Chapter 232: Heading North to Jiangling, Exterminate the Fang Family Clan!
Wang Hu’s pupils contracted. Fang Jian is dead? With his soul utterly scattered?
Wang Hu was so terrified his blood ran cold, and he instinctively backed away from Lin Mu. When had he ever witnessed such a thing? A living, breathing person had been turned to ash in the blink of an eye. If he told anyone about this, no one would believe him. Wang Hu’s scalp tingled. Such a method... it’s simply divine.
"This is the price for offending me," Lin Mu said lightly.
His calm tone carried an immense, oppressive weight. Wang Hu’s body began to tremble violently. No one is fearless in the face of death, and he was certainly no exception.
"Spare me!" Wang Hu knelt on the ground and begged loudly.
Originally, he planned on helping the Fang Family’s young master, hoping to connect with the Jiangling Fang Family after his success and soar to great heights. But now, all such thoughts had vanished. This guy... he isn’t human! Over a hundred men, killed just like that. And he killed even the disciples of the Fang Family without a shred of mercy.
Wang Hu considered himself a local strongman with some status in Jiangling, but compared to Lin Mu’s methods of killing, he was less than a child.
"Relax, I won’t kill you."
As Lin Mu spoke, he stood up and waved his hand. A Thunder Dragon flew out and devoured the corpses on the ground one by one, not even sparing the weapons or bloodstains. In the blink of an eye, the factory floor was completely bare.
Wang Hu collapsed to the floor, paralyzed, as a foul stench suddenly emanated from his lower body. He had been so scared that he’d wet himself.
「An hour later.」
Su Ke’er returned to the factory. No significant commotion could be heard from inside.
Could something have happened to Lin Mu? Su Ke’er’s face turned deathly pale with fear. After sending her mother off, she had rushed back as fast as she could, but the round trip had still taken nearly an hour. Lin Mu... could he have held out for an hour? The more Su Ke’er thought about it, the paler she became.
I don’t care anymore, I have to go in and see! Su Ke’er bit her lip, her expression resolute. Even if he’s dead, I have to see for myself!
With red-rimmed eyes, Su Ke’er stepped forward to knock, but just then, the main door opened. Two people walked out. The one in the lead was a young man in casual clothes. Who else could it be but Lin Mu? There wasn’t a single injury on him; not even a hair was out of place.
Behind him was Wang Hu, who followed him cautiously while keeping a noticeable distance, clearly terrified of Lin Mu.
Seeing that Lin Mu was alright, Su Ke’er could no longer hold back. She ran to him, tears streaming down her face. As soon as she was close, she threw her arms around him in a tight embrace.
A soft fragrance filled his embrace, and Lin Mu’s body stiffened slightly. This woman actually came back. It seems she was really worried about me.
Lin Mu gave a bitter smile, gently pushing her away. "Don’t worry, I’m fine."
But Su Ke’er stubbornly hugged him again, crying as she shook her head. Left with no choice, Lin Mu could only begin to comfort the distraught woman gently.
Inside the car, Su Ke’er’s eyes were still red, and a faint blush lingered on her pretty face. In her worry earlier, she hadn’t thought twice. That thing with Lin Mu... It was the first time in her entire life she had ever been so bold with a man. Though the moment had passed, her heart still couldn’t help but pound furiously.
"Drive carefully," Lin Mu reminded her, noticing her distraction.
Su Ke’er immediately snapped back to her senses and gripped the steering wheel tightly.
Wang Hu sat in the backseat on pins and needles. He didn’t know why Lin Mu had spared him, but he now felt a fear for the man that chilled him to the bone.
"Speak. How did you learn my company’s secrets?" Lin Mu asked, his gaze fixed on the scenery outside the window.
Although Fang Jian was dead, the problem within the company remained. If the issue wasn’t resolved completely, more trouble would surely find its way to their door.
Hearing Lin Mu’s voice, Wang Hu flinched.
"It... It was Tang Feng who told us," Wang Hu stammered, finally giving a name.
"Tang Feng?"
Su Ke’er was startled. Wasn’t he kicked out of the company long ago? How could he still leak its secrets?
Under Lin Mu’s questioning, Wang Hu laid out the whole story. It turned out that after leaving Boheng Pharma, Tang Feng had joined another company. To further his own interests, he contacted some old colleagues at Boheng Pharma, planning to steal corporate secrets. Huang Qi, in particular, had been a great help. The two of them worked together, using various methods to extract secrets from Boheng Pharma.
Recently, due to the involvement of various powerful parties, everyone at Boheng Pharma was actively engaged in developing a new project. Although discussion of the matter was strictly forbidden, word still got out. The person Tang Feng contacted was a manager in the project department: He Xun.
After obtaining these secrets, Tang Feng was eager to make a move. But in a city as large as River City, while there were many major corporations, few dared to cooperate with him.
It was then that Fang Jian arrived in River City. He had already been planning to expand his operations there and happened to hear that Tang Feng had his hands on Boheng Pharma’s secrets. As Inner Strength Martial Artists, the Zheng Family’s Four Braves were astonished when they heard about Boheng Pharma’s new project. They instructed Fang Jian to get involved at any cost.
However, Fang Jian’s greed was insatiable; he planned to swallow the entire project whole. But he had only just arrived in River City. Although he could find plenty of partners by relying on the Fang Family’s influence, those people had long ago pledged their loyalty to Lin Mu. Thus, they rejected Fang Jian without hesitation.
Harboring a grudge, Fang Jian resorted to despicable means, first kidnapping Su Ke’er’s mother. He tried to blackmail Su Ke’er into cooperating, but she flatly refused. And so, Fang Jian decided to go all the way, luring Lin Mu out with the intention of killing him.
To him, as long as Lin Mu was dead, Boheng Pharma would be his for the taking, wouldn’t it?
But he never considered that Lin Mu wouldn’t have dared to play such a high-stakes game without some serious skills of his own.
"Master Lin, Fang Jian forced me into this! It really had nothing to do with me," Wang Hu said with a woeful expression.
Lin Mu smiled.
"Although you weren’t the mastermind, you’re no saint either," Lin Mu stated. "I spared you because I want you to do something for me."
"Never mind one thing, I’ll agree to ten!" Wang Hu answered instantly. At this point, he was willing to do anything just to save his own skin.
"Very well."
Lin Mu said indifferently, "Go to Jiangling and tell the Steward of the Fang Family that if they dare to interfere again... in a few days, I will bring my sword to Jiangling and annihilate their entire family!"
Annihilate the entire Fang Family?! Wang Hu was aghast, his face a mask of terror. He knew that if Lin Mu said he would do something, he would do it. This guy is a Demon who kills without batting an eye!
Even Su Ke’er’s pretty face changed dramatically, and she almost lost her grip on the steering wheel.
After Wang Hu got out of the car, Lin Mu said, "Send out a notice. We’re holding a company meeting immediately. All managers and above must attend."
This matter couldn’t wait.