"Of course I'm angry! I had a dream where you were wearing this exact same outfit. I had just ripped your clothes off and was about to ravish you when your phone call interrupted my dream!"
Ye Huan gave it right back to her without a trace of politeness, knowing full well what would infuriate Lin Xi.
Lin Xi shot Ye Huan a glare. "Asshole!"
With that, she opened the door and got into the car!
Ye Huan didn't rush to get in. Today, Lin Xi was wearing a silver business suit—intellectual, sharp, moving like the wind, radiating a powerful aura.
Yet what caught Ye Huan's attention were the ample breasts, slender waist, and rounded hips accentuated by the suit.
Especially when Lin Xi got into the car—the posture was simply mesmerizing.
"What are you looking at?"
Once inside, Lin Xi turned her head to see Ye Huan staring lewdly at her thighs. She quickly slammed the car door shut and snapped angrily, "What are you looking at?"
"I had a dream last night. In it, you were wearing this same outfit, and I tore your clothes to shreds and then ravished you!" Ye Huan shrugged, making it up on the spot.
"I'll beat you to death..."
Furious, Lin Xi opened the door, got out of the car, and lunged at Ye Huan.
This time, Ye Huan didn't passively take the hits. Instead, his hands accurately caught both of Lin Xi's wrists, and with a slight tug, he pulled her into his arms and planted a fierce kiss right on her lips.
"Ugh..."
Lin Xi broke free, rushed to the side, and squatted down, vomiting her entire breakfast.
Seeing this, Ye Huan was immensely satisfied!
"You scumbag Ye... you just wait..."
After finishing vomiting, Lin Xi pointed angrily at Ye Huan with a threat, then got into her car and drove away.
Ye Huan: "..."
"Haha, go run to the company yourself!"
From the receding car came Lin Xi's mocking laughter.
Ye Huan curled his lip. This girl was quite a firecracker. Why on earth would he run? Couldn't he just hail a cab?
Right then, the Judges of Water and Fire, who had been secretly protecting Ye Huan, drove up and stopped beside him.
"Master, please get in!"
Sitting in the front passenger seat, the red-haired Fire Judge quickly stepped out, opened the rear door, and said respectfully.
Ye Huan had originally planned to take a taxi, but remembering he had questions for the Judges of Water and Fire, he got into the car instead.
Once inside, he asked:
"Has the hacker confessed?"
At these words, the Judges of Water and Fire immediately tensed up.
Sitting in the front passenger seat, the red-haired Fire Judge said:
"Master, we are sorry. When Black and White Impermanence went to capture the hacker, they let their guard down, allowing the hacker to bite into the poison capsule hidden in his molar and commit suicide!"
"Oh?"
Ye Huan narrowed his eyes.
"Just what kind of entity is behind the hacker who breached Lin Group, that it was worth the hacker taking his own secret to the grave?"
The blue-haired Water Judge, who was driving, said:
"Master, Black and White Impermanence asked us to pass along a message: they are willing to accept any punishment for their stupidity."
Ye Huan shook his head. "This isn't your fault. I underestimated the enemy."
He had guessed long ago that Lin Group was facing a major crisis—why else would Lin Tai have cashed in the favor of his past promise to make him marry Lin Xi and become a son-in-law of the Lin Family?
He just hadn't expected the enemies facing Lin Group to be this formidable.
The Judges of Water and Fire secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
They had thought Ye Huan would severely punish Black and White Impermanence. After all, this new Master was none other than the King of Hell, a man who had once split the former Master of Hell Sect in two with a single blade—a figure whose ruthless slaughter had terrified the entire world.
They never expected Ye Huan not only to spare Black and White Impermanence but to take the blame upon himself.
For this alone, the Judges of Water and Fire felt Ye Huan had much more human warmth than the previous Master of Hell Sect.
"Did you bring the hacker's phone?" Ye Huan asked.
"We brought it!"
Fire Judge hurriedly handed a smartphone and a laptop over to Ye Huan.
Ye Huan took them, and in a mere twenty minutes, easily cracked the encryption on the hacker's phone.
However, he found not a single useful piece of information inside; the contacts list was completely empty.
On the other hand, he did find quite a few pornographic videos—some domestic, some from Fusang, some from Kimchi Country, and some from Europe and America.
Without missing a beat, Ye Huan forwarded every single one of those adult videos straight to Lin Xi.
"Bastard, sooner or later I'll destroy you with my own hands..."
Driving along, Lin Xi used a wet wipe to furiously scrub her mouth, rubbing it raw.
Suddenly, her phone rang.
She picked it up and saw that Ye Huan had sent a large batch of videos. Puzzled, she tapped on one, and a sizzling dynamic image flashed across her screen, accompanied by sounds decidedly unsuitable for children.
"You scumbag Ye, you jerk!"
