Seeing the treatment he was getting, a thought crossed the minds of the onlookers.
’When are some bandits going to show up, fill that brat with holes, and steal his women and his fancy car?’
Showing off so brazenly... it really pissed people off.
The luxury car drove away from the airport, surrounded by its escort convoy, and the resentful, green-eyed onlookers slowly dispersed.
In a convertible sports car parked some distance away, a very wild-looking girl smirked.
"The Oil Prince of Fairyland, hmm? Interesting."
She turned to the driver beside her. "Jack, follow them!"
Jack’s stomach churned with jealousy.
He was, after all, her official boyfriend, but she was usually ice-cold toward him. Who would’ve thought that the sight of this Oil Prince would turn her into such a star-struck fangirl?
"Ruth, this is out of line. I’m your actual boyfriend. Why are you tailing some strange man?"
Ruth paid no mind to her boyfriend’s jealousy.
"Oh my god!"
she exclaimed dramatically.
"That man is my one true soulmate! The moment I saw him, I felt like I could fly! I’ve become an angel!"
The young man named Jack slammed his foot on the brake.
"Don’t forget, Ruth. Our families have already arranged our marriage."
Hearing this, Ruth snorted. "Jack, I’ll ask you one question: are you going to follow them or not?"
Jack, mustering courage from god-knows-where, declared, "Today, I’m exercising my rights as your boyfriend! You’d better explain yourself. Have you fallen for someone else?!"
Ruth had the temper of a spoiled princess and snorted at his words.
"So what if I have? What are you going to do, kill me?"
In a jaw-dropping turn of events, Jack pulled an AK-47 from under the driver’s seat, spun around, and aimed it at Ruth’s chest.
Guns were rampant in this country, and it wasn’t uncommon to see people firing them into the air, but Ruth remained utterly unfazed.
"Jack, after all our years together, are you really going to turn on me like this?"
"You shameless woman! I see you for what you are now. Since you want to betray me, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"
He ruthlessly pulled the trigger.
However—
There was only the empty CLICK of the firing pin.
No bullet came out.
Ruth grinned and held up a fully loaded magazine.
"Jack, I don’t know if I should call you confident or just arrogant. You didn’t even notice someone swapped your magazine."
Even the best gun is no better than a fire poker without bullets.
Jack gritted his teeth. "You’re one vicious woman."
Ruth frowned. "The one thing I hate most is someone pointing a gun at my head."
As she spoke, she grabbed the gun barrel with one hand, forcing it upward. Her other hand swiftly pushed against his elbow, while her hand on the barrel wrenched it hard in the opposite direction.
Using leverage, a sickening CRACK echoed as she snapped his wrist. The gun was now in her hands.
With an explosive burst of speed, Ruth swapped the empty magazine for the loaded one.
She flicked off the safety and racked the bolt, all in one fluid motion.
By the time Jack reacted, the gun barrel was already aimed at his forehead.
"I’m going to count to five. If you haven’t disappeared from my sight by then, I’ll have you climbing the crematorium chimney!"
At this, Jack was terrified out of his wits. He didn’t dare waste another second on words. He scrambled out of the convertible, clutched his head, and fled into the distance.
"Coward. Scared already?"
Ruth put the gun back, then slid into the driver’s seat, started the car, and left the airport.
At the same time, she made a phone call. "I need you to locate that golden RV for me!"
Chen Qingdi didn’t know that his high-profile entrance had just caused the complete implosion of a young couple’s relationship.
He knew even less that he would soon be drawn into an unprecedented family struggle.
Meanwhile, he arrived on the outskirts of Hanhai City in the RV.
They were near a vast ranch.
The area was sparsely populated. In the distance, a beautiful woman in a red dress was tending to her racehorses.
Seeing the horse farm before him, Chen Qingdi was quite taken with it.
"The scenery here is beautiful, Long Wu. I want to buy it."
Long Wu was stunned for a moment. This was not part of their operational plan.
"Young Master, we’re here on official business. Is it wise to create unnecessary complications? The owner of this ranch is extremely wealthy, not to mention he’s a famous local crime boss. That girl with the horses is one of his mistresses."
Chen Qingdi frowned. "I’m only asking you one thing: are you capable of helping me buy this ranch or not?"
Long Wu’s temper flared. "Chen Qingdi, I am the director of China’s Special Administrative Group, not a slave from your Medical God Island! What right do you have to order me around like that?"
Hearing this, Chen Qingdi gave a huge yawn.
"If you won’t even listen to my orders, why should I cooperate with your little play?"
"It’s an order from Long Shou!"
Chen Qingdi sneered. "Long Wu, don’t you dare use Long Shou’s name to pressure me. By the time I knew Long Shou, you were still a nobody slinging bricks in some godforsaken corner!"
He wasn’t bragging. His birth family and Long Shou were the closest of friends; he had met the man at his own one-month birthday celebration.
It was just that back then, Long Shou was still one of Dragon Country’s Ten Great War Gods.
Long Wu snorted. "If you refuse to follow orders, then we’ll have to remove you from this plan, and you, the phony prince, will be knocked off your pedestal!"
Chen Qingdi sneered. "You can’t possibly think that without this oil tycoon persona, I’ll end up sleeping on the streets, do you?"
With that, he opened the rear door and stepped out of the gleaming golden vehicle.
"Then we’ll go our separate ways. You take your people to the Belart Clan and get that Nine Treasures Medical King Scripture. I am going to buy this ranch, and that’s final!"
Muttering under his breath, Long Wu said, "I’d like to see how you plan to keep up the act without this golden car."
Without a backward glance, Chen Qingdi led the two Shuang’Er and walked toward the girl in red tending the horses.
Long Wu said disdainfully, "Let’s see how awesome you are once you’ve lost this halo I’ve bestowed upon you."
He quickly ordered the driver to drive the luxury car away.
He then moved to the seat Chen Qingdi had just vacated, comfortably settling in to enjoy the princely treatment himself.
Gazing at the stunning scenery, Long Wu thought to himself.
’What a shame about those two identical beauties!’
Just then, a call came from Long Shou’s office, asking if he had picked up Chen Qingdi.
Long Wu declared with conviction that Chen Qingdi had been insubordinate and that he had kicked him off the operation. He added that he himself would play the part of the tycoon prince and could complete the mission perfectly on his own!