Chapter 43: The Demon's Warning

"Holding hostages to throw at the rat?"

Sitting on the bed, Su Yunting's dull pupils refocused. A vicious, cold gleam flashed in his triangular eyes as he said coldly,

"That butcher is still too naive. If I were in his shoes, I wouldn't come to me for negotiations at all. Instead, I would directly summon the media, release Wu Feng's confession video, hire an army of internet trolls to spread it widely, and at the same time hack into the Lin Group's database to take remote control of all the computers in the Su Group."

"His coming to negotiate with me is tantamount to giving me a chance to make a comeback. This time, I will utterly crush the Lin Group, the Lin family, and that butcher beyond redemption, ensuring they never turn back!"

As he spoke, Su Yunting had already mapped out his next moves.

He said to Su Rui, "Xiao Rui, let's split up. I will go find Qi Meng's master, ask him to cripple that butcher, and retrieve Wu Feng's confession video."

"You contact Wang Bin and tell him to find that hacker who infiltrated the Su Group. Spare no expense to poach that hacker for our group."

After listening to Su Yunting, both Su Lei and Su Rui grew excited, secretly admiring how quickly Su Yunting had devised a plan to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

"Alright, I'll go find Wang Bin myself!" Su Rui said.

"Mm!" Su Yunting nodded.

The two stood up and headed for the door. Just as they reached the hospital room's entrance, Jin Jiu pushed the door open and strode in.

"President Jin?"

Su Yunting and Su Rui froze for a moment, but instantly guessed the purpose of Jin Jiu's visit.

Su Yunting asked, "I heard Jin Peng's legs were broken by that butcher Ye Huan. Did President Jin come to join forces with me to deal with Ye Huan and the Lin family?"

*Slap!*

Jin Jiu landed a heavy blow across Su Yunting's aged face, cursing furiously,

"What kind of utter bullshit are you spouting?"

Su Yunting was stunned by the slap. From his perspective, Jin Jiu's son had his legs broken by Ye Huan, and his own son and grandson had also been crippled by Ye Huan. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Jin Jiu choosing to ally with the Su family to deal with Ye Huan made complete sense!

Why was Jin Jiu hitting people?

Why was he abandoning all decorum and swearing?

"President Jin, what is the meaning of this?" Su Yunting asked with a dark, cold expression.

*Slap!*

Jin Jiu delivered another slap to Su Yunting. This time, the blow was harsher, spinning Su Yunting around in place before he collapsed onto the floor.

Jin Jiu kicked Su Yunting down, pressed his foot onto the old man's face, and said coldly,

"Old Dog Su, let me warn you: if you ever dare harbor any ideas against Ye Huan, the Lin family, or the Lin Group again, I will make every single member of the Su family mysteriously vanish from this world."

At that exact moment, Su Yunting, Su Rui, and Su Lei, who was lying on the hospital bed, felt as though they were hearing the most absurd thing in the world.

Jin Peng had been beaten into such a miserable state by Ye Huan, yet instead of seeking revenge, Jin Jiu was actually helping Ye Huan?

What was going on?

"Did you hear me?"

Jin Jiu increased the pressure of the foot crushing Su Yunting's face and asked coldly.

"I heard you! I heard you!"

Su Yunting truly heard it, and he genuinely no longer dared to harbor any thoughts against Ye Huan, the Lin family, or the Lin Group.

He knew Jin Jiu too well; this villain who stopped at nothing was entirely capable of doing what he said.

If he dared to target Ye Huan, the Lin family, or the Lin Group again, Jin Jiu would really make the entire Su family vanish from the face of the earth without a trace.

"Trash. Pah!"

Jin Jiu spat a mouthful of saliva onto Su Yunting's face, sneered with utter contempt, and turned to leave.

...

Ye Huan and Lin Xi returned to the Lin Group just in time to run into Wang Bin and his team walking out of the Lin Group building.

"Oh, the Lin Group is about to get brutally smashed by the Su Group, yet you two still have the mood to drive around and play outside," Wang Bin said with a sarcastic sneer.

All the members of Wang Bin's team also cast mocking glances at Ye Huan and Lin Xi as they stepped out of the car.

"Have you already completed your resignation procedures?" Ye Huan asked.

"Of course!"

Wang Bin shrugged, a look of disgust on his face as he said,

"Even though it's lunch break, under my firm demand, the Human Resources and Finance departments were forced to work overtime to process our resignations. We don't want to stay in this disgusting place called the Lin Group for even another second."

Hearing this, Ye Huan and Lin Xi exchanged smiles.

In truth, it was because Lin Xi had given instructions that the various departments had worked through their lunch break to quickly process the resignation for Wang Bin's team.

"What are you laughing at?"

Wang Bin was baffled by their smiles.

From his perspective, with him and his entire team resigning en masse, the Lin Group's cybersecurity department was left utterly hollowed out and on the verge of facing the Su Group's onslaught. Ye Huan and Lin Xi should have been furious and anxious.

Why were they laughing?

"Give Su Rui a call and ask him what time you guys are supposed to report for work at the Su Group!" Ye Huan said with a smile.

"No need to call. Young Master Su promised me that as long as I brought my entire team out, we could go straight to the Su Group this afternoon to complete our onboarding."

Wang Bin tilted his head like a hoodlum, deliberately trying to piss off Ye Huan and Lin Xi.

"You should still make a call just to confirm, in case any unexpected changes happen," Ye Huan urged.

"Fine! I'll call Young Master Su right in front of you both, so you can hear with your own ears how he invites us to work at the Su Group this afternoon!"

Wang Bin felt there was no need to call Su Rui at all, but he desperately wanted to see the expressions of anger and frustration on Ye Huan and Lin Xi's faces.

So, right in front of them, he took out his phone and dialed Su Rui's number.

Before the call even connected, he hit the speakerphone button, terrified that Ye Huan and Lin Xi might miss a single second of Su Rui's voice.

Soon!

The call connected, and Su Rui's gloomy voice came through the phone:

"What is it?"

The gloomy voice and impatient tone suddenly gave Wang Bin a bad feeling.

He forced a fawning smile and said, "Young Master Su, my entire team and I have finished our resignation procedures. What time should we head over to the Su Group this afternoon for onboarding?"

"Onboard your fucking mother! A bunch of trash like you lot, and you think you're fit to join the Su Group? All of you, go die!"

Su Rui's furious cursing echoed from the phone.

With that, he hung up the call immediately!

At that very instant, Wang Bin and every single member of his team were dumbfounded, frozen in place.

Meanwhile, Ye Huan and Lin Xi burst into laughter. They were now utterly certain that Jin Jiu must have visited Su Yunting, forcing him to completely abandon any thoughts of revenge, which was why Su Rui's attitude toward Wang Bin had drastically changed.

"Manager Wang, congratulations on your unemployment!" Ye Huan said with a cold smirk.

Recovering his wits, Wang Bin glared furiously at Ye Huan and Lin Xi.

"You—what did you do? Why did Su Rui's attitude toward me change so drastically?"

Lin Xi shrugged. "What you should be worrying about right now isn't this, but rather how much you're going to struggle to find your next job."

Ye Huan chimed in, "Jumping ship for a higher salary is no big deal in the business world. But before leaving, you threatened the CEO to raise your compensation. When she refused, you threatened and vowed to retaliate against the Lin Group. And even after resigning, you mocked the CEO, calling the Lin Group disgusting."

"For your corporate careers, that's quite a massive stain on your records."

"Which company would ever dare to hire ungrateful ingrates like you?"