Lin Xi roared in fury, and then reflexively saved the short videos!
...
When Ye Huan arrived at Lin Group and was about to enter the building, a security guard blocked his path.
"Hold on, you..."
The guard intercepted Ye Huan, getting ready to demand who he was, but the moment he saw Ye Huan's face, he instinctively clutched his crotch and blurted out:
"You, y-y-you, what are you doing here?"
This guard was precisely one of the fifteen bodyguards Lin Xi had taken to the airport yesterday—the ones Ye Huan had kicked in the groin.
"I'm here to report for duty. Starting today, I'm a proud and glorious security guard at Lin Group, just like you!" Ye Huan smiled warmly.
The guard was completely dumbfounded. Just yesterday, the CEO was shouting about beating this guy to death; how on earth did he end up working inside the company today?
"What? Not glad to see me?" Ye Huan asked.
*Like hell I dare not...* The guard forced an awkward smile. "Welcome! Welcome!"
Ye Huan nodded with satisfaction. "Take me to complete my onboarding."
*We're both just guards, what are you acting like a boss for? Why should I listen to you?* The guard grumbled inwardly, but put on a cheerful smile. "Alright, alright! Please follow me!"
Ye Huan followed the guard right over to the elevators, only to find Lin Qingyun waiting there as well.
Lin Qingyun looked an absolute mess; the scratches Lin Canglan had clawed into his face and neck last night were still clearly visible.
"What is your pig-slaughtering ass doing at Lin Group again?"
Catching sight of Ye Huan, Lin Qingyun flew into a rage.
If there was anyone Lin Qingyun hated most in this world, it was undoubtedly Ye Huan. In Lin Qingyun's eyes, had Ye Huan not resolved the hacker crisis, he wouldn't have lost the bet, and he certainly wouldn't have been demoted to captain of the Security Team.
"Starting today, I'm an employee of Lin Group too!"
Ye Huan said expressionlessly, though inwardly he debated whether or not to expose Lin Qingyun's impotence to the world.
"That bitch Lin Xi actually managed to get you assigned to the company!"
Gritting his teeth in hatred, Lin Qingyun demanded, "Which department did she put you in? What's your job?"
Ye Huan didn't hide it: "The Security Department. I'm a guard!"
"A guard?"
Lin Qingyun blinked in surprise, then burst out laughing. "I was just racking my brains over how to get back at you, and Lin Xi went and delivered you straight into my hands! Pig-slaughtering punk, just you wait. I'll make sure you understand the consequences of offending me!"
With that, he glared at the guard standing next to Ye Huan. "Pass the word down: in half an hour, all security guards report to the training room for a full assembly."
"Got it, got it!" The guard bolted away on the run.
Lin Qingyun gave Ye Huan a playful pat on the shoulder. "After you finish your paperwork, get yourself to the training room too. That's where I'll make you fully understand what happens when you cross me."
Ye Huan looked at Lin Qingyun as if he were an absolute idiot, wondering how someone as formidable as Old Master Lin could have produced such a mental defective.
At that moment, the elevator doors chimed open. Ye Huan and Lin Qingyun stepped inside together, but neither spoke another word as they rode up to their respective floors to handle their onboarding procedures.
"Yo, you actually had the guts to show up! I thought you'd be so scared you'd fall down a toilet and wouldn't be able to crawl back out!"
Seeing Ye Huan arrive, Lin Qingyun sneered mockingly.
"Captain Lin ordered all the security guards to assemble in the training room; how could I possibly dare not show up?"
Ye Huan fired back without missing a beat.
The title "Captain Lin" sent Lin Qingyun into a fit of rage. He strode right up to Ye Huan, grabbed him by the collar, and hissed in a cold voice:
"Pig-slaughtering punk, do you even realize you're courting death?"
*Courting death!*
A flash of cold light crossed Ye Huan's eyes, and with a single backhand slap, he sent Lin Qingyun sprawling to the floor.
The guards were utterly dumbfounded by the sight!
A rookie security guard beat up the captain on his very first day on the job?
And this captain happened to be the Chairman's eldest son, the CEO's uncle, a former vice president, and a member of the board of directors!
Was this rookie trying to get fired before his first day was even over?
The fifteen guards who had taken kicks to the crotch from Ye Huan yesterday exchanged glances. This guy had offended the CEO and yet miraculously passed the interview to become a Lin Group security guard.
And now, on day one, he actually had the audacity to beat up a captain who was the CEO's own uncle.
"Y-y-you... you actually hit me?"
It took Lin Qingyun a moment on the floor to process what had happened. Flying into a rage, he scrambled back up and swung a wild slap at Ye Huan's face. "I'll beat you to death, you piece of shit!"
*Bang!*
Ye Huan drove his foot straight into Lin Qingyun's chest, sending him flying backward.
"Cough, cough..."
