Chapter 432: Qian Jin"s Matter Is My Matter
Translator: Udong Editor: EbonyFrost, Udong
The smile on York Leigh"s face froze and surprise-filled his eyes. How could she do that at his birthday party?
York Leigh"s look was as dark as the clouds scudded before the thunderstorm or the sword forged with bronze. He couldn"t believe that the attack was released by Fabreidis"s daughter, Gomez Jane.
If she bore the sole ident.i.ty of being Fabreidis"s daughter... York Leigh tried his best to suppress his surging emotions. If she showed up solely as Fabreidis"s daughter, he wouldn"t show any fear, even if Fabreidis had reached the saint level. Though he couldn"t kill Gomez Jane on spot, he could at least give her a heavy lesson and kick her out of the party.
However… this girl carried another ident.i.ty of being Qian Jin"s lover. York Leigh was set in a dilemma. If he didn"t make any utterances upon Gomez Jane"s act in his birthday party, his authority would be injured to a certain extent. However, if he did it improperly, it would be difficult for him to negotiate over the soul weapon with Qian Jin in the future.
At this crucial point, York Leigh changed his expression, walked to Gomez Jane, and said in a low voice, "What"s going on here?"
"Mayor." Qian Jin poked out his hand to stop Gomez Jane who was about to step out and said seriously, "Back off. Did your man die? Is there a reason why you have to face this yourself?"
Gomez Jane stopped making the leap, put on a surprised look and looked at Qian Jin. Then she flushed, lowered her head, crossed her hands at her back and stepped back docilely. Seeing this, no guest would a.s.sociate her with the atrocious girl who chopped another and kicked him away.
"Dear mayor." Qian Jin made a moderate bow at York Leigh in a reverent way. "Here"s the thing. That guy tried to hara.s.s my lady."
The four beauties nodded their heads hard at the same time, triggering the guests standing nearby to follow them in nodding. Just now, with the idea that no heavy consequences would be incurring by his action given that it was the mayor"s birthday party, the guest directly reached out his hand to touch Gomez Jane"s chest.
However, rather than dodging to the side, Gomez Jane directly took out her saber and chopped down the hand of the drunker masher.
York Leigh"s face turned even darker and blue vines bounced higher on his forehead. Seeing this, a lot of guests flashed a gloating sneer at Qian Jin, murmuring that this was the retribution on you for showing off with four beauties. Did you know who the guest was? He was Caboose George, son of the highest-ranking manager of the Commercial Trading Firm in Yulee.
"Which side would the mayor choose between you, a nameless young guy, and the son of highest-ranking manager of the Commercial Trading Firm? Wouldn"t the answer be way too clear? What could you do if he succeeded in the hara.s.sing action? The mayor seemed to have been enraged."
"What a shame!"
York Leigh uttered a howl, triggering the crystal ceiling lamp to shake relentlessly. Upon this thunderous roar, a large majority of the guests had a cramp on their wrists and splashed a handful of red wine out of the wine gla.s.ses.
"How dare you perform such a deed in my birthday party?" York Leigh walked to Caboose George fast, bent down, and seized his collar. Before Caboose George woke up from pain and shock, York Leigh lifted his hand and threw the latter away like throwing a sack.
What? The gloating people nearly had their jaws fall down onto the ground. What the h.e.l.l was this? What was the background of this boy? Why did the mayor...
Xander looked into Marc Gavin in great astonishment, wondering what this old guy had done for the mayor. To trigger a b.l.o.o.d.y incident by a person from the Torrent Battle Fort on the birthday occasion was, by all means, not giving face to the Mayor, but the mayor…
"I don"t care who your father is. You are all my citizens." York Leigh addressed in a loud bell-like voice and glanced at all guests with his sharp eyes. "To chop one hand of the scoundrel who tainted my birthday party is too light a punishment. Now, arrest him and put him into prison in the name of a rapist. I will interrogate him in person on another day."
"Why!" York Nord squeezed the wine gla.s.s until it broke, yet he was unaware of the pain of being pierced by gla.s.s into the palm or the spouting blood. Simmered with anger and puzzlement, he gazed at York Leigh, wondering if the Torrent Battle Fort mattered much to his father.
York Leigh strode to the rostrum, placed his hands along the rims of the rostrum table to prop himself and glanced over the crowd of guests again. "On this very special day of my birthday, I would like to first extend my sincere grat.i.tude to everyone who was present here. But before the start of the party, I would like to say something about what has happened just now."
Xander crossed his hands over his chest, feeling curious as to what this strangely behaving mayor would say next to help him make clear what he was really intending to do.
Ray Zhen also gazed at York Leigh coldly. It was obvious that this mayor was in line with the Torrent Battle Fort. Now that he targeted Qian Jin from the Torrent Battle Fort, it made sense for him to know about the mayor"s att.i.tudes in advance.
