Chapter Summaries

After Detective Xie told Su Chen that He Mu had hired the assassin Mike, Su Chen welcomed the chance to draw He Mu into the darkness and planned to stay at the Su Family Villa. Da Wang agreed to bring drugs and join him, while Su Chen told Su Zhenxing he would work from home for the next few days.

• Detective Xie reported that He Mu had hired Mike, a renowned assassin, to kill Su Chen and warned him to be careful.
• Su Chen told Detective Xie he had made arrangements and asked him to keep monitoring He Mu.
• Su Chen decided to remain at the Su Family Villa so the mercenaries would have to enter the Su Corporation to reach him, and he ordered more drugs from Da Wang.
• Da Wang offered to bring the drugs and take part, eager to kill again, and Su Chen agreed to wait for him.
• Su Chen told Su Zhenxing he would work from home for the next few days, and Su Zhenxing objected.

Su Chen told Su Zhenxing he would not go to work, then hinted that mercenaries might target him again. Su Zhenxing fled to Su Corporation, while Su Chen turned his attention to planning how to destroy the bodies and erase all traces.

• Su Zhenxing lectured Su Chen about arriving at work on time and taking example from his father.
• Su Chen told Su Zhenxing he was informing him, not asking permission, and suggested that Su Zhenxing stay with him, especially at night.
• Su Zhenxing realized Su Chen might be expecting another attack and hurriedly dropped his objections.
• Su Zhenxing rushed to Su Corporation and decided to stay at a nearby hotel while Su Chen was away from the family home.
• Su Chen began refining his plan to destroy the bodies and erase all traces.

Su Chen planned to use the chance to kill He Mu, while He Mu welcomed Mike and four other mercenaries to his home to arrange Su Chen’s death. The chapter ended with Mike sending John and George to kill Su Chen after dinner, despite He Mu’s misgivings about their small numbers.

• Su Chen decided that He Mu, not just the mercenaries He Mu had sent after him, was his ultimate target.
• He Mu welcomed Mike and four other mercenaries, while gatekeeper Xiao Li privately misread He Mu’s excitement as attraction to the foreigners.
• He Mu asked Mike why only five men had come, but Mike rebuked him for questioning their mission arrangements.
• He Mu warned that Su Chen was unusual and urged Mike to send more men, but Mike insisted any one of them could kill Su Chen.
• Mike assigned John and George to kill Su Chen after dinner, and He Mu ordered a lavish feast while hoping the mission would succeed.

Mike and the other mercenaries arrived in Hua Country to kill Su Chen, while He Mu worried about the mission. John and George broke into the Su Family Villa, but Da Wang’s knockout drug subdued them, and Su Chen vowed to kill anyone else the Cobra Mercenary Organization sent.

• Mike teased He Mu and assured him that Su Chen would not survive the night.
• After dinner, John and George silently broke into the Su Family Villa and entered the room where they believed Su Chen was sleeping.
• John and George collapsed before reaching the bed after Da Wang’s knockout drug took effect.
• Su Chen and Da Wang entered the room, and John and George realized Su Chen had anticipated their attack.
• Su Chen stomped on John’s face and said he would kill all the mercenaries who came after him.

Su Chen and Da Wang tormented the captured Cobra mercenaries John and George while discussing the three other assassins still at large. The chapter ended with Da Wang eagerly kicking George back and forth across the room.

• Su Chen and Da Wang stepped on John and George's faces, and Da Wang said he enjoyed it more than dissolving bodies.
• Su Chen revealed that Cobra had sent five people to assassinate him, leaving John and George terrified that the other three would be next.
• John and George each pleaded to be kept around for more stomping, and George entertained Da Wang with sound effects.
• Su Chen kicked John across the room, inspiring Da Wang to kick George back and forth for fun.

Su Chen and Da Wang tortured the captured assassins John and George before taking them to the bathroom to dissolve their bodies. Su Chen handed the task to Da Wang, who eagerly prepared his own Corpse Dissolving Powder.

• Su Chen and Da Wang kicked John and George around while the captives had Su Chen's foul socks stuffed in their mouths.
• After playing with them for more than ten minutes, Su Chen and Da Wang decided to dissolve the assassins and dragged them to the bathroom.
• Su Chen laid John and George in the bathtub and offered Da Wang the Corpse Dissolving Powder, saying he could handle the job.
• Da Wang embraced Su Chen and happily accepted his promise to leave future body-disposal jobs to him.
• Da Wang took out his own large bottle of Corpse Dissolving Powder and approached the terrified John and George.

Da Wang used Corpse Dissolving Powder to turn George and John into blood in the bathtub at Su Family Villa. John lost consciousness before the powder dissolved his head, and Da Wang hoped John's three remaining companions would be more resilient.

