Chapter 168: Not a Pushover

"Later, Yang Ziyun challenged Jiang Hao to a duel. Jiang Hao accepted and defeated him, which left Yang Ziyun injured."

"The two of them engaged in a fair duel, and Jiang Hao defeated Yang Ziyun honorably, so there was originally nothing to criticize. Who could have expected that the Yang family simply cannot afford to lose!"

"Yang Yunhua, the head of the Yang family, came to Jiang Hao and me, demanding that we personally go to their estate and apologize to Yang Ziyun. Naturally, we refused!"

"As a result, Yang Yunhua bought off numerous stores, attempting to ruin my restaurant through malicious competition. Moreover, this idea was most likely given to him by Pan Yixuan. It is just that they grossly underestimated Jiang Hao and me; such malicious competitive tactics are completely useless against us."

"Using both coercion and enticement, Yang Yunhua then forced several food supply companies in Maple Leaf City to cut off or refuse cooperation with our Qingli Health Diet Company. Yet, we remain entirely unafraid. We can simply find new suppliers from other cities who are willing to work with us."

At this point, Su Qingli paused.

The grievances between her and Jiang Hao on one side, and the Yang family on the other, had been made crystal clear in just a few simple sentences. She had explained everything in great detail, covering the process and outcome of every single incident.

The members of the Su family present were stunned, every single one of their faces etched with deep shock.

Yang Yunhua had actually made a move against Su Qingli and Jiang Hao.

And he had actually failed!

The dignified head of the Yang family, the current ruler of Maple Leaf City's top powerhouse family, was actually unable to deal with Jiang Hao and Su Qingli!

Precisely because of this, the Yang family had turned their target onto the Su family, attempting through this method to intensify the conflict between the Su family and the duo, forcing the Su family to make them bow their heads and submit!

How utterly ridiculous!

Yet at the same time, it was deeply shocking!

The Yang family was the overlord of Maple Leaf City, yet now, to deal with Jiang Hao and Su Qingli, they had to resort to such roundabout tactics. It was the ultimate joke in the world!

"I have said everything that needs to be said. Do you have any questions left now? Please leave. Jiang Hao and I are very busy, and we have guests at home," Su Qingli said flatly.

"You... how can you speak to us like that!"

Zhang Liping jumped forward, pointing at Su Qingli and rebuking her.

Su Qingli, however, looked at her coldly and retorted without a shred of politeness, "Why on earth shouldn't I speak to you like this? Who do you think you are? I have nothing to do with you anymore, okay! Zhang Liping, get your identity straight before you speak!"

Zhang Liping!

Su Qingli actually addressed her by her full name!

Zhang Liping was so enraged that her entire body trembled violently, as if she were suffering from a severe case of Parkinson's disease.

Su Bingming immediately wanted to speak, but Old Madam Su beat him to it. "Qingli, it's not that we want to make things difficult for you; it's that the Yang family is coming after our Su family! You and Jiang Hao provoked the head of the Yang family, so the Yang family is targeting our Su family. We are simply being driven to our wits' end!"

"Ridiculous! I cut ties with you Su family members long ago!" Su Qingli retorted immediately.

"But Yang Yunhua doesn't see it that way, and there's nothing we can do either!" Old Madam Su said with a heartbroken expression.

After a brief hesitation, Su Tianming spoke with utmost solemnity, "Su Qingli, Jiang Hao, this is the trouble you brought upon yourselves. Please go to the Yang family and explain everything clearly to Yang Yunhua in person! Our Su family truly is innocent. Won't you two spare us and stop implicating our Su family?"

Hearing this from Old Madam Su and Su Tianming, Jiang Hao let out a cold laugh.

"The Yang family wanting to deal with you is an issue between you and the Yang family—what does that have to do with us? Our provoking the Yang family is also a matter strictly between us and the Yang family, completely unrelated to the Su family! Old Madam Su, Su Tianming, please head back. I do not welcome members of the Su family."

With that, Jiang Hao prepared to pull Su Qingli back inside the house.

Su Tianming roared, "Jiang Hao! Do you have to watch with your own eyes as our Su family is ruined before you'll be happy?! Before you'll be satisfied?! How can you be so cruel and heartless!"

"That's right, utterly venomous!"

"Ungrateful wolf! When you relied on our Su family to get by in the past, would you have ever dared to speak to us like this?"

"Now that you've made something of yourself, you couldn't care less whether our Su family lives or dies, is that it?"

The members of the Su family present began cursing fiercely one after another, spitting out venomous words without pause.

Looking at this bunch of Su family members, Jiang Hao felt nothing but disgust. He only felt that they were getting what they deserved, without an ounce of pity for them.

Su Qingli felt no reluctance either.

She had long since seen through the Su family and had long since severed all ties with them!

At that moment, a person walked out of the house with a toothpick dangling from his mouth—it was none other than Bai Qiming!

Bai Qiming didn't say a word. He merely walked out of the house with the toothpick clenched in his teeth, standing right there in front of everyone. Yet, the Su family members, who had been cursing at the top of their lungs just a second ago, instantly shut their mouths, and not a single one of them dared to talk nonsense anymore!

"Bai... Bai Qiming..."

Zhang Liping was utterly shocked. She had never dreamed in a million years that Bai Qiming, one of the heads of the Bai family, would actually come to Maple Leaf City and even appear at Jiang Hao's villa!

What was he doing here?

Could it be that his relationship with Jiang Hao had already reached such an intimate level?

If that were truly the case, hadn't the things she and the others just said completely enraged him...

The more Zhang Liping thought about it, the more terrified she became. The complexions of Old Madam Su and Su Tianming also turned ashen to the extreme.

"Uncle Bai, why did you come out?" Jiang Hao asked helplessly.

Bai Qiming chuckled and said, "With such a lively commotion outside, how could I not come out and take a look... I just never expected that the Su family, famous in Maple Leaf City decades ago, has actually degenerated into such a pathetic state!"

Bai Qiming's words made every single member of the Su family present feel utterly humiliated.

Yet, they did not dare to talk back.

If Jiang Hao had said such a thing, they would have already jumped up to refute him. But the person speaking now was Bai Qiming. Refuting him was out of the question—they didn't even dare to breathe too loudly!

"Keep causing a scene! Keep jumping around! Weren't you acting all high and mighty just a moment ago? Why aren't you speaking now?"

Bai Qiming taunted coldly, showing no regard whatsoever for the dignity of the Su family members present.

Old Madam Su sighed helplessly and said, "Bai... Mr. Bai, we didn't deliberately mean to make things difficult for Jiang Hao and Su Qingli. Our Su family genuinely had no other choice before coming to find them. The Yang family is coming after our Su family with overwhelming force, and we are truly desperate."

"You can't handle the Yang family, so you figure you can bully Jiang Hao and Su Qingli instead? You truly are bullies who pick on the weak and fear the strong! Unfortunately, you are wrong. Jiang Hao and Su Qingli are not soft persimmons—at least, they are not people your Su family can casually trample on!" Bai Qiming said with a wave of his hand.