Lei Siren stood dumbfounded on the spot.
It took him quite a while after Xia Yiwei finished speaking to realize that she was talking to him.
"Ah? We... your boyfriend Lin Yu, he..."
"How come all these guys are... ah?"
Lei Siren's brain had gone into a complete stall, entirely unable to process the scene unfolding before his eyes.
Weren't the thugs working under his cousin supposed to be pretty good fighters?
How come in front of Lin Yu, they looked like little kids who hadn't grown up?
It was a completely one-sided beatdown!
Xia Yiwei said with a smile:
"You want to ask how Lin Yu is such a good fighter, right?"
Lei Siren awkwardly twitched the corners of his mouth, forcing himself to stay calm as he replied:
"Hehe, yeah. This is the first time I've ever seen someone fight so well."
Xia Yiwei put both hands on her cheeks and said with an exaggerated expression:
"Who hasn't? Before I met Lin Yu, I'd never seen someone this good at fighting either."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Lin Yu single-handedly challenged and crushed my sister's martial arts dojo."
"He defeated my sister and all the martial arts instructors."
"It wasn't a relay battle either; they all came at him at once!"
Lei Siren's face suddenly turned deathly pale: "!!!"
If he had heard Xia Yiwei say this at the dinner table, Lei Siren would have definitely harbored doubts.
There was no way he would believe something so absurd.
He would have just treated it as an excuse Xia Yiwei made up to elevate Lin Yu's status.
But now.
Seeing what was happening right in front of him with his own eyes.
If you told him that Lin Yu's ancestors had been martial arts champions for nine generations straight, Lei Siren would believe it!
It was simply too outrageous.
It completely exceeded Lei Siren's understanding of what it meant to be a good fighter.
"Lei Siren, what's wrong? Are you scared?"
"Don't worry, as long as you don't provoke Lin Yu, he won't get rough with you."
"I've only been beaten by him five times myself, which isn't that much."
"He hits outsiders pretty hard, but he goes easy on me."
The more Xia Yiwei said this, the more lingering fear Lei Siren felt in his heart.
If these spineless guys end up begging for mercy from the beating in a bit.
They wouldn't rat him out, would they?
Although his cousin had always been strict with his subordinates.
The immediate pain was what everyone cared about most right now.
Who would silently endure Lin Yu's barrage of heavy blows for a boss who was too far away to help?
If things went wrong.
They could really be beaten into cripples!
On this point.
Lei Siren was actually overthinking it.
Lin Yu was extremely precise with his strikes.
The seemingly spectacular and devastating blows actually dealt very limited lethal damage.
They absolutely wouldn't leave these people with any lasting aftereffects.
At most, they would be covered in black and blue bruises, but they wouldn't be torn to pieces.
The lingering pain all over their bodies for a period of time would be their greatest punishment.
Even if it was just a superficial beatdown, Lin Yu still applied a bit of his Bone-Melting Soft Fist.
Making them feel a temporary inability to move their bodies after being hit was the only way to instill true fear in them.
"My leg! Brother Kuan, my leg was broken by this kid!"
"Don't hit the face, I was wrong, I was wrong!"
"Brother Kuan, I can't hold on anymore! This kid is freaking terrifyingly strong!"
"..."
In less than two minutes, the one-sided, high-frequency output of attacks had the thugs begging for mercy again and again.
Except for Buzzcut Fatty, the other eight lackeys were all lying on the ground, struggling like dying fish.
Where was Buzzcut Fatty's initial arrogance now?
He completely believed what the pretty little girl had said...
That very first punch was absolutely taken by Lin Yu on purpose.
If they ended up at the police station, as long as that punch served as the instigating event, even if it were classified as a mutual brawl, Lin Yu would only be the secondary responsible party.
Besides.
Since when did street thugs have the option to call the cops?
If word of that really got out, where would their dignity be? How could they survive in the underworld after that?
Looking at his brothers on the ground, bruised, swollen, groaning incessantly, with broken teeth.
This was the exact moment that highlighted the crucial decision-making skills of a smart leader.
Buzzcut Fatty cupped his fists together, his face deathly pale as he said to Lin Yu:
"Brother, we yield!"
"Can you stop hitting us? Let's just say we wouldn't have become acquainted without a fight."
"I promise I won't cause you any trouble in the future. Wherever you appear, my buddies and I will take a detour!"
Begging for mercy!!
Fight if you can win; beg for mercy if you can't.
There was no need to suffer just to save face.
Only the one taking the blows knows how much it hurts.
Lin Yu cracked his knuckles, looking coldly at Buzzcut Fatty, and nodded as he said:
"Alright, I agree with what you said!"
"We are acquainted through a fight, and from now on, you will take a detour around me."
Buzzcut Fatty let out a long sigh of relief, the heavy stone in his heart finally dropping.
Thank goodness.
He hadn't dragged himself down with that son-of-a-bitch rich kid.
As for the injuries his lackeys had suffered, the boss above him would handle it.
How the boss would seek justice from this young master and give the brothers an explanation was the boss's business.
It wasn't his place to worry about it at all!
Lei Siren listened to Buzzcut Fatty's words, feeling extreme contempt for him in his heart.
What kind of idiots did his cousin hire?!
Even if you can't win, you don't have to be such a coward, right?
Didn't you see all your brothers lying there?
How do you have the nerve to say something like that?
Lin Yu's gaze drifted lightly over Lei Siren.
Just one glance.
It made Lei Siren's little heart leap into his throat.
Damn it!
What was the meaning behind this violent maniac's look?
Could he have realized that there was something off about him?
Lei Siren felt he had hidden it very well!
On the surface, it was completely impossible to tell that this sudden group of guys had anything to do with him.
Lin Yu probably couldn't guess it, right?
No!
Even if he really did guess it, Lei Siren wouldn't admit it even if he were beaten to death.
As long as Lin Yu couldn't produce any evidence, saying anything was useless.
Faced with a baseless accusation, they couldn't just pin it on his head for no reason.
If someone was really in trouble, it would be the fatty and his gang. Lei Siren was confident he could extricate himself completely.
But he never expected that Lin Yu's next words would make Buzzcut Fatty's heart leap into his throat again...
"When you said we wouldn't be acquainted without a fight, did you mean only you hitting me?"
Lin Yu suddenly threw out this question.
Buzzcut Fatty: "!!!"
No matter how stupid Buzzcut Fatty was, he could understand what this sentence meant.
From Lin Yu's perspective, it actually made some sense...
The exchange between the two sides had only been that one moment, and it was Buzzcut Fatty who had struck first.
If they wanted to reconcile, they at least had to give Lin Yu an explanation for that hit to achieve the effect of reconciliation.
Just taking one hit shouldn't be a problem, right?
Of these lackeys, who hadn't taken several hits before falling to the ground unable to get up?
When it came to fighting skills, he wasn't considered the top among this group.
But when it came to the ability to take a beating, his chubby body was indeed more than enough.
Looking at Lin Yu's eyes, if there wasn't a proper resolution, he obviously wouldn't agree.
Buzzcut Fatty steeled his heart and said:
"Brother, you make a fair point. It was my fault for provoking you. You can..."
Before he could finish his sentence.
Lin Yu held up three fingers toward Buzzcut Fatty.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
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.
'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.
