Liya, somewhat surprised, looks at Li Chan and says, "Li Chan? What are you doing here?"
Just then, Hao, unable to hide his anger, calls some bodyguards and says in a loud voice, "Security! Throw this boy out of here immediately!"
Hearing this, Li Chan's face turns shocked. He looks at everyone with a confused expression and says, "Hey… but what have I done?"
The bodyguards, who until now were bowing and saluting him, now look at each other and whisper among themselves,
"Is this boy the Young Master?"
Then, two of them step forward and grab both of Li Chan's hands.
One of them says,
"Come on, kid, let's go outside."
Li Chan tries to free his hands and says angrily,
"Let me go!"
Then, looking at Hao, he shouts,
"Hao! I came here to buy a villa!"
Hearing this, Hao's face freezes in shock for a moment… but the next second, he bursts into loud laughter.
Holding his stomach, trying to control his laughter, he signals the bodyguards to stop with a raised hand.
Then, walking up to Li Chan, he says,
"You idiot! You're going to buy a villa!? Be thankful that a very important person is coming here today… otherwise, I'd have knocked all your teeth out!"
From behind, Liya also says angrily,
"Hao! Why are you listening to this poor guy? Throw him out!"
On the other side, at the head office of the Song Hao Group, Ten Hao was busy with his work.
Suddenly, loud noises and commotion from the corridor disturb his focus.
He mutters to himself,
"What's happening outside? What's all this noise about?"
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Then he opens his laptop and presses a few buttons to turn on the security feed.
As the footage appears on the screen, he says softly,
"Looks like someone's causing trouble… it better be cleared up before the Young Master arrives."
But as soon as the CCTV footage comes up, the color drains from his face.
The screen shows two bodyguards holding Li Chan, and Hao grabbing his collar.
Ten Hao's hands let go of the laptop, and he stands up in panic.
In a state of alarm, he shouts,
"Hao! What have you done!?"
Meanwhile, back at the scene, Hao is still holding Li Chan's collar.
Suddenly, the sound of heavy footsteps is heard… and everyone turns toward the door.
The door swings open with a bang… and in walks Ten Hao with quick steps, fire in his eyes.
He shouts angrily,
"Hao, you scoundrel! Let go of the Young Master!!"
Hearing this, the color drains from Hao's face. He immediately releases Li Chan's collar and says in a flustered tone,
"Dad! This isn't the Young Master! This is Li Chan from our university!"
From behind, Liya quickly chimes in,
"Yes, Uncle! He and I are in the same class!"
Hearing this, Ten Hao falls completely silent for a few moments.
He walks slowly toward Hao.
The entire hallway becomes eerily quiet.
Even the air feels heavy.
Then, all of a sudden…
Ten Hao slaps his son hard across the face.
Hao, placing his hand on his face with embarrassment, says,
"Father… his face was swollen."
Ten Hao doesn't say anything after hearing this. He just takes slow steps toward Li Chan.
His face shows tension, beads of sweat, and a pleading look in his eyes.
Then he bows in front of Li Chan and says in a heavy voice,
"Young Master… please forgive us. My son made a huge mistake."
In his mind, Ten Hao thinks,
"If the Young Master holds a grudge in his heart, our entire group could be finished."
At that moment, the bodyguards let go of Li Chan.
Li Chan remains calm. His face is serious, with a cold hatred in his eyes.
He turns back… walks a few steps away…
And as he leaves, he says,
"Ten Hao… I will never forget this humiliation."
Hearing this, a chill runs down Ten Hao's spine.
His throat goes dry, and darkness begins to cloud his vision.
He looks ahead helplessly where Li Chan is quietly walking away.
Just then, Liya comes to him and says,
"Uncle… don't worry. I know this guy well."
Li Chan stops in front of the elevator.
At that moment, another elevator stops nearby.
Li Chan says nothing and walks straight into the first elevator.
Mei steps out of the second elevator.
Seeing Li Chan leave silently, she's surprised and says,
"Young Master… what happened?"
Li Chan doesn't even look at her, just moves forward in silence.
