After the Protagonist Ascended, I Set My Eyes on His Woman - Chapter 2:

Chapter 2: Dominant Return

Afterward, Li Wanji and his two subordinates took the high-speed rail back to Mingyun City. Staring at the familiar skyline, Li Wanji’s eyes sparkled with ambition. “Two and a half years… I’m finally back!”

In his past life, he had been a broke nobody, dreaming of having so much money that he couldn’t finish spending it, fantasizing about spending his days eating, drinking, and making babies. But now, he was a cultivator. His pursuit was longevity, indulgence in pleasures, and the continuation of the cultivation legacy through procreation for the sake of humanity.

Mingyun City was full of familiar names—Chen Fan’s beautiful younger sister, the loli girl he raised but never touched, a stunning CEO, and a graceful mature woman. Grinning with wicked delight, he said, “With no tiger in the mountain, I’ll be the king!”

“Hehehe!”

Hong Yue, standing beside him, commented, “Boss, your smile is really wicked.”

Hong Yue and Hou Zi were the two who followed Li Wanji. They used to be gold prospectors and had once encountered danger in the mountains. It was Li Wanji who saved them. From then on, they worked for him.

Li Wanji said, “With top-grade beauties waiting for me to enjoy, how could I not smile wickedly?”

Hou Zi asked, “Boss, are you talking about CEO Gu?” He clearly knew about the seductive CEO, Gu Qingning.

Li Wanji said, “Not just her. Let’s go take a look at the old Li family estate first.”

The three of them arrived at the former Li family villa. Hong Yue stepped forward to ask around and soon returned with information.

“Boss, two years ago, Chen Fan auctioned off the villa. Many people in the Li family couldn’t handle the sudden collapse and committed suicide. Your cousin Li Wen went to the capital to work, and your cousin Li Qinglan is now working at a hot pot restaurant on Pedestrian Street.”

Li Wanji’s expression darkened. “Let’s go.”

The three of them headed straight to the hot pot restaurant. A server approached them, and Li Wanji said, “I’m looking for Li Qinglan.”

The server was startled, then turned and left. A moment later, a young girl appeared. The moment she saw Li Wanji, she froze. Then tears streamed down her face.

“Brother! You… you’re still alive…”

She threw herself into his arms and began sobbing uncontrollably, pouring out all the pain and hardship she had endured over the past two years.

“Chen Fan took everything from our family. The younger siblings couldn’t handle the blow and took their own lives.”

Li Wanji patted her back gently and said, “Now that I’m here, that will never happen again.”

In the original host’s memories, Li Qinglan was the one he was closest to. He wasn’t very familiar with the other siblings.

“I thought you were gone. That night, I cried for so long…” Li Qinglan said while sobbing.

Then she looked down at his limbs and asked in confusion, “Brother, your arms and legs?”

She clearly remembered that he had all four limbs broken and had been turned into a human stick. How was he fine now?

“Li Qinglan!”

The restaurant manager walked over and shouted angrily, “What are you doing? That table just paid. Aren’t you going to clean it up? You’ve worked here for two months and still need someone to teach you? Want me to dock your pay?”

Startled, Li Qinglan quickly left her brother’s arms and replied nervously, “I’ll go now… Brother, wait for me.”

Li Wanji grabbed her wrist. “Don’t go.”

“But Brother, if I don’t work, I won’t have any money,” she said in a troubled tone.

“I’ll support you,” Li Wanji said domineeringly.

The manager’s face instantly turned sour. He had long set his eyes on this pretty girl. If she left, how could he still have a chance?

“Hmph. If you quit, you won’t get your wages,” the manager said coldly.

“Brother, I still have more than a month’s pay left. If I quit now, I won’t get anything. That’s several thousand yuan,” Li Qinglan said sadly.

She used to be a rich young lady who didn’t even blink at tens of thousands. But after Chen Fan destroyed her family, all her bank accounts were frozen. She had become a pauper. Only now did she understand how significant a few thousand yuan could be.

“You better think carefully. If you complete three months, I might promote you to team leader,” the manager said while adjusting his glasses.

“Brother, team leaders earn 8,000 yuan a month…” Li Qinglan hesitated.

“It’s just a few thousand yuan. Have you forgotten that you were once the young lady of the Li family?” Li Wanji’s heart ached. Life’s hardships had ground down the pride and shine from her.

“Brother…”

“Enough. Let me handle this.”

Li Wanji signaled with his eyes. Hou Zi immediately drew a small knife from his waist and flicked it. The blade flew out and stabbed straight into the manager’s butt.

“AAAH!!!” The manager screamed in agony, the shrill cry drawing the attention of the entire restaurant.

Li Wanji said, “Go, but don’t kill him.”

Hou Zi rushed forward and kicked the manager to the ground, then began punching and kicking him viciously.

“You think you’re something, huh? Bullying our boss’s sister? Do you even know who our boss is? Who gave you the guts…”

“Stop! Please, stop!” the manager cried out, clutching his head in pain and begging for mercy.

Just then, the hot pot restaurant’s owner came running out after hearing the commotion and quickly started apologizing.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry! Sir, please stop beating him, okay?”

Hou Zi stopped and looked coldly at the owner. “You’re the owner? This is my boss.”

The owner looked toward Li Wanji, his face full of pleading.

Li Wanji said, “Pay my sister her full wages and fire that guy.”

The owner immediately pulled out his phone and transferred 10,000 yuan to Li Qinglan.

She was shocked when she saw the amount. “Boss, this is too much…”

The owner smiled. “It’s fine, it’s fine. Miss Qinglan, you’re one of our top employees. Consider the rest your bonus.”

Li Wanji said nothing, stood up, and left. The others followed.

The manager, still on the ground, raised his head with a gloomy look. “Call the police! I’m calling the police! I’ll make sure they all go to jail!”

…

“Brother, you beat him up. What if he reports it? You’ll have to pay compensation,” Li Qinglan said anxiously.

“It’s fine,” Li Wanji replied without a care.

He was a cultivator. The laws of the mundane world couldn’t restrict someone like him. Of course, there were departments that managed cultivators, but even those officials were usually just at the 1st or 2nd stage Qi Refining Realm. Powerful experts were rare.

Otherwise, Chen Fan wouldn’t have ruled all of Yanhuang with just Qi Refining Realm cultivation. He even became the chief instructor of ‘Canglong.’

They arrived at Li Qinglan’s rental apartment. It was a small single room with very basic living conditions.

“Brother, sorry… you’ll have to sleep on the floor tonight,” she said, sticking out her pink tongue shyly.

“It’s fine. Soon, we’ll be living in a villa. I came back to give you a good life,” Li Wanji said with a smile and told Hou Zi and Hong Yue to head back first.

While his sister was cooking, he pulled out his phone and started researching.

Gu Qingning—CEO of Qingcheng International Group. The company dealt in cosmetics, luxury fashion, vehicles, real estate, and more. Its market value had reached 1 trillion yuan.

“According to the novels I read in my past life, Gu Qingning’s company mainly profited from cosmetics, and the formulas came from Chen Fan.”

Li Wanji sneered. “Gu Qingning, we’ll play slowly. I’ll let you understand what despair really means.”

He then recalled Chen Fan’s stunning younger sister, Chen Lanyi. If memory served, she was the campus belle of Mingyun University and a freshman this year. As soon as she started college, she was crowned the number one campus belle because of her looks.

“Brother, dinner’s ready.”

“Coming.”

After eating, taking a shower, and spending some time on his phone, Li Wanji went to bed early.

…

The next day, he arrived at Mingyun University.