Lin Qingyun soared seven or eight meters through the air before landing flat on his back, clutching his chest and coughing violently from the pain.
Once he caught his breath, he propped himself up and roared at the guards:
"Are you all blind?! Didn't you see him hit me? Beat him! All of you, go together and beat him to a pulp!"
The guards scrambled to collect themselves, surging toward Ye Huan in a massive mob.
Right at the front were the fifteen guards who had tasted Ye Huan's boots yesterday. At this moment, they felt a rush of sweet anticipation for impending revenge.
They couldn't take Ye Huan down fifteen-on-one yesterday, but with sixty men today, they were bound to win.
"Well, I've got nothing better to do. I might as well test the quality of Lin Group's security force on Lin Xi's behalf!"
Ye Huan stretched his limbs and stepped forward to meet the incoming horde of guards.
This time, he didn't opt for instant takedowns; that wouldn't give him a true measure of their combat strength.
Instead, he chose to counter move by move.
After exchanging blows for a short while, he realized that this bunch of thugs was throwing nothing but wild haymakers, completely devoid of any formal combat training.
"For a company as big as Lin Group, how did they end up recruiting such trash?"
Puzzled, Ye Huan stopped holding back and let loose, dealing out heavy blows to the guards left and right.
Every single one he struck dropped straight to the floor, wailing in agony and unable to crawl back up.
"Th-this pig-slaughtering punk is actually this strong?!"
Watching Ye Huan effortlessly dismantle all sixty bodyguards without breaking a sweat, Lin Qingyun gasped in cold shock.
"Captain Lin, it's your turn!"
Step by step, Ye Huan walked toward Lin Qingyun with a cold smirk.
"Y-y-y-you, stay away from me..."
Sitting on the ground, Lin Qingyun scrambled back up and turned to run.
Ye Huan chased after him, leaped into the air, and planted a heavy kick squarely on Lin Qingyun's backside, sending him face-first into the floor in a classic dog-eating-dirt sprawl.
"Pig-slaughtering bastard..."
Pinned to the floor, Lin Qingyun roared in fury:
"I am the eldest young master of the Lin Family! The Chairman's eldest son! The CEO's uncle! A member of the Lin Group board of directors! The captain of the security team! I am your direct superior, your boss! And you actually had the nerve to hit me? That is insubordination!"
Reaching down with his left hand, Ye Huan grabbed Lin Qingyun by the collar, hoisted him straight up into the air, and cracked a brutal slap across his face.
"Lin Canglan and Li Meiya curse me and go out of their way to make things difficult for me, but I let it slide because they're nominally my parents-in-law," Ye Huan said coldly. "What kind of nobody are you to dare make an enemy of me?"
With that, he delivered another slap to Lin Qingyun's face!
Having been beaten into submission, Lin Qingyun was too terrified to speak anymore; he realized his status meant absolutely nothing to Ye Huan.
"Why aren't you talking? Weren't you acting so high and mighty just a second ago? Speak up! Curse me!" Ye Huan demanded coldly.
Lin Qingyun kept his mouth shut, too scared to utter a word.
*Slap!*
Ye Huan gave him another smack.
"Speak!"
Still nothing from Lin Qingyun!
*Slap!*
Another solid blow landed on Lin Qingyun's cheek.
"If you don't speak, I'll just keep hitting you until you do!"
Lin Qingyun felt fit to burst with rage. His expression distorted, gritting his teeth in bitter hatred as he glared at Ye Huan. After holding it in for ages, he finally squeezed out:
"I-I'm going to report you to the Chairman..."
The sixty guards moaning on the floor were stunned. The great young master of the Lin Family was actually going to run crying to the Chairman about a rookie security guard?
"Go on then. I'll be right here waiting for you to bring back the Chairman's imperial decree," Ye Huan said, releasing his grip on Lin Qingyun's collar.
"You just wait!"
Fuming with rage, Lin Qingyun stomped off.
Looking down at the groaning guards scattered across the floor, Ye Huan had nothing better to do, so he walked around and beat every single one of them up all over again.
Just as he finished, Lin Canglan arrived accompanied by Lin Tai.
"Dad! That's him! That pig-slaughtering punk hit me and beat up all the guards too! If you don't fire him today, you're going to break the hearts of every security guard in this company!"
Lin Qingyun pointed straight at Ye Huan, lodging a complaint with Lin Tai.
Lin Tai walked right up to Ye Huan and asked:
"Got anything to say for yourself?"
"I injured all these guards; they won't be able to get out of bed for half a month. Give them some severance and send them home. I'll find a brand new batch of security guards for Lin Group," Ye Huan replied.
"Done!"
Lin Tai agreed readily, turned around, and walked away!
Lin Qingyun: "???"
The sixty guards: "???"
What on earth was happening?
Lin Qingyun and the sixty guards were left with ringing ears and blank minds.
