In fact, Song Yingkai had already given the order earlier that Zhou Jiajia should not be harmed.
As far as he knew, Zhou Jiajia was the granddaughter of Zhou Xiaotian, the former richest man, and also the younger sister of Zhou Ruobing, the most renowned beauty in Jiangcheng.
Moreover, Nan Zhan, the boss behind Song Yingkai, was one of Zhou Ruobing's suitors. Due to various reasons, Song Yingkai didn't dare to have any malicious intentions towards Zhou Jiajia.
Song Yingkai glanced at Zhou Jiajia.
Zhou Jiajia looked at Ye Long in great surprise at that moment. She never expected that in such a critical situation, Ye Long would still be thinking of her!
Zhou Jiajia's nose tingled. The last man who protected her so devotedly was her father. Unfortunately, five years ago, her father died in a car accident!
Unexpectedly, this long-lost feeling of being protected with one's life was now being felt again from Ye Long.
Ye Long said hastily, "Miss Zhou, you go first. I'll catch up soon!"
Zhou Jiajia looked at Song Yingkai.
Song Yingkai simply said, "Escort her out!"
Two of his subordinates immediately sheathed their knives and stepped forward. One of them said politely, "Please!"
Zhou Jiajia looked at Ye Long with deep concern.
Ye Long comforted her, "Don't worry. I'll be okay!"
Suddenly, Zhou Jiajia knelt down in front of Song Yingkai. Ye Long was a bit taken aback. This girl, who was usually so proud and tough, was actually kneeling to someone to save him!
And his words earlier were just to make her owe him a favor, so that she would have no excuse to refuse to go with him to meet her sister and resume her studies.
Zhou Jiajia said, "Brother Kai, we don't want that money anymore. Please let us go."
Song Yingkai snorted coldly and said, "He cheated, which violated our rules here. He definitely has to be punished. But considering your kneeling plea, I'll just take one of his hands."
Zhou Jiajia stood up abruptly and said angrily, "Listen up, Kai! If you dare to harm even a hair on his head, I won't let you off. I swear it!"
She turned her head, looked at Ye Long with red eyes, then gave Song Yingkai a cold glare and left quickly with the two men.
The moment Zhou Jiajia was led out of the room, the door closed again with a bang.
Zhou Jiajia immediately sensed something was wrong. She turned around and tried to rush back into the room. However, the two men guarding the door firmly blocked her way.
"Move aside!" Zhou Jiajia shouted excitedly.
The two men exchanged a look and drew out the machetes they had just put away from their waists again, pointing them at her.
"One more step and you're dead!" one of the men growled fiercely. "You!" Zhou Jiajia gritted her teeth and stared at them, but she didn't dare to force her way in for the moment.
Inside the room.
Ye Long said, "Come at me all at once."
Song Yingkai roared angrily, "You're asking for it, kid. Attack!"
A group of people raised their machetes and were about to charge at Ye Long.
"Stop!" A voice suddenly rang out.
Everyone froze and looked to the right.
Ye Long also looked at the scar-faced man. Memories flashed in his mind of the time when Wu Yunhong sent three cars to block Zhou Ruobing on the road.
At that time, a large group of people got out of the three cars, and the leader was this scar-faced man.
The scar-faced man, Xue Dao, looked at Ye Long with a complex expression.
Previously, Ye Long had pierced through the door of one of his cars with a flick of his finger, a feat that made Xue Dao break out in a cold sweat every time he thought about it.
When Song Yingkai gave the order to attack earlier, Xue Dao had wanted to stop it but was preempted by Ye Long's own halt.
And now, seeing that his boss was about to order an attack again, he couldn't hold back any longer.
"老三 (Third), what's the deal?" Song Yingkai asked irritably.
Xue Dao stepped forward and whispered something in his ear. Song Yingkai's eyes widened in shock as he looked at Ye Long.
According to what Xue Dao said, this man was not only a master of martial arts but also the one who had severely wounded Wu Yunhong before.
Xue Dao also looked at Ye Long with a complex expression.
Originally, Xue Dao had been one of Wu Yunhong's men. After Wu Yunhong was severely injured by this man, he had no choice but to take his subordinates and defect to Song Yingkai.
