The next morning, Xiu Ju, exhausted but infinitely satisfied, did not get out of bed until eight o'clock.

She went downstairs with Shen Qiang to the car.

Shen Qiang drove her straight to the health supplement company.

Although he had anticipated traffic and left ample time, by the time Shen Qiang and Xiu Ju arrived at the health supplement company, it was already 9:01 AM.

In front of the office building.

Getting out of the car, Shen Qiang and Xiu Ju immediately spotted the three cultivators from yesterday as well as two representatives from the health supplement company.

Checking the time again and realizing that Bianyi had not yet arrived, Shen Qiang got somewhat angry.

"Hasn't Shen Bian arrived yet? He should be here by now," Shen Qiang frowned.

The people from the health supplement company said, "Mr. Shen, your assistant hasn't arrived yet, but at the same time, we also have some matters to attend to, so please wait a moment. Shortly, we will discuss with you gentlemen about the sale of our company."

After speaking, the representatives from the health supplement company led Shen Qiang, Xiu Ju, and the other three cultivators to a reception room. They served tea and cigarettes and then left.

Looking at Shen Qiang's grim expression, the leading man from yesterday addressed him coldly, "Shen Qiang, being oblivious to reality won't get you far. We turned a blind eye to your dealings with Life-extending Hall, and we ignored your business with Dinghao Hotel. But today, you're trying to snatch Long Yan Sword Sect's piece of the pie, and that means you're choosing to be our enemy."

Shen Qiang laughed and casually raised an eyebrow, "If Long Yan Sword Sect wishes to wage war against me, I welcome you to find me openly. Otherwise, keep your mouth shut in my presence. The company is for sale, you want to buy it, I also want to buy it; the winner will be the one with the ability."

"If you think you can push me aside just because you're big and strong, thinking only you can buy it, then don't blame me for not being polite."

The man laughed indifferently and said, "People like you best not talk such nonsense. If not for our Sect Leader's order that we do not bully the weak, anyone daring to interfere here would be enough reason for me to take action and grind them to dust."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Bragging without drafting your words well. I dare you to say that with Shen Qiang intervening. If Xu Nan from Wanxin Hesheng were here, would you dare say that? If Bai Jiao from Cheng Xinyi were here, would you dare? Or if Ji Liangchuan was here, would you say that to their faces?"

The man looked at Shen Qiang coldly and proudly said, "There's nothing I would dare not do."

"Really?" Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow with a smile, pulled out his phone, and directly called Ji Liangchuan. Once the call connected, Shen Qiang said straightforwardly, "Ji Liangchuan, I've encountered a cultivator from Long Yan Sword Sect who has something he wants to say to you."

After saying that, Shen Qiang passed the phone to the man opposite him and calmly stated, "Go ahead, this is Ji Liangchuan. After you've finished, I can also call Bai Jiao or Xu Nan for you."

The man looked at Shen Qiang, his face turning pale, and said, "Just because you tell me to speak, doesn't mean I will. How would that look for me?"

Shen Qiang laughed, took back the phone and said, "It's okay, he thinks you're too formidable, so he's too scared to speak now. But if he decides he wants to talk later, I'll call you then."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Qiang laughed, eyed the ashen-faced disciple from Long Yan Sword Sect, and raised an eyebrow, "What was that you said just now? Your Sect Leader instructed you not to bully the weak, so you're being polite to me? So you puff yourself up in front of me. Let me bring forth a strong player, and you lot suddenly don't dare to make a peep."

"So what if I bully you?" the disciple with the ashen face from Long Yan Sword Sect stood up abruptly, and True Qi surged around the three of them.

Bang!

True Qi exploded around Xiu Ju, who was next to Shen Qiang. Her powerful aura pressed the three men back into their seats, and then she smiled slightly, "I advise you to behave yourselves. You wouldn't want to lose your lives running errands for your Sect."

The three gritted their teeth in silence.

Seeing that they had quieted down, Shen Qiang, who had propped his legs up, couldn't be bothered with them anymore.

