As the voice fell, a tall figure appeared at the door and walked in slowly.
Everyone looked and saw Xu Mo, clad in a dark gold dragon robe, walking with a commanding presence and an overbearing aura.
Xu Mo's attire was clearly out of place with everyone present, making him look like an actor playing an emperor on a film set.
However, the imperial pressure emanating from him was something no actor could possess.
Xu Mo saw his best friend Qin Cheng, whom he hadn't seen in over a decade. The forty-something Qin Cheng had entered middle age, with wrinkles beginning to appear on his face and much of his hair lost.
The middle-aged Qin Cheng before him slowly merged with the young Qin Cheng in his memory, making Xu Mo feel somewhat dazed.
He vaguely recalled that back in their dorm, Qin Cheng was a restless spirit, often leading him to climb over walls to go online.
If they were bullied by petty thugs or young punks at the internet cafe, Qin Cheng wouldn't stand for it and would confront them directly.
Now, so many years later, Xu Mo had thought Qin Cheng's temper might have mellowed, but he hadn't expected him to still be so unyielding!
He was still the Qin Cheng from his memory!
Qin Cheng looked at Xu Mo as he walked in, his expression a mix of surprise. Looking at Xu Mo's current face, with its sharp eyebrows, piercing eyes, and chiseled features, he was incredibly handsome, even more so than the movie stars on screen!
But he felt the person before him was very familiar; these features were too much like his deceased brother's.
For a moment, Qin Cheng even thought his brother Xu Mo had crawled back from the underworld to be alive again!
He quickly shook his head internally, realizing it was impossible.
The cliff Xu Mo fell from was over a hundred meters high; anyone falling would have been reduced to a bloody pulp, and even if by some miracle they survived, they would have been eaten by wild beasts.
Besides, Xu Mo wasn't this handsome, and he was slightly shorter than him. The person before him was nearly two meters tall, incredibly tall!
Moreover, after more than ten years, Xu Mo would be in his forties, a middle-aged man, so how could he look so young?
And the person before him looked so strange, wearing a dragon robe in this day and age? Was this some kind of role-playing activity for a specific group?
Thinking of the domineering words just spoken, Qin Cheng's expression turned puzzled. He couldn't recall having such a brother.
Could this be Xu Mo's twin brother? After all, he looked so much like Xu Mo.
"Who are you!?" Jin Dashao and his group also looked at Xu Mo. Jin Dashao had a gut feeling that the person before him was not simple.
He could clearly sense an air of superiority and extreme dominance emanating from Xu Mo.
But Xu Mo's attire made him doubt; would someone with real status dress like this?
"Wait... are you Xu Mo?" Qin Cheng finally realized something was amiss. The more he looked at the person before him, the more he felt he was Li Mo.
Especially those eyes, they were exactly the same, as if cast from the same mold!
Xu Mo chuckled and said, "Qin Cheng, it's been over ten years, and I've changed so much, yet you still recognized me."
He had been about to remind Qin Cheng when he saw that Qin Cheng hadn't recognized him. Fortunately, Qin Cheng had eventually identified him.
"Hiss...!" Hearing Xu Mo speak again, Qin Cheng gasped. Matching the voice with his memory, it was exactly like Xu Mo's!
Qin Cheng was immensely shocked, unable to believe what he was seeing.
He rubbed his eyes and looked again. Xu Mo was still standing before him; it wasn't a dream, it wasn't fake!
But how was this possible?
There was surveillance footage of Xu Mo being pushed off the cliff back then, clearly showing Xu Mo being hit, tumbling several times in the air, and then falling off the cliff.
At a height of over a hundred meters, how could he have survived?
For a moment, Qin Cheng had too many questions and uncertainties, wanting to blurt them out. But finally, he excitedly stepped forward, clasped Xu Mo's hands, and said, "Good brother, you... you're not dead!?"
"Of course, I'm not dead. If I were dead, would I be standing before you?" Xu Mo smiled.
He could clearly feel Qin Cheng's hands trembling, reflecting his immense excitement.
Xu Mo directly used his techniques to soothe Qin Cheng's emotions and calm him down.
"I thought it was some big shot, but it's just a nobody! Wearing a dragon robe in broad daylight, do you really think you're an emperor?" Jin Dashao sneered.
Once he knew Xu Mo was Qin Cheng's brother, he relaxed.
Qin Cheng was just an ordinary person, and his brother couldn't possibly hold a high status, not worthy of Jin Dashao's attention!
Thinking that he had been startled by this kid just now, Jin Dashao's expression darkened, and he said coldly, "Yang Shuai, bring this kid along too. Today, I'll have both of them hospitalized, unable to get out for months!"
He showed no courtesy to his future 'father-in-law,' especially since he believed he had already offered a courtesy before resorting to force.
Asking Qin Cheng to marry his daughter to him, and then daring to refuse, was simply ungrateful. Therefore, Jin Dashao decided to teach Qin Cheng a lesson and let him know the gap between social classes!
Qin Cheng's expression darkened. He had just remembered this troublesome Jin Dashao!
"Xu Mo, you should leave," he said, not wanting to involve his good brother Xu Mo.
Although he had a fiery temper and dared to confront powerful families like the Jin family, it didn't mean he lacked emotional intelligence. He was himself, and others were others; he wouldn't drag others into his affairs.
Hearing Qin Cheng's words, Xu Mo shook his head and said, "I'm not leaving. As I just said, who dares to touch my brother? I'll make them pay!"
As he spoke, an oppressive aura emanated from him, immediately causing everyone present to feel a crushing pressure, making it difficult to breathe.
Qin Cheng was unaffected, feeling a surge of emotion, his eyes turning slightly red. It was the excitement of reuniting with Xu Mo after more than a decade, and the感动 of his good brother standing up for him.
Jin Dashao and the others were horrified. An invisible pressure, like a giant hand of air, gripped their throats, making them unable to breathe, their faces turning red!
Their eyes filled with fear, and their gaze towards Xu Mo was no longer one of mockery, but of reverence and terror.
At this moment, Qin Cheng finally realized something. Looking at Jin Dashao and his group, their faces red and eyes wide, he exclaimed, "What... what's going on, Xu Mo? What did you do to them?"
He turned to look at the familiar yet unfamiliar Xu Mo, his heart filled with confusion.
From learning that Xu Mo was not dead, to him remaining youthful after more than a decade, and now this bizarre scene, all indicated that Xu Mo was no ordinary person.
Xu Mo said, "Naturally, I'm teaching them a lesson for you. They want to force a marriage on my niece and dare to threaten and intimidate? Then they must pay the price!"
He showed no mercy, directly crushing the limbs of Jin Dashao and his group, shattering their bones into powder, beyond recovery!