At the window of the Ivy Club attached to the Peninsula Hotel, Lin Douhai looked downstairs at the two figures who were hurrying towards the hotel's headquarters. He suddenly said, "If he dared to stay here before, there would be something to say. But he just found a reason to run away. His previous calmness was just a pretense."
Behind him stood a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man wasn't tall. He wore an old-fashioned light silver shirt and had a very thick neck. He looked like an iron weight. Listening to Lin Douhai's words, this man didn't continue.
Lin Douhai took a deep breath and said with slight ridicule, "This kind of scheming person appearing next to Xiaomei is really worrying. Xiaomei has a docile temperament and doesn't know the dangers of society. She is easily deceived. I don't want to see this kind of thing happen. You go and keep that person here … Don't hurt him. I just want to ask him where he came from. "
The short and strong man was silent for a moment. He knew very well that Young Master Douhai, who he served, wasn't as cultured as he was now. The so-called keeping Young Master Douhai and Miss Nan Xiangmei being deceived were just excuses. Young Master Douhai just didn't like that young man.
"Yes." The short and strong man bowed his head and answered, but sighed in his heart.
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"What did you ask Uncle Kong to do?"
Nan Xiangmei walked to Lin Douhai's side and seriously stared into his eyes. At this time, the banquet was still going on. Although most people in the banquet didn't know the true identity of Lin Douhai and Nan Xiangmei, they could sense that this young man and woman had extraordinary family backgrounds. No one rashly came forward to disturb them.
Uncle Kong was the short and strong man beside Lin Douhai. The Lin Family and the Nan Family were old friends. Nan Xiangmei was very clear about Uncle Kong's terrifying strength. Seeing Uncle Kong being ordered to leave by Lin Douhai, she couldn't help but begin to worry about the young man called Xu Le.
Lin Douhai turned his head and looked at her with a smile, "You are my fiancée. I have always taken pity on you. Please respect me."
Not all the big shots in the Federation were as deep as the sea. Many of them were just lucky guys. As one of the seven great families of the Federation, the Lin family naturally wasn't a family that relied on dumb luck. However, although this young master Douhai had the word 'Hai' in his name, he wasn't very shrewd.
Lin Douhai had always been incomparably jealous, envious, worshipping, and hating his own brother who had betrayed his family. All these years, he would only see his brother once every two or three years, but he would always subconsciously learn from him and be influenced by him.
Unfortunately, the forest was so big that there were all kinds of birds, not to mention stupid birds. Lin Douhai tried to imitate his brother's Tiger Roar in the Mountain Forest, but he wasn't affected by it at all. He pretended to be calm, but there was a hint of helplessness and instability like a cat.
Nan Xiangmei quietly looked at him and slowly lowered her head. With a trace of guilt, she said, "I didn't know that Father wanted me to attend this banquet because you wanted to come."
There was a hint of panic in Lin Daohai's eyes. Although he did have some opinions about the betrothal, in these two years, he really felt that the girl in front of him was incomparably outstanding. Suddenly, he realized from the other's words that everything was about to change.
"What are you talking about?" He said with a forced smile.
Nan Xiangmei lowered her head and said softly, "I saw your brother on the train to Hong Kong. He said that our marriage is over."
"My brother?" Lin Douhai's face slightly changed, but he still waved his hand with a forced smile, trying to make his expression look as natural as possible, "Second Uncle's family is a good-for-nothing, how dare they criticize our matter? You should be very clear that the head of the Lin family is now my father. He and your father have already decided on this matter, who can stop them? "
Lin Douhai's smile was extremely gentle, but there was a hint of fear, "Don't worry about anything."
Nan Xiangmei slowly raised her head. Her beautiful face revealed a trace of relaxation and unbearable. She seriously said, "It's your brother."
When Lin Douhai heard the name that he was most afraid of, his face suddenly became pale. There was a trace of hatred in his eyes, which immediately turned into fear. He stared at Nan Xiangmei in a daze, not knowing what to say.
