Chapter 150: Liang Zhanpeng Asked Me to Send His Regards to You

"Damn bastard, what kind of nonsense are you spouting!"

Chen Jianwei immediately leaped forward. "Did you take the wrong medicine today, constantly stirring up trouble? Do you think that just because of Shuyu, we wouldn't dare lay a hand on you?"

Chen Yingying sneered, "A loser like you is all talk and no action. I've tolerated you for far too long today. Fine! Let's see if even my cousin can protect you now!"

"Butler Xiao, I am truly sorry that you had to witness such a spectacle," Dai Yanqiu immediately apologized to Butler Xiao.

Butler Xiao smiled and said, "It's nothing, nothing at all. Young people are full of vigor, and being sharp-tongued is quite understandable."

"Look at Butler Xiao! That is the poise of a truly great man!" the guests of the Chen family chimed in with praises.

"Heh, compared to a good-for-nothing like Hong Yu, a live-in son-in-law, the two of them are worlds apart."

"Hey! Don't even mention Butler Xiao in the same breath as someone like Hong Yu. That's an insult, you know?"

"We should have chased this guy out earlier. Now he's just like a buzzing fly, utterly annoying."

"Yet this guy really has a death wish, daring to offend even Butler Xiao. Fortunately, Butler Xiao has a good temper. If it were me, I'd slap this idiot to death!"

The scene was somewhat chaotic. Seeing that Hong Yu truly had no intention of sweeping up the tea leaves, Chen Shufun's face immediately darkened.

Walking up to Hong Yu aggressively, Chen Shufun roared, "You scoundrel! If you aren't going to sweep, get the hell out of the Chen family residence right now! You are not welcome here!"

Lin Shuyu wanted to leave immediately as well. Seeing Hong Yu's current behavior, she was genuinely afraid he would continue offending people.

If it were earlier, it might have been different—they were all family, and out of consideration for blood ties, they probably wouldn't have gone too far. But Butler Xiao was no member of the Chen family. Don't let his smiling face fool you; who knew what he was thinking beneath that facade?

A barking dog seldom bites, but smiling tigers like Butler Xiao made Lin Shuyu shudder just by looking at them.

"Hong Yu, let's go," Lin Shuyu urged.

To her surprise, Hong Yu stubbornly shook his head. Glancing sideways at Chen Shufun, he walked straight into the main hall.

Chen Shufun scoffed, "Hah, this fellow really wants to freeload a meal here. If we don't chase him out, he truly won't sweep the tea."

Lin Shuyu also assumed Hong Yu was going into the hall to sweep up the tea. Although doing so would be a bit humiliating, it would at least defuse the current atmosphere and save everyone from embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Hong Yu walked right into the hall and headed straight for the tea leaves scattered across the floor.

Looking at the tea leaves—which he had barely managed to afford by borrowing money—being treated this way, Hong Yu shook his head with a twinge of heartache.

Then!

He actually reached his hand directly toward the gift tea sent by Butler Xiao.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, dammit?!" Dai Yanqiu roared at the sight.

People all around grew anxious as well.

"Holy shit! Hong Yu, do you have a death wish?!"

"Damn it! You can touch anything else, but you must not touch the tea sent by Butler Xiao! If you do, I'll be the first one not to let you off!"

"Take your filthy hands away! If you dare to touch Butler Xiao's tea, see if I don't chop your hands off!"

The elderly patriarch of the Chen family also said anxiously, "Hong Yu, have you lost your mind?"

"Can't we discuss things properly? Why must you touch Butler Xiao's tea? Is that something a person like you is even qualified to touch?"

"Be a good boy! I won't ask you to sweep the tea anymore, just get away from there immediately!"

Hearing the old patriarch's words, Hong Yu turned his head and gave a faint smile.

Anxious and furious, Chen Shufun yelled, "Get lost! You good-for-nothing Hong Yu, get away from that table right now, or I swear you won't walk out of the Chen family's front gates today!"

Suddenly looking up, Hong Yu laughed, "You really are so annoying!"

"First you tell me to get lost, and now you won't let me walk out of the Chen family's gates. What exactly do you want me to do?"

"How about I handle it like this?"

*Crash—*

Hong Yu turned around and delivered a single strike with his hand directly onto the box of tea leaves.

Infusing the blow with internal force, Hong Yu instantly shattered both the tea and the box, sending them flying and scattering across the floor.

Seeing the gift tea mix with the previously spilled tea leaves all over the ground, the Chen family fell dead silent, the atmosphere growing increasingly heavy.

"What the fuck! Has he gone mad? How could he possibly dare to do such a thing?!"

"I could understand how arrogant and cocky this loser was acting in the Chen family before, but now he actually dares to touch Butler Xiao's tea? What on earth is going through his head?"

"He must be tired of living! But by doing this, he's going to drag the entire Chen family down with him."

"Sigh, all the effort Dai Yanqiu put into securing the Liang family as their backing might be instantly destroyed by this good-for-nothing."

"If I were Dai Yanqiu, I'd grab a knife and hack this bastard to pieces right now."

"A listed company, a future worth billions... Hong Yu is genuinely courting his own death!"

The guests whispered among themselves. Since they were not members of the Chen family and had no personal stake in the matter, their exclamations were largely driven by a desire to watch a good show.

If the Chen family rose to prominence, it wouldn't benefit them anyway; conversely, if the Chen family succeeded, they would simply have one more powerful family to suck up to.

Just look at Chen Shufun—the Chen family members were clearly no angels, and dealing with them in the future would be a constant headache.

As the parties directly involved, the Chen family members turned pale with rage over Hong Yu's stunt.

Dai Yanqiu was trembling all over, his hands and feet turning ice-cold.

He desperately wanted to throw caution to the wind and rush over to execute Hong Yu with his own hands, but he managed to restrain himself in the end.

Right now, Hong Yu was essentially a dead man; there was no need to waste further breath on him. What mattered was Butler Xiao—what was going through Butler Xiao's mind?

Startled for a moment, Chen Shufun immediately lunged forward, intending to brawl with Hong Yu.

With a shrill, desperate voice, Chen Shufun screamed, "You beast! It's either you or me today! Hand over your dog's life!"

"Stay right where you are!" Dai Yanqiu suddenly barked, stopping Chen Shufun in her tracks. "What are you trying to do, throwing punches like a fishwife? Step aside and keep your mouth shut."

Dissatisfied, Chen Shufun retorted, "Hubby, with him acting like this, how can you expect me to just—"

Interrupting her, Dai Yanqiu snapped, "What are you worrying about?! Since this good-for-nothing dared to pull such a stunt, he's already as good as dead. Do you really need to dirty your own hands?"

Hearing Dai Yanqiu put it that way, Chen Shufun nodded and stepped back.

However, her eyes remained locked onto Hong Yu, filled with a gaze as if she wanted to slice him into a thousand pieces.

Seeing that Chen Shufun had stopped acting recklessly, Dai Yanqiu turned around, bowed deeply toward Butler Xiao, and said, "Butler Xiao, I am truly sorry about this. You came all the way here to deliver a gift, only to encounter such a mess. I am... I am deeply, deeply sorry."

"Rest assured, however, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

Although Butler Xiao was somewhat displeased at the moment, he maintained his refined demeanor and smiled. "It's fine. Just don't go overboard, and don't take any lives. Promise me that."

Dai Yanqiu was just about to nod when Hong Yu burst into loud laughter from across the room.

"Do you really think trash like you is qualified to lay a hand on me?"

"Hey! Butler Xiao, your act is quite convincing."

"Oh, by the way!"

"Liang Zhanpeng asked me to send you his regards."