Villain Is Bodyguard of Heroine’s Poisonous Stepmother

It could only be said that the protagonist was truly a protagonist. Even as a corpse, he was still worth a staggering one hundred billion, far exceeding Chen Luo’s expectations.

“Luckily, I didn’t just dispose of it.”

If he had, that would have meant a loss of one hundred billion.

“Where is Ye Chen’s body?” Xiao Qingxue still planned to use Ye Chen’s corpse to pay respects to her father.

“It’s been exchanged for something valuable,” Chen Luo said mysteriously.

Seeing Chen Luo acting so enigmatically, Xiao Qingxue understood that he definitely wouldn’t reveal the whereabouts of Ye Chen’s body to her.

Well, it didn’t matter if there was no corpse of Ye Chen anymore. After all, she had already avenged her father.

“I plan to hold a funeral for my father next,” Xiao Qingxue told Chen Luo. She had not buried Xiao Yongqiang yet, wanting to avenge him first.

“Okay, go ahead and prepare for the funeral. Let me know if you need help.” Chen Luo, accompanied by Xiao Qingxue and Bai Meixiang, left the area.

The traces here had already been dealt with. No one would suspect that this ordinary place was the protagonist’s burial site.

Actually, Ye Chen’s body had already been traded away, not even his corpse remained. Chen Luo did not reveal Ye Chen’s death to anyone, including to Luo Mingde, who was still searching for Ye Chen. This was to keep him busy, letting him keep searching.

Having killed Ye Chen, Chen Luo felt a sense of relief. Even though Chen Luo had previously surpassed Ye Chen in strength to the point Ye Chen had stood no chance against him, Chen Luo still couldn’t rest easy. Now, he finally could. At least until a new protagonist appeared, Chen Luo could relax.

“Zhao Yingxuan, what do you mean by this?” Xiao Qingxue, dressed in pure white mourning clothes, asked with a cold expression.

“Isn’t this Xiao Yongqiang’s funeral? Of course, I came to pay my respects,” Zhao Yingxuan replied with a sly smile.

Fire burned in Xiao Qingxue’s eyes as she stared at Zhao Yingxuan as she cursed in her mind, ‘Pay respects to her father? Do you even deserve to? You, who dishonored my father, dare to speak such words?’

“Hmph.” Xiao Qingxue scoffed. She didn’t believe Zhao Yingxuan had any good intentions and even suspected that Zhao Yingxuan had some ulterior motive.

“At my father’s funeral, you better not cause any trouble, or else I won’t be polite,” Xiao Qingxue threatened Zhao Yingxuan.

The relationships among Chen Luo’s women were not friendly, like between Xiao Qingxue and Zhao Yingxuan.

“Heh,” Zhao Yingxuan laughed softly, then gave Chen Luo a coquettish look.

Good grief, Chen Luo certainly understood what Zhao Yingxuan was implying. Wasn’t she afraid of Xiao Qingxue lashing out?

“Why no response? Are you afraid of Xiao Qingxue?” Zhao Yingxuan whispered into Chen Luo’s ear.

“How could I be?” Chen Luo promptly wrapped his arms around Zhao Yingxuan, pulling her close.

“You… you two,” Xiao Qingxue fumed, looking at them. “Hmph, despicable pair.”

An infuriated Xiao Qingxue couldn’t help but curse before storming off, preferring out of sight, out of mind.

“Why didn’t you stop her?” Zhao Yingxuan softly asked Chen Luo.

“Don’t you want to keep her here?”

“I do, but if I really did that, she’d definitely turn against me. Even as it is, I guess she won’t talk to me for several days.”

Chen Luo felt that Xiao Qingxue would indeed ignore him for several days. Indeed, it took a week after Xiao Yongqiang’s funeral for Chen Luo to appease her.

“I plan to merge Yongqiang Group into Morning Star Group,” Xiao Qingxue told Chen Luo.

“Are you sure you want to do that?”

“What’s there to hold on to? I’m already yours. What else would I not give up?”

She had given herself to Chen Luo, let alone the Yongqiang Group.

“Plus, I’ve said before, if you avenged my father, I’d give you everything.”

Everything from Xiao Qingxue naturally included the Yongqiang Group.

“Alright, you handle it. Between us, there’s no yours or mine anyway. You manage the Morning Star Group as well.”

Securing Xiao Qingxue was like capturing a business queen for Chen Luo, her unique talent in business made her unstoppable.

“Having you here, I can confidently be a hands-off boss.”

Chen Luo leaned down to kiss Xiao Qingxue. Unlike before, Xiao Qingxue offered no resistance to Chen Luo’s affection.

Now, Xiao Qingxue would hardly refuse any of Chen Luo’s requests unless they were particularly outrageous.

He had truly won her heart. Fortunately, he secured Xiao Qingxue physically first, otherwise, he might never have won her heart. However, Chen Luo was quite pragmatic, actually valuing Xiao Qingxue’s body the most. Initially, he never thought about winning her heart, but in the end, he did.

With his greatest enemy out of the way, it didn’t mean Chen Luo had nothing left to do. His true aim wasn’t just to be an antagonist to the protagonist. Opposing the protagonist was merely because it blocked his path. His goal was power, and achieving immortality through the system wasn’t difficult, as trading life span in the system wasn’t costly.

In the past, Chen Luo might have thought that the price of a life span of ten million per year was very high, but now he no longer considered a million too significant. His pursuit now was solely power, and the quickest way to attain it was through the system by trading. Therefore, he continued to accumulate capital, and the Li family was his target.

Swallowing the Li family and using their wealth to grow stronger was his plan. The merger of the two groups was entirely left to Xiao Qingxue, and when Zhao Yingxuan stepped in, Chen Luo did not stop it. As long as the two women didn’t end up fighting, he was content.

However, the relationship between the two was now very strained. Xiao Qingxue’s forgiveness of Chen Luo didn’t mean she had forgiven Zhao Yingxuan.

To think they would do such a thing at her father’s wake, it was a complete insult to her father. Xiao Qingxue forgave Chen Luo because she liked him. Her tolerance for him was too low. However, she could never forgive Zhao Yingxuan.

But Zhao Yingxuan didn’t need Xiao Qingxue’s forgiveness, she was even deliberately provoking Xiao Qingxue now.

“Elsa, I have another task for you. Take out everyone on this list,” Chen Luo said as he glanced at a message from Gu Wanyu, then handed it to Elsa.

The quickest way to gain control of the Li family was by killing those with ambitions toward the Li family, thus paving the way for Li Qiwen to inherit it. Officially, Li Qiwen would inherit the family, but in reality, the Li family would be under Chen Luo’s control.

“No problem, Master,” Elsa confidently accepted the task.

“After you complete the task, I’ll take good care of you,” Chen Luo said, pinching Elsa’s smooth cheek.

“Also, kill Li Ting as well,” he added.

That foolish, worthless pig was now utterly useless. Initially, Chen Luo used Li Ting to disgust Ye Chen and incidentally make Ye Chen offend the Li family. The plan backfired, making the Li family an ally to Ye Chen instead. If not for Li Ting’s blundering, Ye Chen might have been dealt with by Chen Luo long ago.

Now that Ye Chen was dead, keeping Li Ting is pointless. Instead, she could become an obstacle. Unreliable and still thinking of contending for the Li family, she must be eliminated.