"Our matter has nothing to do with the person who left earlier. I've only met him twice." Nan Xiangmei sincerely said, "You let Uncle Kong come back."
Lin Douhai's face showed a trace of a bitter smile. He didn't understand why his elder brother, who had long betrayed the family and cut ties with the family circle, suddenly went to see Nan Xiangmei. He also didn't know why his elder brother suddenly said those words to Nan Xiangmei. But he knew that although his father had angrily cut off the relationship with his elder brother, in his father's heart, his elder brother's position was far more important than his own.
In order to welcome back his elder brother, his father was willing to do anything, but his elder brother disdained him. Now that his elder brother had spoken about his marriage, even if his father was angry, he must respect his opinion.
Who told that person to be called Lin Banshan?
Lin Douhai lowered his head. He had never felt so defeated in his life. He immediately clenched his fist and said, "He can control our marriage, but can he control who I teach?"
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Knowing that Xu Le had something urgent to deal with, Bai Yulan booked the nearest night flight and also bought herself a high-speed train ticket back to the Capital Special District overnight. He was responsible for leaving with the silent black suitcase, so it was inconvenient for him to take the plane.
After packing their luggage in the room on the top floor of the Peninsula Hotel, Xu Le and Bai Yulan walked out of the magnificent hotel lobby and waited for the car that the hotel had called for them.
Xu Le's face didn't have the usual calmness at this time. He was slightly nervous. Bai Yulan glanced at the side of his face and lightly stepped forward. Standing beside him, she asked softly, "Since you know that the other party is the young master of the Lin family, you shouldn't be so direct with your words."
Bai Yulan was currently playing the role of a secretary. In addition to booking tickets, she naturally had to help Xu Le analyze the situation. He was a person with good professional ethics and was also a very sensitive person. He had long noticed that after the news in Sector S2, whether it was in the underground workshop of the Nutshell Engineering Department or at the previous cocktail party, Xu Le and the young man with the sincere smile from the Whitewater Company had gradually distanced themselves from each other.
He didn't know what had caused a subtle change in Xu Le's state of mind, but he thought it was a welcome change. In order to climb up in the strange world of the Federation, blindly being sincere was the style of a commoner.
"After all, it's a cocktail party. The children of aristocratic families have to pay attention to manners." The taxi called by the hotel would arrive in three minutes. Xu Le subconsciously touched his pocket. After thinking about it, he didn't take out a cigarette.
Bai Yulan didn't say anything else. Since he had accepted the twenty million, he had to do the twenty million thing. He was gradually discovering Xu Le's background and Xu Le's strength. And the more he discovered, the more shocked he was. Although he still looked calm on the surface, his emotions were already there.
When he had checked out at the Peninsula Hotel, Bai Yulan found out that Xu Le wasn't a rich person. To be more precise, Xu Le himself didn't have much money left. This fact made him sigh with emotion that he did not show on his face.
If a person had two hundred million Federation dollars and gave Bai Yulan twenty million, he would work very hard. But this young man only had twenty million, and he gave it all to him without any questioning or supervision. What should he do? Bai Yulan couldn't think clearly for a moment.
The eye-catching yellow taxi quietly stopped in the courtyard. Xu Le and Bai Yulan walked down the stairs and into the darkness of the Peninsula Hotel where the lights couldn't reach.
At this moment, a person quietly stopped in front of the taxi. It was Uncle Kong, who was beside Lin Douhai. Uncle Kong's height was just over 160cm, but his body was incomparably strong under his silver satin clothes. Especially his neck, it was so thick that he looked like a person without a neck.
"Mr. Xu, Young Master Douhai invites you over for a chat." Uncle Kong slightly bowed his head and said politely.
Being polite didn't mean that he didn't have a fighting strength. When Uncle Kong lowered his head, one could see the bulging muscles on his shoulders, which were about to burst out of his moonlight clothes. A strong aura came over. Xu Le didn't have much experience, but Bai Yulan's eyes narrowed slightly. He was very clear that a person who could train to such a figure was definitely a powerful figure who had trained in a body training hall.