• Da Wang scattered Corpse Dissolving Powder over George, whose legs began disappearing into blood.
• George watched helplessly as Da Wang dissolved his body from his legs up to his head.
• John tried to escape as the anesthetic wore off, but he could only squirm in the bathtub.
• Su Chen drained George's blood from the bathtub before Da Wang began dissolving John.
• John watched his body disappear into blood and passed out before his head dissolved.
• Da Wang regretted that John was too fragile and hoped his three remaining companions would last longer.

As He Mu waited anxiously for John and George to return from their attempt to kill Su Chen, Mike tried to distract him with sexual advances. He Mu shut himself in his bedroom and promised to indulge Mike after Su Chen was dead, while privately planning revenge on Mike and the others.

• He Mu paced through the night, worrying that John and George had not returned after five hours.
• Mike reassured He Mu that the killers would succeed, then tried to lead him to his bedroom for sex.
• He Mu slipped out of Mike’s embrace, ran into his bedroom, and locked the door.
• He Mu privately vowed to make Mike and the others pay once Su Chen was dead, but told Mike he would play with him afterward.
• Mike accepted He Mu’s promise and told him to keep his word once Su Chen was dead.

He Mu, Mike, William, and James realized John and George had not returned from their attempt to assassinate Su Chen. After learning Su Chen was unharmed, Mike suspected He Mu had misrepresented him, but He Mu insisted Su Chen was an ordinary boy with no special abilities.

• He Mu waited all night for John and George, then woke Mike and told him they had not returned.
• Mike questioned William and James, who confirmed John and George had not reported back from their mission.
• He Mu told Mike that Su Chen was safe and suggested John and George had been killed by him.
• Mike accused He Mu of lying about Su Chen, but He Mu insisted Su Chen was an ordinary person who was only somewhat stronger than normal.

Mike and the other mercenaries remained unsure how to assassinate Su Chen or find John and George. At breakfast, Su Qiqi complained about the nighttime noises, and Su Chen revealed that the danger was not over and threatened to handle the next incident in her bedroom.

• Mike suspected He Mu's claim that Su Chen was an ordinary person, but realized He Mu would not tell him anything more about Su Chen.
• Su Zhenxing returned to the Su Family home after Li Ma told him about strange noises from Su Chen's bedroom.
• Su Qiqi accused Su Chen of disturbing everyone at night, while Su Zhenxing tried to stop her from provoking him.
• Su Chen told Su Zhenxing he had only dealt with part of the threat, leaving Su Zhenxing alarmed that danger remained.
• Su Chen said he would handle the next incident in Su Qiqi's bedroom so she would understand what was happening.

Su Qiqi agreed to go with Su Chen, unaware that he planned to dispose of bodies in her room, while Su Zhenxing pitied her for walking into the ordeal. Meanwhile, after John and George failed to kill Su Chen, Mike sent William and James to assassinate him at the Su Family Villa.

• Su Zhenxing gave Su Chen permission to handle the matter as he saw fit, and Su Qiqi agreed to accompany him because she wanted to learn what he had done the previous night.
• Su Chen continued eating and looked forward to disposing of bodies in Su Qiqi's room, while Su Zhenxing silently pitied her.
• He Mu panicked over John and George's failure and urged Mike to keep trying to kill Su Chen.
• Mike rebuked He Mu, then ordered William and James to visit the Su Family Villa, kill Su Chen, and find out what had happened to John and George.
• William and James accepted the assignment confidently, and He Mu felt relieved that they had not abandoned the job.

He Mu waited anxiously as William and James went to assassinate Su Chen at Su Family Villa. The pair encountered only sleeping residents and remained baffled about how John and George had failed, but they continued toward Su Chen’s bedroom.

• He Mu resented Mike and feared Su Chen would kill him if the assassins failed, while Mike reassured himself that William and James would succeed.
• William and James entered Su Family Villa cautiously, but their Infrared Detectors first picked up the snoring Gatekeeper Old Man.
• The assassins investigated two rooms and found Tao Ma and Li Ma sleeping, leaving William and James feeling humiliated and confused.
• William and James found Su Qiqi asleep and wondered how John and George had failed when the Su Family appeared to have no formidable guards.
• William and James left Su Qiqi’s room and continued toward Su Chen’s bedroom to carry out their mission.

William and James broke into Su Chen’s room to assassinate him, but Da Wang’s sleeping drug left them helpless. Da Wang began torturing William and threatened to crush every bone in his body.

• William and James detected two people in Su Chen’s room and quietly entered with daggers.
• William and James attacked the figures on the bed and beneath it, but collapsed when they touched the bed’s edge.
• Da Wang jumped off the bed as Su Chen emerged from beneath it, and Su Chen praised Da Wang’s sleeping drug.
• Da Wang stomped on William’s chest until his breastbone broke, while James recoiled in fear.
• William insulted Da Wang, who threatened to crush every bone in William’s body and raised his foot to continue the torture.

Su Chen and Da Wang brought the incapacitated William and James to Su Qiqi's room, claiming they would let her join in dealing with them. Su Qiqi realized what they were doing only when Da Wang began crushing William's hand, and she screamed in terror.

