5 Chapter 5: Nothing else, just unpleasant to the eye!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Lin Feng, have you made a mistake?” Du Juan’s face was pale as she spoke.
But Lin Feng suddenly sprang up and slapped Du Juan across the face.
The slap caused Du Juan’s left cheek to swell up.
“You wretched woman, it’s all because of you. If it weren’t for you, our family wouldn’t have been blacklisted!”
Du Juan, terrified, shivered violently, her makeup crumbling and falling off her face.
Lin Feng turned around, fell to his knees with a thump, and then pleaded, “Elder Qin, Miss Qin, please spare the Lin Family, I know I was wrong!”
Qin Yu snorted coldly, turned her face away, and didn’t bother with him at all.
Qin Yuan then gave a salutation to Xue An, “Young master, do you think this will do?”
Seeing Xue An, Lin Feng scrambled over like a drowning man clutching at a straw.
“Xue An, Brother Xue, I beg you, please spare the Lin Family. I know I was wrong; it was all that wretched woman Du Juan’s doing – please forgive me!”
Xue An looked at Lin Feng, who was streaming with tears and snot, and said indifferently, “The family may be broken, but the person isn’t gone yet.”
As this sentence was uttered, the entire place fell silent.
Qin Yu frowned, feeling even more displeased with this man.
Lin Feng’s body trembled, and then he looked up at Xue An with an incredulous gaze.
In his memory, Xue An wasn’t .
The Xue An from their school days was well-behaved, and even if bullied, he hardly ever fought back.
So Lin Feng thought that if he knelt and begged for mercy, Xue An would let him go.
But unexpectedly, Xue An didn’t just want his family ruined; he wanted him dead.
At this moment, Du Juan timidly approached, “Xue… Xue An, please let Lin Feng go, he knows his mistake, mercy should be shown where mercy is due…”
Xue An didn’t pay her any attention, but instead bent down and smiled at his two daughters, “Xiang Xiang, Nian Nian, go play over there, Papa will come to find you in a moment!”
“Okay! Papa, come quickly!” Xue Xiang led her sister away.
Only then did Xue An stand up, looking at Du Juan who was shivering with fear but still trying her best to retain her charm.
“Mercy should be shown where mercy is due? Heh, do you think if our positions were reversed, and it was I begging for mercy, would you spare me?”
After a slight hesitation from Du Juan, Xue An walked up close to her, staring at her face ravaged by various cosmetics.
“Answer me! Would you or wouldn’t you?”
“We would!” Du Juan said softly, and then raising her head, spoke very earnestly, “Xue An, in fact, I’ve always liked you since our school days, and over all these years, I haven’t forgotten you, I…”
She couldn’t finish her sentence because the look in Xue An’s eyes robbed her of the courage to continue.
“I’m really puzzled as to why a woman like you could still be liked by anyone.”
After saying these words, Xue An turned and walked away, leaving Du Juan standing there with a ghastly pale face, trembling uncontrollably.
Xue An approached Lin Feng, who recoiled in fear.
“What… what are you going to do? I’m telling you, under the broad daylight, in this public place, if you dare to do anything, just wait for prison…”
Xue An kicked Lin Feng over and then, before he could raise his head, stepped on his face.
Lin Feng struggled fiercely but couldn’t move Xue An in the slightest.
“I know, actually ever since our school days, you’ve been resentful towards me, haven’t you?” Xue An said indifferently.
Lin Feng felt as though the foot on his face weighed a thousand pounds, as if his head was about to be crushed at any moment.
“Brother Xue, Grandfather Xue, I beg you for my life! Please, I won’t dare to oppose you again!” Lin Feng cried out, wetting himself out of sheer terror.
“Save those words for when you’re down below,” Xue An said with an indifferent expression.
He indeed had the intention to kill; although it was quite ostentatious to kill someone in front of a crowd.
But Xue An, who once was an Immortal Venerable, didn’t care much about that.
The laws of the world are designed to restrain ordinary people, yet even though my own strength is negligible, Immortal Venerable remains Immortal Venerable, brooking no disrespect from anyone.
But just then, an old and urgent voice came through, “Please, have mercy! Have mercy at your feet!”
Then, a sweat-drenched elder squeezed through the crowd, and upon seeing him, Lin Feng almost burst into tears.
The man who arrived was none other than Lin Feng’s father, Lin Danian, a board director of the Lin Corporation.
Despising Lin Feng for failing to meet his expectations, he then carefully flashed Qin Yuan a smile.
“Mr. Qin, don’t you remember me?”
Qin Yuan thought for a moment before nodding, “Ah, Director Lin!”
Lin Danian let out a bitter smile, “Mr. Qin, I was on my way to your company when I heard you were here, so I hurried over. Our Lin Family has always had a pleasant cooperation with your esteemed company, why the sudden blacklist?”
Qin Yuan pointed at Xue An, “This… you should ask this young master here.”
Lin Danian was shocked, for he had assumed that his good-for-nothing son had offended the Qin Family.
Yet to his surprise, it was because of this plainly dressed man.
Looking at Qin Yuan’s demeanor, it seemed he held great respect for this man.
At this moment, Lin Feng cried out, “Dad, save me, he’s going to kill me!”
Lin Danian, a seasoned merchant, pondered for a moment before respectfully saying, “Young man, may I inquire where my son has offended you to the point of wanting to kill him?”
Xue An looked up, giving Lin Danian a glance.
That look made Lin Danian’s scalp tighten.
He had never seen such a terrifying gaze before.
It was an utter indifference to life.
As if a supreme emperor was looking down on everything below.
Lin Danian couldn’t help but feel shocked.
Who exactly was this person?
Xue An said indifferently, “Nothing much, he just displeased me.”
Lin Danian nearly spurted out a mouthful of blood—wanting to kill over a mere displeasure?
However, Xue An suddenly let out a light “huh,” “What are you carrying with you?”
The Lin Family dealt in medicinal herbs, and today, amidst the sudden ban by Longtai Group, in a rush of desperation, Lin Danian took out a Hundred-Year Ginseng that had been treasured in his home for many years, hoping to give it to Qin Yuan in exchange for forgiveness.
Unexpectedly, Xue An saw right through it.
Lin Danian quickly took out a slender little box, opened it, and said with some pride, “This is the treasured heirloom of our Lin Family, a hundred-year-old wild ginseng!”
The rich scent of the herb made even the nearby Qin Yuan’s eyes light up.
It really was a fine item!
Lin Danian tried to detect wonder on Xue An’s face but was disappointed.
Xue An simply said with a neutral expression, “A sprig of ginseng that barely qualifies as a medicinal herb.”
To him, a Hundred-Year Wild Ginseng was merely a sprig barely qualifying as a medicinal herb?
Lin Danian felt like throwing up blood.
“However, it’s somewhat rare. Give this thing to me, and I will spare your son this time.”
Lin Danian hesitated, then finally gritted his teeth, “Alright! Young man! As long as you let go of my son, I’ll give you this ginseng!”