The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 718: 720: You're Invited

Chapter 718: Chapter 720: You’re Invited

“Host information matching criteria detected, All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds’ Strongest Son-in-law System activating…”

“System activation successful, host and system successfully bound, initiating tasks…”

“Main task, the host must ensure that Mu Shanshan’s company becomes one of the top 500 enterprises in the world within one year, and that Mu Shanshan becomes the world’s richest in three years.”

“Success in the task grants an unknown reward. Failure will lead to the host’s demise.”

Listening to this system prompt sound that arose out of nowhere, Lin Fei was utterly dumbfounded!

What the hell was this? Where was the voice coming from?

What’s this All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds’ Strongest Son-in-law? What bloody system?!

What damn tasks are you talking about, you’ve got the wrong guy!

After tonight, he would be completely free, having endured three years of humiliation and submissiveness, all the while covertly repaying the Mu patriarch for saving his life, without the Mu Family ever knowing the extent of the troubles he had secretly resolved for them.

Lin Fei’s fear was that his wife in name only, Mu Shanshan, and the rest of the Mu Family would discover his merits and stick to him.

He was just about to make his way out of this mess, and now this ridiculous situation arises, this was too much of a joke!

Lin Fei, after all, was an Emperor of the War God Hall, an apex entity whose might could shake both the North Continent and the South Continent with a mere stomp of his foot—what need did he have for this damn system!

He wanted freedom, he wanted to soar to the heavens, he wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun!

As Lin Fei remained silent, others nearby, egged on by Feng Shengjie, began to jeer, “Even Han Xin could endure the humiliation beneath a woman’s skirt; you, a penniless and powerless son-in-law, why can’t you learn from Han Xin?”

“Exactly, from what I know, the Mu Family hasn’t skimped on spending money for your medical treatment these past few years. Now, it’s about time you gave back to the Mu Family!”

“Rare that Young Master Feng is so generous today, willing to lend a hand. Once this opportunity passes, there won’t be another shop. You must understand, not everyone is as generous as Young Master Feng!”

…

The onlookers’ comments were growing increasingly unpleasant.

The saying that the poor are not heard and have no place in a crowd is universal in any era.

Lin Fei, a poor guy with neither money nor power, by sheer dumb luck married into the Mu Family, and was naturally stamped with the label of living off a woman in their eyes.

Feng Shengjie saw things heading in the direction he expected and couldn’t help but smile smugly, “Feifei, I won’t lie to you, I arranged today’s incident intentionally. If Lin Fei can’t even do this much, it shows you’ve misjudged him, but don’t worry, I’ve always been waiting for you.”

Mu Shanshan bit her red lips, staring at the dazed Lin Fei, somewhat annoyed in her heart.

Although Lin Fei had been rather pathetic over the past three years, now that people are stepping on his face, he’s still there like a fool, dumbstruck!

At this moment, Mu Shanshan felt a real frustration of hating that he could not meet her expectations!

However, Mu Shanshan didn’t intend to speak up—she was waiting, wanting to see how Lin Fei would respond!

If Lin Fei really chose to drink these five spit-infused cups of wine, it might solve the urgent need of the Mu Family, but she would completely lose heart.

A man who would give up his dignity for money was not worth even a shred of her nostalgia.

If Lin Fei chose not to drink, it would indeed make the Mu Family miss out on this rare aid, but at least he would’ve preserved some dignity for her in front of her classmates.

…

“Ding!”

“Temporary task triggered: Defy Feng Shengjie and maintain the son-in-law’s dignity!”

“Task successful, host’s injuries will be completely healed. Task failure, host’s condition deteriorates.”

Right as Lin Fei was pondering whether this system might be some old enemy’s prank, the prompt sound of the system rang out again, immediately dispelling that thought.