Seeing the cold-faced, intimidating crowd before him, Li Rufeng was somewhat flustered.
"You...what do you all mean?"
These martial arts circle figures were originally those that Li Rufeng and Gu Chenan did not want to offend, as one had immense power and influence while the other was exceptionally skilled.
But from just now, everyone understood that not only did Gu Chenan wield immense power and influence, his skills were also tremendously formidable.
More importantly, Gu Chenan had saved their lives. If he hadn't come, Gong Fei would have killed them all.
"Director Li, what do you mean by this!" the group raged.
Xiao Jian's expression was also unpleasant.
The Xiao family had a close shave today. The martial artists he had invited were mostly dead or injured, and the bodyguards at the manor were also killed or wounded.
The losses were devastating!
Gu Chenan's skills were exceptionally strong. He effortlessly killed the leader of the Black Hawk group.
If only he had come ten minutes earlier, the Xiao family would not have suffered such heavy losses!
And all this was because Li Rufeng had obstructed Gu Chenan halfway!
One could only imagine how furious Xiao Jian and the martial artists felt.
Li Rufeng was quite renowned in Suhang, and he had never been questioned like this before.
Even those in the martial arts circle who usually followed his words were interrogating him.
"Slap!"
Li Rufeng slammed the table and abruptly stood up, angrily pointing at the martial artists, "So what if Gu Chenan broke my disciple's arm? Can't I even ask about it?"
"Ask? What right do you have to question Young Master Gu? Liang Bufan actually wanted to use such a despicable tactic like poisoning. He has disgraced Suhang's martial arts circle!"
The martial artists were not backing down either. It was because of him that so many of their people died. Why should they give him any face?
"Fine, I did obstruct Gu Chenan today. What are you going to do about it?" Li Rufeng was also completely enraged.
He adopted a stance like he was ready to fight at any moment, glaring at the group before him.
Li Rufeng's disciples also immediately stood up, and the two sides were at a standoff, as if a battle was about to erupt at any second.
"Enough, enough, it's not that big of a deal."
At this time, Gu Chenan spoke up.
The plan to sow discord between Li Rufeng and the martial arts circle had already succeeded, so there was no need to watch the show any longer.
However, before this play concluded, he still needed to solidify his image in the hearts of the martial artists.
Gu Chenan walked forward and gave Li Rufeng a martial salute, "Director Li, today's incident was just a misunderstanding. You were unaware of the major event that occurred at the Xiao family."
"I struck Liang Bufan because he tried to poison me, so I absolutely will not apologize to him."
"Let's just end this matter here. Neither of us owes the other anything, how about it?"
Based on Gu Chenan's understanding of Li Rufeng, he would absolutely not let this go.
Then, when facing Li Rufeng's retaliation, Gu Chenan would have the absolute justification to eliminate Li Rufeng, or even the entire Li family!
At that time, not only would Suhang's martial arts circle not clash with Gu Chenan, but they would even feel that everything Gu Chenan did was completely reasonable.
They would feel that Gu Chenan was magnanimous, while Li Rufeng was overbearing, and in the end, Gu Chenan had no choice but to take lethal action. Perfect!
Regarding Gu Chenan's proposal, no matter how unwilling Li Rufeng felt inwardly, he had to agree.
The Xiao family and the martial artists were all surrounding him and demanding an explanation. If he didn't agree, a conflict would truly erupt.
"Since Young Master Gu has given me this way out, then I shall also give Young Master Gu some face." Li Rufeng surveyed the crowd and said, "Liang Bufan's matter and today's incident will cancel each other out. Let's end it here!"
Upon hearing this, the martial artists approached Gu Chenan and said, "Young Master Gu, we lost so many people, could it be that..."
Before they could finish, Gu Chenan raised his hand and said, "Director Li was acting for his own disciple, and he was also unaware of the situation. We should understand."
"But..."
The group wanted to say more, but after thinking it over, they nodded, "Understood, Young Master Gu."
Gu Chenan was their life-saver, and moreover, the Gu family's bodyguards had also suffered casualties. Since Gu Chenan could forgive Li Rufeng, they had no reason to dwell on it further.
"Can I leave now?" Li Rufeng raised his brows.
"Wait a moment." Xiao Jian suddenly stepped forward.
Li Rufeng immediately frowned, somewhat angrily saying, "Does the Xiao family master still wish to demand an explanation from me?"
"No." Xiao Jian's expression was still unpleasant as he calmly said, "When I invited Director Li here, I promised to give him a reward. Regardless of what happened before, a promise made is a promise. I must give you the reward."
Upon hearing this, Li Rufeng's expression immediately brightened, "The Xiao family master is indeed righteous!"
...
Soon after giving Li Rufeng a bank card with one million yuan, Li Rufeng and his group left the Xiao family estate in high spirits.
After Gu Chenan checked on Hoshino Kannon's injuries once more and confirmed that she was not seriously hurt, he carried her into the car.
"Young Master Gu, thank you so much for today. You saved me, Xiao Jian, twice. I, Xiao Jian, have no way to repay you!"
"From now on, no matter what happens, just give me one word, Young Master Gu, and I, Xiao Jian, will mobilize the full power of the Xiao family to make it happen for you!"
In front of the car, Xiao Jian bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle, expressing his sincere gratitude.
Gu Chenan waved his hand and instructed, "Remember to order everyone not to leak any information about today's events to the outside."
Xiao Jian nodded, "Understood!"
"Young Master Gu."
At this time, Xiao Yajie walked over.
"What is it, Miss Xiao?"
Xiao Yajie pursed her lips, somewhat shyly saying, "Young Master Gu, this young lady is injured and needs someone to take care of her, right? She...she was injured for our Xiao family. I want to go and take care of her."
Gu Chenan did not know Xiao Yajie's true intentions and shook his head, "No need, I can take care of her."
"Oh." Xiao Yajie's eyes dimmed.
In the end, Gu Chenan drove back to the Gu family manor.
After parking the car, he carried Hoshino Kannon into the main hall.
Bai Yutian heard Gu Chenan return and opened the door, peeking her head out to observe secretly.
"Don't just watch, come out and help."
Bai Yutian saw Hoshino Kannon and frowned slightly, "Who's that?"
"Never mind who it is, go get the acupuncture box for me." After urging her, Gu Chenan carried Hoshino Kannon into his own room.
Watching Gu Chenan's retreating figure, Bai Yutian frowned.
Her cherry lips pursed as she muttered, "Who is that, how did she get injured so badly?"
"Why did Young Master Gu even carry her into his own room? Strange."
With a hint of curiosity, Bai Yutian retrieved the acupuncture box and entered Gu Chenan's room.
Inside the room, Gu Chenan had already stripped Hoshino Kannon completely naked.
Although Hoshino Kannon was not seriously injured, she lacked vital energy and qi. Acupuncture could help her quickly recover her vitality and qi.
Gu Chenan took out the silver needles and was just about to begin acupuncture when he suddenly raised his brows.
[Oh my, another white tiger?]
[You know, I must say, Hoshino Kannon's figure is quite something...]