In its golden vertical pupils, a flash of human-like annoyance and coldness was visible to the naked eye.
Following that, its water-vat-thick body surged from bottom to top in a wave!
"Roar!"
Accompanied by a low growl, it abruptly opened its blood-grimed maw, and a column of dark green water shot out once again!
The water column was as thick as a water bucket, a whole lot thicker than the one it had used in its surprise attack on Zhang Wei earlier.
Judging by this posture, it intended to blast Lin Yi into dust in one fell swoop.
Nearby, seeing this scene, Xiao Yutong and Feng Huacheng both felt their hearts tighten instantly.
They couldn't help but sweat a little for Lin Yi!
As for ordinary people like Second Brother Xu and Third Brother Xu, their faces turned even paler, and they didn't even dare to keep watching the cruel scene that was about to unfold.
Yet just as everyone thought the upcoming battle scene would undoubtedly be heart-stopping and intensely tragic, a turn of events that exceeded everyone's expectations occurred.
Faced with the water column of the Yin Dragon, which seemed capable of blasting through everything, Lin Yi merely took a light step forward and fiercely trod upon the void, actually rising out of thin air.
Not only did he effortlessly evade the Yin Dragon's attack, but it was also as if there were an invisible flight of steps in the air.
He strolled leisurely as if in a courtyard, stepping up and ascending into the sky!
Every single step spanned a height close to that of a single-story building!
In the span of a mere seven steps, he had arrived above the Yin Dragon's inverted triangular snake head, reversing their relative positions of high and low!
"This!" Seeing this scene, Feng Huacheng was instantly stunned.
In Xiao Yutong's eyes, a brilliant radiance suddenly burst forth: "It's him?"
Even the Yin Dragon, within its huge golden vertical pupils, rapidly flashed a hint of surprise and disbelief.
Chapter 50
"I've taken a liking to your girlfriend!"
"If you know what's good for you, break up with your girlfriend right now!"
"Otherwise, I'll make you regret ever coming into this world!"
Jiang Dongchen looked at Jin Buhuan as if looking at an absolute moron!
However, after seeing Hua Jieyu looking at him with a gloating expression, a thought stirred in his heart!
His girlfriend was Li Ruolin!
Li Ruolin was not in the car, and he had no impression of Jin Buhuan whatsoever!
The reason Jin Buhuan came to trouble him must have been instigated by Hua Jieyu!
And the reason Hua Jieyu did this was certainly because she mistakenly thought he wanted to violate her and wanted to take revenge on him.
Having figured this out, Jiang Dongchen lost all interest in talking to Jin Buhuan: "Scram!"
Jin Buhuan smiled and directly pulled out a bank card: "There is one million here!"
"Take this money and scram right now!"
"But if I see you continuing to pester that beauty, I'll make you die a very ugly death!"
In Jin Buhuan's mind, there was nothing in this world that could not be accomplished with money!
If there was, he would just add his father's identity to it!
For a long time, relying on these two tricks, Jin Buhuan had crushed any obstacle in his path like a god or a Buddha!
Jiang Dongchen's voice rose by an octave: "I'll say it again... scram!"
Jin Buhuan put away the bank card, a flash of mockery passing through his eyes: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Jin Buhuan!"
"My dad is Jin Dacheng!"
Jiang Dongchen shook his head and fiercely slapped Jin Buhuan across the face!
Jin Buhuan clutched his swollen cheek, looking at Jiang Dongchen in disbelief.
Could this moron be from the countryside?
Did he not know that Jin Dacheng was the Mayor of Tianjiang?
Otherwise, how dare he slap him!
The next second, Jin Buhuan pointed at Jiang Dongchen: "You fucking dare hit me!"
"Believe it or not, I'll make you unable to move an inch in Tianjiang!"
Jiang Dongchen shook his head once more!
Seeing this, Jin Buhuan's heart sank, and his body violently retreated!
But how could Jin Buhuan possibly be faster than Jiang Dongchen?
