Huang Yu looked at the man in front of him—a police officer roughly his age—and was about to curl his lips into a mocking smirk, before immediately realizing something was off.
Damn it!
All because of that crooked-mouth Xiao Zhan…
He almost got led astray by that bastard.
Cool, devilish crooked-mouth smiles are not something one should imitate!
Huang Yu quickly adjusted his expression.
Across from him, the man was giving a cold, hostile smile—Arthur, unmistakably.
Huang Yu recognized him.
Memories from the original story surfaced along with flashes of past events.
This Arthur was actually Xiao Feng, deputy captain of the Tianhai City Criminal Police Division.
A member of a fourth-rate local family, he had been a fervent admirer of the violent "bear-loli" Han Yuyao since their student days.
His obsession with her could be described as relentless, willing to do anything to win her over.
But Huang Yu knew that, although Xiao Feng appeared deeply devoted, he was far from simple.
His pursuit of Han Yuyao was not just because she was beautiful—it was for something hidden.
According to the original story's lore:
The Han family, one of Tianhai City's four great families, descended from the legendary military sage Han Xin. Over generations, figures like Han Yu and Han Shizhong continued the lineage, now spanning over 1,700 years.
Each Han family head inherited a treasured artifact of the military sage, passed down from Han Xin himself.
This artifact, according to the story, was obtained by Han Xin when he defeated Xi Chu's king at Gaixia, and it was tied to the pursuit of transcendent longevity sought since pre-Qin times.
Liu Bang, fearing Han Xin and the artifact, secretly ordered Empress Lü to assassinate him—but the treasure remained out of their reach.
Han Xin's descendants fled Hanzhong with the artifact, remaining hidden for a century.
It wasn't until the chaos of the Sui and Tang dynasties that the Han family re-emerged, gradually regaining influence with the treasure.
However, due to envy and scheming, Han Yu, the family head, was poisoned. Later, during the Northern Song's resurgence, Han Shizhong wisely retired after seeing his friend Yue Fei killed, preserving the family's power.
Because of these lessons, the Han family established a rule: never use the treasured artifact unless absolutely necessary. Knowledge of its existence became increasingly rare.
Although Xiao Feng's Xiao family was a minor Tianhai lineage, they had once flourished and traced their ancestry back to the Han Chancellor Xiao He—the only family besides Han's that knew this secret.
By this generation, Han Kun was practically a tyrant, leaving Han Yuyao as the only direct heir.
Capturing Han Yuyao would likely mean inheriting the Han family and its treasured artifact.
This explained why Xiao Feng relentlessly pursued Han Yuyao all these years.
Yet Han Yuyao had never entertained him, instead following Huang Yu around daily.
Naturally, this created friction between the two men.
Back in school, when anyone pursued Han Yuyao, Huang Yu and Han Kun were more than happy to sit back and watch—no one dared interfere.
But Xiao Feng blamed Huang Yu for interfering in his pursuit, and sought to cause trouble.
Flashback to high school: unpleasant memories of Xiao Feng surged.
"Huang Yu, stop bothering Yuyao!"
"If you make her angry again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Huang Yu, finishing a smoke with the younger Han Kun in the restroom, found his path blocked by Xiao Feng and two lackeys.
"Who the hell do you think you are? You think you can call my sister's name?"
At the time, Han Kun was even more arrogant than later on. Huang Yu merely laughed, barely acknowledging them.
Seeing their insolence, Xiao Feng lost patience and charged in.
But who was Han Kun?
The only son of the Han family head, though he disliked martial arts, he had been forced to train in the family's techniques for years—his skills were terrifying compared to peers.
Huang Yu, hardened from daily beatings by Han Yuyao, still couldn't match her, but he had no trouble handling Xiao Feng.
The result: Xiao Feng and his lackeys were trapped in the restroom and brutally beaten by Huang Yu and Han Kun.
The leader, Xiao Feng, under Huang Yu's direction, had his head yanked by Han Kun and pressed into the toilet, forced to eat whatever Han Kun had just excreted.
"Eat! Eat it now!"
Overwhelmed, Xiao Feng broke down in tears, and the story quickly spread, embarrassing him completely.
This incident became a lasting psychological shadow for Xiao Feng.
Now, seeing Huang Yu cuffed and brought into the station, Xiao Feng seized the opportunity.
"Huang Yu, long time no see," he said, forcing a smile as memories of humiliation flooded back.
Yet before the others, he feigned composure, planning to finally punish this decadent brat.
"Indeed, long time no see," Huang Yu replied with a faint, amused smile, giving a casual greeting.
He had no illusions about Xiao Feng feigning any old-school camaraderie—this was all show.
"Master Huang, though we're classmates…"
Xiao Feng approached slowly, placing one hand on Huang Yu's shoulder and gripping his cuffed hand with the other, speaking earnestly, "you've broken the law now, so don't expect me to overlook it out of old friendship."
"Do as you wish."
Huang Yu knew Xiao Feng's little tricks all too well.
"Don't think of old times—otherwise I might take revenge for making me eat that damn stuff in the restroom back then."
The surrounding officers, watching intently, were stunned.
Huang Yu's reputation as a reckless heir preceded him; forcing someone to eat excrement was entirely believable.
Even the female colleagues who had been impressed by Xiao Feng now stepped back in horror, coffee in hand.
In an instant, Xiao Feng became the center of gossip in the station.
But Huang Yu had no fear of him.
According to the original story, Han Yuyao was connected to Xiao Zhan, the crooked-mouth—messing with her and her circle would be utterly futile.
As for the Han family treasure Xiao Zhan coveted, that would also eventually end up in his hands.
Seeing Huang Yu so audacious and openly bringing up the old incident, Xiao Feng's fury surged—but with all eyes on him, panic began to creep in.