Hart was baffled by Kailan’s words. Kailan acquired Rove, not to make money out of it but to destroy it? What did it mean? Hart took a deep breath and then shouted at Kailan, “You are working for foreign brands! Kailan Skyfort, you are a villain!” He shouted with anger and frustration, even his eyes teared up from all the emotions. He suddenly realized why Kailan would say such things. Kailan acquired Rove to destroy it with his own hands, not to milk it. It was the same as what foreign brands did. Some local brands that were thriving and developing would see oppression from the start. Once the local brand grew strong enough and managed to free itself from the oppression, then foreign brands would try to acquire it so that they could crush it from the inside. They would ruin the brand from the inside out once acquired. Had foreign brands allowed local brands to thrive, they would not have been able to seize the local market and disregard the local consumers as if th
Kailan was an ostentatious man. His office was by no means small. It could fit a few families with slight modifications, yet he claimed that his office could not fit that many people. In other words, he must have summoned an army. “Kaze Lee, afraid now? If you are afraid, kneel and apologize to Mr. Skyfort! I will also slap your face off with my own hands!” Phoebe covered her face that was slapped by Kaze earlier and spewed her anger through clenched teeth. Kaze did not even look at her. He got up and said with a smile, “Fine, let’s go have a look, shall we?” Kailan had no idea if Kaze was terrified or simply fearless, but he did not care. There were always overconfident people. Kailan would know if Kaze was simply fearless or just pretending when they went downstairs. “After you, Mr. Lee,” Kailan said as he gestured. The more confident he was, the more humble he looked. If one had not known better that he was a vicious hound that would leave no remains of his pre
Kailan sounded like he had gotten the situation under control as if Kaze was already a dead man. “Mr. Skyfort, that’s a good idea. The chairman of Shangrila Group, stripped and hung on a flagpole. It’s a better scene than Gerard being hung until his skin falls off.” Phoebe looked at Kaze with utmost disdain. She spoke as if Kaze was already hanging on the flagpole. “Mr. Lee, this…” Hart looked at Kaze apologetically. He even considered taking Kaze’s place to be hung on the flagpole. Kaze and Kailan would never have known each other if not for him. Hart was the reason for the conflict. Kaze waved at Hart and then looked at Kailan with a baffled look. “Mr. Skyfort, so you really believed I won’t walk out of here alive? What made you think that you could stop me with two hundred pigs?” He was curious about what fueled Kailan’s confidence. “Kaze Lee, still trying to be stubborn, I see.” Kalian scoffed. He added, “Very well. Even if they are pigs, I have two hundred of t
“Skyfort Investment? Not a problem. We will be there in five minutes, Mr. Lee.” Dwight answered Kaze’s request without a second thought. “Kaze Lee, how long do you plan to keep this up?” Phoebe scoffed as soon as Kaze put down the phone. “Don’t tell me you are bringing a thousand pigs here.” There was no way Kaze could summon a thousand gangsters with just one phone call. There were not even that many gangsters on the street. Therefore, to Kailan and his secretary, Kaze was simply acting, trying to drag it out. “Boss, don’t waste time with this punk here. Let us have him!” The leader of the two hundred men stepped up and volunteered to take down Kaze. Kaze looked down at them and called them pigs, which angered them. They were already thinking about ways to torture Kaze. Kaze did not look at the gangster. He said to Kailan, “Five minutes. But if you don’t have the patience, I don’t mind taking out two hundred pigs and then destroying you.” His arrogance made the
The entire lobby was silenced. Kailan and his men were stunned. Billy’s words shocked them more than seeing a thousand young, powerful men swarming into the building. There were really a thousand of them, not one less, not one more. All of them were from Tensor Martial Arts School! Based on their looks, the two hundred gangsters were certainly no match for them. In addition, Tensor Martial Arts School now had the advantage of numbers. There were five times more students than the gangsters. Kailan felt terrible. He and his secretary did not take Kaze’s words seriously. They simply thought he was bluffing. Now, Kaze summoned a thousand capable young fighters to counter the two hundred gangsters. It was a huge insult to Kailan. Everyone looked at Kaze. His presence grew so strong that it overshadowed Kailan. “Mr. Lee, I am terribly sorry this time…” Kailan bowed and chuckled awkwardly. “Hold up. It’s not your turn to speak.” Kaze stopped him before he could fin
Kailan was deeply aggrieved listening to Kaze’s criticism. He was a proud man with a status and had never lowered himself before anyone. Yet the current situation forced him to bow and surrender. “So you are not going to let me go?” Kailan suppressed his anger and said, “What goes around, comes around. Don’t cross the line and we can still talk at the table. If you continue to oppress me, maybe one day when you are in my shoes, someone else will do the same to you.” He carefully sized up Kaze’s expression as he spoke. Phoebe mustered up her courage and said, “Kaze Lee, Mr. Skyfort is right. Don’t cross the line. Let this go. Let’s use our words, not our fists. It’s better to have friends more than enemies…” “Tell her to shut up.” Kaze did not even look at her. Billy went up straight and slapped her in the face. “Shut up! You have no right to speak here. One more word and I will slap your mouth off your face!” Phoebe dared not make another sound. Things went quie
