A crisis that would have been a catastrophe for the Qiu Family was effortlessly resolved by Lin Xiao.

Su Qingning's aunt recalled her attitude toward Lin Xiao and Su Qingning the previous night. She was so ashamed she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

It was Qiu Jianping who said with immense gratitude, "Lin Xiao, Qingning, thank you!"

Su Qingning waved her hand. "Uncle, we're family. There's no need for that!"

Be that as it may, the worry in her eyes didn't disappear. On the contrary, it only grew stronger.

"Feng'er, hurry up and thank your cousin and brother-in-law!" Qiu Jianping ordered.

Su Qingning's cousin quickly stepped forward and said, "Qingning, brother-in-law, thank you!" His tone was genuinely sincere.

"Cousin, it's nothing. As long as you're safe, that's all that matters. Uncle, Auntie, if there's nothing else, we'll be leaving now," Su Qingning said gravely.

Lin Xiao had struck Xue Wenbing. If she didn't find a solution quickly, it would be too late by the time Xue Jingdong came for revenge.

"Qingning, don't go! It's almost noon, stay for a simple meal. To be honest, I feel incredibly ashamed as your uncle. You two have been married for so long, yet I've never once come to visit," Qiu Jianping said, full of shame.

Su Qingning's aunt chimed in, "That's right, Qingning! Stay and have a meal with Lin Xiao. Last night was my fault. I apologize to you both again!"

Su Qingning glanced at Lin Xiao, as if asking his opinion.

Lin Xiao was about to agree but suddenly remembered his appointment with the King of the Southern Town. He smiled and said, "Honey, if you don't have anything going on, you should stay for a meal. I have something to take care of around noon!"

He must not want to stay for the meal. Su Qingning thought. So she said firmly, "Uncle, Auntie, cousin, maybe some other time. I have to go check on the bar, too!"

Seeing that her voice was low but incredibly resolute, Qiu Jianping sighed. He knew his wife's attitude from the day before had upset Lin Xiao and Su Qingning.

He had no choice but to say, "Alright then. Let me know when you two have time, and I'll treat you to a proper meal!"

Su Qingning nodded.

The family of three saw Su Qingning and Lin Xiao out of the villa, watching as they departed.

Qiu Jianping suddenly sighed with emotion. "Qingning married a good husband!"

On the way to the bar, Lin Xiao noticed Su Qingning seemed downcast, worry etched onto her delicate brows. He smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Are you that worried because I hit Xue Wenbing?"

Su Qingning was once again startled by Lin Xiao's sharp intuition. He always seemed to see right through her. But what good was that?

"Since you knew, why did you still do it?" Su Qingning asked in frustration.

"Honey, I didn't want to. But you saw that piece of trash; he just kept provoking me. How could I tolerate that!"

"But do you have any idea what the consequences of hitting him are?"

"I know. He'll just get Xue Jingdong to come for revenge, right? But I'm honestly not bothered. It's like I said before: forget Xue Jingdong, even the top family in Jinhai City is just trash to me!" Lin Xiao said dismissively.

Su Qingning glared at Lin Xiao. That damn scoundrel is bragging again.

Last night, outside the bar, Xue Jingdong had brought men from the Du Family to deal with Lin Xiao. If Pei Donglai hadn't stepped in, Lin Xiao would probably have been killed by the Du Family's men. Yes, Su Qingning was convinced it was Pei Donglai who had defeated Du Shaojie, which was why he had fled. She had thought last night's incident would make Lin Xiao more cautious, but she never expected him to continue boasting. Does he really think Pei Donglai can protect him for the rest of his life? Or that Xiao Shixiong can solve all his problems?

"Lin Xiao, do you think you can do whatever you want in Jinling City just because you have Xiao Shixiong backing you?" Su Qingning fumed, growing angrier as she spoke. "Yes, Xiao Shixiong is powerful, but he can't protect you indefinitely. You only did him a favor; you're not his family. Besides, Xiao Shixiong isn't omnipotent! What if the Xue Family finds an even stronger backer? What if they hire that genius from the Du Family who's in the Martial Alliance? If that happens, even if Xiao Shixiong wanted to help, he'd be powerless to do so. After all, he's not going to make an enemy of the Martial Alliance just for you."

Her beautiful, peach-blossom eyes, brimming with anger, couldn't help but give Lin Xiao a flirtatious eye-roll.

Lin Xiao just smiled and said, "Honey, really, don't worry. On my turf here in Jinling City, even if that Du Family genius from the Martial Alliance showed up, he'd still have to kneel!"

Su Qingning was so angry she was speechless. She was truly at a loss for words. Her original plan had been to go back and sincerely beg Shao Mei'er for help, even if it meant kneeling. She was going to see if Shao Mei'er could mediate with the Xue Family. But she never imagined this scoundrel would still be here, bragging. Why does he love to boast so much?

Seeing Lin Xiao's smug expression, Su Qingning said angrily, "Fine! Since you're so capable, you can handle the Xue Family yourself!"

"No problem!" Lin Xiao grinned.

Su Qingning felt like she could spit blood. Can't this scoundrel tell I'm angry? And yet, he has the nerve to say something like that!

Angrily, Su Qingning turned her head away, no longer wanting to look at him, let alone speak to him.

Soon, they arrived at the bar where over thirty workers were working in full swing. The Shao Family's construction crew was indeed impressive. This was only the second day, yet they had already made tremendous progress.

When Shao Mei'er had said yesterday that it could be done in a week, Lin Xiao had been skeptical. Looking at it now, he realized he had been too naive.

Su Qingning went inside to inspect the progress, while Lin Xiao started chatting with Pei Donglai.

"How have things been? Any troublemakers these past two days?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Reporting to Captain, no," Pei Donglai replied.

Lin Xiao nodded. "Good. If anyone shows up, kill them on sight!" His tone was incredibly cold.

Pei Donglai knew that the trashing of the bar had infuriated Lin Xiao. In truth, Pei Donglai was furious himself. As the deputy captain of the security team, he had allowed the bar to be vandalized. It was his failure—a massive failure. Although Lin Xiao didn't blame him, Pei Donglai was filled with guilt. He swore he would never let something like that happen again.

"Captain, rest assured. What happened before will never happen again," Pei Donglai said, as if taking an oath.

"I'm reassured to hear you say that. Carry on. I'm going to get some tea!"

With that, Lin Xiao turned and entered the security office.

After comfortably sipping half a cup of tea, Lin Xiao saw it was getting late. He was about to go find Su Qingning to say goodbye before heading to Xiao Shixiong's residence.

But just then, the door to the security office was pushed open. A moment later, a woman wearing a sheer veil walked in. Who else could it be but Shen Jingzhe? The bone-chilling coldness in her beautiful eyes was still there.

The moment he saw her, Lin Xiao felt a headache coming on.

"Today, you must die!" Shen Jingzhe said, her voice dripping with killing intent.

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