The Strongest Mad Son-in-law-Chapter 1455 - 1458: Threatening Xu Hao?

Actually, the facts are right in front of us, but some people just refuse to acknowledge them.
Many have joined the retail store alliance established by the Mao Family and Hurd, mainly because of the Mao Family and the John Family's reputation, especially the John Family.
John Retail is a world-class brand, which Hurd and his team have used to deceive, yet many are willing to buy into it as it's relatively reliable.
However, now the John Family is no longer involved with Hurd's affairs, and has even broken off with him, making everyone's choice a bit more difficult.
Should they choose the Mao Family and Hurd alliance, or opt for the Xu Liu Group which unquestionably has a better reputation?
This is a headache-inducing decision.
At this moment, Xu Hao made a new announcement: "I heard that the Mao Family included breach penalties when signing contracts with you, which is entirely unreasonable. Whether to join or not is your decision and shouldn't be manipulated by others! So, if the Mao Family dares to demand money from you, our Xu Liu Group will seek justice for you! Does anyone from the Mao Family have any objections to this?!"
This was an outright threat.
And it was directly threatening the Mao Family in front of a wide audience online.
Jiangnan Mao Family.
The members of the Mao Family saw the statement issued by Xu Hao and were instantly indignant.
This is simply too vile!
Xu Hao actually threatened the Mao Family in front of everyone!
This brings disgrace to the centuries-old reputation of the Mao Family!
The patriarch of the Mao Family, Mao Ping, coldly said, "This Xu Hao is truly lawless! Does he really think our Mao Family is easy to bully?! Our family has a heritage of hundreds of years and numerous allies. If he truly dares to challenge us, we will fight him to the death!"
Mao Tanfeng spoke at this moment: "Father, is it time to ask the Lü Family to act? As agreed before, we would openly pressure Xu Hao, while the Lü Family would deploy their strong men against him at the crucial moment."
"The Lü Family may not necessarily be able to defeat Xu Hao outside using their forces, unless we lure Xu Hao into the Lü Family's base and utilize their formation's power, then perhaps we can eliminate him," Mao Ping analyzed.
"So what should we do? Xu Hao's power has grown too quickly and now it's beyond most of our capabilities to compete with him," Mao Tanfeng said with some frustration.
They could engage in regular business competition with Xu Hao, but if Xu Hao resorts to force, they instantly lose out.
At this moment, Hurd suddenly said, "Since we can't directly defeat Xu Hao and need to rely on the Lü Family's formation, then we must lure Xu Hao into the formation."
"But how do we lure him? A person like Xu Hao has an extremely strong mind, trying to lure him into the formation may be somewhat difficult," Mao Tanfeng said.
"Of course I know that, but we can employ some tactics, like taking his family and friends hostage?" Hurd suddenly suggested.
He felt he had discovered an excellent method.
"Are you crazy? If you take Xu Hao's woman hostage, he will surely launch a frenzied revenge! You're just one person, so you may not fear Xu Hao's revenge, but we are a family! If Xu Hao retaliated against our entire family, we'd be doomed!" Mao Ping immediately refused.
Hurd was taken aback and asked, "Is it that serious? I'm not doing anything too extreme, just using threats."
"That won't work. You don't understand Xu Hao's character. You may be able to talk to him reasonably, but if you resort to underhanded tactics, he will absolutely retaliate madly. His tendency for revenge is exceptionally strong. I won't take that risk. Until Xu Hao is dealt with, his woman cannot be touched; otherwise, who knows what he might do, and our Mao Family cannot bear such severe consequences," Mao Ping still refused.
Mao Tanfeng said, "Father, although we dare not touch Xu Hao's woman, at least not now, we can target others, right? Xu Hao has always prided himself on treating his subordinates well.
We can take his subordinates hostage; if he comes to their rescue, he falls into our trap. But if he doesn't rescue them, we can call him heartless, claiming his professed good treatment toward subordinates is fake. This way, Xu Hao's reputation could suffer; it's truly a double win!"
Upon hearing Mao Tanfeng's suggestion, the members of the Mao Family nodded in agreement.
Hurd even directly praised, "As expected of Brother Tanfeng, your thinking is indeed thorough. That makes sense; whether Xu Hao wants to be the good guy or the bad guy is up to him. But no matter what, the result is all benefit without harm for us!"
"But who should we take hostage?" Mao Ping inquired.