Chen Lin's words, "my father-in-law and mother-in-law," hit Zhang Wei like a bucket of ice water poured from the crown of his head down to his heels.
All his greed and desire froze in that instant, leaving only a bone-deep chill.
"Who... who the fuck are you?"
Terrified, Zhang Wei retreated half a step, putting on a fierce front as he forced himself to threaten, "I'm warning you, this isn't something you can..."
Before he could finish.
Chen Lin, who had been leaning in the doorway, vanished into thin air.
The two burly men behind Zhang Wei were notorious tough guys in Pearl City. Instinctively sensing mortal danger, their pupils contracted, and they reached toward Zhang Ruoxi, intending to take her hostage.
But their hands had barely risen.
An irresistible force clamped around their throats from the side.
Chen Lin had moved later but reached them first.
With one in each hand, he effortlessly lifted the two men, each weighing over two hundred pounds, off the floor like a pair of chicks.
"Urgh..."
Suffocation instantly overwhelmed their brains. Their legs kicked helplessly in midair, and their faces turned a dark purplish red.
Not a flicker disturbed Chen Lin's gaze.
He flung his arms outward.
"Bang! Bang!"
He hurled the two burly men like torn sacks into the bald man and his two companions in the other corner of the living room.
"Crack-"
A rapid series of snapping bones rang out through the cramped living room.
Like bowling pins struck by a ball, the five men crashed into a tangled heap and lost consciousness without so much as a groan.
The entire process took less than a second.
Only Yang Yujiao, collapsed on the floor, and Zhang Ruoxi, trembling as she held her mother, remained in the living room.
And, of