Chapter 2307: Love and Chaos: System Showdown 31

In the study, the cigar smoke swirled in the dim light, adding an air of mystery.

"Jin Chen!"

Old Master Xie's voice was hoarse, full of undisguised threat.

"The cruise ship incident… was Nine Dragons' fault, but biting off more than you can chew will get you killed."

"The Xie family's things aren't that easy to take."

His cloudy yet sharp eyes lifted, sweeping over Jin Chen and Zhou Du, who were surrounded by the bodyguards.

"The city investment project, and that piece of land in South Bay… give them back. Otherwise, tonight my wife's birthday banquet might have to change its flavor."

The bodyguards behind him stepped forward silently, their eyes hostile, like hyenas poised to attack.

Zhou Du was either startled or just glanced at his close brother beside him.

"The Xie family's things?" Jin Chen's voice was low and calm, slightly amused, "Which item does Old Master mean? Aren't they all what your good son gave me?"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Pap—!

The entire study, along with all areas on the second floor, instantly plunged into darkness.

All the lights were cut off in the same second!

The sudden power outage caught everyone off guard, and muffled exclamations and the sound of chairs being knocked over rose from the study.

In the darkness, Jin Chen's lips silently curled upward.

Besides You Le'an, who else could pull off this familiar trick?

Jin Chen could even imagine his wife downstairs wearing a smug, sly little smile.

Zhou Du quickly turned on his phone's flashlight, aiming it precisely ahead of Jin Chen.

Just as the beam lit up, Jin Chen moved.

Zhou Du didn't even see his move clearly, only hearing a dull impact and the crisp snap of bones dislocating.

That bodyguard didn't even grunt before his massive body went limp and fell.

Zhou Du's pupils narrowed in shock; even though he knew Jin Chen was skilled, he hadn't expected such speed.

Awesome, my good brother!

Zhou Du immediately locked the beam onto Jin Chen, then silently retreated half a step, leaving the battlefield entirely to him.

Cries of pain and the sounds of heavy objects falling rose and fell.

Old Master Xie and his old comrades turned deathly pale, staring in terror at the ghost‑like figure moving in the beam, each strike felling a burly man, as cold sweat instantly soaked their backs.

Just as Jin Chen took down the sixth bodyguard, a deafening boom suddenly came from the direction of the study's huge floor‑to‑ceiling window.

The expensive glass shattered instantly, countless shards shooting in like hail.

Zhou Du's beam swept over it instantly.

All that could be seen outside the window below were two vague figures.

You Le'an was brushing dust off his hands, his face lit with an excited grin from a successful prank.

Meanwhile, Lin Xi stood stunned and a bit dazed, still unconsciously clutching a half‑thrown stone.

The Survival System screamed, not understanding why the host had been dragged by the villain into doing this!

"Nice work!" Jin Chen chuckled low in the darkness.

He glanced at the broken window frame, grabbed the bodyguard whose neck had just been struck by a knife hand, and effortlessly hoisted the at‑least‑180‑pound bruiser like a chick.

"Come on!"

Jin Chen threw him outward.

Downstairs, You Le'an and Lin Xi only saw a black silhouette howling out of the broken second‑floor window, tracing a parabola.

With a loud bang, it slammed heavily onto the lawn below.

You Le'an: "Oh!"

He exclaimed in astonishment.

〖Today's villain points: 8/10, one step closer to becoming a major villain~〗

Lin Xi looked up, dazed.

What the heck is his brother doing upstairs!

Immediately after, the second bodyguard was thrown out.

Third!

Fourth!

The bodyguards tumbled out like dumplings being dropped, one after another screaming and rolling from the second‑floor hole, hitting the grass with dull thuds.

The guests downstairs had already been stunned by this sudden rain of people.

"Good heavens! What is that?"

"It's a person! Thrown down from the second floor!"

"Crazy! Have the Xie family gone mad?!"

Inside the study, the bodyguard squad had been completely wiped out.

Zhou Du grabbed the two brothers by the collars like hauling trash, dragged them like dead dogs to the window, and tossed them in front of Jin Chen.

"President Jin! President Jin, spare me!" Xie Qilong burst into tears, his pants soaked.

