The man who called himself Zhong Shaokun saw Ye Ming’s smiling face, and his expression changed instantly. He was displeased.
"What are you laughing at?"
Zhong Shaokun looked at Ye Ming, sizing him up, his eyes full of disdain.
"He looks like a bumpkin from the countryside!" he sneered inwardly.
In Zhong Shaokun's eyes, all cities outside the provincial capital within the Tian'an Province could be called "countryside."
It seemed that Zhong Shaokun, being a native of the provincial capital, had a strong sense of class pride.
"Are you from the Zhong family?" Ye Ming still wore a smile.
Seeing that Ye Ming's attitude hadn't changed at all, Zhong Shaokun's anger simmered. He coldly warned, "That's right, I'm from the Zhong family, one of the three great families of the provincial capital."
"Looking at you, a bumpkin from outside, you've never even heard of the Zhong family's name." Zhong Shaokun's face was full of contempt. "Let me tell you, in this provincial capital, the Zhong family's influence is beyond your imagination. So, I advise you to be sensible!"
As he spoke, Zhong Shaokun glanced at Du Yuemian, his meaning self-evident.
"Oh! Is that so?" Ye Ming wasn't angry at all. Instead, he kicked the ball back to Du Yuemian, "Yuemian, what do you think I should do?"
"Yuemian, what a nice name!"
Hearing Ye Ming address the woman, Zhong Shaokun couldn't help but feel a flutter of infatuation.
"I think you should swat away the annoying fly!" Du Yuemian said with a light laugh.
Hearing this, Zhong Shaokun burst into laughter. "Hahaha! Swat me away!" He pointed at Ye Ming with his finger, mockingly saying, "With him?"
What a character!
Zhong Shaokun directly admitted that he was the "annoying fly."
Not only that, but he also moved his finger forward a bit, poking directly at Ye Ming's chest. He tapped his finger and said, "Let me tell you, in this provincial capital, not just anyone has the right to set foot. If you accidentally fall to your death, don't blame the uneven road!"
This statement was clearly a warning to Ye Ming.
Ye Ming looked at Zhong Shaokun, who was constantly poking his chest with his finger, his eyes gradually darkening.
Du Yuemian, standing nearby, also realized something was amiss.
Before Ye Ming could get angry, she swept a leg whip at Zhong Shaokun's waist.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, Zhong Shaokun was sent flying out, crashing into a trash can. As garbage scattered, Zhong Shaokun fell into it.
Hiss!
As commotion erupted here, people nearby naturally took notice.
They never expected that the beautiful young lady would be so decisive in her actions.
Seeing this, everyone also took a couple of steps back.
Fortunately, Du Yuemian controlled the force. Otherwise, with her strength, Zhong Shaokun would have been bisected by that kick.
"You're quite quick to act!" Ye Ming chuckled beside her.
"There's no need for young master to act against trash like this!" Du Yuemian's expression was calm, not showing much disturbance from what had just happened.
"Never mind!"
Ye Ming waved his hand, no longer intending to pay attention to Zhong Shaokun.
But Zhong Shaokun didn't seem to intend to let the two of them go.
A few seconds later, Zhong Shaokun, looking disheveled, climbed out of the pile of garbage. His eyes were full of malice and ferocity.
"Bitch, how dare you ambush me!" Zhong Shaokun stared intently at Du Yuemian, blood still lingering on his lips, his expression ferocious. "You... you wait. Once I get my hands on you, I will definitely play with you until you die."
After speaking, Zhong Shaokun directly took out his phone and dialed.
He wanted backup.
Hearing Zhong Shaokun's threat, Ye Ming's eyes gradually turned cold.
Before he could act, Du Yuemian's figure had already disappeared.
"I originally planned to let you go!"
Du Yuemian appeared in front of Zhong Shaokun, looking down at him, her eyes filled with murderous intent. "But some people just like to court death!"
She raised her right palm and brought down a palm strike like a knife.
A blade-like energy condensed from true qi streaked through the air, then directly sliced into Zhong Shaokun's right thigh.
"Ah! My leg!"
