Chapter 143: Forge a World Together With Me

Upon hearing this, Yu Chengjiang flew into a rage and shouted loudly at Chen Yang, "Was this your doing? Was it you?"

"So what if it was? Are you planning to make this place run with rivers of blood today? Go ahead and try," Chen Yang retorted loudly.

Clenching his fists, Yu Chengjiang said, "Do you have any idea who you're speaking to right now? I just hope you don't live to regret this."

Hearing this, Chen Yang suddenly grinned and said, "I, Chen Yang, never regret anything I do."

"So you're saying you won't release them easily?" Yu Chengjiang asked coldly.

"Like I said, that depends entirely on how much sincerity you can show," Chen Yang replied coldly.

With that, he turned to Lin Qianyao and said, "President Lin, handle the rest. I'm a bit tired."

Lin Qianyao hurriedly nodded, "Understood."

With his hands behind his back, Chen Yang walked back toward the group's headquarters under everyone's gaze.

As soon as Chen Yang left, Lin Qianyao turned his hands behind his back and looked at Yu Chengjiang. "President Yu, head back. Staying here is useless. Do you really want to start a conflict? Or do you not care about the well-being of those three Yu family members?"

"Lin Qianyao, name your conditions. Tell me what it will take for you to release my family members," Yu Chengjiang demanded coldly.

Lin Qianyao sneered, "Didn't Mr. Chen just tell you? It all depends on your sincerity. Everyone, disperse."

"Fine, very well..." Yu Chengjiang sighed deeply.

Clearly, he had his own thoughts on the matter, but he chose not to say much more. He turned and ordered his subordinates, "Let's move out."

Without another word, Yu Chengjiang led his men away. In truth, a fierce resentment was brewing inside him. He thought to himself: since Lin Qianyao could kidnap members of the Yu family, why couldn't he kidnap people close to Lin Qianyao?

Yu Chengjiang knew very well that Lin Qianyao had relatives living in Dongjiang.

Even if he couldn't get to Lin Qianyao's immediate family, snatching a couple of regular employees from the Huading Group would be more than enough to make Lin Qianyao suffer.

Before long, Lin Qianyao arrived at his top-floor office, where Chen Yang was already seated, waiting for him.

As soon as he entered, Lin Qianyao asked with a serious expression, "President Chen, what are your plans regarding the Yu family members?"

Chen Yang thought for a moment and sneered, "Actually, I've already made up my mind. Even if the Yu family meets all my demands, I still won't let those three off easily. Since we went through so much trouble to catch them, they deserve to taste some hardship before we release them."

"You mean we should beat them up so badly that they have to spend half a year in the hospital?" Lin Qianyao asked curiously.

"Since you already know what needs to be done, I won't say any more," Chen Yang smiled faintly.

Lin Qianyao smiled back, but a thought suddenly occurred to him, and he whispered, "Won't this completely enrage the Yu family, President Chen?"

"Do you really think the Yu family would behave if we just let those three go unscathed?" Chen Yang asked, looking at him.

Lin Qianyao instantly grasped Chen Yang's meaning. On second thought, that made sense. He nodded and said, "Alright, I'll make the arrangements right away."

At ten o'clock that night, in the Yu family's conference room, Yu Chengjiang chaired a meeting with all the senior executives of the Yu family to discuss how to deal with Lin Qianyao.

During this meeting, two distinct opinions emerged among the executives.

One faction strongly advocated for continuing the fight against Lin Qianyao, while the other argued that the Yu family should lie low for a while and avoid the sharp edge of the storm.

After all, the Huading Group had put up an astonishing one hundred million yuan as a security fund, so the Yu family should keep a low profile temporarily rather than acting too hastily.

Yu Chengjiang felt that both arguments had merit, yet neither considered the full picture, leaving him somewhat hesitant.

Just as the conference room grew increasingly noisy and contentious, a young Yu family member hurriedly rushed in, leaned over to Yu Chengjiang, and whispered, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, along with Young Masters Long and Hu, were just dumped right at our front gates. All three of them are heavily injured."

Hearing this, Yu Chengjiang froze in shock. He immediately turned to the bickering executives and shouted, "Stop arguing! Old San, Chenglong, and Chenghu have been sent back. Everyone, follow me to the gates to take a look."