Another crisp slap echoed, and on Jin Buhuan's other cheek, five bright red finger marks appeared!
The passengers looked at Jiang Dongchen as if looking at a monster!
That was Jin Dacheng's son, the number one playboy of Tianjiang!
You actually taught him a lesson just like a father teaching his son?
Do you know how to spell the word "death"?
Jiang Dongchen raised his hand once again!
Jin Buhuan trembled, pointed a resentful finger at Jiang Dongchen, and returned to his seat in dejection!
This was Tianhai!
This time he was traveling low-profile, and he hadn't brought any bodyguards with him!
Everything would wait until he got back to Tianjiang!
Once in Tianjiang, this brat would have to curl up if he was a dragon, and lie flat if he was a tiger!
Seeing Jin Buhuan's heavily swollen face, the disgust on Hua Jieyu's face grew even thicker!
Not only was this man despicable, shameless, and vulgar, but he also had violent tendencies!
Whoever married such a man would definitely be plagued by extreme bad luck!
Just as this thought flashed through Hua Jieyu's mind, she saw Jiang Dongchen swaggering toward her, and her gaze flickered instantly!
Especially when Jiang Dongchen arrived and looked down at her from above, his eyes filled with mockery, Hua Jieyu stood up abruptly: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Chapter 51
Although she hadn't dared to expose her identity all these years, Li Ruolin still recognized Lin Feifei.
Seeing Lin Feifei visit and hearing her say those words, Li Ruolin frowned: "What are you here for?"
How could Lin Feifei possibly take Li Ruolin seriously?
Walking around Li Ruolin twice, Lin Feifei's eyes revealed disdain: "You are a lowly person, do you have the qualifications to speak to me like that?"
Li Ruolin's gaze turned cold: "Are you here to provoke me?"
Lin Feifei let out a cold snort: "You aren't qualified enough for me to come and provoke you!"
"I'm here to tell you something!"
"Jiang Dongchen is my husband!"
"Even though Jiang Dongchen and I had a falling out due to a misunderstanding and got a divorce in a fit of anger!"
"We are still husband and wife for a day and share a hundred days of grace!"
"We will definitely make up!"
"You'd better give up any thoughts of being with Jiang Dongchen!"
Having not slept all night, Lin Feifei had been pondering how to make Jiang Dongchen come back to her.
Thinking it over and over, Lin Feifei felt that the key still lay with Li Ruolin.
As long as Li Ruolin ignored Jiang Dongchen, and she herself apologized sincerely enough, Jiang Dongchen would definitely stay with her.
Therefore, early in the morning, Lin Feifei had come to look for Li Ruolin!
Li Ruolin's expression changed slightly: "Your business with Jiang Dongchen is none of my concern!"
"But as long as Jiang Dongchen is willing to be with me, why should I leave him?"
Li Ruolin had also heard a thing or two about Lin Feifei and Jiang Dongchen.
Furthermore, Lin Feifei was the very person who had stolen her father's love.
Now that Lin Feifei had come to her doorstep to provoke her again, how could Li Ruolin tolerate this bad habit of hers!
Lin Feifei looked at Li Ruolin with a mocking expression: "Did you know that for the sake of wealth and glory, Jiang Dongchen was successively kept as a kept man by Zhan Feng and Long Ruolan!"
"He is a notorious kept man!"
"How can you possibly tolerate that?"
Li Ruolin let out a cold snort: "Whether I can tolerate it or not is my business!"
"But there's one thing I don't understand!"
"You clearly know that Jiang Dongchen is a kept man, yet you still shamelessly cling to him. Aren't you being too shameless?"
Although Li Ruolin had always been bullied, this had also nurtured her character of being gentle on the outside yet unyielding on the inside!
What's more, this matter involved Jiang Dongchen, so naturally, for every sentence Lin Feifei spoke, Li Ruolin retorted right back!
A flash of malice crossed Lin Feifei's eyes: "Li Ruolin, you are a jinx, everyone around you gets implicated by you!"
