"Okay, since that's the case, I'll announce it." He cleared his throat and declared, "I had my people verify it three separate times. The result was the same every time."

He held up one finger, enunciating each word. "A perfect score. One hundred rings."

An uproar went through the crowd.

Da Yong's eyes widened as he stared at his boss. Could he have been practicing before I started working for him?

Among the other couple, Xie Moyao covered her mouth in shock. "Looks like Wenwen really picked the wrong person to mess with this time."

Her boyfriend, Li Feng, was completely unconvinced. "Pfft! These are all his people. The scorekeepers work for him, too. Who knows if that number is real or fake?"

Li Wenwen was the most stunned of all. Her jaw dropped wide enough to fit several eggs. Shaking her head furiously, her thoughts mirrored her brother's. "Impossible! You must have cheated! That's right, the scorekeepers are all your own people.

"Wow! You'd really dare to report a fake score just to save your boss's face. I'm going to expose you! Your disgusting behavior seriously harms the interests of us customers.

"If you can't afford to lose, then don't play! What's the point of this sham?"

Since his shooting range was being slandered, Zhao Gang was naturally the first to object. "Don't you dare make baseless accusations! How did we cheat?"

"What are you going to do about it? Are you going to get violent? Feeling embarrassed now that I've called you out?" Li Wenwen crossed her arms, feigning a pitiful look, and then shouted to the woman behind her, "Sister-in-law, get your phone out and record this! If they dare to hit us, we'll expose them the second we're out of here."

"ENOUGH!" a mighty roar erupted. "ALL OF YOU, SHUT THE HELL UP! PRESIDENT SUN HAS SOMETHING TO SAY."

Da Yong's lion-like roar was impressive, leaving everyone's ears ringing and silencing the room.

Sun Dasheng walked calmly over to Zhao Gang and patted his shoulder. "Today's incident was my fault. I didn't think it through. Leave this to me. I won't let your shooting range's reputation be tarnished."

Zhao Gang nodded, trusting in this man's influence.

Then, Sun Dasheng walked over to the still-muttering Li Wenwen. "Letting you people in to play today was the worst decision I've made. I have no interest in an ill-mannered girl like you.

"You can take your group and get lost.

"And I have no interest in competing with you.

"Furthermore, if you dare to go out and spread lies about what happened today, I will make you understand the meaning of regret. Now, get lost!"

Seeing his sudden, drastic shift in demeanor, Li Wenwen's heart leaped into her throat. She felt an instinctive wave of fear wash over her from him, and her limbs began to tremble uncontrollably.

She wanted to spit out a harsh retort before leaving, but the words caught in her throat; she didn't dare speak.

In the end, she left with her brother and sister-in-law.

"The matter is resolved. Let's continue," Sun Dasheng said to Zhao Gang.

"Ah, of course." Zhao Gang didn't even notice that he was bowing lower than before. It seemed he, too, had been cowed by the commanding presence the man had just exuded.

「At the entrance of the shooting range.」

After stepping outside, Li Wenwen glanced back. Seeing that no one was following, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmph! What a shady establishment. What kind of people are they? If you can't handle losing, you shouldn't play..."

"That's enough, Wenwen. Just drop it," Xie Moyao advised from the side. "Given how tense it was back there, I was worried we wouldn't make it out. If this place were really as crooked as you claim, we wouldn't have been able to just walk out unscathed. You must have misunderstood them."

"Sister-in-law, I know you're kind-hearted and hate conflict, but you're the one who's misunderstanding this time," Li Wenwen retorted, still fuming. The memory of that man's soul-piercing gaze, which had nearly made her wet herself, was especially galling. One day, I'll get my revenge.

"Brother, am I right?" Li Wenwen asked Li Feng.

Li Feng hesitated. Normally, he would have sided with his sister without a second thought. But given their opponent's actions, he wasn't so sure anymore. Just as his girlfriend had said, the atmosphere had been on the verge of turning violent. He had even been ready to call for backup. And yet, in the end, they had been let go so easily. It just didn't add up.

Huh? He suddenly spotted a familiar face.

"Xiao Fei, what are you doing here?"

"Brother Feng," the newcomer said, panting and still dressed in the shooting range's uniform. "I came specifically to give you a heads-up."

"Here, drink some water first," Li Feng said, handing over his bottle of Evian.

Not standing on ceremony, Xiao Fei grabbed the bottle and gulped down half of it before catching his breath.

"Brother Feng, during your competition, I was the one working as the score reporter in the back."

"You mean you were right there? You personally counted the score and reported it?" Li Feng grasped the crucial point.

Xiao Fei nodded. "Yes, I counted it myself."

"Then that score..." Before Li Feng could finish, his sister jumped in.

"That hundred-ring score at the end—it was fake, right? They told you to report that?"

To Li Wenwen's disappointment, Xiao Fei shook his head. He looked at her incredulous expression and said, "The one-hundred-ring score was completely genuine. I heard you all arguing, so I hurried out to tell you. People with that level of skill are never simple individuals. I just wanted you to think carefully about whether it's worth making an enemy of someone like that."

With that said, Xiao Fei turned and left.

"Thanks, Xiao Fei!" Li Feng called out gratefully.

Xiao Fei gave a wave over his shoulder and hurried back inside. With a friend on one side and his boss on the other, there was nothing more he could do.

"I'm doomed!" Li Wenwen's eyes grew dim.

She finally realized what serious consequences her misjudgment had caused. It was just as Xiao Fei had said. As a skilled shooter herself, she knew better than anyone the dire ramifications of offending such a monstrously talented person.

"Brother, maybe... maybe I should go and apologize to him?" Li Wenwen asked, her expression like that of a martyr heading to the gallows.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.