"The girl's name is Zhao Churan," I didn't really know her until last night. I just helped her out once. After hearing you wanted a divorce, I was upset and distraught. I happened to run into her when I went out, and I had nowhere else to go, so I went to her house, had some drinks, talked, but I didn't do anything over the line."
Long Chen explained.
But Li Yuechan simply didn't believe him, constantly shaking her head, "I'd rather you just come clean about your affair with her. Maybe that would make me feel a little better."
"I really didn't do anything messy, do you still want a divorce?"
"What divorce, no divorce. You think after we divorce, you can go find your lover and live happily ever after? I won't give you that satisfaction," Li Yuechan said loudly.
"No divorce is fine, but don't misunderstand anything. I don't care much, but Zhao Churan is innocent and pure, don't ruin her reputation," said Long Chen seriously.
"Heh, you're defending her now? Long Chen, I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person."
Li Yuechan sneered.
Long Chen frowned, slightly irritated, "Believe it or not, it's up to you. Anyway, you've never really seen me as your husband, so whether or not I actually did anything with her, it doesn't really matter, right?"
"You..."
Li Yuechan was momentarily unable to refute, but that made her even angrier, and she left with a pale face.
Long Chen guessed that Li Yuechan was probably heading straight to work at the company and didn't think much of it.
Little did he know, a great danger was waiting for Li Yuechan.
At the moment, outside the villa area's main gate, there was a taxi parked.
The taxi driver wore a face mask and a duckbill cap, quietly making a phone call.
"Haoran, she hasn't come out yet," the driver said in a hushed tone.
"I've inquired already. Her car hasn't been fixed, so she'll definitely come out to hail a taxi for work. Once she gets in, knock her out and bring her to my KTV."
"Got it, Haoran. Haoran, I see her now."
"Make sure you bring her here. Today, I will use her to kill her husband, Long Chen, and show that bastard what it means to mess with the wrong person."
...
Half an hour later, as Long Chen idly strolled through the streets, he received a call from Li Yuechan out of the blue.
But the voice that came through wasn't Li Yuechan's.
"Tsk tsk, Long Chen, guess what situation your wife is in right now?"
The sinister male voice was incredibly grating.
"Ning Haoran?" Long Chen immediately recognized: "What do you mean?"
"Did you enjoy beating me up yesterday? Heh heh, today your wife is in my hands. I gave her some drugs, and they're starting to take effect. My brothers here are all eager to have their turn, and they're getting impatient."
"If you dare to touch a hair on her head, I will tear you to pieces. How you treat her, I will do the same to Li Yuexin and all the women in your family."
Long Chen spoke with a calm and stern voice.
On the other end of the phone, Ning Haoran jumped at his words.
He hadn't expected Long Chen to be so tough.
But in a moment, Ning Haoran also calmed down and sneered, "Cut the bullshit intimidation. You have ten minutes to get to the Ge Ba KTV. If you're not here in ten minutes, you won't need my brothers to make a move; your wife will throw herself at them."
Beep beep beep.
The call was hung up.
With his heart racing, Long Chen immediately hailed a taxi.
Of course, just his luck, it was the peak commuting time, and traffic had started to build up.
Long Chen got out of the car at once and ran with all his might.
His speed at that moment was astonishingly fast, defying all logic.
In less than ten minutes, Long Chen had found the KTV Ning Haoran had mentioned.
At the entrance, two young men in formal attire, seeing Long Chen's arrival, were about to use their walkie-talkies to report in when Long Chen moved swiftly, knocking both of them out cold.
And then, Long Chen charged into the KTV.
At this moment, the KTV had not yet opened for business, and no patrons were present.
But the spacious hall was gathered with over thirty individuals, all wielding clubs, blades, or steel pipes.
On the floor, Li Yuechan clutched her abdomen, her cheeks flushed red, her gaze somewhat hazy, her delicate body trembling slightly as she desperately clung to the last shred of consciousness.
"Long Chen, you're quite fast to have rushed over here. Take a look at your wife, tsk tsk, she's quite provocative," Ning Haoran said as he reached out and grabbed Li Yuechan's hair, violently pulling her up.
"Let her go, come at me if you have anything," Long Chen shouted.
"I am coming for you, but right now, I want to beat your wife in front of you," Ning Haoran raised his hand and delivered a vicious slap to Li Yuechan's left check.
Li Yuechan let out a muffled groan, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
But she was powerless, unable to struggle.
"Haha, Brother Haoran, why not show him his wife's skills right in front of him, how about that?"
"That's a good suggestion."
"Don't say, this lady is quite charming, haha, it's getting me quite excited."
A group of people armed with weapons burst into raucous laughter.
"Brothers, the surveillance is turned off. Let's kill Long Chen first, beat him to death. I'll take responsibility if anything happens. As for this lady, after Long Chen is dead, she'll belong to all of us. Just don't play her to death, anything else goes," Ning Haoran said coldly.
"Long Chen, run..." Li Yuechan said with all her strength, trying to warn Long Chen.
But at that moment, where would Long Chen consider running?
"You bunch of scum, none of you will leave here today," Long Chen bellowed, charging into the crowd.
"Get him."
"You don't know what's good for you, even daring to offend Brother Haoran. Today's your death day."
"Kill him."
More than thirty people rushed at Long Chen, with various weapons striking towards him.
After awakening his talents, Long Chen's bloodline conferred endless benefits, transforming him and endowing him with Mysterious Energy that could heal or wreak havoc.
Yet, having never learned formal Martial Arts moves, Long Chen relied purely on instinct to fight back against the dozens attacking him.
Even so, Long Chen exhibited extreme ferocity, charging and crashing through the crowd, sending figures flying and screaming, losing their ability to fight.
And Long Chen himself was far from unscathed, being hit by steel pipes, knives, and other weapons, wounds appearing all over his body.
But there was no sign of Long Chen falling; instead, like a War God, regardless of the bloody gashes spewing blood on his body, his combat strength was unaffected. He grew even more ferocious as the battle went on, charging unimpeded; the thirty-some armed men quickly fell in large numbers.
Such a reckless fighting style, yet so potent, frightened the remaining men into shivering, backing away completely chilled to the bone, no longer daring to advance.
"This... this motherfucker's a monster."
"Brother Haoran, this guy is ridiculously tough."
"Are you a bunch of good-for-nothings?" Ning Haoran roared furiously: "Don't be afraid of him, damn it, he's seriously injured. Just push harder and you can bring him down."
"Brother Haoran, I... I can't do this," a bleached-blonde said with a trembling voice as he turned tail to run.
Seeing this, the rest who could still stand turned and fled, ignoring Ning Haoran's shouts; they decisively ran off, their courage crumbling at the hands of Long Chen.
In a rage, Ning Haoran drew a dagger and pressed it against Li Yuechan's pale neck, bellowing like a madman, "Long Chen, kneel down for me, or I'll kill her right now, kneel down for me immediately."