In this cyberpunk era, why are you still playing the traditional villain?

Seeing his confidence, Su Lin felt relieved, responded, and immediately went out.

Xu Shi stayed behind, waiting for Ning Wei to bring his maternal grandfather to confront them—the commotion here earlier was quite significant, it would be strange if no one noticed.

So not long after, he saw Ning Wei pushing a wheelchair with Wen Shengkui.

Butler Ning looked constipated and gave him a reproachful glare.

—Didn't I tell you to be more peaceful, bro? How did things turn out like this?

Xu Shi was also helpless about this, but as usual, he still shifted the blame back to Xu Shi.

—You failed to keep the old man calm and you're blaming me? That's enough.

Ning Weiren was dumbfounded.

—You're the one who's gone too far! Mr. Wen is just not fully recovered, he hasn't lost consciousness or fainted! You've made such a commotion, do you think I'd plug his ears?

He finally witnessed Xu Shi's true colors as a scoundrel. What kind of person is he?

Xu Shi looked up at the sky and said, "Sorry, Chairman Xu never makes mistakes; if there is a mistake, it's yours."

"Alright, alright, if you glare your eyes out again, I'll kick you all as third wheels."

Wen Shengkui interrupted their eye contact with annoyance and looked at Xu Shi, asking, "What are you up to, kid? Explain yourself."

Xu Shi didn't hide anything from them. After organizing his thoughts, he explained the whole story to them—he had just said that they should know when the time came, and now the time had come, hadn't it?

"Are you sure? Yuxia has...connections with those people?"

The old man wasn't so incapable of accepting such a thing—the fact is that anyone standing at the top of Night Sin City would, like Xia Ke'an said, maintain a sense of crisis in this regard.

But he probably never expected that someone was lurking right next to him, and he hadn't even noticed it, still placing high hopes on them... It would be a lie to say he wasn't upset.

"If you don't believe me, surely you can believe Xia Ke'an?"

Xu Shi also looked regretful, saying, "It was Xia Yuanhai's sister from back then; I only confirmed this matter thanks to her."

Wen Shengkui nodded. He certainly remembered Xia Ke'an. If it was her, even if it was hard to accept, it was still the truth.

"...Do what you want to do. I'm old and I can't do many things anymore."

The old man didn't know whether to be gratified or saddened. His eldest grandson was capable of standing on his own, but He Yuxia was also a source of spiritual support for him, like a family member.

For an elderly person in their seventies, betrayal must cause immense psychological trauma.

"Yes, I will give you an explanation."

Xu Shi felt inexplicably apologetic. "Then I'll be going now, and I'll come to see you again later... Butler Ning, I'm entrusting Grandpa's health to you."

"Don't worry, Chairman Xu."

"Alright, alright, I'm not that fragile."

Wen Shengkui gave each of them a flick on the forehead. "Finding out the situation is more important than anything else... Ning Wei, go prepare a car to send him back. I'll also see you off, you little bastard."

"Is it alright? Why don't you go back and rest?"

Xu Shi wasn't angry even after being beaten; at least his grandfather's mental fortitude was enough to put his mind at ease.

"If you say that again, I'll slap you."

Wen Shengkui made a move as if he was about to strike again.

"No, no, no, you should worry about yourself, okay?"

Xu Shi immediately backed down; he was a well-behaved child in front of his elders.

however.

Just as the group exchanged pleasantries and walked out of the "quill pen" door...

They saw Xie Qingyan and Ye Shanshan walking towards them, along with He Yuxia, who was bound hand and foot.

……

……

……

The atmosphere instantly became interesting.

The woman with the dog-like face had a smile on her face, and the curly-haired boy looked smug.

Butler Ning looked at Wen Shengkui, and the old man looked at his eldest grandson.

"...Miss He, how are you?"

Xu Shi blinked, then couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh, "I haven't even had time to grow up yet! How come we're meeting again so soon?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 192 Heavenly Law

"..."

He Yuxia looked ashamed and indignant; this was truly a scene of social humiliation.

God knows she was captured in less than half an hour, and the worst part is she was sent back directly... Actually, even if she hadn't said anything threatening, it wouldn't have been this embarrassing. Now, she's become a complete joke.

The clown is actually myself.jpg

Xu Shi didn't care about her thoughts, but he was curious about his fiancée's appearance. "Did you catch her?"

"Otherwise what? Did you catch it?"

Xie Qingyan retorted without hesitation, "Don't worry about her running away again. This guy is suppressed by my abilities and is no different from an ordinary person now."

