Courtyard House: Home Alone

Kong Lingwei was clearly not expecting that a teenager would come out. He paused, holding a cigar, and glanced at Lin Yifan sideways: "So you're the one who dared to act wildly here, mess with my people? And you even dared to say that you want my brother to pay two thousand dollars to buy this dilapidated house?"

Heh! I think you're tired of living, aren't you? I shot and killed a policeman on the streets of Nanjing when I was twenty. You were probably still peeing and playing in the mud back then. Just imagine, if I shot you right now...

"What do you think will happen?" Kong Lingwei said, holding a cigar between two fingers and looking at Lin Yifan with a half-smile. "I reckon your parents will have to have another baby. No! I won't let them have another chance."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Kong Lingwei's butler rushed forward, pointing at Lin Yifan and bowing obsequiously, saying, "Second Young Master! It's this kid! He's the one who pointed a gun at me and broke the bones of four of our brothers! Please, don't let him get away with this!"

Lin Yifan leaned against the gate with his arms crossed, looking at Kong Lingwei and slowly said, "Stop talking tough to me. You shot and killed someone on the streets of Nanjing back then because you hit someone with your car. You took your anger out on the police. Do you think nobody knows about this?"

What, are you trying to use the same trick again today, to kill me and establish your authority?

I can tell you, if you or your men dare to pull out a gun, none of you will leave alive, not even the bald man. Want to try?

Kong Lingwei's smile froze instantly. She hadn't expected this unknown kid to dare expose her secrets in public and show her so little respect. She really didn't know if he was a hothead or... a hothead.

His face immediately darkened, and his hand unconsciously reached for the gun handle at his waist: "Good lad, you've got a tough tongue. I'll see who doesn't make it to tomorrow."

Seeing this, the bodyguards behind her all drew their guns and aimed them at Lin Yifan. The air suddenly became tense, and the onlookers were so frightened that they quickly hid behind, afraid of being injured by stray bullets.

Lin Yifan showed no fear whatsoever; his mental energy had already firmly locked onto everyone outside the courtyard. He then smiled faintly: "Have you all forgotten what I just said so quickly?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bloody hole appeared between the eyebrows of all six bodyguards behind Kong Lingwei.

The six bodyguards didn't even have time to scream before they fell straight down, their bright red blood flowing down the steps, startling the onlookers who hadn't yet gotten far away.

Kong Lingwei was also stunned by this sudden turn of events. She had never seen such a scene in her life. Six people were shot in the forehead at the same time, and they didn't even see when the other party fired the gun. What kind of terrifying marksmanship was this?

She almost instinctively reached for her pistol, but then suddenly remembered what Lin Yifan had just said: "Anyone who dares to pull out a gun will die!"

Her hand, which was on the gun handle, froze. She didn't dare to move it for a long time. A layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on her forehead, and even the fingers holding the cigar trembled uncontrollably.

The crucial point is that there was a puddle of urine on her white trousers. The dignified second young lady of the Kong family was so frightened that she lost control of her bladder.

Looking at her pale face, Lin Yifan slowly straightened up and walked towards her step by step. With each step, Kong Lingwei's face paled a little more. Only when Lin Yifan stood in front of her did she manage to steady herself.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Who exactly are you? Do you know who I am? If you dare touch me, my aunt will never let you get away with it!"

Lin Yifan chuckled, reached out and snatched the pistol from her waist, then casually began to play with it.

"Of course I know who you are, that's why I'm keeping you alive to stand here and talk to me," Lin Yifan's voice wasn't loud, but every word hit Kong Lingwei's heart.

"What happened today was entirely your fault, Yang Company. You forcibly seized a private residence and then came to force me to move out. Do you really think there's no law here?"

Kong Lingwei swallowed hard, looking at the corpse on the ground, and stubbornly said, "That...that land was originally the company's target. We gave them compensation according to the rules. They refused to move, so how can it be called robbery?"

"One hundred silver dollars to buy a 300-square-meter house with a yard? Is this what you call compensation according to the rules? I'm telling you right now, if you want this land, bring ten thousand silver dollars. Not a penny less!"

Furthermore, go back and tell Minister Kong and your aunt that China belongs to 400 million Chinese people. It does not belong to the Chiang family, nor the Soong family, and certainly not to your Kong family's cash cow.

In this era of internal and external troubles, you are still profiting from the national crisis... Aren't you afraid of incurring public anger? Or displeasing certain individuals?

Kong Lingwei's face turned pale and then red, the six bodyguard corpses behind her lying haphazardly on the ground. The middle-aged man surnamed Kong was so frightened that he was paralyzed on the ground and couldn't even speak. There wasn't a single extra sound around him; everyone held their breath. No one could believe that someone would dare to speak to Kong Lingwei like that, especially a child of about ten years old.

Kong Lingwei had long wanted to shoot this young upstart, but remembering what had just happened, he didn't dare to do anything else.

He gritted his teeth and held back for a long time before finally speaking fiercely: "Who exactly are you? Ten thousand silver dollars? Why don't you just rob someone!"

Lin Yifan raised an eyebrow and chuckled, then slapped her across the face. The crisp sound echoed clearly in the quiet street corner, sending Kong Lingwei's head snapping to the side. Half her face instantly swelled up, and blood trickled from her mouth. "Rob me? I'll rob you today! As for who I am? Heh, you can ask Dai Yunong when you get back!"

Lin Yifan's voice was chillingly cold: "Either have someone send you ten thousand silver dollars right now, or I'll send you to meet the King of Hell right now. You choose. I'll give you ten seconds to think it over."

And I'm warning you again, don't think that just because you're in Chongqing, under the protection of the Jiang family and your aunt, you can get revenge on me. The price you pay, or even the combined price of the families behind you, is too high to bear.

Kong Lingwei's face was burning with pain, and her mind was buzzing. In all her life, when had she ever been slapped in public, or been bullied like this?

Looking at the six still-bleeding corpses on the ground, a chill that seemed to rise from the very bones pressed down on her, making it hard to even breathe, and she couldn't utter a single harsh word. She was arrogant and domineering, but she was also a clever woman.

She gritted her bloodied teeth, staring into Lin Yifan's icy eyes, not daring to hesitate for even a second, and hurriedly nodded: "Okay! Ten thousand silver dollars it is! I'll have someone send it over!"

With a trembling voice, she ordered the slumped-on-the-floor housekeeper, "What...what are you all standing there for! Quickly call the company and have the finance department send over ten thousand silver dollars immediately! Hurry!"

The middle-aged man surnamed Kong scrambled to his feet and stumbled to the roadside phone booth to deliver a message. His legs were so weak that he could barely walk and couldn't stand steadily for a long time.

Looking at Kong Lingwei's pale and unsightly face, Lin Yifan took a step back and leaned against the door frame, waiting slowly with his arms crossed, showing no intention of being polite.