After Being Betrayed I Married the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 62, Submit to me or face your end!

HISS!

Cheng Xiaolin knelt on the ground, his body convulsing in pain.

At that moment, everyone surrounding the scene dared not make a single move. Nor did anyone possess the courage to step forward and help him up.

It was Old Master Su who puffed up his beard and glared, sensing that things had gone south. After all, anyone else could be a spectator, adopting an attitude of indifference as long as it didn’t concern them. But he could not. He was Su Xiyang’s biological grandfather, her direct relative. And in this conflict, Su Xiyang was a crucial figure. In other words, with Cheng Xiaolin’s personality, suffering a setback today didn’t mean he was ready to let the matter rest. A far greater potential crisis was destined to befall the Su Family.

"Su Xiyang!" Su Ke could barely contain the rage in his heart any longer. Especially when he thought about how the once-obedient Su Xiyang had suddenly undergone a complete personality change, causing all sorts of trouble and showing a complete lack of social graces... The old master’s anger boiled over. Obviously, this was all Shen Fanyun’s doing. Shen Fanyun was leading Su Xiyang astray. In time, this would inevitably drag the Su Family into dire straits.

"You seem very angry?" Before Su Ke could speak, Shen Fanyun’s gaze had already landed on the furious old man. "Your own granddaughter gets bullied in public, and your first instinct isn’t to seek justice for her but to... apologize to trash like him?"

Shen Fanyun pointed at Cheng Xiaolin, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Not only that, but you also ordered your own granddaughter to apologize with you. You completely ignored her grievances and didn’t even bother to ask who was right or wrong. You really are a model grandfather."

Su Ke was left speechless.

"This is my family’s affair; you have no right to interfere," Su Ke said word by word through gritted teeth.

Shen Fanyun shrugged nonchalantly. "I can’t be bothered wasting my breath on an old fool like you who loves being a lapdog for the rich and powerful."

Su Ke was rendered speechless once more. This was blatant humiliation!

"To lick the boots of trash like that, you toss aside your dignity, your sense of justice, and all notions of right and wrong. It’s no wonder people look down on you."

Su Ke remained silent. If this had been ten-odd years ago, when he was at his peak, Shen Fanyun would never have dared to offend him like this. None of the old acquaintances present would have dared to look down on him, either. However, the reality was that he had indeed become a laughingstock.

COUGH! COUGH!

Su Ke coughed violently, his chest heaving. He was visibly choking with rage at Shen Fanyun’s words. But what could he do? Without the intervention of a true master or an organized team to take him down, the assembled nobles and socialites were no match for Shen Fanyun alone.

Su Xiyang, caught in the middle, felt quite conflicted. After all, Shen Fanyun was berating her own grandfather. But when she recalled how, just a moment ago, Su Ke’s first concern hadn’t been whether she was hurt but to rush and apologize to Cheng Xiaolin and Hou Si... she secretly shook her head and decided to remain silent.

"Since the show’s over, I’ll be leaving," Shen Fanyun announced, having never liked noisy environments. Before he left, however, he asked Su Xiyang one more time, "Are you coming?"

"Yes, I’m going back to the company," Su Xiyang nodded.

Shen Fanyun raised his arm.

Su Xiyang paused for a moment, then gritted her teeth and slipped her graceful body under Shen Fanyun’s arm. He smoothly wrapped his arm around her shoulder, creating a picture of intimacy and affection.

"Little beauty, you’re getting to know me better and better," Shen Fanyun said with a playful grin.

Su Xiyang snorted. "Stop being disgusting."

"It’s only the second day. The days ahead are long and lonely!" Shen Fanyun muttered.

Su Xiyang was confused. What second day? A second later, she realized—the second day of her period. Since it usually lasted a week, Shen Fanyun would have to remain abstinent for five more days, which was surely torture for a vigorous man in his prime.

"You really can’t run a red light, huh?" Shen Fanyun mused to himself, the double meaning clear.

Su Xiyang felt like her head was about to explode. One moment she was moved that Shen Fanyun had stood up for her, and the next, she was seized by the urge to slaughter the man!

"Shen Fanyun, you’d better behave yourself!" Su Xiyang warned.

Shen Fanyun feigned helplessness. "You’re so tempting, it’s hard to be a gentleman around you."

"We’ve known each other for a while, and I haven’t even given you a decent gift. How about I take you shopping?"

Su Xiyang grew wary. Had this guy changed his ways? He knows to take a girl shopping and prepare a thoughtful gift? Why did this reek of ulterior motives?

"You’re not thinking of buying me stockings, are you?" Su Xiyang asked, gritting her teeth. "Black ones that go up to the thigh? The kind that are silky smooth, tear away easily, and don’t get in the way?"

Shen Fanyun stroked her small head. "See? I told you. You understand me more and more!"

"You bastard!" Is that all this dog of a man thinks about all day?!

With his arm around Su Xiyang, Shen Fanyun walked away until they were out of sight.

Without its primary organizer, Cheng Xiaolin, to oversee the proceedings, the business conference was destined to be a wash. The guests had no choice but to leave, one by one.

As the crowd at the conference exit gradually dispersed, a young woman appeared, pushing an elderly man in a wheelchair. His face was a roadmap of wrinkles and his eyes held the weight of a long, storied life.

"That guy is strong. Even Hou Si was no match for him," the young woman remarked.

The old man scoffed. "A loser like Hou Si is all show and no substance. He’s just been coasting on the reputation he lucked into years ago, throwing his weight around. In reality, he dropped out of the ranks of top-tier local experts long ago. He’s just a paper tiger, and today, someone called his bluff."

Nevertheless, the old man was still quite interested in Shen Fanyun.

"A talent like that, if he could be made to work for our Hong Family, would be like adding wings to a tiger," the old patriarch of the Hong Family mused, stroking his chin.

The young woman hesitated for a few seconds before volunteering, "Should I go meet him? Try to recruit him into the Hong Family’s camp? Bringing a rising star like him into our Hong Family would be a powerful alliance."

The young woman, Hong Danggui, was eager to try.

"The youth of today are far more individualistic than my generation was. He might not even look twice at our Hong Family," the old man said, placing his clasped hands on his knees. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"That’s simple," Hong Danggui said coolly. "We kill him. If he cannot be used by the Hong Family, then we absolutely cannot leave him out there for other families to target. After all, if he ever joins another major family, it would be the same as creating a powerful new enemy for our Hong Family!"

The old man greatly admired Hong Danggui’s decisiveness and insight. "Danggui, your decisiveness and spirit are becoming more and more like I was in my prime. You haven’t wasted the twenty-some years I’ve spent carefully cultivating you!"

At that moment, Shen Fanyun had yet to realize that he had already been targeted.