Chapter 109: Aftershocks! Heading to the Dream Bar!
Just as Shen Anyu was at the private hospital, arranging the best VIP care for Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao...
[Location: Jinling City - Rose Garden Villa Complex]
In the city center where every inch of land is precious, the extremely luxurious Villa Number One stood like a palace.
The owner was Jin Haining, the richest man in Jinling. He was also the head of the Jin Family and Jin Shiming's father.
At this moment, Jin Haining's face was ashen gray. His expression was extremely gloomy, like dark clouds before a thunderstorm. The atmosphere in the grand hall was so oppressive it was hard to breathe.
The surrounding Jin Family members—uncles, cousins, elders—were all silent, not daring to utter a sound or make eye contact.
"Who? Who exactly is it?!" Jin Haining roared, smashing a porcelain vase to the floor.
"How dare they lay such a vicious hand on my son, Jin Shiming? They broke both his legs! Crippled him!"
He had just been in a critical board meeting when he received the call. He learned that his son Jin Shiming had his legs broken by someone in Modu and was sent to the hospital by random passersby who pitied him.
He immediately rushed back to Villa Number One and gathered the war council.
Jin Haining only had one son, Jin Shiming, on the surface. He had always doted on him immensely, spoiling him rotten. He had never even raised a hand to discipline the boy himself. Now, to be so brutally beaten by a stranger? It was a slap in the face of the entire Jin Family!
Jin Haining's wife, Jin Shiming's mother, a middle-aged beautiful woman who maintained her looks with expensive treatments, also had an ashen face twisted with malice.
"Offer a reward!" she shrieked. "Ten million! Find the culprit! I want him executed! I want him dead! I have a hundred ways to kill him and make it look like an accident!"
Her family background was also extraordinary, a perfect match for Jin Haining, with deep roots in the local government. She firmly held the position of the Jin Family's matriarch and was used to getting her way.
In Jinling, their Jin Family was heaven! They were the law!
They had always been accustomed to being overbearing and arrogant. Even in Modu, they were confident they had great influence and connections.
The other Jin Family members also started shouting wildly, feeding off the anger.
"Kill him!"
"Make an example of him!"
However, the Jin Family's third brother, the brains of the operation, pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses. He asked calmly:
"Brother... didn't Shiming have more than a dozen elite bodyguards protecting him? He always travels with a squad. How could something happen?"
Jin Haining's face turned cold. "Those bodyguards were all useless! Trash! They were all knocked down by that single culprit in seconds!"
"What?"
Hearing this, the third brother was immediately shocked. Those elite bodyguards were all capable of fighting ten men, veterans with high salaries. Yet, they were all knocked down by one person?
"Could it be... some [Martial Arts Grandmaster]?" he whispered.
Jin Haining sneered at the words, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.
"What Martial Arts Grandmaster could we, the Jin Family, put in our eyes? Even a Martial Arts Grandmaster, our Jin Family could afford to hire! We have money!"
In the eyes of ordinary people, Martial Arts Grandmasters were gods. But in the eyes of Jin Haining, the richest man in Jinling with tens of billions of assets, they were just expensive employees.
Unless they reached the level of a [Martial Dao Grandmaster] (Great Grandmaster), money could solve it.
"No matter who it is!" Jin Haining declared. "Anyone who dares to brutally beat my son like this must pay a heavy price! I don't care if he's a Grandmaster!"
"I have already contacted my friends in Modu and personally called the head of the Public Security Department there. The culprit will be found very soon! He won't escape!"
Jin Haining said each word distinctly, his voice vibrating with rage. If people in Jinling's business community saw Jin Haining's expression, they would be terrified. The sleeping tiger had woken up.
Ding-a-ling!
Before long, a phone call came in.
It was from Old Zhang, an influential big shot in Modu, a business partner of Jin Haining for many years.
Jin Haining answered immediately on speaker.
"Old Zhang! Have you found out who did it?"
"I've found out... but..." Old Zhang's voice was trembling.
"What 'but'? Speak! Who is he?"
Jin Haining frowned, feeling something was amiss. Old Zhang was usually confident.