Mei then looks toward Ten Hao and the others.
She analyzes the situation… every face tells her something.
Then, in shock, Mei says to Ten Hao,
"Mr. Hao… what have you done? You've… offended the Young Master!?"
Hearing this, Liya yells in anger,
"Who's this Young Master!? He's just a poor guy!"
At that moment, Ten Hao, in a fit of rage, slaps Liya hard across the face.
"Shut up… you wretch!"
His face shows both anger and guilt.
In his mind, he says, broken,
"Everything's over… no… no! It can't end like this… I have to do something!"
On the other side, as Mei leaves, she lowers her head and says,
"Well… I'm leaving. I hope… you can save your company."
With that, Mei walks away.
Li Chan returns to his hostel and says in frustration,
"Damn… I didn't think Hao could stoop so low."
Just then, his phone starts buzzing with a flood of notifications.
Li Chan takes out his phone and looks at the screen.
All the messages are from the Dragon Den Group.
He sees the entire group is talking about him.
A member with the ID Ju Fan messages,
"Hey guys! Did you hear? Young Master Li Chan wants to destroy the Song Hao Group!"
In reply, others write,
"Yeah, we heard!"
Another member says,
"Good… the Song Hao Group was too arrogant anyway."
Reading all this, Li Chan thinks to himself,
"Looks like… the news has leaked… whatever."
Just then, his phone rings.
The caller ID shows an unknown number.
He picks up the call,
"Hello… who's this?"
A voice from the other side says,
"Hello, Young Master Li Chan. This is Senji… Young Master of the Dong Group. We heard you went to buy a villa… but something happened with the Song Hao Group?"
Li Chan, in a calm voice, says,
"Yeah… something happened."
Senji, in a professional tone, quickly says,
"I have some great villas too. The Dong Group is ranked second in the city. Would you like to take a look?"
Li Chan thinks for a moment…
Then says,
"Sure, why not. But not today… tomorrow morning."
Senji, happily, says,
"Thank you, Young Master!"
As he hangs up, Li Chan thinks to himself,
"I had to buy a house anyway…"
Then Yuki comes to his mind.
"I haven't talked to Yuki in a while…"
He takes out his phone and calls Yuki. ,
At that moment, Yuki is sitting on the bed with Dayna, talking.
Her phone rings.
She looks at the screen.
Dayna asks,
"Who is it?"
Yuki replies,
"It's Li Chan."
Dayna is a bit surprised.
Feeling a little jealous, she says,
"Oh! That jerk never calls me!"
Yuki smiles slightly.
Then, picking up the call, she says,
"Yes, Li Chan… what's up?"
Li Chan says,
"Nothing special… I was going to buy a house. Don't feel like going alone. Will you come with me?"
Yuki, surprised, thinks to herself,
"Li Chan? Buying a house? He's just a college student!"
Then she says,
"Okay… fine. I'm ready to go tomorrow."
Li Chan laughs,
"Awesome!"
He hangs up.
Dayna, excitedly, asks,
"Hey! What did Li say?"
Yuki replies,
"Li said… he's going to buy a house. And he asked me to come along."
Dayna, feeling jealous, says,
"That's nice…"
Yuki smiles but then asks,
"But Li's just a student. Why is he buying a house?"
Dayna gets lost in thought.
In her mind, she says,
"Looks like Yuki still doesn't know… Li Chan's real secret."
Then, laughing, she tells Yuki,
"He doesn't have money, but he's saved up through hard work."
Yuki gets lost in thought.
"But why does he need to buy a house now?"
Dayna says,
"Who knows… come on, let's have dinner."
Next Morning
Yuki is standing outside the university.
Angrily, she calls on her phone and says,
"Why hasn't this guy come yet!?"
Just then, Li Chan picks up the call and says,
"Just 5 minutes! Sorry… I overslept."
Yuki, annoyed, says,
"Come quickly!"
Li Chan says, "Yeah," hangs up,
and, sitting in his Pagani car, says,
"Let's go… to pick up Yuki."