"Although we made a promise when we were kids, I wouldn't mind us marrying the same person," Su Yanran said solemnly, looking at Lin Qingyue. "But that person can't be Qin Lin. He's just a penniless loser with no backbone!"
"Hey, what are you talking about?" Lin Qingyue rolled her eyes helplessly at Su Yanran. "You know my grandmother's personality. She's always been stubborn about keeping her promises. She said that Immortal Qin Sr. did a great favor for our Lin Family back in the day. If it weren't for his help, not only would I have died, but our Lin Family would have probably fallen apart completely by now."
"Under these circumstances, my grandmother will never allow me to break off the engagement without a sufficient reason." Lin Qingyue wiped the lipstick mark off her face. "Besides, since he's the grandson of Immortal Qin Sr., maybe he has some unique traits?"
"You're overthinking it. Immortal Qin Sr. is Immortal Qin Sr., and he is just him," Su Yanran shrugged. "He's just a poor loser. I bet when he sees you, he'll be too busy leering at your legs to even walk straight."
"I'll take you to see him with your own eyes right now, and then you'll understand," Su Yanran shrugged again. "If your grandmother still has objections after that, you can just bring her to see for herself."
"I refuse to believe she would actually throw her own granddaughter to the wolves!"
"Mm." Lin Qingyue bit her vermilion lip and nodded slightly. Deep down, she was actually a little curious and even hopeful about this fiancé who had appeared out of nowhere. Having been raised by her grandmother, she was generally unwilling to defy the old woman's wishes and break her heart. As long as Qin Lin wasn't absolutely terrible, she could—
"Brother Qin, what should we do next?"
At that moment, inside the orphanage, Fatty Qi, who had been helping Qin Lin rebuild the collapsed wall, wiped the sweat from his forehead. He and everyone else instinctively turned to look at Qin Lin. As long as Qin Lin was around, they all had a pillar of support, feeling as if there was no obstacle they couldn't overcome.
"Let's divide into three teams. One stays on duty, and the rest can go home and rest," Qin Lin waved to the crowd. "Call me anytime if anything happens."
"Alright."
"Understood."
Hearing Qin Lin's words, everyone nodded. The ones assigned to stay remained, and the others left.
"Brother Qin, this might fend them off for now, but it won't work forever," Fatty Qi said with a troubled frown after the others had gone. "The people from the street office have already colluded with Shen Zhao. What are we going to do when they show up with the Patrol Department?"
"I know what you're worried about, but it's okay," Qin Lin took a deep breath and patted Fatty Qi's shoulder firmly. "I'll figure out a solution."
"How?" Fatty Qi looked at Qin Lin skeptically. He thought that Qin Lin, just like him, was an ordinary guy making just over five thousand a month with no connections. Facing the Shen Family Group, worth over a hundred million, and the unreasonable street office, what could Qin Lin possibly do?
"You'll see," Qin Lin patted Fatty Qi's shoulder again, his eyes filled with a sharp, determined light. Before, he might not have had any options, not even a way to appeal for help.
But now, he was going to give Shen Zhao a huge surprise!
I'm only in the early stage of Inner Strength right now. The best way to handle this is to build connections and use people within the system to pressure the street office and the Shen Family Group, he thought carefully after leaving the orphanage. Although my medical skills could help me build a network, there's obviously no time for that now. So, the best approach is still to improve my own strength. Once I reach the high or peak stage of Inner Strength, I can start settling accounts with the Shen Family Group and the people from the street office one by one, in secret! If anyone dares to bring up the demolition again, I'll just break their legs in secret. He snorted inwardly. Let's see who dares to come and try to demolish it then!
Clenching his fists, Qin Lin took a deep breath. To increase my strength quickly, finding a place with dense nature's spiritual energy is difficult, but buying medicinal herbs to refine pills is the easiest and fastest way. And my Qin Family's medical techniques happen to include alchemy methods. With just one Foundation Training Pill, I should be able to advance directly to the mid-stage of Inner Strength!
Realizing there was no time to waste, Qin Lin waved to Fatty Qi, who was staying behind at the orphanage, and hurried back to his rented apartment. He needed to see what valuables he had left to sell for some quick cash to buy herbs.
Chen Mengyuan, just you wait. The memory of the tens of thousands he had painstakingly saved for six months, all gone to waste when she crushed it underfoot, made rage churn inside him.
SCREECH.
"Qin Lin, right? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Just as Qin Lin reached the entrance to his apartment building, a cold snort echoed out. A muscular, burly man appeared and blocked his path.
"You've got some nerve hitting Young Master Shen," the burly man growled. "So, tell me, which arm do you want broken? Left or right?"
As the burly man spoke, several other fierce-looking toughs also arrogantly piled out of a van, surrounding Qin Lin menacingly.
"You really are like a ghost that won't go away," Qin Lin's expression hardened as he secretly circulated his Inner Strength to his fists, preparing for a fight. He could already sense that the leader of the group was also a Martial Artist with Inner Strength.
This would be his first battle against an expert martial artist