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Chapter 38 Trouble at the Night Market
Before the overturned table stood a man bowing his head, apologizing over and over. From this distance, his words were lost in the noise. The brute facing him, however, wasn’t having any of it—he grabbed the man by the collar and hurled him to the ground.The owner of the neighboring stall fell silent on the spot. Adrian, a trained fighter with keener sight than most, noticed a crushed cigarette butt beneath the man’s foot.“Old Thompson,” the brute sneered, “what’s it gonna be—pay up, or pack your junk and scram?”“Mr. White, I…”“Save it. None of your business,” he snapped at the neighboring stallholder, who shut his mouth at once. He glanced at his friend sprawled on the ground and sighed. This was a man none of them could afford to cross.Old Thompson, the one Mr. White had thrown down, fumbled upright, his face drawn with worry.“Mr. White, please—can you give me a little more time…”“Say that again?” Mr. White drawled. “Old Thompson, it’s not like we’re unreasonable people.”See
Chapter 37 A Different Kind of Dinner
Realizing Adrian had completely misread her, Daisy’s face darkened for a moment.“I meant giving you shares of Hill Group! What on earth is going on in that head of yours?”Adrian lowered his gaze and rubbed the bridge of his nose, faintly disappointed.He hadn’t heard the whole sentence—hardly his fault.Daisy shook her head, exasperated. “I’ll have Legal draft the contract right now.”“That’s not necessary. Handing you the formula was my choice.”“If I say you’re getting it, you’re getting it.”Before Adrian could argue, Daisy strode off to the legal department.Was it really that urgent? Adrian lounged in the office chair, idly thumbing through a stack of files. In any case, he and Daisy would be family sooner or later; he didn’t particularly care about the formalities.Truth be told, as long as he wanted something, lack was never his problem.To Daisy, however, Adrian’s abilities were a treasure in their own right. It wasn’t that she distrusted him—quite the opposite. But what’s o
Chapter 36: Striking Gold
“Sob… fine, I’ll kneel… I’ll apologize…”It was bullying, plain and simple. Tears and snot ran down J. Ino’s face.Adrian wiped his hands on the man’s jacket with open distaste before rising to his feet.Ino scrambled up and staggered to Neil Peterson, then dropped to his knees with a thud.He opened his mouth and spat a mouthful of blood—two teeth clattered out with it.“Mr. Peterson, I’m sorry. I took advantage and went for a sneak attack. I was wrong.”“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have come to your dojo when you were hurt and laid so many of your people out. I was wrong!”“I’m sorry. I lost and still tried to ambush you. I was wrong!”On and on the apologies went, piling detail upon detail as if terrified that anything less than exhaustive remorse would earn him another beating from Adrian.Neil pressed his lips tight. The whole hall stared, eyes threatening to pop from their sockets.Everyone silently agreed: anything involving Adrian had to be handled with extreme caution.Terrifying
Chapter 35: Kneel and Apologize
Neil Peterson took a step forward with a barked challenge—but before the words had fully left his mouth, J. Ino moved. The sudden strike was so swift it startled the crowd.Fortunately, Neil’s reflexes were faster; he slipped aside and the blow cut air.“Snatching the initiative like that—despicable,” Adrian sighed. Shameless, indeed, as the disciples had said.“Coward!”“He even went for a cheap shot!”“Scum—afraid you can’t win straight up?”The jeers rolled on, but the two men in the center paid them no mind.Ino ignored the noise. His first strike failed, so he launched a second, eyes locked on Neil, feet driving hard as he shifted from open hand to a fist aimed at Neil’s face.Prepared this time, Neil would not be taken. He intercepted the seemingly crushing blow and countered with his free hand.Pinned by Neil’s grip, J. Ino’s arm wouldn’t budge; he had to wrench his left hand free just to barely keep up. Inside, he was rattled—Neil was locking down half his body with a single h
Chapter 34: A Challenge at the Gates
“It’s over! It’s over, over, over…”Seeing Neil Peterson spit such a mouthful of blood, Vincent Wallace spun in frantic circles. If Adrian were blamed, what then?Adrian, unruffled, stepped off the bed and moved aside with a faint, amused curve to his lips as he watched Neil.Neil caught his breath, then flipped off the bed in one fluid motion, startling Ronald as he rushed to his side.What on earth—“Master, you’ve given me a second life. Please accept my bow.”He sank to his knees and knocked his head to the floor, earnest and unflinching.The thud left everyone dumbstruck.In the space of a single day, Ronald’s sense of the world had been overturned too many times to count. He couldn’t keep up.Neil had been confined to bed for four or five days—without even water these last two—so weak a toddler could have toppled him. Now he moved with the vigor of a man in his prime—and then kowtowed, and to a young man even younger than Ronald himself.The room was packed, yet utterly silent.
Chapter 33: Breaking Through
Ronald Peterson hauled the collapsed Neil Peterson upright. His father’s burning skin sent him into a blind panic, and he turned to Vincent Wallace in desperation.Vincent didn’t dare make a reckless move. The dojo disciples crowded around him, pleading for help.“Mr. Peterson isn’t an ordinary man. A martial artist’s physique is… different. I’m out of my depth.”“He’s burning up—he won’t stop shaking!”“Dr. Wallace, could you take another look at my father?”Ronald’s voice trembled as he begged, forcing himself to stay calm. He had never pleaded with anyone like this.Vincent couldn’t bear the sight. Neil’s body shuddered; an unnatural flush crept over his face.Seeing Vincent step forward, Ronald quickly eased his father back onto the bed and made room.Vincent took his pulse—and his brow knit at once.“Doctor, how is our chairman?”“Quieter—let the master work.”Vincent exhaled hard. His expression offered little hope. He could tell Neil’s condition was deteriorating by the breath,
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