Heavenly Dragon Doctor Son-in-Law-Chapter 164 - 165: Li Cong’s Sudden Realization!

"And since Yan Hong saw he was a disabled man, she couldn’t bring herself to lay a hand on him directly. Instead, she directed all her anger toward the Li family!"

The angrier Li Min got, the more convinced she became that Qin Long was the malicious mastermind behind the Li family’s calamity.

Li Min’s grandfather, Li Cong, shot her an impatient look and scolded her coldly. "What are you talking about, calling people fools and cripples? Tell me exactly what happened right now! How did you offend Yan Hong? I need to go and negotiate with her at once!"

Angrily, Li Cong grabbed Li Min by the collar, his teeth gritted.

"Grandpa, calm down! Listen to me..." Li Min pleaded. She knew how serious the situation was, so she didn’t hide the truth.

「Soon, at the Galaxy Bar.」

Li Cong brought Li Min, bearing expensive gifts and five million in cash, and went straight to find Yan Hong. The room was filled with delicate beauties and skilled female bodyguards for protection. Yan Hong’s life was truly as comfortable as a princess’s.

On any other day, Li Cong, still vigorous despite his age, would have surely enjoyed himself first. But now, burning with anxiety, he was in no mood for pleasure. If the Li family’s assets, worth several hundred million, weren’t saved immediately, they would face certain bankruptcy and liquidation. The banks would come calling for their debts, clients would show up at their door, and the authorities would shut down their stores... At that rate, the Li family would be wiped out!

"Sister Hong, this is a Deep Blue Rose King necklace I had custom-ordered from overseas for you. Do you like it?" Li Cong said obsequiously, bowing and scraping as he personally handed over a deep blue box.

This was a top-tier Deep Blue Rose King necklace, worth at least seven hundred thousand. But compared to the life and death of the Li family, it was nothing.

Yan Hong’s phoenix-like eyes lit up at the sight of the necklace, but her expression quickly darkened, and she cast an indifferent glance at Li Cong.

However, Yan Hong knew she couldn’t accept the gift so easily. After all, Li Min had offended Qin Long last time.

Seeing Yan Hong’s expression change so drastically, Li Cong felt extremely awkward.

"President Li, what wind has blown you here?" Yan Hong admired the necklace, playing with it for a moment before placing it back down, her face an emotionless mask.

Hearing this, a chill ran down Li Cong’s spine, and he began to sweat profusely. "Sister Hong, my damned granddaughter offended you... When I found out today, I immediately brought her here to apologize and beg for your forgiveness..."

"This...?" Yan Hong lit a lady’s cigarette, taking a thoughtful drag.

After a moment of tense silence, Li Cong turned and shouted coldly at Li Min, "You wretched girl, get over here and kneel before Sister Hong and apologize!"

Upon hearing this, Li Min entered, trembling. She knew she had to appease Yan Hong’s anger, no matter what. Only then would the pressure on the Li family be called off. Gritting her teeth, she knelt with a THUD before Yan Hong. After all, compared to bankruptcy and liquidation, losing face was a small price to pay.

"Sister Hong, I beg you to forgive me," Li Min kowtowed as she apologized. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"The sound of your kowtowing isn’t loud enough!" Li Cong shouted at her again.

"Sister Hong, I was blind not to recognize a great person, and I offended your friend. Please, just treat me like I’m nothing and let this go..." Li Min cried as she kowtowed.

After giving Li Min a cold look, Li Cong turned to Yan Hong respectfully. "Sister Hong, are you perhaps...?" he asked with utmost flattery.

"No worries, it’s all in the past now," Yan Hong said with a faint smile, seeming to have forgiven Li Min. "I won’t take it to heart."

"Thank you for your understanding, Sister Hong..." At Yan Hong’s words, Li Cong gestured to the bodyguards behind him, who opened several cases filled with gleaming red hundred-yuan bills.

Yan Hong certainly wouldn’t refuse money.

Seeing Yan Hong nod in satisfaction, Li Cong stood by with a silent smile. Given Yan Hong’s shrewdness, she must understand what I’m asking for. Now that she’s accepted the Li family’s money and necklace, she should immediately call off her suppression of our family. So, Li Cong probed and waited.

After a few minutes, he couldn’t hold back any longer. "Sister Hong, rest assured, I will definitely discipline my granddaughter when we get back. So, I hope you’ll call off the pressure on the Li family..." Li Cong said with a fawning smile.

"Call off the pressure on the Li family?" Yan Hong’s brow furrowed at his words. "I haven’t been pressuring your Li family at all. What’s there to call off?"

Yan Hong’s words left Li Cong petrified on the spot. What? Is she accepting gifts without doing what’s asked?

"Sister Hong, our Li family has been under incredible pressure lately! Our projects have been frozen, and the banks are demanding repayment. If this continues, we’ll go bankrupt very soon..." Li Cong begged with great humility. His Li family was worth several hundred million. They wouldn’t be groveling like dogs if it weren’t a matter of survival.

Hearing this, Yan Hong stroked her chin, a hint of confusion in her eyes. She recalled that Li Min had offended Qin Long that day. It must have been Qin Long who had someone suppress the Li family. How impressive. With a single move, he could make a family worth several hundred million crumble in an instant. Is this truly a heaven-defying power?

As she thought of this, Yan Hong couldn’t help but take a sharp breath. "President Li, I, Yan Hong, am open and aboveboard. It wasn’t my doing," she said, looking at Li Cong with a grave expression.

Li Cong was also puzzled. He sighed repeatedly, his face etched with worry. If it wasn’t Yan Hong, then who could have done this? Could it be that Li Min provoked some big shot that even Yan Hong doesn’t know about? But Li Min clearly told me she had an altercation with a friend of Yan Hong’s boss!

"Sister Hong, I heard from Li Min that a disabled man spoke with you for a long time that day," Li Cong immediately explained, clasping his hands. "That disabled man has a grudge against Min’er. Please, don’t believe a word he says!"

Deep down, he still suspected Yan Hong was involved. As for the man on crutches Li Min mentioned, Qin Long, Li Cong dismissed him outright. After all, wasn’t Qin Long famously known in Jiangzhong as a good-for-nothing freeloader? He was definitely incapable of making the Li family go bankrupt in an instant.

But Li Cong, being an old fox, caught a hint of scorn in Yan Hong’s expression.

"President Li, sometimes it’s best not to be too clever for one’s own good," Yan Hong said coldly as she blew out a ring of smoke.

"What do you mean, Sister Hong?" Li Cong immediately seized the opportunity to press for an answer.

"Do you know that the disabled man with the cane... is someone that not even my Sister Fei would dare to offend lightly?"

Yan Hong’s voice was soft, but it exploded in Li Cong’s ears like thunder.

The "Sister Fei" she mentioned had to be Yang Fei! And who is Yang Fei? She’s the number one queen of the Jiangzhong underworld, a true powerhouse who could wipe out the Li family in a flash. And now Yan Hong was saying that even Sister Fei couldn’t afford to offend this man!

Suddenly, everything clicked into place for Li Cong.

Li Min’s eyes widened in disbelief. She could tell from Yan Hong’s serious expression that she wasn’t lying.

Qin Long... has such a heaven-defying background? If that’s the case, then it must have been Qin Long who took action against the Li family!