Chapter 34: Who Truly Rules in Luocheng

"Oh."

"It's Uncle Lin!"

Zhou Pengfei's voice came through the phone quickly. "Uncle Lin, what made you think of giving me a call today?"

At a time like this, I don't believe you don't know why I'm calling you. Lin Guodong knew full well that the other party was playing dumb.

However, since he was the one begging for a favor, he had no choice but to continue. "It's all because my daughter and son-in-law were thoughtless last night and had a misunderstanding with one of your brothers, Luo Hu. I was hoping..."

"So that's what this is about!"

Zhou Pengfei cut Lin Guodong off directly. "Uncle Lin, this isn't just a misunderstanding. More than a dozen of my men are currently lying in the hospital, and my brother Luo Hu's right hand has been completely crippled."

"My father is furious about this. I believe he has already notified you about how this matter should be handled, hasn't he?"

"Yes, yes..."

Lin Guodong hurriedly said, "Brother Long has indeed notified me. This matter was truly my son-in-law's lack of judgment; he didn't know the gravity of his actions. I originally intended to go and speak with Brother Long in person today to discuss compensation for the brothers of the Hailong Gang."

"However, Brother Long seems quite busy, so I had to disturb you instead, nephew Pengfei."

"Nephew, tell me, what do those men need? Just name it, and as long as the Lin family can do it, we will satisfy your demands with all our might."

This was exactly what Zhou Pengfei had been waiting for.

After the events of last night, what he cared about most was not the injuries of his men, nor the life or death of the Lin family's son-in-law.

It was something else.

He had received news from his injured brothers that Lin Ziqing, the young lady of the Lin family, was an absolute stunner.

Not only that, but she also had an older sister whose looks and figure were in no way inferior to her own.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Pengfei was instantly consumed by desire. He wanted to go to his father and add this as a condition to the Lin family's settlement, but he was afraid of getting beaten for being greedy.

So, he had someone find Wu Qianru, Lin Ziqing's best friend, and instructed her to pass his contact information to the Lin family, waiting for Lin Guodong to call him himself.

In his eyes, the Lin family was worth nothing. If it weren't for his obsession with Lin Guodong's two daughters, he wouldn't have bothered wasting his breath with him.

"Hahaha..." Zhou Pengfei laughed, having kept up the hypocritical pleasantries for long enough. He couldn't keep up the act anymore and said directly, "Uncle Lin, you want to put this matter behind us and have my father let the Lin family off the hook, right? Actually, that’s not impossible..."

Lin Guodong felt as though he had grabbed onto a lifeline and asked hurriedly, "Please, nephew, state your conditions."

Zhou Pengfei chuckled. "To be honest, Uncle Lin, I have long admired the beauty of your two daughters. As long as you are willing to have them each come to my villa to keep me company for a night, and guarantee that they will be at my beck and call from now on, I can go tell my father not to trouble the Lin family again."

"You..."

Hearing this demand, a metallic taste filled Lin Guodong's throat, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The entire group in the villa hall turned deathly pale. Lin Shuyun was trembling with rage, wanting to rush over and lash out at Zhou Pengfei through the phone, but her sense of reason held her back.

Lin Guodong was equally incensed and wanted nothing more than to curse Zhou Pengfei, but he knew he absolutely could not.

Using every ounce of his strength to suppress the fury in his chest, he spoke into the phone, "I am terribly sorry, nephew, but my younger daughter Ziqing is already engaged, and my elder daughter Shuyun also has someone she is devoted to. Please, name another condition. As long as I, Lin Guodong, can fulfill it, I will certainly do so."

Zhou Pengfei, having lost all patience, sneered, "Lin Guodong, I called you 'Uncle Lin' to give you face, don't you dare actually think of yourself as an elder. Let me tell you the truth: I don't care if your daughters are engaged or have someone they love. I just want to have some fun with them."

"That is my only condition. Either you obediently send your two daughters and that trash son-in-law of yours to the Hailong Gang, or you wait for the Lin family to be wiped out. Think it over carefully."

"Oh, and a reminder: my father has already made arrangements."

"If you haven't complied by sunset, he will bring the men of the Hailong Gang to pay your Lin family a personal visit."

Lin Guodong was shaking with rage, his mouth full of angry words, yet he dared not utter a single one.

Just because he didn't dare, didn't mean no one else would.

Xiao Nan, who had been listening for long enough, snatched the phone from Lin Guodong’s hand and said coldly, "Zhou Pengfei, is it? Stop thinking about my fiancée, because you won't live past tonight."

"Tell that trash of a father of yours that after today, you, him, and that garbage Hailong Gang will disappear from Luocheng forever."

"Hahahahaha..."

On the other end, Zhou Pengfei was clearly stunned for a moment after hearing Xiao Nan's words, followed by a burst of frantic laughter. "So you're that trash son-in-law of the Lin family, right? Good, very good, excellent."

"Because of that remark you just made, I've changed my mind."

"Tell Lin Guodong he doesn't need to make a decision anymore. The Lin family and the Hailong Gang will be finished—tonight."

"Also, tell your fiancée and her sister to get cleaned up. Tonight, I will have my way with them right in front of you before I slowly finish you off."

With that, Zhou Pengfei hung up.

In an instant, everyone in the hall stared at Xiao Nan, dumbfounded.

After a long silence, Lin Ziqing was the first to react. She rushed in front of Xiao Nan and screamed hysterically, "You bastard! Do you have any idea what you just said?"

"There was still a chance for things to turn around, and now, because of your words, you've completely enraged Zhou Pengfei."

"Are you not satisfied unless you get everyone in the Lin family killed?"

Li Ailing’s face was equally pale. "It's over. The Lin family is truly finished. Because of this jinx, the Lin family is absolutely done for."

The three Lin brothers slumped onto the sofa, speechless.

While his wife and daughter were busy blaming Xiao Nan, Lin Guodong felt no such desire to do the same. That animal Zhou Pengfei clearly had his eyes on his daughters. Even without Xiao Nan's words, could he really have sent his two daughters to be playthings for that beast just to buy the Lin family some peace?

That afternoon, at the Hailong Gang.

In a garden, Zhou Hailong stopped his training, checked the time, and asked Zheng Rutong beside him, "Has Lin Guodong still not sent over that useless son-in-law of his?"

He did not know that Lin Guodong had called his son, Zhou Pengfei.

"No," Zheng Rutong replied. "It seems Lin Guodong is determined not to give you any face this time, Brother Long."

"In that case, have the brothers get ready. We'll pay a visit to the Lin family tonight." A flash of ruthlessness crossed Zhou Hailong's eyes. "It's time to re-establish our authority, otherwise, many people are starting to forget who really runs things here in Luocheng."