulsive faces.
"So you're the punk who threw the punches?"
The leading man looked toward Li Shiqi, his eyes turning hostile.
Wan Jiayi wore a look of deep worry. Although she knew a few people in Longcheng herself, probably no one would be willing to offend the Allheaven Sect.
"It is a rule of the Allheaven Sect that none shall stir up trouble without cause!"
Li Shiqi said coldly, "Aren't you afraid Zhao Tianlong will make an example of you?"
"Such audacity! How dare you address our leader by name!"
One of the men barked angrily, stepping forward to deal with Li Shiqi.
"I advise you to go back and find out who I am before you make a move!"
Li Shiqi sat off to the side, sipping his tea with a completely indifferent expression.
Even if Zhao Tianlong were standing right here, he would still have to bow his head and scrape.
These small fries simply didn't know what was good for them.
Just as the men were about to strike, the leading man stopped them.
"Wait here. I'll be right back! No one is to offend this person!"
With that, the leading man left the private room.
The Allheaven Sect had a supreme master, and he was roughly Li Shiqi's age.
Their leader had explicitly commanded that absolutely no one in the Allheaven Sect was to ever offend the master.
Yet Li Shiqi was so young and yet completely unfazed in their presence.
This made him wonder if Li Shiqi might actually be that legendary figure.
If that really turned out to be the case, his days were numbered.
As it happened, Lord Hu was also present at White Tiger Restaurant, so the leading man rushed over to recount the entire sequence of events.
Daring not to delay for even a second, Lord Hu immediately set off toward Prime Private Room One.
Back inside the room, the students looked bewildered, completely in the dark about what was happening.
These men were from the Allheaven Sect—could they actually have been bluffed by Li Shiqi?
At that thought, everyone's expressions turned peculiar.
Zhang Hao tried to use the moment to slip away, only to find that all exits were blocked.
"Li Shiqi, you brought this on yourself today, so don't drag us down with you!"
Several classmates sneered sarcastically, shifting the blame entirely onto Li Shiqi.
Li Shiqi continued sipping his tea without the slightest concern.
Watching the faces of her peers, Wan Jiayi felt completely disillusioned. She doubted she would ever attend another class reunion like this again.
"Shiqi, if they try to take you away in a moment, whatever you do, don't go with them!"
Zhang Dashan warned, "I'll carve a way out for you when the time comes!"
"What? Aren't you afraid of them?"
Li Shiqi chuckled.
"Afraid or not, am I just supposed to stand by and watch you get ruined?"
Zhang Dashan shook his head. "I could never do a thing like that!"
"Don't worry, nothing's going to happen."
Li Shiqi patted Zhang Dashan on the shoulder, feeling a quiet sense of appreciation.
In this day and age, having even a single brother like this was more than enough.
Lord Hu was striding purposefully toward the private room.
Inside White Tiger Restaurant, the manager's expression shifted dramatically.
He never expected even Lord Hu to get involved; it seemed the people in that private room were in for a grim fate.
The moment he stepped into the room and laid eyes on Li Shiqi, Lord Hu's entire body trembled violently.
He never imagined that the fools in his own Allheaven Sect would be so blind as to provoke Li Shiqi yet again.