"Let’s see first. I think Senior Brother Lang shouldn’t have a problem, he probably has his people inside Wanbao Pavilion."
Sikong Jing knew exactly what Ning Jingjing was worried about.
And he had some understanding of Lang Yisuo. With the latter’s personality, he would never be so impulsive without a reason.
Sure enough, Lang Yisuo pointed at Tong Ya indifferently and asked, "Just now, were you the one who wouldn’t let us in?"
Upon hearing this, Tong Ya coldly snickered, "Correct, I am the on-duty Protector of Wanbao Pavilion today. I have the final say on who gets in, even if you have a VIP Crystal Card, it’s useless."
Upon hearing this, Tao Yue sneered, "Lang Yisuo, if you don’t want to die next, kneel down and lick me thoroughly."
After saying that, Tao Yue stood up with the support of Tao Huai, then turned to Ning Jingjing and said, "Ning Jingjing, I’ve told you I have many friends and relatives. I can suppress you however I want."
Ning Jingjing’s face turned ashen as she looked at Sikong Jing.
She didn’t know what kind of backing Junior Brother Sikong had. If he couldn’t suppress Tong Ya, things would get extremely troublesome.
At this moment, Lang Yisuo took a deep breath and said sternly, "Left Pavilion Master, is this what you told me, that the Imperial City’s Wanbao Pavilion is thriving and that everything should be dealt with according to the rules, without anyone granting favors unfairly?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.
Tao Yue, still furious, coldly shouted, "Lang Yisuo, what are you babbling about? What Left Pavilion Master, Right Pavilion Master?"
The next moment, footsteps thundered.
An old man in a colorful robe, his face pale, walked out.
At the sight of him, Tong Ya was dumbstruck, and the other Protectors were also stunned, murmuring, "Left, Left Pavilion Master."
The next instant, the old man fiercely slapped Tong Ya, sending her flying as he bellowed, "Someone, drag this scum out! Break her hands and legs and throw her back to the Tong Family."
As soon as these words came out, everyone at the scene was shocked.
Following that, the Left Pavilion Master pointed at Tao Yue and commanded, "Throw her out too."
"Daring to collude with Wanbao Pavilion’s staff to unfairly oppress our guests, from today onward, the Tao family won’t be able to purchase a single item from Wanbao Pavilion, cutting off all business dealings."
Tao Yue and Tao Huai were dumbstruck. How could this be?
Coming back to her senses, Tao Yue suddenly screamed, "Hey old man, what are you doing?"
"My Tao family does a lot of business with Wanbao Pavilion every year. Are you really going to cut off our business dealings just because of a lickspittle? Is something wrong with your brain?"
The Left Pavilion Master directly slapped Tao Yue away, saying harshly, "Whom are you calling a lickspittle?"
Tao Yue, covering her face, pointed at Lang Yisuo and said, "Of course, it’s him."
Taking a deep breath, the Left Pavilion Master stepped forward to Lang Yisuo and spoke respectfully, "Second Young Master, how would you like me to deal with this woman who insulted you, should I kill her directly?"
As soon as these words fell, Tong Ya, who was pressed down on the ground, trembled violently.
And the servant who had refused to let Sikong Jing and others enter fell to the ground with a thud, his face turning deathly pale.
Even Sikong Jing was somewhat shocked.
Lang Yisuo was actually the Second Young Master of the Wanbao Pavilion; no wonder he was so wealthy.
Then Sikong Jing turned to look at Tao Yue with a smirk. She had said that Lang Yisuo was not of the same world as her.
Indeed, they were not from the same world.
"Second Young Master of the Wanbao Pavilion, you, you, you... it’s impossible." Tao Yue screamed in disbelief.
At this moment, Lang Yisuo sighed deeply with a complicated expression.
"Tao Yue, I am the Second Young Master of the Wanbao Pavilion. The master of the Wanbao Pavilion is indeed my father."
