Wu Xiuxian nodded, sighed, and lay back down on the hospital bed, reasoning with himself, "The kid is definitely playing mind games with me, thinking I'll stand on his side no matter what. He's probably waiting for me to beg him right now. Well, I won't give him the satisfaction. Let's see who outlasts whom!" Just like Wu Xiuxian, Yao Defa also assumed that Yu Nian would come looking for him. After all, he was the head of the local chamber of commerce, and coupled with yesterday's Feast at Hongmen, anyone would have to weigh the consequences and compromise, let alone Yu Nian, who was only around twenty and still wet behind the ears. But the problem was that after yesterday's Feast at Hongmen, both Wu Xiuxian and Yu Nian had gone quiet. Wu Xiuxian's silence could be understood—he had been beaten into submission—but Yu Nian's silence made Yao Defa extremely uneasy.
"Damn it, was the beating I gave Wu Xiuxian yesterday too light? The kid didn't feel a thing?" Sitting on the sofa, Yao Defa frowned deeply. "If I'd known, I should have beaten Wu Xiuxian until he crapped his pants yesterday. I refuse to believe Yu Nian would still dare to cross me."
"President Yao, something's happened." Just as Yao Defa was venting, his confidant, He Nan, hurried into the room holding a newspaper and placed it in front of him.
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