My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 549: Teaching a Lesson to a Thug

After leaving the charity auction, Zhang Lei drove his car along the cloud path in the sky.

Suddenly, the sound of several roller coasters speeding past came from behind, chasing after them at full speed.

With a thought, Zhang Lei summoned a robot from his personal space, which instantly transformed into his appearance and sat in the driver's seat, continuing to steer the vehicle forward. Meanwhile, he himself slipped back into his personal space.

Following Zhang Lei's instructions, robot number 000 turned around and headed towards the remote mountains, driving straight into the depths of the forest.

The group of people in the flying car arrived quickly and got out to surround them.

Robot 000 coldly swept its eyes over the group of people who were blocking its way, and gave them the middle finger with a look of disdain.

Seeing this, one of the henchmen quickly leaned close to the leader's ear and whispered, "Boss, he's insulting you!"

The leader of the thugs slapped his underling hard across the face, shouting angrily, "He's not just insulting me, he's insulting the entire Li family!"

He then looked at the robot in front of him and said coldly, "So you think you can get away after offending the second young master of the Li family?"

Robot 000 scoffed, its tone laced with mockery: "So you're one of Li Mingjie's men, the second young master of the Li family. He thinks he can send a bunch of idiots like you to cause me trouble? Aren't you afraid of losing your lives?"

Enraged by the arrogant tone, the leader of the thugs roared, "Go get him! Kill him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of thugs, armed with weapons, swarmed towards Robot 000.

Unexpectedly, in less than three minutes, all the thugs were knocked to the ground, groaning in pain.

The leader of the thugs was dumbfounded, his eyes wide with shock. He never expected to run into such a tough opponent today.

Robot 000 stretched its limbs and slowly walked towards him, its tone mocking: "Didn't you want to kill me? Come on!"

The ringleader was terrified. His legs buckled and he collapsed to his knees, slapping himself repeatedly while pleading, "Big brother, I was wrong! Please, have mercy on me!"

Robot 000 walked up to him, raised its foot and kicked him hard in the knee. With a few crisp cracking sounds, it shattered his kneecap.

"I'll teach you a little lesson today. Go back and tell the second young master of the Li family that this is just a small interest payment. I'll settle this score with him personally another day."

After saying that, Robot 000 turned around, got into the Panamera, and drove straight away, leaving behind a group of thugs lying paralyzed in the forest, groaning and screaming.

After the vehicle had driven some distance, Zhang Lei appeared from his personal space, sat in the passenger seat, looked at Robot 000, and said with a smile, "Well done."

Robot No. 000 responded respectfully: "Thank you for the compliment, boss."

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On the other side, at the Zhou family mansion.

Looking at Zhou Zhengxian, who had a worried and preoccupied expression, Zhou Weiran couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what's wrong? You look so downcast."

When Zhou Zhengxian saw his daughter coming over, he forced a smile: "Weiran, Dad's fine, I'm just a little tired lately."

Zhou Weiran saw things clearly and earnestly advised, "Dad, why don't I go to the company to help you out?"

Zhou Zhengxian gently shook his head: "Your dad isn't old enough to be unable to handle things yet. Once I've sorted out all the mess in the company, I'll slowly hand it over to you."

"Dad, you always protect me like this, I'll never truly grow up." Zhou Weiran looked at him and mustered her courage to say, "Why don't you let me take charge of the Cloud Top Tower project?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengxian's face immediately darkened, and he sternly reprimanded, "Weiran, don't be ridiculous! The Cloud Top Tower project involves the life and death of the entire group; it's extremely important! If you rashly take over, and the project goes wrong, all the responsibility and blame will fall on your head. At that time, you'll have even less hope of smoothly taking over the company. Just wait patiently; Dad will pave the way for you first."

Seeing her father's resolute attitude, Zhou Weiran felt a pang of grievance and bitterness, feeling utterly useless and unable to help at all.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhengxian realized that his tone had been too harsh, so he softened his expression and comforted her, "Weiran, Dad knows you are ambitious and want to be independent as soon as possible. But now is really not the time. The Genting Tower project company has already invested a huge amount of money, and it's a complex issue with far-reaching consequences. It's not as simple as you think. How about this, Dad will give you a small subsidiary company first, and you can go there to gain experience and learn from your mistakes."

Zhou Weiran understood her father's good intentions and could only nod, "Dad, I understand."

After a moment of silence, Zhou Weiran suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Oh, right, Dad, the Mr. Zhang Lei I met today told me about Qingxuan Temple in the suburbs, where there's a highly skilled Master Xuanyangzi with profound Taoist knowledge. Why don't we send someone to invite Master Xuanyangzi over to take a look at the feng shui of the Cloud Top Building and resolve our current predicament?"

Zhou Zhengxian paused for a moment upon hearing this, then waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Alright, stop thinking nonsense. What era are we living in? We're all about science now, not superstitious feng shui and metaphysics."

Zhou Weiran knew in her heart that with today's advanced technology, there was no such thing as ghosts or mysticism. But for some reason, she had a vague feeling that what Zhang Lei said might not be entirely unreasonable.

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Inside the private villa of Li Mingjie, the second young master of the Li family.

Seeing his men, each covered in wounds and looking utterly disheveled, Li Mingjie was furious. He roared, "I sent you out to teach someone a lesson, and you've gotten yourselves beaten up like this! You've completely disgraced me!"

Despite his injuries, Li Mu, the leader of the gang, quickly stepped forward to explain, "Second Young Master, it's not that we were incompetent. It's just that that guy was too skilled. More than a dozen of us couldn't even beat him."

Li Mingjie glanced at him coldly, his tone icy: "Li Mu, you've been with me for so many years, you should know my temper. I never keep useless trash around."

Li Mu panicked and quickly replied, "Second Young Master, I understand! Don't worry, I've already contacted the top forces in Shanghai's underworld. This time, we'll definitely break that Zhang Lei's legs to avenge you!"

To everyone's surprise, Li Mingjie's lips curled into a sinister smile, his eyes filled with ruthlessness: "Break his legs? That's too easy on him. I'll make him disappear from this world completely."

Li Mu was startled and hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "Second Young Master, this is probably not a good idea! What if the Master investigates..."

"Master, Master, you keep mentioning my father!" Li Mingjie raised his hand and slapped Li Mu hard across the face, his face full of impatience. "My father is just an old fogey, rigid and pedantic, insisting on rules and methods. In my opinion, we should just tie up all the opponents and get rid of them, why make things so complicated?"

Li Mu was slapped and was so frightened that he dared not say another word, and could only lower his head and remain silent.

After Li Mingjie's anger subsided slightly, Li Mu cautiously spoke up: "Second Young Master, if we really want to hire someone to kill him, then the fee..."

"Expenses?" Li Mingjie scoffed, his face full of anger. "Zhang Lei caused me to lose over two hundred million yuan for nothing. Do you think I care about this little bit of money? For expenses under ten million, don't report to me, just get it done!"

Upon hearing the 1000 million limit, Li Mu was overjoyed and immediately bowed, replying, "Don't worry, Second Young Master, I'll contact top-notch assassins right away and make sure Zhang Lei doesn't see the sun tomorrow!"

Li Mingjie nodded in satisfaction, then said coldly, "That's more like it. Get on with it now."

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