Suppressing the Protagonist at the Start to Seize the Heroine

Chapter 167: The Odd Sleeping Posture

Returning to the apartment, Su Lin witnessed a rather enticing scene. Lin Xiaowan and Xia Shiyu were sleeping in each other’s arms. Lin Xiaowan’s sleeping posture was always erratic, and Xia Shiyu wasn’t much better.

They had traveled from Zhongjiang to here today, and they hadn’t rested much along the way. Now, Su Lin didn’t want to wake them up, so he took a shower and lay down in the space available on the bed.

The next morning, Lin Xiaowan was the first to wake up. She instinctively wrinkled her nose, feeling like she was holding onto something incredible.

Then she opened her eyes and saw herself holding Su Lin’s leg, with her head resting on his foot. Lin Xiaowan frowned, sensing a smell lingering in her nostrils.

She pushed Su Lin’s foot away disdainfully and tried to sit up, only to find two fair legs resting on her stomach.

She then remembered that she had slept with Xia Shiyu last night, not knowing when Su Lin had returned and even slept on the bed.

Seeing Su Lin’s orderly sleeping posture, Lin Xiaowan knew it must have been her and Xia Shiyu moving around that resulted in the current situation.

But why was she the one being pressed down? She pushed Xia Shiyu’s legs away causing her to wake up.

Xia Shiyu woke up groggily and rubbed her blurry eyes, “Xiaowan… why are you on my bed?”

Lin Xiaowan gave Xia Shiyu a look and then rubbed her head, “Think about it.”

“Ah~~! Oh, I remember now. Didn’t we say we’d meditate together? How did we fall asleep?” Xia Shiyu rubbed her eyes, her vision gradually clearing.

“You’re asking me? How am I supposed to know?”

Lin Xiaowan recalled last night’s events. Both were new to martial arts and were very curious. They had agreed to practice together, but Xia Shiyu started yawning, looking sleepy.

Initially energetic, Lin Xiaowan also yawned upon seeing Xia Shiyu do so, and then they both fell asleep. Indeed, sleepiness is contagious.

“Su… When did Su Lin come back?”

Lin Xiaowan shook her head, “I don’t know, but it must have been after midnight; otherwise, he would have definitely woken us up. Xiaoyu, let’s go check out some villas today. It would be best to buy one that’s ready to move into.”

Xia Shiyu nodded, “Okay~!”

She knew Lin Xiaowan disliked such situations. She could let loose when with Su Lin, but she couldn’t stand having another woman nearby, even if it was her best friend.

The two quietly got out of bed, careful not to make too much noise and wake Su Lin. Little did they know, Su Lin was already awake.

He pretended to be asleep, fearing Lin Xiaowan would feel embarrassed. Otherwise, with her character, she would definitely hold it against him, making him sleep on the floor.

While Lin Xiaowan’s affection was maxed out, it didn’t mean she lost her own will. Apart from life-and-death situations or significant moral dilemmas, she wouldn’t follow Su Lin’s ideas and had her own thoughts.

This was what Su Lin liked most about her. Affection could be maxed out, but a person should not lose their individuality; that’s what made things interesting.

When both women went to the bathroom, Su Lin finally “woke up.”

“Hey, Su Lin, you’re up? You came back late last night. Don’t you want to rest a bit more?” Xia Shiyu asked with concern as she saw Su Lin standing by the bed.

Su Lin smiled, “With my current vigor, even if I don’t sleep for seven days and nights, it wouldn’t be a big deal. But it’s still best to rest regularly. After all, I haven’t reached the stage where I can meditate for a week straight.”

“Oh~! No wonder those martial artists in TV shows can fight for seven days and nights. That’s why.” Xia Shiyu seemed to understand.

Su Lin nodded, “The longer a martial artist practices, the stronger their spirit becomes. Look at those old masters; even at over a hundred years old, they can still move as swiftly as the wind. That’s the principle.”

“Right~!!”

Su Lin ruffled Xia Shiyu’s hair, “You must practice diligently in the future. As for work, try to delegate as much as possible. Yangzi is pretty reliable. Make sure to free up your own time.”

Xia Shiyu worriedly said, “But then we won’t have as much control over the company. If Chen Yang…”

Su Lin interrupted, “Don’t worry. Yangzi is trustworthy, no need to fret about that.”

“Alright~!!” Although Xia Shiyu also felt Chen Yang was trustworthy, she still believed Su Lin, as a leader, should maintain some oversight.

However, Su Lin didn’t want to operate that way. The world was changing too fast, and he had to keep up. As for business matters, he wasn’t worried about running out of money.

Not to mention Quan Le Guo was now a money-printing machine, Su Zhenguos’s endeavors were also thriving. Su Lin was planning to visit him, intending to hand over the mobile phone blueprints and the Tesla blueprints to him.

