Chapter 1085: The Arrogant Ning Jianghe
Evening, second floor of Yingyu Restaurant in Ghost Wood City.
Liu Ruyan walked arm in arm with Liu Zixuan, holding Qiqi’s slender hand, as the three made their way up the stairs.
"Hello, are you a guest of President Ning?"
Upon reaching the top of the stairs, a waiter stepped forward to inquire.
Liu Zixuan nodded, "That’s right."
"Please follow me!"
The waiter indifferently left it at that and led Liu Zixuan and his companions to the left. This level of service seemed out of place for such a large restaurant.
Standing behind the waiter, Liu Zixuan’s mouth curled upwards as he thought to himself, it looks like this Ning Jianghe is trying to stage a trap at this banquet!
Soon after, they arrived at the entrance of a private room labeled ’Birdsong and Fragrant Flowers’.
After opening the door, the waiter left without saying anything more.
Liu Ruyan furrowed her eyebrows and remarked, "This waiter is strange."
"It’s not just him that’s strange, the whole restaurant is strange," Qiqi’s lips moved slightly, and she laughed. "Sister-in-law, haven’t you noticed? It’s prime dinner time right now, yet the ground floor is empty, and these private rooms on the second floor are completely silent. Without a doubt, they are all Ning Jianghe’s people, or at the very least, he’s rented out the whole place!"
"Could there be any mistake?" Liu Ruyan asked.
"Don’t worry, with our little Qiqi here, there won’t be any mistakes," Liu Zixuan lightly squeezed Liu Ruyan’s hand and then walked inside.
Inside, there were only three people. A man in a tuxedo sat by the table, holding a cigar between two fingers, fiddling with it without any intention of lighting it. Behind him stood a beautiful woman in a secretary-like outfit. As Liu Zixuan and his companions entered, her seductive eyes glanced casually their way and then smiled warmly.
As for the third person, he was seated on a sofa, arms folded, eyes slightly narrowed, with a refined dagger placed on the coffee table in front of him. Presumably, this person was sent by the Dragon Soul Sect to protect Ning Jianghe.
"Please sit," the beautiful woman with a secretive technique smiled gently. Though she invited all three to sit, she only adjusted the chair for Liu Ruyan. Clearly, she didn’t regard Liu Zixuan and Qiqi highly.
Liu Ruyan nodded slightly but did not sit; instead, she looked at Liu Zixuan.
Liu Zixuan nodded lightly, and only then did Liu Ruyan sit down.
Once they were seated, the tuxedoed man, Ning Jianghe, lit his cigar, took a few puffs, and looked at Liu Ruyan. "I’ve long heard that Xiumei Group has a CEO as beautiful as a fairy. Seeing you today, I’m indeed astonished!"
"You flatter me, President Ning!" Liu Ruyan replied with a smile.
Ning Jianghe, holding the cigar, stood up and positioned himself between Liu Ruyan and Liu Zixuan, teasingly saying to Liu Zixuan, "Driver friend, could you step aside? I want to have a close conversation with President Liu!"
Well, relying on the backing of Dragon Spirit, Ning Jianghe directly regarded Liu Zixuan as Liu Ruyan’s driver!
Liu Zixuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Driver friend? Are you talking to me?"
"Is there anyone here more like a driver than you?" Ning Jianghe retorted, his tone full of provocation.
"Haha," Liu Zixuan laughed loudly but didn’t move aside. Instead, he raised his hand and pushed Ning Jianghe to the side. "Then security friend, please go sit across. Our President Liu doesn’t like strangers too close."
Returning the courtesy, Ning Jianghe saw Liu Zixuan as a driver, but in Liu Zixuan’s eyes, Ning Jianghe was just a dog of Dragon Spirit!
"You!" Ning Jianghe frowned and immediately showed a trace of anger: "Who are you calling a dog?"
"Swearing at heaven, swearing at earth, swearing at the air. If President Ning insists on associating himself, I can’t be blamed!" Liu Zixuan shrugged with a smile.
"President Liu, is this the sincerity of negotiating cooperation?"
Ning Jianghe’s gaze shifted directly to Liu Ruyan.
Liu Ruyan coldly lifted her head: "You initiated the cooperation proposal. We showed enough courtesy by coming, and besides, we haven’t even started talking. Where’s the sincerity in that?"
"Bang!"
Ning Jianghe angrily slammed the table, "Do you know who you’re speaking to like this? I represent Dragon Spirit in this cooperation. Do you understand Dragon Spirit? It’s the largest force in the Martial Realm of Star Sea. And what are you? Just a small listed group!"
"Really can’t fathom why Dragon Spirit sent such a fool here," Liu Zixuan mocked amusedly.
In the Martial Realm, many know Dragon Spirit, but Liu Zixuan’s name is also quite renowned there! Yet this guy brazenly uses Dragon Spirit as his banner!
Ning Jianghe let out a cold snort, "I know you. You’re Liu Zixuan, right?"
"Oh, you know me!" Liu Zixuan teased with a laugh.
"Don’t think I don’t know your reputation, and I’m here using Dragon Spirit for this. Previously, I’d really be wary of confronting you."
Ning Jianghe sneered at Liu Zixuan, "But everyone knows now that you’ve become a waste of the Realm, sealed and powerless, leaving you with only the Business World. Xiumei Group is big, but so what? Is our Dragon Spirit’s enterprise inferior?"
"Recently, the Business World war near Qian Nan probably incurred heavy losses, right? If Dragon Spirit delivered a fatal blow to your Xiumei Group, you wouldn’t have a foothold in the Business World. You’re a waste in the Martial Realm, and if you become bankrupt in the Business World, what face do you have to live, and what qualification do you have to sit beside President Liu?"
It turns out, Ning Jianghe was aware of Liu Zixuan’s background. Calling him a driver was just a blatant insult!
As he said, in the Martial Realm, Liu Zixuan’s sealed Realm makes him as ordinary as anyone else, rendering him a waste.
Externally viewed, Liu Zixuan has only the Business World left. With Dragon Spirit pooling financial resources to form such a large group, it might indeed be larger in capital than Xiumei Group.
Listening to his words, Liu Zixuan realized a lot. Dragon Spirit likely knows that people like the elderly Qing have disappeared, which is why they sent Ning Jianghe.
After all, Ning Jianghe, as a businessman, can be excused for not understanding the Martial Realm, but people like Wang Kun from Dragon Spirit’s upper echelons surely understand everything.
The elderly Qing and others have deep ties with Liu Zixuan. If they were around, Dragon Spirit wouldn’t dare act rashly. The current Martial Realm is turbulent, and with them gone, they naturally seize this gap to bully Liu Zixuan.
However, it’s somewhat unfortunate; despite meticulous scheming, there’s a flaw. They would never expect that Liu Zixuan isn’t a waste of the Martial Realm, nor would he become a bankrupt pauper in the Business World, and moreover, he has Qiqi by his side!
Observing Ning Jianghe’s arrogant demeanor, Liu Zixuan took out a cigarette from his pocket and mockingly smiled: "So you’re here on behalf of Dragon Spirit to save me?"