Qin Hai looked up and saw that the people blocking the door had automatically formed a path, and following that, a young woman walked in from outside.
The woman wore a pretty short skirt, stepped in a pair of jadeite sandals, and her wavy long hair casually draped over her shoulders, looking very sexy and charming. As she moved with graceful steps, her alluring figure swayed with poise, a rare and stunning physique that made one nearly pop their eyes out in awe.
Unfortunately, the woman wore a pair of large sunglasses that nearly covered half of her face, so her features were not clearly visible. However, the fair and delicate skin beside the sunglasses indicated that the woman was definitely not bad-looking and very young.
"Miss!" Hou Dabao, who was behind the desk, snapped out of his daze when he saw the young woman, hurried over, and called out subserviently.
"What's going on here?" The woman glanced at the people on the floor, then at Qin Hai and Qiao Wei, her voice very calm.
"It's my fault for not handling things well, please punish me, Miss!" To Qin Hai's surprise, Hou Dabao seemed quite afraid of this woman. It appeared that she might be Hou Dabao's immediate superior or perhaps she was the boss of Sihai Company.
"Be more specific!"
"Yes!" Hou Dabao glared fiercely at Qin Hai, then recounted the events that had just unfolded. Of course, he painted Qin Hai as the villain, starting with how Qin Hai inexplicably kicked in his door, then like a madman, stormed in and started beating his men.
After listening, the woman didn't express any opinion but turned her head with interest to glance at Qin Hai, and asked, "Were they all knocked out by you alone?"
"Yes!" Qin Hai replied straightforwardly, his gaze scanning the woman's face briefly before settling on the black-clad figure who had followed her in. As a king of mercenaries who had been through countless battles, Qin Hai keenly detected a strong aura of killing intent from the black-clad figure. Without a doubt, this person must have killed before, and not just one or two, otherwise, such a dense killing aura wouldn't emanate from him, Qin Hai could even smell a hint of blood from him now.
"It seems you are quite formidable," the woman circled around to the back of the desk and sat in Hou Dabao's executive chair, her tone suddenly turning cold and aloof, "The reason, can you tell me why you resorted to hurting people?"
"You must be Miss Bai, right?" Ever since the young woman entered the room, Qiao Wei had hesitated to speak several times, but now she couldn't help it and finally asked.
"Yes, I am Bai Ruyan."
Realizing that the other party was indeed that legendary woman, Qiao Wei inwardly cursed her luck and quickly explained, "Miss Bai, hello, my name is Qiao Wei, I'm the leader of the first marketing group at Yafang Group. We came here today mainly to present our plan to Manager Hou, but didn't expect a misunderstanding to lead to this situation."
"Misunderstanding?" Bai Ruyan's eyebrows knitted slightly above her sunglasses in displeasure, "Dabao just said that he had never seen the person by your side before, yet he not only kicked in Dabao's door but also injured so many of our people. Is that also a misunderstanding? Group Leader Qiao, is this how Yafang Group conducts business? I've heard Lin Qingya runs her company very efficiently; is this how she teaches you to operate? To me, Lin Qingya's capabilities also seem quite limited."
"This—"
Qiao Wei was at a loss for words. In truth, she still didn't understand why Qin Hai suddenly kicked in Hou Dabao's door.
"Indeed, I also think it's not a misunderstanding." Qin Hai had originally thought Bai Ruyan seemed like a reasonable person and had a quite favorable impression of her, but he didn't expect her to be biased and to directly target Lin Qingya.
Targeting others was one thing, but Lin Qingya was his unregistered wife! In front of him, she was badmouthing his wife—has she asked for his opinion?
"Miss Bai, I'm afraid you're not quite in a position to judge how Yafang Group does its business, but from what happened today, I think your Sihai Company isn't all that great," Qin Hai said, his words tinged with irritation.
Bai Ruyan tapped her slim, fair fingers on the desk and leaned back in the executive chair, "Is that so? Then tell me, what exactly is not so great about Sihai Company?" Her serene face was without a smile, unreadable, while Qiao Wei grew even more concerned beside her.
Qin Hai, unaware of Qiao Wei's anxious expression, gestured towards Hou Dabao with a disdainful snort, "That question should be asked of him. Your subordinate is quite capable, indeed; just now, he took advantage of our eagerness to finalize the business deal and pressured Group Leader Qiao to drink with him. I want to ask, is this how Sihai Company usually conducts its business?"
Bai Ruyan's slender eyebrows knit slightly as she looked toward Hou Dabao, "Is that so?"
Hou Dabao's forehead immediately broke out in large beads of sweat, his back nearly bending to a right angle, as he said in a panic, "Miss, those were just words spoken in anger, I really wasn't planning to do that."
"Slap!"
At Bai Ruyan's command, everyone only saw a blur before the man in black who had come in with her promptly appeared in front of Hou Dabao. With a smack, a purplish imprint of a hand appeared on Hou Dabao's face, and the towering Hou Dabao was so frightened that he became silent as a cicada in winter, not daring to move an inch in front of the lean man in black.
"What else?" Bai Ruyan continued to ask Qin Hai, her tone as ever indifferent and cold, as if slapping Hou Dabao had been as normal as swatting a mosquito.
"He told you I kicked his door down like a madman, but why didn't he tell you that he deliberately made us wait for hours, even though he clearly knew Group Leader Qiao and I had already arrived? Miss Bai, your Sihai Company puts on quite the air, seems like to talk business with you, one must first wait for hours, and then accompany you in drinking flower wine," Qin Hai said with an expressionless face.
Bai Ruyan turned to Hou Dabao, "Is that so?"
"Miss, don't listen to his nonsense. I really didn't know they had been waiting for so long, I had no idea!" Hou Dabao cried out in protest.
Qin Hai sneered, "You didn't know? You had Secretary Liu arrange for us to wait in the small conference room for hours, while you were here, bored out of your mind. Hou, if you wanted to negotiate the price, just say it; playing such despicable tricks, don't you find it shameful?"
"You're slandering me; I really didn't know you had arrived!" Hou Dabao retorted angrily.
"Everyone shut up!" Bai Ruyan lifted her unmistakably smug and slippery jaw, "Go bring that Secretary Liu over."
Soon, the Secretary Liu who had received Qin Hai and the others was brought in. However, unlike how Qin Hai and the others had seen him before, Secretary Liu entered with a pale face, his legs trembling, and a noticeably large wet spot in his crotch, emitting a strong smell of urine that could be sensed from a distance.
"Tell me the truth, when did they arrive?" Seeing Secretary Liu, Hou Dabao rushed over and grabbed his collar, his eyes bulging menacingly along with his shiny bald head, as fierce as a wild beast.
"It was… it was…" Secretary Liu's lips trembled non-stop, instinctively glancing at Qin Hai and his companions.
"Secretary Liu, you'd better think carefully, many people saw us when we arrived," Qin Hai said, smilingly staring at Secretary Liu.
The color drained further from Secretary Liu's face, and he finally stammered out, "They have been here for… for some time."
"Fuck your ancestors!" Hou Dabao was stunned for a second, his face draining of color, and he suddenly lifted his foot and kicked fiercely at Secretary Liu's stomach. Accompanied by a scream, Secretary Liu flew backward as if struck by a speeding car, his head hitting the wall hard, and when he fell, he was bleeding from his mouth and nose, unconscious.
"Slap!"
At Bai Ruyan's command, the man in black approached Hou Dabao once again.
"Smack!" Another clear handprint appeared on the other side of Hou Dabao's face.
Hou Dabao was thoroughly deflated.