Bloodied Glory, a Shocking Kneel!

Platinum Han Palace Club.

Jiangcheng's most exclusive den of extravagance.

Gao Zisheng had a blonde, blue-eyed beauty tucked under each arm. Both flashed seductive smiles beneath the lights.

"Baby, that's the stuff!"

Gao Zisheng tipped up one woman's chin.

"Young Master Gao, you're the best~"

Red lips brushed his ear, her breath a whisper.

Bang!

Suddenly, the private dining room door burst open, shattering the intimate mood.

Scarface tumbled in, his knees scraping across the carpet and leaving a trail of blood.

"Young Master Gao, it went wrong! We failed! That old bastard has a gun!"

Scarface rushed in covered in dust, panic written all over his face. Even his voice trembled.

"Useless! You couldn't even handle a little thing like this!"

Gao Zisheng kicked him in the stomach and cursed. "An old geezer has a weapon? Perfect. Call the police, get him arrested, and let him rot in prison!"

Scarface clutched his stomach and fell silent, standing meekly to one side.

Ring! Ring!

Gao Zisheng's phone rang. The screen showed the name "Principal Li."

He answered impatiently. "Old Li, what is it?"

"Young Master Gao, we've got trouble!"

Principal Li's voice shook on the other end.

"Yue Xiaofei is carrying a plaque. It looks like he's going to file a complaint! If this blows up, we're finished!"

Gao Zisheng gripped his phone tighter, surprise flickering across his face.

He might have been a spoiled rich kid, but he wasn't stupid. He knew to pick on easy targets.

If Yue Xiaofei had any powerful relatives, Gao Zisheng would never have bullied him so brazenly.

Soldiers were fiercely protective of their own!

If their families were bullied and no one stepped in, the troops would lose heart.

But Yue Xiaofei?

An orphan whose father was in prison and whose mother had died of illness!

A pauper whose grandfather hadn't even made the preferential-treatment list!

He was nothing!

"He's putting on an act! That's all it is!"

Gao Zisheng drained half a bottle of liquor and hurled it against the wall, his arrogance surging.

"He wants sympathy? Wants to shake us down? He's asking for it!"

Still uneasy, he called his father, Gao Tianxiong, and gave him an embellished account of what had happened.

"Dad, that Yue Xiaofei kid doesn't know what's good for him!"

"I only wanted him to give up the Top Scholar Slot because of his grades!"

"Not only did he refuse, he fought back! Now he's carrying some lousy plaque to file a complaint. That's a slap in the Gao Family's face! What do you think we should do...?"

He deliberately cast himself as the victim and pinned all the blame on Yue Xiaofei.

On the other end of the call,

Gao Tianxiong listened, then replied evenly, "I understand. I'll take care of it."

"Great! Thanks, Dad!"

Gao Zisheng grinned and lunged at the two women again.

Downtown Jiangcheng.

The chairman's office on the top floor of Gao Corporation Building.

Gao Tianxiong sat in his executive chair. After a moment's thought, he pressed a red button at the corner of his desk.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

At once, piercing alarms sounded through KTV lounges, nightclubs, dockyards, and construction sites across Jiangcheng.

Hundreds of thugs scattered around the city received the same message on their phones.

Stop Yue Xiaofei at any cost!

Succeed, and you'll get a million in cash and a luxury home downtown!

Fail, and you'll spend a year digging pits in northern Myanmar!

Disobey, and we'll break your legs and throw you in the river to feed the fish!

The moment the message went out, hundreds of thugs sprang into action, swarming like black ants!

Some drove modified off-road vehicles; others rode powerful motorcycles. They poured onto the streets and headed for the military district headquarters.

Pedestrians recoiled at the sight and hurried out of their way.

"My God, what's going on? Why are all the Gao Family's thugs out?"

"Who's got the nerve to cross the Gao Family? Do they have a death wish?"

"Remember the last time the Gao Family sounded the alarm? Some wealthy family had offended them. Within a day, they were wiped out, and their family head was dumped in the street with his legs broken!"

The memory still made some people shudder.

"Whoever they're after this time won't have enough left to cremate!"

Meanwhile,

Yue Xiaofei kept walking, the plaque on his shoulder, each step steady and determined.

The distance kept shrinking!

A thousand meters!

Five hundred meters!

Two hundred meters!

Once he rounded the intersection ahead, he would be there.

Lin Xiaolu was still beside him.

Her livestream kept drawing viewers. More than 100,000 people were now watching.

The comments grew more heated by the second.

[Look! A bunch of people are coming up behind them. Are they after that guy?]

[They look vicious, and they've got steel pipes and clubs!]

[He's toast! That guy is so toast!]

Yue Xiaofei noticed the commotion behind him too.

"Hey, brat! Stop!"

"President Gao gave us strict orders to stop you!"

"Stop right there, or we'll break your damn legs!"

Hundreds of thugs surged behind him like beasts loosed from their cages, their battle cries shaking the street!

They looked ready to tear him apart.

An ordinary person would have been too frightened to stand.

"Hah..."

Yue Xiaofei drew a deep breath. His gaze sharpened, and fire burned in his chest!

