Chapter 49: Gangland Grudges Part 4

  Su Luo arrived just in time, no more than ten minutes after the incident occurred, but Long Xi's men had already taken control of the situation and subdued the opponent.

  Several young men were pressing down on five or six unfamiliar men and women at the entrance of the private room, all of whom had more or less injuries on their bodies, obviously having just been in a fight.

  The younger ones bowed and chorused "Your Highness" as she approached. Su Luo didn't mind these empty courtesies, but she also didn't miss the flicker of guilt in their eyes.

  Without her instruction, Lin Jingwen intuitively went forward to open the door of the private room.

  The younger brothers obviously didn't want to, silently using their bodies to block him.

  "I apologize, Your Highness, but the leader has some private matters to attend to inside. It's not convenient for you to enter right now. If there's anything we can help with, we'll report it on your behalf." One of them bowed again to Su Luo, "Apologies" and explained in a professional tone, though this apology was quite limited.

  "Private matter"?

  "Inconvenient"?

  "What's the report?"

  Su Luo was overjoyed.

  Long Xiao, where did you find these treasures? They're really cute and innocent. It's the first time I've heard that there are places in her own territory that aren't convenient to enter, and she has to report to Long Xiao when speaking to him?

  What an earth-shattering experience! It's really a novel and amazing experience!

  If it weren't for the urgency of time, she would have liked to accompany these few silly children to play and talk about life, so that they wouldn't make a fool of themselves again in the future, lose the face of Qinglong, or get played with.

  She playfully smiled and Lin Jingwen knocked down several people, then opened the door, retreated to her side, waiting for her to go first.

  Let's get down to business first.

  The scene inside was almost the same as she had imagined, looking quite calm. A dozen or so of Long Xiao's trusted followers were scattered around, either standing or sitting. On the sofa in the middle, Long Xiao and Lu Zhen'er were embracing each other as if nothing else existed.

  But Su Luo didn't have time to bother with them. There was another person lying on the ground, who had been brutally beaten, and that was her real purpose for coming over.

  His surname is Man, known in the Jianghu as Master Man. He's not very old, only around thirty years old, and has risen to prominence in K City in just five or six years, but he controls a large number of thugs and mistresses under his command, and is ruthless in his dealings, so most people don't dare offend him. However, it's also widely rumored that he's a man of great principle, and will go to great lengths for friends he has acknowledged, while showing no mercy to his enemies.

  Su Luo had never met him in this life, but the two of them had clashed in their previous lives, both suffering heavy losses. The reason was that Long Siye had offended him severely for Lu Zhen's sake, almost crippling one of his hands. If they weren't on opposing sides, Su Luo actually admired him deep down, even feeling a sense of camaraderie with him. Unlike them, he didn't have the backing of a powerful family and yet was able to achieve this level of success through his own efforts, making him a formidable opponent.

  She roughly guessed it was this time from the manager's few words. It's also lucky that she caught up, so even if she can't completely resolve the feud, at least she wants to save his hand, lest it gets to the point of no return.

  It's not that I'm afraid of him, it's just that for Qing Long, having one more enemy is not as good as having one more friend.

  Everyone in the house was somewhat nervous when they saw that it was Su Luo who had entered. After all, she was the legitimate and rightful fiancée of the master of the house. No one knew whether she had come to catch Jian or not, but those who had helped the master "cheat" by using their elbows to nudge him in the right direction were worried that they might be implicated as well.

  "Crown Prince." "The Crown Prince has arrived." Everyone greeted him, and Su Luo also nodded in response. Most of the people here were mid-to-high level, and a few were even at the Hall Master level, so she knew them all.

  Long Xiao was still comforting Lu Zhen'er, wiping away her tears, but such a big commotion couldn't be ignored. Subconsciously, he hid Lu Zhen'er in his arms, blocking Su Luo's line of sight, as if Su Luo were some kind of ferocious beast.

