A crowd slowly gathered around Declan, attracting influential members of the twelve families.
As soon as Hu Ke arrived, he saw Mr. Li pointing at Declan and insulting him, and Hu Ke was terrified. Declan was the group's chairman, and even Hu Ke had to act cautiously around Declan. How could a small fry like Mr. Li talk like that to Declan? Thus, he flew into a rage and slapped him.
"Hu Ke, why did you hit Li Ping? He's my cousin."
Behind Hu Ke stood a woman dressed elegantly. She carefully helped Mr. Li up and frowned as she questioned Hu Ke.
She was Li Ping's cousin, Li Ai, who was married to Hu Ke's brother. She was also quite influential in the family.
"I'm already showing mercy to him with that slap when I could have killed him."
Hu Ke was trembling in anger and rai