Bai Yulan quietly stepped forward and stood in front of Xu Le without a trace. Her right hand was still carrying the heavy black leather case.
Xu Le's eyes swept past Bai Yulan's lowered face and fell on Uncle Kong. He narrowed his eyes. Earlier at the banquet, he had noticed the presence of this person beside Lin Douhai. But now, he only remembered one sentence that the man on the train had said.
That idiot Douhai.
In the Federation, except for families like the Lees of Philadelphia, who were extremely powerful, the rest of the big shots were used to having a fierce bodyguard by their side. People like President Sieg, who were at the pinnacle of power, naturally had countless agents of the Special Task Force protecting them. Secular families like the seven great families, on the other hand, trusted their own experts more.
Like Brother Zeng, who was like an iron spear by Li Xiaotong's side, or Butler Jin, who Xu Le had suspected many times but couldn't see through.
Uncle Kong, who stood between them and the taxi, was undoubtedly such a person.
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Bai Yulan lowered her head slightly. Her steady right hand slowly left the handle of the case, and an extremely delicate knife slid out from her sleeve. She held it gently, as if she was holding a flower. The previous few times she had made a move, the knife would always appear in her hand silently. But today, she took it out directly, because she knew that it was meaningless to play tricks in front of this short person in front of her.
Bai Yulan was very serious. Uncle Kong's eyes lit up. His two clumsy hands were exposed outside of the sleeves. He gently opened them, as if he wanted to grab a handful of the night wind and crush it.
His surname was Kong Wu, and he was originally the personal bodyguard of Old Master Lin. But after the Lin family's change twelve years ago, Old Master Lin was so angry that he was bedridden and had not left the manor for many years. Now that the second generation of the seven great families had appeared, Young Master Douhai began to appear in public, so Old Master Lin sent him to protect his only grandson.
In Uncle Kong's opinion, Young Master Douhai had no merits compared to the other young people in the other families who were as cunning as ghosts. Just like the small conflict at the banquet tonight, for example, he lost his sense of propriety because of a woman. This was not something that the successor of the Lin family should do.
The delicate man in front of him was holding a delicate knife, but there was a sense of coldness. Uncle Kong knew that this delicate man was not simple, and should be an expert from the military. The key was that even a follower had such good skills, so what was the background of the small-eyed man behind him?
After all, the seven great families could not cover the sky with one hand in the Federation, and there were still people that they did not want to offend. This young Mr. Xu could say the identities of the two juniors of the Lin family and the Nan family, but he was only a small technical supervisor in Nutshell. Who was he?
Worry was only a faint worry, just like the saying in the Gu Dynasty, one must be loyal to the Emperor. Uncle Kong had never thought of disobeying Young Master Douhai's orders. Since the young master wanted to vent his anger, then he would take the two people in front of him back and vent his anger first. As for any trouble after that, the elders of the Lin family would naturally come forward to appease them.
At this moment, Xu Le suddenly said, "I don't want to offend Lin Banshan."
From the moment he knew that Young Master Douhai was from the Lin family, Xu Le began to guess the true identity of the middle-aged man on the train, and a name was on the verge of appearing. At this time, the scene was at daggers drawn, and if he did not agree to the other party's request, there would be a conflict. The problem was that the current Xu Le might not care about the seven great families of the Federation, but he always had some inexplicable fear and respect for the name Lin Banshan.
Uncle Kong was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed in a low voice, "This matter has nothing to do with Young Master Banshan."
This personal bodyguard of Old Master Lin felt a little humiliated because of Xu Le's question. That young man surnamed Xu was not worried about him at all, but was only worried that Young Master Banshan would make a move. The older the ginger, the spicier it was. Uncle Kong smiled and said coldly, "Please."
Old ginger was angry, and Xu Le was in a hurry to leave. Being blocked by this person called Uncle Kong, the anger in his heart gradually grew, but there was no change in his expression. He lowered his head and said, "You don't have a gun, right?"
He did not know who he was asking, but Magnolia, who was holding a delicate knife in front of him, lowered her head and replied with a smile, "No."
