Chapter 1330 - 358: This Disciple Is a Bit Fierce (Part 2)
One of the Sect Leaders cut straight to the point and said, "Yuchi— no, that’s not right, we should be saying it like this: our esteemed President of the Jiangnan United Commerce Association, President Yuchi, we definitely respect you a lot, and we definitely very much hope to cooperate with you. But you’re not giving us any face here, so what can we do about that, huh?"
"And the reason this happened is very simple: you actually sent someone, sent a spy into our great city to cause trouble. Don’t act like you know nothing about it. Since we dare to say this to you today, that means we’re absolutely sure of what we’re saying."
"So now things are really awkward. We’ve already caught a spy that came from your side, and your spy has already explained the whole situation. All you want is to spread panic with wild rumors, all you want is to stir up chaos in our city so you can sit back and reap the fisherman’s profit. Your Commerce Association will be able to take away a lot of our common folk, and then your Commerce Association can develop nicely."
After the Sect Leader finished, he looked at Yuchi with an utterly smug gaze, watching to see how Yuchi would react. From a normal person’s perspective, Yuchi should be absolutely furious right now. After all, having a bucket of dirty water dumped on your head is never a pleasant feeling. If it were them, they’d probably already be itching to grab a bench and smash it into the other guy’s face.
But Yuchi was completely calm. He looked at these people and said very evenly, "Yep, I did it. So what? Come bite me."
Everyone: "???"
What the hell, they had never seen anyone this shameless before. After all that they’d just said, he actually just admitted it like that? Bro, this is not some kind of compliment, this is slander, this is slander, this is slander—important things need to be said three times. We’ve already started smearing you, and you actually agreed? What’s that supposed to mean? We seriously don’t get it.
Yuchi, on the other hand, stayed perfectly composed. He’d obviously already anticipated this, since he’d seen this kind of thing way too many times before. And honestly, these guys’ acting skills weren’t exactly great. There was no way they could reach that level of consummate perfection; at best they were on par with some pretty-boy idol actors from his past life, awkwardly hamming it up over here.
Good thing he had a thick skin, or if he were the shy type, he’d be blushing on the spot and feel an overwhelming urge to dig at his toes from embarrassment.
Now things were getting interesting. He calmly looked at everyone in front of him and said, "Alright, alright, alright, that’s enough. I understand what you’re trying to say. My stance is very simple: if you’re trying to squeeze money out of me, that’s never gonna happen. If you want to go all-out and fight us, that’s fine too. It all depends on what you lot decide to do."
Right now Yuchi just felt this was incredibly troublesome. Even though he’d already predicted all of this would happen, when it actually came to pass, it was still maddening. These people were like they had something wrong in the head, insisting on coming over again and again just to bother him.
Everyone: "???"
What the fuck is this supposed to mean? How did things end up with us coming to give you trouble, but somehow you’re the one cursing and grumbling at us? You’re the one upset now? We’re the ones who should be upset here. We’re a major power, alright? We’re representing the entire Star Observation Platform.
Fine then, since you want to fight it out with us, we don’t really mind. It’s just a fight. You think our Star Observation Platform can’t beat you?
One Sect Leader said directly, "Good, you said it yourself, so don’t regret it. Once we walk out of this council hall today, if you ever want to invite us back again, that will be impossible. Even if you send an eight-carriage sedan chair to beg us to return, we won’t agree. If your Commerce Association runs into any problems in the end, we won’t be responsible. Heh."
After he finished, that Sect Leader gave Yuchi a vicious look. His expression already said it all. If Yuchi still insisted on doing things his way at this point, then they could only start acting from behind the scenes. When the many people of the Star Observation Platform all attacked him together, he refused to believe that this young man in front of him could withstand it!
Yuchi was exasperated to the point of no return.
What now, "meet me after school, don’t you dare run," is that it?
He didn’t even feel like talking to these people anymore. The way they talked was like a bunch of little kids, the kind who’d never even had a girlfriend and yet were already bragging wildly about everything. It was just speechless-inducing.
Logically speaking, since he’d been able to push the Commerce Association onto the stage, since he’d already managed to swallow Jiang Zhouchen, since he’d already made it this far, there really shouldn’t be anything about him that deserved scorn. But these people were just stubbornly blind, and there was nothing he could do about that.
But if you’ve got your schemes, I’ve got my ladder over the wall. Since he’d already laid everything out here, he’d obviously made his own arrangements. Right then, a woman walked in from outside the door. She was wearing a little fox mask, her figure was outstanding, and she held a longsword in her hand!