I chose one of four options at the start, and I chose the number one clan in Lingnan.

A steel pipe was pressing down on his throat.

The kitchen helper gripped Lin Fei's arm tightly with both hands, her fingernails scratching several bloody marks on his arm.

He opened his mouth, making strange gurgling sounds from his throat.

Lin Fei pressed his wrist down, and the steel pipe dug into his flesh. The kitchen helper rolled his eyes and kicked his legs wildly on the ground.

"Speak," Lin Fei said.

The kitchen helper nodded frantically, and Lin Fei released his grip, lifting the steel pipe. The kitchen helper lay on the ground, panting heavily, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood.

He looked up and saw a hundred men surrounding him, each carrying a hundred rubber batons.

"It's Brother Guang! Brother Guang from the billiards hall in the county town!" the kitchen helper cried out. "Half an hour ago, Brother Guang's men broke into my house."

They held a knife to my wife's neck and handed me a packet of powder. They said if I didn't pour it into my great-grandfather's soup, they would kill my whole family!

The kitchen helper knelt on the ground and banged his head against the tiles. The sound was loud; his forehead was bleeding.

"I have no choice! I really have no choice! If I don't do it, my wife and children will die. Grandfather, please kill me!" The cook wailed, lying in the blood.

The men from Zhongtang around him gripped their rubber batons and took a step forward.

"You bastard! You're willing to kill your great-grandfather for the sake of your wife and children! I'll skin you alive!" A man raised a stick, ready to strike.

Lin Fei raised his hand to block the man and turned to look at the main table.

Lin Ting sat in the chair, looking at Lin Tao who had collapsed beside him. Lin Tao's convulsions were getting weaker and weaker, and he was taking in more air than he was exhaling.

His face turned black, and his lips were a shiny purple; the toxins had already entered his internal organs.

Lin Ting brought up the system panel.

With over 20,000 points of family prosperity remaining in the upper right corner of the interface, he opened the system shop. Scrolling through the interface, he found the medical assistance category.

[Special Antidote: Extracted from a high-tech dimension, effective against both conventional chemical and biological toxins. Exchange Price: 1000 Prosperity Points.]

Lin Ting clicked "Redeem".

With prosperity points deducted by one thousand, Lin Ting reached into the sleeve of his black long coat.

A glass test tube filled with a clear blue liquid appeared in my palm.

He stood up, walked over, and squatted down next to Lin Tao.

"Pry his mouth open," Lin Ting ordered.

Lin Fei threw away the steel pipe, squatted down, pinched Lin Tao's cheeks, and squeezed them forcefully to the sides.

Lin Tao clenched his teeth tightly. Lin Fei grabbed a stainless steel spoon from the table next to him, inserted the handle into Lin Tao's teeth, and pried it open forcefully.

Open your mouth.

Lin Ting removed the cork from the test tube and poured all the blue liquid into Lin Tao's mouth, the liquid flowing down his throat.

Lin Ting stood up.

Less than half a minute later, Lin Tao's stomach started rumbling.

He straightened up, turned his head to the side, and vomited a mouthful of foul-smelling black blood with a "whoosh".

Blood sprayed onto the tiles, producing white foam.

After spitting out the black blood, the blackness on Lin Tao's face subsided, and his breathing gradually became steady.

Lin Fei reached out and checked Lin Tao's breath.

"Grandpa, Taozi is calm now, his life is saved!" Lin Fei stood up and shouted.

The hundred men breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Ting stared at the kitchen helper on the ground, who was dumbfounded.

He witnessed Lin Tao nearly die after drinking the soup, but Lin Ting gave him a dose of medicine, and he came back to life.

"Grandpa! Please save my wife and children! Brother Guang's men are still in my house!"

"If I don't go back to report, they'll use knives!" The kitchen helper crawled over and hugged Lin Ting's leg.

Lin Fei kicked the kitchen helper in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground. "You still have the nerve to beg Grandpa for help?"

The cook got up and continued kowtowing. "If only you would save my wife and children, I would serve you like a slave!"

I'm going to the police station to identify Brother Guang! I'll expose all of Brother Guang's establishments!