"Good."
As the word came out of his mouth, a light lit up in the darkness of the Peninsula Hotel's side courtyard. It cut through the air and, with a shrill cry, slashed toward Uncle Kong's slightly dark face. At this moment, Uncle Kong's eyes narrowed, as if he was frightened by the light of the knife. The rough skin on his chin began to grow some very fine bumps.
Bai Yulan's slash did not require any explanation. The angle of her slash was not tricky at all. It was just a simple slash, and it was indescribably clean and efficient. That delicate little knife, which was initially at his waist, was now at his opponent's face.
Uncle Gu narrowed his eyes as if he did not see the sharp knife at all. However, his right hand, which had been slightly open, had already turned into a tiger's claw. It tore the night wind in front of him and, like a mechanical arm, went up to meet the knife. His middle and index fingers were separated, like two iron bars. They pinched Magnolia's thin wrist fiercely, and were about to break the tendons and veins in his wrist.
If these two fingers pinched Magnolia's wrist, he did not know if Magnolia's wrist muscles and bones would break, but at least for a short period of time, he would not be able to play with the delicate knife like he was picking a flower.
A mistake at the beginning would lead to more mistakes in the future. Uncle Kong did not expect that this delicate man with a knife would be so open and aboveboard with his first attack. However, he, who had been in danger for decades, had experienced many accidents. With a muffled groan, he used his powerful strength to take the initiative.
However, the situation changed because Uncle Kong found that his fingers, which had been trained to pinch steel balls, could not pinch that thin wrist. The muscles in Magnolia's wrist tightened and loosened in an instant. The surface of Magnolia's wrist became slippery as if it was smeared with a layer of oil.
If Magnolia moved forward at this time, Uncle Kong's iron fingers could still pinch the muscles on his forearm. The problem was that, from the beginning, Magnolia was not thinking about moving forward, but retreating. A strange smile flashed across his slightly lowered face. He took a step back and retreated.
His nickname was Magnolia Oil.
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Uncle Kong's eyes were still narrowed. He suddenly felt that this delicate man in front of him was somewhat interesting. He was obviously a cold-blooded expert in the army, but he did not seek to win. From the beginning, he was thinking of a way out. How did this kind of person cultivate such a calm killing intent?
He suddenly felt that something was wrong. His thick left leg took a step forward, and with a poof, a few tears appeared on his trousers. His iron claw-like hand was still clasping Bai Yulan's wrist, and he was ready to exert force.
At this moment, another muffled sound rang out, but it didn't ring out from Uncle Kong's leg. Instead, it rang out in the quiet garden, on the ground. Moreover, the sound was so close, so close that it was somewhat frightening.
A booted foot suddenly stomped on the ground. The clean and smooth ground of the Peninsula Hotel was unexpectedly stepped on by this stomp, causing a few streaks of dust to appear. The dust was actually sprayed out from the gaps in the ground due to the tremendous force.
Relying on the huge rebound force from the ground, a figure rushed past Magnolia's side. With a shake of the shoulder, using the joint as the axis, the arm swung out like an iron whip and smashed towards Uncle Kong's face.
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The moment the stomping sound was heard, Uncle Kong knew where he was wrong. All his attention was on the delicate man who was playing with the knife. He completely forgot that there was a Mr. Xu behind the delicate man. In his opinion, this Mr. Xu was either a member of some family with a different surname, or the son of some big shot in the political world. Because of some hobby, he became one of those pale-faced, skinny researchers in the Nutshell Mobile Company. Who would have thought that this Mr. Xu was actually so fierce!
Xu Le's body did not look very strong, but when he smashed down with his arm, his whole body looked so valiant.
The young man was in a hurry to leave, to see the most beautiful new life in the world, but his path was blocked by someone. So he was angry, but he held it in. It was only when Bai Yulan made the first move that he quietly found the best opportunity to make his move.
Under the night sky of Harbor City in July, his arm was like a meteor falling from the sky, as if it was going to burn everything.
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