  Su Luo found his reaction amusing. Although it was their first meeting, with her abilities wouldn't he have known of Lu Zhan's existence? If he really wanted to take her in, why wait until now.

  Lu Zhen'er cried, which was understandable. After all, she was a delicate little girl who had never encountered a drunkard's harassment before, so it was natural for her to be scared. But Long Xiao's childish behavior was a bit unbecoming.

  These three years, apart from helping with matters, the two of them didn't have much contact, but it was enough for Su Luo to re-understand him. He wasn't a bad person and had some talent, but he was too emotional, indecisive, and not suitable for great things. So she couldn't take that risk, putting her brothers' lives in his hands, but his position made it impossible for him to stay out of the matter. Therefore, she needed to properly control the authority in his hands, at least maintaining the balance of Qinglong for now.

  However, there is a deep-seated friendship between them, and Su Luo is extremely protective of him. As long as he doesn't harm Qing Long, she will protect him within her capabilities, ensuring his food and clothing are taken care of, and even bring Lu Zhen Er under her wing. Of course, this is something she would never say out loud, and even if she did, no one would believe her.

  "You're here." Long Xiao greeted with a smile.

  Su Luo's heart was slightly dissatisfied, and she just faintly hummed a response, walking to Man Yi's side and extending her hand: "Can you still get up?"

  The other party was panting with his head down, but when he heard her voice, he lifted his head up, and on his face covered in blood, there was a look of arrogance.

  Su Luo didn't say another word, still maintaining the gesture of stretching out her hand, even the curvature of her waist and the smile at the corner of her mouth remained unchanged.

  The two of them remained in a stalemate, and the atmosphere in the room became somewhat heavy for a moment.

  After a long time, suddenly, the people on the ground laughed, it was that kind of loud and unrestrained laughter: "Haha, haha ha......"

  Although it still sounds a bit difficult, with coarse gasps and coughs from chest injuries, Su Luo finally let out a sigh of relief. She knew that this time she had succeeded halfway, at least not creating deep hatred.

  But on the surface, it was still not visible, and when the other party handed over his hand to her, she pulled him up with a clever force.

  The two of them exchanged a smile.

  The other spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, and with a clenched fist, said to Su Luo: "So you're the Crown Prince. I've long heard of your great name, and indeed it's not in vain. I'm Man Li, today I've been rude to you, please forgive me."

  Su Luo smiled: "I don't dare, but you scared this young lady half to death." She pointed at Lu Zhen'er.

  The other party has completely sobered up, walked to the front of Long Xiao and said: "You must be Master Long, today is my fault, I drank too much, offended this lady, please forgive me."

  He then turned to Lu Zhen'er and said: "Miss, I'm sorry, I've startled you."

  Lu Zhen'er looked at Long Xiao, but Long Xiao didn't respond.

  Su Luo came in and everyone else who was sitting down had already stood up, she picked a spot that caught her eye and sat down, Lin Jingwen lit another cigar for her.

  "She spoke up after taking a big drag: 'Let's just drop it for today, Ah Xiao has already been beaten, and Miss Lu didn't suffer any significant losses, so let's just forget about it.' Then she said to the man with the surname Man: 'Mr. Man, you are our guest, normally we shouldn't use violence on a guest, but since you offended Miss Lu first, our Qing Long couldn't just sit back and do nothing. I reckon your people are already on their way here, if you're willing to give me some face, let them turn back. If you think there's still a need to argue, then we'll accompany you to the end.'"

  Everyone understands what this "theory" means.

  Man directly borrowed a younger brother's mobile phone and dialed the number of his subordinate: "Don't come anymore, all go back to me!" His own had been smashed.

  The person on the other end of the phone seemed to not believe it, or still wanted him to come, and directly yelled: "Damn, didn't you hear? Let you get lost, I'm good like this!" And then hung up.

  Su Luo looked at Long Si again.

