Just as he entered the doors of Belle Building, Su Chen saw a woman rushing over in a frenzy, nearly colliding with him.
Upon a closer look, it turned out to be Lin Ruoxue, her face filled with a panicked and anxious expression, her hair even a bit disheveled.
"What happened? You seem in such a hurry."
Su Chen quickly asked, wondering what could rattle the usually composed Lin Ruoxue.
"Lin Hao has been beaten up, and he's in the hospital now."
Seeing no one else around, Lin Ruoxue filled Su Chen in on the situation.
"I'll go with you."
Lin Ruoxue glanced at Su Chen, seemingly stunned by his words.
"Even though he doesn't like me much, after all, he's my brother-in-law, and it's only right for me to visit," Su Chen said with a smile as he touched his nose.
"Alright then, let's go together."
Lin Ruoxue didn't hesitate; all she was worried about right now was her brother.
Luckily, it wasn't rush hour, and soon they drove to the hospital, found Lin Hao's room, and Lin Ruoxue ran straight to it.
Bursting into the room, Lin Ruoxue saw Lin Hao with bandages on his arm, his body covered in bruises, looking rather pitiful.
"Little Hao, where else are you hurt? Why did you get into a fight? You really won't give anyone peace of mind."
Seeing her little brother in such a state, Lin Ruoxue's tears threatened to fall.
"Sis, I'm fine. Why are you being just like mom? I wouldn't have told you if I'd known," Lin Hao said with a hint of a headache, frustrated by the trouble caused by women.
"To look like this and still say it's nothing, how worried mom and dad would be."
Although Lin Ruoxue often came across as cold, in the face of her own family, the softer side of a woman revealed itself.
"I called you here because of this. I definitely can't go home looking like this; help me tell mom and dad that I need to go away for a few days."
Lin Hao was speaking when he suddenly caught sight of Su Chen behind him, his expression immediately shifting:
"What are you doing here?"
"Little Hao, he's your brother-in-law, mind your manners," Lin Ruoxue said.
"Sister, I already know everything there is to know about your marriage, and grandpa must be senile to have pushed you into this," Lin Hao said with resentment and pity, "Sister, think about it, how many young masters want to pursue you, and Young Master Liu is wholly smitten with you. Which one of them isn't a hundred times better than this guy?"
"Tsk, you've been beaten like this and still don't dare to say who did it. What a wimp you've become."
Lin Hao, a hot-blooded young man, couldn't stand being called a coward to his face and immediately retorted:
"What's there to be afraid of saying, it was Long Xiaobin. I was out for breakfast with my girlfriend, and when she was on her way to the restroom, she encountered him and he harassed her. I happened to see it and punched him, then his bodyguards came at me."
Truth be told, Lin Hao wouldn't have dared to make a move had he recognized Long Xiaobin, as Long Xiaobin was none other than the only beloved son of Dragon Lord.
And who was Dragon Lord? He was a figure second only to the Four Great Families! Certainly not someone the Lin Family could contend with.
"So, what do you plan to do about this? Just let it go?" Su Chen casually picked up an apple and began to peel it.
"What can I do? Long Xiaobin is Dragon Lord's son, and Dragon Lord is not someone I can afford to provoke."
Lin Hao sighed. Although impulsive and passionate, he was no fool; fighting Dragon Lord was like an egg against a rock.
"Do you want revenge?"
Su Chen handed him the peeled apple and asked indifferently.
Lin Hao didn't answer but rolled his eyes at Su Chen, thinking to himself, isn't that obvious?
He might want revenge, but what could he use to get it?
"If you want to get back at him, call me this afternoon."
Su Chen took out a pen and paper from the bedside cabinet, wrote down a number, and handed it to him.
"Don't be reckless, do you know who Dragon Lord is? He's the leader of Jiangnan's underground forces!"
Lin Hao abruptly sat up from the bed, looking at Su Chen as if he were crazy.
"Does it matter?" Su Chen smiled faintly, "If you've been hit and don't even dare to hit back, don't pretend to be a man in front of me ever again."
Stung by Su Chen's words, Lin Hao's face flushed with anger, and his blood boiled with fervor: "Fine! Let's do it!"
After speaking, Lin Hao couldn't help but look at Su Chen curiously, wondering how this guy dared to take on the Dragon Prosperity Society. He really didn't know if this guy was missing a screw.
But since things had escalated to this point, if he backed down now, it would be too humiliating, especially in front of Su Chen, whom he had always looked down upon, so he gritted his teeth and committed.
In fact, Su Chen's decision to trouble the Dragon Prosperity Society wasn't just because Lin Hao had been beaten—it was certainly an important reason, since Lin Hao was his brother-in-law after all.
But another reason was that he had already gotten into trouble with the Dragon Prosperity Society the previous night.
As far as Su Chen was concerned, it was better to strike first rather than wait for the other side to make a move.
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