"Master, is my granddaughter going to be alright?" Zhang De said to Chen Jie with great concern.
He actually wanted to ask Chen Jie to protect Lin Mengjiao, but he felt his request was too much.
"I know Poison Dragon. You and I should go see him," Chen Jie frowned.
"Thank you, Master," Zhang De said, surprised and delighted.
With that, the two got into the car and drove towards Poison Dragon's place.
At the Tianye Bar, since it wasn't yet nighttime, there were no customers.
Poison Dragon and a group of his subordinates were gathered together.
In front of them sat a young man who was injured.
This injured young man was none other than Zhou Wei.
"Zhou Wei, your life is mine. I will nurture you, and when you become powerful enough, I want you to eliminate Chen Jie for me. Do you understand?"
Poison Dragon revealed his true purpose for sparing Zhou Wei's life.
Zhou Wei trembled, "Are you, are you really asking me to oppose Chen Jie? Aren't you Chen Jie's man?"
After the life-and-death moment today, he deeply realized that he couldn't afford to lose. Once he lost, he would lose everything.
So now, he no longer dared to oppose Chen Jie.
"What is Chen Jie? Isn't he just clinging to the eldest daughter of the Wang family? Without the Wang family, what is he?"
Poison Dragon's confidant said.
"But..." Zhou Wei was still hesitant.
With a bang, the confidant slammed his hand on the table, "What 'buts'? Your life was given by Poison Dragon. Do as you are told. If you don't agree, you can die right now!"
Poison Dragon watched coldly from the side. He naturally didn't care about Zhou Wei's life or death.
If he couldn't be used, then his death would be meaningless.
Zhou Wei clenched his fists silently.
Before the Zhou family went bankrupt, Poison Dragon was nothing in front of him.
It was hateful that he had nothing now and could only be manipulated.
"Brother Long, Young Master Chen is here!" a subordinate suddenly reported, walking in from outside.
"Poison Dragon, didn't I tell you to kill Zhou Wei? Why is he still alive?"
Just as Poison Dragon was about to hide Zhou Wei, Chen Jie and Zhang De, led by Poison Dragon's subordinate, walked straight in.
Poison Dragon's expression changed. It was too late to hide Zhou Wei now.
Because Chen Jie had already seen Zhou Wei.
"Who told you to bring him in?" Poison Dragon asked his subordinate angrily.
He had wanted to secretly train Zhou Wei, but the plan was ruined before it even began. How could he not be angry?
"Brother Long, Young Master Chen insisted on coming in. We didn't dare to stop him," the subordinate said aggrievedly.
Everyone knew Poison Dragon's attitude towards Chen Jie. These low-level subordinates didn't know about Poison Dragon's plan to nurture Zhou Wei, so they didn't think much of it and allowed Chen Jie to force his way in.
"What? Do I need to pick a time to visit you, Poison Dragon?" Chen Jie said, glancing at Zhou Wei with a half-smile.
Poison Dragon's face was a mix of emotions. Finally, he smiled and said, "Young Master Chen, please don't misunderstand. Zhou Wei is not dead; it was just an accident."
"Why don't I think it was an accident? Even if it was an accident, why did you save him after finding him alive, instead of killing him?" Chen Jie said ruthlessly.
With a plop.
Zhou Wei suddenly knelt on the ground and said to Chen Jie, "Chen Jie, I know I was wrong. I swear I will never oppose you again. Please give me a way to live!"
"From now on, I, Zhou Wei, am willing to be your dog. I will do whatever you tell me to do! As long as you let me live!" Zhou Wei continued to beg.
Poison Dragon's face turned completely grim.
He had saved Zhou Wei's life, yet Zhou Wei didn't beg for mercy from him, but instead sought it from Chen Jie.
How could he, as a boss, maintain his dignity?
"Young Master Chen, that's enough," Poison Dragon said with a smile.
In the end, he still chose not to turn against Chen Jie.
"What do you mean 'enough'? Poison Dragon, I'll give you a chance. Kill Zhou Wei now, and I can overlook this matter," Chen Jie said.
"Pfft, do you really think you're the Wang family's son-in-law and can disregard Brother Long?" Poison Dragon's confidant said sarcastically.
"So, your words can represent Poison Dragon?" Chen Jie asked indifferently.
"What if they do? What if they don't? Do you know your place? Do you really think that because you healed Brother Long, you can order him around like your subordinate?"
"As a person, you should have some self-awareness!" the confidant said dismissively.
"Hahaha..."
The people in the bar burst into mocking laughter.
Zhang De's expression changed.
However, he wasn't very nervous about this situation. On the contrary, he was somewhat relieved.
If Chen Jie and Poison Dragon had a good relationship, it might be detrimental to his granddaughter.
Now that they had fallen out, perhaps Chen Jie could help his granddaughter at a critical moment.
"Everyone be quiet!" Poison Dragon said with a soft command.
His subordinates immediately fell silent.
Poison Dragon smiled at Chen Jie and said, "Young Master Chen, as you can see, my subordinates are not very convinced of you."
"Is that so? So what?" Chen Jie asked.
"My old ailment is completely cured," Poison Dragon reminded him again.
"And then?"
"Young Master Chen, it's about time. You've already got my villa without spending a dime," Poison Dragon said again.
Chen Jie said, "I remember I bought your villa for ten million dollars, didn't I?"
Poison Dragon's face darkened completely, "Since Young Master Chen is unappreciative, I'll be blunt. Do you really think I agreed to buy that piece of junk jade pendant for ten million dollars?"
"If you paid me some money, I could have treated it as a transaction. But you don't even want to give me ten million dollars, and you tried to sell me a piece of junk jade as a defensive artifact at a high price!"
"I treated you as Young Master Chen, and you treated me as an 'Dazuo'! I, Poison Dragon, will naturally not let this matter go."
"Young Master Chen, considering your good relationship with the Wang family, I can let this slide. You can leave. As for Zhou Wei, I will protect him!"
Chen Jie's expression turned cold, "If I were you, I would immediately kneel before me and beg for my forgiveness!"
Poison Dragon burst into laughter as if he had heard the biggest joke. "Young Master Chen, do you underestimate me, Poison Dragon, too much? Do you really think that just because you've become the Wang family's son-in-law, you can disregard me?"
"Who do you think I am, Poison Dragon?" Poison Dragon looked at Chen Jie contemptuously.
Chen Jie looked directly at him and said seriously, "Listen carefully. In my eyes, you are just a dog. A disobedient dog that I can kill at any time! Now, you don't even have the qualifications to be my dog anymore!"
Upon hearing this, Poison Dragon's subordinates immediately cursed, "Scumbag, what did you say?"
"Are you getting too big for your britches? Kneel down and apologize to Brother Long immediately!"
"Damn it, this punk's arrogance is so unbearable that even I, a mere grunt, can't stand it!"
...
Poison Dragon waved his hand, stopping everyone, and looked at Chen Jie, saying, "Leave my bar, don't make things difficult for yourself."
"Master..." Zhang De said.
Chen Jie said calmly, "No hurry, we'll wait."
Chen Jie casually found a seat and sat down.