"Do you want to implicate Jiang Dongchen and get him killed too?"
This was clearly Li Ruolin's soft spot.
Hearing Lin Feifei say this now, Li Ruolin's body trembled, and a flash of pain crossed her eyes.
Lin Feifei stepped forward: "Having become an ugly monster, you're already unworthy of Jiang Dongchen in the first place!"
"And you're also a jinx reincarnated!"
"How can your heart be so vicious that you actually want to harm Jiang Dongchen?"
Li Ruolin shook violently, a pain that words could not describe surging in her eyes.
Past scenes flashed through her mind like lightning.
Her mother had died a tragic death, and her stepparents had died even more inexplicably.
Everyone who was good to her would soon encounter undeserved disaster!
If she stayed with Jiang Dongchen, would he too follow in the footsteps of these people?
Lin Feifei burst into hysterical laughter: "Li Ruolin, you are a jinx, you are simply a jinx!"
"I'm begging you, stop hurting people, okay!"
Every single word pierced into Li Ruolin's heart like a steel needle, and she suddenly felt a sensation of being unable to breathe.
Chapter 52
Right at this moment, an angry roar rang out: "Bitch!"
A large hand materialized out of thin air and fiercely slapped across Lin Feifei's face!
A crisp slap echoed, and Lin Feifei flew out like a cannonball, crashing into the wall before hitting the ground heavily.
Clutching her face, Lin Feifei scrambled up with a venomous expression: "Jiang Dongchen..."
A flash of murderous intent crossed Jiang Dongchen's eyes: "Lin Feifei, if you dare say another word, I guarantee you will become a corpse!"
In that instant, Lin Feifei felt as if she were being stared at by a starved wolf that had gone without food for days.
Chilled to the bone, she didn't even dare to utter a single syllable.
At this moment, Jiang Dongchen pulled Li Ruolin into his arms and softly comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay!"
"Everything is in the past!"
"Don't be angry, please don't be angry, otherwise, if you agitate your wound, you'll become an ugly monster!"
Seeing Jiang Dongchen treat Li Ruolin with such gentleness, a flash of murderous intent crossed Lin Feifei's eyes.
Jiang Dongchen originally belonged to her!
Why had she never been treated with such gentleness by Jiang Dongchen?
It was all because of this vixen!
Li Ruolin, I'm not finished with you!
Though she thought this in her heart, having witnessed Jiang Dongchen commit murder with her own eyes, Lin Feifei didn't dare to act out and wanted to leave.
Jiang Dongchen could sense the murderous intent surging from Lin Feifei, and his gaze turned stern!
A dog can never stop eating shit!
Only by dealing with her once and for all could he prevent Lin Feifei from harassing Li Ruolin again!
However, the murderous intent radiating from Jiang Dongchen also startled Li Ruolin, causing her to shudder.
Feeling Li Ruolin's fragility and helplessness, Jiang Dongchen's killing intent vanished completely as he softly comforted her!
After a full half-hour or so, Li Ruolin finally gradually calmed down.
Jiang Dongchen let out a long breath and began to check the wound on Li Ruolin's face.
Finding that the wound was healing well and had not suffered any adverse reactions from her recent emotional agitation, Jiang Dongchen smiled with relief: "In ten days at most, your appearance will recover completely as before!"
A light of hope lit up in Li Ruolin's eyes: "Really?"
Jiang Dongchen winked at Li Ruolin: "When have I ever lied to you!"
Li Ruolin smiled, the kind of smile that was exceptionally bright.
Obviously, no woman did not care about her appearance, and Li Ruolin was no exception!
Seeing that Li Ruolin seemed to be in a good mood, Jiang Dongchen gritted his teeth: "How do you plan to handle the Li Family's affairs?"
Originally worried about Li Ruolin's mood swings, Jiang Dongchen had wanted to wait until her injuries fully healed before discussing this matter with her.
Yet the Li Family and Lin Feifei seemed somewhat impatient!
