Chapter 973: Chapter 973
Zhou Jianfei’s face darkened as he swung his hand, delivering a resounding slap.
At the same time, he kicked her in the chest, sending her sprawling to the ground. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚫𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵
"Who the hell do you think you are? Daring to interfere in my business. Shut your filthy mouth! Or else, I’ll teach you a lesson you’ll never forget!" Zhou Pengfei barked coldly.
Confronted with Zhou Pengfei’s murderous glare, the others who were about to speak were immediately startled into silence, fearing they would be the next to suffer.
"My subordinates are ignorant, Zhang Xiaohao, I apologize for the embarrassment!" Zhou Pengfei said with a compensatory smile.
"Hmm! Clearly just underlings, if they don’t know the rules, then treat them well!" Zhang Xiaohao nodded.
"Bring me the checkbook!" Zhou Pengfei commanded again coldly.
Hearing Zhou Pengfei’s words, the young secretary was indignant but quickly scrambled up from the ground, swiftly fetched a checkbook from her briefcase, and handed it over.
Zhou Pengfei said not a word, took the checkbook and pen, and swiftly wrote checks totaling eight hundred million.
He tore the checks off, casually placing them on the table.
"Zhang Xiaohao, here’s eight hundred million in cash. I have matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving now. We’ll talk later." Zhou Pengfei said.
With Zhang Xiaohao present, he didn’t want to stay a minute longer, fearing the next moment of bad luck would fall on him.
After speaking, he gathered his company people, intending to leave.
"Hold on!" Zhang Xiaohao spoke up again.
"Zhang Xiaohao, is there something else?" Zhou Pengfei asked weakly.
"How did you get here?" Zhang Xiaohao asked.
"Of course, we drove here!" Zhou Pengfei replied instinctively.
It was only after speaking that he realized he had made a mistake, regretting it was now too late to change his response.
Zhang Xiaohao then said,
"In the big city, it’s tough to survive; it’s hard to find good work, and money doesn’t come easy. Working for so long without saving money is bad enough, but having a car not up to standard – that’s just a slap in the face if word gets out!" Zhang Xiaohao sighed, shaking his head.
Zhou Pengfei furrowed his brow and then said,
"Leave all the car keys! This is a free gift to Zhang Xiaohao!"
The surrounding people were dumbfounded, though confused, they remembered the earlier incident and quickly placed the car keys on the coffee table.
"We’re leaving now!" Zhou Pengfei said.
With that, he moved to leave with his people.
"Did I say you could go?" Zhang Xiaohao asked rhetorically.
"Zhang Xiaohao, don’t push it, I’ve given the money and the cars, what more do you want?" Zhou Pengfei said, enduring the humiliation.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Zhang Xiaohao sneered coldly.
Facing Zhang Xiaohao’s indifferent gaze, Zhou Pengfei admitted defeat and said,
"Zhang Xiaohao, I was wrong!"
"My security guards like the clothes you’re wearing, you get what I mean!" Zhang Xiaohao said playfully.
"You..." Zhou Pengfei was furious.
Facing Zhang Xiaohao’s menacing gaze, though incredibly dissatisfied, Zhou Pengfei dared not resist.
"Everyone listens up, remove your clothing!" Zhou Pengfei said through gritted teeth.
"Ah! Mr. Zhou, don’t!" The young secretary from before hurriedly pleaded.
Her plea was met with two furious slaps from Zhou Pengfei.
"Didn’t you hear me? I told you to remove your clothes, hurry up!" Zhou Pengfei shouted coldly.
Reluctant though they were, the rest dared not defy and each humiliatingly removed their clothing.
"Mr. Zhou, should the last two pieces go too?" the young secretary asked weakly.
Going further would expose everything.
Zhou Pengfei glanced towards Zhang Xiaohao, seeing him watching with amusement, gritted his teeth and said,
Although a group of people was very displeased hearing Zhou Pengfei’s words, they still complied.
Soon, they were completely bare.
"Is it enough now?" Zhou Pengfei said, humiliated.
"Are you deaf? I said everyone, don’t you understand?" Zhang Xiaohao said calmly.
"Ugh!" Zhou Pengfei took a deep breath, suppressing his anger within and dared not show it on his face, instead accompanying it with a smile.
With speed, he stripped off his own clothes.
"Is it finally enough?" Zhou Pengfei asked.
"As they say, come clean, leave clean, without taking a cloud away!" Zhang Xiaohao nodded.
Without delay, Zhou Pengfei hastened outside with his group.
"Wait!" When they reached the door, Zhang Xiaohao’s voice rang out again.
"What do you want now?" Zhou Pengfei said through gritted teeth, humiliated.
"Nothing, just a message for you: You’re welcome back anytime!" Zhang Xiaohao said seriously.
Hearing Zhang Xiaohao’s words was the last straw, and Zhou Pengfei spat blood in rage, unable to hold back.
Aided by others, he fled the scene in disgrace.
"Throw these clothes in the trash!" Zhang Xiaohao ordered.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang!" Li Xiaolu responded.
With a wave of his hand, several security guards rushed forward, hauling the clothes into the outside trash bins.
Soon, only employees from three banks remained in the hall.
"Let’s go!" said a pockmarked-faced woman coldly as she aimed to lead her people out.
"Did I say you could leave?" Zhang Xiaohao said indifferently.
"What do you want?" The pockmarked face woman stopped and asked coldly.
"You’re quite bold! Demanding payment before the due date, coming straight here like that, impressive!" Zhang Xiaohao said playfully.
"Hmph! It’s our bank’s protocol, not your place to intervene!" the pockmarked face woman scoffed.
"Indeed! Banks have their rules, companies have theirs. Here, you follow ours." Zhang Xiaohao declared authoritatively.
"Hmph! You wouldn’t dare!" the pockmarked woman said coldly.
"Wouldn’t I? Open those eyes of yours." Zhang Xiaohao sneered.
"Everyone, restrain them all for me, give each ten slaps and toss them out!"
"Yes, Mr. Zhang!" Li Xiaolu quickly replied.
Instantly, a group of security guards rushed up, taking control as the pockmarked woman looked on in shock.
"If you dare to harm us, I’ll never let you off!" she howled menacingly.
"Make that twenty slaps!" Zhang Xiaohao said coldly.