The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

Chen Dong returned to his office and, for the first time in a while, turned on his computer.

He eagerly launched the game.

But the moment he logged on, he was dumbfounded. His inbox contained over a hundred messages from Sheng Yi He Huan.

"Where the hell did you run off to, you worthless trash?"

"What, can't cut it anymore? Keep fighting!"

"Did you quit the game???"

"Did you get thrown in jail???"

"Don't run!!! If you're a man, get back here and fight!!! Where'd all that arrogance go?..."

All one hundred-plus messages were of a similar nature, occasionally interspersed with messages demanding Chen Dong not to quit.

Chen Dong read a few before deleting them all.

But just then, a golden light flashed. Sheng Yi He Huan, sporting a long row of titles, suddenly appeared before him and one-shotted his character, killing him instantly.

As his screen faded to gray, Chen Dong was left speechless.

Sheng Yi He Huan stood over his corpse, a speech bubble popping up: "You worthless trash, you're finally here! I'm going to corpse-camp you today and kill you a hundred times!"

Chen Dong scoffed and chose to revive back in the city. Although it meant losing a lot of experience points, it was better than being corpse-camped.

He checked the combat power rankings; Sheng Yi He Huan wasn't that far ahead of him. Chen Dong immediately pulled out his phone. There was nothing more to be said. It was time to whale.

As a torrent of cash converted into in-game combat power, a reinvigorated Chen Dong was just about to hunt down that damn Sheng Yi He Huan for revenge when his phone rang. It was Jiang Yao.

Chen Dong and Jiang Yao had only met twice, but he was indebted to her from their last encounter at the hospital while saving Li Qinghe and Xia Yi. If Jiang Yao hadn't acted in time to buy a crucial window, even Chen Dong would have been nearly helpless.

He answered the call, and Jiang Yao invited him to the opening of her medical clinic the next day.

Chen Dong was a little curious. 'Isn't Jiang Yao an expert physician at First Hospital? Why is she opening her own clinic?'

However, he felt it wasn't his place to ask why, so he simply promised he would be there the following afternoon. They chatted for a few more moments before Chen Dong hung up.

Back on the monitor, his character had been cut down by Sheng Yi He Huan again. Chen Dong's combat power wasn't much higher to begin with, and by taking the call, he had lost the initiative and was helplessly struck down.

To make matters worse, Sheng Yi He Huan was taunting over the corpse: "Well, well~! Who do we have here, you little piece of trash! Can't even win with higher combat power than me!"

This sent Chen Dong into a rage. The moment he revived, he saw that Sheng Yi He Huan had already logged off.

Chen Dong had the urge to smash his computer.

Meanwhile, at the Huang Family Villa, everyone was gathered in the living room, discussing what to do next.

Everyone looked utterly dejected, but one person among them was merely feigning sorrow. Inwardly, he was churning with an excitement so powerful he could barely contain it.

This was Huang Biehe's secretary, Huang Yongfeng.

Deep within his obsequious and subservient eyes, a flame danced. He was laughing maniacally in his heart. 'It's perfect! Absolutely perfect! The opportunity I've been waiting for has finally arrived!'

Huang Biehe, the man he had served for many years, sensed something was amiss. "Yongfeng," he asked, "do you have a plan?"

Huang Yongfeng slowly raised his head, the crazed laughter in his heart manifesting on his face. He was no longer the secretary who would hide and feign fainting at the sight of Chen Dong, nor the petty man who reveled in borrowing his master's authority. He burst out laughing.

"HAHAHAHA..."

His crazed laughter echoed throughout the Huang Family Villa.

This version of Huang Yongfeng struck everyone in the Huang Family as sinister, deranged, and utterly terrifying.

Huang Cheng was disgusted by Huang Yongfeng's behavior and roared, "Have you lost your mind?"

Huang Yongfeng ignored Huang Cheng. He reined in his crazed laughter, his eyes turning sharp as he said, "Patriarch, I have an excellent idea. We can have someone else do our killing for us!"

Huang Biehe was puzzled. "And how would we do that?"

"We just have to kill him," Huang Yongfeng said calmly, his venomous gaze fixed on the injured Luo Tengfei. "Then we can frame Chen Dong, incite a conflict between him and the Star-Picking Sect, and sit back to watch the tigers fight!"

A chill shot down Luo Tengfei's spine, and his hair stood on end. He stared warily at the members of the Huang Family. He was injured; if a fight broke out now, even a common Grandmaster could hurt him.

Huang Biehe quickly shook his head. "Celestial Master Luo was injured helping us. What's more, our son Cheng is studying with the Star-Picking Sect. We cannot afford to provoke them. This plan will not work. We're better off relocating and waiting for Cheng to complete his training. When he does, how could our Huang Family fail to rise again!"

Huang Yongfeng laughed maniacally once more. "Haha... I knew you wouldn't agree. And even if you did, I'd be afraid you might let the information leak. So..."

The faces of every Huang Family member filled with anger and terror. 'What is Huang Yongfeng going to do!?'

"So... you can all just die!" As he finished speaking, Huang Yongfeng produced a dagger-like Magical Artifact around which were wrapped three Yellow Talismans. He casually ripped one of them off. With a WHOOSH, the dagger sprang to life, darting through the living room at extreme speed.

Like the coming of the Grim Reaper, the flying dagger relentlessly reaped life after life.

The injured Huang Cheng and Luo Tengfei were unable to escape its demonic clutches—one was pierced through the heart, the other had his throat slit.

In no time, only Huang Biehe remained. He stared at Huang Yongfeng in terror and asked, "Why?"

Hearing this, Huang Yongfeng's expression flickered between madness and cold indifference. He let out a derisive sneer. "Why? I think you can figure that out."

Huang Yongfeng didn't answer. Without pausing, the dagger claimed Huang Biehe's life.

Until the very moment of their deaths, the eyes of the Huang Family members were wide with disbelief. They never could have imagined they would die at the hands of one of their own.

As night fell, a great fire engulfed the Huang Family Villa. Huang Yongfeng stood not far from the inferno, pulled out his phone, and composed a message to Chen Dong: "Watch out for the Star-Picking Sect! Don't you dare die!"

After hitting send, he tossed the phone into the blaze and vanished into the night.