Top-tier Unruly Master

At that moment, inside a luxurious private club's private room.

Qu Lianbo furrowed his brows intensely, lying exhausted on the sofa.

Qu Lianbo, around fifty-two or fifty-three years old, was the Chief of the Dancheng Traffic Police Bureau.

Although he was over fifty and only the head of a traffic bureau with no further prospects for promotion, Qu Lianbo had a very notable background in Dancheng.

Qu Lianbo did not have an especially remarkable promotional history. Since the age of thirty-eight, he had secured his position as the Chief of the Dancheng Traffic Police Bureau. Now, holding the position for more than a decade, his status was unshakeable.

To outsiders, it seemed Qu Lianbo was unsuccessful in his official career, but this was not the case. Those in office only pursue two things. The first is promotion. The second is amassing wealth.

What Qu Lianbo sought was the latter.

During his tenure, he had indeed established his own economic circle in Dancheng. Although he did not appear publicly, half of the entertainment venues in Dancheng were involved with Qu Lianbo. Moreover, he monopolized all driving schools in Dancheng.

In Dancheng, Qu Lianbo had influence over both the underworld and the legitimate world. In Dancheng, some might not know the name of the Mayor of Dancheng, but there was no one who did not know his name, Qu Lianbo.

It could be said, there were few who dared to disregard him.

Yet, yesterday, someone had seriously disrespected him. His son, Qu Dong, had drunk-driven and killed someone. In Qu Lianbo's view, by simply handling the scene and throwing some money around, the matter could be easily smoothed over.

However, what Qu Lianbo had not expected was that this seemingly straightforward affair would drag his competent subordinate, Wu Qiang, into the mess. Furthermore, his son was detained in the Western District Police Station for drunk-driving and manslaughter, and all this was because of one person.

Ding Fan.

"Director Qu, we've done our best with Young Master Dong's case, but the Chief of the Western District is Zhang Mingguang. He's currently in a favorable position, and he's being very stubborn. We can't get Young Master Dong out," Qu Lianbo's right-hand man, Wang Zhong, said beside him with a worried expression.

Many of Qu Lianbo's actions were advised by Wang Zhong. Because of his meticulous mind and experienced handling of matters, Wang Zhong had always been kept close by Qu Lianbo.

"Zhang Mingguang is just a district chief, and he is acting all high and mighty!" Qu Lianbo snorted coldly in displeasure.

"Director Qu, the real person behind this is that Ding Fan. It's because Young Master Dong messed with that Ding Fan that he's being held so tightly," Wang Zhong said from the side.

"What's this Ding Fan's background?"

"I've looked into this Ding Fan's background. He was previously a scion of a second-tier family who, due to offending the Ye family from Yanjing, caused the Ding Family to be expelled overnight... However, somehow he later gained favor with Old Master Qin of the Qin family. It seems even the Lin family from Hong Kong has close ties with this Ding Fan."

Hearing Wang Zhong's words, Qu Lianbo's expression turned extremely ugly.

While Qu Lianbo was powerful in Dancheng, now Ding Fan had the backing of one of the Four Great Families, the Qin family, and also the Hong Kong Lin family, whose overseas influence was not inferior to the Four Great Families. With these two powerful allies, Ding Fan truly was not someone he could afford to provoke.

Wang Zhong then continued, "I've already sent people to test Ding Fan to see if there's a possibility we can fix this with money, but Ding Fan has been very decisive. It looks like he won't back down unless Young Master Dong meets his end."

"Damn it!" Qu Lianbo cursed, then fiercely slammed his fist onto the sofa. "Wang Zhong, find a way for me. Teach that Ding Fan a lesson. He wants to ruin my son; I'll freaking ruin him first!"

Wang Zhong hesitated for a moment. "Director Qu, Ding Fan is like a ticking bomb. It's better not to provoke him if we can avoid it..."

Before Wang Zhong could finish, Qu Lianbo started getting annoyed. "Are you scared just because Ding Fan has some backing? Wang Zhong, don't forget, we're in Dancheng. With a few manipulative tricks, we can kill him off! Isn't there a saying, 'Even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake'?"

Wang Chong glanced at Qu Lianbo. Although he still wanted to say something, seeing that Qu Lianbo had already made up his mind, he swallowed his words.

Qu Lianbo then lit a cigar. After exhaling a puff of smoke, his eyes took on a ruthless glint.

"Ding Fan... watch how I destroy you."

...

Because Zhang Mingguang and Vice Mayor Xu Guanjie were present, the scene of the car accident was quickly sealed off. Qu Dong was arrested, and the innocent girl was directly escorted back to her residence by Zhang Mingguang.

After everything was settled, Ding Fan returned home with Zhou Ruoran.