Kaze then signaled Billy. Billy immediately brought over a chair for him to sit down. “I don't need him here in person. Seeing his face alone can make you kneel.” Kailan pulled his phone out to make a video call. “What is it?” As soon as the call got through, a square-faced person appeared on the screen. The moment Kaze saw the face, he laughed. What a small world. “Mr. Hobbs, I’m sorry. I was going to acquire Rove but someone sabotaged the deal and he even caused problems at my company.” Kailan knelt in front of the camera. “What happened to you?” The man in the call was Samson and when he saw Kailan’s swollen face and bloody lips, he was shocked. “This! This punk here!” Kailan turned his phone to Kaze and shouted, “Mr. Hobbs, it’s him!” “Kaze Lee?!” Samson’s brows rose with his eyes twitching. His expression turned grim as he called Kailan an idiot inwardly. Kailan lost to Kaze and decided to reveal him as the mastermind. If Samson could suppress K
“If Kailan Skyfort isn’t with you, then I don’t need to worry about offending you when I get him,” Kaze said with a grin. Then, he lifted his leg and stomped onto Kailan. “Aargh!” Kailan cried excruciatingly and sweat profusely due to the pain. Kaze broke his leg with just one stomp. Everyone who saw the horrifying scene, including Phoebe and Kailan’s gangsters, all of them were stunned and speechless. Some of them even looked pale. They looked at Kaze as if he was the devil. From this moment onward, they feared the young man who broke Kailan’s leg with a smile on his face. Samson, on the other side of the call, was expressionless but his pupils shrank and his eyes reflected the fear in his heart. Kailan was one of his men who had served him for many years. However, Kailan worked in the dark for Samson and the world should never find out about their working relationship. After a series of complicated procedures, even the most experienced investment manager in the
Phoenix instinctively moved the phone away from her ears and was stunned for a few seconds before her expression turned ashen. “Kaze Lee broke Shadow’s arm? Crippled both of you? You piece of trash! You can’t even take care of them? What gives you the idea that you still have the right to call me?” She shouted back at the phone, and her voice echoed across the entire ward. “Uh…” Dark had expected punishment of scolding and even abandonment by her master whom she had served for decades, yet she did not expect it to be this quick. “Smash!” Phoenix smashed the phone on the floor. She remained standing and upset. There was a fierce and resentful aura around her as she clenched her fists. Her frosty gaze could send chills down one’s spine. Even Joan’s face paled and her body trembled. She dared not even talk to Phoenix. “Dark, that useless hag! Kaze Lee, that piece of shit! Darcy and her goddamned family! They are all useless! They all should die!” Her anger erupted like
“Madam Quint, it’s going to be alright now. Madam Dark and Shadow are on their way to the Quints and they will surely bring Darcy back.” At Riverbank Prime Hospital, Joan was consoling Phoenix, who was sulky after the incident. Joan wore a face unmistakable of schadenfreude. She was jealous of Darcy from the moment they both met. Darcy, a girl from a distant Quint family from the small city of Lilyrose, had no right to be in the same position as her, the daughter of a well-known and powerful family in Riverbank. Yet Darcy was better than her in every aspect. Darcy was more beautiful, more capable, and was the chairwoman of Sky Ocean Corporation that was worth billions. She became the branch head of the Quints at a young age, where the other family members had to listen to her. Jealousy had blinded Joan to the point that she believed everything that Darcy owned, except for her stupid useless husband, should be hers. She wanted to snatch everything from Darcy. It explaine
“Aaargh! Kaze Lee, I will kill you!” Suddenly, Shadow shouted and dashed toward Kaze. She thought her mother was caught off guard by Kaze’s slaps and got slightly disoriented, hence unable to fight back. Yet she quickly realized that Kaze could kill her mother with slaps. Therefore, without a doubt, as soon as she engaged Kaze, she, too, was sent flying by the furious slaps, crashing into the wall behind her like her mother. Kaze said, “You hurt the executives of Sky Ocean Corporation and broke their arms and legs. Now I’m breaking one of your arms, rendering you useless. Consider it revenge.” Another one was crushed! Looking at Shadow’s broken arm, the other followers turned pale. “You little bastard! I’ll kill you and your family…” Dark slowly regained her composure and began shouting again. She had roamed unchallenged for years, yet now, not only had she been defeated, but she was also crippled. Her daughter also suffered the same fate. To the merciless Phoenix
