Chapter 2358: Chapter 2422: Open Extortion

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Weiguo said, "I... I’m willing to offer one hundred million... no, five hundred million to compensate Miss Hu, and I ask Mr. Li to let me off this time. I promise I won’t bother Miss Hu in the future!"

"Five hundred million?" Li Yifei repeated and Zhao Weiguo nodded vigorously, but saw Li Yifei shaking his head and said, "What you’re after is my sister’s estate worth over two billion. If you succeeded, that over two billion would go into your pocket!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Weiguo immediately understood Li Yifei’s meaning. He gritted his teeth and decided to admit defeat, so he said, "I... I can offer one billion and beg Miss Hu’s forgiveness."

"You seem to not understand what I’m saying!" Li Yifei frowned and said.

"I..." Zhao Weiguo was about to cry. Once upon a time, it was always him threatening others, extorting others, never having been extorted like this himself; especially when it starts at five hundred million or one billion, isn’t that a joke? Thinking of this, Zhao Weiguo couldn’t help but feel a toothache, as it really was a difficult situation. "Mr. Li, I... I did wrong, had ill intentions, but I didn’t actually carry them out!"

"Are you saying all those things before were just for fun? Or were you sleepwalking?" Li Yifei raised an eyebrow and said.

Zhao Weiguo shook his head repeatedly, his face full of misery as he said, "No, no, that’s not what I meant. What I mean is... I mean I didn’t succeed, so... could the compensation be a bit less?"

"Oh, you make a point, after all, you didn’t succeed, and I stopped you!" Li Yifei nodded with a look of understanding and said.

Zhao Weiguo dared not nod along, instinctively sensing that this matter wasn’t over, so he replied, "How about... I add another five hundred million to seek Miss Hu’s forgiveness."

Adding another five hundred million brings the total to one point five billion, and everyone present except Li Yifei was unsettled, Zhao Weiguo’s men were nearly dropping their eyes to the floor, each couldn’t help but wonder who Li Yifei was to scare Zhao Weiguo like this?

The Hu Family felt both relieved and incredulous, as if in the blink of an eye the world had turned; once Li Yifei appeared, the arrogant Zhao Family People became meek, and opening his mouth asked for compensation of several hundred million. The Hu Family’s two generations had worked hard for decades to accumulate today’s wealth, and Li Yifei alone, with one mouth, easily demanded one point five billion—is this a joke?

No, no, just looking at Li Yifei’s expression confirms this is not a joke, but indeed reality. After Zhao Weiguo finished speaking, he watched Li Yifei, seeing his unchanged demeanor and seemed still unsatisfied, so Zhao Weiguo knew that today, if he didn’t bleed significantly, it couldn’t be resolved.

"I thought Zhao Family People act generously, as the leader in the Southern Provinces, you’re at least the second generation of Zhao Family, but your actions are so petty, truly disappointing!" Li Yifei said.

With a thud, Zhao Weiguo knelt on the ground, his eyes filled with pain, and then he said, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I admit my fault, I admit defeat!"

This kneeling caused his subordinates’ eyes to burst open directly; even if Zhao Weiguo wasn’t a direct descendant of the Zhao Family, he’s someone of status whose every action represents Zhao Family and must consider Zhao Family’s dignity. Now he’s kneeling to one person—if this is spoken of outside, it’ll likely be disbelieved, yet they’re witnessing this happening now.

Seeing Zhao Weiguo kneel, Li Yifei remained expressionless, as if this was supposed to happen, while Hu Yu’er subconsciously stepped back, never expecting it would turn out this way, Li Yifei actually forced the opposition to kneel...

Li Yifei didn’t feel surprised; Zhao Weiguo knelt to him, wanting to leverage Zhao Family’s dignity for his own clemency, yet unfortunately, Li Yifei didn’t intend to let the matter slide lightly. Looking at Zhao Weiguo, he said, "Doing this doesn’t seem like the Zhao Family People style of handling things!"

Zhao Weiguo was about to cry, thinking, "I’m already kneeling here, brother, can’t you let me off?"

"Mr. Li, I truly realize my mistake, I will certainly, certainly not bother Miss Hu in the future. What happened before was my fault, and I admit the mistake. I’m willing to offer compensation. How about... twenty billion, or more if needed!" Zhao Weiguo spoke here with bleeding heart; twenty billion, even for a wealthy Zhao Family isn’t a small sum, especially as cash flow. For Zhao Weiguo, it’s muscle and bone money; taking out this money might bring his industries into a winter phase, lacking operational capacity. Of course, Zhao Weiguo’s adept at trading futures, so paying this money would affect him more in that aspect.

Li Yifei chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Alright, I won’t make it difficult for you."

