As the centerpiece Qin Xiao had made a special trip to Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness to commission, the coffin made of solid gold had arrived at the venue early.
It was inside a small box truck in the hotel parking lot.
Qin Xiao had certainly prepared thoroughly for today.
Qin Xiao gave a slight wave toward the box truck.
Two men in black suits came running out, each pulling a pallet jack designed for heavy loads.
Two more climbed down from the truck. With two outside and two inside, they pushed the gleaming gold coffin along the truck bed.
With a clang, it landed squarely across the two pallet jacks.
"Brother Liu, is this fucking coffin really solid gold?"
The man in black pushing at the front spoke quietly to the one behind him.
"Probably. Who cares? The boss said this guy's a God of Wealth. We each get a big red envelope just for coming here to cause some trouble. Isn't that a lot safer than going out to fight gang battles? Quit yapping and put your back into it!"
With one in front and one behind, one pushing and the other pulling, they positioned the gold coffin weighing several hundred jin across the middle of the red carpet.
A Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness tag marking it as 99.9% pure gold could just be seen fluttering on the gleaming coffin.
Everyone present was left utterly speechless.
A solid gold coffin had to weigh at least three or four hundred jin.
What did three or four hundred jin of gold mean? Even when gold prices were at their lowest, it would still cost tens of millions.
Even if the two had a grudge, everything he had done so far had already been offensive enough. Why spend so much money to give him a gold coffin?
The same thought popped into quite a few people's heads: if someone crashed their wedding and gave them a solid gold coffin like that at the end, they would accept it, bad luck or not.
Guo Xinliang did not feel that way. Among those present today were many businesspeople and partners he had met in Magic City over the past year.
Leaving aside the impact of this wedding, if he actually accepted this coffin, how could he keep moving in these circles?
Countless thoughts churned through Guo Xinliang's mind. It was not that he was afraid of what Qin Xiao might do to him.
He did not believe Qin Xiao would dare beat him too badly or kill him on the spot with so many people present.
What frightened him was where Qin Xiao had gotten so much money and found so many people.
If Qin Xiao rose again, he did not have to think to know that his own days would be far from pleasant.
"Qin Xiao, just what do you want?"
Guo Xinliang spoke to Qin Xiao through gritted teeth.
"What do I want? I came to your wedding and even gave you such an expensive gift, and you're asking me what I want?"
"You cheating bastards took my company and everything I owned. Do you have any idea how I've lived this past year? Did you know I drank pesticide to kill myself? Now I'm back from hell. What do you think I want?"
Smack!
Qin Xiao grew somewhat agitated as he spoke and swung a slap at Guo Xinliang.
Although Qin Xiao had done everything he could to restrain his strength, that slap still sent Guo Xinliang flying seven or eight meters.
Not only did most of his teeth fall out, but half his face swelled up like a pig's head. His head lolled to one side, and he passed out!
"Ah!"
Qin Xiao had sent Guo Xinliang flying with a single slap.
Qu Fang let out a terrified scream beside him.
"Hmm?"
Qin Xiao turned his gaze on this woman who was nominally his ex-girlfriend.
"Qin... Qin Xiao! I...!"
Seeing Qin Xiao turn his gaze on her, Qu Fang trembled so badly she could not get her words out.
She had spent years living alongside Qin Xiao, yet this was the first time she had found the man before her so unfamiliar.
"You what? You went out of your way to send me a wedding invitation because you wanted me to come so you could see how far I'd fallen and laugh at me, didn't you? Well, I'm here now. Why can't you speak?"
When Qin Xiao had first taken out the invitation, Guo Xinliang had shot Qu Fang an angry look. He had known sending the invitation was her idea.
"I... S-sorry!"
Considering everything Qin Xiao had experienced in Marvel, he had killed quite a few people with his own hands.
How could an ordinary person withstand his presence?
He simply took a step forward, and Qu Fang was left trembling, at a loss for what to say.
