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The next day, in a tastefully decorated private restaurant near the university town, the air was filled with the faint scent of sandalwood.

Hu Chenghui sat in the main seat of the private room, a cigar between his fingers, the bluish-white smoke swirling and rising, blurring his smug face.

He waited for more than ten minutes until the carved wooden door of the private room was pushed open.

His henchman, a burly man with a face full of scars, walked in, his tone revealing undisguised contempt: "Boss, that kid's here."

Hu Chenghui nodded slightly. For these ruthless people who had survived the bloodshed and struggled through chaotic times, a student like Lu Yuan, who barely managed to gain a foothold by relying on others' power, was simply beneath their notice.

"Let him in." Hu Chenghui exhaled a smoke ring and leaned back lazily in his chair.

Not long after, Lu Yuan was brought in.

Upon seeing Lu Yuan's attire, Hu Chenghui was first taken aback, then burst into laughter.

Lu Yuan in front of me looked like a spy who had just stepped out of a spy movie. His large black trench coat covered his body completely, he wore a baseball cap, wide-rimmed sunglasses, and a huge black mask on his nose, making him completely covered up.

"Hahaha! Brother Lu, do you really need to make such a fuss?" Hu Chenghui laughed until tears streamed down his face, pointing at Lu Yuan and teasing, "Like a spy rendezvous in a movie! Let me tell you, you're just being guilty, burying your head in the sand. The more you try to cover it up, the more people will think you're hiding something!"

He paused, his tone suddenly turning cold, with a hint of condescending mockery: "So what if you have a life on your hands? Ask around, who in this room, including me, doesn't have a few lives on their hands? So you're still young, and you think the sky is falling just because something happened, and you're all scared like this."

Lu Yuan remained silent in the face of Hu Chenghui's repeated teasing. He walked to the table, sat down, and stiffly removed his hat, sunglasses, and mask, tossing them aside.

The disguise was removed, revealing a bloodless, haggard face.

Hu Chenghui glanced at it and chuckled: "No, Brother Lu, it's just that you did something shady. Is it really worth losing a night's sleep over? Have you looked in the mirror? Your dark circles are as heavy as a panda's."

Lu Yuan pursed his lips, his voice hoarse: "I really didn't sleep much all night."

"Oh, Brother Lu, you're still young and inexperienced." Hu Chenghui leaned forward, a sinister glint in his eyes, and deliberately lowered his voice to speak closer, "I was only sixteen or seventeen when I killed someone for the first time. I was working for a gangster back then; he crippled the guy, and I was in charge of cleaning up. Guess what I did?"

He licked his lips, a chilling look of reminiscence creeping across his face: "I slit that man's throat like I was killing a chicken, drained his blood, and then chopped him into a dozen pieces with a butcher's knife. The blood was everywhere, sticky and gooey. Back then, I wasn't strong enough to cut through big bones like the thigh bone in one stroke; I had to grit my teeth and chop many times..."

Hu Chenghui's madness was palpable, as if he were back at that bloody scene. He stared intently at Lu Yuan, trying to detect fear on the other's face.

Lu Yuan was indeed afraid, but he knew even more clearly that Hu Chenghui's words were more of a threat to force him to commit a crime.

Seeing Lu Yuan's pale face, Hu Chenghui smiled with satisfaction and continued, "And the last person I killed was the older brother who took me under his wing back then. I'm telling you all this just to tell you that when you look back many years from now, what's happening now will be nothing at all."

After saying that, he casually raised his hand and beckoned with his finger.

A man in a suit who was waiting behind immediately stepped forward, took a stack of documents from his briefcase, and gently placed them on the table. Another man in a suit walked forward carrying a black briefcase and snapped the clasp open.

The box was opened, revealing neatly stacked stacks of bright red 100-yuan bills, their glaring red gleaming alluringly under the light.

Hu Chenghui pushed the document in front of Lu Yuan, handed him a pen, and said with a smile, "Here, sign it, take this million and leave. I promise I'll never make things difficult for you again."

Lu Yuan picked up the document, his gaze sweeping over the densely packed clauses. He read it very slowly, taking a full seven or eight minutes, but he didn't start writing anything.

The air in the private room gradually solidified.

Hu Chenghui's smile faded, his brows furrowed, and his tone became impatient: "Brother Lu, being cautious is a good thing, but aren't you taking far too long? We're all busy people; wasting your time like this is pointless. No matter how much you delay, you'll still have to sell the project to me in the end, won't you?"

Lu Yuan reluctantly put down the document, took the pen, unscrewed the cap, and pretended to sign it.

Hu Chenghui's tense nerves relaxed slightly, and a triumphant smile appeared on his lips.

