Outside Mingyue Group Building—
An unexpected visitor arrives.
Lin Feng sat in a taxi that stops at the main entrance.
Although Xiao Mingyue is indifferent to him, he doesn't mind. Chasing a woman is never easy, especially one as outstanding as her.
So he had decided to visit the company every day...
No, better to call it an inspection.
After all, once he marries Xiao Mingyue, the company will be his anyway. Heh heh!
With visions of a blissful future by Xiao Mingyue's side, Lin Feng enters the main gate of the company.
However, his steps soon comes to a halt.
What is happening?
The reception area is buzzing, filled with journalists holding cameras, completely blocking the entrance.
He catches a security guard to inquire about the situation.
Lin Feng's eyes become sharp.
Someone is targeting his fiancée's company. These people truly have a death wish.
Thinking about his stressed fiancée, his heart feels like it's melting.
Glancing at the blocked entrance, he realizes it's impassable.
He moves to the side of the building and decides to scale the wall.
The height isn't a problem for him.
With a leap, he jumps two meters high and grabs onto the ledge of the second floor, flipping himself over it.
Upon reaching the CEO's office, he sees a visibly anxious secretary guarding the door.
"Are you that wild man?"
The secretary remembers Lin Feng. He had visited the company yesterday, claiming to look for the CEO.
The corner of Lin Feng's mouth twitches.
He has come down from the mountain for three days, looking quite disheveled, but hardly a "wild man."
"I need to see Mingyue." Unwilling to waste words with her, he tries to open the office door.
"You can't. The CEO is busy right now. No one can enter." The secretary stands in front of the door, watching him cautiously.
"I have urgent matters to discuss with Mingyue." His voice is serious, his presence involuntarily imposing, making the secretary shudder.
However, the secretary is stubborn and doesn't budge.
Creak—
Just when the tension peaks, the door opens.
Xiao Mingyue appears at the entrance.
Her usually icy demeanor has faded somewhat, replaced by a hint of exhaustion.
Especially her face, marred by a vivid red slap mark, which adds to her disheveled look.
Seeing this, Lin Feng feels as if struck by lightning, a ringing in his ears.
His fiancée has actually been slapped!!!
"Who did it? Tell me who slapped you and who is sabotaging your company!" Snapping back to reality, Lin Feng's asks as his eyes turns red.
He would never mistreat this stunning fiancée of his; which scoundrel dared to?
Unconsciously, images flash through his mind.
A wealthy, influential boss with a portly figure and big ears has taken a fancy to his fiancée. When she refuses his advances, he slaps her on the spot and threatens her company as well.
Lin Feng trembles with rage, his teeth gritted.
Seeing Lin Feng, Xiao Mingyue frowns.
"Why are you still here? Didn't I tell you to leave Magic City?"
Yesterday, this man had claimed to be her fiancé and even produced a marriage contract.
It turned out to be a childhood betrothal arranged by her grandfather.
Suddenly, she has an inexplicable marriage contract. The strong-willed Xiao Mingyue of course would never agree to this.
She had written him a check and told him to leave. Yet here he was again.
"You are my fiancée. How could I stand by when you're in trouble? Tell me who slapped you, and I'll make them pay a hundredfold." Lin Feng gazes at her tenderly, but then his tone changes, becoming menacing.
"Get lost." Xiao Mingyue slams the door shut.
Her mood is so terrible right now; she has no time to argue with him.
...
In the end, Lin Feng left with a gloomy face.
Once outside the company, he takes a piece of paper from his pocket. Written on it is a number. It was given to him by the old man before he left.
The old man had taken in an external disciple, who is now his senior apprentice brother. If Lin Feng encounters any difficulties, he can ask him for help.
He takes out his Nokia phone and dials the number.
"Hello, this is Li Shan, who is this?" A hoarse, aged voice comes from the other end of the phone.
Li Shan is the Deputy Dean of Magic City Hospital and Vice President of the Magic City Traditional Chinese Medicine Association. Known for his masterful acupuncture skills that can cure illnesses, he enjoys a high reputation in Magic City.
"This is Lin Feng!"
"Ah, junior apprentice brother, it's you..." Li Shan sounds pleasantly surprised.
Not long ago, he had received a call from his master, informing him that his junior apprentice brother would be coming to Magic City and asked him to take care of him.
Li Shan knew this junior brother was not to be underestimated.
He had received the authentic teachings from their master.
Though he himself was lauded as a miracle healer, it was mostly because he had received some guidance from their master. His own acupuncture skills were merely an incomplete version of the "Ghost Valley Magic Needles."
Even so, he was respected as a miracle healer.
One could only imagine how formidable the authentic "Ghost Valley Magic Needles" must be.
"Elder Brother, I need your help..." Lin Feng recounts the situation concerning Xiao Mingyue's company. He asks his senior brother to investigate who is targeting his fiancée.
Thinking of the vivid red handprint on her face, he feels a surge of anger.
...
Mingyue Pharmaceutical Group Office—
Xiao Mingyue is truly out of options. She's sought help from everyone she could think of, and no one is willing to help her.
Finally, her gaze falls on her phone, specifically on a number with no name attached.
It's Xu Hao's number.
She's at her wits' end; if she doesn't find a solution, the company she built from scratch will truly collapse under her watch.
Her only option now is to turn to Xu Hao.
The thought of bending her pride to such a repulsive individual—one who refused to pay for meals and even slapped her—makes Xiao Mingyue extremely reluctant.
But she has no choice—
She can't bear to watch her company collapse, even if it means swallowing her pride.
Her hand trembles as she dials the number.
"The number you have dialled is currently busy!"
Xiao Mingyue pauses, then tries again after a while, only to receive the same message.
On a hunch, she switches phones and dials again. This time it connects.
At this moment, she realizes she's been blocked by Xu Hao.
Her heart sinks even lower.
Haotian Investment Co., Ltd—
Xu Hao returns to the office and immediately consults his professional manager about the company's finances.
He also instructs him to open several foreign bank accounts.
That's right; he has decided to dabble in the stock market.
After some observation, he can see the market trends for the next three days; it's basically like picking up free money.
Choosing to invest in foreign stocks allows him greater leverage and fewer restrictions compared to domestic options.
Ding-ding-ding... Ding-ding-ding... Ding-ding-ding...
As Xu Hao sits in his office observing stock charts, his phone rings.
It's an unfamiliar number.
He glances at it and hits the silent button.
This is his personal phone, which very few people have the number to, so a call from an unfamiliar number at this time— he knows who it must be without even thinking.
Xu Hao sneers.
Naive!
Did she really think that an apology would be enough?
Wouldn't that make all the resources and power he'd leveraged be in vain?