Mu Jinyu saw that they had fallen silent and let out a cold laugh, then turned to Xu Zhixin, whose expression was growing colder, and said, "Being messed with by them like this, tell me, am I angry? I am so angry I can't even eat, how do you expect me to treat your father? I'm not in the mood to treat him, and begging me is useless. I'm afraid that with my bad mood, one wrong injection could not only fail to cure your dad but might actually hasten his death!"
Mu Jinyu knew that by speaking these words, they would all face retaliation from the Xu Family, but he didn't care about that at all.
If he wasn't capable, wouldn't he have been thrown into jail by them just now?
He wasn't anyone to be trifled with—just now, they called him a thief, wanted to call the police, called him a kept man, this and that, did they ever consider his feelings?!
Since these ladies and wives of nobility, one after another, are used to looking down on others and enjoy watching the spectacle, feeling that the fire won't reach them, now that it has, why should he care about their fates?!
When Xu Zhixin heard Mu Jinyu speak like this, he understood his meaning—if he didn't stand up for him, he guessed that Mu Jinyu might not be willing to save his father.
After scanning the faces of the women in the crowd and confirming that none of them was untouchable, and seeing them all shivering, aware that there was no outsider overstepping their bounds, he respectfully said to Mu Jinyu, "Divine Doctor Mu, rest assured, for their gossipy ways and slandering you, I absolutely will not spare them!"
Having said that, Xu Zhixin turned to the younger members of the Xu Family waiting behind him, who dared not even breathe loudly, and instructed, "Remember their identities, those who are cooperating with our Xu Family, cancel all cooperation, and then suppress them. For those who are not, directly crush them without mercy."
"Yes!" the Xu Family juniors responded, taking out their phones with cold faces, started taking photos of the women, and then went to look up their identities.
The gossipy wives, upon hearing Xu Zhixin's words, instantly turned ashen with shock.
They had never imagined that just by doing what they were accustomed to—making idle comments at a spectacle—something they had always done without consequence, today, because of their chatter, they would bring ruin upon themselves and their families!
Thinking about the consequences of their families being torn apart, no longer being able to dress glamorously, no longer able to lord over others, and having to change from prestigious ladies to women stuck doing housework at home, they felt the world spinning and were utterly unable to accept it.
"Thump!"
One of them, unable to bear the pressure, knelt down to Mu Jinyu and started begging for mercy.
Then, after the group was taken aback for a moment, they followed suit, one after another, and knelt down to Mu Jinyu.
"Divine Doctor Mu, we were wrong. We shouldn't have looked down on you with our dog eyes. We dared to slander you without knowing the full story. We'll never dare to do it again. Please, spare us!"
They cried so hard that their tears and snot flowed freely.
Li Shuyue looked at this scene, and suddenly felt some schadenfreude because she wasn't the only one in misfortune...
Mu Jinyu, seeing them kneel before him, felt no change in his heart, and had no intention of forgiving them just like that.
His eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he was displeased with Xu Zhixin's recent phrase "crush them without mercy."
Those words seemed to suggest that he was prepared to drive them to ruin, didn't they?
Although his character was not magnanimous and he was vengeful over even the smallest offences, he wasn't the sort to drive people to death over trivial matters.
Furrowing his brow, Mu Jinyu said to Xu Zhixin, "Just teach them a lesson. There's no need to drive them to ruin."
"Yes," Xu Zhixin hastily agreed.
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Gu Xiyan, who was somewhat dissatisfied with the idea of Mu Jinyu taking advantage of his position to retaliate against others, her eyes lit up again and she started to feel satisfied with Mu Jinyu once more.
And the group of gossiping wives who had knelt down begging for mercy, hearing Mu Jinyu's words, became even more grateful, thanking him profusely.
Li Shuyue also felt quietly delighted, thinking that she would receive the same treatment.
Little did she expect...
Mu Jinyu raised his hand again, pointing at her and instructing Xu Zhixin, "As for this fatso who called me her boy toy and was getting ready to snatch my clothes, you don't need to drive her to ruin, just take special care of her!"
"What?!"
Li Shuyue fainted on the spot.
The store manager standing behind the counter witnessed the scene unfold with panic and fear gripping her heart, her legs trembling uncontrollably.
She was the first one to suspect Mu Jinyu of theft, leading to his being insulted and talking about calling the police—the main culprit!
And the person who suspected he was a gigolo kept by a rich woman and notified Li Shuyue was also her!
But looking at the situation now, her boss Gu Xiyan was his girlfriend; one of the Four Great Families of River City, the Xu Family, treated him with the utmost respect, fearing to displease him; with such a background, how could he possibly be a thief, how could he be a boy toy?
It's over, she's done for.
The store manager knew she wouldn't only lose her job, but she was likely to be blacklisted and wouldn't even be able to stay in River City.
Although her suspicion of Mu Jinyu just now was completely out of caution, handling the matter professionally, who made Mu Jinyu look so suspicious at the beginning?
But when people in power seek revenge on the small fry, they don't care whether it's been handled professionally or not!
Indeed, before Mu Jinyu thought of her as the main culprit, Gu Xiyan took the initiative to bring her up, "What about my employee, then? What do you plan to do with her?"
Gu Xiyan spoke with a hint of coldness, yet no one paid attention to this.
Mu Jinyu glanced back at the store manager without much thought and said indifferently, "Your person, you deal with her."
After a pause, Mu Jinyu added, "However, the store manager is actually okay, responsible in attitude, it's just that when confirming my girlfriend, she directly labeled me as a boy toy and notified that fat woman to come over, which really annoyed me!"
Upon hearing this, the slightly cold expression on Gu Xiyan's face softened.
The non-aggressive attitude of Mu Jinyu made her more favorable toward him.
"Then shall I just demote her?" asked Gu Xiyan tentatively.
If it weren't for needing something from Mu Jinyu, Gu Xiyan wouldn't act this way, with a slight hint of flattery, but because the involvement of Mu Jinyu's underwear was significant, she naturally, like Xu Zhixin, prioritized satisfying Mu Jinyu, without even pursuing the fact he had deceived her last night.
"That's not necessary," Mu Jinyu said, realizing that Gu Xiyan not only had no intention of pursuing his deception from the night before, but her attitude was also somewhat ingratiating, like Xu Zhixin's.
He didn't know what was up with Gu Xiyan, but he knew that if he was just casual about it, the store manager would probably still be demoted by Gu Xiyan, who wanted to please him.
Mu Jinyu felt that the store manager hadn't really done anything wrong, she was just overly cautious. Because he was somewhat evasive, she suspected that his clothes were stolen and wanted to get to the bottom of it; for a store manager, that's a responsible attitude, and he found nothing to blame her for.
After all, although she suspected his clothes were stolen, she never said anything rude from the start, nor did she mention calling the police.
It was just about proving his innocence, which was fair.
And the mishap of bringing that fat wench Li Shuyue over was actually due to his own lack of clarification; he couldn't really blame the store manager for that.
Shaking his head slightly, Mu Jinyu casually said, "Just deduct some of her bonus then."
As soon as these words were spoken, the store manager, who had thought herself finished, suddenly looked up, her eyes shining with surprise as she looked at Mu Jinyu, almost wanting to kneel down to him with gratitude.