The Revenge of the Reborn Supreme Sovereign

With its engine humming almost nonstop, the Audi Q5 drove into the Ye Family mansion without any delay. Pulling open the car doors, two men flanked He Xinyi, half-carrying him as they moved quickly into the Ye Family’s main hall.

The commotion drew Ma Yunbin’s attention. Turning his head to look, he remarked with a sinister grin, "Heh heh, the guest of honor has arrived!"

"Let him go," Qin Fan said, also looking over.

"Yes, Master Qin!" As they spoke, the two young men swiftly untied He Xinyi’s bindings and tore the tape from his mouth.

"Qin Fan!!!"

With his mouth freed, He Xinyi, his eyes widening in terror, let out a hysterical scream. At the same time, his legs suddenly went weak and numb, and he collapsed to the floor.

"Hmm? Surprised, are you?" Qin Fan asked with a playful smile.

But by then, He Xinyi was already lying on the ground, a vacant look in his eyes. His mind, blank just a moment before, was now consumed by despair.

"Bring him over!" Ye Jizu ordered coolly.

At the command, the two young men immediately dragged He Xinyi over and threw him down beside the broker.

"Tell me, why did you hire an assassin to kill me? Is the hatred between us really so irreconcilable? If I remember correctly, I only put you in your place a little at Ji Yuchen’s birthday party. Oh, that’s right, there was also your younger brother... what was his name again? He tried to get revenge for you back at Qi Middle School, but I just dragged him along with me when I jumped from the seventh floor. Even though we landed on a pile of grass, he was still scared enough to piss his pants. And for such trivial matters, you’d take such a huge risk to come after me months later?" Qin Fan asked with a faint, unfeeling smile as he elegantly peeled an orange.

He truly couldn’t understand. He couldn’t fathom why He Xinyi would make such a choice. After that incident, they had each stayed out of the other’s way. Qin Fan had practically forgotten the man even existed. But for He Xinyi to pull a stunt like this months later... he was at a complete loss.

Seeing that the broker who had arranged everything was also captured, He Xinyi knew the jig was up. The very outcome he had most dreaded had come to pass. The blank fear in his eyes gave way to endless, venomous resentment. He stared fiercely at Qin Fan and suddenly began to laugh like a man who had lost his mind. "Haha! Hahaha! Hahahahaha!"

The leader of the group, a young man named Fei, raised his hand to strike He Xinyi’s head. "Fuck you—!"

Before he could finish his curse, Qin Fan interrupted. "Let him have his say."

"Yes, Master Qin!" Fei froze, then stepped back.

The crazed laughter slowly died down. His eyes still filled with venomous hatred, He Xinyi glared at Qin Fan and ground his teeth.

"Qin Fan, I hate you! I hate how you humiliated me that night at Yuchen’s birthday party. For the past six months, you’ve made it impossible for me to hold my head high in the social circles of Jiangzhou! People in our circle always bring it up to laugh at me!

"I hate you for stealing Ji Yuchen’s heart! She would have accepted me, but you showed up and ruined everything between us! For half a year, I pursued her relentlessly, but her heart was full of you, you worthless piece of trash! And all the while, you were in Jinling, cozying up with some other woman! That’s why I wanted you to disappear from this world! One, to make Yuchen finally give up on you, and two, to get revenge for how you betrayed her!

"I hate how brilliant and outstanding you are! You’re younger than me, yet you call the shots in Jiangzhou and have countless influential people bowing to you! I hate you for all the attention you get at Jinling University! Yuchen hears about your every success through one channel or another, and with each success, her admiration for you grows deeper! That’s why I have to get rid of you! Only if you’re dead will she be able to forget you!

"To win Yuchen, to become Zhou Yitian’s son-in-law, to make my name—He Xinyi—resonate throughout all of Jiu Zhou, I must eliminate you! I must! Otherwise, I’ll never have Ji Yuchen, and I’ll never become Zhou Yitian’s son-in-law!

"Qin Fan, I hate you, and that’s why I had to get rid of you!"

There was no rage in his voice, but hatred poured out with his every word. The idea of eliminating Qin Fan had been festering in He Xinyi’s mind for a long time. The reason he had only acted on it now was to give himself an extra layer of security.

He knew Qin Fan had offended countless people with his brazen actions in Jinling. He figured that if something happened, suspicion would fall on those he had gravely wronged, not an insignificant nobody like himself, whose conflict with Qin Fan was half a year old! But he never expected to be exposed, much less so quickly.

Having listened to He Xinyi’s confession in peace, Qin Fan pursed his lips and shook his head slightly. He felt no anger whatsoever toward this man, who was no more than an ant in his eyes. "Do you regret it now?" he asked coolly.

He Xinyi sneered. "If I say I regret it, are you going to let me go?" If Ye Jizu hadn’t been there, He Xinyi might have clung to a sliver of hope. But in the presence of this underground overlord—a man who had taken countless lives as if they were weeds—he was utterly desperate.

"That’s a pointless question. Even if I were generous enough to say I’d let you go, would you believe me?" Qin Fan said, shaking his head.

"So, no, I don’t regret it! If I had another chance, I’d do it all again! My father’s actions in his early years became a stain on his reputation that he could never erase. Even becoming the President of the Chamber of Commerce couldn’t change some people’s minds about him! He looks high and mighty, but he knows he’s nothing! It’s not just him—I feel it too, and that’s why I have to change things!

"I have to become Zhou Yitian’s son-in-law! That won’t just bring glory to me, but to my father and the entire He Family! And you, Qin Fan, were destined to be the tiger blocking my path. I couldn’t find a single reason *not* to eliminate you!"

His eyes grew more venomous, and the way he ground his teeth revealed a chilling, sinister malevolence. This was a man filled with pride and arrogance, yet plagued by a deep-seated insecurity, which was why few people could ever understand the depth of his hatred for Qin Fan. His resolve to kill Qin Fan had been born that night at Ji Yuchen’s birthday party. Now, his supposedly patient, clever plan had become a pathetic joke in the face of reality. To die before the battle is won—that was likely the most fitting epitaph for his situation. Under such a crushing blow, his mind finally snapped, collapsing into a madness that made him forget all about life and death.

"I never had any designs on Ji Yuchen. Our relationship has never been, and never will be, anything more than classmates. In a way, I’m glad. I’ve inadvertently saved her. If she had ended up with you, it would have been the beginning of a nightmare for her. So congratulations. In your desperate attempt to court death, you actually managed to perform a great service to humanity."

With those final words and a light smile, Qin Fan stood up. He strode out of the hall with a casual air, leaving He Xinyi to stare after him with suddenly vacant eyes.

"Lord Ye, what are your orders for him?" Seeing Qin Fan leave, Fei turned to Ye Jizu, who was already rising to follow.

"Chop him up and feed him to the dogs!"