Blood flowed from the wound, and the true qi remaining in the wound continued to burn Zhong Shaokun's nerves. Ear-splitting screams came from his mouth.
But Du Yuemian didn't stop there. Another blade-like energy was unleashed, directly severing the Achilles tendon of Zhong Shaokun's left foot.
At this point, his left foot was completely crippled.
"Ah!"
Another mournful cry went out.
"You bastard! You bastard! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" The pain from his legs drove Zhong Shaokun to the brink of madness. He roared wildly, "You slut, I'll kill you! Kill you!"
As he finished speaking, a group of men in various clothing rushed in from the airport entrance. Their eyes were fierce, and they were all holding weapons.
Clearly, they were a group of thugs.
"Brother Kun! Brother Kun!"
This group of men spotted Zhong Shaokun lying on the ground at first glance and rushed towards him in a single wave.
"Anyone who dares to take a step forward, die!"
But before they could get close to Zhong Shaokun, Du Yuemian stomped the ground with one foot, and a terrifying aura instantly enveloped everyone.
Under this aura, they all felt a piercing killing intent. It was as if if they took one more step forward, they would lie dead on the spot.
Du Yuemian, possessing the strength of a late-stage Martial King, naturally had an aura that ordinary people could not resist.
"You... what are you waiting for? Hurry and arrest this bitch for me?" Zhong Shaokun clearly hadn't recognized the situation and was still shouting angrily.
His shout thoroughly angered Du Yuemian.
"Die!"
A cold glint flashed in Du Yuemian's eyes as she brought her palm down.
As a blade-like energy swept across Zhong Shaokun's neck, his eyes widened, and his body slowly fell.
He died with his eyes wide open.
At this moment, the scene fell into a deathly silence.
No one had expected that Du Yuemian would actually kill someone.
And Ye Ming's gaze towards Du Yuemian also changed.
It transformed from expectation to admiration.
If he could still maintain goodwill towards someone who had insulted him so much, Ye Ming would feel disappointed.
Perhaps some would think Du Yuemian's actions were excessive. Zhong Shaokun's behavior was not enough to warrant death.
But for Ye Ming, those around him must be like Du Yuemian. Because in the future, they would face things ten times, even a hundred times more brutal than this.
If they couldn't do this, then they were not qualified to stay by his side.
Moreover, did someone like Zhong Shaokun truly not deserve to die?
With his actions today, it was definitely not the first time. And the fate of women who had fallen into his hands in the past was naturally not worth mentioning.
If Du Yuemian and Ye Ming had no ability to resist today, the outcome would have been predictable.
Therefore, this person deserved to die.
…
Airport surveillance room.
Two men were monitoring what was happening in the airport.
One of them was actually a steward of the Zhong family.
His name was Wu Shanyu, and he was one of the most trusted stewards of Madam Li Zhirou of the Zhong family.
Beside him was an old man over sixty years old.
"What a shame! That young man didn't make a move!" Wu Shanyu sighed softly.
"Looking only at the surface, I can't see the young man's true depth." The old man beside him said in a deep voice, "However, the Du family girl surprised me!"
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
Wu Shanyu looked puzzled.
"She has already reached the late stage of Martial King!" The old man's eyes flashed with two beams of light.
"What?"
Wu Shanyu was greatly shocked.
In fact, Wu Shanyu had deliberately guided Zhong Shaokun to appear here. With Zhong Shaokun's lecherous and arrogant habits, he was bound to target Du Yuemian.
Of course, Zhong Shaokun was unaware of Du Yuemian's identity.
Wu Shanyu's original intention was to use Zhong Shaokun to force Ye Ming to act, so he could observe his strength.
However, in the end, he didn't uncover Ye Ming's background but instead exposed Du Yuemian's strength.
"Never mind, it's not a complete loss!"
Wu Shanyu was silent for a moment, then said cheerfully.
He didn't care about Zhong Shaokun's death at all.
Because Zhong Shaokun was not a member of the Zhong family.
He was merely a scoundrel who impersonated the Zhong family name to deceive people everywhere.
His death now was considered his just deserts.
A moment later, the two left the surveillance room.
The Zhong family's first probe thus came to an end.