Chapter 2440

Unaware as she was, Baili Xia once again started treating Wu Ming as if he were the arrogant Mr. Xiaojiu.

Even she couldn’t realize it herself.

Looking at Bei Zicheng, her face was cold as frost.

“It seems like you’re not much of an authority at Lingfeng Group either.”

Baili Xia hit the nail on the head with her comment, and Bei Zicheng’s face immediately changed.

His position at Lingfeng Group was somewhat awkward—not without power, but he would never become the head of Lingfeng Group.

Because Ling Chuxiang had his own son, who was now also an executive at Lingfeng Group.

Moreover, he was Bei Zicheng’s superior.

Agitated and embarrassed, he suddenly shouted, “Who says I’m not in charge? What I want to do, you wouldn’t even dare to imagine.”

As soon as he finished speaking, an evening breeze blew and sobered up his drunkenness a bit.

In a moment of impulsiveness, he nearly revealed something important.

Clearly unwilling to let Baili Xia off the hook, Bei Zicheng added, “Baili Xia, I heard the Mu family has had quite a few incidents lately.”

“Your grandfather was killed by Mu Xiaojiu, right?”

“I didn’t expect there to be such a story between you and him. Have you been abandoned by him now, and that’s why you’re with this disfigured guy?”

Baili Xia’s expression changed drastically, not expecting anyone to bring up those matters here.

She had come here to forget the past and not think about the previous affairs with her uncle.

But now… her face grew paler.

Coldness radiated off Wu Ming, ignited by the confrontation; he hadn’t planned to trouble Bei Zicheng today.

But now, it seemed trouble was actively seeking him out.

His eyes harbored a hint of barely detectable danger, and his words were calm.

“Are you looking for death?”

“What, do you want to do something to me here? Who do you think you are?”

Bei Zicheng knew he wasn’t Wu Ming’s match, but they weren’t in Youyang Pavilion now.

In the courtyard of the main house, there were quite a few people.

He gambled that Wu Ming wouldn’t dare make a move on him here.

“Just a bodyguard, looking like that, daring to scare people.”

“You’re just…”

Suddenly, Wu Ming moved.

Baili Xia didn’t see how he got there; she only felt the large hand she was holding suddenly slip away.

It slipped away so fast that even when she wanted to grab it, she couldn’t.

In an instant, that big hand was already clasping Bei Zicheng’s throat.

That speed was nearly on par with her Uncle’s.

Bei Zicheng’s skills weren’t that poor, but having drunk, his reactions were slower than usual.

And just with a moment of distraction, he was already controlled by Wu Ming.

“Bastard, let go of me!”

“Do you believe I’ll have you both captured and destroyed?”

The coldness in Wu Ming’s eyes intensified, and his grip suddenly tightened.

The fingertips pressed tightly against Bei Zicheng’s throat, making it impossible for him to speak.

Unable to speak, Bei Zicheng finally fell silent.

Even though what he said was excessive, it was also true.

Since these were already facts, Baili Xia had already come to terms with them in her heart.

She couldn’t control what others said.

Today it was Bei Zicheng; in the future, it might be someone else. People would always bring it up.

“Wu Ming, that’s enough. Today’s occasion, I don’t want any trouble. Just teach him a casual lesson.”

Not letting him teach a lesson was clearly impossible.

The anger had ignited, and something had to extinguish it.

So Wu Ming gave her a calm look, was silent for a moment, and then nodded.

Yet he still stepped on Bei Zicheng’s foot.