HPDBC Chapter 228 Heard You Were Short on Cash (Please Subscribe)
Chapter 228 Heard You Were Short on Cash (Please Subscribe)
The group of security guards, seeing that everything was safe inside the private room, quickly apologized and exited.
After the private room regained its peace, the atmosphere became heavy and solemn.
Lin Da was surprised; Lin Rui was actually a senior member of the Olin Club?
But when he thought about Fang Ranran, he came to an understanding.
The things that ordinary people dream of, someone of Fang Ranran's elite heritage wouldn't even need to reach out for—others would proactively stuff them into their pockets.
At this moment, Lin Da also felt a lingering fear. His face was as white as paper and he no longer dared to say much in front of Lin Rui.
Lin Rui didn't continue eating or drinking either. The recent unexpected event seemed to have dampened the spirit of Battle Spirit No. 2; Ji Shenyan, having dispersed the fire lotus, handed back control of the body.
Seeing Lin Da's expression, Lin Rui knew the topic of his sister and the Longevity would have to be dropped there. No more could be asked from him.
He casually chatted with Lin Da about family matters, inquiring about Lin Da's family situation and guided Lin Da to recall his parents from a few years ago, as well as the daily life and past of the two younger sisters and "Lin Rui."
After the shock, this uncle seemed to have lost his soul. As long as it wasn't about the Longevity or those hidden powers, touching upon Lin Da's psychological defenses, he would answer whatever was asked.
From the information revealed by the uncle, it seemed that their two families had grown apart a few years before the death of Lin Rui's mother, so he didn't know much about the three siblings, only that they were very close before.
As for Lin Rui's parents, Lin Da knew quite a bit and spoke nonstop about them. He expressed his pity for Lin Rui's mother, asking how such an outstanding woman could have married the restless Lin Cong. She should have been the dazzling pearl of the world, yet due to a misguided trust, she perished so young.
Lin Rui listened with great interest, but an hour later, Lin Da received a phone call and hastily left after making his excuses.
Before leaving, he also seriously pleaded with Lin Rui to be careful and cautious.
Lin Rui replied solemnly as well.
Having seen Lin Da engulfed in flames just now, Lin Rui couldn't help but take it seriously.
What Lin Rui didn't know was that as both were driving away from the Olin Club, Lin Da opened a video communication call in his own car.
The figure in the video projection turned out to be an elderly man with white hair and features somewhat resembling Lin Da and Lin Rui.
He was dressed in a major general's uniform, exuding an air of solemn authority as he spoke sharply, "So you mean to say, you did nothing? Said nothing? You neither persuaded them to give up the augmentations nor took any action?"
"The problem is we couldn't possibly convince him to give them up."
Lin Da replied with a wry smile from the car seat, "Father, you know Lin Xi and the kid's temperaments. He has been tirelessly devoted to martial arts, persisted for so long, and now that he's finally achieved his current success, his monthly income probably exceeds my annual salary. Plus, he's gotten close to Tianlan Group and the Fang family. How could he let us manipulate him? And—"
Before he could finish speaking, a 'thud' resonated from the other side of the video.
The old man on the other end pounded the desk with a fist, his voice and expression fierce, "Then forcibly remove his augmentations and prevent him from continuing his cultivation! Don't tell me you can't do it? Do you understand that by letting him go on like this, you're leading him down a path to death? Without the augmentations, or even if he's less outstanding after augmentation, he would still be able to live well. But now he's only heading down the same doomed road as his parents.
What's more, what if he's got the backing of the Fang family? I am Lin Rui's grandfather; I can decide his future too. The Fang family won't turn against me for his sake. You're just overly cautious, indecisive!"
Lin Da frowned slightly and then replied emotionlessly, "Father, Yu Wen Chitian implanted the 7S-grade fire secret technique 'Karmic Fire Body Lotus' inside me. It was triggered when I met with Lin Rui just now."
"What? He dared?" The old man initially looked shocked and furious, his eyes nearly splitting, then he asked doubtfully, "How did you survive?"
"It was Lin Rui. He broke the 'Karmic Fire Body Lotus,' which is as high as 7S-grade!"
Lin Da's eyes revealed incredulity, "I know it's hard to believe, but I recorded a video. You can take a look." Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire
Just looking at the sword light, one could tell that after piercing through the carriage, it even reached as far as 7 meters!
The problem was that this guy still hadn't implanted a Golden Core.
"So fast!" At this moment, Fang Ranran was also in Yu Feicui's office watching the video, and she couldn't help but exclaim, "I really want to have a fight with him now, just to see the end of this one stroke."
Yu Feicui turned her head and shot a sidelong glance at Fang Ranran.
Fang Ranran noticed the scorn in her eyes and immediately felt both embarrassed and annoyed.
She guessed what Yu Feicui meant by that look was that she overestimated herself and wished death upon herself!
At this time, Lin Rui was in the car, shaking his head and opening up the chat box of Fei Yunlai.
Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Old Fei, I heard you've been short on cash lately?
Fei Yunlai was looking through the mercenary website.
Unfortunately, there weren't many truly lucrative tasks available.
Fei Yunlai didn't want others to know that he was starting to do mercenary jobs within the federation and didn't want to use his real name, so his current reputation level was zero.
A newcomer would not be able to get good assignments.
He hesitated for a moment, then opened an underground network.
However, Fei Yunlai hadn't had the chance to browse before his smart housekeeper issued a warning, "Master! The martial arts association of the federation values the career record of its members highly, and their intelligence capability is very strong. Once you touch the darknet, you could lose your position as an executive of the martial arts association within a year."
Fei Yunlai's face twitched as he closed the underground network again.
The position as an executive of the martial arts association was very important to him.
When he saw the message from Lin Rui, he was startled and became angry.
Invincible Bull (Fei Yunlai): What do you want?
Fei Yunlai's tone was stilted.
Fei Yunlai knew Lin Rui must have noticed his predicament, but the kid should not be so rude as to rip open someone else's wounds like this. It was utterly impolite.
Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Are you interested in doing a job with me? A dirty one.
Fei Yunlai raised his eyebrows, his irritation growing.
Dirty? As in a shady deal?
This brat! Did he really see him as so lowly?
He was Fei Yunlai, a dignified mech-armored admiral! How could he consider doing such low-class work?
Then he saw another message from the other party.
Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): The target is the Iron Fist King of the Blood Lizard Gang. You have two options: one is to share the spoils with me after the job; the other is the old way, I give you 50 million. Are you in or out?
After seeing this, Fei Yunlai was stunned for a moment.