Chapter 481: I Give Up! Can’t I Just Apologize?

Lin Shaofeng was terrified. Maintaining his imposing air was the last thing on his mind.

He yanked one of his lackeys in front of him as a human shield!

STAB!

The lackey was stabbed with the broken bottle. Blood gushed out as he screamed in agony.

Lin Shaofeng trembled all over. 'This bastard is actually doing it!' If he hadn't been quick enough to grab one of his men, he would have been the one full of holes right now!

Lin Shaofeng roared, "Kid, you can't touch me! My dad is Zhou Shilong, the Lord of Gui City! If you so much as touch a hair on my head, my dad will cripple you!"

Cheng Yuan smiled, a brilliant, chilling smile. "The Lord of the City? What a grand title! I'm terrified. Don't worry, I won't touch a single hair on your head. I'll just kill you outright!"

Cheng Yuan yanked the lackey away from Lin Shaofeng and viciously lunged at him with the broken bottle.

Lin Shaofeng could no longer maintain his dignified "Crown Prince of Gui City" facade. He dropped to his knees without a shred of dignity. "I give up! I'll apologize! I'll apologize, okay? Just don't hurt me!"

WHOOSH!

Cheng Yuan stopped the bottle cold. The jagged edge of the glass was less than two millimeters from Lin Shaofeng's carotid artery.

In fact, some of the longer shards had already pierced the skin on his neck, causing tiny, crimson Blood Pearls to ooze out one by one.

Cheng Yuan slowly pulled the bottle back and pointed it toward Sun Qiajuan, who had been slapped, and Chang Lanxin, who was standing beside her.

"Crawl over there and apologize to them!"

"Okay! Okay! I'll apologize!"

The stinging pain on his neck extinguished any last shred of hope that this was a bluff.

'This Cheng guy would actually kill me!'

As everyone in the bar watched, Lin Shaofeng crawled like a dog to Sun Qiajuan and Chang Lanxin, gritting his teeth as he apologized. "I'm sorry..."

Sun Qiajuan, terrified that Lin Shaofeng would retaliate later, turned deathly pale. She had no idea what to do.

Cheng Yuan spoke in a surprisingly gentle tone, "Don't be afraid. From now on, I've got Lanxin Bar covered. No one will dare to touch anyone here. He slapped you. Now, you slap him back."

Cheng Yuan's voice was gentle, but it was filled with a power that gave her an immense sense of security.

Sun Qiajuan's panicked heart gradually calmed. She looked at Lin Shaofeng with a gaze full of hatred.

'He was the one who deliberately spilled the drink on me, then he framed me for it and even slapped me!'

'He's despicable!'

Sun Qiajuan swung her arm back and slapped him hard across the face.

SLAP!

Lin Shaofeng's face swelled up instantly.

The surrounding crowd burst into jeers, pointing and laughing at Lin Shaofeng.

'So this is the Crown Prince of Gui City?'

Lin Shaofeng was utterly humiliated, but he didn't dare show a hint of anger. He could only force a smile and say, "A good slap!"

Cheng Yuan snorted coldly. "My senior, Lanxin, just toasted you with a shot of strong liquor. What do you think you should do now?"

"I'll drink a shot of strong liquor too!"

"Is one shot enough?"

Lin Shaofeng's face paled. "A bottle!"

A quick-witted security guard swiftly grabbed a bottle of extremely potent vodka and handed it to Lin Shaofeng. "Young Master Lin, if you please."

Lin Shaofeng's eyelid twitched. 'This is the kind of vodka even hard-drinking Russians can't handle!'

'Chugging this whole bottle... The consequences are unimaginable!'

But Lin Shaofeng didn't dare to argue. He could only grab the vodka and start chugging it down in big gulps.

'It burns!'

The alcohol was so strong he choked, tears and snot streaming down his face.

Still, Lin Shaofeng didn't dare to stop. He downed the entire bottle of vodka in one go.

His esophagus and stomach burned as if they were on fire.

GACK!

Lin Shaofeng vomited violently, retching until the world seemed to spin and even bile came up.

In his current state, Lin Shaofeng was a pathetic sight. He looked nothing like a noble young master; he was just a wretched, disgraced drunk.

"Lanxin, my dear senior, take a picture of him. Get it enlarged and hang it behind the bar as a warning. I'd like to see who dares to cause trouble in Lanxin Bar after this!"

Chang Lanxin didn't hesitate. She immediately pulled out her phone and took a picture. 'Things have already gone this far. If I'm going to die, so be it!'

'To be this reckless just once in my life... it's worth it.'

After taking the picture, Chang Lanxin turned to Cheng Yuan with a grave expression. "Cheng Yuan, thank you for everything you did for me today. If Zhixuan didn't have feelings for you, I would be chasing you with everything I've got. You've seriously offended Brother Long. You need to leave Gui City now! Go as far as you can. I'll hold Lin Shaofeng here to buy you as much time as possible."

Cheng Yuan grinned. "Senior, if I leave, do you think Brother Long will let you off the hook?"

Chang Lanxin bit her lip and said nothing. It was obvious that Brother Long would never let her go.

'Besides, I can't run. If I run, what about my parents?'

'What about my little brother?'

Cheng Yuan seemed to read her mind and said gently, "Senior, I told you, I'm going to protect Lanxin Bar. I'm not going anywhere. Don't worry. As long as I'm here, no one can touch you."

"Then what should we do with them?"

Chang Lanxin gestured toward Lin Shaofeng and his lackeys.

Cheng Yuan waved his hand dismissively. "Take your master and get the hell out of here. Or, you can call your Brother Long. I hate dragging things out. I prefer to settle matters on the spot."

Cheng Yuan's methods were so brutal that the lackeys worried he was being sarcastic. How could any of them dare to leave?

The lackeys kowtowed repeatedly.

"Sir, we don't even know Lin Shaofeng that well! Please, just let us go like we're nothing!"

"Sir, rest assured, we won't snitch to Brother Long! We'll leave Gui City right away! You'll never see us again!"

"Sir, we were just regular customers! We never meant to go against you!"

...

Cheng Yuan glared. "Enough of this crap! Get lost now, or I'll kill you!"

The lackeys' faces drained of color. They scrambled to their feet, hoisted up Lin Shaofeng, and fled.

Only then did Chang Lanxin walk over to Lin Bao to check on his injuries.

Lin Bao, who had been playing dead, suddenly did a kip-up and stood. He grabbed Chang Lanxin's hand. "Lanxin, you have to go! It'll be too late if you don't leave now!"

To Lin Bao's surprise, Chang Lanxin violently shook her hand free from his grasp. "Lin Bao, I'm grateful for your care over the years. But from this day forward, we're through. I don't need your 'protection' anymore!"

Lin Bao explained with a bitter smile, "Lanxin, you've misunderstood. I was intentionally throwing the fight just now. Otherwise, you think I'd be taken out in one hit? Forget it, it's too complicated to explain."

Lin Bao turned to face Cheng Yuan.

"Thank you for playing along, Mr. Cheng. It let me scrape by. But you shouldn't have let them go. You don't know how terrifying Brother Long is! You need to take Lanxin and run, now! I'll do my best to hold Brother Long off for a bit. If he catches you, you're dead!"

Cheng Yuan said calmly, "I'm not leaving, Lin Bao. If you're scared, you can take my senior and go."

Chang Lanxin's stance was resolute. "Cheng Yuan, if you're not leaving, then neither am I!"