Super Soldier in the City

This is quite similar to the information on file, Fu Yingwei was indeed just a street thug in his early years, quite low-level, but he was ruthless and vicious. Rumors say he killed many people, but those are just rumors. Li Yifei’s investigation focused on this.

What the old man said is interesting, it could be true, but it also might be false. Li Yifei couldn’t judge, and he squinted at the other person. Only after the old man angrily finished saying a bunch, did Li Yifei say: "Coming to find him like this will likely just get you beaten, and you won’t find Fu Yingwei!"

"You think I don’t know? But... going directly to find Fu Yingwei is even less likely to find him, besides, this land originally belonged to my mother!" the old man said angrily.

"Yours? You say this land is yours? Impossible, such a big piece of land, if it were all yours, wouldn’t you be a billionaire!" Li Yifei exclaimed with faux astonishment, a face full of disbelief.

The old man snorted roughly and said, "What’s a billionaire worth? I once had over two billion, not counting this land, it was that damn Fu Yingwei who swindled all my money!"

Li Yifei shrugged and said, "So you say two billion, then it’s two billion, someone like that should be well-known in the city right!"

"The name’s Meng Xuesong, go ask around about Meng Xuesong and see who doesn’t know me! Damn it, no more talk with you, Xiaoxiong, let’s go, we’ll go back to nurse our wounds and cause trouble again!" said Meng Xuesong as he turned to leave.

His son, Meng Xiaoxiong, glared at Li Yifei, and limped after him.

Li Yifei stood in place, squinting at the father and son. Knowing their names now, investigating their identities wouldn’t be difficult, so he didn’t stop them from leaving. If they’re fake, lying and deceiving, then there’s no need to stop them.

Watching them walk away, Li Yifei returned to the car, drove a distance, then sent out the information. Minutes later, preliminary data was returned.

Turns out Meng Xuesong wasn’t lying. Seeing the information, Li Yifei smirked. This Meng Xuesong really is one of the wealthy in Light City. The data shows a relatively normal rise to fortune, but he’s been just a billionaire, rich but not the richest kind. Only after entering real estate did his wealth drastically increase, especially two or three years ago, successfully developing a few properties increased his worth.

The image in the file shows Meng Xuesong as a typical businessman — photos, a resume, looking sharp and confident. It’s hard to connect him to the previously bankrupt image. Next is figuring out how Fu Yingwei swindled him; if even a wealthy man can be easily tricked, it sure is dark.

The next day, Li Yifei walked on Xining Street, not a commercial area, but investigations show that unfortunate father-son pair lives here.

Li Yifei was in sportswear, wearing a baseball cap, carrying a small backpack, looking like a tourist. With a face also wearing sunglasses, he looked around leisurely, not rushed at all. After finishing the food in his hand, Li Yifei clapped his hands, found the place of 2-46, and upon arriving, heard commotion. A crowd had gathered, among them a man’s voice angrily shouted: "Damn, you bitch, the money I spent on you years ago ranged from eight hundred thousand to a million, now you want to kick me out after staying for a few days, do you have any humanity?"

"Spit, I’ve slept with you so many times, isn’t that enough? Hurry up and get lost with your trash son, or I’ll call the police!" a sharp woman’s voice retorted.

Oh, it really is here, Li Yifei’s face showed a faint smile. Isn’t that Meng Xuesong inside swearing? As Li Yifei sauntered forward, he heard Meng Xuesong yell: "**** heartless, just wait, I’ll shame you deeply once I get my money back!"

"Do you think a brainless person like you can get money back? Dream on, Meng Xuesong, you’re causing a scene at my house, making me lose face. I’m telling you, starting today, we’re cutting ties, having nothing to do with each other. If you dare come again, I’ll call the police!"

"You!" Meng Xuesong trembled with anger, but the surrounding people pointed and laughed, he snorted, turned to leave, shouting: "You’ll regret one day."

"Don’t worry, I won’t regret it!" the woman replied. Li Yifei finally saw her, about thirty years old, not much older than Meng Xiaoxiong, somewhat beautiful, with a voluptuous figure. Even now, she dressed very revealingly, hands on hips, ready to fight.

Unable to take it, Meng Xuesong threw a few harsh words, turned and left, walked over ten meters, found himself blocked by a person, looked up to see Li Yifei, smiling at him. He hesitated momentarily, instinctively asked: "Why are you here?"

