Chapter 145 Intimidation

When Lin Yu first met Xiao Qiangwei, his impression of her was not good because she asked him for ten thousand yuan right off the bat. However, through subsequent interactions, he increasingly felt that not only did this girl lack any celebrity airs, but due to her lack of worldly experience, she had retained the most precious innocence inherent in human nature.

Just imagine, among other female celebrities popular across Asia, who would find pure joy simply in singing, and who would collaborate with a group of teenagers in their early teens? No matter how you calculate it, Lin Yu and his friends got the better end of this deal by a wide margin.

Knowing how easily satisfied this girl was, it was only natural for Lin Yu to feel a surge of intense displeasure when seeing her bullied to such an extent.

After helping Xiao Qiangwei up and offering a few words of comfort, he exchanged a few words with the police officers. Then, consumed by anger, he walked alone into the room where the two female celebrities were being detained.

As Lin Yu entered the room with his hands tucked into his pants pockets, Lin Yaqing was lying lazily on the sofa, while Wang Bing sat leaning against it, flushed and fuming with silent rage. The two of them completely ignored the young man slowly walking in.

Seeing this, the corners of Lin Yu’s lips curled up into a playful smile, and he turned around to lock the door behind him.

After locking the door, Lin Yu walked slowly with his hands behind his back toward the two female celebrities, stopping behind the tinted glass coffee table to look at the two women who had thoroughly annoyed him.

He spoke softly, "You two really know how to put on airs, don't you?"

Faced with Lin Yu’s question, Lin Yaqing, who was resting on the sofa, didn't react at all, while Wang Bing, whose temperament was somewhat cold, let out a frosty huff.

"Good, very good. I am quite satisfied with your performance. True to being big stars, you remain unfazed by both favor and humiliation." As the atmosphere grew somewhat chilly, Lin Yu’s smile only grew brighter.

"So what if we are? What can you do?" Wang Bing’s face was icy as she squeezed the words through her teeth.

"What can I do? Just this! Damn it!"

Suddenly, Lin Yu cursed aloud, took a running step, and kicked the coffee table into smithereens. The splashing shards of glass almost disfigured Wang Bing, who was facing him directly.

Following a crisp crash, Lin Yaqing, who had been resting on the sofa, jumped in fright and stood up, looking at Lin Yu warily, evidently deeply startled.

"You two bitches, did you really think you could bully someone and get away with it scot-free?" With his rage fully unleashed, Lin Yu’s smile vanished completely.

Stared down by him, Wang Bing and Lin Yaqing felt a faint tremor of fear in their hearts and unconsciously drew closer together, clasping hands.

Feeling the hand of the relatively timid Lin Yaqing trembling incessantly, Wang Bing angrily shouted, "We are public figures! If you dare to lay a hand on us or do anything, the media will tear you apart! Even your family will be implicated!"

"Public figures on wealthy men's beds, you mean? Two shameless things who don't know what's good for you. Letting Sister Qiangwei come to persuade you was originally meant to give you a chance to redeem yourselves by performing a meritorious service. Now it seems you are bent on courting death! Prepare to face the firing squad." After saying this, Lin Yu delivered a heavy kick to the remaining, battered leg of the coffee table.

The flying black table leg whizzed through the air right over the heads of the two women, dealing another heavy psychological blow to them.

Thinking that the youth standing before them was someone who even dared to beat up a municipal party secretary, Wang Bing and Lin Yaqing felt a creeping, inexplicable dread.

Actually, upon seeing Xiao Qiangwei in that state, Lin Yu had indeed wanted to give these two arrogant women a severe beating. However, after entering the room and pondering the matter, he decided it would be better to help eliminate the substantive threats against them, and thus he changed his tactics.

Hearing Lin Yu mention that they should just wait to face the firing squad, Wang Bing felt a sudden jolt of shock in her heart. But she was a woman of the world and wasn't scared out of her wits; steadying her emotions slightly, she spoke up, "At most, we just accepted some gifts from them. When we accepted them, we had no idea those cars were smuggled. So your talk of us facing heavy sentences is out of the question."

"Heh, are you still harboring illusions? It seems you haven't realized the gravity of the situation yet. Let me tell you the truth: this time, we intend to bring down a municipal party secretary, so our actions will be swift and merciless. Your heads are already tied to Jia Quan's waistband. Still dreaming of Liang Tian saving you? Still daydreaming about your stardom? Pitiful." Lin Yu let out a cold snort before speaking.

"You... you're lying! You're framing us!" Lin Yaqing, whose mental fortitude was not particularly strong, immediately replied timidly.

Even Wang Bing's face showed a flash of panic. She had interacted with many high-ranking officials and was acutely aware of the cruelty of political struggles.

Lin Yu's half-true, half-false words truly terrified her, and she thought that it was not entirely impossible for the two of them to be inadvertently sacrificed.

As the two women were shaken to varying degrees, Lin Yu shouted coldly, "In this world, there is no absolute black and no absolute white. Relatively speaking, people like Jia Quan and Liang Tian are stained as black as ink; there is simply no need for them to remain in this world anymore. What do you think you should do? Do you want to accompany them to the grave, or choose to turn state's evidence and become tainted witnesses?"

At this point, Lin Yu’s tone grew increasingly freezing: "If you cooperate well, not only can you walk out of the police station unharmed, but you'll even have the chance to continue being stars. Otherwise, you'll have only one way out. Remember, not prison—only death."

Having said this, ignoring the cries of the two women, Lin Yu strode out with agile and imposing steps.

Left behind were the two severely shaken female celebrities. After making sure Lin Yu had gone far, Lin Yaqing asked in bewilderment, "How can a half-grown kid be this terrifying!"

"It's just because he's a violent thug. I was genuinely afraid he'd lose his temper and beat us up. After all, you saw how crazy he was at the banquet the other day," Wang Bing said with lingering fear.

"Although he is indeed quite violent, do you think what he just said was deliberately meant to scare us? After all, he's only around twenty years old. Surely he can't control the overall situation?" Lin Yaqing analyzed after pulling her chair closer to Wang Bing on the sofa.

"Better to believe it's true than to believe it's false. I always feel this boy is no simple character; he gives off a very dangerous vibe. Let's just take things one step at a time. Right now, the most important thing is to ensure our own personal safety. As for whether we continue being stars, it doesn't matter anymore. After all, those days weren't pleasant anyway. Besides, the two of us each have several million; surely we can manage something with that."

After Wang Bing spoke, Lin Yaqing sighed as well. "Actually, turning on that bastard Liang Tian might not be a bad thing. But who knows if they'll still refuse to let us go after we do this?"

"Your worry is not without reason. But what I'm more worried about is that they don't even have the clout to take down Liang Tian, leaving the two of us trapped in the middle with no way out. Furthermore, that bastard Liang Tian has plenty of our compromising photos; if he makes them public, the two of us sisters won't be able to stay in this country anymore," Wang Bing said despondently.

Thinking of the extremely humiliating photos that she and Wang Bing had once been forced by Liang Tian to take, Lin Yaqing’s expression dimmed as well.

The two of them were barely scraping by in the cracks of society, finding things immensely difficult.

While the two female celebrities were trying to second-guess the trajectory of the situation, Lin Yu was chatting away with Hu Rongqiang.

Meanwhile, under the soothing words of Qi悦 and Yang Zhilin, Xiao Qiangwei gradually recovered. Remembering how undignified she had just appeared, the shy girl tucked her neck in like a frightened ostrich.