She was sweating profusely that her back was drenched and she couldn't have been more thankful for her dark taste in fas.h.i.+on especially when it helped her conceal a lot.

Li Yuan could feel her slightly trembling. He felt guilt gripping him.

He was partially responsible for her this state. If he had her here without the drug she would still be going king kong here despite her fear.

But then she would be a brave corpse...

His Grandfather was the actual tyrant and over the years his Grandmother had proven to be just as brutal as him.

Surely a match made in h.e.l.l!

His Grandfather was the founder of the empire. Their family had been leading the underworld for centuries now.

Their roots ran deep but there were still alliances and power allocations externally and internally.

He had eleven legitimate and illegitimate siblings at the time his father pa.s.sed away and as per ordeal the power was to be subsidized between the siblings but Old Master Li had other plans.

People say he slaughtered half of his clan single-handedly. Those who refused to submit faced the wrath of his sword.

Wealth and power were untrammeled but it wasn't enough for him.

In the second year of his reins, he announced to every syndicate around the country to either live under his thumb or perish.

Of course, the Old Criminals took him leniently and laughed it off, and then in less than a week, old master Li had their heads rolling on the streets.

It was gruesome and an ugly sight but now he was formidable, his power and influence had rosed new heights.

But he didn't stop there. He established his rule in whole Asian then bounded strong legal and illegal alliances out of the continents.

Except for his ferocious character, Old Master Li loved beautiful things and collected them.

He had a Harem made personally for him where he had collected beautiful women from around the world.

In one of his visits out of the continents he came across a beautiful Italian girl she looked hardly 19 when he was 35 but he was entranced by the girl and as expected he kidnapped.

But the Italian Mafia sent troops after him because the girl was the only daughter of the Boss of the Italian most powerful syndicate.

They demanded the girl back but it was now a question of his pride.

The problem was in a crucial time when he was solidifying his rule he couldn't risk a war.

So he did what a despicable man like him would do. He seduced the girl and got her with a child. The Italian Boss could do nothing but propose a marriage alliance.

Li Yuan was overrated for nothing, if there was a wolf lurking in the shadows it was the Old man.

The Old sword hadn't even rusted a little over the years if you could say his patience had worn thin and he had turned even fierce but discrete in his tricks.

He knew what this meeting was about.

With the unexpected death of his father many problems rose.

He had dug too many holes in the business, everything was a mess and all his uncles and cousins were eyeing the position of the Head of the Family like vultures.

And instead of helping him, Old Master Li had sidestepped and watched the ma.s.sacre with amus.e.m.e.nt.

Then when the internal affairs were calm the Government, legal authorities, Influential families, and the underworld were hunting them like bloodhounds.

Apparently, Li's had made big enemies...

Even though the Old Master Li didn't care about a dozen of corpses of his own flesh and blood, he certainly did care about the fortune his family took centuries to acquire.

So he arranged Li Yuan marriage with Lu Xinyi and in return, he was immune to the government and legal authorities giving him enough time to deal with other issues.

And now the inclusion was clear, he had brought the Li Family to new heights and he sure as h.e.l.l didn't need the Lu Family anymore to remain immune.

So, Lu Xinyi was now disposable...

Either she will have to annul the engagement or they will have to turn the engagement to void and that can only be done once Lu Xinyi is ...dead.

But he wasn't going to settle for either, he may not love her but she will only stay with him and no one else and most of all n.o.body dictated his life.

Li Yuan would have to play his cards right or the odds are that he will carry his fiance's body home today.

Although he looked laid back but in the closer inspection, you could see his stiff body language. He was on constant alert.

Sneaky was his Grandfather thing...

After walking through several hallways they took a sharp turn and opened the Mahogany door with vines intricate design.

They entered the room and before the people in the room came into view...

'SWIs.h.!.+'

Lei Xinyi looked at the sharp fork that Li Yuan was holding an inch away from her head.

Lei Xinyi eyes widened. She didn't even see it coming or anyone throwing it at her.

Thinking about the possibilities of it going through her head Lei Xinyi blood run cold.

It would have been an instant kill that she wouldn't even know her murderer.

She stammered backward and hid behind Li Yuan still clutching his arm.

She heard obnoxious giggles but didn't dare look at her possible murderer.

Li Yaun twisted the fork in his hand and threw it in projectile motion, landing exactly a millimeter away from Old Master Li hand on the table.

"I see, you have lost sight of the aim. No wonder, age does that to you... I am just glad your bones aren't decaying, yet"