Tsk, this is so fucking annoying.
Lin Hao walked down the road and casually kicked an empty can on the sidewalk, looking extremely irritated.
He had already split up with Xu Youyou and the others and was heading home. Because of the humiliating scene earlier, he was no longer in the mood to keep stringing along those idiots.
Xu Youyou was fine in every other way—she was obedient and her family background matched his. The only shame was that her looks were nowhere near Ning Dongli and the rest.
Just thinking about it made Lin Hao angry.
With his charm, he could only attract girls at Xu Youyou’s level. Anything better required underhanded methods.
What kind of bullshit logic was that?
Lin Hao’s face was dark with frustration.
From the very first time he saw Ning Dongli, he had already planned out exactly how to handle the future and had long since considered her his property.
Especially after meeting Ning Dongli’s mother, he had become even more certain.
Before encountering Ning Dongli, Lin Hao had always thought the same thing: Ning Dongli might escape the school’s grasp, but she could never escape her family’s control. Even her own mother was on his side—what could Ning Dongli possibly do? With a mother who knew how to read the room, she would belong to him sooner or later.
Unfortunately, things had not gone as expected.
It seemed Ning Dongli’s mother had been completely useless, and Ning Dongli acted as if she did not care at all.
What annoyed him even more was that her friends were the same—they paid no attention to his handsome school-prince face and even pretended to be gentle and refined on the surface. Lin Hao felt he had everything: status, looks, the works.
What was wrong with these high-quality girls?
He had lost all desire to keep playing the game. The prey he had planned to claim today had slipped away, so Lin Hao could only head home in defeat.
He gritted his teeth, as if recalling something infuriating.
Being thrown out by the convention staff was bad enough, but the moment he was about to leave, something invisible had sliced open his belt.
That caused Lin Hao to expose his choice of underwear right in front of a crowd of strangers.
The humiliation was massive, and Lin Hao could not accept it at all.
“Just wait until you’re back at school.”
He shouted irritably, already plotting how he would get revenge on Ning Dongli later.
That’s right—he blamed the entire mess on Ning Dongli. If she had not rejected him so stubbornly, none of this would have happened.
In short, Lin Hao had had enough. He stood at the entrance of his villa, slowly pushed open the main gate, and stepped inside.
But unlike usual, today no one came forward to welcome their young master home.
This made Lin Hao frown, irritation flaring inside him.
Causing trouble for him on a day like today, huh.
“Where is everyone?!”
However, after he spoke, there was no reply.
This annoyed Lin Hao even more. He subconsciously kicked off his shoes and strode deeper into the house.
Lin Hao frowned. “Where the hell did everyone go? Where the fuck did they all die?” He still had not realized anything was wrong. He was simply venting his bad mood on the missing servants.
The villa, which was normally bustling with activity, was now completely empty.
“People… Ah!!”
Lin Hao kept shouting, but the next second he was suddenly kicked flying.
“You little bastard—the people are right here!”
“You fucking…?”
Lin Hao angrily scrambled to his feet, ready to curse, only to see that the person who had kicked him was his father, Lin Jian.
At this moment, Lin Jian’s face was twisted with fury, his eyes burning with intense killing intent.
“W-what’s wrong with you?!”
Lin Hao was startled and quickly hid the resentment in his eyes.
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Hahaha… Hahahaha!
Shouldn’t I be asking you what the hell you’ve done?!”
Lin Jian laughed bitterly, which made Lin Hao panic.
“I-I don’t know anything…”
Slap—
Seeing Lin Hao’s bewildered face, Lin Jian’s anger exploded.
He slapped Lin Hao hard across the face, and his own despair grew even deeper.
“Our family is finished! And you still dare to say you don’t know anything!”
Lin Jian stared at Lin Hao like a madman, rage pouring out of him.
Their family had been steadily rising, but just moments ago, every major family had suddenly canceled all cooperation with them.
Some were even willing to pay the breach-of-contract penalties just to cut ties completely.
Without any warning, Lin Jian had lost his foothold in the city.
And it had all happened in the blink of an eye.
“Finished? What do you mean?”
Lin Hao looked completely lost, still not understanding what was happening.
Before Lin Jian could finish speaking, violent knocking sounded at the door outside.
Bang bang bang—
“Who is it?!”
Lin Hao had not reacted at all. He was already furious and had just been slapped by his father. In the middle of his pain and anger, the sudden loud knocking made him open the door without thinking.
The next instant…
Lin Hao was seized.
“What…?! ”
Even Lin Jian failed to react in time. His eyes widened in fury as he watched the police suddenly storm into his home.
“What the hell are you doing?!”
He had only lost his ability to do business in this city—he had not committed tax evasion or anything like that!
If he could not stay here, he would simply leave. No matter how powerful that family was, they could not fabricate evidence and have the police arrest people out of thin air, right?
However, the police remained completely calm in the face of Lin Jian’s rage.
They moved swiftly, ignoring him entirely. In an instant they retrieved a USB drive from Lin Hao’s bedroom.
“Mr. Lin, it seems you’ve misunderstood something.”
The lead officer took the USB drive, plugged it into the computer, and showed Lin Jian the contents on the spot.
The files were filled with filthy, disgusting material, and most of the filming locations were inside a certain high school.
Lin Jian recognized the school immediately—it was the one Lin Hao attended.
The people in the videos were almost all high-school students…
“Your son, Lin Hao, used school bullying to coerce over a hundred students into doing these things.
After he was done, he recorded videos of it. Once he grew tired of them, he sold the videos for profit.”
Watching Lin Jian, who had gone completely stiff, the lead officer did not waste any time. He handcuffed Lin Hao right in front of his father.
“No, this is all fake! Don’t touch me! Father, save me!”
Lin Hao struggled desperately, but it was useless.
“It has nothing to do with anyone else. Your son broke the law.”