Because we have now entered the era of martial arts practitioners, commerce can only serve as icing on the cake and lacks practical significance.

“Su Lin… you’re up. What time did you come back last night?”

“Around midnight.”

Hearing this, Lin Xiaowan huffed, “Midnight, and you didn’t care about your two girlfriends at home, instead going to meet another woman. Su Lin, you really have your ways.”

“Cough cough… It’s not exactly like that. I did chat with Li Ziyu in the first half, but I was watching a play in the second half.”

“Watching a play?”

“Mm-hmm!”

After leaving Li Ziyu’s room last night, Su Lin didn’t go far. Instead, he went to an uninhabited hilltop overlooking the Li family’s inner courtyard to watch the events unfolding there.

Xiao Chen, with injuries all over his body, got out of the car, accompanied by two Grandmasters. Thinking of Xiao Chen’s injuries, Su Lin felt somewhat sympathetic at the time.

Ever since arriving in Donghai, Xiao Chen had never been free from injuries, and this time they were particularly severe.

Su Lin didn’t know who had attacked Xiao Chen, but he felt that, given Xiao Chen’s medical skills, he would need to rest at home for a few days.

As Su Lin had anticipated, Xiao Chen spent the next few days hiding in the Li family’s home, healing his injuries and practicing the first needle of the Taiyi Divine Needles.

As the protagonist, Xiao Chen quickly made progress with the first needle of the Taiyi Divine Needles, probably because he already had the foundation of the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles. In just a few days, he had achieved minor success.

Meanwhile, the Li Corporation started to falter without Li Ziyu’s leadership, gradually becoming unstable.

Li Ziqi wanted to make an impact as the new head, but unfortunately, despite his efforts over three days, he failed to ignite any fires. When he dismissed people, they weren’t afraid of him and left as they pleased.

Thus, a minister left, followed by his subordinates who also stopped working. Regardless of what benefits Li Ziqi promised, these people remained unmoved.

Inside the general manager’s office, Li Ziqi was furiously throwing things around, “A bunch of bastards, what did that dead woman give you to make you so loyal!?”

However, his impotent rage wasn’t over yet. Many other company leaders came to cancel contracts and demand payments, turning the general manager’s office of Li Corporation into a marketplace.

And finally, Su Lin made his move on Li Corporation’s stocks in the stock market. He had previously invested over ten million in the stock market, only occasionally operating it when he had time. Now, his account had over ten billion in cash.

Originally, ten billion wouldn’t be enough to shake the Li Corporation, but Su Lin laughed hysterically at the sight of Li Corporation’s stock price fluctuations.

There was no 10% protection mechanism in this world’s stock market; stocks could plummet or soar freely, and leverage trading was allowed in a completely open and free market.

Su Lin discovered that Li Corporation’s stock would start plummeting that afternoon, dropping more than forty points. The drop would continue the next day, totaling over eighty points.

“Ziyu, I’m sure you’ll like this gift I’ve prepared for you.” With a sneer, Su Lin picked up the phone to contact a financing institution in Donghai.

Su Lin requested twenty times leverage financing. Normally, such a large request wouldn’t be easily approved, but Su Lin’s account was too impressive. Since he opened his account, his stock trading had been well-known, always appearing on the leaderboards.

Profitably flipping his initial ten million more than a hundred times over. So, Su Lin’s financing request was quickly approved.

Su Lin didn’t know that his over one hundred billion could have almost turned Li Corporation into Su Corporation.

After the funds were in place, Su Lin called Luo Sihai, “Release the news. In two hours, I want one in three people in the country to know that Li Corporation has changed its manager to a no-name, good-for-nothing rich second-generation.”

Luo Sihai laughed, “Don’t worry, boss. I’ve already arranged everything on my side. We’ve notified Goose Field, Pig Field, and various media companies, just waiting for your command.”

“Hehe, we can start tonight~!!”

“Alright, boss.”

With Su Lin’s command, financial channels, newspapers, and websites nationwide broke the news that Li Corporation had a new general manager, Li Ziqi, an unheard-of person.

Then, when people started digging into Li Ziqi’s background, they found he was a rich second-generation known only for partying and racing, utterly incompetent.

Su Lin’s over one hundred billion funds entered the stock market to short Li Corporation, a move too significant to go unnoticed. Suddenly, Li Corporation was in the spotlight, with more and more people shorting its stocks.

Su Lin watched the profit on his account keep rising and sighed, “No wonder they say stock trading is thrilling. Making billions in profits in minutes is indeed exciting. At this rate, engaging in real business is indeed too slow.”

“Li family must be quite lively now! Tsk tsk.”