90: Several major shops were all eaten up.

"Bang!!!"

A piercing gunshot instantly tore through the morning bustle.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

The tongue of fire from the muzzle and the bullet spinning out of the barrel left a trail of death on everyone's retinas.

"Brother!!!"

Lin He's eyes nearly split from rage as he let out a heart-wrenching roar, desperately trying to throw himself forward to block the bullet.

"Boss!!"

Long Wu's heart also skipped a beat. Although he believed in his boss's strength, this was a cold shot at such close range!

Manager Liu, Director Zhang, and their group already had ecstatic, cruel smiles on their faces.

Dead!

He's definitely dead!

At such close range, not even a god could dodge it!

However...

In everyone's eyes, Lin Chuan's figure suddenly blurred.

It was a speed that surpassed the limits of human visual perception!

Having the Perfect Captain America Physique, Lin Chuan's neural reaction speed was several times that of an ordinary person.

An instant before Li Tianlei pulled the trigger, he had already sensed the killing intent.

He simply tilted his body slightly and shifted his feet.

"Swoosh—!"

That lethal bullet even grazed the corner of Lin Chuan's suit as it flew past, hitting the brick wall nearby and sending sparks flying.

"What?!"

The cruel smile on Li Tianlei's face instantly froze, and his eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

He... he dodged it?!

Is he even human?!

Before he could even react...

"Firing a gun on Zhongyang Street? I want to see how many lives you have!"

A voice as cold as the Grim Reaper's abruptly sounded in his ear.

Immediately after...

Lin Chuan's long leg, like a black steel whip, lashed out with a terrifying sound of breaking air!

The target was exactly Li Tianlei's right hand holding the pistol!

"No!!"

Li Tianlei only had time to let out a desperate scream.

"Bang!!!"

The force of this kick was far more than a thousand catties!

A tooth-aching sound of bones shattering, mixed with the sound of metal breaking, exploded!

The Type 54 pistol in Li Tianlei's hand was actually kicked into pieces by Lin Chuan's foot!

And what was worse than the pistol was his right hand.

The entire palm along with the wrist was directly kicked into a blurry mess of bloody pulp!

Bone fragments and flesh splattered everywhere!

"Aaaaaahhhhh!!!!"

Li Tianlei was sent flying and slammed heavily onto the ground.

Looking at his bare right arm, which was now only half a stump, he let out a howl like a slaughtered pig.

This kind of intense pain was simply unbearable for a human.

The entire scene fell into a dead silence.

Manager Liu, Director Zhang, and their group had their smiles frozen on their faces, and their legs began to shake uncontrollably.

A yellow liquid flowed down Manager Liu's pant leg.

He wet himself.

This time, he was truly scared shitless.

Kicking a pistol and a hand into pieces with one blow?

Is he still human?

He's simply a Tyrannosaurus Rex in human skin!

Lin Chuan walked expressionlessly toward Li Tianlei, who was rolling on the ground.

"Which hand did you use just now to hit my second brother?"

Lin Chuan stopped in front of Li Tianlei, looking down at him from above.

Where was Li Tianlei's previous arrogance now?

His face was covered in cold sweat, snot and tears were smeared all over, and he desperately pushed off the ground with his feet to shrink back.

"Spare... spare me!! Master Lin, spare my life!!"

"I was wrong! I failed to recognize your greatness!!"

"I've already lost a hand, I'm finished. Please show mercy where it's possible, I beg you, don't kill me!!"

Lin Chuan's eyes were indifferent, as if he were looking at an ant.

"I remember, it was the left hand."

Before he finished speaking...

Lin Chuan raised his foot, his polished leather shoe aimed at Li Tianlei's intact left palm.

And stomped down hard!

"Crack!!!"

Another crisp sound.

Li Tianlei's left hand was stomped directly into the asphalt road; all five fingers were snapped off at the root, and his palm was crushed into a meat patty!

"Aaaah!!!! Kill me! Just kill me!!"

Li Tianlei's eyes rolled back in pain as his whole body convulsed, his screams more wretched than a ghost's.

