Stuck in a Chinese novel

Yao Tian sat in a room, on a cold metallic chair, cold cuffs on his hands and his head down. The coldness of the room only enhanced the hopelessness he currently felt inside. There was nothing left inside of him, no hope of any kind, and all he could do was wait, wait to live a life he had never expected to live.

However, there was still one question he asked himself frequently since last week, 'Where did everything go wrong?'

It was perfect. He was on his way to becoming the head of the family, a perfect goal with almost no competition. His brother wasn't the ambitious type nor was he a leader, he was a submitter and if he were to lead, he would surely drown the whole family. For that reason, for not wanting to see his family submit to anyone, he did everything he could to fix that.

He killed all those in his way, got rid of the potential competition, and even harmed those that could even slightly contribute to his downfall. All because he was the perfect leader and there was no doubt he was one. He didn't drink, he didn't engage in any sort of debauchery, and he certainly didn't bow in front of anyone except for the family head.

He was everything, unlike a certain someone. Wei Jun Ruan was the downfall of the Ruan family, nicknamed 'The Drowner'. Yao Tian was everything Wei Jun Ruan wasn't and Wei Jun Ruan was everything Yao Tian wasn't.

However, there he sat, in a cold chilling room with nothing but hopelessness awaiting him. His head had finally bowed, and not in front of his father, the family head, but in front of fate. Unconsciously, he had accepted his fate. He knew the cause of his misfortune was Wei Jun Ruan but he couldn't do anything about it. He didn't even resent him anymore. He was thoroughly broken now.

The door to the room opened and the one to enter was none other than Zhao Hui. Zhao Hui stared at the defeated young man and couldn't help but pity him. Zhao Hui knew Yao Tian wasn't an innocent person. He had committed various crimes as well and there were many rumors around him, about how he killed anyone in his way or the people in his path disappeared overnight.

Zhao Hui knew all of this but he couldn't do anything about this because of the higher-ups.

Now that they were gone, Zhao Hui wanted to go after such golden spoons but before he could, the young man in front of him was found guilty of a major crime.

Organ trafficking of not one or two but almost two hundred people and prior records before that increased the count to almost three hundred. Zhao Hui, however, knew this young man hadn't committed that crime. Although he was guilty, he was guilty of something else, not this.

But through this realization, Zhao Hui also realized one more thing. He was still as powerless as before. Only this time, the law was being used in a just way. Everything was done by the book, everything. Still, someone had enough power and intellect to manipulate the law that way. To lead the law into believing this young man was guilty of this crime.

'Nothing's changed.' Zhao Hui thought inwardly. He was right, nothing had changed. If he was forced before to let these criminals go, now he was being forced to punish them for something they didn't do. He realized how bound he was. And he also realized how easy it was to manipulate the law, the concept and idea he worked the hardest in his life to maintain.

Zhao Hui sighed and shook his head to push all those thoughts away. The matter was out of his hands now. He tried many things to prove Yao Tian's innocence of this matter but nothing was left behind. Everything pointed to him being he criminal so Zhao Hui now had to give up. He realized another thing by the end, he had also been defeated. The worst part was, he had chosen to give up.

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"This is the list of the policemen who are, let's say, unethical." Li Wei handed over a list to Wei Jun. They were both sitting inside his office and Wei Jun was working on something when she came to deliver the file personally.

"You could have done this over the phone." Wei Jun said but he didn't mind her personally coming here. Li Wei was doing the work of ten men combined. He couldn't even ask her to work harder because she was working tirelessly. So if she needed a break or indulge herself in useless things, he didn't mind.

"And miss the excuse to take in this beautiful sight, no thanks." Li Wei retorted with a hushed voice that sounded quite a bit flirty. Wei Jun shook his head to ignore her. She had been extremely provocative lately. However, Wei Jun didn't mind. But he was going to keep it limited to just this though because he had no reason to take things further with her. He didn't feel anything for her.

To him, she wasn't Xia Lu. To him, she was just another girl.

Wei Jun read the list and chose the eight he had seen before. These eight were corrupt cops but Wei Jun didn't care, what he did know was that these guys were involved with his case, and also because their deaths wouldn't be missed once their deeds came up.

Wei Jun marked the eight and handed the list back to Li Wei who took the list and saw the eight marked. "So these are the lucky guys for ascension."

Wei Jun didn't reply to her joke and instructed, "Make sure these eight are the ones transferring Yao Tian to prison."

Li Wei nodded and stood up to leave but before she left, she turned and asked, "Will I get a reward for a job well done, boss?"

Wei Jun stared at her and knew something inappropriate was coming but he still asked for the sake of a hard-working employee. "What do you want?" Wei Jun asked softly.

"Would a kiss do?" She asked cutely.

"No." Wei Jun outright refused to which Li Wei acted like she was hurt and asked with a sad face, "Then can I at least get some good spanking for being a bad girl?"

Wei Jun let out a lengthy exhale and said, "Goodbye, Li Wei." A polite way of saying get out which Li Wei picked up and left with a dramatic salute. Wei Jun was alone to prepare. But for his plans up ahead, he needed to do some shopping. Hopefully, what he ordered would have arrived by now.

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"Here it is." Zi Huan said as he opened a briefcase to show the contents of the case. Inside, there were black balls the size of a golf ball. Wei Jun skeptically raised his eyes because he was expecting something big, because to him, big meant destructive.

"I can see the look on your face and tell what you're thinking but you should know that size is not everything." Zi Huan said. Wei Jun once again raised his eyebrow as he said, "Size always matters."

"Quite narcissistic of you." Zi Huan commented before he took out one ball and said, "This little beauty may not be able to do the destruction a grenade can, but unlike a grenade, this is purely organic. Made of several elements compressed together, the shell itself is magnetized so it sticks to the target pretty well, of course, as long as they're wearing metal."

"To use it, press the ball a bit tightly. The elements come in contact with the air, spontaneous reactions occur giving you about three seconds before it explodes." Zi Huan explained the procedure before he moved on to the other advantages, "As I said since it is made of natural elements along with a Qi crystal in a very small amount, there is no way to trace it anywhere unlike other explosives."

"The shell itself is made of a compound that disintegrates upon the reactions of the element, leaving no trace behind. It would seem like a natural explosion has occurred." Zi Huan ended his explanation and added, "Granted the explosion is small but it would kill a person without fail. Of course, if they manage to bear it out, then you might have to use two."

Wei Jun had to admit that he was quite happy. The destructive weaponry in this world wasn't very advanced because the main weapon in this world was Qi. Even the current weapons were old weapons compared to his previous worlds. There wasn't even a rail gun in this world or a nuclear weapon. He would often ask himself what kind of backwater world was he in.

Still, this one thing truly impressed him. A small explosion enough to kill a normal person leaving no trace behind. And with the untraceable function, it could be used to create natural accidents as well which gave him an idea.

He couldn't help but smile to which Zi Huan said, "Whenever you smile like that, I want to punch you in the face."

Wei Jun ignored him and asked, "And, the price of such a marvel?"