The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

Chapter 1175: Chapter 365–366

"Never heard of... Looks like you don’t think much of us, do you? May I know who you are?" Jackman asked in international language.

Hu Yingxiong noticed Jackman’s rising anger and gave a sinister smile: "Mr. Li seems to want to step on us? I don’t mind, after all, I’m just a nobody, but Mr. Jackman—’California Bear’ is quite famous, aren’t you being too deliberate?"

Li Yan smiled faintly. He was here to solve problems, not to get into a fight. "You’re overthinking it. Actually, I’ve been less active in the past two or three years, so I haven’t heard of your famous names. As for who I am, it’s not worth mentioning. I’m just here to complete a small task, and... my cooperation with Boss Zheng is a different kind of business cooperation. I won’t be joining you."

What he said was true, but the truth is often misinterpreted.

To Hu Yingxiong and Jackman, Li Yan’s words felt like a direct insult! If he had just started in the past two years and hadn’t heard their names, they might have calmed down. But it was because he claimed to be less active over the past two or three years!

They were the ones who were less active since arriving on Cloud Island in the past two or three years!

It was clearly a deliberate mockery!

After revealing their identities and formally asking about Li Yan’s identity, Li Yan refused to disclose it. That too was seen as a sign of looking down on them!

The last two truthful sentences were even more hurtful!

What do you mean by ’just here to complete a small task’? Just that! This is a trouble that has bothered Zheng Tian for years. We’ve been here for two or three years, too, facing a professional assassin group, only to be passively defending; are you saying that we’ve been ineffective or that we’re too weak?

What do you mean by ’my cooperation with Boss Zheng is a different kind of business cooperation, I won’t be joining you’? Is my current attitude because I’m annoyed that you might be invited over and take away my job, or do you disdain to be associated with us?

So, in their minds, this turned into contempt, disdain, and then indifference!

Assassins living in comfort can’t afford such humiliation!

In an instant, the two who already felt a strong hostility towards Li Yan and Duan Haibo now harbored a hint of murderous intent!

Even if he’s retired, even if he’s less seasoned against assassins, Duan Haibo was once a very excellent mercenary and immediately sensed the different atmosphere and the murderous intent from the other side. He had already stepped forward half a step, bending his knee to maintain a ready posture.

This is the others’ advantageous place! There might be hidden weapons, and he and Li Yan came empty-handed. If things really fall apart, they’d have to strike first!

Zheng Tian’s expression changed subtly; he was secretly lamenting and deeply regretting! This time, hearing he could take revenge personally, he came with great excitement. But his usual cautious nature made him realize that if this was unsuccessful, it might be hard to get another chance to dig out Park Changnan in the future. Moreover, if Park Changnan loses twenty years of hard work, he may resort to more extreme means like using explosives for revenge!

To increase the chances of success, he brought his trusted bodyguards and even brought his two strongest assassins. He thought fighting poison with poison, the assassins should understand an assassin’s mindset better, could help in combat, join the siege, and if someone manages to escape, provide more practical advice to give Li Yan better support.

But he was too excited, too focused on the success rate of taking down Park Changnan, forgetting about the old saying "scholars compete, warriors clash", forgetting that "rivals cannot coexist", forgetting that "a mountain cannot hold two tigers". Even now, the assassin group assembled was filled with rivalries from the start, only settled later after ’Wolf Snake’ Hu Yingxiong and ’California Bear’ Jackman came along. These two were friends and realized that one person couldn’t suppress the others, so they joined forces to become leaders.

This time, they and Li Yan were meeting for the first time, with no time for them to blend...

"Haha, you guys really love to joke. Mr. Li is well-off, and he will have fewer opportunities to strike, so he can enjoy the business world in peace. Mr. Hu and Mr. Jackman, you also play with investments. Maybe you’ll have opportunities and topics to discuss in the future. How about having a meal now?"

Having a meal is a common topic and a good setting to resolve conflicts. A satisfying meal, a few bottles of good wine, after eating and drinking their fill, as long as someone is willing to reconcile, unless it’s a life-and-death grudge, generally, big issues can be minimized, and small issues resolved. (To be continued. To know what happens next, please log in to www.qidian.com, for more Chapters, support the author, and support genuine reading!)