Especially Lin Qingyun—he had brought Lin Tai here specifically to deal with Ye Huan, yet with a single sentence from Ye Huan, Lin Tai had agreed to fire every single security guard on the spot!
Even Ye Huan was momentarily taken aback. He had just thrown it out casually; he never expected Lin Tai to agree so easily!
Of course, there was something Ye Huan didn't know.
Lin Group was a family enterprise, and the internal relationships among employees were immensely complicated.
Take those sixty guards, for instance: they were all relatives and friends—or relatives and friends of relatives and friends—of the Lin Family. None of them possessed any actual security qualifications; they had simply joined to cash in on Lin Group's high salaries.
Lin Tai had wanted to clear out these parasites for ages, but could never find a suitable pretext.
He was simply seizing the opportunity of Ye Huan beating them all half to death to thoroughly clean house and purge the tumors.
"Immediately select sixty men from Hell Sect and have them report to Lin Group to apply for security guard positions."
Pulling out his phone, Ye Huan fired off a quick text to the Judges of Water and Fire, then turned his gaze to Lin Qingyun.
"Captain, what should I do now?"
"Go eat shit!" Lin Qingyun roared.
*Slap!*
Ye Huan gave Lin Qingyun a hard slap, changed into his security uniform, walked out to the main lobby on the ground floor, grabbed a chair, and ordered a couple of pounds of melon seeds on his phone.
Then, sitting right outside the entrance of Lin Group headquarters, he crossed his legs, cracked melon seeds, and soaked up the sun.
Being a security guard actually wasn't a bad gig at all!
The efficiency of Hell Sect was astonishingly high. In a mere two hours, the sixty men Ye Huan requested were fully assembled and, with Lin Tai's assistance, successfully onboarded at Lin Group.
As the captain of the security team, Lin Qingyun immediately summoned the sixty guards to the training room.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Qingyun, and I am your captain. Furthermore, I am the Chairman's eldest son, the CEO's uncle, the former vice president, a member of the board of directors, and a shareholder of Lin Group."
At this point, he deliberately paused, waiting to see expressions of astonishment on the faces of the sixty guards.
To his disappointment, however, nothing happened.
The sixty guards stood in formation, rigidly upright, staring straight ahead with blank, expressionless faces as if they hadn't heard a single word he uttered.
"Ahem..."
Lin Qingyun coughed awkwardly and pressed on:
"I'm making all my credentials public to let you know this: as long as you follow my orders and do whatever I tell you to do, I guarantee your benefits and compensation will be the absolute best of any department in this company."
He finished speaking and waited quietly for looks of eager excitement to appear on the guards' faces.
Once again, he was met with disappointment.
The sixty guards looked like a platoon of statues; not a trace of expression crossed their faces, nor was there the slightest ripple of emotion in their eyes.
"Alright, now I'll assign your duties..."
Disappointed, Lin Qingyun rapidly rattled off work assignments for each of the guards and barked, "Assignments are done, everyone head off to your respective posts!"
The sixty guards stood rooted to the spot, not moving an inch.
Lin Qingyun blinked. "I told you to head to your posts. Didn't you hear me?"
The sixty guards gave no answer and didn't move a muscle.
Lin Qingyun: "???"
"A security team meeting, and nobody bothered to call me?"
Just then, Ye Huan strolled in, casually cracking melon seeds.
*Swish!*
The sixty guards turned their heads in absolute unison, their movements synchronized like a regular military unit. Wherever Ye Huan walked, their eyes tracked him.
To Lin Qingyun's utter shock, he noticed a very peculiar look in the eyes of the sixty guards as they watched Ye Huan—a gaze burning with fierce respect.
"Aren't you supposed to be guarding the front door? What are you running in here for?" Lin Qingyun snapped.
He wanted to throw his weight around in front of the sixty guards, letting them know that within the security team, he was second to none.
"Go back to whatever you were supposed to be doing!"
Ignoring Lin Qingyun entirely, Ye Huan spat out a sunflower seed shell.
"Yes!"
The sixty guards shouted in unison, then marched out of the training room in crisp order.
Lin Qingyun was completely dumbfounded.
He had talked himself hoarse for ages and didn't get a peep out of the sixty guards, yet the moment Ye Huan uttered a single sentence, they obeyed instantly and cleared out!
Had he just been completely sidelined by Ye Huan?
"Pig-slaughtering punk, who gave you the authority to command all the security guards?!"
Lin Qingyun glared furiously at Ye Huan and demanded an answer.
"Captain Lin, from now on, just consider yourself holding an honorary title here in the security team—collect your monthly paycheck and leave the rest alone. Of course, it's not like you could manage anything anyway, since nobody listens to you."
Dropping those casual words, Ye Huan cracked another seed, put on a leisurely stride, and walked away.