But before he could even move, the receptionist, Xiao Mei, tugged at his hand and whispered, "Ning Beichen, don't go over. These two are relatives of our CEO. They are very arrogant. The last time they were here, they even knocked out Xiao Liu's teeth."
"Doesn't the CEO do anything about them?" Ning Beichen asked incredulously.
"They are relatives older than the CEO. The CEO finds it difficult to intervene. Besides, rumor has it that this couple once helped the CEO's parents, which led to their current achievements. So, they always leverage that past favor, even speaking to the CEO sarcastically." Xiao Mei explained in a low voice to Ning Beichen.
"So that's how it is..." Ning Beichen nodded. As the saying goes, "It's hard for an honest official to settle a family dispute." It's truly difficult for outsiders to interfere in such matters. He then abandoned the idea of meddling.
It's hard for outsiders to get involved in such matters. Interfering may not bring any good, and it might even anger the boss, leading to more losses than gains.
Ning Beichen decided to just watch the show and not get involved. However, the couple became increasingly outrageous, not only scolding the security guards at the entrance but also slapping them a few times. The security guard who was hit didn't dare to protest. Ning Beichen had originally wanted to stay out of it, but seeing the couple relentlessly harassing the guard, he couldn't stand it and walked over, saying, "Enough. He's just a security guard, doing his job. He made no mistakes."
"So you're saying we, this couple, are wrong? Who do you think you are? Even Liu Yilin doesn't dare to talk to us like that. I won't just hit him, I'll hit you too!" The woman, dressed in luxury but with an ugly face, slapped towards Ning Beichen's face.
But Ning Beichen was not the security guard. He didn't care about the boss's relatives and wouldn't let himself be slapped. Before her palm could reach him, Ning Beichen had already retaliated with a slap of his own to her face, teaching her the principle of "he who humiliates others will be humiliated."
*Slap!*
A red palm print appeared on the woman's face. Ning Beichen showed no mercy, hitting her so hard that her head buzzed, and stars swam before her eyes.
"You... you dare to hit my wife, I'll kill you!" The woman's husband, seeing his wife hit, went into a frenzy and swung his fist at Ning Beichen.
But soon, five finger marks appeared on his face as well. Just like his arrogant wife, his eyes were filled with swirling stars, and he stumbled as he walked.
"Pah! I may not be much, but I'm not someone you can insult." Ning Beichen said disdainfully.
The security guard, who had been beaten by the couple and dared not retaliate, felt the lump in his chest disappear after seeing the couple's fate. He thought to himself with satisfaction, "Well done! Serve you right for being so arrogant."
However, Ning Beichen dared to strike, but he didn't. He was just a small security guard, with his entire family relying on his meager wages. He was nowhere near as carefree as Ning Beichen. Furthermore, their incomes were completely different. Ning Beichen could be willful and disregard consequences, but he couldn't. This was the tragedy of ordinary people.
Ning Beichen withdrew his hands, looking at the couple's shouting and screaming, a look of extreme disgust on his face. If he had such relatives, Ning Beichen would deal with them himself without anyone else needing to intervene; he wouldn't indulge them.
"You... you dare to hit us. I'm telling you, you're dead. No one can save you."
"Aiya, Liu Yilin, you heartless girl! We're being beaten, and you don't care. Back then, if we hadn't helped your family, you wouldn't have been able to afford to study..." The woman sat on the ground, throwing a tantrum and cursing.
This situation not only left Ning Beichen speechless but also left the company employees utterly exasperated. If they weren't the boss's relatives, those employees would probably have wanted to kick them.
"Shut up! Shut your mouth." Ning Beichen walked in front of the woman and raised his hand. The woman was immediately scared into silence. As the saying goes, "The soft fear the hard, the hard fear the ferocious, and the ferocious fear those who are willing to die." Ning Beichen was precisely the demon king who dealt with people like them. What boss's relatives? To him, they didn't exist. Ning Yanwang, who feared nothing, not even mountains of corpses and seas of blood, would be afraid of two rascals. As for Liu Yilin, he was even less concerned. He would be glad if Liu Yilin fired him, as that would mean he wouldn't be disobeying his master's orders.
Meanwhile, the events unfolding below were quickly reported to Liu Yilin by her secretary. Upon hearing that the couple had arrived, Liu Yilin also felt a headache and even disgust towards them. But no matter how disgusted she was, they were still her relatives, and she found it difficult to intervene.
"CEO, something's wrong! Ning Beichen... Ning Beichen..." The secretary ran to Liu Yilin, panting, her words tumbling out.
"What happened to Ning Beichen? Tell me!" Hearing Ning Beichen's name, Liu Yilin immediately became tense, a change she herself didn't notice. Only her secretary's expression seemed a bit odd. Previously, the CEO had always been calm, no matter what she heard, never like this.
"CEO, Ning Beichen hit your relatives." After catching her breath, the secretary continued, not daring to meddle in the boss's affairs.
"He hit them? He wasn't the one who got hit?" Upon hearing that Ning Beichen was not the one being beaten, Liu Yilin immediately reverted to her usual icy demeanor.
"Boss, your relatives hit the security guard, Xiao Li. Ning Beichen couldn't stand it, so he went over to say a few words, and then..." The secretary, without showing any favoritism, relayed the facts as fairly and impartially as possible to her boss. How the boss would handle it was her own matter. As a secretary, one couldn't view a situation with personal feelings.
When Liu Yilin heard that her relatives had been hit, instead of showing concern, she appeared relaxed. She slowly put on her shoes and then leisurely walked out of her office. She wasn't surprised that Ning Beichen dared to act. If it were in the past, she wouldn't have thought so, but ever since she and Ning Beichen went to Las Vegas and escaped by plane, she had gained a better understanding of Ning Beichen's personality.
"Are they alright?" Stepping out of the office, Liu Yilin finally remembered to ask her secretary. "I mean my relatives." Fearing her secretary might misunderstand, she explained herself.
"They're fine, they're fine, CEO, don't worry. Ning Beichen just slapped them." The secretary, thinking her boss was concerned about her relatives, immediately replied.
"Oh, since they're fine, what's there to see? Have them come to my office. Oh, and call that security guard and Ning Beichen too." After giving her instructions, Liu Yilin turned and went back into her office. Liu Yilin thought that handling such matters in public would be inappropriate. If she went down, she didn't know what rumors would spread. It was better to have the secretary summon them all to her office.