Dragon King Palace: Urban Affluent Son-in-Law

The arrest of Mr. Scar was an extremely sensational event for the entire underworld of Binhai City.

As a well-known big brother on the streets, being taken away by the action department would certainly affect his reputation and status.

As for the reason behind Mu Jinbiao's arrest, there were various opinions among those on the streets, but the actual situation was about what Chu Renxiong anticipated. It was Jian Hongsheng who couldn't withstand the pressure inside and confessed to hiring a killer, and Mr. Scar was the main culprit he hired.

Of course, Mr. Scar couldn't really be said to be "arrested"; that was just Jian Hongsheng's version of the story. The action department still needed to conduct an in-depth investigation and gather evidence, and they had only summoned Mr. Scar as a routine procedure.

Two days later, due to insufficient evidence, Mr. Scar was released without charge.

"Boss, luckily it was Hu Zi who handled this. Now there are no witnesses, and when I dealt with Jian Hongsheng, I deliberately used a secure phone card, so there are no call records." Ah Bin said, driving to pick up Mr. Scar, feeling relieved.

Mr. Scar sat in the car, silent. This time, he felt his reputation had taken a huge hit; his subordinates failed in their task, implicating him, and he never expected Jian Hongsheng would dare to turn him in.

"Boss, the brothers have booked a place in advance to welcome you back and calm your nerves. Shall we head straight there?" Ah Bin asked.

"Calm what nerves? Are you full from eating too much?" Mr. Scar said with a stern face, "Go home!"

"Yes..." Ah Bin, feeling as if in the grip of cold fear, hurriedly drove Mr. Scar back to the Rongsheng Haoting Villa.

In the villa, Mr. Scar locked himself in for an entire day.

During this time, he received another devastating piece of news: his mistress had died, and the woman was carrying his child, a double homicide!

"Chu Renxiong, you're ruthless! Was it necessary to go to such extremes just because I did a job on your turf?" Mr. Scar seethed through clenched teeth.

He really couldn't understand why, when all he did was send someone to South City to kill a small figure irrelevant to Chu Renxiong, why there was such a severe backlash. Hu Zi and others had only been there for less than half a day; even if they had crossed Chu Renxiong's line, would Chu Renxiong really retaliate so fiercely?

Was he willing to fall out with him over such a trivial matter?

Alone on the sofa, smoking, Mr. Scar found himself driven to frenzy countless times, wanting to gather people to fight Chu Renxiong to the death.

But in the end, reason prevailed over impulse. He knew it was a critical time, and having just come out of the action department, he was still listed as a person of interest. Stirring up trouble at this juncture would bring only discomfort to himself!

Mr. Scar was filled with pent-up frustration, trying to numb his inner anger with nicotine, but it was remarkably ineffective.

With the sound of a door opening, gentle footsteps followed, and then a stunning beauty in a white silk gown, with bare feet, walked into the living room wearing silk slippers embroidered with lotus flowers. She frowned at the smoky atmosphere around the sofa, fanned the air with her slender hand painted in fresh red lacquer, and went over to open the window.

"Brother, you're smoking too much." Mu Yanluo, aware of Mr. Scar's distress, sat down opposite him and advised, "The dead can't come back to life, my condolences."

"This vengeance, if unavenged, I'll never be a man!" Mr. Scar said fiercely.

"Brother, I know what you're thinking, but I advise you not to act rashly. Now is a very sensitive time. If you make any moves, you'll bring disaster upon yourself. At that time, being summoned will be the least of your worries; you might ruin everything!" Mu Yanluo cautioned.

"I know, otherwise, do you think I'd be swallowing my anger now? Chu Renxiong wants to play big; fine! I'll play with him once the heat dies down!" Mr. Scar ground his teeth.

"Brother, don't you find this whole thing a bit odd?"

Mu Yanluo pondered for a moment and said, "You and Chu Renxiong have reached your current standing not only because you were daring and fierce in your youth. That's part of it, but most importantly, because of your emotional intelligence and intellect. Yes, your business might have hit a rough patch lately, so Jian Hongsheng's sixty million tempted you to break rules and send people to South City."

"In essence, this situation might irk Chu Renxiong somewhat, but if he had wanted to stop you, he would have said something back then, and Hu Zi and the others might not have been able to enter South City."

"Yet now, several days have passed, and suddenly Chu Renxiong retaliates, in an extremely drastic way, to vent his anger. Does this make logical sense to you?"

"Are you saying Jian Hongsheng had a different reason for killing Xiao Qian?" Mr. Scar quickly caught on and asked.

"I'm just analyzing; I just feel this doesn't add up logically." Mu Yanluo continued, "To provoke him to the point of directly killing Sister Qian, unless he believes you've done something similar to harm his beloved. Ever since his wife's death, Chu Renxiong hasn't remarried. He has a beauty but only as an amusement. The only thing that could make him that reckless is his daughter!"

"Go on." Mr. Scar said, his expression darkening.

"I just gathered this information: Chu Renxiong's daughter broadcasted live on the South Suburb wilderness a week ago and was attacked by an assassin. She was miraculously saved by a son-in-law of the Nangong Family, which is why Chu Renxiong hadn't retaliated against Jian Hongsheng for going after the one named Jiang. Of course, he surely wouldn't retaliate on you because of Jiang Feng either."

"I see, Chu Renxiong thinks it was me who sent the assassin, so he's holding me accountable?" Mr. Scar chuckled in anger. "This old dog, sharp throughout his life but now completely muddled. If I wanted to deal with his daughter, would I need to go through such trouble? He has no evidence, yet dares to make baseless accusations and use me as a scapegoat?"

"Brother, we need to take a long-term view on this. It's clear that someone is plotting against Chu Renxiong, deliberately stirring up conflict between you two to gain advantage! You might be angry, but don't fall into someone else's trap." Mu Yanluo reminded again.

"You don't have to say any more. Chu Renxiong has utterly angered me this time! Of course, I'm not going to act now, but I won't ignore this grudge. When the time is right, I'll settle both new and old scores with him! He better pray his daughter never comes to East City!" Mr. Scar burned with anger, unable to hear anything his sister said.

"Brother!" Mu Yanluo stood up, realizing all her persuasion had the opposite effect. Hatred had driven her brother out of his rational mind, and he now wanted to declare war on Chu Renxiong!

"Have you forgotten what I just told you? Do you want others to watch us fight from a safe distance? Over the years, you've worked hard to build your influence; don't make one false move and end up paying for it all!" Mu Yanluo pleaded urgently.

"The Chu bastard has pushed me too far; I have no choice." Mr. Scar's eyes gleamed with hostility. "And as for that Jiang brat, catching my female action officer, neither will be let off!"