America's Greatest Villain: I Defeat Magic with Magic

Chen Yuan looked at Emily, whose eyes were sparkling with excitement, speechless. He finally understood why she had been swindled out of all her money by the unscrupulous entertainment company.

These days, it's rare to see an American still harboring fanatical fantasies about Jack Cheng and Bruce Lee, let alone a young, native white girl.

Chen Yuan couldn't help but recall how his classmates often teased him when he was a child, asking him to perform Chinese kung fu in public.

Although most of the students' comments were just unintentional out of curiosity, Chen Yuan never hesitated to let those who were racially discriminatory and maliciously provoked experience his fists, which were as big as sandbags.

It is said that students in our motherland are taught from a young age to be gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and modest. However, in a jungle society like America, if you treat others with respect, they will bully you tenfold.

In most cases, force is more effective at resolving problems than law and morality.

Faced with Emily's expectant expression, and even her desire to become his apprentice on the spot, Chen Yuan shook his head expressionlessly:

"True skill needs to be learned from a young age. You've already missed the best age; you can't learn it now."

Seeing the girl's eyes instantly lose their sparkle, Chen Yuan offered no words of comfort, simply coldly changing the subject:

"Do you live around here?"

Emily nodded as if waking from a dream, pointing to a dark, dilapidated apartment building in the distance:

"I live here. It costs $800 a month. Rent in South Los Angeles is just too high. If I don't get paid, I'll be evicted on the streets at the end of the month."

Chen Yuan ignored the girl's complaints, which were mixed with sympathy. Emily had earned about $50 in tips on her first day. Even if she didn't get her full salary at the end of the month, she could at least escape the cutoff line for now.

"Since you're staying here, go back and get some rest. The restaurant opens promptly at nine o'clock every morning, so remember not to be late."

After saying that, Chen Yuan ignored Emily, who was standing there in a daze, and turned to disappear into the night.

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The next morning at nine o'clock, Chen Yuan arrived at the office on time and made himself a cup of iced Americano.

Unlike usual, there was a sandwich carefully wrapped in tin foil on his desk.

Through the gaps in the office blinds, you can see Emily diligently cleaning the lobby.

Chen Yuan casually unwrapped the sandwich, took a bite, and immediately realized that this was not a mass-produced food that could be bought in a convenience store, but a handmade creation made with carefully selected ingredients.

He glanced at the busy girl outside again. Could it be that this girl hadn't given up after being rejected and really wanted to learn kung fu by being attentive?

However, the sandwich did taste quite good, so it seems she wasn't exaggerating during the interview.

With a little guidance, maybe the snack stall can also sell American breakfast in the future.

I had just finished eating Emily's handmade sandwich when there was a knock on the door.

Then the door was pushed open a crack, and Emily peeked in, whispering:

"Boss, two lawyers have arrived outside. They say they have an appointment to see you."

A short while later, lawyer Stephen Walker and his young assistant Davis walked in stiffly, each carrying a heavy suitcase.

Compared to his haughty demeanor two days ago, Attorney Walker was now pale and very reserved.

After all, he was truly terrified.

Just last night, Julio, the chief scavenger of the Sinaloa gang, had his right wrist and jaw broken and was left like a dead dog in a nearby alley.

Although he was saved by the timely discovery of a passerby, the career of this top assassin was now over.

Moreover, Walker's informant within the Sinaloa gang revealed to him that Julio's target last night was the young owner of a Chinese restaurant in the South District.

Isn't that Chen Yuan standing right in front of me?!

It's important to know that the embellished account Davis gave to the Black Snake boss was entirely fabricated by Attorney Walker!

His original purpose was to ignite the Black Snake boss's anger and use him as a tool to eliminate Chen Yuan.

After all, Chen Yuan knew too much.

But to everyone's surprise, the strongest assassin sent out by Black Serpent was left with only half a life after just one exchange!

Chen Yuan himself, however, sat there as if nothing had happened.

This can only prove one terrifying fact: Chen Yuan's strength far surpasses that of the gang's top assassins!

The Black Snake boss seemed to be quite frightened as well. He personally called him late last night and told him to prepare 100,000 US dollars to apologize to Boss Chen of Rongding Pavilion!

