The clan leader of the Murakami Family hung up the phone after speaking, giving Murakami Iida no room to maneuver. Murakami Iida understood the clan leader's intent: not allowing him to return to Japan meant that he had been abandoned by the Murakami Family.
What good end could there be for a discarded pawn?
He didn't want to be a discarded pawn. As a descendant of a major family, being abandoned by the family meant not only the end of his career but also the loss of personal reputation and luxurious lifestyle. Thereafter, he would have to sweat and toil like a laborer, which was scarier than death.
So now, even though he hated Wang Xiaoqiang and didn't want to kneel before him, he had no choice. The crucial point was that he had just boasted about giving Wang Xiaoqiang a hard time, acting as the arrogant and overbearing enforcer, but now he had to kneel and apologize instead; the psychological gap was too vast.
