“Oh right—I wanted to check if there are any documents left unsigned. Where did they go?”The moment Derek finished speaking, Anna suddenly acted as if she had remembered something urgent. She quickly changed the subject, returned to her desk, and began rummaging through documents as though she were genuinely busy.Three days of preparation passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was time for enrollment.Kelvin and Derek set off together, while Anna headed out separately from the company.After all, her status was different from theirs. Even though her business wasn’t particularly large, she already had a solid foundation in the business world. That set her apart from Kelvin and Derek, who were enrolling as beginners.During those three days, Kelvin and Derek immersed themselves in studying business and finance. Since they had left school midway, they knew it might be difficult to keep up with formal teaching, so they worked hard to catch up in advance.During this period, Kelvin’s

“Don’t expect any courtesy here. This isn’t that lousy university anymore. The people here are either rich or powerful. I don’t know how you two managed to sneak in, but Young Master Sun wants to see you tonight. Eight o’clock. Seaside Pavilion Restaurant. If you don’t show up, you’ll regret it.”So Ryan was nothing more than someone else’s errand boy—just passing along a message.Kelvin and Derek had only just enrolled at Ebinghao Business School and didn’t know anyone yet. Who exactly was this “Young Master Sun”? And why did he want to meet them?Whether now or before, the only people who had any issues with Kelvin and Derek were Carter and Ryan. There had never been any mention of a “Young Master Sun” until now.Kelvin and Derek came here to study business and finance. As for everything else, they had no interest.Since Kelvin had chosen this business school, he was confident he could handle whatever came his way. As for violence, he already knew that Victor had bodyguards nearby.

"F*ck, you still want to resist? Brothers, beat him to death!"Seeing Kelvin Carter fight back, the hoodlums felt insulted and rushed at him even more aggressively.In just a few seconds, one of them had already charged straight at Kelvin. As fists and kicks came flying toward him, Derek quickly and carefully set Anna down before rushing to Kelvin’s side to help."Ah—!"Before Derek could even make his move, a scream like a pig being slaughtered echoed through the room. But it didn’t come from Kelvin—it came from the thug leading the charge.At that moment, Kelvin stood calmly with a retractable baton in his hand, his posture steady, eyes locked on the group in front of him.One thug lay on the ground clutching his thigh, wailing and trembling violently, as if trying to show just how much pain he was in.The rest of the hoodlums clearly lacked real fighting experience—or courage. Seeing the weapon in Kelvin’s hand, they hesitated, cursing loudly but not daring to step forward again.R

Before hanging up, Frank could hear someone beside him asking who was on the other end of the call.At that moment, Kelvin finally understood why his father could be so cold and ruthless toward ordinary people. It was because kindness meant nothing to those who didn’t value it.Less than ten seconds later, Kelvin’s phone rang again. It was the Carter Group representative.“This is the second time. I don’t want it happening again. You have one hour to gather all illegal evidence on the Civil and Martial Group. If you can’t find any, then make something happen. I’ll be waiting for you at Meridian Tower.”Kelvin didn’t believe for a second that Ryan’s company was clean. If there was dirt to uncover, that was the best place to start.Anna, who was driving, said nothing as she glanced at Kelvin. The sudden shift in him—cold, sharp, and distant—made him feel like a stranger.On the way, Kelvin drifted off again, still dizzy. When he woke up, the car had already been parked outside Meridian

The van smelled of cigarettes and industrial cleaner, which was a specific combination that Kelvin filed away as information about the kind of operation he was walking into. He sat in the back with his four bodyguards arranged around him in the configuration of people who were supposed to be holding him and were actually protecting him, which required a specific quality of acting that all four of them were managing with professional competence. He kept his head down and thought. Carter had not acted alone. The dinner had been arranged too specifically, the coordination with the kidnapping attempt had been too clean. Someone had told Carter that Anna and Derek would be at that location. Someone had arranged Brother Long as a backup when the dinner plan failed. The question was the same one he had asked in the hospital room before Derek briefed him. Who knew. The van stopped. The Imperial Entertainment Club had the specific aesthetic of a place that had spent a significant amount