"Bang—"
No sooner had the words fallen than a burly young man descended from the sky, landing heavily beside the red wood coffin. With a wave of his right hand, the coffin lid was instantly flung to the ground.
"The coffin is ready. Please, Elder Lin, enter the coffin... to meet your death."
The man stared at Lin Nianfo and roared sternly.
"What?"
Someone had presented a red wood coffin at Lin Nianfo's eightieth birthday banquet, which had already stunned the assembled guests.
What they hadn't expected was that the intruder not only brought a coffin but also demanded Lin Nianfo enter it to die.
"It's him?"
Upon seeing the burly young man standing on the high platform, Yang Ce was shocked. Ye Shishi was shocked. Wang Yunchuan was also shocked.
"Grandpa, you seem to recognize him. Who is he?"
The white-clothed girl's attention had been focused on the red wood coffin, and she hadn't fully registered Shen Lang's later words.
Seeing Wang Yunchuan's astonished expression, the white-clothed girl asked in confusion.
"He is Shen Lang, your future husband."
Wang Yunchuan didn't know what Shen Lang intended to do today, but he remained unperturbed and said to the white-clothed girl.
"What?"
"He is Shen Lang?"
Seeing Shen Lang, who was nearly two meters tall and as burly as a wall, radiating a murderous aura, the white-clothed girl exclaimed, "As expected of a bumpkin who has never descended the mountain. He gives off the impression of a wild beast, so crude."
The man she liked was refined and gentle, a true gentleman, not someone like Shen Lang who looked like a beast.
Seeing the disgust on the white-clothed girl's face, Wang Yunchuan chuckled, "You are my only granddaughter. I've held you in my hands for fear you'd fly away, and kept you in my mouth for fear you'd melt, doing everything possible to give you the best of everything in this world."
"Your marriage to him was a favor I pulled off with immense effort for you. You must cherish it."
"Grandpa will eventually grow old and die. You will face the world alone one day, and at that time, the only person who can protect you and keep you unharmed your entire life will be him."
"What?"
Hearing Wang Yunchuan's words, the white-clothed girl looked incredulous and said, "Grandpa, are you senile? How can such a bumpkin be worthy of me?"
"My dear girl, you are still young and don't understand men yet."
Wang Yunchuan sighed and said, "Perhaps if you spend more time with him, you will understand my good intentions."
"Spend more time with him?"
The white-clothed girl snorted, "That's only if he can survive tonight."
This was the Lin family's residence, and tonight's banquet was for Lin Nianfo. This bumpkin dared to present a red wood coffin as a birthday gift and demand Lin Nianfo enter it to die.
What kind of behavior was this? It was a direct provocation to the Lin family.
If the Lin family did nothing, they would likely become a laughingstock in Nanling starting today, losing all authority.
And for provoking the Lin family like this, the white-clothed girl believed this bumpkin was surely going to die.
"My dear, how about a bet?"
Seeing his granddaughter's certainty that Shen Lang would die, Wang Yunchuan smiled and said.
"Bet on what?"
The white-clothed girl's expression flickered upon hearing this, and she asked.
"We'll bet on whether he dies tonight."
Wang Yunchuan stated, "If he dies tonight, I will go to Qiulong Mountain and ask his master to dissolve the marriage, granting you freedom."
"And if he doesn't die tonight?"
The white-clothed girl furrowed her brow and asked.
Wang Yunchuan smiled slightly and said, "If he doesn't die, you cannot initiate a breakup, and you must find a way to live with him for three months."
"Grandpa, do you trust him that much?"
Seeing Wang Yunchuan's confident and assured demeanor, the white-clothed girl coldly sneered, "Do you truly believe he can survive tonight?"
"I don't know him, but I know his master."
Wang Yunchuan replied, "If there are gods in this world, they must be peerless powerhouses like his master, and his disciples will certainly not be bad."
"Fine, I'll take that bet with you."
Wang Yunchuan's words thoroughly ignited the white-clothed girl's rebellious spirit. She said coldly, "I refuse to believe he can survive the Lin family's wrath alone."
"How could it be this kid?"
While Wang Yunchuan and the white-clothed girl were making their bet, Yang Ce and Ye Shishi looked at Shen Lang on the high platform, their faces filled with unspeakable shock.
Yang Ce harbored a deep enmity for Shen Lang and wished he could tear him to shreds.
Ye Shishi wasn't in any better situation. Shen Lang had crippled Lin Qubing right before her eyes, and she had never forgotten that hatred.
However, to cure her illness, she had bought Shen Lang three days, during which the Lin family had not retaliated against him.
Ye Shishi never expected that the Lin family wouldn't seek revenge, but this scoundrel Shen Lang would instead barge in and provoke them.
"He won't die tonight, will he?"
Ye Shishi looked at Shen Lang on the platform, her mind rapidly calculating, contemplating whether she should intervene to help Shen Lang at a crucial moment.
Ye Shishi didn't care about Shen Lang's life or death, but if he was going to die, it should be after her illness was cured.
"Kid, you actually dared to come?"
Lin Nianfo hadn't expected Shen Lang to cause such a commotion. He looked at Shen Lang coldly and said, "Are you being so presumptuous because you think the Lin family has no one?"
With that, Lin Nianfo shouted, "Guards, seize this madman!"
Lin Nianfo knew Shen Lang would come, so he had already prepared assassins for tonight's banquet, waiting for Shen Lang's appearance to kill him.
"Clatter—"
As Lin Nianfo's voice fell, in the next second, three to four hundred people swarmed out from all directions in the Lin family courtyard.
These people, some armed with sabers, others with axes, all had expressionless faces and exuded a murderous aura.
"Are they the Lin family's old guards?"
Upon seeing these people, the guests present let out a collective gasp.
It was rumored that before the Lin family ventured into real estate and the medical industry, they had engaged in shady dealings and unsavory practices, keeping hundreds of experts. These individuals were said to be capable of fighting ten, fierce and formidable.
After the Lin family "whitewashed" their business and went legitimate, these people had gone into hiding, known as the Lin family's old guards.
The reason why the wealthy and powerful in Nanling feared the Lin family, besides their terrifying influence, was also due to the Lin family's hidden old guards.
However, the guests present today had never imagined that Lin Nianfo would resort to using this trump card, his old guards, to deal with an unknown youngster like Shen Lang.
He's finished, this kid is finished.
Whether it was Ye Shishi, Yang Ce, or anyone else, after witnessing this scene, they all predicted Shen Lang's demise.
Yang Ce looked at the old man in black standing beside him and said, "Elder Tang, what a pity. You can't personally avenge yourself on this kid."
The old man in black sighed with a look of helplessness.
Unlike Yang Ce's joy, Ye Shishi's expression was somber. Her mind raced as she devised a plan to save Shen Lang.