When he saw Huang Qisheng again, the once refined and amiable Boss Huang now had a sallow face covered in stubble, as if he had endured some inhuman torment. His clothes were tattered, faintly stained with blood, and he looked utterly wretched.
The moment he saw Lin Shuguang, Huang Qisheng fell to his knees, as if he had spotted his only lifeline.
He had so much to say, but it was all stuck in his throat.
In just seven short days, everything had changed... If not for his burning desire to avenge his blood feud, he truly would not have held out until now.
"Mr. Lin..." Huang Qisheng called out, unable to stop tears from streaming down his face.
He had always believed that he had never done anything to wrong anyone, and during his years at Demon Martial, he had worked conscientiously and diligently.
Yet in the end, his wife and children had been brutally killed in the street!
It was utterly laughable.
Lin Shuguang looked at Huang Qisheng kneeling before him and let out a low sigh.
Just then, more than a dozen sets of footsteps came rushing over.
A group of assassins appeared!
They came to a stop just a few meters away.
They eyed Lin Shuguang uncertainly. The leader coldly demanded, "Which path do you belong to?"
Lin Shuguang remained expressionless as he looked down at Huang Qisheng. "I'm not a philanthropist. If I help you, what do I get in return?"
Huang Qisheng withdrew his furious gaze from the assassins, wiped the tears from his face, and said earnestly, "I have nothing now. I can't give you anything. But I have the ability. Within five years, I can build a fortune of over a billion and start over from scratch, rising again! If you're willing to help me, I swear that I, Huang Qisheng, will serve you as my master for the rest of my life and follow you to the death!"
Lin Shuguang's gaze remained calm.
Yet Huang Qisheng's heart tightened beneath it.
By then, the group of assassins had already reacted. The leader made a snap decision. "Kill Huang Qisheng first! If he dares to interfere, kill him too!"
"Yes!" The group of assassins charged over with their blades raised.
Huang Qisheng looked tense as the assassins rapidly closed in. Fine sweat covered the tip of his nose, and his anxious eyes remained fixed on Lin Shuguang.
"Fine. I'll give you one chance."
Lin Shuguang dropped those words, raised his head, and stared coldly at the charging assassins.
Under Huang Qisheng's delighted yet astonished gaze, Lin Shuguang showed no intention of acting himself. He merely waved his hand lightly. "Leave one alive."
In the next instant.
A mysterious figure suddenly appeared in the midst of the charging assassins, its entire body shrouded in a blood-red robe. Its movements were ghostlike, and the scythe in its hand reaped the assassins' lives with ease.
As blood ran freely, shrill screams rose one after another.
Huang Qisheng's eyes widened completely.
He had no idea how the mysterious figure in the blood-red robe had appeared. The scene before him, however, was like something from a living hell, and as an ordinary man who had never entered the martial path, he nearly screamed aloud.
H-He's the Grim Reaper!!!
Without realizing it, Huang Qisheng looked at Lin Shuguang with the reverence one would show a god.
While he found this ghost-and-god-like method unbelievable, he also gained a clearer understanding of the forces Lin Shuguang commanded.
He had once thought Lin Shuguang was all alone, but now it seemed... there was far more to him than that!
In the blink of an eye, all the assassins were gone except the leader.
His face was filled with terror, and his legs trembled.
Behind him stood that terrifying, Grim Reaper-like mysterious figure...
The entire scene suddenly fell silent.
The assassin leader met Lin Shuguang's indifferent gaze head-on and immediately threw away the saber in his hand. "Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
Lin Shuguang turned his head toward Huang Qisheng. "Go ask him whatever you want to know."
Huang Qisheng slowly recovered his senses, picked up a blade from the ground, and walked over.
The assassin leader's entire body trembled as he repeated the same words over and over. "Don't kill me..."
He was not a martial artist, nor even a Martial Arts Apprentice. He had merely accepted a job and led his brothers here.
If he had known that such a powerful martial expert was protecting Huang Qisheng, he would never have accepted the contract, no matter what.
When he saw Huang Qisheng approaching with a blade, his expression changed drastically. He practically told him everything he knew, asking only for a way to stay alive.
"It was Su Rong... I've told you everything I should. Can you let me go? I swear I won't provoke you again, and I won't tell anyone what happened tonight..." the assassin leader pleaded.
Huang Qisheng's face was numb. "Did you have a part in my wife and children's deaths...?"
The assassin leader opened and closed his mouth, stammering, "I... didn't."
Huang Qisheng let out a miserable, mocking laugh and brought the blade down.
Accompanied by faint screams, Huang Qisheng's face was soon covered in blood.
Ten minutes later, his entire body was spattered with blood. He stood before Lin Shuguang, dropped to his knees, and said from the bottom of his heart, "From now on, my life, Huang Qisheng's life, belongs to you!"
Lin Shuguang smiled lightly. "Relax. I won't let you die. Your task is to make money for me. If someone needs killing, tell me directly."
Those sharp words made Huang Qisheng lower his head.
Then he heard Lin Shuguang murmur as if to himself, "Since Su Rong is the mastermind behind this, we'll use him as the first blade."
Huang Qisheng hesitated. "But, sir, we don't have evidence that can nail him for certain. What if we alert him?"
Lin Shuguang said indifferently, "The Special Management Bureau doesn't need evidence to handle a case."
Huang Qisheng froze.
That night, with Ma Wei's approval, the Special Management Bureau's Cao Chao personally led a team and swiftly raided the Su Family residence. The Su Family fell into chaos, with the entire courtyard filled with the wails of women and children.
Su Rong was dragged into the vehicle with his hair disheveled, his face full of terror. "Who are you? You're bandits! Who's your leader? I'm going to tell—"
He suddenly spotted Huang Qisheng by the roadside and thought he had mistaken him for someone else. But when his gaze shifted to Lin Shuguang standing beside Huang Qisheng, the words in his throat immediately lodged there.
He lay against the vehicle in disbelief, staring wide-eyed at Lin Shuguang!
Then he saw the people who had arrested him standing before Lin Shuguang with faces full of respect, and all the color drained from his face.
He stammered at the person beside him, "You... what kind of organization are you?"
The other person swept him an indifferent glance.
"The Special Management Bureau."
Su Rong fainted on the spot.
"Mr. Lin, everything's been taken care of. The Su Family definitely has problems. Although their crimes don't warrant death, it'll still be enough to give them a hard time," Cao Chao said with a smile.
Lin Shuguang nodded and gestured toward Huang Qisheng beside him. "He's one of mine. Remember to look after him in the future."
"Of course." Cao Chao glanced at Huang Qisheng without showing anything on his face. Huang Qisheng bowed and clasped his fists. "Lord Cao."
Cao Chao waved casually. "Then we're on the same side from now on. If anything comes up, you can come straight to me."
"Certainly, certainly. I'll be troubling you in the future, Lord Cao."
Cao Chao chuckled casually, then leaned close to Lin Shuguang and lowered his voice. "Mr. Lin, this Su Family... should we keep them or not?"
Huang Qisheng also looked over nervously.
Lin Shuguang glanced at the chaotic Su Family. "I'm a person who keeps love and hate separate."
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