Chapter 42 Pulling Out a Mouthful of Teeth

Lin Chen frowned slightly and asked with some anger, "Aren't you even going to ask why I hit him?"

Lu Chun sneered coldly, "There's no need to ask. You hit him once, so I'll hit you twice, and then I'll have you thrown in prison for a while. It's as simple as that."

Just as Lin Chen was about to speak, the tall girl named Jiang Mengshu did something that surprised him.

Jiang Mengshu was clearly terrified of Lu Chun, but she still ran over to Lin Chen, placed herself in front of him, and spread her arms wide, shielding him like a mother hen protecting her chicks.

"M-Mr. Lu, you can't do this. This gentleman only hit someone to help me. Y-You can't be so unreasonable! You at least need to find out what happened first!"

Lu Chun's gaze hardened. He never expected one of his subordinates to actually step up and defend a stranger. He flew into a rage and shouted, "Jiang Mengshu, are you rebelling? Get out of my way immediately! Who do you think you are, and who does the brat behind you think he is? Talk about reason—do you people even deserve to? Get out of my sight right now, or you can go pack your things and get lost from this company today!"

Jiang Mengshu's face turned pale. It was clear she was terrified of losing her job, but she still insisted, "Mr. Lu, y-you can't be so unreasonable. It was Manager Luo who hurled such vicious insults first, which is why this gentleman hit him. Even if the police come, you're in the wrong."

She didn't want to lose this hard-earned job, but she also couldn't bear to see Lin Chen—who had stepped up for her—falsely accused. Therefore, despite her fear, she refused to back down.

Lu Chun laughed contemptuously, "How do you know I'm in the wrong? Manager Luo has been beaten like this; do you think the police are going to believe you or me?"

Jiang Mengshu immediately retorted, "Everyone here is a witness! The police will find out the truth easily!"

Hearing Jiang Mengshu's words, Lin Chen sighed inwardly. This girl had a good heart, but she was simply too naive.

Sure enough, upon hearing Jiang Mengshu, Lu Chun burst out laughing. "Ha, witnesses?"

He cast a mocking, half-smiling glance at the surrounding crowd and taeted, "Which of you is a witness?"

Seeing Lu Chun's disdainful expression, the onlookers felt a surge of annoyance, but not a single one dared to meet his gaze.

Lu Chun was currently at the peak of his popularity, and his public image was directly tied to the company's interests. They wouldn't dare cross him unless they wanted their careers at Zenith Entertainment to be over.

Jiang Mengshu never expected that these people wouldn't even dare to utter a single response. Her face filled with absolute disbelief, she said with tears welling in her eyes, "Y-You guys... how can you be like this? Manager Luo was clearly in the wrong!"

Manager Luo burst into wild, maniacal laughter, "You idiot! Did you actually think anyone would stick their neck out for you? Go take a look in the mirror—what do you think you are? A traitorous piece of trash, you deserve to get fired!"

It had to be said that this man's mouth was truly venomous. When such harsh words were hurled at a girl not even twenty years old, Jiang Mengshu's tears instantly streamed down her face. Feeling deeply aggrieved, she choked out, "H-How can you say things like that? It was your fault to begin with. You are so unreasonable!"

"So what if this lady curses you? To hell with your goddamn reason! You born-to-be bitch, you deserve to—"

Seeing Jiang Mengshu cry, Manager Luo grew even more smug. With his finger curved into an orchid gesture, he resumed his vicious scolding.

Yet this time, before he could finish his tirade, another fierce slap landed hard across his face.

"I told you, if you dare curse one more time, I'll knock every single tooth out of your mouth!"

Gripping Manager Luo's hair with his left hand, Lin Chen sneered and delivered a rapid succession of heavy slaps to his face.

Slap! Slap!

The crisp, resounding sound of blows echoed through the lobby. Manager Luo couldn't even emit a miserable scream because Lin Chen struck so fast and with such brutal force; he could only manage muffled grunts.

Jiang Mengshu had completely forgotten to cry. She stood frozen, staring at Lin Chen in utter shock, his fierce violence far exceeding the young girl's comprehension.

The onlookers instinctively took a step back. Even the security guards, who had just rushed over upon hearing the commotion, froze in their tracks and didn't dare approach Lin Chen.

At this moment, a chill ran down Lu Chun's spine. He hadn't witnessed Lin Chen knocking out one of Manager Luo's teeth with a single slap at the very beginning, which made the scene before him all the more shocking. Paralyzed by fright, he couldn't even speak, just staring blankly as Lin Chen slapped Manager Luo again and again.

Within moments, Manager Luo's mouth was covered in blood, his teeth were scattered all over the floor, and his lips caved inward like an old, toothless woman.

With a flick of Lin Chen's hand, Manager Luo dropped limply to the floor, having already passed out—a clear testament to how viciously he had been struck!

Lin Chen smiled at Jiang Mengshu and said, "Beauty, crying is useless against scum like this. The more you cry, the more smug they get. You just have to beat them straight up!"

Jiang Mengshu snapped out of her daze, her pretty face blushing furiously.

Beauty? Was he calling her? Her heart suddenly pounded with a frantic rhythm she couldn't control, and she didn't dare meet Lin Chen's eyes.

Lu Chun finally snapped back to reality, his face turning ashen with rage as his entire body trembled.

Everyone in the company knew that Manager Luo was his man. The dozens of slaps Lin Chen landed on Manager Luo's face were essentially slaps across his own face, utterly stripping him of his dignity and prestige.

If he didn't stand up for Manager Luo now, who in the company would ever fear him again?

Ever since he was scoutized by a talent agent from Zenith Entertainment, everything had gone his way. Riding on the coattails of celebrity status and striking good looks, he only had to wave his hand to summon countless followers.

Yet now, his face had been slapped, and what enraged him most was that the person who did it was a country bumpkin he deeply despised!

He was practically driven insane with fury!

"Bastard! Call the police! Call the police right now! This guy must be some street thug who sneaked in. Hurry up and call the cops! I'll make sure he learns how high the sky is and how thick the earth is, I'll make this damn hillbilly rot in a prison cell!"

Pointing frantically at Lin Chen, Lu Chun lost his composure completely. "Just you wait! Don't think you're hot stuff just because you know how to throw punches. You're nothing more than a street punk and social trash! Just wait for your doom. Even after you get out of jail, I won't let you go. I'll make you regret this, you damn bastard, loser, trash!"

Lin Chen looked at Lu Chun, who was jumping up and down in a fit of rage, and felt nothing but profound contempt. So much for his usual towering arrogance; right now, he was just throwing a tantrum like a mental patient.

If his fans could see him behaving like this, one could only wonder what they would think.

At that moment, several police officers walked through the doors.

Clearly, someone had already called the cops. After all, Lin Chen had beaten Manager Luo to such a pulp, knocking out all his teeth, which meant this had long since surpassed a simple civil dispute.