"Songwen—"
Wen Lanlan screamed in terror.
The cigarette slipped from her hand...
Her beautiful eyes were wide with shock!
Her full chest heaved violently.
She never would have imagined that her husband, always so weak and timid, would actually dare to stab someone!
Nearby, his underlings, Tian Ji and Xiao Liu, were also stunned speechless.
Damn...
What was wrong with their useless Boss?
Had he lost his mind?
To be so ruthless!
Lu Chengfeng smiled, took some tissues from the sofa, removed his gold-rimmed glasses to wipe off the fresh blood, and then wiped the blood from his face.
His movements were incredibly elegant.
After putting his glasses back on, Lu Chengfeng looked coolly at A Lun, who was kneeling on the floor. He patted A Lun's face and said flatly, "Tell me everything, from beginning to end."
"If you tell the truth, for the sake of our brotherhood, I can get you medical help."
"You need to understand, you're bleeding out fast. You don't have much time left."
"Understand?"
A Lun knelt on the ground, gasping violently for air, trying to press his hands against the four bloody holes.
But he couldn't stop it.
The blood was gushing out too fast.
He knew that at this rate, if he didn't get immediate medical attention to stop the bleeding, he would be dead within five minutes.
His only way out was to beg for mercy.
"Boss, I... I was wrong. I'm just too in love with Sister-in-law."
"So I put a hallucinogen in your drink. It was supposed to make you hallucinate, fall into the sea, and make it look like you drowned."
"That way, I could have... Sister-in-law, and then... take your place."
"Boss... I was wrong..."
"I shouldn't have coveted Sister-in-law. Please... save me."
"From now on, A Lun... will be your... loyal servant... Just save me."
Nearby, Wen Lanlan and the other two underlings were stunned.
So the Boss's disappearance for the past five days was A Lun's doing all along!
"A Lun, you son of a bitch!" Wen Lanlan snapped. "You spent the last five days pretending to search for the Boss, but it was you all along!"
Lu Chengfeng chuckled. "A Lun, you've got a good attitude about admitting your mistakes."
"Boss... please, save me... stop the bleeding..." A Lun's voice was growing weak.
Lu Chengfeng smiled, patted A Lun's shoulder, then moved behind him, suddenly grabbing his neck and pressing the gleaming dagger against it.
"Boss—"
A Lun realized something was wrong and tried to get up and fight back.
Lu Chengfeng smiled. "Fuck! Coveting your sister-in-law! Murdering your big brother! Did you really expect me to take you to the hospital?!"
"You can dream about her in your next life! Just bear with it, it'll be over in a second."
As he spoke, a sinister curve formed on Lu Chengfeng's lips...
He yanked the dagger sideways...
And slit A Lun's throat.
*Gurgle—*
*Gurgle—*
A Lun collapsed, clutching his throat, his eyes fixed on Lu Chengfeng in despair.
Wen Lanlan was frozen in shock.
Xiao Liu and Tian Ji were stunned too.
He killed him.
So decisively.
Without a shred of mercy or hesitation.
Was... was he still the same quiet, weak, and timid Boss they knew?
Lu Chengfeng looked at Tian Ji and Xiao Liu and held out the knife.
The two of them froze.
"Xiao Liu, Tian Ji, come and add a few stabs. Let's send A Lun off together," Lu Chengfeng said flatly.
Xiao Liu and Tian Ji were so scared their legs went weak.
Even though they were in a gang, their usual activities were just brawls and collecting protection money.
Even if they got caught, they'd only get a few years in prison.
But murder was different.
That earned you a bullet.
Xiao Liu and Tian Ji shook their heads frantically.
"You don't dare?" Lu Chengfeng asked, gripping the knife and smiling at them.
"You want me, your Boss, to take the fall for murder all by myself?"
"So that in the future, you can sell me out, and I'll be the only one taking a bullet?"
"In that case... I'll have to do some risk management."
A cold glint gradually appeared in Lu Chengfeng's eyes...
The knife in his hand crept forward...
*Fuck!*
Xiao Liu and Tian Ji understood.
If they didn't get on this sinking ship, they would be silenced.
Left with no choice, Xiao Liu and Tian Ji went up and stabbed the body a few times, until A Lun was completely dead.
The scene fell utterly silent.
The thick, pungent smell of blood filled the air.
Wen Lanlan finally snapped out of it and looked at Xiao Liu and Tian Ji.
"What are you standing around for?!" Wen Lanlan chided. "What's done is done, no point in hesitating now!"
"Take the bloody carpet out and burn it!"
"And dump the body in the sea! Remember to use two sacks and weigh it down with rocks!"
After all, Wen Lanlan was a gang boss's wife; she knew how to handle a crisis with a clear head.
"Yes, Sister-in-law!"
A short while later, Xiao Liu and Tian Ji had carried out the carpet and A Lun's body.
The villa fell completely silent once more.
The sensual Wen Lanlan stared at Lu Chengfeng in astonishment.
The clean white shirt, the impeccable hairstyle, the handsome face, the elegant gold-rimmed glasses...
Once so familiar...
Now so utterly strange...
"Are... are you sure you're my husband?" Wen Lanlan asked, her voice trembling.
"Before, you couldn't even bear to kill a chicken!"
"You even said you wanted to get out of the gang life!"
"But today, when you used that knife, you were more ruthless than any boss in the organization!"
"You... how did you become like this?!"
Lu Chengfeng sat there impassively, not saying a word, but inwardly he was delighted.
Wen Lanlan's doubts about his appearance had finally subsided.
When he first came in, he had gone to shower, briefly avoiding Wen Lanlan to let her vaguely get used to the idea that her husband was really back.
Then, he brought up the affair to initially distract her.
And finally, he dealt with A Lun, creating a shocking contrast in personality.
Sure enough, right now, Wen Lanlan's attention was completely focused on his change in character, and she was ignoring his appearance and the general feeling he gave off.
A complete success.
"Answer me! Who are you?! I don't think you're the Lu Songwen I know anymore!"
Wen Lanlan didn't dare get any closer to Lu Chengfeng, questioning him from three meters away.
Lu Chengfeng finally raised his eyes to look at Wen Lanlan.
"Do you know how a spring works?"
"When a spring is compressed to its absolute limit, its rebound is the most powerful."
Wen Lanlan looked at him, impressed but not quite understanding.
Lu Chengfeng continued, "I was adrift in the ocean for two days and two nights! I was hovering at death's door!"
"During those two days and nights, I did a lot of thinking."
"Before, I was a complete waste of space."
"The other bosses in the organization pushed me around, I couldn't hold my territory, my own men didn't respect me, and A Lun even wanted to kill me and take my place!"
"Most of the time, a man goes through life without understanding its meaning. But when he's about to die, he understands everything! Completely!"
"I've decided... to turn over a new leaf!"
Lu Chengfeng raised his eyes and looked at Wen Lanlan with a fiery intensity.
In that instant, Wen Lanlan felt an unprecedented aura of power radiating from him.
It was shocking.
Absolutely shocking.
"I used to be like a dog that never barked."
"But from now on, I'm going to be a vicious dog! The kind that will tear you to pieces at a moment's notice!"
With that, Lu Chengfeng walked over to Wen Lanlan and gently wrapped his arm around her sensual waist and hips.
"Honey, it's time for us to rest."
"Starting tonight, I'll show you a brand new husband."
Proofreader: Peter Pan