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Li." Zhao Weiguo’s face lit up with joy, but then heard Li Yifei continue, "Call Old Master Zhao here, such incidents no one wants to see!"

With a light tone, Zhao Weiguo felt as if falling into an ice cave. Li Yifei was resolute about utterly collapsing him, no doubt; to counterpart, killing him is much too easy, so his purpose here is... Zhao Weiguo tried to calm himself, yet calming was impossible no matter how he tried.

Hu Yu’er’s heart was tumultuous, yet on the surface, she became more composed, realizing the man beside her, once a savior-like figure, remains domineering even after retiring, capable of pressing the Zhao Family, the first family of Southern Sky, down unable to lift their heads. Such power is not something an average person can possess, even Hu Yu’er couldn’t imagine who could have such ability; this prowess is simply world-shattering.

The happening was real, definitely not fake, as she even pinched her thigh secretly already. On seeing Zhao Weiguo kneeling, she wondered if this was a long dream, but it hurt her thigh, confirming it wasn’t a dream.

Seeing Zhao Weiguo pale-faced, eyes full of unwillingness, yet did not dare act out, enduring his emotions intensely; his men were baffled yet were unable to contradict, after all, they were merely subordinates.

As for the Hu Family members, each felt overjoyed, simply too satisfying—what arrogance, their guest could beat it all!

"Mr. Li... My father is old, could you relent a bit and not bother him with this matter? I’ve also reached adulthood; encountering troubles, I could resolve them myself, would this be alright?" Zhao Weiguo virtually gritting his teeth, uttered.

Li Yifei glanced at Hu Yu’er beside him, seemingly inquiring her view. Hu Yu’er hesitated a moment, then said, "Zhao Weiguo, this matter was completely caused by you!"

"Yes, it’s my own doing, I ask Miss Hu to be generous and not be petty with me. The compensation I previously promised will be honored, and from now on in Southern Sky, I shall avoid Miss Hu at all costs!" Zhao Weiguo spoke softly.

Hu Yu’er nodded, turned her head to Li Yifei, seemingly indicating she could accept such terms. Li Yifei smiled, saying, "Get up, I don’t bully with power; I always treat things, not people. When things are done well, even with enemies, I can joke and laugh; if not done right, whether you’re Zhao Weiguo or Old Master Zhao, I treat equally."

This statement resonated deeply with the Zhao Family People, as the day of the torrential rain Li Yifei taught them a profound lesson, not only treating them equally; this guy was simply invincible. The top elders and second elders had acted in succession, not only failing to hurt him but were countered and killed.

Old Master Zhao assigned Li Yifei as the highest-level opponent, someone Zhao Family People needed to avoid where possible. Today, Zhao Weiguo offended him, not to mention involving Hu Yu’er, so his punishment was deserved. Once this issue returned home, the Zhao Family likely wouldn’t side with him but blame him for provoking Li Yifei, bringing about his own downfall.

"Thank you, Mr. Li, I will remember this, handling matters in the future..."

Not waiting for him to finish, Li Yifei raised his hand to stop him, saying, "I don’t care how you handle things; the Zhao Family has done things arrogantly in the Southern Provinces not once or twice. I don’t have time to educate Old Master Zhao’s descendants!"

"Yes, yes, I will bring the compensation money to you as soon as possible!" Zhao Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief, this meant the pursuit stopped. Using twenty billion to buy a chance to live, he accepted, indeed accepted, despite losing a large sum!

In fact, this truly is a considerable sum; to ordinary people, such long strings of numbers seemed astronomical, yet for some it’s not much—certain projects could easily reach one or two hundred billion, even more.

Being able to stop Li Yifei from involving Zhao Family elders meant minimizing the embarrassment, and that’s stronger than anything.

Thinking so, he couldn’t help feeling light-hearted, wiped the sweat off his head, only to find his clothes drenched.

"What about your men fighting?" Li Yifei asked lightly.

Uh... isn’t this a single matter? Zhao Weiguo’s previously relaxed body tightened again, blinked twice, saying, "I... I’m willing to compensate, and apologize to all friends."

"How much?" Li Yifei asked succinctly.

"This... five hundred... one billion!" Zhao Weiguo said with determination.

Li Yifei winked at Hu Yu’er, saying, "Alright!"

"Thank you, Mr. Li." Zhao Weiguo said, but his heart felt bitter—darn it, compensating a billion for hitting a person, is it hitting a person, or hitting gold? No, even a full gold person wouldn’t be so expensive.

But he had no choice, for greed got him into this situation.

Li Yifei added, "Fat Uncle, what else?"

Fat Uncle, having vented his frustration, he respected Li Yifei, promptly stepped forward saying, "And the gate, these punks slammed it open right in!"