The fierce battle at the street corner continued, but on the other side, another "battlefield" quietly began.
Lu Cheng's Maybach silently started, then stopped beside Xiao Zhan's car.
With an undisguised mocking smile on his face, he was the first to greet Xiao Zhan.
"Oh, isn't this President Xiao?"
"I heard President Xiao is selling that broken pot from last time… uh… the Three-Legged Tripod?"
Xiao Zhan's face was ashen, like the bottom of a pot.
But at this moment, he absolutely could not get angry, nor could he make a move!
Because, on the surface, Hu Sha, Tie Bi, and he, the three of them, were just passing by.
The kidnapping operation earlier was carried out by those desperadoes under Black Wolf, and it had nothing to do with their Dragon Hall!
And if he made a move now, exposing their involvement in this kidnapping case, Lu Cheng might very well call in some official forces of the Dragon Kingdom to round them up as "terrorists."
After all, the reason only a few of them weren't caught before was because their identities when they came to the Dragon Kingdom had been whitewashed by Longteng Group; now that their involvement in illegal activities was exposed, all that whitewashing would be for naught!
He suppressed the anger in his heart and quickly gave a look to the two beside him, signaling them to remain calm and not act rashly!
Then, he also lowered his car window, looking with gloomy eyes at Lu Cheng, who was smiling like an old fox outside the car.
Lu Cheng looked at Xiao Zhan's frustrated expression—wanting to kill but having to forcibly hold it in, his face almost turning purple like an eggplant—and slowly spoke again to twist the knife:
"Hey, President Xiao, this is my new assistant, Ye Shuying; you two seem to know each other!"
"I have to say, President Xiao, Shuying, she is indeed very useful!"
As he spoke, he also glanced at Ye Shuying, who was sitting in the passenger seat, his tone meaningful and full of blatant innuendo!
He deliberately emphasized the words "very useful," his gaze ambiguously sweeping over Ye Shuying's shapely figure, as if savoring some indescribably wonderful taste.
Even though nothing had happened between him and Ye Shuying, and he wasn't even interested in her, she was now the best tool to strike at Xiao Zhan, so why not use her?
Xiao Zhan felt his head was like a boiling teapot, ready to explode at any moment!
Useful? Useful my big watermelon!
A capable subordinate I painstakingly trained!
And you're finding her useful now?
He recalled his previous suspicion again: would Phantom really betray him?
On the other side, Ye Shuying, listening to Lu Cheng's provocative words, was also filled with humiliation.
But she knew that Lu Cheng was deliberately provoking the Dragon King, and also warning and testing her; at this moment, she had to perfectly play the role of a traitor!
And she had to play it more realistically than ever!
She immediately cooperated with Lu Cheng, turned her head, and faced Xiao Zhan, revealing a cold expression of disdain and contempt!
Her voice also became sharp and piercing, filled with resentment and unwillingness!
"Xiao Zhan!"
"You pig-headed, ungrateful, backstabbing, good-for-nothing fool who causes more trouble than he solves!"
"This young lady was truly blind back then to choose to follow a self-righteous good-for-nothing like you, who only pushes his brothers into the fire pit!"
"Go home and live with your broken pot worth over a hundred million!"
"Pah!"
Her words were delivered with such emotion, as if she was truly utterly disappointed in Xiao Zhan and hated him to the core!
While she was furiously attacking Xiao Zhan with the most venomous language, she also, in a fleeting moment when Lu Cheng wasn't paying attention, gave Xiao Zhan an extremely quick and subtle look!
The failure of this operation was nothing in her eyes; as long as she could continue to stay by Lu Cheng's side, there would always be another chance, so she had to continue acting now!
Xiao Zhan, having worked with Ye Shuying for many years, naturally understood her micro-expressions perfectly.
He received Ye Shuying's gaze almost instantly.
However, his mind was still very confused at this moment.
On one hand, he felt a hint of relief at Ye Shuying's loyalty and quick thinking.
But on the other hand, he couldn't completely dispel the doubts in his heart.
Lu Cheng was almost perfectly aware of today's kidnapping plan!
He had set up a net long in advance, waiting for them! He dared to say that there were definitely more than just those few bodyguards nearby; there might be even more experts, just waiting for him, Hu Sha, and Tie Bi to enter the fray!
If Ye Shuying hadn't leaked the information, how could Lu Cheng have been so thoroughly prepared?
Although he wanted to believe Ye Shuying, what if she was currently playing a double agent, an Infernal Affairs scenario?
He began to feel that his brain seemed insufficient to support such complex calculations... despite his inner turmoil, filled with suspicion and unease.
But Xiao Zhan still cooperated with Ye Shuying on the surface, playing his part perfectly!
After all, whether it was Infernal Affairs or not, they had to get through this hurdle first.
He revealed an expression of being publicly betrayed by a former subordinate, turning into shame-faced anger and exasperation!
Pointing at Ye Shuying inside the car, he cursed loudly, his voice slightly distorted by anger:
"Ye Shuying! You ungrateful bitch! You white-eyed wolf!"
"I trusted you so much back then! You really were a commercial spy!"
"Good! Very good! You just wait for me!"
Lu Cheng took in every word of their excellent "actor and actress level" verbal sparring.
He even "tsk-tsked" a few times with feigned seriousness, as if greatly surprised and regretful by this drama of turning against each other.
In his heart, however, he was overjoyed, admiring their acting skills and wondering how long they could keep it up.
"This acting! This line delivery! Not getting an Oscar in Hollywood would be a waste of talent!"
"One playing a tragic victim, mercilessly abandoned by a former unscrupulous boss, then suddenly enlightened and defecting to a new enlightened ruler!"
"One playing a wronged President, mercilessly betrayed by his most capable female subordinate, publicly cuckolded, then enraged and spewing vicious words…"
Meanwhile, Hu Sha and Tie Bi, sitting in the back of Xiao Zhan's car, were completely dumbfounded by this sudden and dramatic scene of turning against each other!
After all, before Ye Shuying appeared, they didn't know that Phantom had defected to Lu Cheng... They also recalled how the Dragon King had deliberately sent them away when giving orders before, and this time's insider intelligence about Lu Cheng... They vaguely guessed that Phantom had been sent to be an undercover agent by Lu Cheng's side... But now, seeing her and the Dragon King so fiercely accusing and cursing each other, with words full of deep-seated hatred and irreconcilable resentment... The two looked at each other, seeing a hint of bewilderment and... deep confusion in each other's eyes.
Uh, was this a bitter ploy arranged by the Dragon King and Phantom?
But, they were acting too realistically, weren't they?
They were cursing each other so intensely that their eyeballs seemed ready to pop out, and Phantom's mercilessly venomous words were practically insulting the Dragon King's entire eighteen generations of family, even though the Dragon King was an orphan... No matter how they looked at it, these two didn't seem to be faking it... For a moment, they couldn't distinguish the truth from the falsehoods.