Chapter 27 The King Of The Underworld Kneels
The crowd of onlookers looked expectantly at Dylan, waiting for his reply. However, Dylan continued to press his lips tightly together, refusing to speak.
Alex took one look at the woman standing next to Dylan and understood everything at once.
He had seen this girl before. Wasn’t she Dylan’s wife, Penny?
Seeing how she stood next to Bob, Alex knew immediately that there was a salacious tale here waiting to be told.
Derek walked forward and looked disbelievingly at Bob. “Bob, what’s going on?”
Still confused about the relationship between Derek and Alex, Bob replied haltingly, “Recently, I started an affair with a married woman. Today, this guy showed up to deliver my takeaway order, and recognized my honey as his wife. He went berserk and smashed some of my furniture. In a fit of rage, I beat him up and ordered him to pay for the damage.”
Hearing his words, the onlookers finally understood the situation.
Dylan had caught his wife having an affair with Bob.
A few of the onlookers couldn’t help but pity him.
Dylan’s eyes were full of rage. Not only had his wife cheated on him, but he was also beaten up by the man his wife was cheating on him with! This was humiliation of the highest order.
Alex sighed quietly. He understood Dylan’s feelings very well.
If he hadn’t carried out his drastic plan a few days ago, he would be in the same awful position as Dylan now.
However, Alex felt comforted knowing that Heather had only agreed to accompany Walt for the sake of the Jennings family.
On the other hand, Dylan’s wife was cheating on him out of her own selfish desires.
“Dylan, those blows he dealt you will be repaid ten times over.” As he spoke, Alex started walking towards Bob.
Bob’s face paled. Having just experienced Alex’s formidable strength, Bob was well aware that he wasn’t his match at all.
However, Bob took comfort in the fact that he still had ten other gang members to back him up. Besides, all of them were armed with weapons. It was quite impossible for Alex to defeat them all—or so Bob believed.
Hence, as Alex approached him, Bob managed to keep a look of perfect calm on his face.
Next to him, Penny looked coldly at Alex and said condescendingly, “Alex, you’re no more than a live-in son-in-law of the Jenningses. Just mind you own business!”
Alex’s face clouded over ominously. “This matter concerns one of my friends, so will be my business!”
Penny scoffed. “Ha! I can’t believe I thought you were a big shot. Turns out you’re just a good-for-nothing piece of trash who lives off of a woman!”
Hearing this, Bob’s face darkened with rage. “You’re a disgrace to men! I think I shall teach you a lesson today, you spineless loser!”
This man is a live-in son-in-law? What a surprise!
The onlookers gazed at Alex as they disdained him.
When they saw Alex punch Bob across the face just now, they wondered if he was an important man with a formidable background.
However, he had turned out to be a live-in son-in-law instead. The onlookers looked at Alex, their eyes narrowed in judgment and disgust that they shook their heads.
Even Derek and the other ladies couldn’t hide the shock on their faces.
Alex is a live-in son-in-law!
Penny spoke up. “Alex, let me give you a word of warning. Keep your nose out of our business, or you might end up involving your wife in this.”
“Who’s his wife?” Bob asked stupidly.
Penny snickered. “She’s the oldest daughter of the Jennings family. Apparently, she’s the most beautiful woman in all of Nebula City.”
“The most beautiful woman in Nebula City?” A lustful look crept into Bob’s eyes. Smiling, he turned to Penny and said, “You must be quite close. Why don’t you introduce me to her another day?”
As he spoke, he shot a taunting look at Alex, as if to say, I have my eyes on your wife now.
Without another word, Alex walked right up to Bob and punched him again in the face.
Bob’s expression turned ugly. He hadn’t expected this loser to raise his hand.
However, Alex had been too fast for him.
Before Bob could duck, Alex’s fist flew towards his face and landed squarely on his left eye.
Bob grunted in pain. Before he could order his gang members to avenge him, Alex grabbed him by the head and gave him a knee strike.
With a loud, horrible snap, Bob’s nose bridge broke. In a split second, blood started trickling out of his nose. A few drops even splattered onto Alex’s clothes.
However, Alex didn’t seem to care. He exerted downward pressure on Bob’s shoulder, then pushed Bob into a kneeling position on the floor.