But just as the pen was about to touch the paper, Lu Yuan stopped. He looked up, his eyes fixed on Hu Chenghui: "After I sign, you must completely delete the videos you filmed in front of me."

"No problem." Hu Chenghui paused for a moment, then nodded readily.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and raised his hand again. Hu Chenghui's emotions surged once more, but Lu Yuan's hand hovered in mid-air, stopping again, his voice carrying a do-or-die warning: "If you dare to play me, I will never let you off."

"Hey, hurry up and sign!" Hu Chenghui completely lost his patience and impatiently tapped the table. "We're all from the underworld. We follow the rules, we always keep our word, and we would never cheat anyone."

"Not trying to scam people? You've really screwed me over this time." Lu Yuan couldn't help but smirk self-deprecatingly.

Hu Chenghui smiled smugly: "That's called outsmarting people! There aren't many rules in business. When faced with huge profits, any means are acceptable. Brother Lu, you still have a lot to learn. Sign it quickly, consider it my first lesson in the ways of the world."

"All right……"

Lu Yuan lowered his head, as if he had completely resigned himself to his fate, and his shoulders slumped.

Just as he was about to put pen to paper, a shrill female voice suddenly came from outside the private room door, accompanied by loud banging on the door:

"Lu Yuan! I know you're in there! Hiding from me, are you? Get out here!"

With a loud bang, the carved wooden door of the private room was suddenly pushed open.

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to it.

Ye Yixian barged in unreasonably, her eyes red-rimmed and her hair disheveled. The two burly men guarding the door were clearly not expecting a girl to dare to cause such a scene, and for a moment they couldn't stop her.

"Who goes there?!" Hu Chenghui roared in anger, slamming his hand on the table.

The men in suits under his command became alert and immediately stepped forward to stop Ye Yixian.

"Lu Yuan, I knew you'd be here!" Ye Yixian stared intently at Lu Yuan, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls.

Everyone present looked at Lu Yuan with puzzled expressions, as if asking: What did you do to make that girl like this?

Hu Chenghui took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart.

He knew that the most urgent task was to get Lu Yuan to sign the document. He absolutely could not let this young girl cause trouble here. Once things got out of hand, there would be many more variables.

His goal wasn't to put Lu Yuan in jail for life, but to threaten him.

He softened his tone as much as possible, looking at Ye Yixian: "Young lady, you look familiar. You're Brother Lu's girlfriend, right?"

"Yes, I am his girlfriend!" Ye Yixian admitted, crying.

"I'm discussing business with your boyfriend. Can you wait a bit before we talk about anything else?" Hu Chenghui patiently advised.

"cannot!"

Ye Yixian was heartbroken and aggrieved. With trembling hands, she pulled a crumpled piece of paper from her bag and held it high: "Lu Yuan, I'm pregnant! What do you say we do?"

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Everyone in the private room gasped.

All eyes turned to Lu Yuan again, their eyes filled with shock and gossip, as if to say: Wow, he became a father in his teens!

"Look, I just went to the hospital for a checkup! I'm pregnant, but he doesn't care about me anymore!" Ye Yixian held up the ultrasound report and handed it to everyone, as if these people could make decisions for her.

It's human nature to gossip, and even Hu Chenghui couldn't help but glance at the form. It did indeed have a clear black-and-white image printed on it, confirming that she was pregnant.

But he soon realized that this farce had to end immediately.

"Enough!" Hu Chenghui's face was ashen as he roared, "Get her out of here!"

Two burly men immediately stepped forward, grabbed Ye Yixian's arms on either side, and forcibly dragged her towards the door.

"Lu Yuan! I'm carrying your child, you have to take responsibility!" Ye Yixian struggled, her heart-wrenching cries echoing in the corridor until the door to the private room was slammed shut, completely cutting off the sound.

The private room fell silent again, with only the smoke from sandalwood incense lingering in the air.

Lu Yuan rubbed his forehead in pain, his face extremely pale.

Hu Chenghui's face was cold, and his tone was icy: "Your affair with your little girlfriend can wait. Becoming a father unexpectedly is a good thing. Now, hurry up and sign it; it'll be better for everyone."

"Okay...okay."

Lu Yuan sighed and picked up his pen again. Before signing, he pointed to the contract in front of him and checked it one last time: "Are you sure you want to sign this?"

"Yes, sign it quickly! Two copies, you sign it and then I'll sign it." Hu Chenghui was extremely impatient. He never expected that signing a contract could cause so many problems.

"Alright."

Lu Yuan nodded, and under everyone's gaze, finally lowered his head and signed his name on the paper.

Hu Chenghui was overjoyed. He snatched the document, signed his name without hesitation, and then threw his head back and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! They're all mine! It was all so easy!"