“Please do not hang up.
The number you have dialed is currently busy.”
Wang Jian tried calling twice in a row, but the line was busy both times!
He faintly sensed that something was amiss, and a flicker of apprehension appeared in his eyes as he looked at Lin Haochen.
But he quickly pushed that terrible thought from his mind.
‘This guy is just an ignorant country bumpkin who doesn’t know his place.
Even the young master of the Cao Family, the leader of the five great families, couldn’t bankrupt the Tianhong Group with a single phone call!
Besides, it has only been two minutes since he made the call.
There is absolutely no one in Jin City who could accomplish that in such a short amount of time.’
However, when Wang Jian tried calling his father three times in a row and the line was still busy, he started to panic.
‘Could it be?
Is the Tianhong Group really in trouble?’
‘Impossible!
Dad must just be really busy right now.’
“Brother Jian, what’s wrong?
Is your father not answering?
He must be in the middle of an important business deal.
After all, your father is the chairman of the Tianhong Group; he always has important matters to attend to.”
“Shut up!”
But Wang Jian suddenly roared at Feng Anyan and shoved her away.
The fact that no one had answered after so many calls meant something terrible must have happened.
He grew inexplicably agitated.
Seeing this, Lin Haochen chuckled.
“Showing your true colors so soon?”
Wang Jian couldn’t be bothered with anything else.
He kept dialing his father’s number, and this time, the call finally went through.
But the moment the call connected, the first words he heard plunged him into an abyss of despair.
“The Tianhong Group…
we’re finished!”
“D-Dad, you…
you can’t be…
j-j-joking, right?”
The declaration that the Tianhong Group was finished struck Wang Jian like a bolt from the blue.
His whole body went rigid.
He stared at Lin Haochen in utter disbelief, completely deaf to his father’s words.
CLATTER!
Wang Jian’s phone slipped from his hand.
His entire body trembled as he stared at Lin Haochen.
Then, his legs gave out, and he collapsed to his knees.
“Wh-who…
who in the world are you?
Not even the Cao Family could bankrupt the Tianhong Group in such a short amount of time!
Could it be…
are…
are you from the Imperial!”
“Who am I?
I am Lin Haochen of Jin City!”
Kneeling on the ground, Wang Jian heard the name “Lin Haochen,” and he suddenly remembered the incident from five years ago!
Five years ago, the Lin Family, a family nearly as powerful as the Tianhong Group, was annihilated overnight.
All twenty-eight members were killed, but rumor had it that one of them had escaped.
Wang Jian racked his brain.
‘Wasn’t there someone in the Lin Family named Lin Haochen?’
‘Could he be back for revenge?’
‘The Tianhong Group hadn’t been directly involved in the incident five years ago, but they had certainly reaped plenty of benefits in the aftermath.’
“You’re…
one of the Lin Family from five years ago!”
Wang Jian spoke with terror in his voice, but he couldn’t understand.
‘How could a stray dog like him now wield so much power?’
Lin Haochen chuckled coldly.
“I’m surprised there’s still someone in Jin City who knows who I am.”
“So you really are from the Lin Family!
That incident five years ago had nothing to do with the Tianhong Group!
The businesses we absorbed were all ones the Cao and Zhao Families let go of.
It had nothing to do with us, I swear!”
Wang Jian assumed Lin Haochen was out for revenge and that bankrupting the Tianhong Group had been a long-premeditated plot.
“It looks like you know a few things about what happened five years ago.”
Lin Haochen walked over to Wang Jian and spoke to the phone on the ground.
The phone had fallen, but the call hadn’t disconnected.
Lin Haochen’s words were meant for Wang Jian’s father.
“Before noon today, go to the Muchen Group, find Lin Mushu, and tell her everything you know.”
SMASH!
The moment he finished speaking, Lin Haochen stomped on Wang Jian’s phone, crushing it, then sent Wang Jian flying dozens of meters with a single kick.
GULP!
Feng Anyan, who had been standing off to the side, swallowed hard as she watched.
Her mind went completely blank, and she didn’t know what to do.
Lin Haochen paid her no mind and walked back toward the dealership.
He had come to buy a car today; dealing with Wang Jian was just an unexpected bonus.
“How much longer do you plan on watching from back there?”
Lin Haochen said suddenly, facing forward, as he opened the door to the G-Wagon.
Just then, a middle-aged man rushed over, his forehead already beaded with cold sweat.
It was the dealership manager.
He had been observing quietly from the back ever since Wang Jian arrived, wanting to see which of the two men, Lin Haochen or Wang Jian, was the one he could less afford to provoke.
Before the manager could even reach him, Lin Haochen tossed a card in his direction.
“Run the card.”
With that, Lin Haochen pulled open the car door and got in.
He had an auction to get to after buying the car, and there was an item there he wanted.
Not daring to delay for a second, the manager processed the paperwork at top speed and handed the keys and card back to Lin Haochen.
Taking the keys, Lin Haochen drove off without another word.
As for Feng Anyan, he couldn’t be bothered to deal with her.
It would be beneath him.
Lin Haochen drove the G-Wagon toward the Global Center.
The auction started at ten o’clock, so he had just enough time to get there.
SCREECH—
He hadn’t been driving for long when something unexpected happened: a woman in tattered, blood-soaked clothes was lying prone in the middle of the road!
Lin Haochen frowned as he looked at the woman on the road.
He normally wouldn’t get involved in something like this, but the moment he saw her, he felt a sense of familiarity.
Naturally purple hair was rare, and Lin Haochen happened to know a woman with purple hair and purple eyes.
‘Oh, well.
Might as well go take a look.’
Lin Haochen got out of the car and walked over to the woman.
He frowned.
‘She’s a Martial Cultivator?
And her injuries were inflicted by one, too.’
Lin Haochen reached out and turned the woman over to check her condition.
But the instant he turned her over, his heart clenched violently!