Then the phone rang. Shen Qiang looked and saw it was Bianyi calling. Checking the time, it was already 9:18 AM, and Shen Qiang couldn't help but feel enraged.

"Do you even have any sense of time? Where are you?"

On the other end of the line, hearing the angry tone in Shen Qiang's voice, Bianyi replied cheerfully, "My dear boss, please don't be mad. In truth, I left early, but the car I rented broke down on the road. The lawyer is with me, and we're stuck in a place with no village ahead and no shop behind. We really can't move. Could you possibly come pick us up?"

Shen Qiang flew into a rage as soon as he heard it, "Why are you delaying things, where are you? I'll come to pick you up."

"Not far, just three kilometers away, please hurry."

Shen Qiang got angry.

At this moment, a man from the Long Yan Sword Sect laughed, "A crooked beam leads to warped rafters; if the master is useless, the followers are even more so."

Shen Qiang's eyebrows shot up in anger.

Just as Shen Qiang was about to lose his temper, Xiu Ju stepped forward proudly and said calmly, "Are you talking about my Shen Qiang again? Want to have a duel with me? Life and death will be disregarded, and I can blindfold my eyes and let you use one hand."

The three men immediately fell silent.

Seeing this, Shen Qiang flicked his sleeve and turned to go downstairs.

He drove straight to the place Bianyi had mentioned.

A journey of just over three kilometers was nothing but a press on the gas pedal.

But when Shen Qiang saw Bianyi and the lawyer, Shen Qiang was stunned.

Getting out of the car, he stared dumbfounded at the red, at least decade-old, battered Xiali parked by the roadside, looked at Bianyi with raised eyebrows, and asked, "Is this the car you rented?"

Bianyi nodded and said, "Yes, boss, this car is cheap, it saves money. I paid a three thousand yuan deposit, and the owner said he would sell it to me for an additional five hundred. It only costs fifteen yuan a day to rent."

Shen Qiang burst out laughing, glanced at Bianyi's suit that looked like it had been worn for decades, and his worn leather shoes that were showing the tips of his toes, then took another look at the lawyer who was dressed very formally, in a high-class and tasteful manner. Shen Qiang said,

"Bianyi, you're doing this on purpose!"

Bianyi chuckled, "The company is out of money, and as a manager, I must promote the excellent tradition of being hardworking and thrifty. After all, I represent the new company; I am the image of the new company. I need to set an example for the new company."

Shen Qiang couldn't help laughing, "Fine, you're really something, cutting your own coat according to your cloth, okay, carry on with your performance."

Nodding to the lawyer at his side, Shen Qiang said, "You get in the car."

The lawyer immediately nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you, boss."

With that, he eagerly escaped that forsaken old Xiali that no one would want and excitedly got into Shen Qiang's car.

"Boss, I'm really not pretending, the company truly is short on money, I've even pawned my clothes, shoes, and socks at the pawnshop," Bianyi said with feigned seriousness.

Shen Qiang laughed, "Good, in that case, here comes the problem, if you leave this clunker here, you might not get the deposit back if it's lost."

Upon hearing this, Bianyi said, "I'll just push it, signing the contract isn't urgent anyway."

Shen Qiang laughed and said, "Go ahead, push it."

Hearing this, Bianyi turned and began to push the car, humming an off-tune ditty, "Oh my heavens, my shoes show my toes, without a car I have to rent, if it breaks I'll be in a bind, a single screw lose, and billions are on the line, regret will be too late."

Amused, Shen Qiang turned to get in the car and said, "If you don't hop in now, I'm taking the lawyer and leaving without you."

Bianyi glanced sideways at Shen Qiang while continuing to hum the off-tune song, "I can't sign the contract if I'm not there."

Shen Qiang was amused, turned to get in the car, slammed the gas pedal to the floor, and, with the roaring sound of the engine, the car shot off like an arrow from a bow, quickly becoming a dot on the highway.

Bianyi stood there dumbfounded for a full five seconds, then regaining his senses, he roared furiously, "Shen Qiang, you son of a bitch, I'm already in this state, and not only do you not give me money, but you also leave me by the roadside, have you no humanity!"

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