You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

The applause outside was like a tsunami, and Su Ke'er walked into the backstage area with her sandalwood violin in her hand and her eyes slightly red.

As soon as she entered, she saw Lin Chen standing at the entrance of the passageway waiting for her.

"Husband!" Su Ke'er excitedly rushed into Lin Chen's arms like a little bird, tears streaming down her face.

Lin Chen took the opportunity to put his arm around her slender waist and patted her hair with a smile: "Why are you crying? Weren't you quite impressive on stage just now? Even I thought the music you played was beautiful."

"I'm so excited! I've never played such a perfect piece before!" Su Ke'er hugged Lin Chen tightly, looking up at him. "Honey, this violin you made is simply divine! I felt like it wasn't me playing, but the violin carrying me away!"

The other contestants and staff backstage all cast envious and jealous glances at this scene.

"Holy crap, who's this guy? Teacher Su's boyfriend?"

"He's so handsome and has such an amazing aura. No wonder he was able to date a stunning beauty like Teacher Su."

"Teacher Su's piece just now was absolutely amazing! It gave me goosebumps; her skill level is definitely world-class!"

Just as everyone was discussing it, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the backstage corridor.

Zhang Jianguo rushed in, panting, like a wild dog that had smelled blood.

His old face flushed red with excitement, his eyes fixed on the sandalwood violin in Su Ke'er's hand, his gaze filled with undisguised greed.

As the vice president of the Beijing Music Association, he had seen countless famous zithers, but he dared to swear on his own life that the zither in Su Ke'er's hands was absolutely priceless!

If we can get our hands on this violin, we can resell it to top collectors abroad for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars!

Thinking of this, Zhang Jianguo's breathing became heavy.

He strode up to Su Ke'er, adopting an arrogant attitude, and said directly, "Teacher Su, where did you buy this violin? I'll offer you a million to sell it to me!"

This tone wasn't one of discussion, but rather one of charity.

Su Ke'er was startled by his sudden action and instinctively shrank behind Lin Chen.

Lin Chen shielded Su Ke'er behind him, his gaze sweeping coldly over Zhang Jianguo.

He instantly activated his [Master-level Micro-expression Analysis].

The greed, scheming, and self-righteous arrogance in Zhang Jianguo's eyes were clearer to Lin Chen than if he were naked.

Lin Chen scoffed, looking at him like he was an idiot: "One million? Are you still asleep, you old codger? One million wouldn't even buy this one string."

Upon hearing this, the backstage area immediately fell silent.

Everyone gasped in shock.

"Wow, this guy's got guts! He actually dares to talk to Vice President Zhang like that?"

"Zhang Jianguo is a local bigwig in Beijing's music scene. If you offend him, how will you ever get along in this industry again?"

Zhang Jianguo clearly hadn't expected Lin Chen to be so disrespectful. His face instantly darkened, and he pointed at Lin Chen's nose, yelling, "Young man, don't be ungrateful! Do you know who I am?"

"I'm the vice president of the Beijing Musicians Association! With just one word from me, Su Ke'er will be finished in the Beijing music scene! Forget about participating in competitions, no one will listen even if she plays her violin in an underpass!"

Zhang Jianguo grew increasingly arrogant, as if he had Su Ke'er's lifeline firmly in his grasp: "I'll give you one last chance. One million, leave the instrument behind, and I'll pretend your arrogance today never happened. Otherwise, you can expect to be completely blacklisted!"

Upon hearing the word "ban," Su Ke'er's face immediately turned pale.

"Honey, how about..." Su Ke'er gently tugged at Lin Chen's sleeve.

Lin Chen patted the back of her hand to reassure her.

Then, Lin Chen's eyes instantly turned icy cold.

He looked at Zhang Jianguo as if he were looking at a corpse.

"Who do you think you are, daring to threaten my wife?"

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Chen made his move without warning!

There were no fancy moves, and no one even saw how he waved his hand.

A loud "crack!" was heard.

The slap landed squarely on Zhang Jianguo's fleshy old face.

The immense force sent Zhang Jianguo spinning halfway around on the spot, flying out like a broken sack and crashing heavily into the prop box next to him.

"puff!"

Zhang Jianguo screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood, which included two or three bloody molars.

The entire backstage area was deathly silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with horror.

"Holy crap! They really did it? They slapped him so hard he flew through the air?"

"Is this guy a trained fighter? Judging by his physique, Zhang Jianguo is lucky to have survived that slap!"

"That was so damn satisfying! That old lecher usually harasses female students in the industry, acting all arrogant and domineering. Today he finally met his match!"

Zhang Jianguo covered his face, which was swollen like a pig's head, and it took him a long time to get up from the ground. His head was buzzing.

He pointed at Lin Chen, his fingers trembling, "You...you dare hit me? I'm calling the police! I'm going to put you in jail!"

Lin Chen looked down at him, his eyes icy cold: "This zither was made by my own hands. Don't even mention a million; even if you gave me your entire fortune, you wouldn't be worthy to touch it."

"Get out of here right now! Say another word and I'll pull out the other half of your teeth too."

The terrifying pressure emanating from Lin Chen made Zhang Jianguo feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

He could sense that the man in front of him was truly capable of killing him!

Zhang Jianguo trembled with fear, not daring to utter another harsh word. He glared venomously at Lin Chen, covered his face, and scrambled out of the backstage area.