Lin Fei took out his phone and walked to the door to call Zhao Rui. After a few rings, the call connected.
"Hey, bro, you in Magic City yet?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Oh, nothing much. I just came to the bar you recently acquired for a drink and ran into a woman named Xia Li."
"What? Xia Li? How did you end up meeting her?"
"So you actually know her?"
"Of course. I discussed a collaboration with her before. Wait—don’t tell me you pissed her off?"
Lin Fei scratched his head. "Is she that big of a deal? What happens if I mess with her?"
Zhao Rui’s voice turned cold on the other end. "If you piss her off, don’t even think about calling me your cousin again."
"Damn, alright. There was a little misunderstanding earlier between my guys and her, but it’s fine now. She said you should comp her tab for tonight."
After a brief silence, Zhao Rui replied, "Got it. Don’t provoke her, no matter what. If anything happens, just apologize, you hear me?"
Hearing this, Lin Fei realized even his cousin couldn’t afford to cross Xia Li. He chuckled. "Got it."
"Alright then. I’ve got stuff to do. Later."
The call ended, and Lin Fei turned back to the couch, his attitude doing a complete 180 as he looked at Xia Li. "Sis Xia, I talked to my cousin. But don’t worry about him covering your tab tonight—it’s on me!"
Xia Li kept her eyes on her phone, indifferent. "Whatever, as long as we don’t pay a dime tonight."
"No problem, no problem!" Lin Fei’s sudden shift in attitude made Old Gao and Skinny Guy frown in confusion.
Xia Li finally glanced up at Lin Fei and said coolly, "Why are you still standing here? Waiting for an invitation?"
"No, no! We were out of line earlier. We’ll leave now. And hey, man, sorry about that."
Su Yang smirked but didn’t bother responding. He had heard every word of Lin Fei’s conversation with Zhao Rui.
From the exchange, Su Yang also recalled what Meng Wenzhou had mentioned about Xia Li’s background back in Shima Town.
Xia Li’s father, Xia Yuan, was a heavyweight in Magic City, with connections in both the legal and underground circles.
What Su Yang couldn’t figure out was why the daughter of such a powerful man would let her company get acquired and end up working in Haicheng.
With her resources, shouldn’t she be the one buying out others? That part didn’t add up for him.
But it didn’t matter much. He could always ask her later.
Lin Fei waved at the two men. "Let’s go. Oh, right—Old Gao, apologize to Sis Xia and this brother here."
Old Gao froze. They were already leaving—why apologize now?
But since Lin Fei was his boss, he didn’t dare argue. He reluctantly walked up to Su Yang and Xia Li. "Sorry, miss, I spoke out of turn earlier."
Then he turned to Su Yang. "My bad, bro. I acted impulsively."
Su Yang gave a faint smile. "Just go. Oh, and send someone to clean up the blood on the floor."
Once the three left, Su Yang turned to Xia Li with a grin. "Sis Xia, didn’t expect you to be so fierce—straight to action."
Xia Li looked up and smiled. "That idiot had it coming. People like that deserve a beating."
Su Yang gave a thumbs-up. "Impressive. By the way, back in Shima Town, didn’t you always have a bodyguard with you? Did you stop bringing them around?"
"Been a while. I’m focused on building my career now. No interest in fights or drama. No point having a bodyguard if I’m not in that life anymore."
"But what if I couldn’t handle that big guy earlier? You’d have been in trouble too."
Xia Li chuckled. "I knew you could take him."
"That confident in me?"
"I could tell back in Shima Town you weren’t just some ordinary guy."
"Ha, fair enough."
Su Yang smiled but didn’t press further.
Since they were on the topic, he seized the chance to ask, "I’ve got a question. Your company was originally in Magic City, right? How’d it end up acquired by a Haicheng firm?"
Xia Li tilted her head. "It’s nothing complicated. I had two companies in Magic City, but honestly, they weren’t doing great. Then Zhao Rui approached me about a partnership."
"But I turned him down—he’s not the right kind of partner. Later, I met the previous owner of Starling Media in Magic City. The details are a long story, but long story short, things just worked out that way, and I ended up in Haicheng."
Su Yang nodded thoughtfully. "Even though this is only our second meeting, I’ve heard a bit about you. Your dad’s supposed to be a big shot, right? Why strike out on your own?"
Xia Li sighed. "That’s exactly why I did. To put it bluntly, I wanted to prove myself to him. He never approved of me going into business—said a woman should just marry early and give him a grandson. But I refused."
"I’m only 31. I’m not ready to be a housewife stuck at home raising kids. That’s not the life I want."
"We had a fight years ago, and I left to start my own thing. But that’s all in the past."
Su Yang listened quietly before nodding. "Making it this far without family backing is impressive. Seems like you’ve got a natural talent for business."
Xia Li turned to him with a playful grin. "And now I’m your subordinate."
"Subordinate or not, I don’t see you that way."
"Then how do you see me?"
"As a friend."
"A friend? Hmm, yeah, this is our second meeting. I guess we are friends now."
Xia Li’s eyes sparkled as she added, "Enough about me. What about you?"
"Me?" Su Yang pointed at himself. "Ask whatever you want."
"How close are you and Meng Wenzhou?"
Su Yang blinked, surprised she’d ask about that instead of his own background.
"We’re good friends. Why?"
Xia Li nodded. "No reason, just curious. Meng Wenzhou might seem like just another rich kid, but he’s actually got a sharp business mind. From what I know, most of his ventures were built without family help."
"If you’re tight with someone like him, it makes sense you’re the big boss at Starling now."
Su Yang thought to himself, So she’s trying to figure me out indirectly. Well, the company was a system reward—has nothing to do with Meng Wenzhou.
But he didn’t bother explaining. Her assumption worked in his favor—saved him from making up a story.
He smiled. "Yeah, we’re close. He’s actually pretty low-key and easy to get along with. What about you and him?"
Xia Li shook her head. "Not much. We’ve met a few times, but that’s it. You probably already knew that."
"Anyway, if you ever want to collaborate with Old Meng on any other business in the future, you can come to me first. I’ll put in a word for you."
Xia Li glanced at Su Yang and said coolly, "No need for that. Honestly, compared to him, I’m far more interested in you~"
"Oh, really?" Su Yang tilted his head with a smirk.
As the two were chatting, the cabin door opened, and Ran Ran walked in with two others in tow.
One of them pushed a cart laden with an assortment of wines.
The other was the girl Su Yang had just bonded with—Xia Zhiyu.
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ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
