Wang Ba looked utterly puzzled. "Since when did you two become so efficient?"
Cheng Er scratched his head and grinned sheepishly. "Isn't this the result of the Gang Leader's strict training?"
"Cheng Da, Cheng Er, since you’ve been by the Gang Leader's side, you must know about his relationship with Su Hua, right?" Wang Ba couldn’t help but ask. "How are things between them?"
Cheng Er replied, "Their relationship is rock-solid. Don’t worry, Second Master, our Gang Leader’s position as the main man is secure."
"That’s good, that’s good."
Wang Ba let out a sigh of relief.
He had thought Su Hua was just toying with their Gang Leader.
As long as this financial backer didn’t slip away, everything was fine.
The sack was pulled off Lin Chang’s head.
Lin Chang was still unconscious.
A bucket of water splashed over him.
Lin Chang jolted awake.
The first person he saw was Lin Xuan.
"Lin Xuan," Lin Chang’s eyes widened. "What are you doing here?"
Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow, remaining seated in his chair without a word.
Lin Chang glanced around, and his gaze suddenly froze when it landed on Lin Li.
"Li'er!"
Seeing Lin Li tied to a pillar, beaten bloody and bruised, Lin Chang’s pupils constricted violently.
"Dad, save me," Lin Li pleaded weakly.
"Lin Xuan, did you do this?"
Lin Chang roared, "How dare you treat your own brother like this? I order you to release him immediately!"
Lin Xuan smirked coldly. "Lin Chang, this is my turf. Who gave you the audacity to come here and bark at me?"
"Lin Xuan, I am your father!" Lin Chang’s face turned livid with rage.
"Not anymore," Lin Xuan sneered.
"You ungrateful bastard!" Lin Chang’s chest heaved violently as he clenched his fists and charged at Lin Xuan. "I’ll kill you, you traitor!"
Before Lin Chang could reach him, Lin Xuan kicked him square in the chest, sending him flying backward.
With a loud thud, Lin Chang crashed onto the ground.
A mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.
"I told you, this is my territory. Why won’t you listen?"
Lin Xuan walked over and pressed his foot against Lin Chang’s face. "I suggest you stop calling yourself my father. After all, we’ve already severed ties."
"Lin Chang, do you know how long I’ve endured you? Since I can’t destroy your company right away, I’ll settle for beating you up first to vent my anger."
"Lin Xuan, what do you want?" Lin Chang clutched his chest, staring at him in terror.
Lin Xuan grinned.
Grabbing Lin Chang’s collar, he slapped him repeatedly across the face.
"Lin Xuan, how dare you treat me like this?" Lin Chang gritted his teeth.
"And what if I do?" Lin Xuan’s expression was icy. "After years of humiliation from your family, and you letting Lin Li hurt me, in this life, I’m here for revenge."
"Lin Chang, I’ll bankrupt your family and make you experience what it’s like to starve and be looked down upon by everyone."
He would make them suffer everything he had endured.
Lin Li and Qin Ruoyao were inseparable in their past life, weren’t they?
He would make them turn on each other.
As for the Lin family, he’d reduce them to poverty. For people accustomed to luxury, being forced into hard labor just to scrape by would be worse than death.
Seeing the look in Lin Xuan’s eyes, Lin Chang felt a surge of fear.
Lin Xuan no longer saw him as a father!
The obedient son from before was gone—this was a completely different person.
What had turned Lin Xuan into this monster?
"Tie Lin Chang to the pillar, just like Lin Li," Lin Xuan ordered.
"Yes, sir."
Lin Xuan sat back in his chair and let Wang Ba take over the beating.
As Lin Chang’s screams filled the air, Lin Xuan felt no pity—only satisfaction.
After three hours of torture, Lin Xuan received a message from Su Hua.
[My Hua]: Xuan, where are you? I’ll pick you up after work.
Reading the message, Lin Xuan lost interest in tormenting them. He had to go back to see his beloved Hua.
"Pull out their nails and dump them at the Lin family’s doorstep," Lin Xuan commanded.
"Yes, sir."
Wang Ba and his men loaded Lin Li and Lin Chang into a black van, drove to the Lin family villa, and unceremoniously dumped them at the entrance before speeding off.
A guard stepped out curiously, only to recoil in horror at the sight of two bloodied figures.
"Ah—!"
He stumbled back in shock.
Lin Qingwan, who had just returned to retrieve some documents, stopped her car when she saw the commotion.
"Dad! Li'er!" Recognizing them, her pupils shrank in disbelief.
Lin Li and Lin Chang were too severely injured to move carelessly.
Hands trembling, Lin Qingwan dialed for an ambulance.
The paramedics arrived quickly and whisked them away.
"Doctor, how are my father and brother?" Lin Qingwan anxiously asked after the initial treatment.
The doctor reassured her, "Don’t worry, they only sustained superficial injuries. With proper care and rest, they’ll recover in no time."
"That’s a relief," Lin Qingwan exhaled.
"Miss, about your brother…" The doctor hesitated.
Lin Qingwan frowned. "What about him?"
"Never mind."
The doctor shook his head.
Given the state of her brother, she must already know.
Best not to reopen old wounds.
Lin Li and Lin Chang shared a hospital room.
Lin Qingwan, Lin Qingyan, and Lin Qingxiu kept vigil by their bedsides.
Lin Chang and Lin Li woke up almost simultaneously.
Lin Li, terrified that his family might discover his secret, nervously studied his sisters’ expressions.
Seeing no unusual reactions, he relaxed slightly.
They didn’t know yet.
But…
Lin Li clenched his fists.
Lin Xuan knew. He even had photos. At any moment, Lin Xuan could expose him.
It was a ticking time bomb!
"Dad, who did this to you?" Lin Qingwan asked.
Lin Chang’s face twisted with fury. "That traitor Lin Xuan!"
"What?"
Lin Qingwan froze.
Her first instinct was disbelief.
No matter how much Lin Xuan resented the family, he wouldn’t harm his own flesh and blood.
"It was him!" Lin Chang spat through gritted teeth. "He tortured me and Li'er mercilessly!"
In all his years, he had never suffered such humiliation.
And the one who inflicted it was his own son!
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
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.
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!
