Chapter 420: Chapter 313: Ma Kai Backs Down
Ma Kai was a thin man in his late thirties, without a particularly strong build. His most distinctive feature was a triangular face, giving the impression at first glance that he was rather sly and cunning!
In fact, Ma Kai was Su Zhengxiong’s right-hand man, along with Niu Li, they were known as the “bull head and horse face” beside Su, the King of Hell.
Niu Li was that powerful man who, in a showdown at the Tengwang Pavilion Grand Hotel, had broken three of Jiang Tao’s ribs despite being left with only half a life himself. Being able to put Jiang Tao in hospital reflected his formidable strength.
If Niu Li was regarded as Su Zhengxiong’s top fighter, then Ma Kai, standing before them, was Su Zhengxiong’s top strategic advisor. When Su Zhengxiong fled from the magic capital, Ma Kai was the one who benefitted the most.
Ma Kai was rather sneaky, known for keeping secrets and having a strong sense of retaliation and jealousy. Su Zhengxiong’s title as the King of Hell owed half its renown to the scheming Ma Kai.
Ma Kai couldn’t stand to be on the losing end and never let a slight go unanswered; so, when he heard his n had been roughed up, he didn’t hesitate to call his subordinates together for revenge.
Of course, he was also aware that the Lianshang Song Bar was Sun Shangwu’s territory, and he didn’t dare to force his way in, so he had given prior notice with the promise not to escalate the matter.
Originally, if Chu Mo hadn’t shown up, given Ma Kai’s ruthlessly brutal thods, the Lianshang Song Bar would have turned a blind eye, which certainly would have spelled disaster for the group of students in the private room!
But it was a twist of fate that Tao Yun and Zhou Yuanyuan were there, so Chu Mo’s intervention was inevitable.
When Ma Kai, who was as skinny as a monkey and about 1.7 ters tall, swaggered into the bar hall with his sixty-odd followers, Chu Mo was sitting calmly in the armchair in the middle of the hall, waiting for his arrival.
Chu Mo’s side was outnumbered, with only nineteen bodyguards even with Fan Gao included. Tao Yun and Zhou Yuanyuan could be almost discounted. However, among the fewer than twenty people, including the towering Fang Lihu who stood at 2.3 ters, eighteen were over 1.95 ters tall. And the only one who was 1.9 ters, Fan Gao, had the most dominating presence.
The professional bodyguards, all dressed in black, were disciplined and composed, a stark contrast to Ma Kai’s motley crew of subordinates.
So rely at first glance, the once brash and arrogant rabble of hoodlums imdiately fell silent.
Ma Kai, the leader, swept over the crowd with piercing eyes and quickly spotted Chu Mo sitting centrally, the only one seated.
Chu Mo, wearing gold-rimd glasses on his nose, was dressed in a tailored casual suit. Holding a cup of tea, he appeared calm and indifferent, giving no sign that he considered the unfolding events worth his attention, showing no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.
The gaunt man swallowed hard; his gaze scoured the room before finally resting on the middle-aged, portly man beside Chu Mo—Ma Yao.
Ma Yao, the general manager of the Lianshang Song Bar, handled the managent of this place and had so interactions with Ma Kai in the past. But now, no matter how he signaled with his eyes, the middle-aged fat man completely ignored him.
Ma Kai’s followers, who had been loud and rowdy monts ago, all turned their attention to him, waiting for his decision. Ma Kai stepped forward, his voice slightly shrill but his mannerism unexpectedly polite:
“Mr. Chu, I was unaware of your presence here, my apologies for the disturbance!”
Chu Mo, who had been sitting quietly in the center of the hall, looked up with slight surprise at Ma Kai and asked calmly:
“You know ?”
The lean man swallowed hard again; as Su Zhengxiong’s right-hand man, and knowing that Su Zhengxiong had been driven out of the magic capital by Chu Mo, how could he not know of Chu Mo?
On the contrary, he not only knew Chu Mo but also knew more about him than the average person, and the more he knew, the more he feared.
Bowing his head slightly, the cautious man’s eyes darted around, and he quickly turned and kicked out one of his subordinates who was battered and bruised, while forcing a smile:
“Mr. Chu’s presence here must be due to the recent conflict. My subordinate was out of line and offended your people, Mr. Chu. He was blind to recognize soone of your stature and deserves to die for that. My personal appearance here is precisely to deliver him to you, to be dealt with however you see fit!”
With those words, Ma Kai signaled subtly, and imdiately his n brought several disheveled and terrified thugs to the fore.