• Da Wang eagerly dragged William to Su Qiqi's room while Su Chen brought James along.
• Su Chen woke Su Qiqi and reminded her that she had asked to be involved in their secret.
• Su Chen revealed Da Wang and the two incapacitated Foreign Devils, and Da Wang resumed stomping on William.
• Da Wang crushed William's hand while muffling his screams, and Su Qiqi screamed and hid under the covers.

Su Chen kept Su Qiqi awake to make her watch Da Wang crush William’s bones, insisting the ordeal would train her courage. After Da Wang finished with William, Su Chen let him torment James too, leaving Su Qiqi trembling as the second foreigner faced the same punishment.

• Su Qiqi fainted at the sight of Da Wang crushing William’s hands, so Su Chen pinched her awake and prevented her from fainting again.
• Su Qiqi begged Su Chen to let her leave, but he said he was training her courage and that the ordeal was not over.
• Da Wang crushed every bone in William’s body, then asked Su Chen for permission to deal with James.
• Su Chen allowed Da Wang to continue, and Da Wang stuffed Su Qiqi’s worn panties into James’s mouth before stomping toward his hand.
• Su Qiqi watched in terror as Da Wang began tormenting James, unaware that her panties had been used to gag him.

Su Chen and Da Wang finished killing William and James by crushing their bones and dissolving their bodies in Su Qiqi’s bathtub. Su Qiqi fainted after witnessing them disappear into blood, leaving her unconscious on the floor.

• Da Wang crushed every bone in William and James’s bodies, then sat down to rest as Su Qiqi watched in terror.
• Su Chen carried the two mangled foreigners into Su Qiqi’s bathroom, ignoring her pleas to take them away.
• Su Chen asked whether Da Wang could continue, and Da Wang eagerly agreed to dissolve the men.
• Da Wang covered William and James with Corpse Dissolving Powder, and they dissolved into a puddle of blood within a minute.
• Su Qiqi fainted from fright, and Su Chen left her unconscious on the floor.

After William and James failed to return from their mission against Su Chen, Mike confronted He Mu over the inaccurate intelligence that had cost Cobra four men. Mike left He Mu with no choice but to accept the blame, while still unable to explain how Su Chen had defeated the assassins.

• Su Chen drained the bloody water from Su Qiqi's bathtub and left her room with Da Wang, leaving her collapsed on the floor.
• Mike waited through the night for William and James, then realized they had probably been killed when they did not return by morning.
• He Mu learned from an informant that Su Chen was alive and eating breakfast, then demanded his deposit back from Mike.
• Mike pinned He Mu down, slapped him, and refused to return the deposit, saying Cobra had lost four men on the assignment.
• Mike blamed He Mu's inaccurate intelligence for the repeated failures, and He Mu reluctantly accepted responsibility.
• Mike admitted he knew something was strange about Su Chen but still did not know how Su Chen had defeated John and the others.

Mike decided against retreating and instead planned to take He Mu to the Su Family, hoping Su Chen would kill him. He Mu feared Su Chen’s bodyguards and had not yet agreed to go.

• He Mu accused Mike of cowardice and threatened to expose him if he abandoned the job without returning the deposit.
• Mike remembered he could not kill He Mu or reclaim the money, so he planned to use Su Chen to dispose of him.
• Mike told He Mu he would personally pursue Su Chen and invited him to come along.
• He Mu grew jealous, believing Su Zhenxing had hired Su Chen a powerful bodyguard but had never protected him.
• He Mu hesitated to join Mike because he feared Su Chen and the fate of John and the other Cobra members.

He Mu agreed to accompany Mike on an assassination attempt against Su Chen after Mike threatened to keep his deposit and leave. He Mu supplied a pistol, and Mike promised that it would let him kill Su Chen.

• Mike demanded that He Mu join the mission and refused to refund his deposit if he declined.
• He Mu decided Su Chen had to die and stopped Mike from leaving by agreeing to go with him.
• Mike assigned He Mu to carry his tool bag and help dispose of Su Chen's body.
• He Mu fetched a pistol from the basement and gave it to Mike.
• Mike mistook the pistol for a Desert Eagle and said it guaranteed he could kill Su Chen.

Mike and He Mu infiltrated the Su Family Villa to assassinate Su Chen, but found no obvious guards or traps and grew suspicious. Mike shot a decoy in Su Chen’s bedroom, then both assassins collapsed from an unseen ambush as Su Chen and Da Wang emerged from beneath the bed.

• Mike and He Mu refined their assassination plan and entered the Su Family Villa under cover of night.
• Mike used his enhanced hearing to check the villa, but detected only sleeping residents and no apparent ambush.
• Mike cautiously approached Su Chen’s bedroom while privately planning to abandon He Mu if the mission went wrong.
• Mike saw one sleeping figure on the bed and fired his silenced pistol, but realized the figure was fake.
• Mike and He Mu lost their strength and collapsed, and Su Chen and Da Wang crawled out from beneath the bed.
• Su Chen approached He Mu and greeted him as his dear brother.