Boom!
Lin Li's words struck Qin Ruoyao like a thunderbolt.
"How is this possible? How could this happen?" Qin Ruoyao couldn't snap out of her daze, muttering to herself repeatedly.
"Brother Li."
Qin Ruoyao crawled to Lin Li's feet, clutching his pant leg. "You must be joking, right? You loved that child so much, bought him so many clothes. You even said you loved me, that he was our child. How could you bear to send someone to kill him?"
Yes, that child was just an accident!
If Lin Li really was responsible for his death, it meant all the tenderness he had shown her recently was just another deception, just like before.
Qin Ruoyao couldn't accept this outcome.
"Qin Ruoyao, are you still daydreaming?" Lin Li crouched down, gripping her chin, his voice icy.
"A woman like you has always been nothing more than a disposable plaything in my eyes, something even repulsive to me. How could I possibly love you? Ridiculous!"
Qin Ruoyao's face turned as pale as a sheet upon hearing his words.
A plaything?
Brother Li actually called her a plaything!
"If it weren't for that child, and the fact that you made such a big fuss about him, you wouldn't even be worth a glance from me!" Lin Li's gaze at Qin Ruoyao was filled with disdain, as if she were trash.
Qin Ruoyao sat on the floor, her expression blank.
Lin Li sneered and continued, "The reason I treated you well recently was twofold. First, to lower your guard so I could act against the child. Second, to create the image of a loving father. That way, when the child died, no one would suspect me."
Lin Li's words shattered her illusions.
"Lin Li!" Qin Ruoyao grabbed his clothes like a madwoman.
"You killed your own child! You'll face retribution for this!"
Her dream of a wealthy life had been utterly destroyed by Lin Li.
At this moment, Qin Ruoyao hated Lin Li to the core.
Her entire life had been ruined by him.
If Lin Li hadn't deliberately approached her, there wouldn't have been that video, and she would still be the glamorous campus belle of Shangqing University!
Instead, she had become the laughingstock of the entire internet, branded as a promiscuous woman!
"Retribution?" Lin Li thought of the fact that he had become impotent and would never have descendants.
His emotions suddenly turned volatile. "What retribution could I possibly face? Lin Xuan has already been driven out of the Lin Family. Soon, the entire Lin Family will be mine. I've gained everything. What kind of retribution is that?"
So what if he could never have children again?
In the future, he could inject another man's sperm into his future wife's body.
He could still deceive Lin Chang and the others!
"I will climb step by step to the top, crushing Lin Xuan and all of you beneath my feet."
"Hahahaha—"
Lin Li laughed maniacally.
Qin Ruoyao, terrified by his demeanor, tried to run, but it was too late.
Lin Li's scarred fingers closed around her neck.
"Qin Ruoyao, not just you, but Lin Xuan and anyone who defies me—they all deserve to die."
Lin Li's eyes were bloodshot, his grip tightening inch by inch.
Qin Ruoyao's breath was gradually cut off.
"Lin Li, let me go..." Qin Ruoyao weakly pounded on his arm.
But Lin Li, now completely unhinged, tightened his hold on her throat.
Qin Ruoyao's consciousness began to fade until a sharp pain shot through Lin Li's lower abdomen.
"Ah—"
Lin Li released Qin Ruoyao, writhing on the floor in agony.
"Cough, cough—" Qin Ruoyao collapsed to the ground, coughing weakly.
Once she caught her breath, she scrambled to her feet and stumbled out of the room.
Lin Li was a madman!
She never wanted to be near him again!
Lin Li remained in the room for a long time.
"Hahahaha," he let out bursts of maniacal laughter. When Qin Ruoyao fled, the door was left wide open.
His laughter sent chills down the servants' spines.
The noise in the room suddenly stopped, and a passing servant frowned. Why had the noise ceased?
Just as she was wondering, Lin Li appeared before her, his eyes dark and menacing.
"Ah—" The servant was startled.
"Young Master," she stammered, bowing her head. "I'm sorry, Young Master. You appeared so suddenly, I didn't react in time."
Lin Li's face broke into a gentle smile. "It's fine. Go about your work."
The servant looked up in disbelief.
Just moments ago, the Young Master had been terrifyingly sinister, but now he was back to his usual warm and sunny self?
Lin Li went downstairs and personally prepared a herbal tonic for Jiang Shuqin.
When Jiang Shuqin returned from her beauty treatment, he brought the tonic to her.
"Li'er, why did you prepare this tonic yourself? You're still injured. Shouldn't you be resting?" Jiang Shuqin chided gently.
"Mom, I was just sitting around at home," Lin Li replied warmly. "I wanted to do something for you."
"You silly child..." Jiang Shuqin sighed, though her heart swelled with joy.
Li'er was truly filial.
Lin Li urged, "Mom, drink the tonic before it gets cold. Otherwise, it won't be as effective."
"Alright, alright, I'll drink it now."
Lin Li watched as Jiang Shuqin lifted the bowl and drank the tonic in one go. A faint smile tugged at the corners of his lips.
Qin Ruoyao returned to the shabby rented apartment she shared with Qin's Mother.
"Yaoyao, what happened to your neck?" Qin's Mother asked with concern.
"Mom," Qin Ruoyao hugged her mother tightly, tears streaming down her face. "Mom, Lin Li did this to me."
"Lin Li?" Qin's Mother frowned.
"Yes, it was him. All his kindness toward me these past few days was a lie, Mom. He was the one who killed my child!" Qin Ruoyao sobbed.
Qin's Mother wasn't entirely surprised.
Over the past few days, she had calmed down and thought carefully about everything that had happened.
Lin Li's sudden affection for Yaoyao had been too suspicious.
Aside from him, she couldn't think of anyone else who would harm the child.
"Mom, let's call the police! We have to report him! If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be in this state. Mom, I have to make him pay!"
"Yaoyao, calm down," Qin's Mother held her back. "The Lin Family has power and influence. Reporting him to the police won't do any good."
"Then what should I do?" Qin Ruoyao bit her lip.
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.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
