The military commander’s face was incredibly dark.
Bai Su glanced at the men, her eyes filled with scorn. "You think you’re enough?"
She grabbed the commander by the collar, leaned in close to his ear, and whispered, "So, what’s it going to be? A truce, or do you want to suffer an even greater humiliation?"
The commander gritted his teeth. "Miss Bai Su, you will pay for what you’ve done today!"
Bai Su laughed. "Is that so? If you dare send anyone to trash my restaurant, trust me, you’ll pay a much steeper price. I’m a very petty person."
She leaned in even closer. "Aren’t you going to tell them to stand down? Or do you want me to yank down your pants and threaten them with your bare ass to make them retreat?"
"You!" The commander was both shocked and enraged, his pupils constricting in an instant.
’He swore, in his ten-plus years of guarding the frontier, even with the rough and tumble ways of the southern border, he had never encountered such a shameless, audacious, and despicable female!’
’In his mind, the females of the Imperial City were all fragile little birds, coddled in gilded cages. They were like dodder vines, incapable of self-preservation—a flock of foolish, self-righteous good-for-nothings.’
But Bai Su was clearly nothing like those females from the Imperial City.
’He had miscalculated. He shouldn’t have been so careless and underestimated his opponent.’
Bai Su’s patience was clearly wearing thin. She grabbed the waistband of his pants. "What are you waiting for? Are you that eager for your soldiers to see your bare ass?"
The military commander’s face was incredibly dark.
He gritted his teeth, his gaze turning sinister as he looked at his soldiers. "All of you, get out!"
The soldiers exchanged bewildered glances, completely baffled.
’She’s just a female, weak as a kitten. Why isn’t our commander breaking free?’
Despite their profound confusion, the commander had given the order, so they had no choice but to obediently withdraw.
Kong Ji and Bai Ruxin followed Bai Su out of the conference room.
Bai Su shot Bai Ruxin a look.
Bai Ruxin nodded, pulled a document from her pocket, and approached a few men in suits standing nearby.
Under duress from Bai Su, the men in suits had no choice but to brace themselves and sign the agreement.
They didn’t even get a clear look at what the agreement said.
The three of them left the military headquarters completely unscathed.
The commander was forced into the car with them.
’He was seething with frustration. He had never in his life been so utterly humiliated, and by a female, no less!’
’As soon as they let him go, he would send his men to smash Bai Su’s restaurant to bits!’
’He wouldn’t just destroy her branch location; he’d destroy her original restaurant too!’
’And he would strip her of her damn Dukedom! Who gave her that title in the first place?’
’A female of such low character, always stirring up trouble... she’s nothing but a bad influence on other females. How is she worthy of such a high position?’
’This Bai Su... this female was not to be underestimated. He had no idea where she got her spiritual power, but it was so immense that it had suppressed him completely, rendering him immobile.’
’He was a Level 9, after all. Even Lu Tingyan himself might not be able to suppress him like that.’
’It seemed this Bai Su was full of secrets!’
Suddenly, Bai Su reached out and started pulling off his military uniform.
The Commander: "!!"
"What are you doing?!"
His shocked and enraged voice was laced with a hint of fear.
Bai Su’s lips curled into a smirk. "This is to prevent you from going back on your word the moment I let you go. Naturally, I need a little something to hold over you."
The Commander: "..."
’This cunning female... she’d actually anticipated his intentions.’
With practiced ease, Bai Su stripped him bare from the waist up.
He gritted his teeth, staring at the exhaust fumes from the departing car as a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
The cars that had been tailing them screeched to a halt, and a large group of soldiers swarmed out, surrounding him. "Commander, are you alright?"
"Commander, should we pursue them?"
"Don’t worry, sir, we’ll go capture that woman and bring her back right now!"
The commander roared, "Shut up! We’re heading back. This matter ends now!"
"You will all keep your mouths shut about what happened today. Not a single word gets out!"
"If anyone dares breathe a word of this, I’ll put a bullet in them!"
Seeing this, the men, though completely baffled, had no choice but to drop the subject.
A nearby squad leader hurried to open a car door for him. "Commander, please get in."
The sight of the car’s interior brought the humiliating memories flooding back. "I’m not getting in! Get lost! I don’t want to even see a car for the next month!"
’He’d planned to put Bai Su in her place today. He was going to forcibly demolish her branch restaurant, then pressure her into handing over the Female Protection Institution and the Lanton Family’s laboratory.’
’He was going to forbid her from sending any more of those rabble-rousing reports to the International Alliance attempting to change the system for female care, and then kick her out of the Snow Country’s food market entirely. He never imagined she would turn the tables on him and leave him with his own dirt in her hands.’
He irritably left his men behind and started walking back on his own.
His men watched him go, more bewildered than ever.
But since their commander was walking, none of them dared to get back in their cars.
And so, the entire entourage inexplicably followed their commander, trekking back to the military base on foot.
*
「Meanwhile.」
Bai Su had Kong Ji drive to the front of the branch restaurant.
The workers who had been beaten up were cleaning up the mess, getting ready to make repairs so they could resume work the next day.

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