“Lady Lysithea, are we really not going in to keep an eye on the young master?”Some short distance away, two people—Mr. Hyde and Lysithea—stood on a huge tree of twenty-over feet. Without any assisting tool, they were perched securely on the branches. As it was a deserted mountainous outskirt and it was nighttime without any passersby, people would think they had spotted deities otherwise!Lysithea was still clad in red fluttery clothes like a fairy from heaven who took a trip down to the human realm.Mr. Hyde, who was known as Waltz City’s underground king with a significant number of lackeys, was meek before Lysithea. He remained in a bow with his head dipped, not daring to look at her in the eyes as if a glance at her would be blasphemy. “No need. Lil’ Zayn should be able to hammer on by himself,” Lysithea answered lightly.Mr. Hyde gave it a thought before asking, “What if Young Master can’t hold on and something happens to him?”Lysithea’s gaze was distant as she looked at
Finally, it came to the tenth day. Zayn gave himself numerous pep talks and steeled himself for the umpteenth time before he finally gulped down the medicine.This last time, the unprecedented pain felt like someone was striking each and every part of his body. Even his cells felt the throb like they were being destroyed and rebirthed repeatedly. It lasted the longest—five hours in total—before the tidal waves of agony stopped.Then, Zayn lost consciousness. When he woke up, it was dark, and he picked himself up from the ruins. He had thoroughly ravaged the near-thousand square feet of the house in his berserk state!It was fortunate that the area was deserted, and there was no one within the range of two miles, or they would be terrified thinking that there was a monster.After a long time, Zayn opened his eyes. When he did, a bright gleam flashed like it could light up the world. He exuded a domineering presence, causing animals and insects within a radius of three miles to quiet
In the thick of the abrupt tension, Mr. Hyde felt his breath choke. He knew that Zayn was not doing it to him on purpose, but it was an involuntary reaction that could already put him on edge. The older man was fully certain that Zayn could kill him with a casual hurl of his fist now.It was true that Zayn was not oppressing Lil Hyde intentionally. It really was a reflex at the mention of Hanson.Mr. Hyde replied quickly, “Young Master, Madam and family are doing fine. No one went to find fault with them. As for Hanson Griffin, it’s said that he’s also isolating himself to advance to the master fighter level, so there’s no news about him.”“That’s good,” Zayn answered with a nod.He wasted no time after that. Now that he had made it to become a master fighter, it was time to return to Waltz City. To think of it, he had been gone for about half a month. He ought to call Faye and update her.The phone call was connected swiftly and Faye’s worried voice rang out, “Where were you Zayn
“This is your husband who married into your family? Didn’t you say he’s was a piece of tras—?”“Cough!” Faye coughed and wore an unkind expression. “Crystal, please respect my husband as he should be respected.”Crystal Samson chuckled dryly, awkward as a result of Faye’s rebuttal, and she kept quiet.As for the men, their jealousy and rancor at Zayn could not be concealed. Exchanging glances, they managed to agree to take turns and make toasts to him to intoxicate and thus embarrass him!There was no way Zayn was unable to see through their tricks, but he smiled without exposing them. He welcomed any sort of challenge thrown his way.When the men saw him agreeing to their toasts so easily without a hint of alertness, they looked down upon him while thinking that he was kind of stupid, and they gloated about their promised victory. Soon, they realized that their plan was not going as expected.No matter how they insisted Zayn drink, the latter took it in stride, downing the stron
“I don’t want to see him. I think we should go back,” Faye insisted.Seeing that she had made up her mind, Zayn relented. He was not one for these kinds of reunions anyway. During their earlier conversation, the group had mainly talked about money, like what famous company they worked for after graduating, where they had bought a house, what luxury car they had purchased, and the like.Zayn’s current status and outlook disconnected him from such people. Moreover, they were spiteful toward him.“Alright, let’s go back then,” Zayn answered with a grin. He was extremely gentle with Faye.Feeling his tenderness, Faye smiled back at him sweetly and nodded. “Hmm, I’ll bake you a cake when we go home.”With that, she stood up to inform the rest of them, “Guys, excuse me, I have something else on. Go on without me, okay?”“Hey Fifi, we’re just getting started and you’re leaving?” a plump woman across from her complained.Beside her, a tall and slim girl tugged at Faye’s hand and choruse
Another man said, “I think that Faye’s lying about going home to attend to some affairs. I think she’s just too scared to meet Ethan. After all, Ethan has a past with Faye.”When he said that, Faye’s expression changed drastically once again. She loathed Ethan with all her heart. Had it not been for Violet Vision’s chairman's timely appearance during that incident six months previously, she would have lost her chastity to him!She did not expect what was supposed to be a fun reunion of old friends would turn into this. She would not have come if she knew what was going to happen. The rest of her classmates had thoughtful expressions upon hearing that as well and assumed that Faye was avoiding Ethan. At the same time, they looked at Zayn with schadenfreude and mockery in their eyes. Zayn found their behavior amusing. Rather than fearing meeting Ethan, perhaps Ethan would wet himself in fright upon seeing him. In any case, he could not be bothered to explain the matter in detail.
“Hah-hah-hah, I didn’t mishear that, did I? Ethan will cower in fear when he meets this guy? I think this guy’s going to cower in fear when he meets Ethan!” exclaimed a man who had been forced to drink a lot by Zayn earlier without any filter. He was becoming highly excitable from the intoxication, so he did not mind offending Faye at all.In reality, all the men there were rather drunk and their thoughts were scrambled. They stopped feigning their usual politeness and voiced out their innermost thoughts instead. “That’s really funny. Why don’t you take a look in the mirror and see what kind of person you are? How dare you challenge Ethan? He’s a successful businessman now with a net worth of a few million dollars. What do you have to compete against him with this local brand suit that you’re wearing?”“I didn’t understand what tunnel vision was before, but I’ve managed to learn more about it now.”“I think it’s worse than having tunnel vision, but more like he has no self-awarene
Zayn smiled and said, “It’s okay. I know myself.”“Alright then…” Faye felt rather helpless and ashamed, as if she had returned to the times Zayn embarrassed her during their earlier marriage. The rest of them despised Zayn even more after watching how he wolfed down his food. They were cultured people who ate one bite after another, unlike Zayn who ate in huge mouthfuls. He was obviously a pauper from the countryside who had never enjoyed a feast before. He had no class and they wondered why Faye would want a piece of trash like that. They even thought a love potion might have been the culprit. At first, they wanted to continue eating because they had yet to finish their meal. Instead, they lost their appetites after witnessing how savagely Zayn ate. They found him disgusting. Meanwhile, someone’s phone rang. A male student picked it up and said excitedly, “Ethan’s here. I’m going to bring him to the room!”Upon saying that, he left, giving Zayn a sneer. He wanted to see if Za