"I... I'll give you money, anything you want, just please don't kill me..."
Li Dabiao, beaten to a pulp, lay on the ground like a dead dog, pleading with an extremely weak voice.
"Remember Lin Yong?" asked Lin Fan with a mocking tone.
Li Dabiao's eyes widened like brass bells as his memories rapidly rewound.
He remembered immediately.
Lin Yong was one of his former underlings.
Not exactly clean-handed either.
That time, when their drug trafficking operation was exposed by a mole, the police coordinated from both inside and out. Following the principle of saving his own skin, Li Dabiao had set Lin Yong up.
He made Lin Yong take the fall.
Wait... Lin Yong had a nephew. Lin Yong had a nephew!
Li Dabiao's face filled with horror as he croaked out, "It's you?"
"Yes, it's me. Go apologize to my uncle in the underworld!"
Lin Fan delivered a powerful kick with fierce momentum, directly snapping Li Dabiao's head sideways.
A loud crack of breaking bones echoed through the air.
This fight hadn't left Lin Fan unscathed either. Though the bullet hadn't hit him directly,
it had grazed him.
Lin Fan took off his jacket and wrapped it around his wound.
Then he glanced in Xu Mo's direction.
"You worthless playboy, you got lucky this time. You're next!"
Lin Fan stepped backward, then sprinted forward.
With an elegant leap, he jumped from the second floor to the first.
He hadn't expected Li Dabiao to be carrying firearms.
Otherwise, he would have taken him out earlier!
Leaving slight traces at the scene didn't matter.
Han Xiong would take care of everything.
As the Han Family was the underground power of Magic City,
even the legitimate authorities had to show some respect.
Simply put, they each minded their own business, turning a blind eye to minor matters.
Lin Fan had taken care of Li Dabiao in less than fifteen minutes!
After all, it was a sudden assault.
The target hadn't received any warning, let alone expected
someone would try to kill him tonight.
Therefore, Lin Fan's operation went quite smoothly.
The bar patrons became even more panicked after hearing the gunshots.
Nobody yielded to anyone else, all cramming together, desperately rushing toward the exit.
Lin Fan quickly seized the opportunity, blending into the crowd and squeezing his way out.
Meanwhile, at the central bar counter on the second floor,
Xu Mo's table remained the calmest.
From start to finish, unlike the other tables,
they didn't frantically run downstairs at the sound of gunfire.
Oh, correction...
Actually, only Xu Mo remained relatively calm.
Tao Xiaoyi cowered under the table, trembling. His eyes were tightly shut.
He frantically muttered every deity's name he could think of, real or imagined,
all in hopes of divine protection and survival.
Shen Manni was similarly affected. In the darkness, her face had lost all color, and like an octopus,
she clung tightly to Xu Mo, refusing to let go.
Xu Mo, trapped in her embrace,
couldn't even reach for his drink on the table.
Xu Mo was incredibly frustrated!
Being groped by Shen Manni!
And having to pretend to enjoy it!
Well, he didn't need to pretend to be happy.
After all, in the pitch darkness, Shen Manni couldn't see his expression anyway.
Might as well save the energy.
But he couldn't just push her away either.
Xu Mo felt both conflicted and uncomfortable.
[This stupid woman is such a coward! It's been three minutes and seven seconds since they left, and she still won't let go of me]
[Have you no shame?]
[Good thing you're flat-chested, that's a blessing in disguise. If it were Little Shi holding me like this, I'd probably suffocate]
[...Damn? Fine, hug me if you must. But why are you suddenly squeezing harder? Are you trying to strangle me?]
Xu Mo's unique masculine aura had an indescribable charm.
Though he appeared lean,
he felt surprisingly solid when embraced.
It gave people a sense of security.
Shen Manni was happy to embrace this inexplicable feeling of safety.
But she wasn't happy about hearing Xu Mo's internal monologue!
'I should strangle you to death, you bastard!' she thought secretly.
It wasn't that Shen Manni didn't want to let go of Xu Mo.
Rather, when facing death, people naturally experience a kind of pervading fear.
Until safety is confirmed,
these unusual emotions,
if unable to bear them alone, can only be entrusted to others.
Xu Mo wore a gloomy expression.
Just as he was looking for a way to vent his frustration,
the smell in the air grew slightly stronger.
This time he couldn't take it anymore.
He kicked the table leg.
"Tao Xiaoyi, are you having digestive issues or something?"
Under the table, Tao Xiaoyi had soiled himself.
Through tears, he stammered: "Bro... Bro Xu, I... I'm not sure... maybe... a little... waaah... I don't want to die..."
[Oh god, it's confirmed!]
[Stupid woman, please calm down, didn't you hear what this guy just said?]
[He's got stomach issues, how can you stand the smell here?]
[If you want to stay, stay by yourself... I can't take it anymore]
"Manni, let's move somewhere else... Xiaoyi's got stomach issues, it stinks here..." Xu Mo said awkwardly.
Before he could finish speaking,
the soft flesh at his waist, his most vulnerable spot,
was pinched hard!
"Ouch..." Xu Mo drew in a sharp breath.
In the darkness, Shen Manni's face was as red as a monkey's bottom.
Xu Mo was completely bewildered by her actions.
SNAP----------
The lights suddenly came on.
Having just adjusted to the darkness, the sudden return of light
made Xu Mo squint his eyes.
At this moment, Shen Manni was embracing him in quite an intimate position.
Her small face was flushed red,
as if blood might drip from it.
Shen Manni blinked, taking a moment to process the situation before finally coming to her senses.
With an embarrassed shriek, she released Xu Mo.
Like a startled rabbit, she stumbled backward.
BANG-----
Shen Manni was too flustered.
Her foot caught on something.
She fell onto the sofa, and in her panic, her hand knocked over a glass of alcohol.
It spilled all over her.
Talk about terrible luck.
Xu Mo's mouth twitched.
At this moment, Xu Mo felt
that calling Shen Manni a stupid woman wasn't unfair at all.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
n Our Village Many years later, Xiushui Village had transformed from a remote, impoverished hamlet into the renowned and flourishing Xiushui City of the Shifang Continent. All of this, solely because it was the birthplace of the Shifang Continent's number one sect—the Lingxian Sect. This is the story of a group of village youths, family, and friends, building a sect and growing together. Lin Xiao: As the sect master, my days are filled with countless tasks. Cultivating really gets in the way of building the sect. System: Received. Understood. Arranging it immediately. [Ding—Congratulations, Host, on successfully activating the Auto-Cultivation Function] Lin Xiao: Oh no, we're out of spirit stones. System: Received. Understood. Arranging it immediately. [Ding—Sect Mission issued. Mission Reward: Spirit Stones xN] No one loves their host more profoundly than this System!
