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!
iving with nine beautiful women. [Ding! Welcome back to the Joyous Sect, Host…] Lin Yu: ??? I’m clearly in a shared rental, but you’re saying I’m in the Joyous Sect? Watering plants is now [Tending to Spiritual Flora]? Cooking becomes [Researching Elixirs]? Making the bed turns into [Setting Up Formations]? A gentle and innocent auntie, twin classmates, a mysterious hacker girl on leave, a severely socially anxious artist, an elementary school Chinese teacher, a community hospital nurse, a pet shop owner, an antique clock restorer… This system… is kinda interesting.
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