It was a typical case of sacrificing pawns to save the king.
This man nad Ma Kai was shrewd and decisive; upon recognizing Chu Mo’s identity, he almost imdiately made up his mind.
He had watched Su Zhengxiong’s downfall and naturally understood all too well the power of Chu Mo!
Even his master, Su Zhengxiong, was no match for Chu Mo, so as a re strategist, he lacked the guts to tough it out. Thus, the mont he understood the situation, he was determined to soften his stance and admit defeat.
Chu Mo had not anticipated such an outco. Just monts ago, he had been contemplating letting Fan Gao deal with these ruffians when they ca up, using the opportunity to witness Fan Gao’s skills firsthand and to squash Ma Kai in the process.
Ma Kai was Su Zhengxiong’s confidant, and to cut the grass, one must remove the roots.
However, the other party was very compliant, not giving Chu Mo a chance to take issue. He ca up and admitted his wrongs without prompt and even delivered the few provocateurs, letting Chu Mo deal with them as he saw fit, leaving Chu Mo feeling sowhat at a loss for action.
Chu Mo handed his teacup to Tao Yun beside him, whose eyes sparkled as she imdiately reached out to take it. To the indeed vanity-loving Tao Yun, her man’s heroic display in front of so many people was incredibly captivating.
This unconscious gesture by Chu Mo made Tao Yun even more devoted to him.
“I gave you a chance earlier, told you to answer the phone, and all this could have been avoided; but unfortunately, you didn’t treasure the opportunity…”
Before Chu Mo’s words could finish, Ma Kai, whose eyes were rapidly spinning, stepped forward and kicked down his underlings, while loudly scolding them:
“Kneel down, you bunch of lifeless things! Dare you defy Mr. Chu’s words?”
The bruised and beaten underlings imdiately kowtowed, their previously fierce deanors in front of Tao Yun and the students replaced by sniveling and tearful pleas for Chu Mo’s forgiveness, completely stripped of their earlier arrogance.
No one could bla these n for their weakness, the current situation had instilled fear in them.
As the small-ti thugs knocked their heads on the ground, Ma Kai, skinny as a monkey, stepped forward, but before he could get close, the towering figure of Fang Lihu imdiately blocked him with a step.
At a height of two ters thirty, the muscular Fang Lihu made the one ter seventy Ma Kai look like a puny and powerless child.
Chu Mo motioned with his hand, speaking indifferently:
“No matter!”
On Chu Mo’s command, Fang Lihu stepped back half a step, but his gaze never left the other man, tension radiating from his fra, ready to strike with the force of thunder at any sign of Ma Kai’s aberration!
With Fang Lihu’s terrifying strength, fully coiled for action, he indeed had the power to kill with a single punch.
Seeing his chance, Ma Kai advanced two steps. His lanky body moved next to Chu Mo, and then he bent forward slightly, his voice careful and ingratiating:
“Mr. Chu, I was wrong first in this matter, and I admit my punishnt. Here’s the thing, I have a treasure at ho, Spirit Rhy Tea—I don’t know if Mr. Chu has heard of it? It’s an extrely precious tea, even more so than the finest Dahongpao from Mount Wuyi, one kilogram worth a hundred million. This tea was sourced from Shennongjia, absolutely priceless.
“It belongs to Su Zhengxiong, and even he’s reluctant to drink it, so it ended up with . But what right does a lackey like have to enjoy such delicacies? Only soone of Mr. Chu’s stature is worthy of tasting such treasures.
“So, I will send soone to deliver it to Mr. Chu as soon as I get back. Rest assured, Mr. Chu, if there’s even a half-truth in what I’ve said, there’s no need for you to act. I’ll end things myself!”
Ma Kai’s face showed extre care, and Chu Mo believed he wouldn’t dare to deceive him over this. Otherwise, the consequences would be more than he could bear.
The five or six thugs with snotty tears still pleaded their mistakes, while Ma Kai, skinny as a monkey, lowered his head to his crotch, showing an apologetic attitude that left no room for criticism.
anwhile, the elevator doors across from them opened again, and Sun Shangwu, still with the rain on his face, strode towards them with his impressive figure.
Chu Mo stood up, a smile returning to his face. As he brushed past the lean man, he said indifferently:
“Let’s leave today’s matter at this. Go find Zhang Ailun, the boss at the detective agency. From today, you’ll work under Zhang Ailun.”
As he spoke, Chu Mo didn’t give the man a chance to respond, striding forward to shake hands with the beaming Sun Shangwu.
“Mr. Sun, I appreciate your handling of today’s issue!”
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