After all, Black Snake knew Julio's abilities better than anyone else.

Back in Mexico, Julio once single-handedly stormed into the villa of a rival tycoon and took down more than a dozen of his bodyguards in one fell swoop.

According to Julio's description after he regained consciousness, he didn't even touch Chen Yuan's clothes last night before he was hit with more than a dozen heavy punches and lost consciousness.

However, before he lost consciousness, he seemed to hear the other party say that they were going to settle accounts with the Black Snake Boss.

It was this sentence that made Black Snake feel extremely uneasy.

Because he believed Julio would never betray him.

In other words, the Chinese restaurant owner already knew about the entire assassination plan before he even met Julio!

What does it mean to be targeted by a ruthless person who knows your background and whose strength far surpasses that of the gang's top assassins?

Black Snake simply couldn't believe it!

No wonder Ivanov warned before that we should never provoke Chen Yuan!

Even the ruthless Black Snake offered $100,000 to avoid further trouble, and Attorney Walker spent the entire night in fear, worried that Chen Yuan would discover that he was the one who instigated Black Snake to send the assassins.

So early this morning, he hurriedly went to Chen Yuan's office to apologize.

"Mr. Chen, this is the $100,000 compensation for emotional distress that we agreed upon beforehand."

As he spoke, Attorney Walker wiped the cold sweat from his brow and had his assistant, Davis, open another briefcase. Inside, too, was a neatly stacked box of green banknotes.

"This other $100,000... is a gift and an apology from the Black Snake boss of the Sinaloa gang, sent to you on my behalf. He guarantees that no one will ever bother your business again."

This was the first time Chen Yuan had ever seen two hundred thousand US dollars in cash in person. He had to admit that the visual impact of the two small mountains made up of hundred-dollar bills was indeed quite astonishing.

However, he merely glanced at Attorney Walker with a mocking expression:

"Mr. Walker. You swallowed Black Snake's million dollars, but you pinned the blame on me, which led him to send assassins to his death."

"Now, do you really think a mere 200,000 can buy back your life?"

Chen Yuan spoke with such certainty because the system panel had already clearly listed Walker's recent heinous acts of fabricating lies and using others to do his dirty work in order to cover up the deficit.

Attorney Walker's already somewhat haggard face turned deathly pale in an instant.

He never expected that his supposedly flawless plan to shift the blame would be so thoroughly known by Chen Yuan!

Then, he saw Chen Yuan slowly stand up and say expressionlessly:

"Tell me, if I tell Black Snake the truth about this now, will he personally snap your neck and sink your whole family into the Pacific Ocean?"

Attorney Walker nearly collapsed to his knees; he barely managed to maintain his balance with the help of his assistant, Davis, and said with a mournful expression:

"I was blinded by greed! Mr. Chen, I shouldn't have tried to sow discord! This is all the cash I could muster, please, have mercy and spare my life!"

Attorney Walker was truly terrified this time.

He had already suffered heavy losses due to the plunge in cryptocurrency prices, and in order to raise the 100,000 yuan, he even mortgaged one of his sports cars. He simply couldn't come up with any more money to appease the big shot's anger.

However, Chen Yuan did not continue to press him for money, but instead said a name that greatly surprised Walker:

"You should be quite familiar with Ascletis Pharma, right?"

The reason I suddenly asked about this name is because when I last met Attorney Walker, I learned from the system information panel that Walker had ordered the fake fried chicken test report from Dr. Hack of this pharmaceutical company.

Although completely baffled as to why Chen Yuan would suddenly mention this company, Attorney Walker nodded repeatedly as if grasping at a lifeline:

"I often use my legal expertise to handle tax or clinical disputes for Ascletis Pharma. Their senior management trusts me a lot!"

"very good!"

Chen Yuan nodded in satisfaction, sat back down in the boss's chair, and said to Attorney Walker:

"I need you to gather all the internal documents regarding Ascletis's acquisition of DeepBlue Biotechnology, the more detailed the better!"

DeepBlue Biotechnology is the company founded by Chen Yuan's parents.

After the parents passed away, the company was completely acquired by industry giant Asclepius.

Chen Yuan's purpose in ordering lawyer Walker to collect information was naturally to find out the truth about his parents' deaths!

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