Chapter 544: Apologize

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The living room fell into a dead silence. Neither side was willing to give in.

Chu Yue couldn’t wait for her teacher to be so angry at Shi Man and be completely disappointed in her. She deliberately broke the silence and provoked, “Shi Man, with my teacher’s current status, he can have any student he wants. Who do you think you are? My teacher helped you so much today. If you still don’t know better, 1’11 let you go to prison for a few years!”

Shi Man frowned. The anger of being threatened lingered in her heart again. She looked up at Chu Yue and said, “This is between me and your teacher. How can you interrupt?”

“You!” Chu Yue’s eyes turned red from embarrassment. Her voice instantly became sharp and ear-piercing. “Shi Man! You don’t know what’s good for you! To think that my teacher valued you so much. In the end, you’re a heartless wolf who doesn’t know how to repay him!”

She was slapping everyone in the Shi family in the face by scolding Shi Man in public.

Shi Zhong stood up with an ugly expression and stood in front of Shi Man and Shen Xian. “Instructor Chu, please watch your words. I’m Shi Man’s father. 1 know her best. If you don’t take back what you just said, there’s no need for us to continue talking!”

“If you don’t want to talk about it, then so be it. If you have the ability, then you can give up the business!” Chu Yue sized Shi Zhong up disdainfully. From the beginning to the end, she had never looked him in the eye. It was obvious that she looked down on him as a businessman who was good at scheming.

Shang did not become enemies with the officials, but if the officials went overboard, Shang did not have to tolerate it anymore.

The men from the Shi family were provoked to stand up. Shi Ke’s cold eyes landed on Chu Yue, enough to make her shiver for no reason. “Instructor Chu, since you’ve already said that, our cooperation will end here. However, I hope you can understand that the Shi family has the ability to force you to do business with us. Naturally, we have the ability to make you feel uncomfortable after you go back.”

Shi Ke’s words were full of threat.

Only then did Chu Yue remember that before she came with her teacher, her teacher’s expression was dark and ugly.

Wasn’t it because the higher-ups changed their minds at the last minute that her teacher had no choice but to give up on his niece’s family and change his path to the Shi family?

If she really analyzed the situation, the person behind the Shi family was far stronger than her teacher!

When she understood this, Chu Yue was so shocked that her pupils shrank. But since things had come to this, wouldn’t it destroy her momentum if she retreated at the last minute? Would it be a slap to her face?

Chu Yue made up her mind and confronted him coldly and fearlessly. “Young Master Shi, you have to understand that my teacher is the chief. If you offend him, do you think that even if you have someone behind you, you can protect your family?”

The two sides faced each other in the living room. The thick smell of gunpowder only needed a spark to ignite.

Unexpectedly, Lu Jun was the first to break the silence.

He leaned on his walking stick. Although he was talking to Chu Yue, his sharp hawk-like eyes were fixed on Shi Man. “Apologize to Miss Shi!”

Chu Yue’s mouth fell open in shock. This was the first time her teacher had spoken to her sternly!

In the past, even if she messed up a mission, he had never reprimanded her like this!

Chu Yue immediately felt aggrieved. She bit her lower lip and refused to let go. Her eyes were red with humiliation as she glared at Shi Man. If looks could kill, Shi Man would have been cut into pieces by her gaze.

“Apologize!” Lu Jun tapped his walking stick again, his voice even more dignified and loud than before.

Chu Yue’s heart ached as she let go of her lower lip that had been bitten until it bled. She frowned and endured the sourness in her nose. “I’m sorry.”

“Louder!” Lu Jun was staring at Shi Man from the beginning to the end. An invisible pressure enveloped her, trying to force her to compromise.

Shi Man understood that on the surface, the army was deterring Chu Yue, but in fact, the person he wanted to intimidate was her.

Chu Yue almost cried from his roar. She hurriedly forced back her tears and lowered her eyes. She made up her mind and clenched her fists as she shouted, “Miss Shi, I’m sorry!”

Only then did Lu Jun’s expression ease up in satisfaction. He looked at Shi Man with a smile. “Miss Shi, it’s your turn.”

Shi Man frowned tightly.

Lu Jun was setting her up so that she and Chu Yue were completely on opposite sides.

He wanted to tell her that what Chu Yue said just now had nothing to do with him, but if she still refused to return to the capital with him, then with this humiliation, Chu Yue would definitely not let her off in the future.

He wanted Shi Man to understand that only he could protect her!

Shi Man closed her eyes and suddenly relaxed her clenched fists. She heaved a sigh of relief and said, “Chief Lu, I’ll tell you the truth. The main reason I can’t agree to go to the capital to join the army with you now is that 1 can’t leave my mother in G City. I have to be by her side at all times to protect her.”

Lu Jun frowned deeply and looked at Shen Xian.

Shi Zhong calmly took a step to the side and shielded Shen Xian behind him. He said with a solemn expression, “This matter is not trivial. We need time to discuss it..”