He was indeed dressed respectably, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, his suit impeccably tailored. He looked like a junior executive, with a perpetually smiling face.
Lin Xiao watched the elevator, knowing it would be here any moment.
The man showed no intention of exiting the elevator, seemingly convinced that Lin Xiao would eventually yield to his pressure.
Normally, Lin Xiao wouldn't have recognized him. However, Lin Xiao was no ordinary person.
The moment the elevator doors opened, the man, acting as if nothing had happened, was about to brush past Lin Xiao. But in the next second, Lin Xiao directly pulled him into the elevator, his grip tightening around the man's neck as he shoved him into a corner.
Everything happened in a flash. Lin Xiao even had time to press the floor button.
"This is our first meeting. You should know who I am," Lin Xiao said, his grip on the man's neck unwavering. "Don't worry, I'm only here to reduce unnecessary trouble. I won't kill you."
He then pressed his left hand to his earpiece. "Have you taken control of everything?"
"Rest assured, Brother Xiao."
"Thank you for your trouble."
Only then did Lin Xiao release his grip.
"You... What do you want!"
The man clutched his throat, coughing violently. His face turned beet red. He had truly felt death approaching. When Lin Xiao had choked him, he couldn't even breathe, let alone muster any strength. He had been completely powerless to resist. All the preparations he had made were rendered useless the moment he encountered Lin Xiao.
Why...
He couldn't comprehend it. A descendant of the Lin family possessed such power?!
"What do I want... You should know better than I do," Lin Xiao said, too annoyed to waste more words. His right hand became a blur of motion, and a series of cracking sounds echoed. The man's hands were broken.
"Ah!!!!"
The agony in his arms elicited a bloodcurdling scream. But before he could utter another sound, Lin Xiao's fist landed on his mouth. "Shut up."
"...Mmph..."
As another pained grunt escaped him, Lin Xiao's fist fell again. Half of his teeth were shattered, his mouth filled with blood.
"I told you to shut up."
The elevator doors opened. Lin Xiao grabbed the man by his clothes, hoisted him up, and dragged him from the floor to the doorway of his room, then kicked him inside.
He didn't need to worry about being caught on surveillance. Fatty had already altered all the surveillance data. This segment would not be recorded.
Lin Xiao closed the suite door and stared at the man lying on the floor, blood continuously dripping from his mouth onto the ground.
"I won't ask who sent you, because I know perfectly well."
Lin Xiao put on a pair of pristine white gloves and stood before the man. "I brought you here simply so you would know."
"Finding you was effortless."
"And you, wanting to harm my wife and daughter, this is your fate."
A fierce light flashed in Lin Xiao's eyes. The killing intent and the thick, bloody aura emanating from him were no longer concealed.
This was the first time since arriving in Shashi that he had revealed the side he usually only displayed in the Northern Territory.
Pressure.
Killing intent.
And a palpable scent of blood, far stronger than the taste of his own spilled blood.
The man lying on the floor suffered cardiac arrest.