"Oh."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shi was completely relieved and nodded thoughtfully. "Following me?"

Otherwise, that slut wouldn't have acted so quickly—He Yuxia was caught and brought back almost as soon as she ran away...

"You can't possibly try to fob me off with an excuse like you just went out for a stroll and randomly caught a petty thief, can you?"

He looked at Xie Qingyan with great interest.

"You're talking nonsense! Who do you think you are? Do you think you're so special that I have to personally follow you?"

The woman was taken aback, thinking to herself, "How did you know I was going to say that?" So she immediately changed her mind and denied it at all.

"No one knows a daughter better than her father."

Xu Shi spread his hands with a grin, "You think you can fool me?"

"Get lost, Puxin man, don't be so shameless."

Xie Qingyan glared at him and retorted defiantly, "So you're the only one in the whole world who can see that He Yuxia is up to no good? Besides, even if I follow you, so what? So what?"

This isn't just empty talk. As Xu Shi said, all of those at the top of Night Sin City have some reservations and concerns about what happened back then.

Unlike Old Master Wen, Xie Qingyan had no connection with He Yuxia, nor did she, like the Qi family father and son, care about it at all.

With her abilities, even without Xia Ke'an's help like Xu Shi, she could still discover some clues.

However, it's true that she's been keeping an eye on Xu Shi's movements. After reaping so many benefits from the riots, that scoundrel of a woman has been very curious about what her fiancé will do next.

Although I'm reluctant to admit it, following him really does have all the benefits and no drawbacks... or to put it more bluntly, it's about riding the wave of the times.

Speaking of this, Xie Qingyan was still a little annoyed. What were you doing before, Xu Shi? You were all lovey-dovey with Tang Shuang, and then you were shopping here and there with Su Lin... This was enough to send her blood pressure soaring. Even if you're a womanizer, please have a limit!

Today, this scoundrel actually did something worthwhile—when he saw Xie Qingyan heading towards "Feather Pen," he realized Xie Qingyan was about to make a move, so he took Ye Shanshan with him to secretly observe the situation.

Then the master and servant saw Miss He Er fleeing in a disheveled state... What else could they say but arrest her first?

"Nothing much, just a strange sense of relief."

Xu Shi feigned emotion and said, "My fiancée personally helped me pack up and tie up other women and handed them to me. What boundless love she has shown!"

"you!"

Xie Qingyan was already indignant about the scoundrel's deeds these past few days, and hearing this made her want to tear him apart and feed him to the dogs. For a moment, she almost couldn't hold back and was about to erupt in a cute tirade against him.

Would it kill you to say something nice?

"Oh, I'm in a hurry!"

Xu Shi showed no sign of restraint and even wanted to add fuel to the fire.

"Alright, what are you doing?"

Fortunately, Grandpa Wen was here to keep things in order. "It's so noisy it's giving me a headache... This isn't the place to talk. Aren't you ashamed to be talking in public like this?"

"..."

It must be said that his words were quite effective. Upon hearing his words, the young couple immediately stopped arguing, and the group then escorted He Yuxia back to the "quill pen" (a type of quill pen).

"Miss He, can you answer my question now?"

Xu Shi didn't stand on ceremony and threw He Yuxia on the ground before getting straight to the point.

"...What do you want to know?"

Perhaps because it was too embarrassing, He Yuxia surprisingly cooperated this time, and under everyone's gaze, she quickly let out a resigned sigh.

If she refuses to accept her fate, then everyone should make her accept it—Xu Shi was already no saint, and now there's Xie Qingyan, who's just as ruthless as him… Having two major conglomerates serving her is truly a blessing beyond imagination.

It's quite interesting that "Shark Tooth" He Jiayuan had three children. The eldest was tortured to death by Xie Qingyan, the third was dealt with by Xu Shi, and now the second child is being manipulated by the two of them together... I wonder what the old man would think if he knew this in the afterlife.

Even Wen Shengkui, who treated him like his own son, didn't want to interfere much—it was easy to see how complicated his feelings were, a mixture of disappointment, doubt, and sadness.

It's said that after going through so many ups and downs, one's heart isn't that fragile, but no one's heart is made of iron; it would be abnormal to have no reaction at all.

"Then tell me your names first."

Seeing this, Xu Shi took the initiative to speak for everyone, choosing to start with the most basic questions—to be honest, everyone had a general idea, but no one had any specific information yet.

Unspeakable, right? Cthulhu is one of them.

"...'Heavenly Principles'."

He Yuxia hesitated for a moment, then whispered a single word.

"what?"