Chapter 22 Who dares?
For ten years, Chloe endured ridicule, and every time she went out, she covered her face with a veil.
She thought she had gotten used to it. But now, hearing all kinds of harsh and unpleasant words, she lowered her head, not daring to look at the people's gazes, and a sense of inferiority rose in her heart.
"A woman like that, even if you paid me, I wouldn't want her."
"And was she once called the most beautiful woman in Sunset City? The media must be blind."
Chloe kept her head down, but she could imagine the people around her laughing at her. Being wronged, she felt her nose tingled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Seeing her pitiful state, Jane felt delighted. She lifted Chloe's chin, looked at the scars on her face that were healing, and giggled, "What a beautiful face, such a pity."
"What are you doing?" Chloe struggled in panic, lowering her head, not daring to meet Jane's gaze.
At that moment, a slapping sound was heard.
With her head down, Chloe felt a strong hand pulling her. She looked up and saw Larry had returned. Instantly, she felt wronged and threw herself into Larry's arms, crying.
"You! How dare you hit me?" Jane covered her burning cheek with her hand, pointed at Larry, and cursed angrily, "Larry, you bastard, do you know who I am? I am Jane from the Johnson family..."
Larry gently released Chloe and reached out to twist Jane's fingers.
Her face contorted in pain.
"Kneel and apologize," Larry commanded.
This scene attracted a lot of attention, and some even took out their phones to record it.
Jane's fingers were twisted, and she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.
Larry applied a bit more force.
Jane's body bent with the pressure on her fingers, and Larry kicked her in the knee. Her knee hurt, and she knelt on the ground.
As her knee hit the ground, her body collapsed in pain. She then let out a cry of agony.
Seeing this, Chloe panicked. "Larry, she's from the Johnson family, one of the Four Great Families. We can't afford to offend them."
Larry ignored Jane, who was writhing in pain on the ground. He looked at Chloe, his cold face softening, and said, "I'm sorry."
Maria slapped Larry's head.
She hadn't wanted to intervene, but Larry had hit someone from the Johnson family.
Previously, Chloe had offended the Hall family, almost causing the Lewis family to be destroyed.
Now Larry had offended the Johnson family. She scolded harshly, "Larry, who told you to act? Hurry up and help Ms. Johnson up and kneel to apologize!"
Sam and Mindy came over and quickly helped Jane up from the ground. But Jane's knee was already injured, bleeding heavily and staining her stockings. She was helped to sit down.
Her face was filled with pain and anger. She pointed at Chloe's family. "Do you know who I am? I am Jane from the Johnson family. I swear, the Lewis family is finished."
Hearing this, Maria slapped Larry on the head again, angrily saying, "Kneel and apologize now."
Chloe was also scared.
The incident with the Hall family was still fresh in her mind. She didn't dare to provoke anyone from the Four Great Families again.
She bent down to kneel. But Larry pulled her up forcefully, saying calmly, "Chloe, this has nothing to do with you. I hit her, and I'll take responsibility. I won't drag the Lewis family into this."
"Fine, will you take responsibility?" Jane, sitting on a chair, was furious. She took out her phone and called the manager of Pavilion Restaurant, "Mr. Roberts, this is Jane from the Johnson family. I'm a gold member of Pavilion Restaurant. I was beaten outside the restaurant. Send two security guards out immediately."
After making the call, Jane glared at Larry. "You're done. Even if you kneel and beg for mercy now, I won't forgive you. If I don't break your legs, I'm not Jane!"
Maria came to Jane, apologizing repeatedly, "Ms. Johnson, I'm really sorry. It's all my useless son-in-law's fault. I apologize on his behalf. Please forgive us."
Maria was truly scared. She had just managed to get shares in the family and didn't want to offend the Johnson family and risk Victor taking back the shares.
Jane arrogantly pointed at Maria, who was bowing and apologizing, and scolded, "You're nothing. Kneel immediately and lick my high heels clean. No, you're not worthy. Let Chloe do it."
She changed her mind, pointing at Chloe, who was standing aside, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, a middle-aged man came out with several security guards.
Seeing this, everyone outside Pavilion Restaurant knew that the Lewis family was done for.
Sam, seeing the security guards with batons, was terrified and quickly pulled Mindy back, hiding in the crowd, afraid of being implicated.
Seeing the security guards, Jane became even more arrogant, giving Chloe a cold glance.
She spat on the ground and said, "Chloe, crawl over here and lick it clean. I promise I'll only break Larry's hands and leave his legs intact."
Seeing the Pavilion Restaurant manager coming with several security guards, Maria was so scared that she trembled and immediately knelt on the ground, begging, "Ms. Johnson, we're wrong. We really know we're wrong."
She knelt, but Larry ignored her.
He despised her from the bottom of his heart for being a bully and having no backbone.
"Larry." Chloe was also scared, holding his hand tightly.
Larry comforted her, "It's okay."
Jane kicked Maria, who was kneeling and begging, aside. Seeing Larry's indifferent face, she was furious and pointed at him, shouting, "Mr. Roberts, it's him. Beat him to death."
Chloe rushed over to help Maria, who had been kicked aside. "Mom."
"Get lost." Maria slapped her. She scanned the crowd, looking for Scott. But seeing him standing meekly aside with his head down, not daring to say a word, she was heartbroken and started crying.
Pavilion Restaurant manager Mark Roberts came over, glanced at Larry, and saw that he was the son-in-law of the Lewis family, who had recently been the talk of Sunset City. He immediately ordered, "Beat him."
"Who dares?" At that moment, a voice came from inside Pavilion Restaurant.
As the voice came, the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground was heard.
Everyone looked towards the sound.
A middle-aged man in a military uniform walked over, followed by four fully armed men.
On the shoulder of the middle-aged man's uniform were five shining stars.
Seeing the man, Markpaled with fear, and his legs went weak, causing him to kneel on the ground with a thud.
The security guards were also terrified, collapsing and kneeling immediately.
This was a big shot. Not to mention Mark, even the owner of Pavilion Restaurant would have to kneel before him.
Recently, the five major military districts were being reorganized, with headquarters in Sunset City.
The man before them was the newly appointed commander-in-chief, now serving as the head of the five armies' reorganization, the Western Territory Free King!
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