After more than ten minutes, the middle-aged man looked at the wrecked Shuiyun Jian and finally reached the limit of his patience. He stepped forward, and the aura around him erupted!
“Lin Xiu, you brought this upon yourself!”
As soon as he finished speaking, before Lin Xiu could speak, Hu Shanyue’s booming voice came from upstairs:
“Boss, it’s all smashed up.”
Hearing this, a mocking smile curled at the corner of Lin Xiu’s mouth. His gaze toward the man was filled with contempt.
The middle-aged man, meanwhile, wore an extremely complicated expression. Lin Xiu had brought people to smash up Shuiyun Jian right in front of him. They had struck not only Shuiyun Jian, but also his dignity and that of the City Lord's Mansion. He felt utterly humiliated.
Yet just as he made up his mind to Make a move against Lin Xiu at all costs, The other party finished smashing everything...
What troubled him most was that hearing those words gave him an inexplicable sense of relief.
“Are you going to fight or not?” Lin Xiu raised his chin and looked at The other party in challenge.
The middle-aged man stared viciously at Lin Xiu for a long while, but in the end, he did not speak a single word.
“If you’re not fighting, we’re leaving.” Lin Xiu pointed toward the gate.
Seeing that The other party would not answer, Lin Xiu walked straight past him. As he left, he rammed his Shoulder into him. Unfortunately, The other party did not move at all; Lin Xiu stumbled from the impact instead.
“He’s pretty sturdy.” Lin Xiu muttered under his breath, then led his people away from Shuiyun Jian. Only the middle-aged man, the many Martial Artists of the City Lord's Mansion, and the wrecked Shuiyun Jian remained.
“Chief, you’re letting them leave like this?” A Martial Artist from the City Lord's Mansion walked up beside the man and asked indignantly.
“What else could I do?” the man said through gritted teeth. “He is, after all, Lin Zhanbei’s only son. If I killed him here today, I’m afraid all of us would have to accompany him in death!”
Hearing this, the martial artist’s expression changed. He lowered his head and said nothing more.
“However, we can’t let him off. His collusion with the Seraph of the Divine Kingdom won’t be so easy to overlook either!”
……
Lin Xiu, however, did not take this matter to heart. After leaving Shuiyun Jian, he told the Gang members who had followed him at school and gone into exile with him in Sin City to return home. After all, they had been away for three years. Now that they had finally returned to Biluo City, they should all go home and take a look.
As for the Underlings he had subdued after arriving in Sin City, he booked an entire hotel for them and arranged their stay. He also had Hu Shanyue take them around Biluo City and show them a good time. Sin City was nice, but it was an abandoned city, so its entertainment options were limited.
After settling everyone, Lin Xiu prepared to go home and get some proper rest. Once his father returned, he would ask about Magic City Martial University. When he turned around, however, he found Kadir still following him, with no intention of leaving.
“Why aren’t you going to the hotel with them?” Lin Xiu asked in surprise.
“I signed a Guardian Contract with you, so I must protect you without leaving your side.” Kadir wore a serious expression.
Lin Xiu had not intended to let the other party follow him. But after thinking it over, he realized that she was unfamiliar with the Gang members, and no one besides him could control her. If a conflict arose, it would be difficult to resolve. He therefore did not object and let her follow him home.
Lin Xiu’s home was in a villa district on the outskirts of Biluo City. Its spacious grounds and luxurious furnishings must have cost at least several million.
In his previous life, Lin Xiu’s father would probably have been branded corrupt. But no one investigated corruption in this world. In this chaotic age, as long as an official got things done, embezzling some money was nothing remarkable.
Of course, this was also because money was not the only currency in this world. In Dragon Country, nearly half the population were Awakener. Some people’s Awakened Items were completely useless, but any Awakener whose ability could fight, assist in combat, or provide significant help in daily life needed to cultivate to increase their Strength or enhance their Awakened Item’s effects.
Cultivation required cultivation resources. At present, the awakeners of Dragon Country had only one resource to aid their cultivation: Divine Stones!
The Night Watch Division and the Dragon Guard jointly supervised Dragon Country’s Divine Stone mining sites, monitoring each other to prevent unauthorized embezzlement.
Divine Stones were Dragon Country’s most important strategic resource. Lin Xiu’s father dared to amass wealth on a grand scale, live in the most luxurious Villa, and drive an expensive car, but he did not dare embezzle even half a Divine Stone!
As the Director of the Night Watch Division in Biluo City, he could embezzle tens of millions without consequence; the higher-ups of the Night Watch Division would turn a blind eye and pretend nothing had happened. But if he dared to embezzle Divine Stones without authorization, they would replace him as Director of the Night Watch Division by the next day!
When they arrived at the villa district, the Night Watch Division Member guarding the Entrance saw Lin Xiu and merely gave him a slight nod. His gaze lingered on Kadir for Several seconds before he Opened the Gate and let them in.
“Isn’t your father the director of the night watch division?” Kadir asked.
“Yes. What about it?” Lin Xiu countered.
“But the people from the Night Watch Division don’t seem respectful toward you.”
“It would be strange if they respected me.” Lin Xiu waved his hand and offered no Explain.
Whether it was the original owner of this body or Lin Xiu, who had crossed into this world, both were troublemakers. Every time he caused trouble, the Night Watch Division had to step in and clean up after him.
It had always been this way for so many years. Who could still respect him? It was already good enough that they did not curse him behind his back.
“Would it be all right if I stayed at your home?” Kadir hesitated before choosing to Speak.
“What would be inconvenient? There are only my father and me at home. We have plenty of spare rooms. You can tidy up any one of them.”
“What about your mother?” Kadir asked.
“She’s dead.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know...”
“It’s fine.” Lin Xiu said indifferently, “I’ve never seen her.”
Following Lin Xiu, Kadir thought she had brought up something painful and felt guilty. She changed the subject. “You grew up beside your father. You two must have had a good relationship, right?”
“As I remember it, he was kind whenever he wasn’t hitting people.” Lin Xiu’s memories of the past were unclear, but since he had crossed over, his father had hit him at least ten times.
Thinking of how his father had raised him alone, acting as both father and mother, Lin Xiu added, “He’s a decent person. Ever since my mother left, he’s been alone for more than twenty years. It hasn’t been easy for him.”
“Then your father must be a devoted man.” Kadir praised him.
“In that regard, I inherited it from my father,” Lin Xiu said with a serious expression.
Kadir gave two dry laughs and looked at Lin Xiu with a skeptical expression without saying anything.
Seeing that she did not believe him, Lin Xiu felt no embarrassment. He pointed toward a detached Villa nearby and said, “That’s my home up ahead. At this hour, my father probably hasn’t returned yet.”
After saying this, he took the front-door key from his pocket, walked forward, and Opened the door.
But the moment he Opened the door, both Lin Xiu and Kadir froze.
In the living room on the first floor of the Villa stood a woman. She looked no more than two years older than Lin Xiu and held a two- or three-year-old girl in her arms. When she saw Lin Xiu and Kadir, she froze as well.
“Who are you?”
“Isn’t this Lin Zhanbei’s house?” Lin Xiu began to doubt himself. Could he have entered the wrong house after being away for three years?
But he had used his own house key to open the door...
Hearing Lin Xiu’s words, the woman seemed to realize something. She then looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “Are you Lin Xiu?”
“That’s me.” Lin Xiu remained at the Entrance without entering and asked in confusion, “You know me?”
Only after receiving Lin Xiu’s answer did the woman smile and speak,
“Hello, Lin Xiu. I’m your mother.”
Lin Xiu: “???”
Kadir: “???”