Chapter 19: Bowing Down Immediately Upon Arrival

“This is…”

Seeing the sudden rush of people into the hall, Lin Ziqing on the stage could not help but turn pale.

She had always kept some distance from Xiao Nan, but now, instinctively, she reached out and grabbed his arm.

“Don’t be afraid!”

Xiao Nan gave her a reassuring look.

“Who… who’s afraid?”

Lin Ziqing quickly let go of Xiao Nan’s hand and hurried down to join Lin Guodong and the others.

Xiao Nan followed close behind.

“Brother Bao, you arrived just in time.”

Li Yadong’s eyes gleamed with excitement upon seeing that Brother Bao had brought so many men along.

Li Changtian also looked very proud. It seemed that although Li Yunbao had risen in status, he never forgot the favor Li Changtian had done for him long ago.

With Li Yunbao and these brothers he brought, they could now not only wipe the slate clean for the humiliation Lin Guodong had suffered before but also exact full revenge.

“Brother Bao, that’s Xiao Nan,” Li Yadong said, pointing at him as he turned to Li Yunbao. “Please take care of him first.”

Leading a group of men behind him, Li Yunbao strode toward Xiao Nan.

“Mr. Li…”

Lin Guodong braced himself and politely blocked Li Yunbao’s path. “Today is my daughter’s engagement with her fiancé. Could you please—”

“Lin Guodong, weren’t you so arrogant just now? Now you’re scared?”

“Get out of the way quickly. You must be blind to find such a rustic son-in-law for your daughter. Let me tell you, Brother Bao is definitely here to deal with your country bumpkin son-in-law today.”

Li Yadong rushed over, shouting arrogantly at Lin Guodong.

Lin Guodong was furious. When did a junior member of such a mediocre family dare to shout orders in front of him?

But seeing Li Yunbao and his men ahead, he had no choice but to suppress his anger.

“Where are you going?”

When Xiao Nan suddenly stepped forward, Lin Shuyun quickly reached out to stop him.

“They’re all after me. I can’t keep hiding forever.”

Xiao Nan brushed off Lin Shuyun’s hand.

At the same time, he pulled Lin Guodong aside. “Uncle Lin, I’ll handle this.”

Turning back, Xiao Nan’s eyes blazed as he fixed his gaze on Li Yunbao.

“This Xiao Nan is quite brave, daring to stand up at such a moment.”

“Being brave is useless when you run into a ruthless man like Brother Bao. How could he get away with it today?”

“What a pity. He originally had a beautiful wife and a bright future ahead…”

Thud!

Just as everyone was imagining how Brother Bao and the men Li Yadong called would deal with Xiao Nan, an astonishing scene unfolded.

The moment Xiao Nan stepped out from the crowd, the imposing and burly Brother Bao silently removed his sunglasses and, with a thud, knelt directly before Xiao Nan.

Following his lead, hundreds of men behind him knelt down in perfect unison without hesitation.

At that moment, everyone in the hall was stunned.

One after another, they rubbed their eyes, unwilling to believe what they were seeing.

Li Yunbao paid no attention to the others’ gazes.

There was no choice but to kneel.

He had already experienced firsthand how terrifying this senior expert was just a few days ago.

Most importantly, last time the man only told them to leave but never promised not to come after them later.

This realization had kept Li Yunbao trembling these past few days.

He knew that if this senior wanted his life, it would be as easy as eating or drinking.

When Li Yadong called him, saying the senior was getting engaged here today, Li Yunbao saw it as an opportunity to curry favor and immediately gathered all his men to rush over.

Glancing back at his men, one of his subordinates promptly handed him an exquisite box.

Li Yunbao took it and presented it to Xiao Nan, loudly saying, “On behalf of Li Yunbao and the Black Panther Hall, we come to congratulate the senior on his engagement. Please accept this small gift with our sincere wishes!”

The hall fell into silence.

Li Yunbao, who had brought so many men, was not here to cause trouble.

He was actually here to congratulate Xiao Nan?

This script was off!

Moreover, everyone sensed that this dominant figure of South City, the leader of the Black Panther Hall, seemed deeply fearful of Xiao Nan.

Otherwise, he would never have knelt right away.

If there was anyone most shocked and stunned in the entire hall, it was naturally the members of the Xie and Li families.

Li Yunbao was the reinforcements they had called and their only hope to turn the Lin family’s humiliation around today.

Yet, Li Yunbao knelt before Xiao Nan immediately upon arriving.

What on earth was going on?

Li Yunbao was a big brother now, after all.

To kneel before a young man with blond hair under everyone’s watch—what kind of behavior was that?

From the moment Li Yunbao knelt before Xiao Nan until now, the Xie and Li family members remained dumbfounded, struggling to believe their eyes.

“Brother Bao!”

“What are you doing?”

“That kid is no senior. You’ve got it wrong.”

“Kill him! Help me kill him!”

Li Yadong screamed hysterically at Li Yunbao.

Only after Xiao Nan accepted the gift did Li Yunbao relax and stand up.

Then he heard Li Yadong buzzing annoyingly in his ear like a fly.

Li Yunbao, who had long wanted to deal with this troublemaker, could no longer hold back.

He swung a big slap hard across Li Yadong’s face, sending him flying more than two meters.

Many in the hall couldn’t help but want to laugh.

Li Yadong was the one who called for men to beat Xiao Nan, yet he was the first to be beaten.

The situation was absurd beyond words.

“Beat them!”

“Beat them hard!”

Li Yunbao, having risen to his position by his own strength, certainly had keen insight.

He immediately saw that the Xie and Li family members in the hall were clearly at odds with Xiao Nan.

He came today to curry favor with Xiao Nan.

Those who didn’t get along with Xiao Nan had to be taught a lesson.

“If you want to fight, take it outside. This is my engagement banquet. Don’t disturb the guests’ mood,” Xiao Nan said indifferently.

“Yes, yes, senior,” Li Yunbao said, understanding perfectly.

He was told to go outside to fight, not to stop fighting.

He immediately ordered his men to drag the Xie and Li family members out.

For someone like Li Yunbao to be so submissive to him, this new son-in-law of the Lin family was no ordinary man.

Everyone in the hall’s perception of Xiao Nan changed once again.

“Dear nephew Xiao Nan, this is a modest gift from the Zhao family. Please accept it.”

“Dear nephew Xiao Nan, this is from our Zhang family. Please accept it.”

“Young friend Xiao, this is from Fenghua Manor. Please accept it.”

“Divine Doctor Xiao…”

For a moment, gifts originally meant for the head of the Lin family were all handed to Xiao Nan, the true protagonist of the day.

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