On a street!
Lin Han walked slowly, but every step he took was incredibly heavy!
Because ahead!
Was the Lin Family Ancestral Mansion!
"Han, run! Survive! You have to survive!"
"My child, I'll hold the enemy back. Go! Go now! And never, ever come back!"
"Han, my son, being your mother in this life is all I could have asked for. The road ahead is one you must walk alone. Mother can't be with you anymore…"
"..."
The agonized screams and cries of his family from that night still echoed in his ears, making his heart ache as if it were bleeding.
However, just as he neared the Lin Family Ancestral Mansion, a cacophony of shouts and curses reached him from up ahead.
"Stop! You won't even spare the bones of the dead! Are you even human?"
"Don't dig! Thirty-two members of the Lin Family have died! I'm begging you, please let them be!"
The cries were utterly heart-wrenching!
When they reached Lin Han's ears, his eyes instantly turned red.
SWOOSH!
He shot forward like a phantom.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived before the desolate Lin Family estate.
Instantly, he saw it all.
Inside the desolate Lin Family estate stood row after row of graves.
Each grave had been swept spotlessly clean, and in front of them were offerings of fresh flowers and fruit.
A woman in her forties was trying to stop a group of thugs armed with shovels and spades.
"Get out of the way! Eldest Young Master Zhao said so himself! That stray dog Lin Han dared to humiliate Miss Su Mu'er, so we're going to show him what's what!"
One of the thugs cursed, then kicked the woman to the ground.
And then!
He raised his shovel and brought it down hard toward one of the graves!
"Time to dig up these dead bastards and let them get some sun!"
A savage grin spread across the thug's face.
But before his shovel could land!
BOOM!
An incredibly violent force suddenly erupted, slamming hard into the thug's body.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
As if he'd been hit by a train, his sternum collapsed and shattered. He was sent flying over ten meters, like a kite with its string cut.
He collapsed to the ground with a sickening THUD!
Dead… He was dead?
The entire desolate Lin Family estate fell deathly silent.
The thugs couldn't believe their eyes.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
They all turned to look, only to find a young man now standing in the desolate estate.
"Young… Young Master?"
The woman rubbed her eyes, unable to believe what she was seeing.
"Aunt Xue, it's me."
Lin Han walked forward and helped the woman up.
This woman was a former servant of the Lin Family.
Lin Han never expected that after so many years, even with the Lin Family destroyed, she would still be here, silently tending to their memory.
"Aunt Xue, these graves…"
Lin Han's voice was trembling.
At his words,
Tears streamed down Aunt Xue's aged face.
"Heavens be praised, it really is you, Young Master!"
"These graves… they hold the thirty-two members of the Lin Clan!"
"Back then, when the Lin Family was wiped out, bodies were everywhere. It was a young girl in a wheelchair who collected them."
At this point,
Aunt Xue seemed incredibly grateful to that young lady.
"That young girl not only collected the bodies and buried every one of them, but she also comes here every year to mourn for a month!"
What!
Lin Han froze. An image of a graceful figure involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
He trembled with emotion.
"Aunt Xue, what did that young girl look like?"
"Exquisitely beautiful, like a fairy descended to the mortal world. Her features were delicate, and she had a beauty mark under her lip!"
BOOM!
A beauty mark!
Hearing that detail, Lin Han felt as if he'd been struck by lightning. The image of that graceful figure flooded his mind.
"Xian'er, is… is it you?"
Lin Han could hardly believe it.
"Young Master, are you alright?" Aunt Xue called out worriedly.
Lin Han shook his head.
Then, his gaze shifted, snapping over to the other thugs.
An invisible pressure slammed into them.
At that moment, the other thugs nearly pissed their pants in fear.
They had never seen anyone so vicious and ruthless before. To kill a man in one move… this guy was a fucking lunatic!
"K-Kid, you dared to kill our man! You're finished!"
"Our boss is Master Hu! You… you're dead meat!!!"
The remaining three thugs were both frightened and furious.
They spat out a threat.
WHOOSH!
Like terrified rabbits, they all scattered and fled in a panic.
Seeing this,
Aunt Xue, standing beside him, said worriedly,
"Young Master, you… you should run!"
"That Master Hu is the overlord of South City. No one dares to cross him! You killed his man, so he's sure to come for revenge!"
Aunt Xue's voice was filled with terror.
She was clearly terrified of this "Master Hu."
Hearing this,
Lin Han was about to comfort her when his ears twitched as if he'd heard something. He shook his head with a sigh and said,
"Too late."
"They're already here."
What!
Aunt Xue froze, not yet understanding what he meant.
But soon enough,
VRMM! VRMM! VRMM!
The roar of engines filled the air.
Then, before Aunt Xue's terrified eyes, a line of SUVs came roaring toward them like mad beasts.
In the blink of an eye, they screeched to a halt in front of the desolate estate.
WHOOSH!
Over twenty men, each armed with a club or bat, poured out of the vehicles.
Among them were the three thugs who had just fled.
"Master Hu, that's him!"
"This kid killed Old Four! You have to get revenge for us brothers!"
As soon as they spoke,
STOMP. STOMP. STOMP.
A towering, powerfully-built man strode forward.
The man was in his thirties, with fierce eyes and a wiry beard, radiating an incredibly savage aura.
He glanced at his subordinate's corpse on the ground, his gaze turning colder and more vicious.
"Kid, you killed one of my men, so I'll give you two choices."
"One, you kill yourself."
"Two, my brothers and I will… tear you to a million pieces!!!"