Shen Corporation Security Guard Break Room.
BANG----
Lin Fan slammed his fist on the table, his eyes wide with anger.
"Damn it! Where the hell did we slip up? How did that useless rich brat figure out there was a problem with Hongtu so quickly?"
The plan to teach the Xu Family a lesson had gone up in smoke.
Not only that, but their scheme had backfired spectacularly.
The Shen Family had become the fall guy, inevitably having to bear the burden of hefty compensation fees to clean up the mess Hongtu left behind.
As for the shares they now held?
Heh... they were nothing but meaningless numbers now.
Even an idiot would know that no one would want to take over those shares.
They were stuck with them, rotting away in their hands.
Lin Fan's eyes grew cold, an icy chill emanating from his body. After a moment, he dialed a number.
In a luxurious high-end apartment, the curtains were drawn tight, letting no light in. The room was filled with various electronic devices and equipment.
A beautiful young woman sat with her legs curled up in a gaming chair. Soda and chips were placed next to her on the desk.
Buzz----
A black phone in the corner of the desk suddenly rang.
Only a handful of people knew this number.
The girl frowned slightly, reluctantly pausing her drama series. She picked up the phone and answered lazily.
"What is it?"
"Red Rose, did you see the news today?" Lin Fan tried to control his emotions.
Red Rose: "I did."
Lin Fan: "I want you to investigate who in the Xu Corporation discovered the problem with Hongtu shares!"
Red Rose: "Today's my day off. I won't do it no matter how much you offer."
Lin Fan's mouth twitched. "Ten million!"
Red Rose: "Twenty million!"
Lin Fan: "Eighteen million!"
Red Rose: "Deal!"
Click... The call ended.
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, feeling like he'd been swindled.
In the past, similar intel would cost at most eight million.
But today, Red Rose had opened her lion's mouth wide and torn a chunk of flesh right off him!
Dragon King Hall's funds weren't unlimited after all.
Lin Fan felt a pang in his heart.
But he felt it was worth it!
Because Shen Manni's business was his business too!
Lin Fan had already mentally claimed Shen Manni as his woman!
The Shen Family's assets were, likewise, his property!
They had lost a considerable amount of money this time.
He wanted to ferret out the mastermind behind the Xu Family.
Find a way to poach them for his own side.
If that didn't work, he'd create some incidents.
The laws abroad were lax, allowing him to kill at will.
But that wouldn't fly in Dragon Country.
At the root of it all, he just hadn't gained a firm foothold yet.
Meanwhile, after hanging up, Red Rose wore an expression of disgust and revulsion.
"Stingy bastard! If you love haggling so much, why don't you just cut yourself to pieces?"
Red Rose was one of the important female leads in the entire novel.
She was responsible for gathering intelligence for the male protagonist, Lin Fan.
After returning to Dragon Country, Lin Fan had met the super hacker Red Rose through someone's introduction by chance.
The two cooperated based on mutual benefit.
What was the protagonist all about?
Taking advantage of everything in the world, constantly encountering good fortune, romantic encounters, and favorable events.
Like buying treasures and antiques at low prices, or getting benefits from girls in even cheaper ways - whatever felt good, he'd do it.
Red Rose had investigated Lin Fan's information before.
In short, he was very wealthy abroad, and she despised nothing more than rich clients who weren't generous.
Every time Lin Fan came to her for information,
He would haggle over the price.
Once or twice would have been fine.
But every single time?
Red Rose couldn't help but be angry.
"Rumor has it that Xu Mo is an ignorant rich kid. It couldn't have been him, right?"
"Heh... that's impossible. The Xu Family must have a hidden expert."
Red Rose changed her sitting position, her curiosity piqued. Her fingers flew rapidly across the keyboard.
Click-clack, click-clack-----
Not long after, the phone rang again.
"How's it going?" Lin Fan's voice was cold.
Red Rose cursed this penny-pincher in her mind several times. "I've got it. It was Xu Mo's fiancée, Zhou Qiaoqiao, who discovered the problem with Hongtu."
"It was her?" Lin Fan couldn't help but picture that beautiful woman whose looks rivaled Shen Manni's.
A thought flashed through his mind!
His eyes revealed a greedy intent.
There were plenty of beautiful women abroad.
Lin Fan had seen his fair share of beauties.
But the beauties he'd encountered in Magic City were the cream of the crop, putting to shame those common girls he'd played with before.
It could be said that there was no comparison between the two!
Otherwise, how could he, the mighty Dragon King of Dragon King Hall, stoop to being a mere security guard for the Shen Family?
"As usual, the money will be transferred to that business card number later," Red Rose reminded him.
Lin Fan snapped out of his thoughts, replying impatiently, "I know, I know. It's not like I won't pay you."
"Then don't always drag it out until night!" Red Rose fumed.
Click click click-----
The call ended!
Red Rose tossed the phone onto the desk. "Cheapskate! Skinflint! If you're so stingy, why don't you just choke on it?"
If it weren't for the fact that Lin Fan's jobs were more frequent than others,
Red Rose wouldn't bother dealing with someone like him!
True, he never shorted her on payment.
But every time he'd delay, or wait a few days, sometimes ten days or half a month before transferring the money.
Making it seem like she owed him instead!
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.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