However, listening to Old Zhang's subsequent words, Jin Haining's face changed drastically. His eyes widened until they were perfectly round.
"What? What did you say?"
When he heard the repetition from the other side again, Jin Haining was stunned. He dropped the phone on the table.
He was unable to recover for a long time. He just stared at the wall.
"Husband... what's wrong? Do you know who the culprit is? Is it a gangster?" Jin Haining's wife asked anxiously.
Jin Haining's face was pale, devoid of blood. Cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
He said with difficulty, his voice a whisper:
"Young Master Shen..."
"Young Master Shen? Which Young Master Shen?" his wife asked, confused. "The Shen family from the construction business?"
The Jin Family's third brother, however, changed his expression drastically. He blurted out:
"Young Master Shen? That Young Master Shen... from the Yanxia Shen Family?"
The room went deadly silent.
Then, it erupted.
"How is that possible? The one who made the move is the Young Master of the Yanxia Shen Family?!"
"I heard that the Young Master of the Yanxia Shen Family recently arrived in Modu... the timeline matches!"
"How could this be? The Yanxia Shen Family and our Jinling Jin Family have no conflict! We are ants to them! Why would Young Master Shen attack Shiming?"
Jin Haining looked as if he had aged more than ten years in a minute. He slumped into his chair.
"Old Zhang sent me the police report... Shiming... that idiot... he told his bodyguards to deal with that young man. To deal with Young Master Shen!"
"He said he wanted to beat him to death! And would reward them five million!"
"He tried to put a bounty on the head of the Shen Family heir!"
At this moment, Jin Haining regretted it to the extreme. He had long known that his son was spoiled rotten, a lawless playboy. But he never thought his son would be suicidal.
In Jin Haining's view, being overbearing was fine as long as you had the ability. But offending the Shen Family? That was death.
When Jin Haining's words fell, the hall of Villa Number One was silent again. A terrified silence.
Even Jin Shiming's mother did not speak. She was drenched in sweat, her vengeance forgotten.
Compared to a top aristocratic family like the [Yanxia Shen Family], which bore the name of the country itself... what did the Jinling Jin Family count for? They were bugs.
Jin Haining sighed. The arrogance was gone.
"I will personally go to Modu," he said hoarsely. "To see that unfilial son... and break his other leg if I have to."
"And then... I will go to apologize to Young Master Shen. On my knees."
If it were an ordinary person who had beaten Jin Shiming, they would seek revenge. But now? They had to apologize for being beaten. That was the reality of power.
The Jin Family members breathed a sigh of relief. Surrender was the only option. To be an enemy of the Yanxia Shen Family would be to seek death for the entire clan!
...
[Location: Private Hospital - VIP Ward]
On the other side.
Shen Anyu stayed with Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao at the hospital for most of the day. He played the role of the doting father and caring protector perfectly, cultivating affection and trust.
As evening approached, he stood up.
"I have some business to attend to. Work related."
"Daddy... will you still come to see Luoxiao?"
Luo Xiaoxiao's big, clear black and white eyes looked at Shen Anyu timidly from the hospital bed. She was clean now, dressed in new pajamas, looking like a little angel.
Shen Anyu smiled and patted her head.
"Of course I will come. Don't worry. You and Mommy should rest and get treatment. Daddy will come to see you tomorrow. I promise."
Saying that, Shen Anyu waved to Luo Yuhe, who looked at him with gratitude shining in her eyes, and left the ward.
"Mommy... Daddy is so good. Just as good as Luoxiao dreamed..."
Seeing Luo Xiaoxiao's happy face, Luo Yuhe was stunned. Then she suddenly smiled, a genuine smile that hadn't graced her face in years.
"Yes. Daddy is so good!"
[Ding! Detected Destined Heroine Luo Yuhe's favorability +10! Plundering +30,000 Destiny Points!]
...
Shen Anyu walked out of the hospital, checking his watch.
Night had fallen. The neon lights of Modu were waking up.
"Now..."
"It's time to go to the Dream Bar."
"To challenge my 'weakness'. To see if I will be seduced by a honey trap set by a cuckold."
He smirked, getting into his car.
The night was young, and he had a contract to fulfill.
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