You want to stop me? It won't be that easy!

He quickened his pace.

"Run! Everybody, run!"

Frightened bystanders scattered, terrified of getting caught up in it.

"Get away!"

Lin Xiaolu stumbled back a few steps too, but she still shouted a warning while recording the terrifying scene on her phone.

"Stop, you little bastard!"

A bald thug on a motorcycle swung a steel pipe and sped toward Yue Xiaofei.

"Break his arms! Break his legs!"

"When the Gao Family wants to stop you, you're not going anywhere!"

Sensing the danger behind him, Yue Xiaofei stopped and spun around.

Sunlight fell across him like a suit of armor.

"You want to stop me?"

His voice was quiet, yet it struck like thunder.

"Ask the plaque on my shoulder first!"

"Then ask the medals against my chest!"

"And last, ask my grandfather's gun!!!"

Whoosh!

The steel pipe came hurtling at him.

Yue Xiaofei twisted aside. His muscles tightened, his joints cracking!

Come on, scum!

Thud!

Yue Xiaofei drove a vicious punch into the bald thug.

The man flew off his motorcycle and hit the ground, bruised and bloodied.

On the highway,

a Hongqi sped along like an arrow loosed from a bow.

"Faster! Go faster!"

In the back seat, Lin Tiejun roared at the driver. His grip on the handle was so tight his knuckles had gone pale.

He had been watching his granddaughter's livestream the whole time. Yue Xiaofei must have suffered a terrible injustice to carry that plaque to file a complaint!

Lin Tiejun was a veteran of the war against Japan. He hated wrongdoing and would not tolerate it!

Even if this young man had not been a hero's descendant,

Lin Tiejun would never stand by while so many criminals bullied him in broad daylight!

Investigate it!

Get to the bottom of everything!

Round up every last one of those criminals!

"Thirty meters left!"

Surrounded, Yue Xiaofei held the plaque in front of him and stared ahead.

Just thirty more meters!

Just then,

the thugs finally reached him, their shouts deafening.

"Get him! All at once!"

"President Gao's orders—don't let him get inside!"

The thugs charged like madmen.

Yue Xiaofei could only dart from side to side, dodging with everything he had.

One step!

Another step!

The gates of the military district headquarters drew closer!

Crack!

An iron bar struck the back of his head!

Yue Xiaofei's vision went black, and the world spun.

But he did not fall!

He braced his left hand against the ground and clutched the plaque with his right.

"Grandpa! Hurry... They're going to beat him to death!"

Lin Xiaolu cried out.

The livestream comments erupted.

[Holy shit, they're out of control! Attacking him in broad daylight!]

[Shh! They work for the Gao Family. That family rules Jiangcheng like kings!]

[So what? I'm cursing eighteen generations of the Gao Family right now. Are they going to crawl through the internet and hack me to death?]

Despite the heavy blow, Yue Xiaofei gritted his teeth and dragged the plaque forward.

"He can still move?"

"Tough bastard!"

"Fine. Let's see how tough you really are!"

The bald brute let out a vicious laugh and kicked!

Thud!

Yue Xiaofei flew several yards. He felt as though his bones were about to break.

But he ignored the pain. Only one thought remained in his mind—

Just around the corner!

Crawl!

Even if I die, I have to get there!

The thugs caught up, and a leather shoe pressed down on his back.

"Go on, you little bastard! Crawl!"

"You dare file a complaint? You've got some nerve!"

"Break his legs. Let's see him crawl then!"

The vicious mob was about to finish him off.

"Get lost!"

Yue Xiaofei suddenly whipped his head around and roared. Fury blazed in his blood-covered eyes, like a starving tiger sighting prey.

The thugs sucked in a breath...

For an instant, several of those closest to him recoiled half a step!

Now!

Yue Xiaofei seized the opening, lunged forward, and rolled around the corner!

"What's going on?"

The sentry on duty froze.

The blood-soaked boy and the bloodstained plaque he carried made a sight unlike anything the sentry had ever seen!

"Huff..."

Yue Xiaofei forced himself upright with the last of his strength. He staggered, but kept his back straight.

One step!

Two steps!

Three steps!

At last, he crossed the security line!

Just then!

Hundreds of thugs reached the corner. At the sight of the security line and the sentry, their faces darkened. They dared not come closer and could only shout from outside!

"Come out, you little bastard!"

"Quit hiding like a coward! Think you can hide forever?"

"In Jiangcheng, the Gao Family rules everything! They won't let you off!!!"

Their threats rose one after another.

Yue Xiaofei turned around.

He looked at their snarling faces.

He looked at the knives and clubs they waved.

"Heh!"

He smiled.

His face was covered in blood, yet he smiled like a victor!

Then Yue Xiaofei knelt, the plaque still on his shoulder!

Thud!

His knees struck the concrete!

The dull impact seemed to strike the guard at the gate in the chest!

Yue Xiaofei raised his head toward the flag fluttering in the wind. With the last of his strength, he cried out!

"My grandfather! Yue Qinhu!"

"My father! Yue Changlong!"

"I, Yue Xiaofei, have come to seek justice!!!"