As usual, after sorting things out briefly, Ding Fan and Zhou Ruoran sat cross-legged to practice their breathing exercises.

Zhou Ruoran had a good comprehension. Today, she managed to extend her breathing exercise session to an hour and a half. It was important to note that yesterday, when she first tried the practice, Zhou Ruoran could only manage an hour.

Zhou Ruoran slowly opened her eyes. Now, she could distinctly feel the change in her body during the breathing exercise. After the practice, there were some black viscous substances on her skin. Although it wasn't much, Ding Fan had already explained yesterday that these black substances were impurities from within her body.

Zhou Ruoran was actually delighted to be able to expel impurities, for it meant her cultivation was progressing. At that moment, she slowly took a breath.

A feeling of ease washed over her, making Zhou Ruoran feel extremely refreshed.

At this time, Ding Fan was sitting cross-legged not far from Zhou Ruoran, his eyes closed in meditation without any signs of waking.

Zhou Ruoran chose not to disturb Ding Fan and immediately went to the bathroom to wash off the impurities clinging to her skin.

After washing, the clean water rinsed all the impurities off Zhou Ruoran's skin, and she felt an unprecedented sense of relief; she comfortably stretched herself.

However, just then, Zhou Ruoran's chest inexplicably started to hurt.

Hiss...

The pain surged like a breached dam, overwhelming her. Zhou Ruoran immediately turned pale with pain; she collapsed on the floor, unable to move.

At this moment, Zhou Ruoran was not wearing anything; the cold bathroom tiles gave off a bone-chilling cold, compounded by the nearly suffocating pain, which nearly made her pass out right then.

Zhou Ruoran instinctively gathered her last bit of strength and kicked over a water basin nearby. She knew that if she passed out like this and was not found, she would definitely freeze to death there.

After kicking over the water basin, Zhou Ruoran completely passed out…

Ding Fan had just finished a cycle of Xiao Zhoutian. When he opened his eyes, Zhou Ruran was no longer in the room. He initially wanted to see what Ruoran was up to when he heard the sound of a basin being kicked over in the bathroom.

Ding Fan instantly scanned the room with his divine sense and quickly discovered that Ruoran had passed out in the bathroom.

How could Ding Fan be careless at such a time? He rushed over and opened the bathroom door.

There, Ruoran's delicate body lay exposed before Ding Fan's eyes.

Ding Fan had no time to think further; he immediately lifted Ruoran, whose body was cold as ice.

Ding Fan was startled; he used his divine sense to inspect her and soon understood why Zhou Ruoran had fainted.

It turned out that during her cultivation, she had unintentionally cleared the two streams of True Qi that Ding Fan had placed at her chest, allowing the Gu insects within her body to wreak havoc again. The pain from the Gu insects was too much for her, leading her to pass out.

Knowing the situation, Ding Fan quickly carried Ruoran to the bedroom, laid her on the soft bed, and fed her a modified version of the Chong Caozi Pill that nurtured the Gu insects.

After helping Zhou Ruoran swallow the pill, Ding Fan once again calmed the agitated Gu insects with his True Qi.

As the two Gu insects were soothed by Ding Fan's True Qi, Zhou Ruoran's originally pale face gradually regained some color.

Nevertheless, Zhou Ruoran's body was still ice cold. Ding Fan felt a pang of heartache and wrapped Ruoran's delicate body with a blanket before holding her in his arms.

Ruoran's face was extremely beautiful, her elegant side profile, her eyebrows like willow leaves, and her thin, delicate lips...

With their faces so close, looking at the delicate wife in his arms, Ding Fan felt a twinge of pain and gently caressed Ruoran's side face.

Ruoran had led a lonely life. When she was very young, her parents mysteriously disappeared. Since then, she had lived under the roof of the Ding family.

She thought that after recovering her appearance, she would lead a better life, but she was then manipulated by Jin Ranran's Gu Technique.

Cough, cough...

Zhou Ruoran coughed faintly; her body trembled uncontrollably. Her trembling inadvertently touched Ding Fan...

Holding the soft bundle in his arms, feeling the musk-like fragrance of Zhou Ruoran's body, Ding Fan's desire flared up once again inside him.

Although Ruoran was wrapped in a blanket, from the opening of the blanket, Ding Fan could still clearly see her white neck below, her skin so delicate that one would doubt whether twisting it would wring out water.

Even though Ding Fan was a cultivator, he was also a robust man. Holding his delicate wife, even he could not remain completely undisturbed.

Ding Fan lovingly kissed Ruoran's hair. Thinking of how Ruoran had just fainted from the torment of the Gu insects, he pondered how to completely eliminate the Gu insects inside her body.