182 Good Liquor (1/2)

Xiao Luo remained silent. He had taken notice of Chu Yunxiong's subtle gesture and his meaningful wink signaling for him to restrain himself for now. He walked towards the table, smiled courteously, and took a seat beside Chu Yunxiong.

The moment Xiao Luo sat down, Long Sankui turned to Chu Yunxiong, saying, ”Mr. Chu, let's not to mince words. I know this d*mn rascal once protected your dear daughter. You intervened and mediated on his behalf because you owe him a favor.” He said it in a seemingly harmless yet, in fact, menacing way. Having made his point, he continued, ”But he cut off the hands of 53 disciples of mine and totally destroyed my Yellow Skies Casino, which I managed painstakingly for many years. This kind of debt can't be written off by a few words.”

Chu Yunxiong put his teacup down and smiled calmly, said, ”So what does Mr. Long think we should do?”

Long Sankui shot an angry glance at Xiao Luo and said in a threatening voice, ”It's easy. He chopped off my disciples' hands, so now I want to cut off his right hand. He smashed my Yellow Skies Casino, so I will have to ask him to compensate for all of my losses. That is all.”

”If you really wish to cut off his hand, wouldn't I have set up the banquet tonight in vain?” Chu Yunxiong answered with a sardonic smile, looking right into the eyes of Long Sankui.

Long Sankui backed off slightly, still wary of Chu Yunxiong. Although Chu Yunxiong might seem to be a gentle, harmless type, he had a reputation of being a brutal operator in his heydays. He'd use any means necessary to achieve his goals, and he was not one to trifle with, even to this day. Long Sankui considered himself above everything and everybody here in Jiangcheng, but not Chu Yunxiong.

Aggrieved by the stance Chu Yunxiong had taken, Long Sankui now vented his anger at Xiao Luo.

”You little rascal, you're truly a nasty son of b*tch. I would kill you now, if not for the due respect I'm giving to Mr. Chu's feelings. In Jiangcheng, I can destroy you as easy as squshing a bug!”

Long Sankui's expression changed abruptly into an angry scowl. He grabbed the bottle of wine in front of him to smash it over Xiao Luo's head.

Xiao Luo promptly raised his arm to parry, and the bottle exploded dramatically into myriad pieces, spilling its contents all over the floor.

”Hah, you d*amn rascal. How dare you block my blow?” Long Sankui bellowed in his rage.

Xiao Luo looked sternly at Long Sankui, his lips pressed tightly together into a thinly veiled smile, but his eyes remained cold. In an instant, he had a bottle of wine in his hand and smashed it on Long Sankui's head.

Long Sankui still retained his reflexes even with his age, quickly raising both his hand up to protect himself.

—CRASH!

The wine bottle broke against his arm, and both its shards and the spilling wine fell upon Long Sankui's garments.

Xiao Luo laughed and said, ”Mr. Long, is one bottle enough? Do you need another one?”

Wah!

Leng Zuo and Leng You gasped in shock. They thought to themselves, ”This young guy is really fearless. He is definitely the only person in Jiangcheng who would dare to smash a bottle of wine over Long Sankui's head!”

”You rascal, do you want to die?!”

Leng Bao and Da Yuan yelled out, snapping out of their momentary shock, and with fierce looks and their teeth gnashing, readied to rush in to strike Xiao Luo.

Long Sankui waved his hand and stopped his bodyguards. His eyes stared steadily at Xiao Luo, but could not stop his eyelids from twitching nervously. Suddenly, he burst into a loud laugh and said, ”Plucky youngster! This d*mn rascal truly has b*lls!” He quickly turned to look at Chu Yunxiong and said, ”You see Mr. Chu, did you see that? This rascal doesn't have a conciliatory attitude at all. It's not about the fact that he doesn't give face to me, he doesn't respect you!”

He was implying that while Chu Yunxiong was willing to protect Xiao Luo, yet he had not shown the due respect at all, in appreciation of the favor. Chu Yunxiong's kindness was instead taken for granted.

”Luo?”