“By the way,” Lin Xuan began, asking, “Where have they taken Huo Shen?”
A subordinate respectfully replied, “It was a plane heading to the Black Triangle.”
“Look into it,” Lin Xuan said. “Find out where Hua’s plane is flying to.”
If Hua was also heading to the Golden Triangle.
Then he could basically confirm that Hua was the Dark Rose.
“Boss, why are you checking on President Su?” The subordinate looked puzzled.
Weren’t they just talking about Huo Shen and the Dark Rose a moment ago?
How did they suddenly jump to President Su?
Wasn’t that too big of a leap?
“Just do it,” Lin Xuan said. “I need to verify something—to see if it’s really what I suspect.”
“Yes, Chief.”
The subordinate nodded respectfully.
He could tell that Lin Xuan’s tone was somewhat urgent.
Not daring to delay, the subordinate immediately arranged for personnel to investigate Su Hua.
Within less than fifteen minutes.
The subordinate called Lin Xuan again to report.
“Boss, I’ve found out. President Su’s flight was at seven tonight, heading to the Black Triangle.”
Lin Xuan’s eyes widened.
Hua really was heading to the Black Triangle.
Just as he’d guessed!
He could almost confirm it now.
Hua was the Dark Rose!
No wonder.
He had always felt that this Dark Rose was strangely familiar.
And no wonder the Dark Rose had come on to him right from the start.
Wait.
Hua only loved him; she wouldn’t get close to any other man. Since Hua was the Dark Rose, back in the Black Triangle when the Dark Rose had flirted with him…
Lin Xuan slapped his forehead.
Hua must have known long ago that he was the Golden Dragon Guild’s chief. She had just secretly teased him without calling him out. That’s why she said those suggestive things to him back then.
Hadn’t he disguised himself pretty well?
He’d worn a human-skin mask and changed his voice too.
Hua still managed to see through it?
That must be why she later invited him, as the Carefree Doctor, to treat her illness—so she could flirt with him a little more.
Lin Xuan sat down on the sofa, feeling a bit defeated.
He should have realized it sooner.
His identity as the Carefree Doctor was deeply tied to the Golden Dragon Guild. Since Hua already knew he was the Carefree Doctor, if she dug deeper, she could definitely figure out that he was the Golden Dragon Guild’s chief.
His cover had been blown completely in front of Hua.
Hua had only exposed his Carefree Doctor identity without revealing his Golden Dragon Guild chief status. She was probably saving that for later, as part of some punishment.
“No,”
Lin Xuan muttered, rubbing his chin. “From now on, I’d better go to the Golden Dragon Guild less often so Hua has no excuse to find out about my chief identity.”
If Hua ever got the chance to expose him,
a night of punishment in bed would be unavoidable.
But then again, knowing that Hua was the Dark Rose was also a trump card for him.
If she revealed he was the Golden Dragon Guild chief, he could simultaneously expose her as the Dark Rose.
Perfect.
Lin Xuan’s heart eased a little.
Come to think of it,
Lin Xuan mused, scratching his chin, he wondered how Hua would deal with this Huo Shen.
Curiosity rose in his heart.
He called his subordinates again.
“Go,”
Lin Xuan ordered. “Find out how badly the Dark Rose has treated Huo Shen.”
“I want details—the more detailed, the better.”
Watching a scumbag like Huo Shen, who coveted another man’s woman, meet his downfall—that was a show he’d thoroughly enjoy.
In the Black Triangle.
A dark, gloomy basement.
Huo Shen, still in a sack, was tossed carelessly onto the floor.
“Who? Who grabbed me?” Huo Shen muttered through clenched teeth.
“Let me go right now!”
The Dark Rose members stared coldly at Huo Shen.
Even after being caught, he was still this arrogant.
They shook their heads.
After shouting for a long time without anyone responding, Huo Shen gradually calmed down, and fear crept into his heart.
Whoever brought him here wouldn’t let him off easily.
He had to find a way to escape.
“I have money,”
Huo Shen gritted out. “If you kidnapped me for money, I’m willing to give it to you.”
A man could always earn more money if he kept his life.
He had to protect his life at all costs!
“How much do you want? One million? Two million? Three? Five? Or ten million?”
“I can give you all of it,” Huo Shen said.
The Dark Rose members remained unmoved.
One of them finally spoke. “Give up. No matter how much money you offer, we’re never letting you go.”
This was an order directly from their leader.
Let Huo Shen go? Only if they wanted to die.
Huo Shen clenched his fists.
Despair overtook him.
Who had captured him?
Was it Lin Xuan?
Thinking this, Huo Shen began to firmly believe it was Lin Xuan.
It had to be Lin Xuan.
He’d known Lin Xuan wouldn’t let him off so easily.
Back then, in front of Old Master Su, he had dealt with him so lightly, merely to leave a good impression on that old bastard of the Su family.
He pretended to send him abroad.
After sending him abroad, he had people capture him!
Drag him here to torture him!
"Lin Xuan!" Huo Shen gritted his teeth.
A figure appeared—Su Hua, dressed in a black trench coat and black boots, her wavy hair cascading down, her lips painted a bold scarlet red.
The members of Night Rose rose to their feet one after another, calling out in reverence,
"Leader."
Su Hua walked step by step toward Huo Shen.
The sack over Huo Shen’s body was removed.
"Lin Xuan, you..."
Huo Shen was about to curse.
He lifted his head, and Su Hua’s figure suddenly burst into his sight.
Babes, I don’t know why, but my head hurts so much today. I’ve only written this much after three hours, and I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the neighboring province, Guangji. I need to sleep early. Ugh, I feel like as the story nears its end, I’ve been getting lazy, wah wah wah.
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.
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.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
