Chapter 84: The Extortionist Blind Date (Part - 2)

Rick looked directly into Martha’s greedy eyes, as he crossed his arms over his broad chest.

"I just told you I work in a kitchen," Rick mocked, exposing massive holes in their logic. "Where do you expect a poor, onion-chopping peasant to pull two million dollars in pure cash from?"

Martha’s arrogant sneer mutated into a malicious, evil smirk, as she dropped her polite facade, revealing the disgusting, parasitic truth behind this blind date.

"Do not play stupid with me, boy," Martha hissed, leaning over the table, exposing her rotten core. "We have highly placed connections in the city’s zoning board, so we know exactly what is happening in your father’s miserable little neighborhood."

Rick’s amused smile vanished, as a lethal glint flashed in his eyes, because mentioning his father’s personal affairs crossed his bottom line.

"The commercial developers are buying out that slum to build a shopping district," Martha revealed greedily, as spittle flew from her lips. "Your old man has owned his property for thirty years, which means he is about to receive a massive, multimillion-dollar buyout directly from the government by the end of this month!"

Jessica giggled, confirming her mother’s vile plot, "So all you have to do is force your old man to hand his retirement payout over to us, and then you can have the privilege of calling me your wife."

"Your old man is practically dead anyway," Tyler scoffed, disrespecting Thomas’s lifetime of hard work. "He doesn’t need millions of dollars to rot in a nursing home, so stop being a selfish brat and hand his money over to fund our lifestyle, because we actually deserve it."

The second Tyler’s disrespectful words hit the air, the temperature inside the private teahouse dropped to freezing levels, as the suffocating killing intent of a true apex predator flooded the small room.

Rick’s deadpan eyes turned pitch-black with murderous fury, because these pathetic, low-tier parasites were plotting to steal his father’s blood, sweat, and tears.

[Ding!] [Quest Triggered: The Parasite Extermination!] [Objective: A true dragon never allows pathetic leeches to threaten his family’s hard-earned legacy! Shatter their disgusting greed and teach these arrogant frogs exactly what happens when they court death!] [Reward: +2% Chef Occupation Progress, +1000 Mischief Points!]

Rick read the glowing blue text, but he didn’t care about the system rewards, because his own personal rage was driving his actions.

Tyler failed to sense the overwhelming aura of death radiating from Rick, as the thuggish brother slammed his fist down onto the wooden table, trying to assert his fake alpha dominance.

"Did you hear me, you broke kitchen rat?!" Tyler roared, pointing a shaking finger directly at Rick’s face. "Stop dragging your feet and agree to the terms! Hand over the old man’s money right now, or we will ruin your reputation and make sure you die alone!"

Rick did not argue, nor did he yell, as he simply reached out with his large, system-enhanced hand, bypassing Tyler’s pathetic attempt at intimidation.

Rick picked up the heavy ceramic teapot resting in the center of the table, which had just been delivered by the waitress and was filled to the brim with boiling, scalding hot water.

Without a fraction of a second of hesitation, Rick swung his arm forward, throwing the contents of the boiling teapot directly into Tyler’s arrogant face.

SPLASH!

"SCREEEEAAAAAM!"

Tyler let out a deafening, blood-curdling shriek of agony, as the boiling hot water scalded his skin, melting his arrogant facade as he threw himself backward.

He crashed heavily onto the floor, clutching his blistering red face, thrashing around on the tatami mats while screaming like a dying pig in a slaughterhouse.

"Aaaargh! My eyes! My fucking face is burning!" Tyler sobbed hysterically, broken by the sheer brutality of Rick’s retaliation.

"Tyler!" Martha shrieked in horror, as she jumped up from her cushion, staring at her screaming son in panic, before turning her terrified eyes toward Rick. "You fucking psycho! What did you just do?! I am calling the police! I will have you locked in a prison cell for the rest of your miserable life!"

Jessica scrambled backward, abandoning her phone as she pressed her back tightly against the wall, her fake eyelashes trembling in sheer terror, realizing this kitchen worker was a monster.

Rick slowly stood up from the table, as he tossed the empty ceramic teapot onto the floor, letting it shatter into a dozen pieces right next to Tyler’s thrashing body.

"Call the police, you disgusting old hag," Rick threatened, his deep voice carrying a heavy, oppressive weight that silenced Martha’s shrieking, forcing her to freeze in fear. "Tell them exactly how you tried to extort a multimillion-dollar payout from an old man, and see how fast my lawyers bankrupt your bloodline."

Rick looked down at the weeping, blistering trash on the floor, devoid of any human pity, because these parasites had tried to destroy his father.

"You are nothing but a bunch of pathetic, filthy leeches," Rick stated coldly, crushing their fragile egos into dust. "If I ever catch you or your disabled son anywhere near my father or his property, I will ensure you spend the rest of your miserable lives drinking your meals through a straw."

Martha and Jessica trembled, paralyzed by the overwhelming killing intent, as they realized they had courted death by targeting the wrong family.

Rick did not waste another second looking at the trash, as he turned his broad back on the screaming, chaotic room, sliding the shoji screen open and stepping out into the quiet corridor.

He adjusted the collar of his plain black t-shirt, unbothered by the violence he had inflicted, as he walked out of the Sterling Teahouse and headed back to his rental car.

He had successfully exterminated the parasites, and now it was time to head back to his penthouse, change into his million-dollar bespoke suit, and dominate the arrogant snobs waiting for him at the Vance family banquet.

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[A/N: If you are enjoying the story, do check out my other story as well. Link in Author’s note]