All the young people knelt in the room. They didn't understand why Henry and his guests weren't scared by their clan names. Didn't they know what those names represented?
"I don't have much time. Make your calls right now."
Silas finished his drink and poured himself another.
In the parking lot of the hotel, Gardiner lit up a cigarette, standing thirty meters away from his Rolls-Royce. He was afraid that the smoke would get onto his precious Rolls-Royce. Slowly spitting out a mouthful of smoke, Gardiner looked at the front door of the hotel and murmured, "I'll give it twenty minutes until all the parents showing up for their kids. Which families are they from? They really set their parents up!"
In the penthouse of the hotel, Henry and his guests were drinking and eating, and all the young people knelt on the floor. Under the power of the short man, no one dared to stand up. Once they nudged a little, the short man would slap them, giving them burning pain on their faces. As the first younger generation to be brought out, those young people held higher positions in their own clan. Although they were not powerful, their clans had high hopes for them. So none of them were treated in such a way before. They had imagined that when the clans came out, everyone would be afraid of them because of their clans. But in reality, they were slapped in the face together.
Several young people exchanged looks and tried to take out their phones. They just moved a little.
"Clap!"
Another slapping sound rang out.
The short man was eating a pork chop. He said without looking up, "Did I let you move?"
"I... I'm taking my cellphone."
The most arrogant people, the young man from the Xie Clan, said in a trembling voice.
"Oh, then I'm sorry."
The short man said, but he slapped the young man again, "Let's have another slap on the other side of your cheek. I like things symmetrical. Be a good boy and make the call then!"
The short man's behavior humiliated the young people. However, they couldn't do anything about it since the short man didn't care about the reputation of the clans. The young people had had their lesson from the short man. Showing off without true power was to ask for humiliation.
After the phone call, all the young people behaved themselves and knelt on the floor. They daren't move a bit for the fear of being slapped again. They already felt the burning pain on their cheeks.
Gardiner was waiting around his Rolls-Royce. He sat in the driver's seat and tried the back seat. He then imagined that there was a sexy lady sitting shotgun, and he acted gentlemanly.
After twenty minutes, a line of Audis stopped in front of the hotel building. The license plates of those cars were yellow background with black letters. Gardiner couldn't help look over.
He smiled, "Interesting. It turns out that those young people are from the clans. No wonder they are so conceited. At their moment of coming back, instead of setting an example for their power, their people were beaten. What an interesting story!"
Gardiner rolled down the window. He lied down on the driver's seat in a comfortable position.
A group of clans' elders walked into the hotel building angrily. There were fourteen of them. They learned from the phone calls that someone kept their children here against their will. At this moment, their children knelt on the floor, waiting for them, and if the clans' elders didn't show up, they would be killed.
"Who is it? Who dare to threaten our people?" Fourteen angry people rushed into the hotel building and headed straight to the elevator. The manager knew immediately that they were heading to the penthouse, so he asked the staff to step away. He knew the only outcome of nobodies involving in the fight between the rich and powerful would be trouble.
The clans' elders reached the top floor with no one stood in their way. Tracking the trace of Qi, they found out the room immediately.
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