Earth – Junhi Country – Star City.
The Star City Railway Station 1.
"Xialing? What are you doing here?"
Hearing the voice, Xu Xialing turned towards Gu Zhongchen with a little shock on her face. Then she asked Gu Zhongchen, suspicion laced in her voice, "What are you doing here?"
She was probably thinking that Gu Zhongchen had followed her to the station and wanted to cause trouble after seeing her with another man.
Still acting like he was shocked, Gu Zhongchen replied in a confused voice, "Aunt Li asked me to pick someone up from the station for her."
Hearing him say that, Xu Xialing nodded, her suspicion going away. Li Xiaoming would indeed do something like that. Both of their mothers were always very pushy about their relationship.
Of course, Li Xiaoming didn't ask him to come here. However, Gu Zhongchen wasn't worried that he would get found out. Before coming here, he had called Li Xiaoming, asking about Xu Xialing.
Li Xiaoming, who was worried about their potential breakup, immediately told him where she was. If Xu Xialing asked her mother about this matter, Li Xiaoming would definitely play along.
Then acting like he suddenly realized something, Gu Zhongchen said, "Oh, Aunt Li must have asked me to come here to pick you up. Were you on a trip or something and just came back?"
Xu Xialing, hearing the question, replied in her usual cold voice, "No, I am here to pick someone up for my grandfather."
Hearing that, Gu Zhongchen smiled and turned towards Xiao Yan, saying, "I see. This must be the gentleman who you're here to receive."
He then brought his hand forward for a handshake and said, "Hello. I am Gu Zhongchen. Xu Xialing's fiancé."
Hearing that, Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed a little. He didn't bring his hand forward for the handshake and just stoically said, "Xiao Yan."
"He is a guest of my grandfather." Seeing his rude behaviour, Xu Xialing quickly added, afraid that Gu Zhongchen would get angry.
Gu Zhongchen nodded and said, "Since he is a guest of your grandfather, he is my guest too." Then he said to Xiao Yan, "Mr. Xiao, if you need anything, you can come to me."
Instead of saying anything, Xiao Yan just clicked his tongue and turned away, ignoring Gu Zhongchen. Seeing this rude behaviour, Xu Xialing frowned for a moment but quickly hid her displeasure.
Xiao Yan was behaving like this most likely because Gu Zhongchen said that he was Xu Xialing's fiancé. Before coming here, his master had said that he had arranged Xu Xialing and his marriage.
The protagonist, Xiao Yan, had a headstrong personality. He went by the rule that if he thought of something or someone as his, nobody could take it or them away from him. Since his master had said that Xu Xialing would be his, Xiao Yan already considered Xu Xialing as his woman.
Seeing Xiao Yan behave like this, Gu Zhongchen smiled. He had known that Xiao Yan would behave like this, so he wasn't surprised.
Gu Zhongchen turned towards Xu Xialing and said, "Xialing, since I am already here, why don't I walk you to your car?"
Before Xu Xialing could say anything, Xiao Yan immediately said, "No need. We can go on our own."
Hearing that, Xu Xialing frowned again, this time openly showing her displeasure, looking at Xiao Yan. She then said to Gu Zhongchen, "If you want to then alright."
Gu Zhongchen nodded with a smile and gave way for her. Then they started to walk towards the exit.
On the way, five people that looked like delinquents came in front of them.
One of them, looking at Xiao Yan, said, "Well, look at what we have here. A fucking country bumpkin."
Xiao Yan and Xu Xialing frowned seeing them act like that without any reason.
The other four started laughing. Then one of them said, "Boss, look at his clothes. This asshole looks like he lives under a rock."
"He probably does. What are you doing here, you country bumpkin? Go back to your rock," another one said, laughing.
These five people were, of course, hired by Gu Zhongchen. Their job was simple: make Xiao Yan angry.
Another one of the protagonist's qualities was that he got angry very quickly and started a fight wherever and whenever he wanted, without caring about anything else. He also never showed mercy in a fight.
That's why Gu Zhongchen hired them. He wanted Xiao Yan to start a fight.
