"Mr. Wu, don't you doubt the propriety of your response?"
Provoked by Tang Xinyi, Qiu Yunchong went even more furious than before.
In the meantime, Wu Qiujun reacted in an unswerving manner — he straightened his neck, staring sideways, showing no fear for Qiu Yunchong's threat.
On seeing that, Qiu went blazed with anger.
Predisposed as a haughty guy, Wu almost took no notice of anyone else. Additionally, his social status in the Tiezhan Empire was no inferior to Qiu Yunchong.
He, therefore, let his unbridled arrogance go unchecked, turning a blind eye to Qiu Wanli and his son.
Prior to that, he, indeed, managed to treat Qiu Yunchong with decorum as a customer, a great money spinner for his Tianbao Mansion. Meanwhile, he played the hypocrite with sincerity in compliance with the Tiezhan Empire's interim appeasement to the Qing Yun Empire — the Tiezhan Empire had been currently busy with annexing the Tiandu Kingdom.
Now that Qiu Yunchong took an overbearing action, he would not care to stay respectful anymore.
He simply sneered back.
"You see, I'm not immortal. I can't conjure up five thousand raw stones of the blood steel. General Qiu, truth be told, I already offered you a most favorable compensation proposal. But you just turned it away and rendered me helpless."
"You..."
Qiu Yunchong went lost for words out of rage, eyeballs swelling out.
Duan Lengyan knitted her eyebrows, looking pretty deranged — a fall-out with the Qius was against the strategy of the Tiezhan Empire at the moment.
She, nevertheless, failed to figure out a viable remedy, though she was brilliant.
She cast a glimpse at Wandong in spite of herself — if it had been him, he would, by all means, have come up with a good idea.
He, being astoundingly quick-witted, was able to tide over the crisis come what may. It would be fantastic if she had such a reliable partner to count on!
Hardly had the thought come across her mind when a quiver ran across her body — she had been an independent girl through her life. Being a clinging vine had never existed in her dictionary.
Her long-term conviction, nevertheless, got swayed by Wandong subconsciously.
Could it be said that women were predisposed to rely on men due to their feeble characters?
Even so, why should it be Wandong, her adversary?
Numberless weird thoughts popped out in her mind, getting on her nerves.
"Qiu Yunchong, are you a well-received hero? How come you haven't reacted to the Tianbao guys' slightness? As far as I'm concerned, you may as well mobilize a troop and raze the Tianbao Mansion down to the ground!"
Tang Xinyi added fuel to the fire in a gloating tone. In her eyes, be it Qiu Yunchong or the Tianbao Mansion, they were both filthy scoundrels. Their confrontation was, literally, a dog-eat-dog show to entertain her.
Qiu Yunchong was certainly aware of Tang Xinyi's ulterior motive — she was simply provoking him to engage a fight with Wu. But he had no option but to stay indignant only — Wu Qiujun appeared irritably detached.
"Mr. Wu, your proposal doesn't measure up to the expectation of my dad and me!"
Qiu Yunchong droned on and on to no end with his lame condemnation.
The Tianbao Mansion was notorious for their unscrupulous operation by dint of the powerful Tiezhan Empire, so the Tianbao guys never feared anyone.
Qiu Yunchong was nothing but a military head without the backup of his own dad. In some sense, he was no comparison to the Tianbao Mansion.
Additionally, he was right in the Tiezhan Empire's sphere of influence, the result of his confrontation with Wu was self-explanatory.
Wu Qiujun persisted in his arrogant manner, giving Qiu Yunchong a cold shoulder.
"Are you unsatisfied? Sorry, I can't help it. As being said, I can give you nothing but the compensation proposal I just offered you. Pi Xiong, go and fetch a cheque to General Qiu and...and walk him out of here!"
"Wu Qiujun, you have your heart set on a fall-out with my family?"
Gnashing his teeth, Qiu Yunchong boiled with rage, striking his eyes wide open.
"Humph!"
Wu Qiujun persisted in his old ways as well, giving tacit consent to Qiu's retort.
On seeing Qiu Yunchong being on the brink of an exceedingly exacerbated fury, Tang Xinyi felt tempted to watch them fight in ecstasy. That would definitely come out as a splendid show!