"First of all, the public security has been in an extremely bad condition over the past days." York Leigh thumped on the table hard, smas.h.i.+ng the table into sheer pieces. Then he goggled his eyes and said with splas.h.i.+ng anger, "A chain of murders happened last night to the Ray Family. As the leader of Yulee, I will give it my all to investigate this incident, so as to submit a consummate answer for the Ray Family as well as all citizens."
The frozen look of Ray Zhen turned tender. Then he put on a faint smile and nodded his head incessantly. After all, their mayor had a clear understanding of how far to go and when to stop.
"What"s intolerable is not limited to the incident to the Ray Family. Someone has crossed the line way too far." York Leigh suddenly changed the topic. "Sometime earlier last night, another event of a.s.sa.s.sination happened in Punitive Expedition Academy, the school responsible for nurturing generals for Zence Empire. The target was…"
The people looked at York Leigh"s fingers, just to find that it was Qian Jin whom he was pointing to. "Qian Jin, from the Punitive Expedition Academy. It has gone too far to try attacking a student. I will carry on with the investigation against all potential hindrances. The murderer and the entirety of his relatives would be indiscriminately sentenced to death, whatever force they are backed up by."
Ray Zhen"s smile froze once again as sullenness crawled over his face. What did the mayor mean by saying this? How could he support Qian Jin so openly?
"I know something about Qian Jin. He is now the 30th ranked holder of the Hundred Battle Ranking List in the Punitive Expedition Academy."
A string of exclamation came from the crowd. Though not belonging to the major forces in Yulee, the Punitive Expedition Academy stood as a prominent power on the national scale, and the story about Hundred Battle Ranking List had been prevalent throughout the country for years. The salience of the 30th seat of the Hundred Battle Ranking List came as wise as it could be.
"But now, such an elite student is put at the risk of being killed." York Leigh shook his head incessantly and uttered with poignancy, "I, York Leigh, solemnly publish that everything happening to Qian Jin concerns my interests. To a.s.sa.s.sinate him is a.s.sa.s.sinating me. Anyone who dares to hurt him even in the slightest degree will get his entire family executed by me."
Everyone at the party was caught speechless. What the h.e.l.l? Even if Qian Jin was the 30th seat of the Hundred Battle Ranking List, it had gone a little far for the mayor to say so in the public. There was no way to take this statement back!
The muscles on Ray Zhen"s face went as stiff as a piece of rock, his thin pupils were filled with a smell of comprehensive. Then he the shook his head lightly and started sneering. It was not until this moment did he understand that the mayor brought about the Ray Family first to use it as a stepping stone for introducing the real character-Qian Jin.
The moment York Leigh"s sight touched upon that of Ray Zhen, a smell of bloodiness was triggered in the air, making a vast majority of the guests feel suffocated.
Ray Zhen stroked his beard softly and felt it surprising that as the leader of the greatest force in Yulee who enjoyed meddling between all other major forces for gaining profits thereof; York Leigh was showing an open preference for Qian Jin today.
Yeah. Ray Zhen racked his mind to try finding out the typical direct and ferocious eye contact York Leigh used to hold toward others. This was obviously a sign that in case anything unfavorable happened to Qian Jin, he would fight against the troublemaker against all odds.
So what was the relations.h.i.+p between Qian Jin and York Leigh? Ray Zhen looked to Qian Jin bemusedly, wondering what charisma this young bloke had. What was the mysterious force that drew the calculating mayor to stand by Qian Jin unconditionally and seemingly unswervingly?
York Leigh panted harshly and glared at Ray Zhen. Were it not for the sound physical conditions of Qian Jin and the presence of the large crowd of guests, he would have long declared war against Ray Zhen, the old leader of the Ray Family.
On thinking that the one behind the a.s.sa.s.sination attempt on Qian Jin was the Ray Family, York Leigh felt simmered with anger from the bottom of his heart. With the simple howl, he couldn"t have his molested emotions vented out. Having contributed heavy efforts to find a pa.s.sage to reach the saint level, how could I allow you to take Qian Jin away? Wouldn"t that be a disaster to my future?
Who cared which family background you came from? Anyone who dared to hurt Qian Jin was going against me! York Leigh looked hard at the Ray Family, saying to himself that he would exterminate any and all those who tried to hurt Qian Jin. The saint level! As Fabreidis had reached the saint level, he had to give his all to become the second saint-leveled ordinary warrior.
The quick-minded people had already understood what York Leigh meant. Beneath the long and exciting speech, what the mayor wanted to express that whatever Qian Jin might have done or might do in the future, he would cover him up, so long as the young man didn"t get involved in treason.