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The weather in summer is as changeable as a child’s face; clear skies in the morning can suddenly turn overcast by noon, signaling an approaching storm, casting a palpable, oppressive atmosphere around everyone.

In the presidential suite of a five-star hotel in Jiangzhong City, Lin Zhennan’s eyes were sunken, and the redness around them was frightening!

An overwhelming killing intent emanated from his body, spreading outward.

Ever since seeing the severed heads of his mother-in-law and Lin Wenyuan, Lin Zhennan had been in this state, his murderous aura uncontrollable!

He wanted Ye Xunhuan dead, dreamed of it!

Without killing Ye Xunhuan, his burning hatred couldn’t be quenched.

The two burly men standing in front of Lin Zhennan felt like they had fallen into an ice cavern, chilled to the bone, as their bodies reacted with a primal fear to his deadly aura.

They all bowed their heads, not daring to look at Lin Zhennan!

Lin Zhennan’s gaze was too penetrating; bloodshot, like a bloodthirsty beast, it struck fear into the core of their beings!

As time ticked away, after an indeterminable while, Lin Zhennan slowly spoke, his voice extremely hoarse.

"Why hasn’t Pei Ximing arrived yet?"

In Zhonghai Province, the Pei family could be considered a local power, and Pei Ximing had always wanted to deal with Ye Xunhuan. They had even joined forces before, but it all ended in failure.

Now that he, Lin Zhennan, had personally come to Jiangzhong City, it was impossible not to meet with Pei Ximing.

After all, no one knew more about the current affairs than Pei Ximing himself.

Upon hearing Lin Zhennan’s hoarse and deep voice, the two burly men couldn’t help shivering.

Then, one of the men slowly raised his head, looking at Lin Zhennan with some fear, and said, "Master, I’ll go hurry him along now!"

"Tell him if he isn’t here within ten minutes, don’t bother showing up in front of me!" Lin Zhennan said in a low voice.

"Yes!"

The burly man bowed respectfully and was about to leave.

But the next moment, the door was suddenly knocked on from outside.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

After hearing the knocking, the burly man glanced at Lin Zhennan.

Seeing that Lin Zhennan’s expression was still extremely gloomy, he didn’t dare to say more and went straight to the door to open it.

As soon as the door opened, a middle-aged man appeared at the entrance.

This middle-aged man was none other than Pei Ximing!

"Mr. Pei sure puts on airs, making our master wait so long!" The burly man said coldly upon seeing Pei Ximing.

Pei Ximing knew that Lin Zhennan was already quite displeased with him after hearing the burly man’s words.

Pei Ximing gave a sheepish smile to the burly man and said, "I ran into a bit of trouble, hence the delay, but I will explain it to Mr. Lin!"

"I hope you can satisfy our master!" the burly man said coldly!

The burly man didn’t trouble Pei Ximing further and allowed him to enter.

Upon entering the room, Pei Ximing immediately headed towards Lin Zhennan.

After arriving in front of Lin Zhennan, Pei Ximing bent over with a respectful face towards Lin Zhennan, who was sitting on the sofa with a gloomy expression, and said, "Mr. Lin..."

"Mr. Pei really puts on quite the airs!" Lin Zhennan said emotionlessly.

Upon hearing Lin Zhennan’s emotionless words, Pei Ximing felt as if a chill had passed over his back, and immediately a coldness made the hairs on his body stand on end. He quickly said, "Mr. Lin, Ximing encountered some issues, so I arrived a bit later, I had no intention of making you wait for me here on purpose..."

Lin Zhennan was the head of the Lin family, and had once been a person within the system. Although he had now retired and was behind the scenes, he was absolutely not to be underestimated!

Not to mention, the Lin family still had people active within the system.

And who could know for sure how many contacts Lin Zhennan had garnered over the years, who could tell?

The Pei family, in Zhonghai Province, was considered a wealthy household that countless people looked up to, but compared to a behemoth like the Lin family, they were not worth mentioning!

If Lin Zhennan wanted to deal with the Pei family, he could absolutely destroy them with ease.

Therefore, Pei Ximing, when facing Lin Zhennan, was like a primary school student facing his own teacher, seeming rather obsequious and terrified!

"Mr. Lin, I just received news—about Ye Xunhuan’s wife, Qiu Ruoxi. I had people investigate a bit, which delayed me some time, I hope you can understand..."

"What matter?" Lin Zhennan asked darkly.

This time, Lin Zhennan’s intent was not only to kill Ye Xunhuan, but also to let Ye Xunhuan taste the pain of losing loved ones.

Then, make Ye Xunhuan die!

As Ye Xunhuan’s wife, Qiu Ruoxi was naturally his primary focus.

"Mr. Lin, do you still remember the matter I spoke to you about over the phone last time?" Pei Ximing said carefully.

"Hmm!" Lin Zhennan nodded indifferently, "The fire incident, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Lin!" Pei Ximing said anxiously: "It’s that incident. Originally I thought to deliver a heavy blow to Qiu Ruoxi with this matter, and I was still orchestrating it, but Xiao Jiu is helping Ye Xunhuan. Those employees of Huangtu Corporation who were injured in the blaze were completely monitored by Xiao Jiu’s people, not giving me any chance to approach..."

"Can’t you use force?"

"Mr. Lin, the police are involved in this matter, I don’t dare!" Pei Ximing said with a bitter face.

Wang Shengli is now entirely Ye Xunhuan’s man. If he dared to use force, Wang Shengli would definitely make him die without even knowing how!

Unless he wanted to break the net along with the fish, using the Pei family’s network of connections, but he was really not willing to come into hard contact with Ye Xunhuan unless it was absolutely necessary!

And now, there was still the Lin family, wasn’t there?

Why should he waste his energy!

Lin Zhennan snorted coldly, "Useless thing, I really don’t know how the Pei family managed to secure its footing!"

Facing Lin Zhennan’s disdain, Pei Ximing didn’t dare to have any complaints or dissatisfaction.

After all, the man came from the capital and was also an elder within the system; he had complete capability to look down on him.

"Mr. Lin, I know I’m useless. If I were of any use, maybe things wouldn’t have come to this point!"

"What happened?"

"I just received news that the police have reached some kind of agreement with Qiu Ruoxi. Today, they’re actually going to hold a news conference, and according to the information I’ve obtained now, it seems this fire was intentional. They’re saying that Huangtu Corporation intends to enter the film and television industry, and it seems Qiu Ruoxi has even found some partners!" Pei Ximing said breathlessly: "I wanted to deliver a heavy blow to Qiu Ruoxi in the business sphere, but now there is basically no possibility."

"Of course, if those injured people would speak up, I would be able to deliver a heavy blow to Huangtu Corporation!"