The five delinquents kept taunting Xiao Yan and, just as Gu Zhongchen hoped, he was getting very angry.
Unable to take the taunts anymore, Xiao Yan shouted, "Shut up, you bastards."
The delinquents started laughing even more loudly. Then the boss of the delinquents said with a smirk, "What's wrong, country bumpkin? You scared? If you lick my feet like the dog you are, I might let you go."
That seemed to have blown Xiao Yan's fuse. He immediately rushed to the boss delinquent and punched him straight in the face, sending him flying back. Seeing him suddenly attack, everyone was shocked.
Then one of the delinquents shouted, saying, "He punched boss. Get him." Hearing that, all the delinquents rushed towards Xiao Yan, intending to fight him.
Thus began a one-sided beatdown. For the next few minutes, Xiao Yan kept beating the delinquents.
Everyone watched in horror as he kept mercilessly beating the five delinquents. The sound of bones breaking could be heard from each of his hits.
After some time, some police officers arrived. They were called by Gu Zhongchen.
Arriving at the scene, the police saw Xiao Yan beating the delinquents and pointed their guns at him, saying, "Police, hands up."
Xiao Yan stopped beating them and put his hands up. He then said, "They started it first. You can ask anyone here."
However, seeing Xiao Yan mercilessly beat them, nobody came to help him.
Seeing that nobody was saying anything, the police officers went forward to arrest Xiao Yan. However, before they could do so, he pointed at Gu Zhongchen and Xu Xialing and desperately said, "They are with me. You can ask them. She is the young lady of the Xu family."
Hearing that, the police officers looked at Gu Zhongchen and Xu Xialing and asked, "Do you know him?"
Xu Xialing frowned and said, "No, I do not." Gu Zhongchen nodded, agreeing with her.
Hearing her deny knowing him, Xiao Yan was shocked.
However, the police didn't care for his shock. They immediately went forward and handcuffed him.
Gu Zhongchen smirked seeing Xiao Yan get arrested. He had already anticipated this outcome. Earlier, Xiao Yan had behaved rudely with him. That had already made sure that Xu Xialing had a bad impression of him.
Now, seeing him fight and beat people so mercilessly, her impression of Xiao Yan was brought down to an incredibly low level.
Xu Xialing hated violence. After seeing him start a fight just because of some taunts, she would never help him.
Seeing Xiao Yan being taken away, Gu Zhongchen smirked and waved at him.
As he was being dragged away, Xiao Yan saw that and shouted, "Gu Zhongchen!"
After Xiao Yan was taken away, Gu Zhongchen said to Xu Xialing in a concerned voice, "Will you be alright? Your grandfather might get angry at you for not defending him." Then he added, "If you want, I can make some calls and free him."
Xu Xialing shook her head and said, "No need. Grandfather can handle it himself."
Gu Zhongchen nodded and said, "Then let me walk you to your car?"
Xu Xialing nodded and started walking. Gu Zhongchen followed behind her.
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Gu Family Mansion. Gu Zhongchen's Bedroom.
After walking Xu Xialing to her car, Gu Zhongchen came home in his.
After coming home, he went straight to his room and laid down on the bed. He was staring at the ceiling, deep in thought.
"Seven, can I kill the protagonist right now?" Gu Zhongchen asked with a curious voice.
[You can try. However, I advise against doing so.]
"Because of his absurd luck?" Gu Zhongchen asked with a knowing expression.
[Yes, that's correct. You may try to kill him now. However, you will probably not succeed. When you try to kill him, something will always stop you from doing so. It could be his master or something else. The only way you could kill him is if you have absolute power. If you were in the Divine Transformation Realm, nobody, not even the world itself, could stop you from killing the protagonist.
Also, don't forget, you are currently weaker than his master. The mission clearly says that you have to defeat the protagonist and survive. So, unless you're stronger than everyone, don't try to kill the protagonist.]
Gu Zhongchen nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. No killing the protagonist until I reach the Divine Transformation Realm."
Then he smirked and thought, "I guess I will have to play with him a little bit before killing him."
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