"Would you believe me if I said it was a coincidence?" Li Yifei responded.

"Crazy to believe that." Meng Xuesong said, stepping sideways, quickly leaving.

Meng Xiaoxiong glared at Li Yifei, snorted, then caught up.

Li Yifei shook his head, from these two encounters, this father-son pair doesn’t seem too shrewd, not too cunning at least.

In the alley, Meng Xuesong rubbed his belly, face pained, looked at his son’s gloom, patted Meng Xiaoxiong’s shoulder, sighed: "Xiaoxiong, if it’s impossible, I’ll find a way to send you abroad, no chance to make a comeback here."

"Dad, going abroad... we need money too. Our family is swindled and now doesn’t have any money left, not even a place to stay. How can I go abroad?" Meng Xiaoxiong said with a bitter face.

"Dad has no money now, but Dad still has friends. Rest assured, if I say I’ll send you abroad, I’ll make it happen. But by then, you’ll have to rely on yourself."

"What about you? Staying here, if causing more trouble, Fu Yingwei definitely won’t let you go," Meng Xiaoxiong said.

"Whether he lets us go... there’s nothing we can do. You’re my hope, as long as you’re safe, his influence isn’t abroad. Sigh, it’s also because Dad trusted people too easily, or it wouldn’t have ended like this!"

"Dad, why don’t we... accept our fate, stop causing trouble. Continuously being humiliated is also too much!"

"Silly child, I don’t want trouble either. Fu Family’s influence is too big, support from above and below. I cause a big ruckus, we two are safer. Otherwise..." saying this, Meng Xuesong trembled, eyes filled with boundless fury yet ultimately turned into helplessness, he painfully said: "Otherwise we might not have lived till now."

Has Meng Xuesong gone mad? He’s still a billionaire after all, even if once was, but clawed his way from nobody. His mind shouldn’t be so... immature, tens of billions swindled and he goes to the enemy’s property to make trouble; that’s not joking, how could he get the money back?

But precisely this method is what’s preserving their lives, they’ve gotten this way, if Fu Yingwei continues exterminating them, that really doesn’t make sense.

This is a means, a method, a last resort. Causing trouble won’t get money back, but might save a life. Meng Xuesong knows, those swindled by Fu Yingwei, many are missing, presumed dead, given Fu Yingwei’s rise drenched in blood.

Meng Xiaoxiong clearly isn’t some Blockhead, a painful expression surfaced on his face. This period they’ve suffered beatings, endured humiliations, just to live. Dreaming of getting money back, that’s delusional, once eaten by Fu Yingwei, he doesn’t spit it out? Thinking this, he shook his head fiercely, clenched his fists.

"Dad, let me change your bandages, next time... when they hit, you stay back, I’ll take the beating. I’m young, sturdy, not afraid," Meng Xiaoxiong said, pulling out some medicine to apply to Meng Xuesong’s wounds. Indeed, they have nowhere to go, so it’s either leave this city or... continue feigning madness and stupidity, at least for now.

"Not much longer now. I’ll feign madness, send you abroad. Child, this time it’s Dad’s fault, used to worry you’d be a Second-Generation Heir, unable to inherit the business, often scolding you, never thought... now relieved about you yet can give you nothing. After going abroad, it’s all up to you; you studied abroad, have credentials, should be doable." Meng Xuesong looked at his son, patted his shoulder, both having experienced hardships, now with some regret, though for them it’s somewhat late, the bitterness only the two knew.

"Who?" As Meng Xuesong was about to speak, he suddenly turned to the alley entrance, saw a man standing there. The father and son saw the visitor, not knowing how long he had been there, the cigarette in his hand was nearly burnt out.

Recognizing the visitor, they felt uneasy. The man wasn’t anyone else but Li Yifei, whom they encountered yesterday at the construction site, causing trouble. At that time the father and son suspected the man was sent by Fu Yingwei to test them, hence the previous speeches, matching what they intended to portray.

Just met, they sensed something wrong. Once a coincidence, but twice? Especially in different locations, they instantly felt terrified, hurriedly left, no longer tangling with the woman. Thinking they shook him, hidden in the alley saw the man again. Appears ordinary, even with scrutiny, elusive, vague, giving an indefinable feel.