Chapter 84: Unexpected Encounter

It should be known that this restaurant was quite famous in Jianghai City. Setting aside its prime location, its annual revenue alone reached up to two hundred million!

Two hundred million! And it was given away without blinking an eye? Was Boss Wang running a fever and out of his mind?

"Yeah, talk to White Snake about this." Ye Xuan didn’t care what the others thought about this. He simply gave a faint grunt of agreement and accepted the restaurant. Why would anyone refuse something given for free?

"Wang Bao, from now on, hang a sign at the entrance of this restaurant that says, ’Su Xiaobai and dogs are not allowed inside.’ Do you hear me?" Yang Bingyu deliberately spoke loudly, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Su Xiaobai, who was so angry he was almost on the verge of going berserk.

"This..." Wang Bao looked at Su Xiaobai in a difficult position and didn’t answer immediately. Although he wasn’t afraid of offending Su Xiaobai, there was absolutely no need to do so. He still had to deal with the Su Family in Jianghai City in the future. If he listened to Yang Bingyu’s words this time, he would be offending the Su Family to the death. Given Su Jun’s vindictive nature, the man would definitely cause trouble for him.

"What? Does my request put you in a difficult spot?" Seeing Wang Bao’s hesitant look, Yang Bingyu raised an eyebrow, her voice growing a few degrees colder.

"Not at all, not at all. I will do whatever you say, Ms. Yang." The hairs all over Wang Bao’s body stood on end, and a chill ran down his spine. Having mingled in the underground world for decades and lived a life on the edge of a blade, he had never cowered in his entire life! Yet today, a single sentence from Ye Xuan had scared him into a cold sweat. This Ye Xuan was not simple!

"Go, hurry and do as Ms. Yang ordered!" Wang Bao quickly called over one of his subordinates and told him to follow Yang Bingyu’s instructions.

Su Xiaobai’s face looked as ugly as it could get, his eyes brimming with venom. He looked at Yang Bingyu and Ye Xuan, pulling his lips into a bloodthirsty smile, and spoke without rushing, "Wang Bao, it seems you... I gave you a little face, but since you want to do things the hard way, don’t blame me for getting nasty."

These words instantly ignited Wang Bao’s anger. Meeting Su Xiaobai’s eyes, he said fearlessly, "I’d like to see exactly how nasty you can be! In Jianghai City, what could you, Su Xiaobai, possibly do to me, Wang Bao!"

Their gazes clashed, the air thick with tension.

CLAP, CLAP, CLAP...

Just as the two were glaring at each other, Fierce Tiger suddenly walked out from the crowd, clapping his hands vigorously with a smile on his face. Yang Jie, who had been kicked out of his home, followed closely on his heels.

"What a great show. Ye Xuan, White Snake, trust you’ve been well?" Fierce Tiger walked over to Su Xiaobai’s side and looked at Ye Xuan and White Snake, speaking with a smile.

Meanwhile, Yang Jie glared viciously at Ye Xuan with a murderous expression, completely hiding none of the hatred in his heart for the man.

Both Ye Xuan’s and White Snake’s expressions changed the moment they saw Fierce Tiger. This guy had finally shown his face.

"And who are you supposed to be? Why are you sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong?" Unaware of Fierce Tiger’s identity, Wang Bao immediately shifted his anger onto him when he saw him jump out halfway to stir up trouble.

Fierce Tiger lowered his head and chuckled. The next second, he dashed right in front of Wang Bao and kicked him flying three or four meters away.

Wang Bao spat out a mouthful of blood with a loud retch, clutching his chest in extreme agony.

"Boss!" Seeing this, his subordinates stepped forward in terror to help him up.

"Wang Bao, step down. This matter has nothing to do with you," Ye Xuan said. Noticing that Wang Bao’s men were itching to make a move, he immediately called out to stop them. Fierce Tiger’s strength was not beneath White Snake’s. Although Wang Bao’s men were better fighters than ordinary people, they were nothing more than two-bit fighters. Against Fierce Tiger, they wouldn’t even last three moves.

Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Wang Bao stopped his brothers. He spat a mouthful of bloody saliva fiercely onto the ground and retreated to the side indignantly.

"Fierce Tiger, you shouldn’t have interfered in Jianghai City’s affairs," Ye Xuan said, looking at Fierce Tiger with an icy stare.

The latter merely shrugged with a smile and spread his hands in reply, "I have no choice. Orders from above. I have to listen to them."

Ye Xuan thought, "Orders from above? The old man would never issue such a command. It seems the ’above’ Fierce Tiger spoke of is someone else entirely."

The moment White Snake heard this, his aura instantly changed. He was about to make a move, but Ye Xuan grabbed him.

"Now is not the time," Ye Xuan said. He looked at White Snake with a serious expression and shook his head, stopping his actions. If White Snake attacked now, it would definitely expose their identities. That way, those enemies lurking in the dark would be even less likely to show their faces.

"Fierce Tiger, go back and tell your boss not to challenge the limits of my patience," Ye Xuan warned. "If he stays in his lane, we can live in peace. But if he dares to scheme about things he shouldn’t, I won’t show any mercy."

Fierce Tiger immediately understood Ye Xuan’s words. His boss was the Qilin Chief. Ye Xuan meant that they shouldn’t harbor any delusions about the positions of the Four Palaces. If their Qilin Hall made a move on the Four Palaces, Ye Xuan would absolutely not let it slide.

"Heh heh. Ye Xuan, do you think you can still call the shots like you did five years ago? Your era has passed. Sometimes, you just have to accept your fate." Unfazed by Ye Xuan’s warning, Fierce Tiger let out a light chuckle instead, his face full of disdain.

"Fierce Tiger, don’t push your luck!" White Snake reprimanded, pointing at him with an ashen face, infuriated by his attitude toward Ye Xuan.

"White Snake, get this straight. Ye Xuan is your boss, not mine," Fierce Tiger replied. "I’ll speak to him with whatever attitude I please. Is it any of your business?"

The angrier White Snake got, the more smug Fierce Tiger became.

The tension in the air grew even thicker. Ye Xuan furrowed his brows as he watched the two men at each other’s throats.

"That’s enough, White Snake. Pay him no mind." Ultimately, Ye Xuan reigned White Snake in once again. Casting a cold glance at Fierce Tiger, he turned around and said, "Let’s go. We’re going to eat."

Although White Snake badly wanted to rush over and smash his fist into Fierce Tiger’s punchable face, he ultimately held himself back. Glaring fiercely at Fierce Tiger, he turned and followed Ye Xuan into the restaurant.

"You’re just going to let Ye Xuan go like that?" Seeing Ye Xuan and his group leave, Yang Jie, who was following beside Fierce Tiger, instantly grew anxious and spoke with some displeasure.

"If you’re so capable, why don’t you do it?" Fierce Tiger shot Yang Jie an indifferent glance and countered with a cold sneer.

This single sentence choked Yang Jie into speechlessness. He thought, "What a joke! The other party is the Cyan Dragon Chief and the number one assassin of the Cyan Dragon Hall. If I went at them myself, it would be no different from throwing my life away. Ye Xuan could crush me to death with a single finger."

"If you can’t, then shut your mouth. It’s not your place to teach me how to do things!" Seeing Yang Jie cower, Fierce Tiger placed a hand on his shoulder, tightening his grip as he spoke.

Yang Jie’s face twisted in pain. He felt as if his shoulder bone was going to be shattered to pieces.

"Fierce Tiger, please spare me! I know I was wrong! I know I was wrong!"