Xia Liang sneered. "This lady is the treasured daughter of Su Bancheng, the owner of Bancheng Car Dealership."
Xu Tongzhou was taken aback and glared fiercely at his son again. Of all the people to harass, he had to pick soone so difficult to handle. He's simply digging a pit for his own father to fall into!
But before Xu Tongzhou could say anything, Xia Liang pointed at Xu Wanying. "As for this lady, her surna is Xu and she lives in Jianglan City. I won't say more, lest you get so scared you wet your pants, President Xu. That would be quite embarrassing."
Xu Tongzhou froze, murmuring to himself. Jianglan City? A surna of Xu?
After a long mont, realization seed to dawn on him. The color drained from his face, and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably. Nearby, Old Liu was also staring at Xu Wanying in shock, his expression holding a hint of reverence.
The two n's reactions were not lost on Xia Liang, who watched Xu Tongzhou with a faint smile.
"And your precious son just scared my two female employees half to death. Their compensation for emotional distress alone will surely be more than two million Yuan. Wouldn't you agree, President Xu?"
To everyone's utter astonishnt, the previously imperious Xu Tongzhou nodded eagerly. "Yes, yes, you're absolutely right!"
Just a mont ago, he had claid that not even the Fairy Ladies from the heavens were worth this much. Now, his attitude had done a complete one-eighty! The stark contrast left the surrounding crowd completely baffled.
"This Xu Tongzhou's assets are in the hundreds of millions. How could he back down so easily?"
"Did you see that? The old bastard's legs are shaking."
"What could possibly make him act like this?"
"Hmph, that dog serves him right!"
"Tongzhou Charity, weathering storms together? Please. Everything that old crook has touched is fraudulent."
"Is that so? Then this is what you call karma!"
As a couple of custors in the know started cursing Xu Tongzhou, everyone else suddenly understood, and their gazes turned increasingly hostile. Still, a flicker of curiosity sparked within them. How did these two beautiful won manage to make the notoriously tight-fisted Xu Tongzhou cough up money?
They knew Su Qianyun's identity, but Xu Wanying... Who exactly is she? Why would Xu Tongzhou start trembling just from hearing her surna? Anyone who can terrify Xu Tongzhou must be anything but simple!
After a long mont, soone in the crowd murmured, "Soone so favored by the heavens is willing to work for Master Xia Tian?"
Doesn't that an Master Xia Tian is...
The thought spread like wildfire. A chorus of agreent rose, and as the crowd looked at Xia Liang, their eyes filled with pure admiration.
He's omniscient! Utterly inscrutable!
Yet Xia Liang's expression remained as placid as a deep well as he simply watched the dazed Xu Tongzhou.
"Card or transfer?" he asked, a hint of a smile touching his lips.
"Ah?" Xu Tongzhou finally snapped out of it, hastily wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. "I... I'll use my card!" he stamred, pulling out a bank card with a pained expression.
"Well then, President Xu, don't mind if I do!" Xia Liang said with a small smile, giving Old Liu a look.
Old Liu stepped forward to take the card but found that Xu Tongzhou was clutching it in a death grip.
"Hm?" Old Liu's brow furrowed.
As if waking from a dream, Xu Tongzhou reluctantly released his grip. After the card was swiped, Xia Liang smiled.
"Thank you, President Xu. We'll get started on the repairs right away."
He then nodded at the security guards, who imdiately released Xu Feng. The young man had lost all of his earlier arrogance. He stood behind Xu Tongzhou, not daring to even breathe too loudly, as ek as a grandson.
"I'll deal with you when we get ho!" Xu Tongzhou hissed, glaring at his son before forcing a smile back onto his face. "Well, I'll be taking my leave. I'll host a al for you all so other day, a casual get-together."
Old Liu glanced at him sideways. "Sorry, but dining with an old swindler like you would make lose my appetite."
Xia Liang smiled. "President Xu, I have a piece of advice for you."
Xu Tongzhou imdiately perked up, listening intently.
Xia Liang spoke calmly, "Those things you've done in the past... you should try to redy them as best you can. That would be far more useful than treating us to a al, understand?"
How could Xu Tongzhou dare to disagree? He nodded his head repeatedly.
As he was leaving the mall, Xia Liang's voice called out after him.
"President Xu, you're welco to co back and smash the place up again anyti!"
Xu Tongzhou stumbled, nearly falling flat on his face.
Smash it again? One visit cost two and a half million! Xu Tongzhou swore to himself. I'm never setting foot in this mall again!
anwhile, ng Kexi, the developer of the Longhu Scenic Area, stared at the report from his subordinate, lost in thought.
Visitor traffic has dropped significantly lately. His scenic area was ho to the famous Shuanglong Taoist Temple, but recently, it was being t with indifference. He paced around his office, unable to pinpoint the problem. Where exactly did things go wrong?
"President ng, I know what the problem is," the voice of the security chief ca from outside.
ng Kexi's eyes lit up. "Co in!"
The security chief entered the office. "President ng, I've been asking around. It's because of a Heavenly Master nad Xia Liang. Everyone's going to see him instead of coming to the Shuanglong Taoist Temple."
"A fortune-teller is having such a massive impact?" ng Kexi was clearly skeptical.
The security chief nodded emphatically. "This Young Heavenly Master Xia Liang is truly sothing else. A single divination costs ten thousand Yuan, yet the mall where he's set up is constantly packed with people!"
ng Kexi gasped. He had seen his share of fortune-tellers, but he had never encountered one who charged such an exorbitant fee.
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