Meanwhile!
A stretch Bentley drove along the streets of Jiang City!
Anyone who saw the driver would have been in for a shock!
Because the driver was none other than the Chief of the Jiang City Patrol Office—Gong Bo!
But at that moment!
Not only was Chief Gong Bo not the least bit displeased, but he kept stealing glances toward the back seat, his face filled with fervent excitement and reverence!
For in the back sat three men!
The City Chief, the Marshal of the Guard Army, and the President of the Wealth God Association!
The three great magnates of Jiang City!!!
However!
What was even more terrifying was that these three great personages, who could make Jiang City tremble with a stomp of their feet, were at this very moment looking fawningly at three other people!
An elderly man!
A middle-aged man!
And a beautiful woman!
“Elder Ling, we just found out that Mr.
Lin is getting engaged in our Jiang City!”
“I hope the gifts the three of us prepared on such short notice will be to Mr.
Lin’s liking?”
The City Chief looked at the elderly man, his face fraught with anxiety.
Just today!
He had nearly been scared to death when the elderly man and his two companions had shown up at his door.
After all, given their status, a minor City Chief of Jiang City like himself wouldn’t normally even have the right to meet them.
What he found even more incredible was that!
The three had come all this way just to attend someone’s engagement ceremony.
It was simply too hard to believe!
Hearing the City Chief’s apprehension, the elderly man shook his head and chuckled.
“A great man like Mr.
Lin has seen every precious gift imaginable!”
“Don’t worry!
A man of his stature won’t mind.”
‘A man of his stature!’
That one phrase made the City Chief’s eye twitch.
He knew that when Elder Ling said “a man of his stature,” he wasn’t referring to Mr.
Lin’s age, but…
his standing!
Instantly!
The City Chief, the Marshal, and the association’s president exchanged a glance, their scalps tingling with apprehension.
They simply couldn’t imagine what kind of person this Mr.
Lin was to command such humble reverence from these three.
“The three of you, remember this!” the middle-aged man spoke then.
His eyes were like a falcon’s, sharp beyond compare.
“Mr.
Lin is a man far greater than you can ever imagine.
You are not to expose his identity, nor are you to disobey his commands!”
“Otherwise…”
The middle-aged man didn’t finish, but the unspoken threat sent a collective shiver down the spines of the three magnates.
“Rest assured, sirs!”
“Mr.
Lin’s orders are our lives!!!”
The three men’s faces were solemn, their tone resolute.
Watching this unfold!
Chief Gong Bo, who was driving, felt a tempest rage in his heart.
‘The tides have turned!’
It was now the territory of that mysterious and terrifying Mr.
Lin!’
‘To offend Mr.
Lin…’
‘…is to die!!!’
‘When I get back, I must tell Sun Yifei and the others to keep a low profile at all costs.
They cannot provoke Mr.
Lin!
Otherwise, we’ll all be facing a catastrophe!’
Gong Bo had already decided.
The moment he returned to the Patrol Office tonight, he would call an emergency all-hands meeting.
But just as he was contemplating how he could curry favor with this “Mr.
Lin”…
DING!
DING!
DING!
Three notification chimes rang out.
The elderly man and his two companions all started, then took out their phones.
WHOOSH!
In an instant, the color drained from all three of their faces.
“STOP THE CAR!!!”
The furious roar made Chief Gong Bo shudder, and he instinctively slammed on the brakes.
SCREEECH!!!
The stretch Bentley jerked to a halt on the side of the road.
When Chief Gong Bo and the three magnates turned to look, they were horrified to see that the elderly man and his companions were staring intently at the text messages on their phones, their expressions transformed.
“Eld…
Elder Ling!
What’s happened?” the City Chief asked, his heart pounding with fear.
His words were like stepping on the old man’s tail, causing him to explode with rage.
“The sheer, unmitigated gall!”
“Your Jiang City Patrol Office has some nerve!
How dare you have Mr.
Lin arrested!!!”
‘Wh…
What!’
Hearing this, the three magnates and Chief Gong Bo felt as if they had been struck by lightning.
‘Arrest Mr.
Lin?’
‘How the hell is that possible!’
SWISH!
SWISH!
SWISH!
In an instant, the gazes of the three magnates whipped around in unison, all landing on Chief Gong Bo.
Their expressions looked like they wanted to eat him alive.
“Ci…
City Chief!
I didn’t give the order!”
“I…
I don’t even know Mr.
Lin, let alone send someone to arrest him!”
At that moment, Chief Gong Bo was so scared he was on the verge of tears.
“It was your Patrol Office’s Captain—Sun Yifei!”
‘Ho…
Holy shit!’
Chief Gong Bo’s composure completely shattered.
‘He silently cursed Sun Yifei and all eighteen generations of his ancestors.
That bastard was going to be the goddamn death of him!’
But!
Elder Ling and his companions couldn’t have cared less what Gong Bo was thinking.
A palpable killing intent seethed within the car.
“Go!”
“To the Patrol Office!!!”
Not daring to utter another word, Chief Gong Bo frantically started the engine, spun the car around, and sped off toward the Patrol Office.
…
「Tang Family Banquet Hall.」
After Lin Han and Sun Yifei had left, the members of the Ye Family were all gloating.
“Hahaha, that kid is finished!
Did he really think he was so great just because he latched onto the Tang Family?
He’s done for either way!”
“Exactly!
The bastard brought this on himself.
We were right not to go through with the engagement!”
“That’s right!
If Ye Qing had gotten engaged to him, he would’ve dragged her down with him eventually!”
The Ye Family members were beaming with delight.
They were all incredibly thankful that the engagement between Ye Qing and Lin Han had been broken off.
This was especially true for Ye Qing.
Just moments before, she had even felt a pang of regret for letting Lin Han, a master of the Medical Dao, slip through her fingers.
‘It’s just as I thought!
Rejecting him back then was the right decision!’
‘Otherwise, he wouldn’t just have ruined me; he would have dragged down the entire Ye Family!’
At this thought, Ye Qing shook her head and helped Madam Ye leave the hall.
They weren’t the only ones.
Nearby, Zhao Xiong, Patriarch of the Zhao Family, also waved a hand.
“Let’s be on our way.”
“I just received word.
Mr.
Lin won’t be coming today.”
Hmm?
Sun Kui, Patriarch of the Sun Family, paused.
“Could it be that Mr.
Lin heard that this Lin Han was arrested and canceled his visit because of it?”
“That must be it,” Zhao Xiong nodded.
He was a bit disappointed that he wouldn’t be able to meet the mysterious and formidable “Mr.
Lin.”
Soon, all the guests had departed one by one.
The atmosphere in the Tang Family estate became unbearably oppressive.
Old Master Tang’s face was as black as thunder.
He gave Xian’er a pained look.
“Xian’er, I’m afraid Lin Han is in…
serious trouble this time.”
‘Trouble?’
Yes.
Everyone could see that this time, the Sun Family, the Zhao Family, and the others were determined to see Lin Han destroyed.
Unless the three magnates intervened, no one could save him.
Instantly, the color drained from Xian’er’s face, leaving it as white as a sheet.
Seeing this,
Tang Ren of the Tang Family approached, with Kong Jie in tow.
“Xian’er, if you want to save Lin Han, there is a way,” Tang Ren said, a gloating smile spreading across his face.
He pointed to Kong Jie next to him.
“You just have to agree to call off your engagement to Lin Han and marry Young Master Kong.
Do that, and Lin Han will live.”