Unexpectedly, now this man was in conflict with Song Yingkai.
If Song Yingkai was defeated, he guessed he would have to find a new backer again.
"Master Ye, I heard from my Third that you're a martial arts master?" Song Yingkai suddenly became much more polite.
Ye Long said, "I've been practicing on my own since I was a kid. I'm just average."
Song Yingkai smiled and said, "Then I wonder who's more powerful between you and him?"
He pointed at the burly man beside him.
This burly man was nicknamed Tank. He was thick-skinned and muscular and was one of the best fighters among Song Yingkai's subordinates.
Ye Long said, "Let him come and find out."
Song Yingkai wasn't sure at this moment if the other party was really as powerful as Xue Dao had said, so he wanted to test Ye Long with his subordinate.
Tank looked at Song Yingkai.
Song Yingkai smiled and nodded at him. "Take this!" Tank rushed forward and swung his machete directly at one of Ye Long's shoulders.
Ye Long dodged with a quick movement, and Tank's machete missed.
Tank then swung his machete horizontally. Ye Long took a step back and easily defused the attack.
Tank pressed on and swung his machete again.
In an instant, Tank had swung his machete more than a dozen times, but each time Ye Long deftly evaded it.
Tank's machete didn't even touch the hem of Ye Long's clothes. Frustrated, he let out a roar and started slashing wildly at Ye Long.
Ye Long suddenly stepped back, creating a distance of about two meters between them, and said, "Now it's my turn!"
Ye Long then rushed forward with a sudden lunge.
Tank raised his machete to strike, but Ye Long's hand suddenly chopped at the side of his neck.
Tank let out a muffled groan and crashed to the ground, losing consciousness immediately.
Ye Long looked around and said, "Who else?"
Everyone in the room was stunned.
Ye Long had easily evaded Tank's fierce dozen or so attacks, and with a single move, he had rendered Tank unconscious.
It was clear that Ye Long's martial prowess was no joke.
Song Yingkai finally believed that the previous severe injury of Wu Yunhong was indeed related to Ye Long.
Song Yingkai immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Master Ye, I was out of line earlier. Please forgive me!"
The others followed suit and knelt down on one knee as well.
Ye Long asked, "What's your name?"
Song Yingkai said hastily, "Master Ye, I'm Song Yingkai, the person in charge of this gambling den."
Ye Long nodded and said, "I can forgive you, but the money I won earlier, you have to let me take it away."
Song Yingkai looked at him for a moment, then nodded and said to a man in charge of finance beside him, "Get him a check right away!"
"Yes, Brother Kai." The man responded and hurried away.
After a while, he came back in a hurry, holding a check in his hand.
Song Yingkai took the check, and after making sure there was no problem, he stepped forward and handed it to Ye Long, saying, "Master Ye, if it were in cash, ten million dollars would weigh about two hundred and thirty pounds, and twenty million would be four hundred and sixty pounds. It's too heavy and inconvenient to carry, so I'm giving you a check instead!"
"Please keep it safe!"
Ye Long took the check, which was written for twenty million and one hundred thousand dollars.
Ye Long looked at him and asked, "Are you sure it can be cashed?"
Song Yingkai nodded and said, "Master Ye, don't worry. A few million dollars is nothing to us."
Ye Long put away the check and turned to leave.
"Master Ye!" Song Yingkai rushed forward. Ye Long looked at him coldly and asked, "What else?"
Song Yingkai smiled ingratiatingly and said, "As the saying goes, out of blows friendship grows. I, Song Yingkai, would like to be friends with you. I wonder if Master Ye would be so kind as to exchange phone numbers with me?"
Ye Long's roots were in Jiangcheng, so he would be living there for a long time to come.
Although Ye Long didn't like these people from the bottom of his heart, having their phone numbers might come in handy in the future.
Ye Long exchanged phone numbers with him.
"Thank you, Master Ye!" Song Yingkai was overjoyed.
"I prefer to keep a low profile and don't like to be disturbed."
"Yes, I'll remember that. Master Ye, take care!"
The door opened, and as Ye Long was about to step out, he saw that Zhou Jiajia was still standing outside.