Chapter 334: Maitreya’s Arrival

‘What a smart woman. She knows what she wants most!’

“Thanks!” Li Yang nodded.

Wen Ru gave a slight smile and simply nodded.

But just as they sat down to eat, the Little Gangster Girl suddenly burst in. She ran to Wen Ru and said, “Sister Wen, this is bad! Maitreya found out what happened here. He’s brought his men and is already at our company headquarters. He’s making wild threats, demanding we hand over half the company to him.”

Wen Ru’s expression changed. She turned to Li Yang and said, “Divine Doctor Li, I’m so sorry, but something’s come up at my company. I have to go.”

With that, Wen Ru hurried off.

Maitreya?

Li Yang couldn’t help but feel a little curious. ‘Who is this Maitreya guy, anyway? And why has he shown up again?’

‘He was the one who poisoned Lu Da last time, wasn’t he?’

Li Yang hadn’t wanted to get involved in this sort of thing again, but after a moment’s thought, his curiosity got the better of him. He caught up to Wen Ru and said, “I’ll go with you.”

Wen Ru’s heart leaped, and she was overjoyed.

‘Li Yang is a powerful ally! Originally, our chances against Maitreya might have been fifty-fifty, but after last night’s infighting, we’re actually at a major disadvantage.’

‘But if Li Yang is willing to join us, we won’t feel like we’re outmatched. We might even have a fighting chance.’

“Thank you so much, then!” Wen Ru exclaimed happily, opening the car door. “Please!”

They returned to their so-called “company” together.

In reality, the “company” these people ran was just a shell corporation.

It was just that people in the underworld had gotten smarter these days. They couldn’t be as brazen as before. Even though they were engaged in dirty business, they still had to keep a company running to make their money look legitimate.

When they arrived at the company, they found a dozen or twenty cars already parked there.

The man with the glasses and the others were nervously watching the people ahead.

In front of them sat three people.

One man sat at the very front. He was bald, around fifty, and looked a bit fat.

‘No wonder he’s called Maitreya. He’s a fat, bald guy.’

And next to the fat, bald man was a young man fiddling with a knife.

The young man would occasionally look up at the opposing side and lick his lips, showing a strange excitement.

Beside them sat an old man in his fifties, wearing a Tang suit. His eyes were closed, as if he had little interest in the events unfolding around him.

As if it all had nothing to do with him.

“Wen Ru, you certainly are hard to wait for!” Maitreya laughed when he saw her arrive, his eyes narrowing to slits. “I heard you became the president of your company, so I came to congratulate you. You know, a piece of trash like Lu Da should have died long ago. Only people like you could tolerate him for so long. If I had a boss like that, I would have cut him to pieces myself.”

The men behind Maitreya roared with laughter.

“Maitreya, what do you want from me?” Wen Ru didn’t smile. She sat down and looked at him as she asked.

“Just came to congratulate you, and while I’m at it, let’s talk business,” Maitreya said with a sinister chuckle.

His eyes roved over Wen Ru’s body, filled with boundless greed.

A wave of revulsion washed over Wen Ru.

‘Killing Lu Da was partly for revenge, yes, but it was also about taking control of my own destiny.’

‘But now Maitreya has shown up, and it seems he wants to control my destiny too. That really pisses me off.’

“What business?” Wen Ru asked, her voice cold.

“Simple!” Maitreya laughed. “You give me half of your company. And one more thing… I want to know who cured the poison in Lu Da.”

As he spoke, a murderous look appeared on Maitreya’s face. “Someone has a lot of nerve, daring to cure a poison set by me, Maitreya. I want to know who has that kind of skill.”

‘Simple?’

The Little Gangster Girl and the others were furious.

Maitreya was their biggest rival in this area. The two factions had practically split the city’s market between them.

Although both sides harbored ambitions of swallowing the other whole, neither had the strength to do so. This stalemate had lasted for years.

Not long ago, Maitreya found an opportunity to poison Lu Da.

Although Lu Da didn’t die immediately, he wasn’t far from it.

After planting the poison, Maitreya did nothing more. He just watched from afar, expecting them to be weakened by internal conflict over the matter.

But he never expected that while Lu Da was indeed killed by his own men last night, the newly risen Wen Ru had managed to stabilize the situation at minimal cost.

Maitreya couldn’t just stand by and watch anymore. This Wen Ru looked like a ruthless one herself. If he waited for her to consolidate her power, all his efforts might have been for nothing. That’s why he had come now.

However, he still couldn’t get over the fact that Li Yang had cured the poison.

‘My poison, Maitreya’s poison, and some nobody dares to cure it? You must have a death wish.’

‘I need to kill someone. I need to make a statement.’

Wen Ru frowned. “The first condition is impossible, and the second is even more so. Maitreya, get out of our company. Otherwise… things are going to get ugly for everyone!”