Chapter 165: A Grand Gift Awaits Her Outside

Xie Zian slowly stood up, holding a wine bottle in his hand, and sneered at Huang Mao.

"If you have the guts, try it. If you dare lay a hand on her, will I still let you walk out alive today?"

His words had a slight effect; Lu Xiwán felt the person behind her tremble involuntarily.

However, soon Huang Mao spoke again, his voice louder, with an air of deliberately stirring up trouble.

"Do you think I'd be afraid of you? The Xie family only has a bit of influence in Haicheng; once I leave Haicheng, what can you do to me? Moreover, you were at fault from the start today, and even if things get big, we might not be the ones to lose. I want to see who's actually scared!"

Huang Mao's loud shout clearly boosted the morale of those petty thugs, each of them itching to move.

"Then look closely; whose life are you squeezing in your hand right now? The one who let you come cause trouble certainly didn't tell you that this is a treasure that Fu Sijue keeps in his palm like an eyeball."

Fu Sijue does care about Xi Wan, that's true, but the rest was just Xie Zian's fabrication.

In any case, the exact details don't matter; as long as the name is big enough to frighten them, that's all that counts.

You all put the items down quickly; you certainly can't go against the Fu Clan. It's not worth it for the sake of the two of us!

Yun Ruojin suddenly cried out, her voice sounding especially eerie in the relatively quiet venue.

Si Jiuyin glanced at Yun Ruojin without a trace, then merely pursed her lips and said nothing.

"I tell you, don't scare me with these baseless titles; I'm not scared at all!"

Huang Mao applied slight pressure with his hand, and a few drops of blood began to seep from Lu Xiwán's neck.

Seeing this, Si Jiuyin grew even more anxious and stepped forward hurriedly.

The person behind Huang Mao violently grabbed a handful of Lu Xiwán's hair, pulling her back again; she staggered backward, barely managing to steady herself, completely losing any ability to resist.

"Don't think I can't see your petty thoughts; if you dare come any closer, I'll have her buried with us!"

Forced into a corner, Huang Mao's emotions grew increasingly agitated, and even Xie Zian dared not act rashly.

"You think you're a hero, but look back at the two women behind you. Neither has any dirty hands; even if you get caught and end up in prison today, they might not be implicated at all."

Xie Zian threw the wine; the glass bottle hit the ground with a crisp crack, shards scattering everywhere.

Yun Ruojin clutched Jing Jing'er and kept a safe distance, not participating in their brawl at all.

Apart from the two sentences Si Jiuyin spoke after coming in, she was otherwise just a pretty vase.

"Are you still not a man? Using two women as material!"

Huang Mao clearly hesitated, but at that moment, Xie Zian also saw his wavering.

"Aren't you also using a woman as material? Come to think of it, you do it even more extremely than I do."

Lu Xiwán carefully held her breath.

From this already slightly arduous standing posture, with each breath she could feel her carotid artery brushing against the sharp glass edge.

If this goes wrong, my life will be lost right here.

"It's one thing not to care about your own future, but to ruin your whole life for just these two women—can you bear that?"

Xie Zian truly was a master of inciting emotions; after just a few words, Huang Mao was already wavering.

At least he didn't get so agitated that he would slash Lu Xiwán's neck the next second.

Lu Xiwán was temporarily a bit safer.