Chapter 426: The two underworld belles stand up for him!

Lin Yuan, however, didn't slow down at all; he thrust his left elbow forward, pushing aside the thug who lunged at him first!

His right fist gathered inch power……blasting toward the gap in the wall of people!

With a "Bang!" a muffled sound, two thugs were shaken back half a step.

Lin Yuan blasted his way through, carving a path out of the crowd!

He kept blasting his way forward, marching straight toward Baihejie!

Shrieks of agony rang out nonstop, waves of thugs were sent flying!

At the entrance of Su Group, the colleagues who had been hiding behind the glass doors completely panicked.

Everyone thought Lin Yuan was doomed.

Lu Chengyu lay on the ground not far away, blood still staining the corner of his mouth…

Yet Lu Chengyu stared fixedly at Lin Yuan, trapped in the wall of people, a flicker of ruthless light flashing in his eyes.

He quietly wiped the blood from his mouth with his sleeve, his mind racing with calculations…

Lin Yuan is surely dead this time! With so many thugs surrounding him, even a bit of martial skill won't help!

It'd be best to let the Bai family's people finish him off, so he won't keep irritating me later—and I could play the victim in front of Director Su, maybe even get him kicked out of the company for good!

Thinking this, Lu Chengyu's lips curled into a barely perceptible cold smile, completely forgetting the humiliation of his own beating just moments ago…

Lin Yuan had already burst through more than half of the gap in the crowd.

He threw another punch into the ribs of a thug on the other side! That thug's ribs were shattered on the spot! @

Lin Yuan forcibly tore a passage through the wall of people.

Not far away, Su Mo Nong watched the heavy wall of people, then saw Lin Yuan's back get struck by a steel pipe—her heart clenched instantly.

Su Mo Nong could no longer stand still; she clenched the hem of her clothes and prepared to rush down…

A passing colleague saw her about to charge forward and quickly reached out to grab her…

"Director Su! It's dangerous! Those people have weapons—if you go up, you'll get caught in the crossfire!"

Su Mo Nong wrenched free of the colleague's grip: "Lin Yuan is doing this for our company… facing off against Baihejie—I can't just watch him get hurt!"

Saying that, she lifted her foot and started running toward the crowd…

Her skirt flared in the wind, her face full of anxiety.

Just then, a sudden roar of engines came from the distant street.

A black‑clad convoy came sweeping in!

Uniform black business vehicles, their bodies faintly stamped with the silver insignia of "Nine Honors International"!

The suddenly appearing convoy formed a standoff against Baihejie's BMW convoy.

The business‑vehicle convoy came to a steady stop at the edge of the plaza!

The car doors swished open simultaneously!

A large group of black‑suited, earpiece‑wearing bodyguards poured out quickly!

The sea of bodyguards moved in perfect unison, their aura far surpassing that of the Bai family's thugs.

Zhao Yuyan stepped out of the lead business vehicle, wearing a sharply tailored dark‑gray overcoat, her long hair flowing over her shoulders, her eyes icy cold.

Her icy gaze swept over the chaotic scene in the plaza, instantly locking onto Lin Yuan's direction.

Zhao Yuyan barked coldly: "Go! Support Lin Yuan!"

No sooner had her words fallen than the Nine Honors International bodyguards surged forward@!

The Nine Honors International enforcers, like a black torrent, thrust themselves between the Bai family's thugs and Lin Yuan, precisely intercepting the Bai family's thugs.

"Bang! Bang!" a few collisions……

The weapons in the Bai family thugs' hands were instantly knocked away……

Several thugs who tried to get close to Lin Yuan were pinned to the ground by the bodyguards, unable to move.

Lin Yuan's previously tense frame relaxed slightly; he turned his head toward Zhao Yuyan's direction, a flicker of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Baihejie saw the "Nine Honors International" insignia, then saw Zhao Yuyan's face, and his expression instantly turned grim and cold.

Baihejie snarled ferociously: "Zhao Yuyan? You… you want to go to war with my Bai Jinhua?"

Zhao Yuyan walked over to Lin Yuan, gently brushing the dust from his shoulder.

When her gaze turned to Baihejie, it instantly turned cold: "If it's war, then it's war."

