When Jiansheng Mo hurried to the special-care ward at Magic City General Hospital, his wife Julia Yang had already arrived ahead of him. Unlike an ordinary mother, when she saw their daughter lying on the bed—her face ruined, her limbs limp—she did not burst into tears or make a scene. In fact, there was not a trace of sadness on her face, only an indescribable calm.
This calmness made even Jiansheng Mo feel afraid.
The fact that he had reached his current position was inseparable from his wife's family's help. In truth, only ten percent was his own effort; the other ninety percent came from his wife's family.
“Don’t worry, Linlin. Dad will find the best doctors to heal you.” Seeing his daughter in such a miserable state, Jiansheng Mo couldn’t help but grit his teeth with anger.
“Dad, Mom, what I want most right now is to see that dog couple dead! I want revenge!”
Even with her face ruined and limbs paralyzed, Monica’s rage could not be extinguished. Instead, it made her even more hysterical and crazed.
Jiansheng Mo nodded, "Don’t worry, Dad promises you—within three hours, they’ll be caught and brought here for you to deal with!"
Monica’s eyes lit up with venom. “Good! I want to kill them myself!”
Soon, Jiansheng Mo and his wife stepped out of the ward.
“Julia, did you notify your father about this?” Jiansheng Mo asked nervously.
“What do you think?”
Julia Yang shot him a cold look and said, “Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Linlin is his favorite granddaughter, and now she’s been ruined like this—the old man is furious. If you haven’t caught the culprits before he arrives, be ready to face his wrath alone!”
Jiansheng Mo’s slightly chubby body couldn’t help but tremble. Even now, as a deputy provincial-level official, he was still afraid of the old man’s anger. He quickly said, “Don’t worry, I’ve already called Howard Zuo. Magic City is the Green-Red Gang’s turf, with informants everywhere. With his help, the culprits should be caught soon!”
Julia snorted, “You’d better pray Howard catches them before the old man arrives, or you’ll be facing his wrath alone!”
………
Magic City University.
After getting the information he wanted, Ian Song left Renmin Sun’s office and returned to the area below the women’s dormitory.
About twenty minutes later, he saw Shelly Song come downstairs, accompanied by four girls from her dorm. They were all delighted to see her safe and sound, but when they learned she was leaving Magic City University, their faces showed reluctance and sadness.
“Huihui, Lily, Qingqing, A-Yan, I’m leaving now. I’ll come back to visit you in the future!”
At the moment of parting, Shelly couldn’t help but show her true feelings, her eyes growing misty with tears.
“Wuwu, Shelly, I really don’t want you to leave. Can’t you stay?”
Suddenly, Lily hugged Shelly tightly. After Shelly was forced to jump from the building, the four of them had been extremely worried for her. When they saw the school deliberately suppressing the incident, they felt outraged and wanted to leak it to the media.
Unfortunately, the powerless cannot fight the powerful. Before they even saw any reporters, the school blocked them and gave each of them a demerit, threatening to expel them if they caused any more trouble.
Helpless, they could only remain silent.
Later, they tried to visit Shelly in the hospital, but Mo family bodyguards blocked them, so they couldn’t see her at all. These past few days, they’d been worried sick about Shelly’s situation.
Ian could tell that these four girls truly cared about Shelly. In this day and age, such sincere friendship between classmates is really rare.
So, Ian didn’t rush them. He just stood aside and let them talk for a while longer—after all, it might be a long time before they saw each other again.
About two minutes passed.
A group of men in black suits strode quickly to the entrance of the women’s dorm. At their head was a sharp-eyed middle-aged man. With a sweep of his gaze, he locked onto Ian and Shelly, waved to his men, pointed at the two, and said, “Grab them!”
These men in black weren’t ordinary people—they were martial artists, and not just any martial artists, but Innate ones.
Ian’s figure blurred as he moved to stand in front of Shelly and her four roommates.
At the same time, five Innate martial artists leapt out—four threw punches at Ian, while one circled behind him, obviously targeting Shelly.
To mobilize so many Innate fighters at once, it was clear the Mo family’s influence in Magic City was extraordinary. No wonder Monica Mo dared to be so arrogant.
“Get back!”
Ian shouted lightly and threw out five punches.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Five figures were blasted backward, crashing more than ten meters away.
Seeing this, the sharp-eyed middle-aged man’s pupils contracted sharply. To knock back five Innate First-Layer fighters with one punch each, the opponent had to be at least Innate Third Layer.
“All of you, attack together!”
He waved again, and the seven Innate Second-Layer fighters behind him all pounced at Ian. This time, they all targeted him.
“Hmph!”
With a cold snort, Ian struck again, unleashing seven punches in rapid succession.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The seven were blasted back at high speed, crashing more than ten meters away.
This time, the middle-aged leader couldn’t hide his shock. He strode forward, eyes coldly fixed on Ian, and said in a deep voice, “I am Quentin Qi, deputy leader of the Green-Red Gang. I hope you’ll come with me!”
Ian replied calmly, “Never heard of the Green-Red Gang, and I’ve never heard of you either. Tell me, are you just the Mo family’s lackey?”
A flash of anger crossed Quentin’s eyes. “Our gang leader is on friendly terms with the Mo family. At Mr. Mo’s request, I’ve come to bring you in. For the sake of the Green-Red Gang, you’d better come quietly. Otherwise, you’ll offend not only the Mo family but our gang as well!”
Ian shook his head. “I’m here only for the Mo family. If you’re not their lackey, you’d best stay out of this—take your men and leave now, and I won’t drag the Green-Red Gang into it. If you insist on meddling, then your gang has no reason to exist.”
Quentin snorted, “You’ve got a big mouth. The Green-Red Gang has a hundred years of history in Magic City—do you think you can threaten us? Since you won’t listen, I’ll take you myself!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Quentin’s aura exploded. In a flash, his palm shot toward Ian’s neck, fingers crackling with razor-sharp inner force that could pierce steel.
“You can get lost too!”
Ian ignored the palm coming for his neck, his right hand blurring into a phantom as he slapped out.
Bang!
With a muffled thud, Quentin Qi’s body flew like a severed kite and crashed more than twenty meters away, knocked completely unconscious.
Immediately after, Ian flicked out twelve strands of inner force, each one piercing the dantian of the twelve Green-Red Gang experts he’d just knocked back.
As soon as the inner force entered their dantians, it exploded, instantly shattering all twelve dantians—their cultivation was abolished.
“Wh-what just happened?”
Everything happened so fast and ended so quickly that only now did Shelly’s four roommates react. They stared at Ian in disbelief—was this real, or were they watching a live-action wuxia drama being filmed?