"Sorry!"
Qin Xiao lowered his head and muttered the word, then raised his hand and sent Qu Fang flying with another slap.
"Mr. Qin, let's not let this get out of hand. Someone inside called the police, and they should be here soon. You go ahead. Leave this to us!"
The head security guard from the bathhouse that day, still dressed in a black suit, ran up to Qin Xiao and spoke with utmost respect.
"All right! Sorry for the trouble, brother. Don't forget to deliver that last gift for me!"
"Rest assured, Mr. Qin!"
After all that commotion, Qin Xiao brushed himself off, got into the Rolls-Royce, and drove away.
He had rented the Ferrari convoy, so naturally, someone would drive the cars back.
Qin Xiao had only just left when a video suddenly appeared on the enormous LED screen outside the hotel.
It showed Qu Fang having sex with a man on a hotel bed.
Then the image flashed, switching to Guo Xinliang with another woman.
Finally, the scene changed to Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang having a furious argument in a room.
At first, they accused each other of being far too blatant about cheating. After a few exchanges, they returned to how they had worked together to trick Qin Xiao into signing that shareholder agreement.
Pointing at Guo Xinliang's nose, Qu Fang demanded whether he could have gotten where he was today without her cooperation. Guo Xinliang, in turn, cursed her as a slut, saying she had only been so eager to join forces with him to swindle Qin Xiao because she was greedy.
In short, as they passed the blame back and forth, their exchanges laid out every detail of how they had cheated Qin Xiao.
The three short videos threw the entire venue into an uproar.
The police soon arrived at the scene, finally bringing the farce to an end.
The group of men in black suits Qin Xiao had brought had not actually hit anyone. There had merely been some reasonable pushing and shoving.
As for the gleaming daggers they had produced earlier, those were all magic props bought at a small-goods market.
These thugs who skirted the edges of society and the law were all thoroughly versed in handling such matters.
They would merely make a brief trip through the police station and come back out.
There were two truly serious matters.
One was the two slaps Qin Xiao had delivered, which already constituted fairly serious acts of bodily harm.
The other was the final conversation between Guo Xinliang and Qu Fang in the video.
But both matters could go either way. As long as the parties involved did not pursue them, there was no need to incur criminal liability.
By the time Guo Xinliang opened his eyes in the hospital, it was already afternoon.
Qin Xiao's slap had not only shattered his teeth but also given him a mild concussion.
"The hospital said you're fine and just need a few days' rest. Aunt and Uncle went to see the relatives off. What exactly happened, Liangzi? Is it true that you and Qu Fang teamed up to swindle her ex-boyfriend out of his company?"
Guo Xinliang's older cousin poured a cup as he spoke.
"Cousin, you-ow!"
The moment Guo Xinliang opened his mouth, pain pulsed through his cheek.
"Cousin, who told you that...?"
Seeing his expression, Guo Xinliang's cousin knew it was almost certainly true and coldly tossed him a phone.
On it were the three videos shown that morning.
Apart from the first ten-odd seconds, which had not been recorded, everything that followed was perfectly clear.
"This is impossible... How could someone have secretly filmed this? Qin Xiao!!!"
Guo Xinliang knew all too well what this meant for him. Even if he did not have to go to prison, everything he now possessed would probably vanish into thin air.
"Oh, right, cousin. What about that big solid gold coffin at the wedding? Where did it go? Is it still there?"
At that moment, Guo Xinliang remembered the coffin. It was solid gold.
Even if his reputation was ruined and he lost everything, as long as he had that coffin, he could still return to his hometown and live a comfortable life.
"After you passed out, that Qin Xiao slapped Qu Fang too, then left. Before the police arrived, those men in black suits carried the coffin away. As they were leaving, they were even cursing you for not knowing a good thing when you saw it, turning down such an expensive gift!"
"I..."
Overcome with rage, Guo Xinliang opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of pooled blood from his gums, along with a gleaming back molar.