Early in the morning, Lin Hai groggily opened his eyes and found something wet in his arms... saliva?

Sh*t, where did this saliva come from? Sticky and slightly cool on his chest.

"Mmm~~"

Apparently disturbed by the noise, Xiaocang sleepily opened her eyes and saw a firm chest in front of her, so shocked that her mouth hung open.

"Romantic affection between a man and his lover."

"Don't get distracted, quickly check the stock market."

Snake Swallowing Whale smirked lewdly.

Xiaocang immediately felt very embarrassed.

She remembered that last night the two of them agreed to squeeze together and sleep on the sofa, but when she woke up in the morning, they were cuddling, and most importantly, Lin Hai's foot was pressing on her small body.

"Cough cough, Xiaocang sister is awake, haha, I'm going to make some breakfast."

The old_Rascal desperately hid his embarrassment and hurriedly turned over and got off the sofa.

Xiaocang curled up, feeling tangled up inside like a twisted rope, full of conflict. Did this count as spending the night with Brother Lin?

Why didn't she want to leave his embrace?

...

Lin Hai brought back breakfast and found Snake Swallowing Whale and Huo Hao looking at it with eyes as green as if they had not seen a woman in more than ten years, full of creepy gazes.

"Damn, made a killing."

"Haha, it's great to exploit idiots with more money than sense! This time I'm gonna indulge myself at the Sailboat Hotel and play with the 'Eight-Nation Alliance' for a while."

Huo Hao danced with excitement.

The so-called Eight-Nation Alliance referred to an erotic massage where you'd get serviced by eight girls from different countries at once, like the Hong Kong packages that included foreign girls, treasure girls, guest girls, Thai girls, and the like.

"You two on a chicken blood high?"

"Brother Lin, we made a killing, last night we bought in at the lowest price, and this morning Old Eighth and I made a move, it rose three percentage points, Zhaoda Company's bunch of idiots swallowed it all up."

"Three percentage points? Isn't that three million for every hundred million? You guys are thrilled with that." Lin Hai curled his lips.

"Wrong! A hundred billion!"

"What? Wasn't it said that Zhaoda Company only had a few billion?"

"There's definitely Gao Dashang's funds involved, but in total, a hundred billion. We've made a clean three billion."

Lin Hai was also shocked; money was coming in too fast, better than robbing a gold vault.

"This is just the beginning, just wait a moment."

Snake Swallowing Whale was furiously tapping something on the keyboard.

Ten minutes later, Mingya's stock dropped six percent points.

"Hehe, Brother Lin, I think Zhaoda Group's people are going to cry very soon."

"Wait until tomorrow to keep the plunge going, they surely won't be able to withstand it, and along with it Zhaoda Company's stocks will tumble. When it hits rock bottom, we'll buy back in like crazy, you know what I mean."

Snake Swallowing Whale really lived up to his name, and Lin Hai roughly understood some of it.

Using a small amount of capital to manipulate the market, this thing was clearly illegal, but Snake Swallowing Whale did just that, and did it very skillfully. Obviously, he had done this many times before.

In the end, not only did he enable Mingya to get through the crisis, but he also managed to swallow up over a hundred billion of Zhaoda Company's funds, driving them to the brink of bankruptcy in minutes.

This was probably why he was nicknamed Snake Swallowing Whale in the industry.

Over at Zhaoda Group, those monitoring the market were instantly sweating bullets on their foreheads.

"What's happening here? Why the big drop!"

"The drop is too bizarre!"

"Shit, this rhythm's gonna kill somebody."

...…

Lin Hai withdrew six hundred thousand and, with Xiaocang, headed straight for an underground gambling den under Chen Yingming's control, prepared to repay the money.

Several minutes later, they arrived at this shabby underground casino, a three-story building where the ground floor housed a small concession stand, the second was the gambling floor, and the third housed the offices of those who ran the casino.

Xiaocang clutched Lin Hai's arm tightly, trying hard to avoid the greedy gazes of the fierce-looking thugs.

Lin Hai wore a calm expression; this little scene was enough to intimidate Xiaocang.

Back in the day, he negotiated with the leader of a mercenary corps under the watchful eyes of over a hundred armed men, all calm and composed.

During that, he fiercely slapped the other party repeatedly, banged on the table and yelled loudly. As the other party apologized profusely, his gaze alone forced those armed men to lay down their weapons. He left nonchalantly under the heated, admiring gazes of two women closely associated with that mercenary leader.

At that time, he had not reached the pinnacle yet,

So the small scene before his eyes was nothing to get excited about.

"We're here, kid. I'm warning you not to play any tricks," said the skinny guide, glaring fiercely at Lin Hai. This fellow was missing an eyeball, which made him look even more terrifying.

Lin Hai flashed a sunny smile: "I'm just here to pay back the money."

"Hmph, better be sensible."

Pushing open the door to the office, a strong and pungent smell of cigar smoke wafted out.

Lin Hai saw a fat man wearing a suit and tie, his hair slick with grease, styled in a pompadour, lounging with one leg slung casually over the desk, holding a bold and provocative young woman with dyed white hair in his arms.

Lin Hai vaguely felt that this white-haired girl looked somewhat familiar.

"Yo, babe, not bad, huh? Landed yourself a rich catch this time?" The fat man glanced at Lin Hai with a lecherous smile.

Six hundred thousand, in cash, was taken out from a black carrying bag and placed right in front of the fat man.

"Six hundred thousand. You can let your people count it. Bring out the IOU."

Lin Hai extended his hand and spoke indifferently.

The fat man squinted his eyes, carelessly pushing the six hundred thousand to his subordinates, and said profoundly: "Count it, see if there are any counterfeits."

"The money was withdrawn directly from the bank. Unless the bank has counterfeit bills," Lin Hai replied coolly.

The fat man shook his head: "In this day and age, you can't trust anyone. Better to trust yourself. What if there are indeed a few fake notes?"

"I'll wait and see. Of course, if you intend to play tricks, I'm game to see it through."

Lin Hai didn't show any sign of weakness. Dealing with these types of people, you must be more dominant to have an equal footing in negotiations.

Negotiating is like warfare; if you've already admitted defeat in your heart, your opponent will certainly take the opportunity to kick you when you're down. In this world, not everyone will sympathize if you act pitiful; sometimes when you show vulnerability, what you get in return isn't a helping hand, but a stomping foot.

Xiaocang clutched Lin Hai's arm tightly; each time they came to repay the money, it was like an agonizing trial for her.

"Young man, don't talk so rashly. This is Third Young Master Chen's domain," the fat man snorted coldly, not liking Lin Hai's tone at all.

Lin Hai squinted, smiling at the opposite party, and enunciated each word: "I wonder if Third Young Master Chen's people add up to even half of my Reincarnation company's size?"

The fat man's expression changed upon hearing this.

Reincarnation Company, now the biggest underground organization in Huadu. Though there were a few small gangs still surviving in the cracks, they did not dare to provoke Reincarnation!

"You're with Reincarnation?"

"What do you think?" Seeing the fat man somewhat intimidated, Lin Hai sneered to himself. He had clearly seen the fat man winking and signaling to his subordinates earlier; obviously, he was planning some mischief.

But now, with his affiliation to Reincarnation out in the open, the fat man had to weigh his options.