“You little shit! You’ve done it this time!” Dark shrieked like a witch as blood spewed from her mouth. Resentment quickly consumed her. She tried to channel her energy to counter Kaze’s slap but the slaps were quicker than her response. As soon as she gathered up enough energy to react, the slap on her face would disperse it. “Slap!” Kaze slapped her once more. “Yeah, I’ve done it. So what?” Pain, resentment, grievance, madness, and all kinds of negative emotions drowned Dark from within, yet she could do nothing about them except being slapped relentlessly by Kaze. She was unable to fight back at all. Agnes gasped in shock. The relentless slaps brought back memories of the slap that Kaze had given her. Instinctively, she clutched her face and suddenly felt grateful because Kaze had obviously held back then. Otherwise, she would have ended up like Dark—her face swollen and blood gushing from her mouth. “That’s enough, Kaze! For our sake, stop it!” Afraid that Kaz
“Madam Dark, please don’t mind him! Everyone knows Kaze is not that bright and he speaks without thinking! We can't even hold him back at times!” Agnes turned on Kaze almost immediately. Kaze was not surprised by Agnes’ “betrayal”. She would not be Agnes if she did not sell Kaze out. Seeing the reverence in Agnes' eyes, Dark's expression twisted further with sheer contempt and scorn. Given his position, Kaze was nothing but a fool to challenge her. She looked at Kaze condescendingly and said coldly, “Young Man, break your own arm and step aside and I won’t hold you responsible for what you just said. Or else, I will take both your hands for the irresponsible words that you—” Before she could finish, Kaze’s expression darkened and he bellowed, “Get out of my face!” “What?!” Dark cried sharply, “Who do you think you are?! How dare you say that in my face! Do you know what you are saying? If I don’t break you today, you won’t know how to respect your elders!” She raise
Agnes nodded repeatedly and anxiously. “Darcy is right! Don’t you mess around here, you’re going to ruin the Quints’ reputation!” She still believed that Phoenix needed their help and would not sever all ties at once. This must be just an intimidation tactic. “Slap!” Dark stepped up and slapped Agnes in the face. “Ruin the family’s reputation? Look in the mirror and see who you really are! You think you are in the position to say that in my face? “I’m warning you. Even if I killed all of you here, it wouldn’t affect the Quints’ reputation at all. Don’t waste my time, I have limited patience. I am just here to break one of Darcy’s legs!” She then pointed at Darcy. “You know what we can do. If you don’t want your family to suffer, get over here and receive your punishment!” Agnes covered her face in resentment but she dared not defy Dark anymore. Dark was not just Phoenix’s loyal servant. Dark and her daughter, Shadow, were martial arts experts. If the two of them lost
The other three experts of the Quints scoffed as they stared at Darcy. Darcy might be more beautiful than them but she would have to lose one of her legs. A beautiful cripple would be an interesting scene for them to enjoy. “What?! One of Darcy’s legs?!” Hector and Agnes were shocked by Dark’s words. Sky stepped up to express his dissatisfaction, saying, “What did Darcy do wrong? Why are you people punishing her? “Even if Darcy did something wrong, breaking one of her legs is too much! Are you people savages? How can you set up such an inhuman punishment in the family—” “Slap!” Before he could finish, Dark darted forward and slapped Sky in the face. “Ignorant boy! Who do you think you are, talking to me like that? Are you deaf? I have already announced Darcy Quint’s punishment! Do you not understand English? “Savage? Who are you calling savage? As the branch head of the Quints, Darcy colluded with outsiders to harm the head of the family. Breaking one of her legs i
The group of five strode into the living room. Looking at Dark, who exuded the same ominous aura as her daughter, Shadow, Agnes, who had been advising Kaze on how to negotiate with Phoenix, shuddered and shrank back in fear. The anger on her face was quickly replaced by a timid and flattering smile. “Madam Dark? What brings you here? Welcome to our humble abode!” Dark served Phoenix, so every member of the Quints in the South River State showed her the same respect as the elder of the family. After showing a flattering smile at Dark, Agnes turned around to her husband with furrowed brows and bellowed, “Hector, what are you doing there? Go prepare tea for our guests! “Madam Dark basically grew up with Madam Quint, they are as close as sisters! If we don’t serve her properly, we might not be able to make a stand in Riverbank anymore!” She then turned back to Dark and said respectfully, “Madam Dark, ladies, this way, please. Have a seat and we’ll prepare the best tea we have
“You’re finally getting brighter,” Hector said with a soft sigh. When Darcy became the branch head of the Quints, Agnes was the happiest because she thought the family had hit the jackpot. She foolishly thought her family’s status would surge, which fueled her arrogance along the way. Now, after what had happened, she finally woke up and saw the truth. “What else do you know other than mocking me in my face?” Agnes glared at her husband. Hector said helplessly, “I just want you to see things clearer and if your demands are too much, Madam Phoenix might not agree to them. She might even forfeit the negotiation. “After all, Sky Ocean Corporation belongs to Darcy and it’s her blood and sweat, not Madam Quint’s. So, even if the company goes bankrupt, she has nothing to lose.” Agnes pondered for a moment and realized her husband’s words made sense. Fear caught up to her immediately. She quickly said, “Kaze, then let’s not make so many demands. Let’s just appoint Darcy as the