"You laid hands on my man, Zhao Yuyan, and still ask whether we should fight?"

Those words exploded across the plaza like a thunderclap…@！

The colleagues hiding behind the glass doors fell silent at once？？

Everyone turned their eyes to Lin Yuan and Zhao Yuyan, filled with bewildered uncertainty？？

Su Mo Nong had just run halfway when hearing this, her steps came to an abrupt halt？？

Her grip on the hem tightened, a flicker of doubt and complexity flashing in her eyes……

Isn't this the little Zhao miss who went on a blind date with Lin Yuan before?

How did she end up here? And with so many intimidating bodyguards in tow?

Su Mo Nong had met Zhao Yuyan before.

Su Mo Nong's mind was full of doubt; she stared, disbelieving, at Zhao Yuyan directing the bodyguards, and an incredulous thought rose:

Could she, too, be mixed up in the underworld?

In her memory, Zhao Yuyan wore a light‑colored dress and spoke with a touch of coquettish charm—she looked nothing like an underworld heiress at all！！

Just then, another engine roar came from the other side！

Another black‑clad convoy came sweeping in！

An Yunxi led a large batch of suited bodyguards, disembarking quickly! She arrived at Lin Yuan's side!

An Yunxi's gaze swept over the chaotic scene, and she walked straight to Lin Yuan's other side.

Behind An Yunxi, the enforcers stood side by side at Lin Yuan's side, backing him up!

"Baihejie, your Bai Jinhàn wants to start a war, I, An Yunxi, will accompany you!" An Yunxi said coldly.

Baihejie looked at the suddenly appearing An Yunxi, his face utterly embarrassed.

Both old factions have made their moves… how… how can we still fight?

Even An Yunxi has come?

Baihejie looked at the forces of Zhao Yuyan and An Yunxi.

He gritted his teeth and took a deep breath.

Baihejie's chest was full of unwillingness, yet he still gritted his teeth and roared at his subordinates: "Stop! All of you, stop!"

The Bai family's enforcers who were engaged in combat heard the voice, froze for a moment, their movements stiffened, and hastily withdrew their hands.

Baihejie's tone lost its previous arrogance, gaining a hint of compromise.

"Actually, I don't really want to make a big deal out of this. We can talk things out; there's no need to let it escalate to this point."

Su Mo Nong stood at the edge of the plaza, watching the scene before her, completely dazed.

She stood frozen in place, her vacant gaze fixed on Zhao Yuyan and An Yunxi, who were backing Lin Yuan??

These two women, one is Lin Yuan's blind date.

The other, with a cold, refined demeanor, but at first glance is clearly the female head of a grey-market conglomerate?

Just what kind of person is Lin Yuan? How does he have so many "jianghu big shots" hidden around him?

These questions swirled in Su Mo Nong's mind, making her forget to step forward for a moment, only feeling that the Lin Yuan before her had suddenly become utterly unfamiliar.

On the plaza, the atmosphere was at a stalemate.

Baihejie stared at the bodyguards surrounding him on all sides, his knuckles whitening from clenched fists.

He knew that today, he couldn't take down Lin Yuan.

So Baihejie gave the order, "Retreat!"

Baihejie, with his subordinates, just wanted to retreat!

Zhao Yuyan caught the scene out of the corner of her eye, suddenly stepped forward, the hem of her black windbreaker sweeping the ground.

She firmly blocked Baihejie's front, cutting off his retreat.

"Want to leave?" Zhao Yuyan's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a chill.

Baihejie lifted his head, meeting Zhao Yuyan's icy, chilling gaze, and said coldly: "Miss Zhao, this is fundamentally a misunderstanding; there's no need to hold onto it, right?"

"A misunderstanding?" Zhao Yuyan snorted, her tone instantly turning cold, "Just now you brought people to surround and attack my man, hurting him—how could you not say it was a misunderstanding then?"

She stepped forward half a step, her aura pressing so that Baihejie couldn't help but retreat.

"You bullied my man, and now you just dust off your pants and want to slip away? I, Zhao Yuyan, have been around the underworld for so many years—if I let you go today, wouldn't that make people laugh that I can't even protect my own people?"

At that moment, at the company entrance, the young lady Su Zhiyuan also stood at the doorway, staring blankly at the scene.

