After that, the female clerk glanced at Qin Qinghan with some contempt, and said, "Follow me."
The female clerk led Qin Qinghan to a very large glass window, and said to a middle-aged man inside, "She's here to redeem something, I'll leave her to you."
After saying that, the female clerk went to play on her phone.
The middle-aged man stretched out his hand to Qin Qinghan in a neither cold nor hot manner, and said, "Give me the receipt."
Qin Qinghan hurriedly handed the receipt to the middle-aged man.
However, when the middle-aged man glanced at the receipt, a strange look suddenly appeared on his originally plain expression.
Then he said to the female clerk playing on her phone outside, "Manager Li, come here for a moment."
The female clerk was clearly somewhat impatient, but still entered through a side security door.
Qin Qinghan felt puzzled, but saw the middle-aged man saying something to the female clerk, while glancing at herself from time to time. Her intuition told Qin Qinghan that this was probably not a good thing.
Soon, the female clerk walked out from inside. She handed the receipt back to Qin Qinghan, and said expressionlessly, "We don't have the ring you mentioned here."
Upon hearing this, Qin Qinghan's eyebrows immediately wrinkled. She took the receipt and asked again, "But this receipt is indeed from Xihutang Pawn Shop. Please take another look."
The impatience in the female clerk's eyes grew thicker. She snorted, "If we don't have it, we don't have it. No matter how much extra you pay, pestering me further will make me call security."
At this time, the two security guards holding rubber batons slowly walked towards Qin Qinghan.
Qin Qinghan was no fool. She could sense something wrong here. Could it be that they did not want her to redeem the high-quality imitation ring?
"Miss, please leave," one of the security guards said to Qin Qinghan coldly.
Qin Qinghan took two steps back. She wanted to leave but was also unwilling. She bit her lip and said, "I...I can pay more commission. I just want to get the ring back."
Seeing that Qin Qinghan was stubborn, the female clerk said coldly, "It's not here so it's not here. No matter how much extra you pay, it won't appear. Leave now or I'll have the guards throw you out."
The two security guards put away their batons, their eyes filling with lewd laughter. Having a beauty like this get roughed up a bit during bodily contact would also be fine.
Thinking this, the two men slowly approached Qin Qinghan.
"What's going on here?"
Just after the two men approached Qin Qinghan by two steps, a vigorous male voice rang out.
Everyone looked back to see four men in suits walking out from the pawn shop.
The middle-aged man walking in front had a slightly thin figure, but his gaze revealed an aura of prestige without anger. One could sense a slyness and depth from him.
Seeing the newcomer, the female clerk and two security guards hurriedly shouted in unison, "Good day, Director Chen."
Facing this middle-aged man's aura, the female clerk and security guards were extremely serious, seeming extremely afraid of him.
Even Qin Qinghan felt nervous meeting the middle-aged man's gaze.
The middle-aged man's impatient gaze lingered on Qin Qinghan for a while, also seeming stunned by her city-toppling beauty and pure temperament.
Soon after, the middle-aged man snorted at the female clerk, "What's going on here?"
The female clerk obeyed and said, "Director Chen, this woman came to redeem a ring."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man frowned, "Useless fool, even a small ring can cause trouble for a customer?"
The female clerk's face turned pale white. "But...we never received a ring from her. This miss is making trouble groundlessly."
Hearing this, the suspicion in the middle-aged man's gaze towards Qin Qinghan instantly turned malicious.
Just then, the middle-aged man from the counter walked to the side of the middle-aged man and whispered something to him.
Following that, the malice in the middle-aged man's eyes grew sharper. He said to Qin Qinghan, "Miss, even daring to falsely accuse and swindle in my store, do you know who I, Xihufeng Hei of Xihutang, am? You dare try to cheat me."
Upon hearing the four words "Xihufeng Hei of Xihutang", Qin Qinghan's face instantly turned pale white. Although she had never seen Xihufeng Hei before, she was very clear that Xihufeng Hei was as famously ruthless as Donglong Bawang Jiang Hao.
In fact, it could be said that Xihufeng Hei started over 10 years earlier than Jiang Hao.
