The male protagonist of a sweet romance novel went on a killing spree in the world of angst novels.

No one expected Chen Xiao to be so audacious as to actually fire a shot.

Although the shot only hit the vase, everyone except Yanting was shocked, frightened, and wanted to escape, fearing that they would be the next target.

Chen Xiao smirked: "Didn't your Yan family want to talk to my girlfriend?"

"Sure." He sat down on the sofa with an air of superiority, his long legs propped up on the coffee table, his arrogant posture even more domineering than that of the Jade Emperor.

"Come on, let's have a good talk." Chen Xiao looked at Yan Shan and Li Qian, whose faces were pale, and raised an eyebrow: "Sit down!"

"..."

The atmosphere was so tense it was suffocating.

No one dared to utter a sound.

Only Yan Ting picked up the cat, Guifei, from the cage and gently comforted her without saying a word.

Yanshan had met many people in his life, but he had never met anyone as arrogant and domineering as Chen Xiao. He was so badly at a loss that he could only let the other party lead him by the nose.

This sense of shame was the second time he had experienced it since his elder brother's death.

"What?" Chen Xiao stared at Yan Shan with a half-smile: "Do you need me to invite you to sit down?" He twirled the black pistol in his hand, and the next second the muzzle pointed upwards. With a loud "bang," the bullet hit the ceiling.

Then, a loud boom was heard.

The crystal chandelier crashed down with a heavy thud.

The floor was smashed and left in a mess.

"..."

The maids, nannies, and cooks were so frightened that they hid in a safe corner, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

Li Qian screamed in fright.

Enraged, Yanshan slapped her across the face: "Shut up."

Li Qian covered her face, stunned.

Yanshan seemed to be venting his anger on Li Qian: "If it weren't for how harshly you treated your own daughter, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

Li Qian burst into tears: "I did all that because of the Yan family. You supported me back then."

Yanshan: "Shut up."

"I'm so busy every day, I don't have time to pay attention to these things."

Seeing this dramatic scene unfold before him, Yanting felt nothing but mockery.

Chen Xiao blew on the muzzle of his gun and said casually, "Sit down and let's talk."

Yan Shan stiffened, then slowly sat down opposite Chen Xiao. Li Qian was still crying, but out of consideration for her pride and Chen Xiao, she only dared to cry silently.

Yan Ting sat beside Chen Xiao, observing everything with a cold eye.

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "It would have been better if this had been done sooner." He brandished the pistol in his hand. "Old Deng, you know best how my cat ended up here."

Yanshan said stiffly, "I didn't know this was Mr. Chen's cat. I thought it was my daughter's cat."

Yan Ting suddenly said coldly, "I am not your daughter."

"Your daughter should be Xu Rou."

Taking this opportunity, Yanting decided to lay her cards on the table: "My purpose in coming to the Yan family is not just for the cat, but also to transfer my household registration."

It's best to detect and deal with these hidden landmines as soon as possible.

How could Yanshan easily allow Yanting to move his household registration?

Who can give up meat that's almost in their mouth?

"I can transfer my household registration, but what do you have to offer in exchange?" Now that things had come to this, Yanshan stopped pretending and directly stated his conditions.

Chen Xiao tapped the corner of his eye with his finger, his phoenix eyes beautiful and deceptive: "Do you think we're discussing this with you?"

"..."

Yanshan narrowed his eyes: "No matter what, I am her father. As long as I don't agree, she can forget about transferring her household registration for the rest of her life."

Chen Xiao is not a simple person; perhaps we can gain something from him.

But he misjudged the person.

If it were an ordinary powerful person, they might really do as he wished.

But who is Chen Xiao?

The Chen family heir, who has no taboos in Beijing's elite circles.

If you touch his sore spot, you're probably asking for trouble.

Chen Xiao tapped his leg with his finger and said calmly, "I think you should know whether the title of father is more important or your life."

This is a naked threat.

Yanshan was clearly no match for Chen Xiao. He was so angry that his chest heaved: "You probably can't control Yancheng. It's wise to leave some room for maneuver, instead of fighting to the death."

"Sorry, you're not worth the risk of our lives."

Chen Xiao said nonchalantly, "I'm here to inform you that I'm giving you three days to transfer your household registration. If my girlfriend's household registration hasn't been transferred by then, I won't worry about Yancheng for now, but I think I can still control this small Yan family."

"Such arrogance," Yanshan sneered. "Aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew?"

Chen Xiao pulled his leg back and stood up from the sofa. "You can try to see if I'm joking. I'm just afraid you won't be able to handle this joke."

After saying that, he stretched out his palm toward Yan Ting, who was standing to the side.

Yan Ting, holding the cat Guifei, grasped his hand and got up from the sofa.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two walked out of the living room hand in hand.

No one dared to stop them.

Including Yanshan.

He sat there with a gloomy face, not saying a word.

***

"You came really fast." Yanting stared at the conspicuous Bugatti and said, "I thought you would be later."

Chen Xiao replied matter-of-factly, "My girlfriend is the most important thing; everything else is secondary."

“However,” he ruffled Yanting’s hair and praised, “you even know how to call for help; that’s an improvement.”

Yan Ting said silently, "You're my boyfriend, so it's normal for me to ask you to come."

If she and Chen Xiao were not related, or even if they were friends, she would never call him that.

But the two of them happen to be a couple.

There's no need to make this kind of thing into a melodramatic, tragic love story like in TV dramas.

If you have someone to rely on, why not rely on them?

Chen Xiao smiled brightly, raising his lips: "I'm very happy."

Yan Ting was momentarily stunned by his smile, then she asked, "Am I really useless? If it weren't for you coming today, things might not have turned out so well." She knew clearly that Yan Shan had let her go not because he was afraid of her, but because he was wary of Chen Xiao and had chosen to back down.

She alone could hardly contend with the Yan family.

Chen Xiao tapped Yan Ting's nose and said lazily, "Zhizhi, everyone has flaws."

“You know Yanshan’s character better than I do, so he must have quite a few weaknesses. If you can find any of them, he’s just a paper tiger. On the contrary, if you keep backing down, all you’ll get is temporary peace.”

"Strike the snake at its vital spot." Chen Xiao stared at Yan Ting and said slowly, "Your enemy is not Xu Rou and Li Qian, nor your brother Yan Nan, but Yan Shan."

Yan Ting had some vague insights.

"You mean to bring down the Yan family, all we need to do is destroy Yanshan?"

Chen Xiao said nonchalantly, "If you ruin my father, the little one won't be able to cause any trouble." The difference in their upbringing led to different limitations for the two.

Previously, Yanting had never truly broken free from his established way of thinking to consider such matters.

Chen Xiao looked at Yan Ting, who seemed to be deep in thought, and earnestly advised him: "Having ambition is not a bad thing. If the Yan family makes you unhappy, then make it disappear, or make it yours."

Yan Ting's moral compass was simply too high: "But I am not the biological daughter of the Yan family." Rather than making the Yan family disappear, Yan Ting found that she craved power, status, and the ability to control her own life.

“The Yan family originally belonged to you,” Chen Xiao said slowly. “What you lack is not independence and freedom, but power.” And what he wanted to do was to grant her that power.

“This world has always been a dog-eat-dog world,” Chen Xiao said, his hands in his pockets, looking down at Yan Ting. “So don’t treat me like your savior. If you need me, I’m the only weapon you have.”