The onlooker saw Bob gnash his teeth ferociously as Alex continued to pin him down, they couldn’t help but feel horrified.
The girl standing next to Derek was so surprised by the turn of events that her jaw dropped.
She knew how brutal Derek and Bob were like the back of her hand.
However, she had never seen anyone quite violent and merciless like an enraged Alex.
Penny was scared stiff. Based on her past knowledge of Alex, his vicious behavior was completely out of character.
Alex turned back to look at Dylan. “Remember how he punched you just now? Now, punch him back ten times harder on my behalf! Don’t worry if he dies—I’ll be able to get you out of trouble.”
A frightened murmur ran through the crowd of onlookers.
The Alex now was a tyrant.
His words sent a shiver down the spines of Bob’s gangsters, who now seemed much more hesitant about attacking him.
No matter how powerful their boss was, they would never dare to kill a man.
However, Dylan knew exactly how much protection Alex could give him. Alex was the omnipotent chairman of Four Seas Corporation, so his words could be trusted. Dylan nodded, then he picked up a brick from the floor and he started walking towards Bob.
“You b*stard! How dare you have an affair with my wife? Mark my words, I’m going to kill you today!”
Dylan’s eyes were bloodshot. This was his chance to restore his dignity, and he wasn’t going to back down until the man in front of him was dead.
Seeing the diabolical look in Dylan’s eyes, Penny was so scared that her legs nearly crumpled beneath her.
She had been married to Dylan for years, but this was the first time she felt scared of him.
“How dare you…”
Bob snapped out of his daze just then. His anger bubbled over as he opened his mouth to curse Dylan. However, before he could finish his sentence, Dylan had smashed the brick against his head.
With a loud thud, Bob felt his eyes water from the excruciating pain. The impact of the brick sent his head spinning as his vision flickered and blurred.
One by one, the gangsters turned to look at Dylan. Their eyes glittering with rage, they waited for Derek’s orders to attack. The moment the words parted from his lips, they would dash up to Alex and Dylan and beat them to death.
However, the order never came. To everyone’s surprise, Derek made his way over to Alex and, with a loud thump, fell down on his knees before him.
“Wow, what the heck?”
The onlookers thought they were imagining things. How could the king of the underworld kneel to this disgraceful live-in son-in-law?
“Mr. Fleming…” The girl behind him clapped her hands over her mouth in shock. Her eyes were as wide as saucers since she could scarcely believe what she was seeing.
The gangsters looked on in consternation. Even if Derek was putting on an act, was there a need to lay it on so thickly?
Bob, whose head had finally stopped spinning, was stunned silent by the scene before him, too.
Why is Derek kneeling to him? What’s going on?
Bob shook his head in disbelief. Summoning the remaining of his energy, he gasped, “Mr. Fleming, you…” However, his voice trailed off uneasily as he realized he didn’t know what to say.
Alex turned to look at Derek and frowned slightly.
Derek spoke up. “Mr. Jefferson, Bob Lane and the rest are my friends. Their failure to recognize Dylan here as your friend led to an unforgivable lapse in their judgment. I apologize on their behalf.”
Looking directly at Alex, he continued, “Bob is my friend, but you’re my benefactor. I don’t know how to appease your anger, but I hope you’ll accept this kneel as my apology.”
Those who moved in the underworld forces considered two things to be of utmost importance. The first one was loyalty to their own gang, and the second was dignity.
Sometimes, dignity even took precedence over the former.
For someone like Derek Fleming, who was the king of the underworld, dignity meant everything.
However, in order to save his friends today, he had no choice but to kneel and beg for his friend’s life to be spared.
More importantly, Derek didn’t want to get on the wrong side of Alex.
Usually, he relied on his status as the respected king of the underworld to get his men out of trouble. His presence, as well as a few well-chosen words, was often enough to put a stop to whatever fight that was going on. After all, nobody dared to offend him.
On the other hand, Alex had been the one to give him a second lease of life. If he hadn’t saved his life back then, Derek would have died in Lumenopolis eight years ago.
Thus, he only had the option of kneeling now.
Alex gazed at Derek and narrowed his eyes. Derek’s intentions were clear as day.
