After ninety-nine online romances, I finally met my ex in person when school started.

A white head with a thick beard rolled out of the sack and came to rest right at Jiang Tao's feet. The head's eyes still held the bewilderment of someone dying.

This is the captain of the Russian mercenary squad, and also the only heavy sniper on the perimeter.

Xiao Bai clapped his hands, looked at the group of mercenaries, and said in fluent Russian, "If you don't want to die, put down your guns."

All that could be heard was a metallic clanging sound.

More than twenty battle-hardened mercenaries dropped their assault rifles in unison, crouching on the ground with their hands covering their heads. Outsiders didn't know what had just happened on the perimeter, but they knew very well that their captain had been beheaded by this seemingly petite girl in less than two seconds.

Jiang Tao's legs went weak, and he collapsed back into the armchair with a thud.

The situation was completely reversed in less than two minutes.

Zhu Xun Chuan, a cigarette between his fingers, walked up to Jiang Tao. He raised his gleaming leather shoe and stomped directly on Jiang Tao's chest, knocking him and his armchair to the ground.

"Your power, your reliance, are worthless to me." Zhu Xun Chuan stomped on Jiang Tao's right cheek, pressing him hard against the ground and rubbing him against it.

Jiang Tao struggled desperately, his gaze turning to his second adopted son, Jiang Hai, who had remained silent: "Second brother! What are you standing there for! Help!"

Jiang Hai sighed, stood up, and instead of helping, he took two steps back and bowed deeply to Zhu Xun Chuan and Jiang Yao: "It's all up to Miss and Young Master to decide."

The trees fell and the hozens scattered.

Jiang Yao was utterly shocked by what she saw. This man hadn't drawn his sword, hadn't shouted anything; he had simply made a phone call and sent a document, and without bloodshed, he had suppressed a rebellion that could have unleashed a bloodbath.

With a blush, she walked to Zhu Xun Chuan's side in her high heels and naturally took his arm.

"Honey, what should we do?" She looked up, her eyes full of adoration.

Zhu Xunchuan was about to speak.

Suddenly, the crisp sound of high heels clicking on the snow came from outside the dilapidated main hall.

Immediately afterwards, a woman wearing a long camel coat, black sunglasses, and exuding an extremely powerful aura walked in.

The woman took off her sunglasses, revealing a stunningly beautiful face that also carried a hint of anger.

She glanced at the mess on the ground, then fixed her gaze on Zhu Xun Chuan and Jiang Yao's arms linked together.

"Zhu Xun Chuan? I was looking outside for ages, I thought I'd mistaken him for someone else." The woman gritted her teeth, her voice crisp yet laced with deadly danger. "So it really is you, you scumbag?!"

The clear and distinct pronunciation of "scumbag" sounded extremely out of place in the Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness, where the smell of blood had not yet dissipated.

The woman took off her sunglasses. Zhu Xun Chuan looked at her face, his thoughts churning. Lin Chu Xia, the mayor's daughter of the Ice City. Online name: Chu Xia Wei Liang (Early Summer Breeze).

Two years ago, he casually took on a newbie apprentice in the game. The apprentice kept following him around, shouting that he wanted to travel the world with a sword. He thought the apprentice was too pretentious and talked too much, so he left him with the words "You should study hard" and then deleted the account and ran away.

Jiang Yao's eyes instantly turned cold.

The underworld heiress, who had just been limp in Zhu Xun Chuan's arms, instantly straightened her back and exuded the aura of a powerful matriarch. Not finding her butterfly knife, she turned decisively and pulled a folding knife from the waist of a terrified gang leader beside her.

"Click." The blade popped out, its cold light dazzling.

Jiang Yao took a step forward in her high heels, the hem of her velvet cheongsam swaying. She stood directly in front of Zhu Xunchuan, her beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Chuxia: "Who did you call a scumbag?"

Lin Chuxia had initially maintained a very strong and aloof aura. But now, looking at the blood all over the ground, at the head of the mercenary leader beside her, and then at the cold and beautiful woman in front of her, dressed in a white fox fur coat and holding a knife, she changed her expression.

She swallowed hard.

"Thud." Lin Chuxia shrank her shoulders, and the camel-colored long coat that she had put on to look mature slid directly to the ground.

She took off her coat, revealing an extremely demure white shirt paired with a red and black Japanese-style plaid skirt. In a flustered state, she pulled a pair of black-rimmed glasses from her pocket and put them on. The once stunningly beautiful heiress had instantly transformed into an innocent-looking schoolgirl.

Everyone thought this delicate young lady from an official family was going to be frightened to tears.

But Lin Chuxia's eyes were fixed on the knife in Jiang Yao's hand. Her pupils dilated, and her breathing became rapid. Instead of backing away, she suddenly stepped over the mess on the ground and grabbed Jiang Yao's wrist holding the knife.

Jiang Yao was startled and instinctively wanted to retaliate.

"Sister! You're so cool!"

A scream of extreme excitement echoed through the hall. Lin Chuxia's eyes were practically sparkling as she stared intently at Jiang Yao. "I saw you kick the door down right outside! You're like a real-life yakuza boss! Sister, can you teach me how to use a knife?"

Jiang Yao was stunned. Her wrist was being held, and she couldn't move forward or backward. The murderous intent she had been holding onto was stuck in her throat.

"You...you're not afraid?" Jiang Yao looked at the bloodstains on the ground.

"What's there to be afraid of! When you're in the underworld, you're bound to get hurt!" Lin Chuxia puffed out her ample chest, her face full of fervor. "Sister, my name is Lin Chuxia! I dream of being a gangster! Can I follow you in the future?"

Inside the Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness, a group of seasoned gangsters, accustomed to life and death, looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zhu Xun Chuan stood there, pinching the bridge of his nose. He had been prepared to suppress the chaotic scene, but who would have thought that this daughter of an official would have such a unique way of thinking?

The two women's relationship took an instant turn because of the word "sister".

Lin Chuxia turned around and glared fiercely at Zhu Xun Chuan: "Sister, how could you, such a perfect yakuza queen, fall for this scumbag who disappeared without a word and deceived me with online romance?"

Jiang Yao raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Zhu Xun Chuan: "Was she also in an online relationship?"

Zhu Xun Chuan sighed. He ignored the two women and turned to the hall master beside him: "Drag Jiang Tao away and lock him up. I'll deal with the rest tomorrow."

After saying that, he stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Yao by the back of her fox fur collar with one hand and pressed down on Lin Chuxia's shoulder with the other, forcibly leading the two women out of Zhongyi Hall.

Late at night, on the streets of Harbin. The snow has just stopped, and the wind is biting cold.

Steaming hot congee was being served at a roadside stall with a plastic canopy overhang.

Zhu Xun Chuan sat at the head of the folding table. To his left was Jiang Yao, the heiress of a triad, who had taken off her fox fur coat and was now wearing a tight-fitting velvet cheongsam; to his right was Lin Chu Xia, the mayor's daughter, who was wearing a plaid uniform skirt and black-rimmed glasses.

The dim streetlights shone on the two stunningly beautiful women, creating a striking contrast.

"So, back then, his name in the game was 'Unrivaled Through the Ages,' and he played with you for two nights straight, then blocked you?" Jiang Yao took a sip of hot water from a disposable plastic cup, laughing uncontrollably.

Lin Chuxia nodded vigorously, gritting her teeth: "He's a complete scumbag! Sister, you'd better keep a close eye on him; this kind of man is best at deceiving young girls!"