Chapter 84: No One Will Leave

Li Qilang’s words sparked a new idea in Mo Han’s mind.

He nodded and said, “Qiancheng truly needs stability. From now on, the entire city will no longer require the existence of an underground world.”

“Brother Han, are you planning to eradicate the entire underground circle?” Li Qilang’s eyes lit up, his heart surging with excitement.

If that really happened, his father would surely be deeply grateful to Mo Han. He knew his father had always wanted to use the underground circle as a starting point, but its entanglements ran too deep. Not only did it involve forces from Yuzhou, but also the interests of powerful northern families. If he dared to move against Qiancheng’s underground world, he’d be threatening these magnates’ interests. At that point, it would be difficult for him to emerge unscathed.

But when it came to Mo Han, he had absolute confidence.

He believed that Mo Han would never care about the retaliation from those great families. For in the face of absolute power, those families were meaningless.

“Exactly. From now on, you’ll have an additional task—to ensure that no underground force ever has a chance to revive in Qiancheng,” Mo Han nodded.

“Rest assured, Brother Han! We won’t let you down!” Li Qilang, Xu Jing, and the others replied eagerly.

“Let’s go, it’s time to meet them outside.” Mo Han nodded, striding toward the main entrance.

Li Qilang’s words had touched something within him.

He was determined to transform Qiancheng into forbidden ground for the underground world, making it impossible for anyone to harm Li An’an or his family in the slightest.

Only then could he truly guarantee their safety.

As for how to create such a forbidden place—Mo Han found it all too easy.

When they reached the company’s entrance, they saw a sea of people outside, countless faces crowding the gates.

There were thugs from the underground world, as well as elites from the business community above. Even many plainclothes officials had arrived.

Mo Han signaled to the security guards to open the barriers, then led his group outside.

He swept his gaze over the crowd. “Have them step back ten meters.”

“Yes!” Li Qilang responded, taking a team to clear the crowd further away.

Meanwhile, Xu Jing brought over a chair and placed it behind Mo Han.

Mo Han sat down, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

“Is that the Mo Han who forced Fifth Lord to join hands with Blade King?”

“Yeah, I heard he’s just a son-in-law married into the Li family—how does he have such power?”

“Even a son-in-law can be so impressive?”

“Then what’s his purpose in marrying into the Li family?”

“He’s after the pharmaceutical factory, obviously. Didn’t you know it originally belonged to the Li family? Now it has nothing to do with them.”

“My god. This guy’s ruthless!”

Far off, the crowd watched Mo Han resting with closed eyes, whispering among themselves.

At that moment, Li An’an and Ma Jiaojiao rushed out.

“Mo Han…” Li An’an was about to beg him not to confront Fifth Lord, but then she saw a convoy slowly pulling up outside the crowd.

Hundreds of underground elites surrounded Fifth Lord as he advanced toward the entrance.

Clearly, it was too late for Mo Han to evade the confrontation.

Those who had come to watch the drama instinctively stepped aside, opening up a broad path.

Seeing Fifth Lord and Blade King wielding long swords and broadswords, many people felt their blood boil uncontrollably.

“Fifth Lord!”

“Fifth Lord!”

“Fifth Lord!”

The crowd spontaneously cheered, waving their fists in support.

Fifth Lord listened to their shouts without reacting. His eyes focused on just one spot—the chair where Mo Han sat with his eyes closed.

Although Mo Han’s eyes were shut, the subtle aura emanating from him spoke volumes.

Fifth Lord was sure Mo Han was extraordinary. It made him even more convinced that Mo Han hailed from the northern Mo family, sent specifically to deal with them.

Soon, when he was five meters from Mo Han, Fifth Lord stopped.

Behind him stood over a hundred elite members of Qiancheng’s underground world.

Mo Han finally opened his eyes.

Upon seeing Mo Han open his eyes, Fifth Lord didn’t get angry at his arrogance.

“To deal with me, you—heir of the illustrious Mo family—not only staged a self-sacrificing act, but disguised yourself as a useless man and married into the Li family. Looks like your family suspected me as soon as I arrived in Qiancheng,” Fifth Lord said, a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

“You’re overthinking it.”

Mo Han slowly stood up from the chair. “You overestimate yourself. I don’t know what attitude the Mo family has toward you. Before this, I didn’t even know who you were, let alone target you.”

“Hm?”

Fifth Lord’s heart trembled; he could tell Mo Han wasn’t lying.

So he really wasn’t sent by the Mo family to oppose him?

Was it just his own caution making him paranoid?

Fifth Lord frowned, feeling as if his calculations had failed.

“Then why did you detain hundreds of brothers from Sakura Society and Azure Dragon Society at the factory?” Fifth Lord asked in a low voice.

“Because I’m opening a new factory, and I need a large workforce.”

Mo Han replied confidently, a mocking smile on his lips. “You know, with so many workers, how much payroll do I need each month? Since you underground types aren’t exactly good people, why shouldn’t I requisition your labor for free? It lets me keep them under control, prevents them from doing evil, and saves me money. Why would I let them go?”

As he spoke, his gaze swept over the hundred-plus elites behind Fifth Lord, eyes gleaming like a leopard sizing up its prey.

Seeing Mo Han’s gaze, for some reason, those elites felt chills down their spines.

How could this be? They had come to smash the factory!

The crowd couldn’t make sense of it.

Yet Mo Han’s gaze truly struck terror deep within them.

The spectators who overheard Mo Han’s words were all wide-eyed, staring at each other in shock.

Fifth Lord felt an urge to cough up blood.

It turned out his caution had led him astray.

He knew Mo Han was from the Mo family, but he was an outcast, expelled by his own kin.

He thought Mo Han and the Mo family were acting out some elaborate scheme.

But it was just his own paranoia.

“If this is a misunderstanding, release my underground brothers and I won’t pursue responsibility,” Fifth Lord said, taking a deep breath.

Mo Han was formidable; as long as he was willing to let them go, Fifth Lord didn’t want to fall out with him.

After all, his only enemy was the northern Mo family.

Before resolving matters with them, he didn’t want to provoke another powerful adversary.

“You’re still overthinking it. Since you’re here, none of you will leave today.”

Mo Han let out a cold laugh, waved his hand, and Li Qilang, Xu Jing, and thirty hardened men charged at Fifth Lord and the hundred underground elites.