Chapter 184: Name Your Price

The moment they saw Zhang Zhong, the four men, including Zhao Dagen, all ran quickly to their own children and guarded them with nervous expressions.

Seeing this scene, the four mothers, all dressed in gaudy jewelry, could no longer bother with chatting and all ran over as well, looking at Zhang Zhong with nervous expressions.

They knew better than anyone what their own children had done. Even though it was their first time seeing Zhang Zhong, the expressions on the faces of these four pairs of parents were tense to the extreme.

Zhao Dagen looked at Li Yongquan and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone, "Young Master Li, our four families came here following your instructions. What is the meaning of this now?"

"That's right, Young Master Li, why did you call him over?"

"Why didn't you tell us beforehand?"

The other parents also chimed in with questions. In particular, those noblewomen dressed in gaudy jewelry looked even more furious. If they hadn't known that Li Yongquan was the next head of the Li Family, they probably would have turned hostile long ago.

On the other side, Lin Dazhi, accompanied by Zhang Zhong and Meng Ruolan, walked openly to the long table that had been prepared.

Lin Dazhi sat down in the middle first, then signaled for Meng Ruolan and Zhang Zhong to sit beside him.

From the moment he entered, Zhang Zhong's gaze had been fixed firmly on those four little beasts wearing school uniforms.

They probably didn't recognize him yet; at this moment, protected behind their parents, they were still chatting away with smiles on their faces.

Zhang Zhong glared with bloodshot eyes, his hand unconsciously reaching toward his waist.

"Let me say a few words first. After I'm done, you can decide what to do, is that okay?" Lin Dazhi turned his head and said to Zhang Zhong.

He had seen Zhang Zhong's movement and knew what he wanted to do.

Hearing Lin Dazhi's words, Zhang Zhong glared fiercely at those little beasts once more, then withdrew his gaze and said in a cold voice, "Fine."

"Alright, you lot stop watching the show and come over to sit," Lin Dazhi shouted at the group on Li Yongquan's side.

Hearing Lin Dazhi's words, Li Yongquan instinctively wanted to resist, but the next moment, the voice of his aunt, Meng Ruolan, rang out.

"Li Yongquan, are you deaf? Do you need me to repeat the General Manager's words again?"

Hearing his aunt's voice, Li Yongquan shuddered, then quickly said to Zhao Dagen and the others, "Come, come, all of you come and sit!"

Seeing Li Yongquan act so cowardly in front of Meng Ruolan, the four families, including Zhao Dagen, naturally dared not say anything more and had no choice but to gather around.

"General Manager, please speak," Meng Ruolan turned her head to look at Lin Dazhi and said respectfully.

Li Yongquan, on the opposite side, was absolutely stunned to see this!

His own aunt had actually been so respectful to this Lin Dazhi just now?

What was going on?

With his aunt's status and position, she shouldn't be afraid of Lin Dazhi!

Hadn't she been telling him to target Lin Dazhi and his company before?

How did it become like this after just one night?

Even if he were beaten to death, Li Yongquan could not understand why his aunt had undergone such a huge change!

Lin Dazhi glanced at Li Yongquan, then scanned the four families, and finally spoke slowly: "I believe I don't need to say why I called you all here. Li Yongquan, you have a grudge against me. I have no objection to you attacking me or those around me—openly, secretly, civilly, militarily, black, or white—I will take it all. However, this matter should not have implicated others. What do you have to say about Zhang Xiaojuan?"

Hearing the three words "Zhang Xiaojuan," the others were fine, but those four little beasts, who had been acting as if nothing was wrong, suddenly became nervous.

"Zhang Xiaojuan jumped off the building herself; what does that have to do with us!" said a boy who was big and tall, with a ring of fuzz around his lips.

"Exactly, the police have already investigated this matter clearly!"

"She jumped off the building because of depression; it has nothing to do with us at all!"

"That's right, it has nothing to do with us!"

The four half-grown boys were still acting fearless. Their families were wealthy, and their fathers had power and influence in Jiangzhou; they were used to being arrogant at school. Plus, they didn't recognize Lin Dazhi, so when they heard him mention "Zhang Xiaojuan," they instinctively began to shirk responsibility and play dumb.

"Shut up, all of you!"

Meng Ruolan's willow-leaf eyebrows stood up, and a cold shout immediately suppressed the noisy scene.

"Shut up!" Seeing his aunt lose her temper, Li Yongquan also got angry.

The adults of the four families were all afraid of the Li Family's prestige, so they hurriedly reined in their children upon seeing this.

"The children are ignorant, but are you adults ignorant too? I have already investigated the matter clearly. Do you need me to repeat it for you here?" Meng Ruolan's gaze swept across the four families as she spoke slowly.

"Meng, this matter... this matter, the children did go a bit too far, but isn't this... isn't this also what you and Young Master Li intended?" Zhao Dagen said with some grievance.

"Bullshit! Zhao Dagen, I told you to target Lin Dazhi, who told your spoiled brats to do this despicable thing? Stop trying to pin your mess on me!" Hearing Zhao Dagen's words, Li Yongquan was instantly furious!

"Alright, be quiet, all of you. Li Yongquan, you shut up too," Lin Dazhi said indifferently.

His voice was not loud, but it seemed to carry an unquestionable majesty, immediately making everyone afraid to speak again.

He pointed at Zhang Zhong and said to the crowd, "You recognize him, right? Zhang Xiaojuan's father. If you have anything to say, say it to him. I'm just watching."

Hearing Lin Dazhi's words, the adults of the four families, including Zhao Dagen, all had unpleasant expressions.

They looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then Zhao Dagen took the lead and said, "Since Meng and Young Master Li have come forward today, I won't say anything else. Brother Zhang Zhong, I admit that the children were in the wrong. You must be feeling very hurt right now. How about this, you name a price. How much money will settle this matter?"

"Right, you name a price!"

"The dead cannot come back to life; money is the most practical thing."

"My child is ignorant; as his mother, I apologize to you on his behalf!"

"You name a number, one million or two million, as long as you speak up, the money will be transferred to you immediately."

The four families spoke one after another. At first, they were a bit nervous, but once money was mentioned, they suddenly became spirited and relaxed, as if everything was under control.

The muscles on Zhang Zhong's face twitched. The next moment, he scanned the four families one by one with a gaze that seemed to come from a demon in hell.

"Name a price? Fine. I want ten billion. Bring it here," Zhang Zhong said in a voice that seemed to come from the Nine Netherworlds.

"Brother, can we talk properly? How about this, five million, I'll transfer it to you right now, how about that?" Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Zhao Dagen said hurriedly.