"It’s just that the headquarters of Wanbao Pavilion is not in the Long Night Imperial City, so I have never revealed my identity."
"Today, I came to the Imperial City’s Treasure Pavilion because of Junior Brother Sikong’s matter and took the opportunity to inform the Left Pavilion Master that I wanted to conduct an undercover visit to experience the services of the Treasure Pavilion, among other things."
"Little did I expect, you and your cousin really opened my eyes."
At this point, Yisuo’s fists clenched tightly.
The undercover visit was a spontaneous decision, yet the guests who ended up being oppressed turned out to be himself and Junior Brother Sikong.
After hearing Yisuo’s words, Tao Yue was dumbfounded.
She opened her mouth wide, as if she had lost something important.
The Treasure Pavilion is formidable, not only existing in the Long Night Imperial City, but also in many large cities in the East Plain Northern Lands.
Everyone knows that it is an entity wealthy enough to rival countries.
Yisuo’s status and background were certainly not inferior to Lei Zizhen’s, even far superior.
Let’s not even mention that Lei Zizhen is just the son of an academy dean, even if he were the son of a Palace Master, he couldn’t compare, unless he was the son of the Great Palace Master of Holy Dragon Academy headquarters, who could surpass Yisuo.
And she, Tao Yue, had actually refused him!
If she had accepted Yisuo’s pursuit, she would now be the Second Young Madam of the Treasure Pavilion.
Tao Yue felt deep regret in her heart and couldn’t help but murmur, "Yisuo, let’s start over. I realize my mistake."
Yisuo suddenly smashed a memory crystal on Tao Yue’s face, grimly saying, "Do you know why I hit you? Do you know why I could bring myself to do it? Open this memory crystal and listen carefully!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Yue instinctively opened the crystal.
What followed was their siblings’ conversation.
The voice of Tao Huai came out, "Sister, do you think Yisuo will kill that little apprentice?"
This sentence, of course, referred to Tao Yue asking Yisuo to kill Sikong Jing before giving him a chance to have dinner with her, after which the siblings turned around and went back inside the Treasure Pavilion.
Then, from the memory crystal, Tao Yue scoffed, "Of course he will. Yisuo is just a foolishly infatuated fool."
"So, sister, are you really going to give him a chance to pursue you?" Tao Huai asked again.
Then Tao Yue burst into loud laughter, "How could I? At most I’ll let him spend heavily on a nice meal and then I’ll harshly dump him tomorrow. Yisuo only deserves to have a meal with me."
"If he becomes too annoying, we’ll go to Baili Que and claim that Yisuo killed that little apprentice."
"Giggle, this licking dog is done for."
The conversation from the memory crystal ended there, and Tao Yue’s face turned as white as snow.
Only then did she realize, as the Second Young Master of the Treasure Pavilion, Yisuo had access to the memory crystals in the corridors of the Treasure Pavilion at any time and could listen clearly to what they had just said.
Ordinarily, Yisuo might not carry a memory crystal with him.
But now, he was conducting an undercover visit at the Treasure Pavilion!
Unfortunately for her, she had run right into Yisuo’s line of fire, causing him to lose all hope in her.
At that moment, Yisuo grimly said, "Left Pavilion Master, proceed as you just suggested, severing all business ties with the Tao family."
As his words fell, the Left Pavilion Master ordered that the Tao siblings be thrown out and also had Tong Ya’s limbs broken.
Regardless of how Tao Yue begged, it was useless, she had completely shattered Yisuo’s heart.
Once everything was settled, Yisuo went back to Sikong Jing and said with a rueful smile, "I’m sorry, Junior Brother Sikong. I still couldn’t bring myself to kill Tao Yue. I... sigh!"
Sikong Jing smiled and patted his shoulder, responding, "You’ve made rapid progress, Senior Brother Lang."
If it had been a few days ago, Yisuo definitely wouldn’t have struck Tao Yue; he would only have been painfully crying out.
This was undoubtedly forced out by Sikong Jing.