Lu Xuan admired the masterpiece on his phone, the curve of his lips rising higher and higher. His gaze was like someone appraising a rare treasure, yet also like someone scrutinizing a plump lamb about to be served for dinner.
Zhao Qin, lying on the ground, though grimacing from being stepped on, kept the corner of his eye fixed on Lu Xuan's phone.
When those few fleeting photos, enough to condemn him to eternal damnation, flashed across the screen, the blood in his body seemed to instantly freeze!
Wasn't that… wasn't that his dad's new young model stepmother, whom he had just coaxed into his arms last month?
And that one, that was the college student his dad had kept as a mistress last year!
Some of these photos were clearly candid shots, and some… some were f*cking selfies!
At the time, to seek excitement, he had taken quite a few!
When he cried out, "Someone's going to die," his voice was trembling, and the arrogance on his face had long been replaced by terror and despair.
He knew his father, Zhao Qin Tian's temper best. If Zhao Qin Tian found out he dared to touch his own women, he might really break his legs and kick him out of the house!
Lu Xuan heard this, twisted his foot again, and looked down at him with a gaze full of mockery and coldness: "Oh? You f*cking know someone's going to die? Tell me, who's dying?"
He paused, like a cat toying with a mouse, and slowly added: "Is it you? If your father, Chairman Zhao Qin Tian, found out that his precious son not only gave him one bright green hat after another, but also photographed all his treasured 'stepmother literary material'."
"Tell me, could you still be swaggering in front of me like this, eating KFC, crossing your legs, and living a carefree life?"
Cold sweat instantly poured down Zhao Qin's face, soaking the hair on his forehead. His face was ashen, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.
"Or," Lu Xuan's voice carried a hint of malicious temptation.
"I won't trouble Chairman Zhao. I'll just post these exciting moments online and let the enthusiastic netizens help your several young, beautiful, and distinctive stepmothers, along with you, get socially canceled."
"I've even thought of the title: 'The Unique Filial Piety of a Yanjing Rich Second Generation: My Affairs with My Stepmothers.' How about it, isn't my suggestion good?"
"No! Don't!" Zhao Qin finally broke down, letting out a desperate shriek. He no longer cared about his head being stepped on, his hands desperately clutching Lu Xuan's calf, tears and snot streaming down his face.
"Brother Xuan! Brother Xuan! I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please, let me go! Spare me this one time!"
He suddenly lifted his head, not caring about the dirt and saliva on his face, and began kowtowing repeatedly, his forehead hitting the cold ground with dull thuds.
"Brother Xuan, you are a magnanimous person! How much money do you want? One hundred thousand? No, no, two hundred thousand! I'll call my dad right away! No, five hundred thousand! Brother Xuan, as long as you show mercy, I'll transfer five hundred thousand to you immediately!"
Lu Xuan sneered, lightly hooked Zhao Qin's chin with his toe, forcing him to look at him: "Five hundred thousand? Zhao Qin, do you think I, Lu Xuan, lack your dirty money?"
Zhao Qin's heart sank to rock bottom. He knew that this matter would not be easily resolved today.
"Then… then Brother Xuan, tell me, what exactly do you want? As long as I can do it, I will do it without hesitation, even if it means death!"
Zhao Qin's voice was tearful, utterly humble.
Lu Xuan's smile grew more sinister: "It's very simple. I want you to be my dog. From now on, if I tell you to go east, you can't go west. If I tell you to bite someone, you can't just bark. Understand?"
"Dog?"
Zhao Qin was stunned at first, then forced out a smile uglier than a cry, a gurgling sound coming from his throat. Then, under extreme fear and humiliation, he actually… "Woof! Woof woof!"
While barking, he supported himself with his hands on the ground, trying hard to wag his backside, imitating a dog's posture.
As long as he could keep this secret, let alone being a dog, he would even be a grandson!
"Hmm, not bad, you're quite good at it."
Lu Xuan nodded in satisfaction, moved his foot from Zhao Qin's head, and slowly said: "Since you're a dog, you should show some appreciation, right?"
Zhao Qin quickly scrambled up, knelt before Lu Xuan, and looked at him expectantly, awaiting instructions.
Lu Xuan looked down at him, a playful smile on his lips: "Oh, by the way, Zhao Qin, I heard your mother is a great beauty, and also the famous Ice Mountain Deputy Mayor of Jinhe City, Mayor Su Wanqing, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qin was struck by lightning, his whole body trembled violently, his face instantly turned even paler than before, and even his lips lost their color.
His mother, Su Wanqing, was the deepest taboo in his heart, and the only person he still held some awe for.
Although Su Wanqing and his father had divorced long ago, Su Wanqing's strong and aloof demeanor had been his shadow since childhood.
"Xuan… Brother Xuan… you… please don't joke like this…"
Zhao Qin's voice was trembling uncontrollably, "My mom… my mom divorced my dad a long time ago, and she… she won't see you…"
"Divorced?" Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, "That's your dad divorcing her, she's still your mom. I heard she dotes on you, her son, very much. I want to invite Mayor Su for a casual meal to build some rapport. You should be able to arrange that, right?"
"No… I can't, Brother Xuan!"
Zhao Qin was almost in tears, "My mom… she's especially busy with work, and her temper… her temper isn't very good… I… I really can't arrange it!"
He would rather go kowtow to his stepmothers again than provoke his ice mountain mother.
"Oh? Can't arrange it?" Lu Xuan's eyes instantly turned cold.
Zhao Qin shivered in fear and quickly said: "Brother Xuan, Brother Xuan, listen to me! I… I recently got a new girlfriend, she's from the Yanjing Academy of Fine Arts, the campus belle!"
"Really, she's beautiful, has a great figure, and is good in bed… cough, no, I mean, she's especially pure, and still a virgin! I'll arrange everything perfectly for you tonight, how about it?"
To save his life, he even sacrificed the girlfriend he had just managed to win over.
"Slap!"
Lu Xuan brutally kicked Zhao Qin in the face, sending him sprawling to the ground.
Zhao Qin immediately had a nosebleed, saw stars, and half of his cheek swelled up at a visible rate.
"Damn it, you're getting cocky, aren't you?"
Lu Xuan's voice was icy cold, "Still daring to bargain with me? I'm not interested in your second-hand goods, nor am I interested in your vulgar women. I just want to see your mother, Su Wanqing!"
He squatted down, grabbed Zhao Qin's hair, forcing him to look up, and said word by word: "I'll give you three days. If you can't arrange it, I don't mind letting the love story between you and your several stepmothers become the entire internet's bedtime reading. And by the way, let your father also enjoy his son's 'filial piety,' and see how you've disgraced his Zhao family's name!"
Zhao Qin lay on the ground, his chest aching, his face a mixture of blood and tears. Smelling the metallic scent of blood flowing from his nostrils, his eyes were hollow, and only a cold despair remained in his heart.
He knew Lu Xuan wasn't joking.
This devil would do anything!