'thud!'

'thud!'

'thud!'

Inside the rural villa, the peacefulness of the night was disturbed by the repeatedly thudding noise coming from the living area. Every time this sound was heard, the people who were present at this point couldn't help but cringe and shudder, wishing they could wipe away the sweats that were dropping from their temples down to their necks.

But no one dared to move.

They were too scared to move a muscle as though if they even tried to move as much as a twitch, they would be called over and subjected at the end of these thudding noises.

"Uwakk!"

"Urgh!"

"Mommy!"

What accompanied these thudding noises were some gruesome and troubling sounds of cries and groans coming from the trio captured by Alexander's men.

In the beginning, the trio believed that they would be able to endure through this man's method of making them open their mouths since they were big boys and assassins who are used to inflicting pain on others. But who would have thought that they soon swallow their own words and slap their face resoundingly after they had a taste of Reo's hardcore love.

It was needless to say that as someone who belongs to the Underworld like Alexander, Reo is a man worthy of being feared and avoided if one offended him. But what made Reo's name rung in the Underworld was not because he was 'brothers' to the King of Underworld, but because, unlike Alexander, Reo does things publicly. If he wished to punish someone who offended and insulted him, one must expect a dead end on the path they're taking.

And at this time, these three idiots were the offenders, criminals who have killed several others and had fun while doing it. They were friends of the public people. And unfortunately, they decided to bomb the party that the five brothers attended. Not only that, one of them was shot at and hadn't opened her eyes.

"Where's the bravery you three showed to me earlier? Did you drop them to the ground, so you're looking for them now?" Reo stepped on one of the heads of the trio as the other two kept their heads down.

"Now, now... Could you not give me that sullen look? You're making me feel like I'm the villain here, and you're someone worth saving." Reo gave a chuckle and wiped the blood on the meat cleaver on his sleeves. This meat cleaver was already used to cut some of their fingers and had done a great job. Reo found a liking to it.

The middle-aged man who was standing idly on the side and watching as Reo bullied the three assassins peeled himself off the wall. He approached Reo and gave him a clean white handkerchief for him to wipe the remaining bloodstains stuck on the meat cleaver.

"Young Master Reo, please be a little gentle with them. Or at least save one for Master Alexander. I don't want him to think I didn't treat the guests carefully." The middle-aged man said.

Reo glanced at him, watching him with cold and menacing eyes. If it were some rookies in the Underworld who were being looked at by Reo, they would surely tremble in fear like a fawn who had just crawled out of their mother's womb.

However, the middle-aged man didn't flinch nor lower his eyes as he stared straight at Reo.

"What's your name?" Reo took out a packet of cigarettes from his pocket and pulled one stick of cigarette out. He put it in his mouth.

"It's Fei Hong, Young Master Reo." The middle-aged man named Fei Hong replied.

Reo nodded, satisfied with him and patted his slightly bloodstained hand on Fei Hong's shoulder, and said, "If Alexander decided to throw you away, tell me. I can always find a spot for you to fill in by my side."

Fei Hong smiled benevolently, "Young Master is joking. I am loyal to Master Alexander, so there's no need for me to fill in a spot."

"Tsk." Reo clicked his tongue in disappointment. It was not rare for him to find talented people and recruit them. However, it was rare to find someone who wouldn't shudder and piss their pants when they're in the presence of Reo or one of his other four brothers.

Well, to be fair, the man Fei Hong was serving is none other than the uncrowned King of the Underworld. It wouldn't be surprising to anyone if Fei Hong's fear for someone far stronger and powerful than him were nearly nonexistent when Alexander is standing beside him.

"I still want to play longer with them. It's been a while since I've let myself loose and bullied someone. Give me a few more minutes." Reo said and started to twist the meat cleaver in his hand. It rolled and turned in an arc and artistic way before he held the handle tightly.

Fei Hong glanced at the three men holding themselves together on the ground; the three of them were groaning, crying with snots dripping down their noses, and wriggled like a worm. It was a tragic scene, but no one spared them any feelings of sympathy.

Furthermore, these men were part of the group that set the bombs off at the party. If it weren't, because they were lucky to find out that there were bombs taped under the tables, Alexander, Jin Woo, Lucas, Long Jie, Reo, and Yan Xiaoran could've died without even knowing what killed them.

Hence, no amount of sympathy could save these men from their agony.

Fei Hong still wanted to remind Reo to save one of the three for Alexander to play with, but since Reo has already switched on his hardcore mode, Fei Hong didn't interfere.

'Alright, I already told him what I had to say. If Master Alexander went down and found out that these three died before he could make them pay for what he did, then it was all Young Master Reo's fault.' Fei Hong inwardly thought and stood on one side. He resumed his stoic face as the thudding noise returned along with the accompaniment of the screams of terror and pain coming from the vocal cords of the three idiotic assassins.

Upstairs, Doctor Jiao already finished cleaning and suturing the cut on Yan Xiaoran's head. It was not too deep and life-threatening. However, because a few veins were severed, Yan Xiaoran lost quite a lot of blood. He had to sew them together and make sure that it was ready to use again.

"I'm done." Doctor Jiao said as he swiftly gathered his things that were lying on the bed. "Make sure not to wet the wound for two weeks or else it might reopen and bleed once again. We don't want that to happen, or I'll have to stitch her up twice."

Alexander attentively listened to the doctor and kept all his reminders to heart, not willing to miss any of them and forget to take care of Yan Xiaoran.

Alexander patted her hair and asked, "When will she wake up?"

Doctor Jiao closed his small black duffel bag after putting all his things inside and answered without looking at the man. "She'll probably wake up in a few hours. The latest she'll wake up is one or two days if there's no problem."

"Make sure to serve her bland and nutritious food when she does wake up. She can't eat anything spicy, flavourful, or if she loves seafood like shrimps, lobsters, and crabs... Make sure to pry them away from her hands."

"Don't worry, Doc. We'll order the chef in the villa not to buy seafood dishes until she recovers."

"Eh... But I love seafood!" Lucas pouted, and Jin-Woo patted his head. Since Jin Woo is several centimeters taller than Lucas, he looked like he was patting his grown son.

Jin Woo said, "It's one for all, all for one, Lucas."

Lucas rolled his eyes and slapped his hand away from his head before grumpily sat on the couch. Lucas might look cute and girlish, but he didn't like eating sweets. He loved spicy food and seafood dishes the most. That's why he couldn't take it when Jin Woo decided to ban seafood.

Glancing at Alexander, who was stroking Yan Xiaoran's hair, Lucas sighed. 'Can't help it then.' He thought inwardly. Alexander's wife suffered quite a lot today and even lost a lot of blood. He can't sabotage things up and endanger her life just because of his need for seafood dishes.

Doctor Jiao went for the door and reminded them once again about the things Yan Xiaoran couldn't eat and do while she's recovering from the incident.

Before Doctor Jiao closed the door behind him, he said, "Call me again if something happens, and don't forget about what I told you."

'bang!'

Doctor Jiao forcefully closed the door with a loud sound that the wall beside the door shook from the impact.

But then, the doctor opened the door once again after a minute. His face was so pale as of he had seen a ghost downstairs and stared at Jin Woo before saying, "Tha...the... Can you come with me and send me over to my apartment?"

Jin Woo sighed and took his coat before following the doctor downstairs.

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Author has something to say: I overestimated myself. The fatigue and stress is too much for me. Please forgive me if I ever fail the win-win event this month. I can't promise I can continue with the event but I can at least try to update daily.