Across the street from the Muchen Building was a bun shop, a place Lin Mushu often visited.
“Haochen, you’ve suffered so much abroad all these years.”
Lin Mushu sat across from Lin Haochen, her chin cupped in her hands, gazing at him with loving eyes.
The scene was as beautiful as a painting.
Lin Haochen shook his head.
“Compared to being back with you, sister, the hardships I endured in the past are nothing!”
“Oh, you.
You still have such a sweet way with words!
Come on, eat up!”
Lin Mushu chuckled, her voice full of happiness.
Lin Haochen finished his breakfast under Lin Mushu’s watchful eyes, wiped his mouth, and said, “Sister, I want to go see Mom and Dad first.”
At his words, Lin Mushu’s smile vanished, and a desolate look filled her eyes.
“I want to see them too, but… but I’ve never had the chance.”
“Never had the chance?
What do you mean?”
Lin Haochen’s expression flickered.
‘It seems King Yama left a few things out!’
“Five years ago, after Mom and Dad’s accident, the police sent their bodies directly to the crematorium.
They were cremated, but I don’t even know where their ashes are, let alone having them buried.”
As Lin Mushu spoke, her eyes grew red and tears welled up.
Not being able to be there for her parents in the end was a pain that would forever weigh on her heart.
“I’ve tried to investigate over the past few years, but I’ve found nothing.
It’s as if… as if they never existed.
Every trace of them was wiped completely clean.”
She wiped a tear from the corner of her eye and continued, “And what’s more, six years ago, a month after you went abroad, Mom and Dad gave me their savings and told me to go start my own business.
A week before their accident, Dad called.
He told me that no matter what happened, I must not return to Jin City, and I had to keep my identity hidden.
That’s why after the Lin Family was gone, almost nobody knew I was their daughter.”
Hearing this, a colossal wave of killing intent surged from within Lin Haochen, and a faint red glow appeared in his eyes!
‘So my parents knew a year ahead of time that someone wanted to harm them.
That’s why they sent me abroad and had Lin Mushu hide her identity and leave Jin City.’
‘From the looks of it, the enemy is incredibly powerful—so powerful they can blot out the sky with a single hand.’
‘But now, I, Lin Haochen, have returned!’
‘It’s time to settle this, once and for all!’
‘And it will all begin with the Zhao Family, who clearly have a death wish!’
“Sister, I swear I’ll get to the bottom of this.
Everyone involved will pay for what they’ve done!”
Lin Mushu nodded.
“I believe in you!”
Looking at Lin Haochen, Lin Mushu realized that her little brother had truly grown up during his six years abroad.
Afterward, Lin Mushu gave Lin Haochen her car keys and the keycard to their villa on Celestial Lake Island, telling him to head back first.
Driving Lin Mushu’s Mercedes S500, Lin Haochen didn’t head for the villa on Celestial Lake Island.
Instead, he drove to the headquarters of Qihui Conglomerate’s Southwest Region in Xia Country.
Qihui Conglomerate was one of the top ten conglomerates in the world.
Even its Southwest Branch in Xia Country was an entity that far surpassed the five great families of Jin City in scale.
Lin Haochen walked into the Qihui Building, took a seat on a sofa in the lobby, and casually picked up a magazine.
‘As expected of Qihui Conglomerate,’ he thought.
‘This place is far more impressive than my sister’s Muchen Group Building.
If I recall correctly, the person in charge of Qihui Conglomerate in Xia Country is Deng Wenbin.’
Before long, a man in a suit approached Lin Haochen.
“Excuse me, sir.
Is there anything I can help you with?”
This was a junior account manager at Qihui.
He had noticed Lin Haochen arrive in a Mercedes and proactively approached him.
With any luck, he might even close a deal.
Lin Haochen continued to flip through the magazine, saying nonchalantly, “Just go get Deng Wenbin for me.”
The junior account manager gasped at Lin Haochen’s words.
‘Who the hell is this guy?
How dare he be so arrogant?’
‘Deng Wenbin?’
‘He was the only director on Qihui Conglomerate’s board with Xia Country citizenship.
More importantly, he was the head of all of Qihui Conglomerate’s operations in Xia Country!’
‘It was no exaggeration to say that Deng Wenbin was the master of Qihui in Xia Country!’
‘Even the Patriarch of the Cao Family, the leader of Jin City’s five great families, had to be completely deferential in his presence!’
‘Yet this young man, who looked to be in his twenties, not only dared to use his full name but was actually demanding that Deng Wenbin come see *him*!’
‘Was this guy just arrogant, or did he have a death wish?’
“Sir, you’re putting me in a very difficult position.
I’m just a junior account manager; how could I possibly summon President Deng?
Besides, our President Deng is an incredibly busy man.
He’s not someone you can meet just by asking.”
“Of course, if you were here to discuss a deal worth hundreds of millions and had made an appointment a week in advance, then perhaps you might get to see President Deng.”
The account manager’s tone was now laced with scorn.
If he hadn’t seen Lin Haochen arrive in a Mercedes, he would have already called security to throw him out.
“You only need to tell Deng Wenbin that the Netherworld King is here.
That will be sufficient.”
Lin Haochen kept his eyes on the magazine, still not looking up.
‘Netherworld King?
Why not call yourself the Jade Emperor while you’re at it?
What a joke!’
The account manager rolled his eyes at Lin Haochen.
Without wasting another word, he turned and walked back to his office, having already branded Lin Haochen an idiot in his mind.