“Y-You… what are you doing…?”
Her sister still had a shred of reason left. Flustered and angry, she snapped, “I’m telling you… my name is Su Banxia, and she’s Su Zixuan. We’re heiresses of the Jiangbei Su Family, one of the wealthiest families around!
If you dare get any funny ideas… the Su Family won’t let you get away with it…”
Lin Yan rolled his eyes. “What are you imagining? My shirt’s soaked through with blood and stuck to my skin. I took it off so I could use Qigong to detoxify you.”
Su Banxia’s cheeks flushed. She huffed, “You should’ve explained that in the first place!”
The two sisters had been afflicted by a potent paralyzing poison that blocked the nerves, leaving them unable to muster even the slightest strength.
Lin Yan said dismissively, “If you’re going to save someone, see it through to the end.”
Lin Yan couldn’t be bothered with her wary gaze. He strode forward, took Su Zixuan’s wrist, and pressed a fingertip against her pulse point.
“Ah… that hurts…”
Su Zixuan lightly pounded Lin Yan’s arm, but only a moment later, as his true qi flowed into her, she felt the weakness in her body rapidly receding.
“What… what are you doing? Let go of my sister!” Su Banxia cried out in anger and alarm, thinking Lin Yan was hurting her.
“I’m using true qi to regulate her meridians and force the poison out!
If you don’t want to end up a vegetable, sit still.” Lin Yan’s voice was cold.
“Nonsense!”
Su Banxia didn’t believe a word Lin Yan said. How could simply gripping someone’s wrist cure poison?
“Sis… he’s telling the truth… I’ve got my strength back…”
The next moment, Su Zixuan had fully recovered. Delighted, she exclaimed, “Sis, his Qigong is amazing!”
Meanwhile, Su Banxia’s complexion grew increasingly ghastly. Sweat poured from her body; the poison was nearing its peak and about to destroy her nervous system.
Lin Yan held out his hand to Su Banxia.
“Give me your wrist. It’s up to you whether you want me to treat you.”
In the end, Su Banxia couldn’t withstand the terror of being on the brink of death. She forced down her wariness and offered Lin Yan her wrist.
A few minutes later.
After confirming that the poison had been completely neutralized in both sisters, Lin Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief and lit a cigarette, relaxing.
“Oh, right. You said you’d give me a lot of money for saving you. My bank card number is…”
“You were so rough just now that you hurt us, and now you’re asking for money?” Su Zixuan said stubbornly. In truth, she knew he’d saved her; she just couldn’t stand Lin Yan’s laid-back attitude.
“So you’re saying you want to welsh on the deal?”
Lin Yan’s expression immediately turned cold. He stood up, walked to the cabin door, and shouted outside:
“Hey, come take a look! The Su family heiresses are refusing to pay!
Everyone, come and see! I’ve never seen anyone so shameless!”
“You… you…”
Su Zixuan was so furious that her chest heaved violently.
How could a man be so shameless and unreasonable?
“Stop shouting. There’s a million in this account.
The PIN is written on the back.”
Su Banxia calmly took a bank card from her purse and handed it to Lin Yan.
Lin Yan accepted the card without hesitation and grinned. “That’s more like it.
Remember this: I, Lin Yan, keep favors and grudges separate. One thing at a time.
If it weren’t for the money, do you think I’d want to deal with your mess?”
“You…”
Su Zixuan gritted her teeth, wanting to slap Lin Yan. When he’d saved them, she’d clearly sensed that he was an unparalleled expert. How could he now look like such a money-grubbing thug? The contrast was too much!
“Hey!”
Su Banxia gave Su Zixuan a look, then turned to Lin Yan with a smile.
“Thank you for saving our lives. May I ask your name, benefactor?”
“Lin Yan.”
“Mr. Lin, I’d like to hire you as my and my sister’s personal bodyguard. Name your price.”
“What?” Su Zixuan’s eyes widened. “Sis, you want to hire this scoundrel as our bodyguard?”
Su Banxia ignored Su Zixuan. She had just witnessed Lin Yan’s skills with her own eyes.
So many men had attacked him at once, and one of them had even had a gun. Yet Lin Yan had taken them all down by himself in just a few seconds.
“You’ve already arrived in Great Xia. Why do you still need a bodyguard?” Lin Yan asked.
Su Banxia hesitated, then said, “To be honest, my sister and I developed the world’s most advanced AI Large Language Model. It’s three times as efficient as the most powerful AI model currently available.
Powers all over the world want to work with us. They all want to get the model’s code ahead of time.
Those foreigners just now were sent by one such faction. They wanted to force us to hand over the code through this despicable tactic.”
“Only three times as efficient? Was all this really necessary?” Lin Yan said, unimpressed.
“What do you know?
In today’s world, whoever controls AI controls the world!
Whoever gets a Large Language Model that’s three times as efficient can win the whole competition in an instant!
Someone like you probably doesn’t even know what AI is, right?” Su Zixuan sneered.
Lin Yan rubbed his nose.
Among his hundred masters, one was the father of AI. Several unfinished AI models he’d casually developed back then had been fought over by countries around the world, but he’d used all the top-tier AI he had to entertain Pei Yuhan.
