Lin Hengfeng considered himself wise all his life, but he never expected to be manipulated by a little woman, blinded and disoriented.

Both men were filled with bitterness and frustration, and the only way they could vent their anger was through violence.

"Lin Hengfeng, you really are always going against me." Wang Tiansheng gritted his teeth, recalling all the past grievances. If he had a knife in his hand right now, Wang Tiansheng would definitely stab Lin Hengfeng without saying a word.

"Heh, go against you? Wang Tiansheng, don't overestimate yourself. You've never been my match," Lin Hengfeng sneered.

For a moment, only heavy breathing could be heard in the room.

Wang Tiansheng was rendered speechless by Lin Hengfeng's words. His hands clenched into fists, and the veins on his forehead bulged. "Fine, fine, you have guts."

Leaving behind these words, Wang Tiansheng's departing figure was solitary, somewhat lonely, somewhat desolate, and carried an indescribable feeling.

After Wang Tiansheng left, half of the oppressive atmosphere in the room dissipated. Ai Zixin weakly raised her head, her eyes filled with tears, and asked with a sorrowful and pitying tone, "Hengfeng, are you alright?"

Lin Hengfeng didn't even glance at Ai Zixin. He picked up his clothes scattered on the ground, put on the wrinkled clothes, pointed to the door, and said indifferently to Ai Zixin, "You can get out now."

Ai Zixin hadn't woken up from Lin Hengfeng's past doting and indulgence. Her expression was a mixture of annoyance and coquettishness. "Hengfeng, this is my home."

Lin Hengfeng remained unmoved, still pointing to the open door, "What I can give you, I can naturally take back."

Ai Zixin realized Lin Hengfeng's determination, hurriedly grabbed Lin Hengfeng's pants, and cried, "Hengfeng, you have to believe me, Wang Tiansheng and I really have nothing going on."

Lin Hengfeng lowered his head, staring at Ai Zixin for a moment without blinking. His hand slowly touched Ai Zixin's delicate face, and his nostalgic expression suddenly turned hateful. With a sharp and forceful tone, he slammed Ai Zixin hard to the ground. "I'll give you one minute to think. Are you leaving or not?"

With blood streaming down her head, the dazed Ai Zixin's survival instinct kicked in. Without answering a word, she scrambled away from their former home.

After Ai Zixin left, Lin Hengfeng looked around at the empty surroundings, laughed coldly, his face calm, but his dark eyes seemed to hold a world-destroying madness.

After Lin Hengfeng left, the perfectly beautiful villa was engulfed in flames.

Having just returned from abroad, Ji Xiaoxiao was still recovering from her shock when, amidst her busy schedule, she thought of Wang Tiansheng, Lin Hengfeng, and Ai Zixin. She propped her head up with her hands and asked someone to bring over Wang Tiansheng's and their files. After receiving the files, she glanced at them casually, then suddenly stood up abruptly, staring blankly at the report in her hands.

Wang Tiansheng and Lin Hengfeng turned on each other, their business rivalry escalating into a physical fight. Wang Tiansheng was killed by Lin Hengfeng's own hand, and Lin Hengfeng, with overwhelming evidence, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The beautiful and delicate Ai Zixin, lacking a protector, whether driven by vanity or unbearable loneliness, caught the eye of a spoiled young master and imprisoned in a mobile house on the outskirts of the city. Knowing she could never regain the forgiveness and affection of Lin Hengfeng and Wang Tiansheng, Ai Zixin resorted to her captive, targeting the young master who imprisoned her. Lacking a wealthy and eligible bachelor, and a scoundrel at heart, Ai Zixin reluctantly accepted him. Skilled at seduction, Ai Zixin tricked the young master into returning home, offering to divorce his wife and beg for her. Little did Ai Zixin know that the young master's wife was a powerful figure, a former special forces soldier. She let her unreliable husband play around, since she had no expectations and felt no heartache, especially with a crying baby at home. But when her husband was lured by another woman into wanting a divorce, she couldn't tolerate it. The woman, a former soldier, was decisive and, without a word, sent Ai Zixin abroad. Where she was sent and what she did there remain unknown. Judging from how Ai Zixin seemed to vanish into thin air more than a decade later, her ending was definitely not good.

After scanning the documents in her hand several more times to confirm their accuracy, Ji Xiaoxiao sat back down in her chair. Although she didn't quite understand how Wang Tiansheng and his group had ended up in such a mess, she was still happy nonetheless.

As Ji Xiaoxiao pulled her neck back from her laughing posture, the man who called himself the Dark Dragon Knight appeared in front of her. He quietly observed her for a minute or two before praising her, "The mission is complete. You are very good."

One mystery after another came crashing down on her, but Ji Xiaoxiao handled it with ease and respect, replying, "For you, my lord, I will dedicate myself to the cause until my dying breath."

Ji Xiaoxiao paused for a moment, then, thinking that the Dark Dragon Knight was in a good mood, she asked tremblingly, "Dark Dragon Knight, may I ask how I completed the mission? I don't remember doing anything special. The best thing I did was to tie up the scumbag and the bitch."

The only response to Ji Xiaoxiao was silence and stillness. The dark space contained only Ji Xiaoxiao, the Dark Dragon Knight, and the glittering golden dragon pillar. The two remained silent, yet the golden light continued to shine brightly. Behind the glamorous facade, however, lay a heavy and oppressive atmosphere.

Even as mountains crumbled and heaven and earth merged, the Dark Dragon Knight remained silent. Just as Ji Xiaoxiao was about to give up, the entire space began to shake, as if it were a sign that the building was about to collapse.

---Aside---

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