Chapter 023: The Heavy Price

At the financier's command, a few thugs led by Zeng the Third pounced on Lin Hao.

Lin Hao's murderous intent exploded, grabbing Zeng the Third's fist and flipping him over his shoulder.

Bang!

Zeng the Third fell to the ground like a dead fish, landing on his back with a terrible scream.

Boom!

Lin Hao swung back a punch, hitting a small thug, advanced swiftly, and kicked two small thugs squarely in the chest, sending them flying.

Li Yuteng never expected Lin Hao to be such a formidable fighter, and was so scared he turned to run.

"Trying to escape!" Lin Hao snorted coldly, kicking a bottle of red wine.

Bam!

The wine bottle smashed into Li Yuteng's back, the force making him lose his balance and fall flat on the ground.

Of course, it was mainly because they had drunk quite a bit tonight, causing their limbs to be weak, so how could they be a match for Lin Hao?

For a moment, the room was filled with cries of agony, scaring Luo Yimei into quickly closing the door and turning the music volume up to maximum.

To be honest, in places like this Song City, many tone-deaf individuals always sing off key, sounding like wailing ghosts.

Therefore, the screams in the room were completely misunderstood.

Luo Yimei could hardly believe her eyes; was her brother-in-law really that fierce?

Watching those who bullied her get a beating from Lin Hao, left with nothing but to cry out in pain, made her feel incredibly excited!

"Weren't you just forcing drinks on me? Tonight, I'll make you drink to your heart's content!" Lin Hao grabbed Wu Yifan, pressed him onto the table, opened a bottle of red wine, and poured it down his throat.

"Gulp gulp gulp... Big brother... have mercy... gulp gulp gulp... spare... me..." Wu Yifan wailed and struggled.

"Coward!" Lin Hao kicked him aside.

He then picked up Li Yuteng from the ground, slapped him twice hard, making him see stars.

"Lin Hao, how dare you hit me, do you know who my dad is? When he gets here, you're finished!" Li Yuteng was still boasting.

It turned out this brat had seized the moment earlier to call his dad, Li Tingyi, the general manager of the New Century Grand Hotel.

Upon learning his son was being beaten in his own hotel, Li Tingyi immediately rushed over with security guards.

"Your dad is coming, today I'll make him kneel too!" Lin Hao delivered another slap.

Slap slap slap...

Continuous slaps made the brat's face swollen and red.

"Stop hitting! Stop hitting... Big brother, I was wrong! Please stop... sob sob..." Li Yuteng was actually beaten to tears.

Lin Hao looked at another guy on the ground and loudly asked, "What's your name?"

"Zeng the Third!" Zeng the Third replied with a pained expression.

Slap slap slap...

Lin Hao delivered several slaps and said coldly, "I asked for your name!"

"Sob sob... Zeng Mingfeng!" Zeng the Third almost cried.

Without further ado, Lin Hao took out his phone and called Director Kang at the police station.

"Director Kang? It's Lin Hao. I'm at New Century Hotel room 888, come over with your people."

"Director Lin, I'm on my way!" Director Kang responded loudly.

Director Kang was just a minor character, definitely not daring to offend someone as influential as Lin Hao. Most importantly, it was rumored that he was favored by the new secretary, so Director Kang hurried himself.

However, someone quicker had already arrived.

Bang!

The general manager of New Century Hotel, Li Tingyi, burst through the room door.

When he saw his son on the floor looking like a beaten dog, he became furious and roared, "Who dares to be so audacious, hitting people in my hotel!"

"Dad, save me! Save me..." Li Yuteng cried out like he'd seen a lifeline.

"Xiaoyu, who did this to you? Who?" Li Tingyi rushed towards his son.

"President Li, it was me!" Lin Hao, sitting on the coffee table, slowly turned around.

"No matter who it is, I'll make him pay dearly!" Li Tingyi was burning with anger, not even looking up.

By now, Li Yuteng was beaten up with bruises all over, looking as miserable as can be.

"President Li wants me to pay dearly, very well!" Lin Hao's voice was cold as ice.

Only then did Li Tingyi realize, turning his head to look at Lin Hao. In the dim light, he was immediately frightened as he saw Lin Hao's face.

"Li... Director Lin, why... why are you... here?" Li Tingyi was instantly deflated.

He was merely a hotel manager, not the owner, and even his boss wouldn't dare challenge the person standing before him.

"Li Tingyi, how do you discipline your son, even attempting to assault my sister-in-law's sister, Luo Yimei? Fortunately, I arrived in time, or else, who would be responsible if anything happened?" Lin Hao's voice was not loud, but it was powerful enough.

"What? Assault Luo Yimei?" Li Tingyi was shocked, completely stunned.

Luo Yimei's brother was a deputy county head and although something might have happened last night, she was still the sister of a deputy county head. How could his good-for-nothing son attempt something like that?

"Dad, he hit us, call security to arrest him now!" Li Yuteng felt no remorse for his mistakes and instead wanted to pin the beating on Lin Hao.

"You brat, shut up!" Li Tingyi slapped him hard.

Slap!

The sharp slap left Li Yuteng completely bewildered.

"Dad, we didn't assault Luo Yimei, we really didn't! We just made her drink a little." Li Yuteng quickly tried to defend.

"Hehehe... Director Lin, this is definitely a misunderstanding! A big misunderstanding! Xiaoyu is indeed a bit spoiled but wouldn't do anything illegal." Li Tingyi naturally wouldn't admit it.

He stepped slowly to Luo Yimei, smiled, and said, "Luo Yimei, if my son has offended you in any way, I apologize to you!"

"President Li, Li Yuteng really tried to assault me earlier; I recorded it, you can listen." Luo Yimei immediately played the recording of their conversation from earlier.

It contained sounds of a man forcing her to drink, several men's lewd laughter, and Li Yuteng's words, "What? You want to play too? Don't say I didn't take care of you, when I'm done, you can have your turn!"

Upon hearing this recording, Li Tingyi was utterly terrified because this evidence, once submitted, could lead to his son's sentencing.

Enraged, Li Tingyi grabbed Li Yuteng and smacked him multiple times, following it with a flurry of punches and kicks, making Li Yuteng scream.

"President Li, according to our criminal law, this is enough for sentencing, right?" Lin Hao asked coldly.

Thud!

Li Tingyi directly kneeled in front of Lin Hao, pleading with a pained face, "Director Lin, have mercy! This brat is unruly! I will discipline him thoroughly and ensure he never causes harm to society again."