An ugly daughter-in-law still had to meet her parents-in-law eventually, so Jiang Dongchen changed his mind.
Li Ruolin's gaze dimmed: "I have never considered myself a member of the Li Family!"
"I wasn't before, I'm not now, and I won't be in the future!"
"Therefore, the Li Family's affairs have nothing to do with me whatsoever!"
A sharp gleam flashed through Jiang Dongchen's eyes: "But the Li Group carries the Li surname, and you are of the Li Family's bloodline!"
Li Ruolin smiled: "I haven't done anything for the Li Family, nor have I made any contribution to the Li Group!"
"Besides, the Li Family has other descendants of the third generation, why should the Li Group be mine?"
Jiang Dongchen's lips moved, but in the end, he didn't say anything, only letting out a self-deprecating laugh!
Having entered the Li Family for three years, he had secretly helped the Li Family for three years.
The Li Group's achievements today relied entirely on him.
Back then, when he found out Lin Feifei wasn't Li Ruolin, he had used the excuse of seeking justice for Li Ruolin because he wanted to take back the Li Group!
Now, hearing Li Ruolin's heartfelt words, Jiang Dongchen suddenly realized that he hadn't been doing it entirely for Li Ruolin at the time, but rather because he was unwilling to let his three years of hard work become a wedding dress for the Li Family!
Compared to Li Ruolin, his own perspective seemed a bit petty!
Chapter 53
Pondering these thoughts, Jiang Dongchen asked Li Ruolin another question: "What about the Matriarch..."
Li Ruolin let out a sigh: "I haven't figured that out yet!"
To Li Ruolin, the Matriarch was not only the murderer of her mother and her torturer for ten years, but she was also her grandmother!
Put anyone in Li Ruolin's shoes, and they would find it difficult to handle!
Realizing he had been too hasty, Jiang Dongchen smiled gently: "Tell me when you've figured it out."
Li Ruolin nodded.
After that, Li Ruolin and Jiang Dongchen began chatting about opening a shop.
Hearing that Jiang Dongchen knew how to make calming soup, Li Ruolin rolled her eyes with disbelief: "Calming soup is a traditional Chinese medicine!"
"Opening a milk tea shop to sell calming soup, I'm afraid that's inappropriate!"
Jiang Dongchen quickly explained: "I've modified the recipe for the calming soup, so the taste is much closer to milk tea!"
"I guarantee there will be a huge market for it!"
Looking at the eager Jiang Dongchen, Li Ruolin smiled: "Let's try it first, and if it doesn't work, we can think of other ways!"
Seeing that Li Ruolin didn't seem to quite believe him, Jiang Dongchen felt a bit depressed.
Yet Li Ruolin encouraged him: "Nothing in this world can be accomplished overnight!"
"I've already prepared myself to fail a few times!"
"As long as the last time isn't a failure, that is success!"
"Right?"
Jiang Dongchen was infected by Li Ruolin's mood and high-fived her: "Let's do our best!"
After chatting for a while longer, the two of them went out together.
Since it was approaching noon, they grabbed a bite to eat at a roadside stall and then began strolling around the neighborhood looking for a suitable storefront.
After an afternoon of searching, either the location was bad or they couldn't agree on the price, leaving them empty-handed!
Though somewhat exhausted, Li Ruolin patted Jiang Dongchen on the shoulder: "You've worked hard all day too!"
"I'll treat you tonight to reward you!"
"Let's go eat something good!"
A light of anticipation lit up in Jiang Dongchen's eyes: "What are we eating?"
Li Ruolin stuck out her tongue: "I don't know either, Yang Qingqing arranged it!"
"But no matter what we eat, you go all out and don't try to save Yang Qingqing any money!"
Jiang Dongchen laughed heartily: "Then we'll eat Yang Qingqing into poverty!"
Hearing Li Ruolin mention the address, Jiang Dongchen walked over to the roadside and decided to hail a cab.