She had heard that this man was extremely vicious. He once broke the legs of an entire village of 1000 people over a land dispute.
Qin Qinghan involuntarily retreated several steps, but she still had some stubbornness in her soft-hearted nature. Keeping her head low, she said, "You...you are clearly bullying your customers. You can check the surveillance recordings. If there really is no such thing, I...I will apologize in person."
"Insolent fool, not even a police officer dares speak to me like that. Throw her out!" The middle-aged man's tone suddenly rose, his face showing more gloom.
Whoosh!
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a bodyguard behind him flashed over to Qin Qinghan and slapped towards her face.
This slap was fast and fierce, without any intention of showing mercy to a beauty.
Crash...rustle~!
Just then, the glass doors of the shop let out a muffled crashing sound. The over 2-meter tall glass doors shattered with a boom.
Whoosh!
A sharp whistling sound rang out as shards of glass flew over lightning-fast, accurately hitting the bodyguard's palm and directly piercing through it.
"Ah!"
The bodyguard let out a miserable shriek, and the palm about to slap Qin Qinghan's face instantly pulled back. Crimson blood splattered all over the floor.
"Chen Yuanzhong, you've still got some nerve bullying a woman with a group of men. As always, you're completely unprincipled!"
Following that, a low and cold voice rang out from outside the shattered glass doors.
Hearing this familiar voice, complicated emotions flashed across Qin Qinghan's pale face, but she also felt a sense of safety in her heart.
She turned to look, and saw Ye Fengwu dressed in black zhongshan suit walking slowly towards her. However, his handsome face revealed a bone-chilling anger.
Seeing Ye Fengwu, Chen Yuanzhong's brows furrowed. His sly gaze now held some apprehension as he snorted, "Ye Fengzi, so you're finally out of prison."
Ye Fengwu laughed coldly, "Thanks to you, I wonder if your son Chen Sheng's leg has healed yet?"
Ye Fengwu's tone revealed mockery and chill. Back then, he had been drugged and harmed the 16-year old Qin Qinghan. The root of everything was Xihufeng Hei Chen Yuanzhong and his debauched son Chen Sheng, whose leg he had broken.
Chen Yuanzhong seemed to have long expected that Ye Fengwu had found out he was behind framing him to prison. But he had no idea that Qin Qinghan was that exploited girl from back then.
Just then, the two bodyguards behind Chen Yuanzhong walked forward, looking to beat up this punk causing trouble in their shop until he begged for mercy.
However, they had just taken two steps forward when Chen Yuanzhong stretched out a hand to stop them. He glanced at Ye Fengwu and snorted indifferently, "Spare yourself the effort. I've already found the best orthopedic doctor."
Ye Fengwu's mouth curled slightly as he mocked, "That's good to hear. Otherwise, after seeing him again, I won't have the chance to break both his legs."
Hearing the mockery and threat in Ye Fengwu's words, a fierceness flashed in Chen Yuanzhong's eyes, but he immediately suppressed that ferocious aura.
Then Chen Yuanzhong snorted, "Ye Fengzi, it seems my little shop has misunderstood this sister here."
Ye Fengwu suddenly walked to Qin Qinghan's side and put his arm around her soft waist. He said, "I came to find my wife, but happened to see the famous Xihufeng Hei bullying my woman."
By the end, Ye Fengwu's tone had become exceptionally cold, and his eyes revealed a ferocious killing intent.
Qin Qinghan wanted to leave Ye Fengwu's embrace, but her body was stiff and powerless. She could only stay in his arms with an uncomfortable expression.
Sensing the killing intent in Ye Fengwu's eyes, Chen Yuanzhong's heart sank. He said, "Ye Fengzi, I think there's been some misunderstanding between the sister and my little shop."
Hearing Chen Yuanz
Chen Yuanzhong's three bodyguards, two security guards, and the female manager were all shocked and at a loss for words when Ye Fengwu deliberately lowered his voice. Over the years, Chairman Chen had lorded over the entire Haihua City, when had he ever lowered his stance in front of anyone? Just who was this person called the Madman of the Night?
Ye Fengwu calmly said, "I seem to have heard about the ring, I wonder how much she sold it to you for?"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
