Stuck in a Chinese novel

"Calm down, brother Long. You know it isn\'t a simple matter, right? If it was anyone else, I could have used my influence, but Wei Jun Ruan is different. Although he is banished, his sister, who practically runs the Ruan family business is still on his side.

It would be better if you could reign in your anger and think about this rationally." Noh Tian advised and informed Run Long of the circumstances while they were in the car, going back after the studio incident.

It wasn\'t that Run Long wasn\'t aware of the situation. Had Noh Tian hadn\'t intervened, he could have been arrested and he was the one who started the assault was also true in a way. Given the influence of the other party, not to mention his strength which Run Long was very surprised about, there was a good chance he would be caught in a web of matters leading to his arrest.

"I know, brother Tian. But I need to do something about it." Run Long said.

"Well, there is not much you can do about it but wait for a while. Let the matters cool down for a bit and then approach them without any hostile intentions. Although Quan Li is a subordinate of Wei Jun Ruan, I doubt he would restrict her life so you can still meet her." Noh Tian once again advised.

Run Long nodded. He knew that unlike him, Noh Tian was a level-headed person. And it was also because of him that he wasn\'t arrested so it was safe to trust him.

"I will do as you say, brother Tian." Run Long replied but kept his gaze out the window, watching the city pass by in his view.

Noh Tian didn\'t say anything and simply focused on driving. But he made sure to remind himself that he was still to report back to Wei Jun about their conversation and every move of Run Long.

*****

Wei Jun wasn\'t a drinker, no alcohol was something not only his father, but his father taught him too. So when they were celebrating and he was the only one with a glass of water while saying a toast, it was very awkward.

However, when offered drinks, he rejected them. Even from Xia Lu which spoke volumes of his determination about his no alcohol motto.

"Would it kill you to drink just once?" Xia Lu asked.

"It is not about drinking just once. It is about respect." Wei Jun replied but he didn\'t elaborate. In his previous life, with the scale of the business he ran, alcohol was a usual thing whenever he would make business deals but even then, he never drank even one drop of alcohol.

All because his father and brother said so. His father would say that a man makes questionable decisions while drunk while his brother didn\'t drink because of his profession. He was a doctor and as a doctor, he needed a clean head. Alcohol, even a drop of that went against that. Although Wei Jun knew it was an excuse. His brother didn\'t drink because he also respected their father\'s decision.

He just didn\'t admit to it because he was a little rebellious.

So by not drinking, Wei Jun showed respect to his father. Although his father never expected anything like that from him, Wei Jun felt it to be his obligation and duty to make his father proud.

He still remembered the day of his first kill. His father was immensely proud of him while his bother wasn\'t much, saying that he had made a mess. But his father defended him saying that that was how a man learned, from his mistake. So he didn\'t make the same mistake and properly erased any sign of his involvement with his next victim.

He made his father proud by not making the same mistake. He still remembered that face and made sure to never do anything his father wouldn\'t like.

His father didn\'t like alcohol, so he didn\'t like alcohol. Even if it came from a girl he had some unknown but complicated feelings for. Wei Jun apologized for her sake, something he rarely had to do in his lifetime, yet he didn\'t drink, because even though Xia Lu was important to him, he knew clearly that she didn\'t come before his father or his parents.

Eventually, Xia Lu gave up. As Wei Jun had respected her wishes earlier, she was going to do the same because what they had was not a one-way bridge. She knew that just as he respected her, she needed to respect him as well.

The party went on for quite a while. Although usually Wei Jun would have skipped it, but seeing Xia Lu become intoxicated again due to her weak alcohol tolerance, he didn\'t leave her side even for a minute.

Soon, the party came to an end and just like last time, Wei Jun carried the hiccupping Xia Lu to her room. However, while he put her down on the bed, she was already out of it. Wei Jun chuckled seeing her like that and cleared the locks of hair blocking her face.

He then took off her heels and covered her under warm covers while turning on the AC. Once he was sure she was comfortable, he left the room and made his way to his own. He had many things to think but none of those were about his life in that world.

No Run Long who he needed to kill. No fiancée who was trying very hard to kill him. No grandfather who was trying to use him for his personal gain.

There was only one thing on his mind, or to be more precise, one person. Xia Lu. As he lay down after a short shower and slipped into his nightwear, he remembered his actions earlier today.

In the olden days, Wei Jun only ever had to apologize to his family. However, today, he apologized, not once, but twice. It was something he had never done before. Yet he didn\'t feel bad about it. On the contrary, he was relieved.

And that worried him.

Weakness. Something Wei Jun never had.

To him, all his life, his family was everything and his family wasn\'t his weakness. Instead, whoever targeted his family thinking they could get to Wei Jun suffered a fate far worse than what he would have done to them.

However, now, he had a weakness. It was a new feeling, having a weakness. And that scared him. Fear, it was a feeling he had never had for anyone other than his mother, not even for his father who he respected so much, or his brother who practically raised him.

Yet, today he feared something could happen to Xia Lu if he got any closer to her. That didn\'t mean he was going to stay away from her. He was going to follow her, follow however his heart wished.

\'Destroy the world. When someone targets someone you love, destroy everything. Their world, destroy it.\' His brother once said. His benevolent brother who was kind to people, especially children, once said to him with a strange expression on his face.

The expression of a maniac.

Wei Jun didn\'t know what that was about but he didn\'t care. He imprinted that teaching in his being, just like he did about every other teaching.

So all he had to do was make sure he was strong enough to destroy the world, destroy everything.

He didn\'t have that, that strength yet. Today he realized that there wasn\'t that much of a difference between him and Run Long. Wei Jun had become conceited after facing cultivators of higher rank and winning over them. He thought he would be easily able to win against the protagonists as well.

He thought wrong. The protagonist, the favorite child of the world, the title itself was different. They weren\'t the same as the other scrubs of this world, they were special, just like him.

And his current power was not going to be enough to fight them. He needed more.

He stood up and summoned an item from his inventory. The green gem-like stone he had retrieved from the motel; the first treasure he had robbed Run Long of. He didn\'t know what it was then because he couldn\'t feel anything from it but right now, he could feel immense power overflowing from it.

It wasn\'t world-destroying power, but for a cultivator at the Qi Gathering realm, it was indeed a treasure and it was the same for him.

[Tear of the green dragon (Diluted)]

[Tier B-]

[Description: Green dragons are beings known for their vitality and strong healing powers. A characteristic unique to them. Not even the great red dragons, the kings of the dragon race possess such strong healing powers]

[Effect: Upon usage of a cosmic power, you can heal yourself or others]

[A.N: This is not a skill

The amount of health recovered is five times the power used]

[Would you like to absorb the tear of the green dragon (diluted)?]

[Yes\\\\No]

Wei Jun first understood the entire description. In the novel, when Run Long obtained this, he only received a boost in Qi which Wei Jun thought would be the same for him. So why was he getting something different?

[Because of your soul]

[The body may belong to Wei Jun Ruan]

[But the soul is different]

[And I felt this before too, but wasn\'t sure of it, but you possess a dragon imprint on your soul]

\'A dragon imprint?\' Wei Jun asked, not really understanding the meaning behind that statement.

[The imprint of the dragon race]

[An imprint that is given when a race considers you to be worthy of their loyalty]

\'…What?\' He still didn\'t understand.