When she saw Zhao Yuyan say that Lin Yuan was her man……

Su Zhiyuan's heart at this moment was a mix of emotions, all kinds of vinegar bottles overturned.

Su Zhiyuan was completely jealous, yet she gritted her teeth and still dared not step forward.

In this situation, she, this young lady of a wealthy family…… basically had no room to intervene.

Amidst the crowd, the standoff continued.

Zhao Yuyan's people blocked the path of Baihejie and his group.

Baihejie's face darkened completely, he gritted his teeth and retorted: "What exactly do you want? Do you really want to turn against my Bai Jinhàn completely over a Lin Yuan?"

"What if we turn hostile?" Zhao Yuyan raised her eyebrows, her tone showing no concession, "Today either you leave an explanation, or nobody gets to leave."

Baihejie stared at her, then glanced at An Yunxi, who had remained silent beside him, feeling uneasy inside.

On the surface, Baihejie still forced himself to hold up: "What explanation do you want?"

"Apology." Zhao Yuyan raised her hand pointing at Lin Yuan, voice firm and unyielding, "In front of everyone, sincerely apologize to Lin Yuan, admit your mistake for what you did today."

As her words fell, An Yunxi suddenly stepped forward half a pace, also coldly said, "Miss Zhao is right, you hurt Lin Yuan, a mere misunderstanding is far from enough, an apology is necessary."

As An Yunxi's words fell, the black-clad people behind her moved forward half a step in unison, like a silent pressure.

Baihejie looked at the two people forming a united front before him, then glanced at the surrounding bodyguards watching like tigers.

He knew deep down he couldn't avoid today...

The fire in Baihejie's chest surged upward, but he could only hold it in tightly, his teeth clenched until his cheeks ached.

The standoff atmosphere in the square was frozen.

Baihejie's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight not far away……Lu Chengyu lying on the ground.

Lu Chengyu still had a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

A thought sprang up in Baihejie's mind, his eyes sank, he lunged forward, grabbed Lu Chengyu's collar in one fist, and yanked him up hard.

Lu Chengyu was already sore all over, and this yank made him grit his teeth in pain.

Lu Chengyu hadn't even reacted yet……

Then Baihejie shouted loudly at Zhao Yuyan and An Yunxi: "Everyone! Today is just a huge misunderstanding! I never intended to cause trouble for Lin Yuan!"

He shoved Lu Chengyu forward forcefully, his finger pointing hard at Lu Chengyu's nose, his tone feigning anger!

"It's all this brat! He instigated me to teach Lin Yuan a lesson! He's trying to drive a wedge between me and Lin Yuan!" Baihejie snapped angrily.

Lu Chengyu staggered from the push, hearing this left him completely dazed……

Lu Chengyu stared blankly at Baihejie, unable to snap out of it for a long while.

No? How did this suddenly get dragged onto me?

I was clearly just hiding off to the side watching the jokes, I hadn't even spoken a few words to Baihejie, this is clearly a frame-up!

Lu Chengyu reacted, hurriedly shaking his head and waving his hands, his voice trembling: "No! It wasn't me! Mr. Bai, don't spout nonsense! I never instigated you! You can't just spit blood at people!"

"Still denying?" Baihejie's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness as he raised his hand and slapped Lu Chengyu's cheek.

"Smack!" The sharp slap rang out especially harshly in the square.

Lu Chengyu was struck so hard his head turned to the side; his cheek instantly reddened and swollen, and he spat blood on the spot.

Baihejie still wasn't satisfied, and he slapped him several more times, each blow delivered with full force, cursing as he went:

"Still denying? You just slandered Lin Yuan in your mouth—wasn't that vicious enough? How can you refuse to admit it now?"

Baihejie deliberately raised his voice, as if wanting everyone to hear.

"I was on good terms with Brother Lin originally; if you hadn't stirred up trouble in between, speaking ill of him, I wouldn't have come looking for trouble—it's all your fault!"

Lu Chengyu reeled from the blows, his cheek burning with pain, tears threatening to spill.

Lu Chengyu shook his head desperately, explaining: "It wasn't me… really wasn't me… you're framing me! I didn't…"

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