"It's one thing to come after me."

Lin Chuan ground his sole, his voice cold enough to freeze.

"But touching my family..."

"...this is the consequence."

Lin Chuan retracted his foot, not even sparing a glance at this Anjin Expert who was now completely crippled.

He turned around, his sharp gaze shooting directly toward Manager Liu and the others by the jeep in the distance.

That gaze felt almost tangible.

Thud! Thud!

Manager Liu, Director Zhang, and the other bosses could no longer stay standing.

Their legs gave way, and they all knelt directly on the ground.

"Master Lin!!!"

"We were just here to watch the excitement!!"

"This was all Li Tianlei's doing! It has nothing to do with us!"

These people were still making excuses, trying to distance themselves.

Just then...

"Vroom—vroom—!!"

A low, powerful engine roar came from the end of the street.

Eight identical black Audi A6s, with their hazard lights flashing, arrived like a majestic black dragon.

The convoy stopped right in front of Lins Supermarket, completely blocking Manager Liu's group's jeeps.

The car doors opened in unison.

Four burly men in black suits and sunglasses stepped out of each car.

Over thirty people quickly lined up in two rows, their powerful aura suffocating.

Then...

The door of the silver tiger head benz in the middle opened.

An elegant foot in a red-bottomed high heel stepped out.

Chu Yueli, in a black tight-fitting trench coat and dark sunglasses with her long hair over her shoulders, instantly dominated the scene with her innate queenly aura.

She took off her sunglasses, and her enchanting fox-like eyes were now filled with frost.

She walked straight to Lin Chuan on her high heels and naturally took his arm.

Then she turned her head and looked coldly at the group of bosses kneeling on the ground.

"You just hired people to trash my man's shop yesterday, and today you paid a gunman to kill him?"

"Your guts are bigger than the heavens, aren't they?"

Upon seeing Chu Yueli...

Manager Liu's group fell into utter despair.

In Harbin, you might not know the mayor, but you absolutely must know Chu Yueli!

She was the apple of the underground emperor Chu Xiong's eye!

She was the spokesperson for the Chu family!

"Miss Chu?!"

Director Zhang's teeth were chattering as he stammered:

"You and Master Lin..."

"Lin Chuan is my business partner, an honored guest of our Chu family, and the man I, Chu Yueli, have set my sights on!"

Chu Yueli's voice wasn't loud, but every word hit like a heavy hammer.

"Touching him is touching the Chu family."

"Do you think your few lousy department stores can withstand the wrath of thousands of Chu family brothers?"

Boom—!

As soon as these words were spoken, the bosses completely collapsed.

They originally thought Lin Chuan was just a wealthy nouveau riche with some connections at most.

Who would have thought!

That the great Buddha known as the Chu family stood behind Lin Chuan!

He has influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world!

How the hell could they fight this?

This was simply like throwing eggs against a rock!

"Miss Chu! Master Lin! We were wrong! We truly know we were wrong!"

Manager Liu wailed while kowtowing.

"We're willing to pay! Two million! We'll give it! Even if we have to sell our houses and land, we'll give it!"

"Too late."

Lin Chuan lit a cigarette and blew out a smoke ring.

"Earlier I asked for two million and you wouldn't give it, and you even hired someone to kill me."

"Now."

"I don't care about the money anymore."

Lin Chuan walked in front of the group and pointed behind them, toward various bustling areas of Harbin.

"The shops you hold in the First Department Store, the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and those large malls."

"I want all of them."

"What?!"

The bosses were struck as if by lightning.

Those shops were their lifeblood! They were the hens that laid the golden eggs!

If they handed them over, they would be completely broke!

"This won't do, Master Lin! That's our entire livelihood!"

"Won't do?"

Chu Yueli sneered, taking a butterfly knife from a subordinate and playing with the blade.

"It seems you all want to keep your shops and go feed the fish in the Songhua River?"

A blatant death threat!

Combined with Chu Yueli's icy gaze, no one doubted she was joking.

