After divorcing my celebrity wife, I became the world's richest person

Jin Lingsu's face suddenly flickered with a hint of murderous intent; the golden spikes somehow appeared in his hand and viciously stabbed into Lu Dashan's hand.

A shrill scream echoed in an instant, and everyone in the restaurant widened their eyes; the noise that had been present just a moment ago fell silent.

"What are you doing? How dare you lay hands on me? Do you know I have a reputation here?"

Jin Lingsu didn't care for that, raising his hand and fiercely slapping Lu Dashan's face, sending his body crashing to the ground.

Such a strong show of force stunned everyone.

No one expected Jin Lingsu to be so formidable.

Chen Yu ate his meat, looking as if it was all only to be expected.

"Alright, this place is still the Dongming Gorge, after all, and we need to follow the house rules. Let him go; we don't need any additional troubles."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Jin Lingsu said no more, simply retracting his sword-spikes.

Lu Dashan must have been dazed by the slap; he staggered back to his original seat, took a fierce swig of wine, and dared not utter another word.

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Just then, a delicate figure hurried into the shop, with a dozen stout men in hot pursuit.

As this group rushed in, everyone eating in the shop stood up, appearing quite fearful.

Even the staff of the shop didn't dare to speak another word.

Chen Yu, however, didn't care about any of that; he walked straight up to the girl.

The moment the girl had rushed in, he felt he had seen this young lady somewhere before.

When he cradled the girl's head, he was taken aback to discover that she was indeed Katherine.

"Mr. Chen!"

Katherine too was surprised but then clung to Chen Yu's leg as if grabbing a lifeline.

"Mr. Chen, please save me! These people have captured Victor, and they've slain everyone from William's family."

Chen Yu's pupils trembled slightly; he hadn't expected the prominent William's family to be hunted down to such extremes here.

The dozen or so stout men, seeing this, blocked the entrance.

The man leading them, carrying a machete, slowly advanced.

"Kid, don't meddle in what doesn't concern you, or I'll kill you as well."

Chen Yu was somewhat bewildered; upon his arrival, he was given a handbook by the gatekeeper, the first rule being not to cause trouble.

However, these folks in front of him weren't just causing trouble; they were running amok.

"Are you from the Dongming Gorge?" Chen Yu tentatively inquired.

The leading man snorted coldly, "The managers of Dongming Gorge only show up on the day of the big meeting; we..."

Before he could finish, the sharp sound of a slap rang throughout the hall.

The man collapsed to the ground, knocked out cold.

Chen Yu shook his wrist lightly.

"Since you're not from Dongming Gorge, I see no need to be polite to you."

With those words, Chen Yu lifted his palm and fiercely slapped it across the faces of the others.

In a moment, he had beaten those men to the ground.

As he was about to deal with the last man, that man actually knelt on the ground.

"Do you not wish to rescue Victor?"

Chen Yu grabbed the man by the collar and hoisted him up high.

"Where is he?"

The man gasped for air, "At the antique shop at the end of the street, we haven't done anything to him, it's just that the old man has lost several times in a row."

Chen Yu immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, hastily ate a few bites, and then took Jin Lingsu and Katherine to the antique shop at the end of the street.

The place was bustling with activity; for everyone who arrived at Dongming Canyon, the first thing they wanted to do was to come here for a visit.

After all, it was one of the most mysterious places in the world, where many famous antiques were stored.

As soon as Chen Yu entered, he saw a large crowd gathered in the side lounge.

"Old man, do you still want to continue playing? Don't force yourself, I have never compelled you!"

"Otherwise people might say that I lured you here because I'm greedy for your William's family's assets."

A middle-aged man, looking suave and debonair, sat there with a smile plastered on his face, his clothes immaculately white and his mannerism extremely cultured.

On the surface, he looked like a son of a scholarly family.

But the words he spoke were exceedingly harsh, stirring up aversion in others.

Victor sat there, his aged body trembling continuously, with several antiques placed beside him.

Though these items appeared extremely exquisite and seemed to carry heavy historical weight, upon closer inspection, one would realize that they were but modern imitations.

It looked like the two men were gambling on antiques.

This was a new practice in the antique world, where two people would each pick out an antique they believed to be valuable in an antique shop, and then have a professional appraiser determine their prices on the spot.

The winner was decided by the higher price.

Victor, hailing from the West, had a limited understanding of Eastern antiques. To be dragged into such a shop to gamble was simply to bully him.

"Mr. Huangfu, the William family's assets are now half in your possession, isn't that enough? Let's call it a day," Victor said, his body shaking, clearly not voluntarily participating in the game.

Huangfu Xiong didn't care; he just picked up a Luminous Pearl, showing no intention of stopping.

"The Huangfu family is also a major family in Jiangnan, so why bully an old man nearly seventy years old here?"

Chen Yu shouted out and then strode forward to sit down beside Victor.

Victor was surprised; he hadn't expected Chen Yu to come here.

Huangfu Xiong played with the Luminous Pearl in his hand, a killing intent evident in his eyes.

"Who are you to be meddling in my business?" he demanded.

Chen Yu didn't respond, simply walking to the front shelf and casually picking up a teapot.

"I will play in place of Mr. Victor against you," he declared.

Huangfu Xiong's face was full of disdain, "It doesn't matter who comes, if you lose, Mr. Victor will pay the bill just the same."

"Fine!" Victor slammed the table as if he had found a pillar of support.

"Mr. Chen will replace me, and if he loses, I will pay!"

Huangfu Xiong was surprised by Victor's readiness and felt a twinge of suspicion in his heart.

Before he could react, Chen Yu had placed the teapot on the table.

"I believe the appraisers here are quite professional. Let's let everyone decide whether your pearl is more valuable, or my teapot," Chen Yu suggested.

A crowd of experts gathered around, holding various instruments, ready to appraise.

But just as they were about to start, Chen Yu suddenly stepped forward and turned the teapot over.

"I hope that during the appraisal, no one overlooks these few characters."

Everyone at the scene paused, giving Chen Yu weird looks.

Engraved on the bottom of the teapot were the two characters for "Yang Ming."