Lan Ying felt it necessary to keep her distance from Ye Qiu after learning that Bai Lan liked him.

However, whenever she stood in front of Ye Qiu, she found herself unable to say those words, which made her unusually irritable.

And at that moment, inside a certain villa.

"Brother Ma, you must stand up for me on this matter! That kid is too arrogant, doesn't take you seriously at all." Yang Tian cried, wiping his nose with tears.

"What's going on?" Seeing Yang Tian like this, Ma Dongfei frowned.

"It's like this, that kid named Ye Qiu..."

Immediately, Yang Tian started exaggerating the events from last night at Qiuming Mountain, especially adding some words that belittled Ma Dongfei's influence.

This made Ma Dongfei intolerant after hearing it. Ever since the Celestial Dragon Gang dissolved, his influence was the top in the Dark World!

And now, to consolidate his position, he was extremely tough on various matters. And this Ye Qiu, who appeared out of nowhere, dared to ignore his authority, which was intolerable for Ma Dongfei.

As a highly ambitious person, he must make everyone in Jiangnan City fear and submit to him!

"Today, take twenty people and bring that kid to me. No one shall insult the prestige of the Ma Family Army!" Ma Dongfei said immediately.

"Yes! Guarantee to complete the task!"

After receiving Ma Dongfei's approval, Yang Tian was overjoyed and hurriedly withdrew to arrange manpower to deal with Ye Qiu.

Meanwhile, Ye Qiu, who had just been promoted, was accompanying Bai Lan to the Splendid Club for a business negotiation.

Although Ye Qiu was nominally the assistant general manager at this time, in reality, he was just a driver, and he didn't have any special authority on him. But Ye Qiu was happy to be free. If he were given some important position, he would feel uncomfortable.

"President Bai, you're here."

Bai Lan and Ye Qiu had just entered the private room of the club when a middle-aged man immediately came up to greet them.

Before coming, Bai Lan had introduced Ye Qiu to this man. His name is Shi Wenqing, the only son of the Shi Group.

And the Shi Group is also one of the top ten private enterprises in Jiangnan City. Although the Shi Group's appeal isn't as strong as the Bai Group's, it's still an old top ten private enterprise, and its foundation is not to be underestimated.

Bai Lan frowned as soon as she walked into the private room because there were other people in the room. Obviously, these people were not here for business negotiations, and having outsiders present during a business negotiation is extremely impolite.

"It seems President Shi has no sincerity in our cooperation this time? If that's the case, I'll leave first."

"Oh, President Bai, what you said, I surely have full sincerity since I invited you this time. These friends just happened to pass by and came in to have a drink together. Please don't mind, President Bai."

Shi Wenqing stopped Bai Lan and said hurriedly.

Although extremely displeased with Shi Wenqing's arrangement, Bai Lan still chose to stay because if they could truly establish a long-term partnership with the Shi Group, it would greatly benefit the Bai Group's development.

Although the Bai Group is currently a giant entity in Jiangnan City, Bai Lan's vision was not limited to this. She wanted to develop the Bai Group into a giant within the whole Jiangnan Province and even expand to other provinces.

"Come, President Bai, let me introduce these bosses to you. This is the chairman of the Ma Group, Ma Dongfei. This is Wang Yuan from the Wang Group, President Wang, he is..."

As Shi Wenqing made the introductions, Bai Lan's frown deepened. As a representative enterprise of Jiangnan City's top ten private enterprises, she naturally understood the major forces within Jiangnan City very well.

And in this private room, except for the Shi Group's Shi Wenqing and herself, the other groups were all forces from the Dark World.

These people also knew that they couldn't live in the Dark World forever, and over the years have been focusing on turning legitimate, establishing groups one after another.

However, no matter how much they try to clean up their act, they can't change the dirty methods used in the past. Without dozens of lives in their hands, Bai Lan would not believe it at all.

Listening to these people's identities, a cold smile appeared on Ye Qiu's face.

Ye Qiu wasn't familiar with the others, but he had heard about Ma Dongfei several times. His subordinates were extremely arrogant, and those who mingled with Ma Dongfei must not be good people either.

This business negotiation is likely not so simple!

However, Ye Qiu said nothing and stood silently behind Bai Lan.

"President Shi, regarding this business..."

"Oh, it's mealtime now. Since it's mealtime, we should eat first." Shi Wenqing directly interrupted Bai Lan and said: "Discussing business on an empty stomach can affect judgment, don't you think? President Bai."

"Yes, businesspeople are still people. Anyone can get hungry now and then. President Bai wouldn't look down on us and refuse to have a meal with us, would you?"

"Although our few brothers' power isn't as strong as President Bai, if we unite, we're no pushovers either."

After Shi Wenqing finished speaking, several people hurried to agree.

Hearing their words, Bai Lan's frown deepened even more. Although they didn't disclose much, their intentions seemed quite clear. Perhaps these people would unite, and if she didn't cooperate with them, they might join forces against her.

Ma Dongfei saw that Bai Lan didn't speak, thinking they had intimidated Bai Lan!

He felt a bit proud of himself and immediately stopped paying attention to Bai Lan!

Although Bai Lan was very beautiful, he knew that women like Bai Lan were all thorny. If he could conquer her, that would be good. If not, it would only bring trouble. Therefore, unless he was absolutely sure, he would never make a move on Bai Lan.

If it weren't for Shi Wenqing begging him to support the act, he definitely wouldn't have come.

However, he naturally wouldn't say these things out loud but instead looked at the other forces and said: "Recently, the Dark World has really been experiencing great turbulence."

"Yes, it seems there's an unstoppable force that has arrived in Jiangnan City."

"Exactly!" Ma Dongfei's expression became serious.

"First the Celestial Dragon Gang, then the Celestial Splendor Martial Arts Hall, and now even the Blood Cross branch couldn't withstand it. The situation is very severe now. I sense an incoming storm, and if we don't unite, no one knows which force will be the next to fall!"

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