Hello, Officer. I'm the victim

Before Jian Li arrived, Jian Jingfeng had been beaten to a pulp.

Four separate groups had taken turns beating him, each hitting so hard it seemed they meant to kill him.

Only later, when he overheard the thugs talking, did he learn that Jian Li had offended the Lu Family's second young master, and they were taking it out on him.

Hearing this, Jian Jingfeng was furious and secretly plotted how to skin Jian Li alive.

But now that Jian Li was actually here, he didn't dare show it just yet.

After all, the Lu Family's eldest young master still had some interest in Jian Li.

If he upset Jian Li, he would definitely meet an even worse end!

"Li, stop fooling around. Hurry up and save your dad." Ignoring his pain, Jian Jingfeng forced a smile. "If this keeps up, these old bones of mine won't make it out of here!"

Jian Li curled his lips, strolled over to the sofa, and plopped down. "Mr. Lu, weren't you going to kill him? Go ahead. I'll be your witness."

Jian Jingfeng's expression changed at his attitude. "Jian Li, have you lost your mind?!"

"Mr. Lu, don't listen to his nonsense." He turned and crawled toward Lu Siqi. "I'll give you my son to settle the debt. Do whatever you want with him, as long as you're happy!"

Disgust crossed Lu Siqi's face. He kicked him away, then turned his gaze to Jian Li, his eyes growing thoughtful.

"Jian Li, I never thought you'd be such an ungrateful son!" Seeing his adoptive older brother hesitate, Lu Yuanhang strode up from behind. "So all that kindness before was just an act?!"

Jian Li turned and grinned at Lu Yuanhang. "You're a dutiful son? Then why don't you acknowledge your birth parents back in the countryside?"

"Why don't you go help them work the fields and feed the pigs and chickens?!"

Lu Yuanhang choked on his words, then blustered, "They never raised me for a single day. Why should I acknowledge them?"

"Oh." Jian Li put on a look of sudden understanding. "So if they didn't raise you, you don't have to acknowledge them?"

"Then we're pretty much the same."

"My dad ran off to dodge his debts as soon as I was born."

"He only showed up after I entered the entertainment industry, and he was drowning in debt."

"He never raised me either, so I don't have to acknowledge him, right?"

Lu Yuanhang twisted his mouth. "How can you compare yourself to me?"

"Why can't I?" Jian Li gave a derisive laugh. "I'm human. Aren't you?"

"You-" Lu Yuanhang seethed. "Do you think you're still on that variety show, where you can do whatever you please?!"

He turned to the thugs standing nearby. "Beat him up!"

At the order, the thugs rolled up their sleeves and prepared to advance, but Jian Li waved a hand. "Hang on. One more question."

"Was Jian Jingfeng's money borrowed from you?"

Lu Yuanhang answered without a second thought. "So what if it was?"

"He's a useless freeloader waiting to die. You thought he could repay it?" Jian Li raised an eyebrow.

Lu Yuanhang sneered. "He can't, but you can. I don't care who pays, as long as I get my money."

Jian Li said, "Don't you know you're breaking the law?"

"So what if I am? Doesn't everyone do it?" Lu Yuanhang couldn't have cared less. "I'm not the company's legal representative, just its actual controller. Even if they investigate, they can't trace it back to me. Besides..."

His smile grew increasingly brazen. "Don't you know the law was made for rich people?!"

"Oh." Jian Li nodded. "Now that you've said that, I understand."

Lu Yuanhang shot the thugs a look. "What are you standing around for? Get him!"

Jian Li rose unhurriedly from the sofa and took out the device clipped inside his collar. "If any of you lays a hand on me, don't blame me when I send you to prison."

"Who do you think you're scaring?" Lu Yuanhang shouted.

Lu Siqi, who had remained silent all this time, narrowed his eyes. "A pinhole camera?"

"You know your stuff, Mr. Lu." Jian Li's smile remained cavalier. "The director lent it to me. Didn't think it'd actually come in handy."

"You recorded all of that?!" Lu Yuanhang's eyes widened in shock.

Then everything I said...

At that thought, Lu Yuanhang reached out to snatch it.

But Jian Li tossed the pinhole camera onto the sofa. "Don't bother. That was a livestream. I've already switched the camera off."

As he spoke, he looked around every corner of the living room. "I'm guessing you don't have surveillance cameras here either."

"After all, everything you do is illegal."

Lu Yuanhang finally lost control, his eyes bulging with rage. "Jian Li, you have a death wish!"

He charged forward to strike, only for Jian Li to raise an arm and swing it casually.

His palm landed squarely on Lu Yuanhang's face with a sharp smack.

Lu Yuanhang lost his balance and crashed onto the floor. Clutching his face, he looked back viciously. "You bastard, I'll cripple you!"

Jian Li flexed his fingers, his lips curving into a roguish smile.

"Bastard, stop stealing my lines."

"I'm the one who's going to cripple you."

He advanced step by step, a ruthless, bloodthirsty gleam in his eyes, his entire body radiating the aura of someone fighting to the death on a battlefield.

Lu Yuanhang finally began to panic. He turned to Lu Siqi with a pleading look. "Brother, look at Jian Li! He's going to kill me!"

Exhausted by the whole farce, Lu Siqi sighed helplessly and walked toward Jian Li.

"Enough. Stop making a scene. Your father's debt, I'll..."

Before he could finish, Jian Li spun around and drove a fist into his sharply defined jaw. "Fucking idiot, don't fucking talk to me!"

Caught off guard, Lu Siqi staggered back several steps. He barely managed to steady himself, the taste of blood at the corner of his mouth stirring his vicious temper.

He opened his mouth to curse, only to discover that the once slender, frail figure moved faster than his voice.

Then came a storm of blows...

Terrified out of his wits, Jian Jingfeng crawled desperately toward a corner.

How could that possibly be his son? He was clearly a demon that had crawled out of hell to claim their lives!

The livestream of Jian Li's entire return to the Lu Family instantly sparked heated discussion.

Comments flooded the screen.

[Waaah, poor Brother Li! He actually has a scumbag dad like that? Never raised him for a single day, then suddenly showed up drowning in debt?!]

[I finally get why Brother Li donated blood to Lu Yuanhang for free. He was trying to pay off his father's debt!]

[Did you hear that? He even told Mr. Lu to do whatever he wanted with him! What kind of father does that? You'd think Li wasn't even his biological son!]

[That's way too brazen! We live in a civilized society, and there are still lawless maniacs like this?! I can't stand Lu Yuanhang's ugly face anymore. Can we report him now?!]

[Wait, they're going to attack him?! What'll happen to Brother Li?! Is anyone going to save him?!]

[Waaah, the screen went black! No, I'm calling the police!]

[If anything happens to Brother Li, I don't want to live either!]

[...]

And so, the 110 Center received countless calls from concerned citizens reporting that someone was unlawfully detaining and beating others.

The police took the matter very seriously and rushed to the scene. After knocking and entering, they all froze at the sight inside.

Were they sure this was a group beating?

Why was only one person completely unscathed?!

And everyone else was a gruesome sight?

Hearing the noise, Jian Li turned and flashed the well-behaved smile of a model citizen. "Hello, Officer. I'm the victim."