Lin Ting reached out and dusted off the hem of his long gown.

"Address," Lin Ting uttered.

The kitchen helper quickly gave the name of an old residential area in the north of the county town, took out the house key, and handed it over with both hands.

Lin Ting looked at Lin Fei. "Pick fifteen quick-handed brothers, grab your weapons, and go bring the man out. If Brother Guang's men dare to stop us, cripple them all."

Lin Fei took the keys. "Understood!"

Lin Fei turned around and walked into the crowd, selecting fifteen of the strongest men from Zhongtang.

The fifteen men tucked the rubber batons back into their waistbands and ran down the stairs.

Lin Fu moved closer to Lin Ting. "Grandpa, although Taozi has been saved, we can't swallow this insult."

Guang's billiards hall isn't far from here. Let's send a hundred of us over there, smash up his place, and drag Guang out!"

The men of the Lin family responded in unison, waving their rubber batons as they rushed out.

"Stop right there," Lin Ting said.

The sound echoed through the hall, and everyone stopped in their tracks.

Lin Ting looked at the mess in the restaurant lobby.

"Smash them up? This county is Brother Guang's territory. If we go and smash them up, we'll be playing right into his hands."

He'd love for us to cause trouble in the county town so the police could arrest us all.

Lin Fu was taken aback.

"Brother Guang wants to use someone else to do his dirty work and take away the Lin family's livelihood. He thinks the Lin family only has a few hundred people." Lin Ting clenched the two walnuts in his hand.

"Put Lin Tao in the car and take him to the town's health center. Tie up this kitchen helper, gag him, and take him away." Lin Ting turned and walked towards the stairwell.

Several men found a tablecloth, tied the cook's hands and feet tightly, and stuffed a rag into his mouth.

The other men lifted Lin Tao up and followed Lin Ting downstairs.

The lobby on the first floor of Jubinlou.

The roller shutter door was pulled open, letting in the night breeze, and several light trucks and SUVs parked on the roadside started moving.

Lin Ting walked out of the restaurant and stood on the steps.

He put the two walnuts into his pocket and tugged at the collar of his black long coat.

The night wind made the long gown rustle.

Lin Fu opened the door of the SUV, Lin Ting got into the back seat, and Lin Fei followed and got into the passenger seat.

The underground billiard hall in the county town.

Guang Ge sat in the armchair in the dark room, a cigar between his fingers, and exhaled a smoke ring.

The short-haired bodyguard pushed open the door and walked in.

"Brother Guang, there's some commotion at Jubinlou. The main gate is closed. A dozen or so people just ran out and drove off towards the north of the city," the bodyguard reported.

Guang took the ashtray and stubbed out his cigar.

"Lin Ting is dead, and his men are in disarray. The north of the city is the direction to the cook's house, so don't worry about them."

"The Lin family is leaderless. Tomorrow morning, we'll send someone to take over Wang Dafa's five supermarkets." Guang Ge stood up.

The bodyguard nodded. "Brother Guang is brilliant. The Lin family disintegrated on their own without us even lifting a finger."

Guang Ge grabbed the iron flask from the table and started twirling it in his hands. A clicking sound echoed in the dark room.

At the same time.

The Lin family's convoy drove out of the county town and onto the national highway.

The streetlights rushed past, and the carriage was completely quiet.

Lin Fu sat in the driver's seat, gripping the steering wheel tightly. He glanced at Lin Ting in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

Lin Ting closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

Lin Fei sat in the passenger seat, holding a walkie-talkie, waiting for his brothers who had gone to rescue people to send back a message.

Ten minutes later, a static sound came from the walkie-talkie.

"Brother Fei! We've found him in the north of the city! Brother Guang left two henchmen to guard the gate, but they got their legs broken by the brothers."

"My wife and children who helped with cooking are safe. We're heading to Tazhai with our men."

Lin Fei pressed the call button. "Good job, go straight back to the village."

Lin Fei turned to look at the back row. "Grandpa, the person has been rescued."

Lin Ting opened his eyes.

"Go back to Tazhai."

Lin Ting took out a walkie-talkie and pressed the full-band call button.

"Ring the ancient bell of the ancestral hall."