It was too easy for the Chu family to make someone disappear.

"We'll give them!! We'll give them!!"

Director Zhang was the first to break down.

No matter how much money or how good the shops were, they weren't as important as his life!

"I'll sign the transfer contract right now! Just don't kill me!"

"I'll give them too! Me too!"

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the other bosses also kowtowed and begged for mercy, scrambling to give their shops to Lin Chuan.

Fearing that if they were a second late, they would be dragged away by Eldest Miss Chu to fill the river.

Lin Chuan nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good."

"Second Brother, go get the contracts we prepared beforehand."

Lin Chuan had long anticipated this step; the takeover plan had already been made.

"Once you sign, you can get lost."

"Don't let me see you in Harbin ever again."

Watching the bosses sign and thumbprint the transfer agreements while weeping bitter tears.

The surrounding crowd not only didn't think Lin Chuan was being overbearing but instead burst into thunderous applause.

"Good!!"

"These black-hearted managers should have gotten lost a long time ago!"

"Exactly! Their department stores have expensive goods and terrible service! They walk around with their noses in the air all day!"

"I've been hoping Lins Supermarket would open near my home for a long time!"

"Boss Lin is getting rid of a public nuisance!"

"Things will be better now! With Lins Supermarkets all over Harbin, shopping will be so convenient for us!"

The people's hearts were with him!

With this move, Lin Chuan not only eliminated his competitors but also completed his chain layout and won the hearts of the common people.

Killing three birds with one stone!

Just then...

"Wua—wua—"

The familiar sound of police sirens rang out again.

More urgent and on a larger scale than yesterday.

A dozen police cars screeched to a halt.

Officer Su Qingyi led a large group of SWAT officers as they jumped out of the cars, guns raised.

"Nobody move! Police!"

Officer Su Qingyi immediately saw the blood-covered Li Tianlei on the ground and the shattered pistol parts.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Although she had received a report from the public about an assault and rushed over with her team immediately.

She hadn't expected the battle to end so quickly.

And it was so brutal?

"Qingyi."

Lin Chuan went to meet her with a smile and pointed at Li Tianlei on the ground.

"This man was attempting murder with a firearm and was subdued by me and my bodyguard in self-defense."

"And those people."

Lin Chuan pointed to the bosses who had just finished signing.

"They are the masterminds who hired a killer."

"The evidence is conclusive; they just confessed themselves."

Seeing that Lin Chuan was unharmed, Officer Su Qingyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She glared fiercely at Chu Yueli nearby.

Thinking to herself that this female gangster had beaten her to it again!

However, business was business. She waved her hand and shouted heroically:

"Take them all away!!"

"Send the injured one to the hospital for emergency treatment first. Don't let him die on the way; we still need his deposition!"

"Yes!!"

The police rushed forward like wolves and tigers.

They dragged the half-dead Li Tianlei into the car like a dead dog.

Manager Liu and the other bosses, having just handed over their shops, were now being fitted with silver bracelets, each weeping like children.

"Master Lin! You said you'd let us go!"

"We even gave you the shops!"

Lin Chuan shrugged with an innocent look.

"I did let you go."

"I didn't let Miss Chu sink you in the river to feed the fish!"

"But the police arresting you is a matter of the law. What does that have to do with me?"

"If you break the law, you must accept the sanctions of the law."

"Pfft—!"

Director Zhang's anger boiled over, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, fainting on the spot.

Too ruthless!

Lin Chuan had practically sucked the marrow from their bones!

The shops were gone, the money was gone, and they still had to go to prison or even face execution!

He's not just killing them; he's destroying their souls!

Watching the police cars drive away.

Lin Chuan stood on the steps, with Lin He and Long Wu behind him and Chu Yueli beside him.

He looked at the bustling street.

"Second Brother."

"Yes!" Lin He responded, clutching the thick stack of transfer contracts, his hands trembling.

"Start the renovations tomorrow."

"In a month at most, have all these shops hanging the Lins Supermarket sign!"