Jiang City International Airport, outside the entrance!
"Xiaoyun, are you sure Lin Han isn't actually dead? That he'll be on this international flight back?"
Su Mu'er leaned against a Mercedes-Benz, turning to ask her assistant, Xiaoyun.
"Miss, my friend is a senior executive at the airline. According to him, a passenger on this flight is, in fact, registered under the name Lin Han!"
"And his identification info is an exact match!" Xiaoyun quickly replied.
So it was true.
Upon hearing this, Su Mu'er's eyes quivered slightly.
'Lin Han!'
'The former young master of the Lin Family!'
'And my former fiancé!'
But after the Lin Family was annihilated by a mysterious group five years ago, Lin Han had simply vanished.
Su Mu'er had assumed Lin Han had died somewhere long ago, his body reduced to a pile of bones.
She never would have imagined that just as she was about to marry into a wealthy clan, this former fiancé of hers was actually returning.
'Five years... I can't believe he's still alive...'
'But our engagement... it went up in smoke five years ago!'
At that moment, a deeply conflicted expression appeared on Su Mu'er's beautiful face.
She had already resolved to make a clean break with Lin Han once and for all.
"Miss, he's out! That man... that's Lin Han!"
Huh?
Su Mu'er quickly turned to look and saw a slender young man walking slowly out of the airport.
He was dressed in plain clothes and carried a black bag, looking for all the world like a laborer coming to the city for work.
It was Lin Han.
Meanwhile, Lin Han was walking slowly through the crowd.
His ears twitched as he gathered information about everything in Jiang City.
'Tang, Zhao, Huang, and Sun! The Four Great Clans of Jiang City!'
A savage sneer touched the corners of Lin Han's mouth.
Back then, the Lin Family had been the number one clan in Jiang City, while the Tang Family could only settle for second place.
But after the Lin Family's fall, the Zhao, Huang, and Sun families had joined forces to swallow up its remaining assets, elevating themselves to become part of the Four Great Clans.
It was safe to say the Zhao, Huang, and Sun clans had risen by trampling on the corpses of the Lin Family.
The Lin Family's destruction was undoubtedly tied to these three clans.
'Vengeance can only be cleansed with blood!'
'This hatred can only be repaid with lives!'
'Zhao, Huang, Sun... Are you three clans ready?'
Murderous intent flared in Lin Han's eyes.
But just then, as he rounded a corner, he felt a sudden rush of air.
A white-haired old man came stumbling and crashed hard into him.
THUD!
An invisible barrier seemed to surround Lin Han's body.
The old man felt as if he'd hit a wall of solid iron. Caught completely off guard, he staggered backward uncontrollably.
Then, with a THUD, he collapsed to the ground.
"Master!"
"Master!!!"
Seeing the old man fall, the bodyguards standing nearby were all shocked:
They hurried forward to check on him.
To their horror, they found the old man lying on the ground, his lips turning blue and his body convulsing as pained groans escaped his throat.
"Bastard! Punk, what did you do to our Master?"
"Damn you! How dare you harm our Master! You're courting death!!!"
This sent all four bodyguards into a fury.
They all surged forward, ready to rough up Lin Han.
Seeing this, Lin Han frowned.
He could tell the old man was suffering from an old injury. The collision had disrupted the man's internal meridians, causing the injury to relapse.
The old man would likely be dead in minutes.
But the four bodyguards didn't care. They pounced like a pack of wolves, throwing a wild flurry of punches at Lin Han.
"Damn it, punk! You'll pay for what you did to our Master with your life!"
"Kill him! Avenge the Master!!!"
The four bodyguards were practically feral.
Their terrifying presence sent the surrounding passersby scrambling away in fear.
But just at that moment!
"Silence!!!"
Lin Han's gaze turned cold, and his palm suddenly swung out.
SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!
Four crisp, resounding slaps echoed suddenly.
To the utter disbelief of everyone watching, the four ferocious bodyguards were swatted away like flies, sent flying through the air.
THUD!
THUD!
They crashed to the ground.
A deathly silence fell over the area.
The surrounding travelers couldn't believe their eyes.
'One slap, and four men were down!'
'How did this guy do that?!'
But the most shocked of all were the four bodyguards themselves.
"N-No... Impossible!!!"
At that moment, the four men felt as if their cheekbones had been shattered, and the pain made their entire bodies tremble.
Lin Han's hand had moved so fast they hadn't even been able to see it clearly.
It was utterly unbelievable.
But that wasn't all.
TAP. TAP. TAP.
Lin Han slowly walked over to the old man. A golden light flashed in his eyes.
Instantly, every one of the old man's meridians and acupoints became visible to Lin Han.
Then, he brought his palm down hard on the old man's chest.
"No!!!"
The four bodyguards stared, their eyes wide with rage and horror.
They had no idea why Lin Han would suddenly strike a fatal blow against their master, but they were too late to stop him.
THUMP!
The palm struck the old man's chest with brutal force.
The old man's body shuddered, and he violently spat out a mouthful of black blood.
"Master!!!"
The four bodyguards went berserk.
They scrambled to their feet and charged toward Lin Han, ready to fight him to the death.
However, Lin Han stopped, turned, and looked at them.
BOOM!
A single glance from him was enough to make the four bodyguards feel as if they'd been struck by lightning, as if they were being stared down by the Grim Reaper himself.
The four men froze, trembling. A single thought surfaced in all their minds: if they took one more step forward, they would surely die.
"Hmph!"
Lin Han shot them a cold glance, then turned and walked away.
Only then did Su Mu'er and her assistant, who had witnessed everything from afar, finally snap out of it, their faces as pale as paper.
"It's over!"
"That old man was Old Master Tang of the Tang Family! That guy just got back, and he's already trying to murder Old Master Tang! He... he's just stirred up a world of trouble!"
Su Mu'er was filled with shock and fear.
Her assistant, Xiaoyun, asked:
"Miss, should we still go after Lin Han?"
"Yes, go! I have to sever all ties with that madman right now! Otherwise, he'll be the death of the Su Family!"
With that, the two of them quickly got in the car and sped off in the direction Lin Han had gone.
...
'Five years... Jiang City has changed so much!'
'A pity that for these five years, there was no Lin Han, and no Lin Family!'
Lin Han gazed at the surrounding buildings, a cold glint flickering in his eyes.
He had returned this time, and his enemies would repay their debts in blood.
"Lin Han!"
Just then, a clear yet cold voice called out, making Lin Han pause for a moment.
He turned to see a Mercedes-Benz sedan pulling to a slow stop in front of him.
The window rolled down, revealing Su Mu'er's exquisite face.
"It's you!"
Lin Han's expression grew even colder.
'Su Mu'er.'
'His former fiancée. His adoring little fangirl.'
'Back then, she'd followed him around like a shadow, clinging to him every day and doing everything to please him.'
But when the Lin Family was destroyed, Su Mu'er had become like a different person. She not only helped seize the Lin Family's assets but even publicly declared that she was cutting all ties with him, only to turn around and throw herself into the arms of the Zhao Family's young master.