Upon hearing this, the executives stood up from their chairs, their faces mixed with joy and excitement.

Yu Chengjiang hurried toward the conference room door, closely followed by the executives.

When Yu Chengjiang reached the front gates of the Yu family estate, he saw Yu Chengyi, Yu Chenglong, and Yu Chenghu lying on stretchers, hanging on by a thread.

Their faces were stained with blood, rendering their features unrecognizable. Yu Chenglong, who had always been physically robust, was coughing incessantly, spitting blood. Yu Chenghu was in no better shape; clutching his ribs, he gasped faintly, "Two of my ribs are broken. Hurry and send me to the hospital, hurry and send me to the hospital."

Seeing this, Yu Chengjiang's fists involuntarily clenched tight.

At that moment, one of the executives hurriedly dialed for an ambulance.

After the call went through, he turned and cursed at the servants by the door, "Are you all blind? Didn't you see that the Third Master and the young masters were severely injured? Calling an ambulance should have been the very first thing you did!"

The servants lowered their heads, not daring to let out a single breath.

At this point, Yu Chengjiang's mind was completely consumed by thoughts of revenge.

Suddenly, however, another executive stepped forward and earnestly advised, "Second Uncle, under the current circumstances, do not seek revenge. You must not seek revenge..."

Yu Chengjiang snapped his head around and glared at the executive. "If I don't seek revenge, what am I supposed to do?"

The executive hurriedly explained, "Second Uncle, please calm your anger. I know you must be furious right now, but you've seen it yourself—in such a short span of time, three members of the Yu family have been incapacitated. The Huading Group's momentum is unstoppable right now, and that ten million security fund is definitely not just for show. Therefore, we need to avoid their sharp edge for now and focus entirely on healing the Third Master and the others."

"Second Uncle, patience is everything for now. Just bear with it."

Yu Chengjiang furrowed his brows deeply. Thinking carefully about the executive's words, he realized it made sense.

Even so, how could he possibly swallow this insult? Secretly, Yu Chengjiang mused to himself: *Avoid their sharp edge? Very well, I'll back off for the moment.*

With that thought in mind, he put his hands behind his back and said coldly, "I have my own plans for this. I don't need you telling me what to do."

"Yes, Second Uncle, I understand," the executive quickly lowered his head.

Yu Chengjiang narrowed his eyes, staring at the three injured men on the stretchers, repeating over and over in his heart: *This isn't over. This is far from over.*

Meanwhile, on Chen Yang's end, he had already received word that the heavily injured Yu Chengyi had been dropped off right at the Yu family's doorstep.

Lin Qianyao was the one who reported this to him, delivering the update in person at the Huading Group office.

After briefing Chen Yang on the condition of the Yu family, Lin Qianyao asked with a solemn expression, "President Chen, the Yu family is definitely not going to let this rest. Do you have any preparations in place?"

"What preparations could possibly be needed? We just keep playing along with the Yu family. By the way, I'm heading over to the martial arts academy tomorrow. It's getting late, you've worked hard today, get some rest early," Chen Yang said, rising from his chair.

Lin Qianyao nodded.

Then, seemingly recalling something else, he earnestly asked, "President Chen, to prevent the Yu family from using any underhanded methods against you, should I arrange for a bodyguard to accompany you...?"

"A bodyguard? No need. A bodyguard protecting me? I'm afraid if real danger strikes, I'd end up protecting him instead," Chen Yang said with a faint smile.

Lin Qianyao gave a bitter smile, thinking to himself that he was truly overthinking things.

He then said in a relaxed tone, "Very well, President Chen. Let me drive you to your hotel."

"Alright," Chen Yang nodded.

In the blink of an eye, the night passed. Early the next morning, Chen Yang accomplished two things in his hotel room: first, he called Shen Donghua and told him to return to Dongjiang City to resume management of the Huading Company; second, he called Qin Hu to inform him that he would be visiting the martial arts academy today.

Since Chen Yang couldn't stay in Dongjiang City for too long, he intended to finish everything that needed doing in a single day without leaving any loose ends.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Yang drove up to the entrance of the martial arts academy. Qin Hu was already waiting for him outside the gates.

As soon as Chen Yang stepped out of the car, Qin Hu straightened his posture and walked toward him. Stopping right in front of Chen Yang, he gave a slight nod and said, "President Chen."