Chapter 64: Killing with a Borrowed Knife

Hua An felt more and more aggrieved and resentful the more he thought about it. In the circle of elite second-generation heirs in the capital, he was considered a figure of some prominence, yet his entire family had been beaten up by a powerless scapegoat without even being able to strike back. Before long, the news would spread throughout their circle, and how would he be able to show his face in public then?

Just as Hua An was brooding, a WeChat notification chimed.

Wang Tianming, the young master of Yida Group, sent a message.

"Haha... I heard your family got beaten up at SKP today? What kind of untouchable big shot did you guys manage to offend?"

The very thing Hua An feared the most had happened. Just as he was about to reply, another friend, Wang He, the young master of Enlighten Entertainment, sent a message.

"Bro, I heard you got beaten up at SKP today? And your whole family got beaten up together? Damn, who on earth is that badass?"

Shortly after, Liu Xiaolong, the young master of Fashion Media, Li Tian, the young master of Vanguard Entertainment, Chen Cong, the young master of Happy Times Entertainment, and other friends from the circle successively sent messages to Hua An, inquiring about the specific details of his family being beaten.

Forget about a spoiled second-generation heir, even an ordinary person's child would suffer a mental breakdown facing such a situation and would definitely seek revenge against the other party. If someone with an extreme personality were involved, they would risk their lives just to take the other person down.

While Hua An was stewing in frustration, his father knocked on the door and walked in.

"Xiao An, Park Jeong-guk, the president of GRM, has arrived. Go to the airport to pick him up and find a hotel for him to stay at. Tell him to come to the company to see me tomorrow morning at nine," Hua Jun instructed.

Hua An nodded and hurried off to the airport.

Two hours later, Hua An successfully met up with Park Jeong-guk.

After some polite pleasantries, Park Jeong-guk cut straight to the chase. "I have two things to do during this trip. First, rescue my employees. Second, retaliate against Yang Chen. We have had very pleasant cooperation with your esteemed company, and I hope you can lend us a hand."

Hua An's eyes widened slightly. Wasn't an opportunity to retaliate against Yang Chen presenting itself?

"President Park, rest assured, we will not refuse wherever we can help you. Let's go, I'll take you to the hotel first," Hua An said happily.

Park Jeong-guk had not come alone; he brought a team of lawyers and bodyguards along with four professional assassins who followed him in secret.

Park Jeong-guk's plan was this: if he could successfully rescue Li Enhui and the other employees, he would simply have Yang Chen beaten up and hospitalized for a month or so and call it a day. If he failed to rescue Li Enhui and the others, he would have the assassins eliminate Yang Chen.

GRM had painstakingly operated in the Dragon Country for several years, pouring in all their principal and profits. On top of that, the headquarters had to spend money to bail people out—sums amounting to hundreds of millions. It was no exaggeration at all that Park Jeong-guk harbored murderous intent toward Yang Chen.

To smoothly use someone else's knife to kill, Hua An came up with a wicked idea. On the surface, he took Park Jeong-guk around to visit relevant figures in order to help bail out Li Enhui and her group, but behind the scenes, he pulled strings and used connections to ensure that the relevant authorities severely punished Li Enhui and her associates.

From the capital to Haicheng, and back from Haicheng to the capital, Hua An took Park Jeong-guk to meet everyone who could be met and made every possible effort, only for the final response to be that Li Enhui and her group must face imprisonment.

With a substantial amount of money spent yet the people still unable to be bailed out, Park Jeong-guk's mentality completely collapsed.

"President Hua, I want to make Yang Chen pay the price. Can you help me find out where he is right now?" Park Jeong-guk asked furiously.

Hua Jun and Hua An, father and son, appeared expressionless on the outside, but inside they were thrilled beyond measure.

The chance to borrow a knife to kill was finally here.

Hua Jun immediately said, "President Park, the Dragon Country is a place that values the rule of law. I wouldn't dare engage in illegal and criminal activities."

Park Jeong-guk smiled immediately and said, "President Hua, rest assured, I only need your help to find out where he is. I'll handle the rest myself, and it will definitely not implicate President Hua. My men are very professional. Even if they fail, they will never betray who the mastermind is. President Hua can rest easy."

With those words, Hua Jun could safely execute the plan of using someone else's knife to kill.

Park Jeong-guk left the Dragon Country with his team and returned to South Korea, but the four assassins who had secretly followed him did not leave; they were going to carry out the assassination plan against Yang Chen.

That way, regardless of whether the assassination succeeded or not, Park Jeong-guk could completely distance himself from it.

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Yang Chen had been having a wonderful time showing Chen Xi around over the past few days. They had visited the Forbidden City Museum, walked the Great Wall, watched the national flag-raising ceremony, and shared intimate moments in various places. In short, these past few days would undoubtedly become an unforgettable time in their lives.

Yang Chen planned to return to Jiangcheng the next day. After dinner, he took Chen Xi to buy some souvenirs to bring back for Zhao Jing and the other four girls.

Yang Chen had no money, and Chen Xi only had a little over a thousand yuan left, so they couldn't pick out anything expensive. They could only find a boutique on the street and go inside to pick a few items.

The shop was crowded with customers, most of whom were teenage girls.

Just as Yang Chen and Chen Xi were browsing, a man with small eyes suddenly walked in.

With such a man suddenly mixed in among a room full of teenage girls, Yang Chen instinctively glanced over.

Yang Chen had previously acquired mastery of Baji Quan from the system. With a martial artist's discernment, he could tell at a glance that this small-eyed man was a trained fighter.

Yang Chen immediately used mind-reading to peer into the man's thoughts and then turned his head away to ponder a countermeasure.

"Is he looking at me? Did he figure me out? No way, right? Go ahead, take a few more looks at this wonderful world, because you're going to die tonight."

These were the internal thoughts of the man Yang Chen had just read.

Yang Chen was confident he could handle this man, but Chen Xi was by his side, and there were too many teenage girls in the shop. Starting a fight here would definitely hurt innocent people.

Just then, another man with very small eyes walked in. Yang Chen could immediately tell that he was also a trained fighter. Using mind-reading on him as well, Yang Chen confirmed that he was also an assassin.

Then two more men walked in, and Yang Chen used mind-reading to confirm that they were also assassins.

Yang Chen did not know the strength of these four men and could not guarantee he could handle them all.

The four assassins split into two groups, slowly approaching Yang Chen from the left and right sides.

If they were allowed to close in, Chen Xi would have nowhere to hide.

Chen Xi was already Yang Chen's woman. As a man, he naturally could not stand idly by and watch his woman face mortal danger.

Yang Chen suddenly scooped up Chen Xi and placed her behind the cash register, then grabbed the cashier by the throat and shouted, "Robbery! Hand over the money!"

The customers in the shop were frightened and bolted outside; only the four assassins did not run.

Yang Chen released the cashier, stared fixedly at the four assassins, and said, "Who sent you to kill me?"

The four assassins were momentarily stunned. Had they been discovered already?

Yang Chen had asked deliberately, quickly using mind-reading on their thoughts, and immediately learned that Park Jeong-guk had sent them.

Since they had been exposed, the four assassins dropped the act. They immediately drew short blades and rushed toward Yang Chen.

Their mission tonight was to kill Yang Chen. Zhang Hao had already arranged a boat to flee to the Golden Triangle; once at the Golden Triangle, they would fly back to South Korea from Thailand, and nothing would happen to them.

Yang Chen kicked away some groceries in front of him, reminded Chen Xi and the cashier to crouch down, picked up a pen from the cash register, and charged forward.

There was no place left to hide from this situation; Yang Chen had no choice but to risk his life and fight them to the death.