Chapter 28

Behind Bobby, Derek slowly emerged from the shadows.

The moment Eric saw Derek, his pupils shrank sharply, and his heart felt like it was being squeezed tight by an invisible hand.

His previous arrogance instantly vanished into thin air.

The reason for this was simple.

It was all because of Bobby's attitude toward him.

Bobby was so respectful to this man, which clearly showed the guy had serious connections.

"Mr. Ford?"

Eric's voice trembled, his body staggering backward until he bumped into Kelly.

At that moment, Kelly also covered her mouth in terror, her body shaking uncontrollably.

She understood now, too.

She and Eric had messed with the wrong person!

"We meet again."

Derek stared at Eric. His glasses were already broken, but he still wore them on his face. His cold gaze swept over Eric through the shattered lenses.

"You really enjoyed beating me up just now, didn't you?"

"No... that's not it."

Eric waved his hands frantically, cold sweat already breaking out on his forehead.

"Mr. Ford, this is a misunderstanding."

As he spoke, Eric looked at Bobby. "Mr. Jordan, I didn't know he was your friend, otherwise I would never..."

"A misunderstanding?"

Derek let out a cold laugh.

Pointing at the vicious wound on his face, he said, "You beat me half to death, and now you're telling me it's a misunderstanding?"

"You think I'm that easy to fool?"

Then Derek looked at Bobby. "Mr. Jordan, this is your territory. I'll leave it to you to handle."

Bobby stood to the side, his face extremely dark. Looking at Eric, he wanted nothing more than to kill him.

Derek was an important figure in The Viper Crew.

This trip to Viridis State was to discuss a very important deal.

Once this cooperation was finalized, his status in the Sanchez family would rise to the next level.

But now, Derek had been beaten on the Sanchez family's turf.

This was undoubtedly humiliating him and the Sanchez family.

In all of Viridis State, no one had dared to be this bold on the Sanchez family territory!

"Eric."

Bobby's gaze was dark, his voice extremely cold. "You damn fool, you actually dared to hit my honored guest!"

"Mr. Jordan."

"Please let me explain, I didn't mean to."

Eric's face changed drastically. "I really didn't know he was your honored guest. If I had known, even if you gave me a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't have dared."

Without any more words, Bobby kicked out, instantly sending Eric flying and crashing hard to the ground.

"Ah!"

Eric hit the ground, immediately crying out in pain, his whole body curled up, clutching his chest.

Bobby's kick just now made him feel like his ribs had broken, his organs seemed to have shifted, and his stomach was cramping, churning violently. The Ace of Spades he'd just drunk flowed uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth, and along with the alcohol came blood.

"You say you wouldn't dare, yet you did this outrageous thing!"

Bobby didn't stop.

He quickly walked up to Eric. The humility he'd shown Eric earlier had completely disappeared, replaced by a crazed look ready to devour someone.

"Do you know what you've done, you idiot? Do you know who you hit, you bastard!"

Bobby roared almost hysterically, his angry voice echoing through the private room.

The surrounding classmates were already trembling with fear. Though they were rich kids, they'd never seen anything like this. Everyone's face showed terror, like lambs in a pen watching a wolf break in, able only to tremble.

"Mr. Ford is from The Viper Crew, an honored guest of the Sanchez family, an important partner, and you dared to hit him!"

As he spoke, Bobby raised his foot again and stomped down hard on Eric's chest.

With this stomp, the sound of cracking bones rang out clearly, reaching everyone's ears in the room.

It scared the surrounding people so much that their bodies trembled.

Kelly was terrified, her face pale, but she could only cover her mouth with both hands, not daring to make a sound.

"Ah!"

Eric let out a heart-wrenching scream. A small depression appeared in his chest. Clearly, Bobby had used his full strength with that stomp.

"Mr. Jordan, I was wrong... I was really wrong."

Eric's face was miserable, tears and snot running down his face. Gone was his earlier carefree confidence. Now he was utterly pathetic, curled up on the ground like a dead dog.

However, he couldn't care about dignity anymore. Instead, he begged Bobby, "Please, for my father's sake, spare me this once. I'm willing to pay compensation, I'm willing to apologize to Mr. Ford."

"Your father?"

Bobby seemed to hear the biggest joke ever. He looked down at Eric from above, his eyes full of mockery.

"Just because I call you Mr. Wright, you really think you're something special?"

"You hit an honored guest of the Sanchez family, and you think paying money will fix it?"

"Someone, break his arms and legs."

Bobby said coldly.

"Yes!"

David immediately stepped forward with several men and restrained Eric. Two of them held baseball bats, ready to smash Eric's limbs.

"Wait a moment."

Just then, Derek suddenly spoke.

Bobby's expression instantly became respectful. "Mr. Ford, what are your orders?"

Derek slowly stepped forward, his leather shoes making crisp sounds on the floor, each step seeming to land on Eric's heart.

He walked up to Eric. At this moment, Eric's limbs were already pinned down by David and the others, his face covered in blood and vomit, looking utterly pathetic.

Seeing Derek approach, his body instinctively trembled violently, his eyes full of desperate hope for survival.

"Mr. Ford... I know I was wrong. Please spare me. As long as you spare me, I'll do anything."

"Really?"

The corner of Derek's mouth lifted slightly, and he suddenly pointed at Kelly nearby.

"The one you were having sex with in the bathroom just now was her, right?"

"How about letting her keep me company?"

At these words, Kelly's face turned deathly pale.

She instinctively looked at Eric.

"Mr. Ford, it's her lucky day that you've taken an interest in her." Eric looked at Derek with a flattering expression.

"Hahaha." Seeing that Eric could even sell out his own woman, Derek was extremely pleased and burst out laughing.

"Bring her over." Seeing this, Bobby said flatly.

David nodded and waved his hand lightly. Instantly, two men stepped forward, each grabbing one of Kelly's arms, and brought her over.

"I don't want to, let me go." Kelly kept struggling.

But it was all useless.

"Save me, please save me." Finally, she could only beg her classmates around her for help.

The surrounding classmates at this moment seemed frozen in place, each one with their head down, not daring to even breathe loudly.

No one dared to resist at this moment.

Even Eric was done for—what were they compared to him?

"Let her go."

Just then, a clear voice rang out.

Everyone froze and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Sophia sitting next to Jack.

Sophia wore a simple dress, like a blooming flower, completely out of place in this filthy environment.

Although she was also very scared, her kind heart couldn't bear to see Kelly being harmed, so she stepped forward without hesitation.