  Long Xiao was unwilling to let it go like this, Lu Zhen'er had already followed him with enough humiliation, he hadn't taken good care of her, letting her suffer such a big fright, and almost something terrible happened. He simply didn't dare imagine what would happen if he were late for a few minutes, so he felt guilty, couldn't forgive himself, and was unwilling to let go of the person who offended Lu Zhen'er, wanting to tear him apart into pieces.

  So Su Luo's request was met with no response from him.

  At this time, a more flattering middle-level person next to him interjected: "How can it be settled like this? This guy actually dares to offend our sister-in-law, it's simply unbearable! Besides, when did Qinglong ever fear anyone, he wants to call someone, we're not without means either!"

  Su Luo rubbed her forehead, she finally understood why Long Xiao lost so badly in his past life. The people around him were really stupid one by one.

  Two * oss in, which turn to him a small middle layer insert mouth.

  And also won't talk anymore, wanted to flatter but ended up slapping the horse's leg.

  This remark would not be pleasing to her, and even Long Xiao wouldn't want to hear it.

  A "sister-in-law" has put Lu Zhen'er in her opposing position, and it's not an exaggeration to say that she is slapping her in the face. Long Xiao can't dissolve the engagement now, and he's also afraid of her power, so he hopes that she will never notice Lu Zhen'er, that way they can be carefree and Lu Zhen'er will be safe to the greatest extent.

  But he said this sentence, maybe Su Luo would be so angry that she would turn around and destroy the two of them.

  Long Xiao's heart turned a thousand times, and it was also destined that this person had no future in Qinglong.

  Su Luo didn't mind the title, anyway she never wanted to be this "Dragon Sister", what she cared about was her control over the gang and her intimidating power over her subordinates, it seemed that there was still a distance from her expectations.

  What they fear most is being bitten by the dragon and not letting go. To outsiders, they are a single entity, although mediation may be involved, but the face that should be given to him must still be given, and he cannot directly take charge on his behalf, nor can he use force to coerce him.

  Moreover, the other party has already apologized and compensated her for her face, so emotionally and rationally, she should protect him.

  Su Luo's heart felt even more unpleasant.

  The atmosphere in the house was a bit tense again, but this time it was mainly between Su Luo's people and Long Siye's people.

  But Su Luo's people knew when to speak and when not to. Although the crown prince was humiliated by the gang leader, the gang leader still brazenly brought a woman out in public, making the crown prince's party hate him so much that their teeth itched, but since the crown prince didn't give any orders, they just held back and did nothing, only having already beaten these people to a pulp in their hearts.

  Just then, someone whom everyone least expected spoke up: "Drop it, let this matter pass, okay? You see I'm fine, right? Besides, the gentleman didn't mean to, he was just drunk."

  Her voice was trembling, clutching Long Xiao's shirt in front of his chest, half coquettish and half pleading.

  She didn't say anything, but as soon as she did, Long Xiao felt even more guilty: "Silly girl, I know you're doing this for me, you don't want to make a big deal out of it, but do you know how much pain I'm in? It's my fault for not protecting you well enough, I won't let you compromise again. If I can't even stand up for you on this matter, what kind of man am I?" He affectionately rested his chin on Lu Zhen'er's head and stroked her back.

  Su Luo thought to herself: If it weren't for all these brothers under her command, this tone of yours would be impossible to get away with. You might as well just give up being a man.

  "But he's already been beaten so badly by you all, that's enough, really enough, I don't want anyone to lose their life."

  The dragon roars but does not speak.

  "Promise me, promise me." Lu Zhen'er pouted and continued to act coquettishly.

  "Alright, I have no choice but to give in." Long Xiao helplessly smiled.

  Is that it?

  Su Luo, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but feel incredulous. It seemed that Nangong Liu still had a way to do things! Her face and power were not enough to make Long Xiuren yield, but someone else did it effortlessly.

  Anyway, as long as she achieves her goal.

  Her impression of Lu Zhen'er improved a bit, at least she wasn't an ungrateful person.

  But Long Xiao disappointed her once again.