The Revenge of the Reborn Supreme Sovereign-Chapter 40 - 39: Is This Motivation in Life?

Outside the school administration building.

The moment Qin Fan stepped out the door, a frantic Ye Haoyuan sprinted over.

"What’s wrong?" Qin Fan asked with a furrowed brow before Ye Haoyuan could even speak.

"HUFF—HUFF—Mr. Qin, my dad has—has an urgent matter—he needs you!" Gasping for breath, Ye Haoyuan recalled the anxiety and terror in Ye Jizu’s voice over the phone. He skipped his usual address of "Idol" and called him "Mr. Qin" directly.

Ye Jizu urgently needs him?

At this, Qin Fan couldn’t help but frown. Though he was initially reluctant to get involved in outside affairs, the thought of the billions he had taken and the items he had asked the Ye Family to find stirred his conscience.

Although it was purely a transactional agreement with no personal favors involved, the respectful attitude of three generations of the Ye Family had softened him slightly.

"What’s the matter?" he asked.

"I don’t know. My dad told me to tell you to save him! Mr. Qin, my dad will be okay, right? Right?" An agitated Ye Haoyuan subconsciously grabbed Qin Fan’s hand, his face pale with panic.

"Where is he?" Qin Fan shook off Ye Haoyuan’s desperate grip and pulled his hand away.

"Kowloon Tea House!" Ye Haoyuan blurted out. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Qin Fan nodded. He said no more and started walking toward the school gates.

"Mr. Qin, let me come with you! Take me!" Being no fool, Ye Haoyuan knew Qin Fan had agreed to help. He quickly followed, calling out anxiously.

"A burden. Scram," he said coldly, without turning his head.

At the word "scram," Ye Haoyuan reflexively froze. Staring at Qin Fan’s thin, departing figure, his mind was in complete turmoil.

Not daring to follow, he quickly pulled out his phone to call Ye Jizu.

"Dad, Mr. Qin is on his way! What on earth happened? I’m your son! How can you not tell me?" Filled with deep worry, Ye Haoyuan’s tone became almost scolding by the end.

"Don’t ask what you shouldn’t know! Just stay at school. No matter what, do not come over here!" Ye Jizu’s breathing was erratic. He threw out the sentence and hung up immediately.

On the Qi Middle School campus, Ye Haoyuan listened to the dial tone beeping in his ear. He glanced at the school gate, where Qin Fan’s figure had already vanished, then gritted his teeth and bolted out.

Although Ye Jizu had forbidden him from going under any circumstances, this was his father! Given that his father’s life was on the line, he, as a son, would charge forward without a second thought, even if it meant running to his own death. There was no why; it was simply human nature.

「Kowloon Tea House.」

Inside the elegant hall on the second floor, shocking splatters of fresh blood stained the ground.

Beside Ye Jizu, a Dark Energy initiate knelt on the floor, his face ashen. His lips were smeared with crimson blood, and his right arm hung limply at his side, clearly crippled. The wooden floorboard where he knelt was shattered, his knee sunk deep into the hole. He gasped in agony.

"Elder Ye. My dear Elder Ye. Surprised? Haha—"

A man of about thirty stood before the disabled top bodyguard, looking at Ye Jizu with a mocking grin. "Elder Ye, you shouldn’t be a stranger to this scar on my face, right? Hmm? Of course you’re not. After all, you’re the one who carved it! Five years ago, in your Mountain and Water Manor, you accused me of cheating. You had your men cripple my limbs, then you stood on my chest and carved this mark of shame with a switchblade. You haven’t forgotten that, I’m sure. Later, you ordered my body dumped in the Zhujiang. But you never imagined your lackeys would betray you, did you? I bought my life back for ten million! For that money, they found a scapegoat to take my place in the Zhujiang. Elder Ye! It’s been five years, and I’ve thought about you every single day and night!"

"Zhan Long, what do you want?!" Seated in his chair, Ye Jizu could no longer hide his terror, his body trembling beneath his clothes.

"What do I want? Revenge, of course! Haha! Elder Ye, I know you’ve called for help. So before your man arrives, I’d like to share what my life has been like these past five years. Did you know, Elder Ye? For the sake of revenge, I married a woman who wasn’t right in the head. Yes, she was mentally ill. I even had to take care of her eating, drinking, and bathroom needs. But for revenge, I accepted it! Her father... you must have heard of him. Lan Xiaosheng!"

Though his words were spoken softly, a monstrous resentment brewed beneath the calm surface. He was like the eerie stillness before a storm.

"Lan Xiaosheng? The one defeated by Hua Xiaotian? The Lan Xiaosheng who was banned from setting foot in Huaxia for thirty years?" Upon hearing the name, Ye Jizu’s face contorted in shock and he cried out.

Twenty-five years ago, he was only thirteen, but Lan Xiaosheng’s name was already legendary throughout Huaxia’s upper society. The young Ye Jizu had heard countless stories about him. In those days, the undefeated Lan Xiaosheng was hailed as the future’s greatest, until the slightly younger Hua Xiaotian appeared.

Lan Xiaosheng’s first defeat was at the hands of Hua Xiaotian. The wager of their match stipulated that the loser had to leave Huaxia and not return for thirty years. Lan Xiaosheng lost that battle, and that very night, he fled Huaxia. Even though a full twenty-five years had passed, Ye Jizu was still extremely familiar with that name.

"Haha, that’s right. Tsk, tsk, it’s all fate, isn’t it? I never imagined I’d have the chance to meet such a figure. Five years ago, after buying my life back for ten million, I fled to the frontier and crossed the border into Russia. As fate would have it, I saved Lan Xiaosheng’s daughter and met the man of legend himself. Do you know how I felt when I learned who he was? Haha, I trembled with excitement! Do you know why? Because I knew my chance for revenge had finally come!

"To get Lan Xiaosheng to improve my strength, I did as he wished. I took care of his simple-minded daughter, and we even had a child. I carved my own name onto the pillar of shame just to earn his approval! For the sake of revenge, Elder Ye, can you imagine what I’ve been through? HAHA!!!

"After gaining Lan Xiaosheng’s approval and tutelage, I spent four whole years in the Life and Death Arena. Lan Xiaosheng said the fastest way to improve one’s strength is through life-or-death combat. I did everything others dared not do. I spent four years walking the threshold of Ghost Gate and finally broke through from Ming Energy to the Middle Stage of Dark Energy. And then, I couldn’t hold it in any longer. I just couldn’t wait to come find you, Elder Ye. Haha! Is it a moving story? An inspirational life? Well, my dear Elder Ye?"

As he finished recounting the last five years of his life, the feigned calm gradually faded, replaced by an emerging ferocity.

Zhan Long’s eyes were now completely consumed by a boundless hatred. He was in no rush to exact his revenge on Ye Jizu; he wanted to watch Ye Jizu slowly sink into despair. He wanted to make Ye Jizu watch as the so-called expert he had summoned was crippled and broken by his own Middle Stage Dark Energy.

It had to be said, Zhan Long’s psyche was quite twisted.

But for an Avenger, this method often brought the most extreme pleasure.