However, Li Ruolin pulled him back: "Can you not be so wasteful?"
Jiang Dongchen looked at Li Ruolin in bewilderment.
The cab fare from here to the restaurant was only about thirty yuan!
And Li Ruolin called that wasteful?
The next second, Jiang Dongchen rubbed his nose sheepishly: "Actually, I do have a bit of money!"
Li Ruolin rolled her eyes: "We're in the initial startup phase!"
"Every little bit counts!"
"Save wherever we can!"
Jiang Dongchen had no choice but to humor Li Ruolin.
Five minutes later, Li Ruolin led Jiang Dongchen onto a bus: "Sometimes, I think taking the bus is pretty nice!"
"It's spacious, not stuffy, and you can enjoy the scenery along the way!"
Jiang Dongchen could only nod in agreement.
Then, Jiang Dongchen let out an internal sigh.
His wealth rivaled nations!
If he were to state his true assets, it would frighten Li Ruolin!
Yet Li Ruolin wanted to start from scratch through her own hard work!
It seemed he'd better keep his identity under wraps for now!
Accompanying Li Ruolin through this process of building something from nothing once again might actually be quite romantic!
Realizing that the word "romantic" had just popped into his mind, Jiang Dongchen chuckled dumbly.
Hailed as the Daxia's number one God of War, a man whose enemies trembled in fear, known anonymously as the Evil Sovereign, a man who had only ever known slaughter, was actually thinking of a word carrying a trace of ambiguous romance...
Chapter 54
If his subordinates were to find out about this, would they laugh themselves to death?
The restaurant booked by Yang Qingqing was of a decent grade.
Seeing Li Ruolin and Jiang Dongchen arrive chatting and laughing, a coldness flashed deep within Yang Qingqing's eyes.
Jiang Dongchen had underworld connections, and his approach to Li Ruolin must have an ulterior motive!
Yet Li Ruolin seemed to have sunk into a quagmire, refusing to listen even to the words of her best friend...
That was why she had thought of this trick of inviting Jiang Dongchen to dinner!
If Jiang Dongchen listened to her advice, she would pretend nothing had happened.
If Jiang Dongchen still wanted to pull any cheap tricks, she would definitely teach him a lesson on how to behave!
Pondering this, Yang Qingqing said to Bai Jun: "That's Jiang Dongchen!"
"Later on, you must find a way to get him drunk!"
"How one handles alcohol reflects one's character!"
"As long as he gets drunk, I will definitely expose his true colors!"
Bai Jun nodded, a sinister glint flashing deep in his eyes!
After pursuing Yang Qingqing for three months, although they had established a relationship, he hadn't even held Yang Qingqing's hand yet!
Tonight was a golden opportunity!
Not only would he get Jiang Dongchen drunk, but he would also get Yang Qingqing drunk!
Once things happened, Yang Qingqing would at most blame him for losing control due to alcohol and couldn't really do anything to him!
The four of them gathered together, made brief introductions, and headed into the private room booked by Yang Qingqing.
The food and wine were served promptly.
Bai Jun asked the waiter to bring two bottles of baijiu.
Jiang Dongchen quickly said: "Ruolin's wound hasn't healed yet, she can't drink alcohol!"
Yang Qingqing rolled her eyes: "If Ruolin can't drink, can't you drink either?"
Jiang Dongchen looked at Li Ruolin with a troubled expression.
Yang Qingqing wouldn't let it go: "Ruolin, you wouldn't have found a boyfriend and forgotten about me, your best friend, would you?"
Li Ruolin's pretty face flushed hot: "I..."
She wanted to explain that she and Jiang Dongchen were not in a romantic relationship, but thinking that doing so would make Jiang Dongchen lose face, she swallowed the words back down!
Instead, Jiang Dongchen let out a wry, troubled sigh: "I'm currently pursuing Ruolin!"
"But Ruolin hasn't agreed to me yet!"
"The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!"
Yang Qingqing rolled her eyes wildly: "Don't play word games with me!"