I Am A Prodigy
chapter-40

Chapter 40: Two Options Again

Ending the phone call, Lu Hao was agitated to the extreme.

He glared at Ye Lingchen, his eyeballs almost popping out of its sockets and screamed in a frenzy, “Hahaha, you’re done for! My dad will be here shortly. Start notifying your family to come to collect your corpse! Wahahahaha…”

“What! Chairman Lu is on the way here? This incident is getting escalated!”

“Lu Tianxiong. That’s one of the tyrants of Capital City. Rumor has it that he started from illegal backgrounds and rose to power by building himself up over a mountain of corpses.”

“This is terrible, just too scary. That’s a big shot of legendary levels!”

“To cross this type of person, it would be no surprise to disappear from the face of the earth the very next day. This is scary!”

The people in the hall felt a chill down their spine and their hearts skipped a beat just from the mention of Lu Tianxiong’s name.

Ye Lingchen looked at Lu Hao’s condition, then decided he was in no hurry to act. Instead, he brought a chair over and sat down.

Since the Lin family said they would help him solve this issue, he figured it would be easier to just wait for them to arrive.

Originally, he wanted to see it through to the end and tinker with Lu Hao’s body so that the Lu family would not do anything rash.

Apart from treating the sick, Chinese medicine could also easily sabotage someone’s body.

With the Prodigy System, he could develop his skills quickly. All he needed to do was just delay a little and let himself learn.

However, such a tactic was a worst-case scenario choice.

“Why did you stop? Scared now?” Lu Hao shouted in extreme arrogance, “It’s too late to be scared now! When my dad arrives, even if you kowtow a hundred times, I still won’t leave this be. I’ll have you pay the price for your actions!”

Ye Lingchen outright ignored him and merely waited in silence.

On the side, Xiao Feifei’s eyes were red and teary. Worried sick, she muttered, “Lingchen, why not leave… you should run away now!”

“Run? There’s no need to run!” Ye Lingchen shook his head.

“Sister Feifei, there are such luxurious dishes on the table and nobody to enjoy them. This is too wasteful. Let’s eat first.”

With that, he started eating alone on the table under the gaze of the entire crowd.

Lu Hao’s howling ceased all of a sudden and glared at Ye Lingchen in disbelief and extreme humiliation.

Arrogance, pompous!

That was complete disregard towards him!

Others in the hall were also giving Ye Lingchen weird looks.

Was this optimism, getting ready to go out with a bang?

“Eat, eat away! This will be your last meal!” jeered Lu Hao. If possible, he wanted nothing more than to rush at Ye Lingchen and cut him into pieces!

Finally, the awkward atmosphere was broken by a series of hurried footsteps immediately followed by a group of people entering the hall with intimidating strides.

At the forefront was a middle-aged man with a buzzcut. His height was average, but his presence was imposing, eyes gleaming like that of a venomous snake. The first impression he instilled in the crowd was one of might, cunning, and ruthlessness!

Just his presence alone deterred people from crossing him!

His identity was without a doubt, the chairman of Lu Group, Lu Tianxiong!

Behind the man was a group of black-suited men.

They were all wearing sunglasses, yet their strides were quick and sure, with uniform steps. Their shoulders firm, with one look one can tell that they were trained bodyguards!

With over twenty of the bodyguards, the atmosphere turned extremely tense in an instant.

Furthermore, the hotel lights started flickering, the scenery outside turned even darker!

As Lu Tianxiong swept his glare across the room, he noticed the fallen European hunk and the Southeast Asian, his expression darkened.

Looking all around, he scowled at everyone!

“Hao’er, where’s my Hao’er?!”

“Dad, I’m here.” Under Lu Tianxiong’s feet, Lu Hao climbed up with difficulty, sporting a pig-like swollen face, groaning in pain.

“What?!”

Lu Tianxiong was utterly shocked. His heart ached and his eyes teared up, “Hao’er, who could be so ruthless to beat you to such an extent? I can’t even recognize you!”

“Dad!!!”

Lu Hao cried out, the father and son duo hugged each other.

At that moment, Lu Hao finally found somewhere to vent his anger, depression, bitterness, and vengeance. He pointed at Ye Lingchen, “It’s him! That’s the b*stard that hit me! He slapped me countless times!”

Lu Tianxiong narrowed his eyes, flashed a glare at Ye Lingchen, “You hit my son?”

His tone was steady, however, many people felt a shiver run through them. The more cowardly ones even hid under the table, trembling.

“It’s me.”

“Then you should know that he is the only son of Lu Tianxiong, that is me! Since his birth, nobody has harmed a single hair on him!” Lu Tianxiong continued, as though telling a story. “Once, someone glared at my son. Soon after, I had his eyeballs gouged out and fed to dogs!”

“That is why your son had never been disciplined before.”

Ye Lingchen nodded his head, as though finally understanding something. He similarly replied casually, “Since you do not discipline him, then I… will have to do it in your place!”

Everyone there felt their heart skipped a beat, feeling as though their hearts were going to explode.

‘F*ck! That’s too reckless! Too spectacular!’

‘This round of bullsh*tting has reached new heights!’

‘No that’s not right. This had already gone beyond just bullsh*tting. This is just asking for death, it’s suicide!’

The above is narrated by the author, but it felt more fitting to be part of the inner thoughts of the audience hence the single inverted commas. Perhaps you can check with Sam and Wayne if we should include the comma? Happy CNY =)

“Hahaha, hahaha…”

Lu Tianxiong did not fall into a rage because of Ye Lingchen’s words. Instead, he laughed out loud, rocking back and forth, to the point that everyone else was having cold sweat.

Sometime later, “Brave are the ignorant. Living at the bottom, forever not knowing what it is like in the upper echelons!” Lu Tianxiong stated calmly, “Because of ignorance, you are happy. Similarly, because of ignorance, you are pathetic!”

The next instant, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, the fearful aura only a big shot could have immediately exploded forth, “You disciplining my son for me? Who granted you such rights!?”

Just as he finished, those bodyguards behind him burst into action!

From their backs, each of their right hand took out a metal baseball bat!

Rays of light reflected off the metal bat blinding the crowd. An icy chill spread through the crowd, seemingly freezing their blood, paralyzing them.

“I will now grant you two options.”

Like father like son. The questions they gave out were exactly the same.

“The first option, you’ll head to the roof of Grand Capital Restaurant, that’s the 36th floor and jump down. This matter will end there.”

“The second option, you won’t die. You won’t die even if you wanted to, and spend your entire life in despair. I will have you live the rest of your life under constant torture!”

“Dad, why waste words with him? Hit him! Where’s the stick? Don’t hold back, just beat him to death!” Lu Hao’s eyes turned red as he trembled. “B*stard, I told you that you’ll regret this. Hahaha, feel real despair!”

“Your son had also given me two options previously, but in the end, I took the third option,” Ye Lingchen replied calmly.

“Oh? Then what about now?” Lu Tianxiong asked as though carrying out a casual conversation with Ye Lingchen.

“I will still pick the third option. I’m waiting for someone.”

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