With Lin Yan’s lineage of masters, casually creating a Large Language Model ten or twenty times as efficient would be a piece of cake.
That was why he found it rather ridiculous that people had gone to such lengths—drugging and hunting them down—just to get their hands on a Large Language Model that was three times as efficient.
“Sorry, I’m not interested in being a bodyguard. I have personal matters to take care of.”
With that, Lin Yan turned and left.
Su Banxia’s beautiful eyes narrowed. “You think you can just take advantage of us and run? It won’t be that easy.”
…
…
The parking lot at the docks.
The Fake Young Master, Lin Che, was speaking to his eldest sister, Lin Wanyu, with tears in his eyes.
“Sis, just let me marry into the Tang Family. I really don’t want to trouble Lin Yan anymore.”
Lin Wanyu’s expression darkened. “What nonsense are you talking about?
That Tang family heiress isn’t just a widow; she has baggage, too, and she’s afflicted with a strange illness. The pain has tormented her until she’s barely distinguishable from a monster.”
Lin Che hesitated. “But… I only got the investment because I promised to marry into the Tang Family.
Now I’ve taken the money, but Lin Yan is the one being sent to marry in. Will the Tang Family retaliate against us?”
Lin Wanyu reassured him. “Things are different now!
Old Master Tang has passed away. No one is protecting Tang Xuejian anymore.
And everyone in the Tang Family has their eyes on her assets. They’d be more than happy if Tang Xuejian’s husband were a useless good-for-nothing!”
Lin Che asked anxiously, “But will Lin Yan agree?”
Lin Wanyu scoffed. “Why wouldn’t he?
He’s an unschooled country bumpkin who only made it through middle school, and he’s a convict who spent five years in prison. He should be grateful they don’t look down on him. What right does he have to look down on them?”
Lin Che’s eyes lit up. “So, for Lin Yan, this is a good thing?”
“To be precise, it’s a wonderful thing! The kind of thing that would make him wake up laughing!” Lin Wanyu declared.
“That’s great, Sis. Then I don’t have to feel guilty anymore,” Lin Che said with a smile.
Just then, Lin Yan walked over.
Seeing that he hadn’t yet had a chance to change out of his foreign prison uniform, disdain flashed in their eyes.
But since they needed something from him, they had no choice but to pretend to be warm and friendly.
Lin Che hurried over and took Lin Yan’s hand, making a show of asking after his well-being. Then he said, “Brother Yan, these five years must have been so hard on you.
Don’t worry. I promised you before that if you took the blame for me, I’d make sure you lived in wealth and honor for the rest of your life once you got out.
I always keep my word!”
Lin Yan raised an eyebrow. “Oh, really?
You also said that if I took the blame for you, you’d make sure I was taken care of in there and never had to suffer.
So how come I didn’t see you once in all those five years?”
Lin Che’s smile froze, and he stammered, unable to answer.
But Lin Wanyu impatiently cut in:
“Your prison was overseas. Everyone at home had proper work to do. Who had time to visit you?”
“Besides, to make up for what you went through these past five years, A-Che spent ages arranging a good marriage for you.
The bride is the eldest miss of the wealthy Tang Family. Marry her, and you’ll enjoy wealth and honor for the rest of your life!”
“Why don’t you thank A-Che?”
Lin Che took Lin Yan’s hand and smiled with an air of guileless innocence. “It’s the least I could do.
Brother Yan, I owe you this.
Don’t be shy. We’re family. As long as we live happily together from now on, that’s what matters most.”
Lin Yan gave a scornful smile.
Though he’d never met the eldest miss of the Tang Family, he could guess she was no good.
Lin Wanyu impatiently pulled a marriage contract from her bag and handed it to Lin Yan. “Hurry up and sign it, then go to the Tang Family and enjoy your good fortune!
Today is A-Che’s celebration banquet. Lots of important guests have come to the house, and they’re all waiting for him!
Stop wasting everyone’s time!”
Lin Yan took the marriage contract and tore it to shreds before their disbelieving eyes!
“Sorry, but I refuse this marriage!”
“You!”
Lin Wanyu was just about to blow up.
But Lin Che held her back. “Sis, Lin Yan’s angry right now. Let’s have Mom and Dad explain it to him properly when we get back.🟡🟨”
Lin Wanyu understood what Lin Che meant and turned to Lin Yan.
“Get in the trunk. Hurry up and stop dawdling!”
Lin Che gave an apologetic smile. “Sorry, Brother Yan. There’s too much stuff in the back seat, so you’ll have to ride in the trunk.
But don’t worry, our car has a spacious, comfortable trunk.”
Lin Yan’s face was full of mockery. “If the trunk’s so great, why don’t you ride in it?”
“Lin Yan!!! You country-bumpkin convict, you should be grateful you even get to ride in the trunk! What more do you want?
Get in there and lie down, or else…”
Before Lin Wanyu could finish, Lin Yan condensed his qi into a needle with his right hand and shot it into Lin Che and Lin Wanyu’s bodies…