Lin Xiao laughed. So that was her goal all along.

He had wanted to laugh the moment Shao Mei'er claimed Chu Xiangxue had threatened her to stay away from him. That was an obvious lie.

Both the Shao and Chu families were members of the A9 Alliance. Even if Chu Xiangxue really wanted Shao Mei'er to stay away from him, she couldn't and wouldn't dare say so openly. That would hold true even with the Chu Family being more powerful than the Shao. After all, the first rule of the alliance was no infighting. If Chu Xiangxue actually dared to warn Shao Mei'er, she would be blatantly breaking the rules, and what awaited the Chu Family would be severe punishment.

It was probably Chu Xiangxue's arrival that put her under pressure, making her act so boldly today.

Lin Xiao asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Feeling the pressure now that Chu Xiangxue is here?"

Shao Mei'er's heart skipped a beat. His astuteness was surprising.

Yes, she had to admit, Chu Xiangxue's arrival did indeed put her on edge. It wasn't just that Chu Xiangxue was beautiful; crucially, her status and background were far more formidable than her own. Any normal man would likely choose her. That was why Shao Mei'er was so desperate to offer her body, hoping to capture Lin Xiao's heart this way.

"Naughty daddy, you're terrible, seeing right through me like that!" Shao Mei'er pouted.

Lin Xiao simply smiled. "Alright, stop fooling around. Chu Xiangxue's arrival doesn't change your place in my heart at all, understand?"

Shao Mei'er froze, a sudden warmth surging through her. She looked at Lin Xiao, her excitement causing a seductive crimson blush to spread across her sultry face.

"Naughty daddy, I'm so touched! No, I have to give you a kiss. Don't worry, I promise I won't use my tongue, okay?" As she spoke, she lifted a leg clad in silk stockings and rubbed it against him.

"Not a chance. Go back and get some rest. I still have work to do."

"No! Give me a kiss, and then I'll go!" Shao Mei'er wheedled.

Hearing this, Lin Xiao slapped her on her shapely rear without another word. The slap wasn't light.

SMACK.

Her bottom trembled, and she couldn't help but let out a soft moan, a sound so intoxicating it could make a man's hair stand on end.

"Naughty daddy, that felt so good... Hit me again, please?" she asked, giving him a sultry gaze.

Holy shit. Does this girl have a masochistic streak?

"That's enough. If you don't leave now, I'm going to get genuinely angry," Lin Xiao said, putting on a stern expression.

Shao Mei'er immediately let him go. "Naughty daddy, don't be mad! I'll just go upstairs and have a drink. I'll be supporting the lady boss's business that way, right?"

"Do whatever you want. Just don't disturb my work."

Shao Mei'er gave him a bewitching smile. "As you wish, naughty daddy!"

With that, she swayed her hips saucily and sauntered out of the security room.

Watching her leave, Lin Xiao let out a heavy sigh of relief. No joke. Jinling City's number one beauty really lives up to her reputation. When she had her arms wrapped around my neck just now, I honestly felt the urge to take her right then and there. It wasn't a lack of self-control on my part; that woman is just too damn intoxicating. It's a good thing it was me. Anyone else would have surrendered long ago.

After performing a few breathing exercises to suppress the fire she had stoked within him, Lin Xiao went back to his tea.

Just then, the door to the security room was shoved open. A middle-aged man in a gray Daoist robe walked in, his face devoid of expression. The man's features were ordinary, but his eyes radiated a sinister cruelty. A menacing light flickered constantly in his triangular eyes, and meeting his gaze felt like being stared down by a cobra.

As Lin Xiao was sizing up the man, the man was sizing him up in return.

"You're Lin Xiao?" the man asked, his voice hoarse and cold.

"I am. And you are?"

"Hu Yidao."

"Never heard of you," Lin Xiao replied.

The man snorted. "I'm from the Ten Halls of the Ghost Medicine Sect."

Understanding dawned on Lin Xiao. "So, you're here for revenge?"

"That's right. You slaughtered two members of our Ghost Medicine Sect's Ten Halls. It was an act condemned by gods and men alike, a debt that must be repaid in blood!" Hu Yidao snarled.

"Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed," Lin Xiao said calmly.

Hu Yidao scoffed. "Kid, I'm an Earth Level Martial Artist, and you're just a filthy beggar with no cultivation. You dare claim that *I'm* the one who will be disappointed? Who gave you the balls to say something so moronic?"

Lin Xiao stared at Hu Yidao for a moment before suddenly asking, "How many people are in your Ghost Medicine Sect?"

"Hmph. The Ghost Medicine Sect has countless disciples spread across the globe. I doubt even our Sect Leader knows the exact number," Hu Yidao boasted.

"Then which of your halls is the strongest?"

Hu Yidao's gaze turned frosty. "Kid, the Ghost Medicine Sect is filled with talent. Every hall possesses its own unique skills, and every one of them is extraordinarily powerful."

Lin Xiao chuckled. "I didn't realize you were such a diplomat."

"Enough of your fucking nonsense! Kneel!" Hu Yidao commanded viciously.

Lin Xiao shrugged. "How about this? You kneel, apologize, and kowtow three times. If you do, I'll grant you the mercy of leaving your corpse in one piece."

Hu Yidao instantly exploded with rage. How dare this filthy beggar speak to me with such arrogance! Is his brain waterlogged, or was he kicked in the head by a donkey? "Fine! If that's how you want it, I'll send you to hell right now!" he snarled.

Then, a sinister sneer spread across his face. "Oh, and by the way, I hear your wife is quite beautiful. After I'm done with you, I'll be sure to... *enjoy* her thoroughly. Don't thank me. I'm just a very considerate person."

A terrifying killing intent flashed in Lin Xiao's eyes. Without another word, he moved like lightning, seizing the piece of trash by the neck, ready to snap it.

Hu Yidao's eyes bulged like a bull's as he stared at Lin Xiao in utter shock.

Lin Xiao paid his reaction no mind. "Any last words?" he asked coldly.

Just as the words left his mouth, Hu Yidao began to sneer again. "Filthy beggar, if you fucking dare to kill me today, your wife dies too!"

"Threatening me? Who the hell do you think you are?"

Hu Yidao's laugh grew more maniacal. "Threaten you? Kid, you probably don't even know that your wife is already under my senior brother's control!"

Lin Xiao stared at the garbage in his hand as if he were an idiot. He was about to finish him off when his phone suddenly rang. The caller ID showed Su Qingning.

A terrible premonition washed over him.

He answered immediately. A sinister voice echoed from the other end.

"Kid, if you don't want your wife to die, you'd better get your ass over to her office right now!"

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