The man was courting death.
The moment Xiao Junhan’s voice fell, Lin Haochen slowly raised his hand.
SLAP!
The crisp sound of a slap echoed!
A single slap from Lin Haochen sent Xiao Junhan sprawling, knocking out three of his teeth!
Luo Xiaofeng stared at Lin Haochen in disbelief.
‘He…
he actually dared to slap Xiao Junhan!’
‘That’s Xiao Junhan he just hit!’
‘The young master of the Xiao Family!’
‘The Xiao Family is a powerhouse second only to the five great families, on the same level as the Wansheng Group!’
‘Does this Lin Haochen have a death wish?’
“You…
you actually dared to hit me!
You’re fucking looking for death!”
Xiao Junhan scrambled up from the floor, clutching his swollen left cheek as he snarled with a ferocious expression.
But to his shock, the moment the words left his mouth, his legs gave out, and he fell to his knees!
The entire room fell deathly silent!
Everyone present thought they were seeing things.
A man dressed in cheap clothes had not only dared to slap Xiao Junhan in public but had even forced him to his knees!
It was simply unheard of!
“You!
You!
Lin Haochen, you…
you’re finished!
How dare you hit Junhan!
The Xiao Family will never let you get away with this!”
Luo Xiaofeng pointed at Lin Haochen, her whole body trembling.
She knew that neither Xiao Junhan nor the Xiao Family would let this insult slide.
There would no longer be a place for Lin Haochen in all of Jin City!
However, Lin Haochen merely glanced at Luo Xiaofeng, and that single look sent a bone-piercing chill through her, as if she had been instantly transported to an arctic glacier.
“Considering we were classmates for six years, I’ll spare your life today.”
Without waiting for Xiao Junhan to respond, Lin Haochen picked up the three bags from the checkout counter, took out his card, swiped it, and left.
Only after Lin Haochen had left did the crowd gradually snap out of their daze.
The young female cashier, recalling the moment he had swiped his card, couldn’t help but swallow nervously.
‘If I saw that correctly,’ she thought, ‘that was the custom Black Gold Card launched by the Qihui Conglomerate three years ago.
Only five of them were ever made for the entire world!’
‘If that card really is one of the five Black Gold Cards from the Qihui Conglomerate, then forget just beating up Xiao Junhan—even if Lin Haochen had crippled him, the Xiao Family wouldn’t dare to say a single word in protest!’
‘Just who is this young man?’
As Lin Haochen walked out of the mall, he couldn’t help but shake his head.
He never expected Luo Xiaofeng, once the most sought-after girl at Jin City Third Middle School, to become the person she was today.
The past was in the past, like smoke in the wind.
Running into Luo Xiaofeng today also reminded Lin Haochen of another old classmate.
He wondered how she, who had also been one of the most popular girls back then, was doing now.
But no matter what she had become, she wouldn’t be the same girl from all those years ago—the one Lin Haochen once had a secret crush on.
Lin Haochen had just gotten back to the villa, showered, and changed his clothes when he received a call from Lin Mushu.
“Little brother, where are you?
You have to come to a dinner party with me tonight!”
Lin Mushu’s voice was filled with excitement.
He could tell right away that her negotiations with Deng Wenbin had gone smoothly.
“Sure!
When should I come over?”
“Come to the company at six…
No, no, just wait at home.
I’ll come pick you up, and I can change my clothes then too.”
“No problem.
By the way, Sis, I happened to save a retired soldier when I was abroad.
He’s back in the country and looking for a job, so I offered him the position of security chief at Muchen Group.
That’s alright, isn’t it?”
“Of course, no problem at all!”
When Lin Mushu heard the man was a retired soldier, she agreed instantly.
The current security chief at Muchen Group was a relative of Liu Hong’s.
He was already fifty, had a huge beer belly, and didn’t look the part at all.
Having a veteran take over as security chief for Muchen Group would be a huge improvement.
“Great, then I’ll wait at home for you, Sis.”
After hanging up, Lin Haochen received another call.
“Lord Netherworld King!”
“There’s been movement from the European War God Hall.”
“As you instructed, we released the news that you failed in your breakthrough and were left seriously injured and in a coma.
They’ve urgently recalled the six War Gods stationed abroad.
It looks like they’re planning to make a move.”
“I’m aware.
Proceed according to the original plan.”
“Yes, sir!
But Lord Netherworld King, when will you be returning to the Netherworld King’s Hall?”
Lin Haochen chuckled lightly.
“I’m not coming back,” he said.
“From now on, you are the master of the Netherworld King’s Hall.”
With that, Lin Haochen hung up.
He had grown tired of the endless life of killing.
He no longer wanted to be some Netherworld King.
All he wanted was to uncover the truth behind his parents’ murder, avenge them, and then live a quiet, peaceful life.
「Muchen Group.」
“Speak!
Who put you up to this!”
Bei Mu held a disarmed time bomb, his foot pinning a security guard to the floor as he spoke with a vicious glare.
“N-no, it wasn’t me!”
“It wasn’t you?
If it wasn’t you, then why did you try to run the moment you saw me walk out with this bomb?”
Bei Mu said coldly.
The way this guard looked at the bomb wasn’t with the normal fear of an ordinary person; it was the terror of someone with a guilty conscience.
“Y-you’re holding a bomb!
I…
I…
of course I was scared!”
“I’m not interested in your excuses.
If you don’t tell me what I want to hear today, this baton here will be your end!”
The moment the words left his mouth, Bei Mu stomped his other foot, crushing the guard’s baton into powder!
GASP!
That was a police baton, not some wooden stick!
And the new security guard had crushed it to pieces with a single stomp!