"We were wrong! We'll never dare again! Take the project—take it all!"

Xie Liulong kowtowed like pounding garlic, all his former arrogance gone.

Jin Chen looked down at them with a calm smile.

"Funny enough, I want the project too."

He stretched out his hands, one each, as if pressing two disobedient rubber balls, and slammed the heads of Xie Liulong and Xie Qilong together.

Thud!

The two heads collided with a muffled thud that made teeth ache.

Instantly, both saw stars, their foreheads quickly swelling and reddening, their cries changing pitch.

"Go sober up." Jin Chen said lightly, exerting force with his hands, he directly threw these two crying-for-their-fathers-and-mothers good-for-nothings down.

"Ah! Ah!"

Two shrill screams tore through the night sky, accompanied by a heavy landing sound.

【Basketball skills still perfect!】 Ling Gun Gun cheered, patting his paws.

Jin Chen slowly turned around.

Zhou Du's phone beam also turned, shining on that bunch of old fogeys.

Jin Chen's tall figure in the darkness was truly frightening, his face still bearing lingering delight.

He swept over the trembling Xie Old Master by the desk, and the several old fogeys nearby who were almost scared silly.

"Xie Old Master."

Jin Chen's voice rang out in the silent study: "Your lady's birthday banquet is indeed… quite flavorful."

The study was in disarray; Xie Old Master was helped up by several equally pallid old assistants, flopping into his authority‑symbolizing high‑back chair, his chest heaving violently.

"You… you…" Xie Old Master pointed at Jin Chen, his finger shaking uncontrollably, "Jin Chen! You… you don't go too far!"

He tried to maintain his last dignity, but his voice was hoarse and broken, filled with the feeble struggle of a dying man.

The contract Jin Chen tossed down—its clauses were literally carving flesh from the Xie family!

Not only did the city‑investment project and the land in South Bay disappear, but also several cores that the Xie family had painstakingly seized were sliced off, and even the other old assistants present were had a chunk of fat taken from them by him.

This wasn't just the Lion opening wide—it was skinning and tendon‑pulling!

Jin Chen slightly tilted his head, as if hearing a funny joke, he let out a soft chuckle; then, under the terrified gaze of Xie Old Master, he leisurely walked over.

Xie Old Master instinctively covered his chest, fumbling out a small medicine bottle from his inner suit pocket.

The next second, Jin Chen snatched the quick‑acting heart‑saving pill from Xie Old Master's hand.

"Old Master, medicine shouldn't be taken randomly."

Jin Chen glanced casually, landing on the equally terrified‑soul‑but‑still‑healthy‑looking old fellow beside him.

Before that old fellow could figure out what was happening, a cool little bottle was shoved into his hand.

Jin Chen patted his shoulder, his tone as kind as could be: "You old chap look in good shape; take care of the Old Master for me."

Having said that, he slapped the shoulder; the old fellow winced, opening his mouth, and a heart‑saving pill appeared inside.

Everyone:!!!

That old fellow held the medicine bottle, his hand shaking even more than Xie Old Master's; he dared neither throw it away nor keep it, the foreign body sensation in his throat almost choking him.

Xie Old Master was so angry his vision darkened, he let out a gasping sound, his eyes about to roll back.

He finally signed the contract.

The door opened; Jin Chen left calmly with the contract, Zhou Du closely following.

Outside, the hurrying Xie family members and bodyguards flashed their flashlights, eager to rush in and check the situation.

The leading Madam Xie still had tear tracks and panic on her face.

At the moment the door opened, Xie Old Master exhausted his last strength, bellowing hoarsely; his voice, twisted by extreme anger and shame, became distorted.

"No one may enter!"

Madam Xie opened the door.

Bang!

Madam Xie shut the door!

Her eyes twitched, as if she had witnessed something extremely terrifying and extremely embarrassing.

The fallen bodyguards, the shattered windows, the cries of the two sons thrown downstairs, unknown whether alive or dead, seemed still to echo.

And… the several old fellows behind the desk, trussed up with sofa covers like zongzi, indistinguishable, loving each other.

The main gate blocked all light and gazes, also blocking the Xie family's last semblance of dignity.