Chapter 1491 - 1490
Li Zixia didn’t expect to encounter thugs while sitting in a coffee shop. She felt she might have some unlucky aura.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Lin Fan came.
If Lin Fan had arrived a bit later, she would have been forcibly taken away by the thugs. Facing several strong men, there was no way she could have been a match alone.
"Kid, get out of the way! Don’t obstruct official business, or you’ll be arrested too!" Blonde Hair pointed at Lin Fan, looking at him with an expression of being unoffendable.
Lin Fan laughed, "If you guys are the police, there’s no need for you to arrest me; I’ll report to the station myself. Aren’t you here to arrest me? Go ahead."
Blonde Hair got angry; he had never seen such an arrogant kid. The kid didn’t even look robust, so how could he be so audacious? After all, they were quite a few in number.
"Since you’re insisting on obstructing official business, don’t blame me for being rude. You two, go ahead and grab him too!" Blonde Hair ordered.
The longer they lingered, the more likely problems could arise. Blonde Hair didn’t dare waste too much time here. Coming in to grab Li Zixia was already a risky move, and now with Lin Fan in their way, Blonde Hair broke out in a cold sweat, exasperated and furious.
The two strong men lunged at Lin Fan with wolf-like ferocity, trying to grab him too.
However, in a mere instant,
both strong men were kneeling on the ground, their bodies curling like shrimp, faces flushed, eyes bulging as if they would pop out.
Lin Fan had given each of them a kick, almost sending them off.
The remaining strong men, including Blonde Hair, all changed their expressions upon seeing this. What had just happened? They hadn’t even seen it clearly.
"How come something seems off?" one strong man wiped his cold sweat and said.
Blonde Hair, unwilling to believe in the paranormal, said, "Let me at him; I refuse to believe this! Do you think you can beat me?"
As Blonde Hair spoke, he approached Lin Fan, raising his fist to punch him in the face.
The next second, his fist stopped mid-air, unable to advance another inch. Lin Fan easily caught his fist, as if Blonde Hair had suddenly turned into a three-year-old in front of Lin Fan.
He instinctively exerted force, trying to pull his hand away, but Lin Fan’s grip was like a vice; he couldn’t break free.
It was only then he realized he’d fallen into a trap. The handsome young man in front of him was strong, terrifyingly strong!
"Let go, kid. You’re obstructing official business; you’re going to be in big trouble!" Blonde Hair could only talk big, attempting to scare Lin Fan.
Lin Fan applied a little more force.
"Ah!"
Blonde Hair let out a miserable cry, feeling as if his fist was about to be crushed by iron clamps. It was painful and shocking, and cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
Lin Fan smiled and asked, "So, are you still the police?"
Blonde Hair realized if he continued to insist he was a cop, his hand would really be done for.
"No, no, we’re not police!" Blonde Hair quickly admitted, crying from the pain, "Brother, have mercy?"
Lin Fan said, "Aren’t you going to tell your lackeys to release Miss Li?"
Blonde Hair said, "Yes, hurry and let Miss Li go!"
The two strong men holding Li Zixia quickly released her, terrified. Damn, this guy was too strong! In front of Lin Fan, their collective strength was worth nothing more than small shrimp, and dealing with them wasn’t much harder than crushing those tiny crustaceans.
Li Zixia, once free, hurried to Lin Fan’s side.
Lin Fan asked, "Now, can you tell us who you really are? Don’t lie; if you dare lie, your hand will be gone. I mean it."
Blonde Hair believed Lin Fan meant what he said. In the face of absolute power, did Lin Fan need to hold back from ruining his hand?
Choosing between covering up the truth and losing his hand, Blonde Hair weighed the pros and cons and found it wasn’t worth it.
"It was Li Jianshui, Li Jianshui sent us!" Blonde Hair confessed.
"Uncle!" Li Zixia’s expression darkened. She had suspected Li Jianshui, because she only told him she was around here when she decided to return home.
But she hadn’t expected Li Jianshui would actually go through with it. In her impression, though greedy, Li Jianshui wasn’t ruthless.
It seemed that in the face of immense benefits, people could change, just like in Capital where it’s said that when profits reach a certain level, people dare to take risks, even commit crimes.
"What does he want you to do, kill me?" Li Zixia asked in a deep voice, trembling slightly in anger.
Blonde Hair said, "No, we don’t kill people. Don’t joke about that; we wouldn’t dare. We just agreed to take you to see President Li. As for what he wants to do once you meet, I wouldn’t know."
Li Zixia asked, "Where does he want you to take me?"
Blonde Hair replied, "Take you up the mountain."
Lin Fan and Li Zixia exchanged glances. In the middle of the night, Li Jianshui actually wanted to meet Li Zixia on the mountain. What was this guy up to?
Li Zixia ultimately made a decision, "Take us there."
In a regular mountain near Hang City.
Halfway up, there was an abandoned pavilion.
Once upon a time, there was a mountain path here, and people would come for nighttime runs. Even late at night, the pavilion would have people around.
But later, due to a serial murder case, with joggers repeatedly being killed, people were too afraid to come again. Even though the suspect was eventually arrested, no one dared to return, and even installing streetlights on the path didn’t restore it.
It’s said that late at night, cries could often be heard here, the spirits of the deceased unwilling to leave.
Of course, most of those were false, but it didn’t stop the place from being abandoned. The once-used path was gradually overtaken by weeds.
This was where Li Jianshui chose to meet Li Zixia.
At this time, Li Jianshui sat in the pavilion, overlooking the night view of Hang City, his face clouded with change, seemingly going through a mental struggle.
"Hopefully, the little girl will cooperate a bit, otherwise, I don’t even know what I’ll end up doing!"
Li Jianshui muttered, noticing his left hand was trembling uncontrollably, and pressed it down hard with his right hand.
It betrayed his inner tension.
Suddenly, Li Jianshui heard movement and stood up from the pavilion.
In the dim streetlights, Li Jianshui saw Blonde Hair and a few strong men escorting Li Zixia up the mountain.
Blonde Hair, as expected, brought Li Zixia here.
When they reached the pavilion, Li Jianshui asked, "You didn’t cause any trouble, did you?"
Blonde Hair patted his chest, "When we do things, rest assured, President Li. Nobody knows we brought her here!"
Li Jianshui said, "That’s good, let her go."
The two men holding Li Zixia released her hands.
Li Zixia coldly asked, "Uncle, what do you mean by this? Bringing me here to the mountain in the middle of the night, what do you want?"
Li Jianshui chuckled, "Niece, don’t panic. I just want to discuss something with you."
Li Zixia said, "Didn’t we make things clear in the meeting room today? Besides, if there’s anything, can’t it wait until tomorrow’s meeting?"
Li Jianshui said, "Calling you here means there’s something inconvenient to say elsewhere. Zixia, I’ll be frank, give up the equity!"