Chapter 1366 - 1381: Night Raid – For Our Youthful Days
The scar-faced man found Lin Mu’s arrangements rather meaningless. Anyway, Lin Mu had become his family’s dear uncle-in-law, and of course, there was no reason for a dear uncle-in-law to harm his father-in-law! Besides, Lin Mu had saved him several times before, so he could only follow Lin Mu’s instructions. Moreover, with someone as tough as King Kong serving as a bodyguard, the scar-faced man was even more willing; if not for Lin Mu’s influence, he couldn’t beg for a high-caliber expert like King Kong even by offering eight bridges!
The whole afternoon passed peacefully, with King Kong busy with something unknown, while Erwa arranged the manpower under King Kong’s direction, coming and going. Shortly afterwards, the entire Hai Family turned into a fortress of steel, but this was good because it could at least ease Haihua and Lin Mu’s worries.
With so many people protecting one scar-faced man, there was surely no problem. As for Haihua, Lin Mu would personally hold her while sleeping at night to protect her.
After six o’clock in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened. After not seeing King Kong all afternoon, he appeared in front of them at this time, though he remained as taciturn as ever, merely exchanging a simple greeting with the scar-faced man.
Of course, the scar-faced man wouldn’t treat King Kong, the super bodyguard, like a subordinate; he couldn’t either. In terms of ability, a hundred scar-faced men couldn’t compare to one King Kong. King Kong was serving as the scar-faced man’s bodyguard entirely because of Lin Mu’s influence.
"Let’s eat first," Lin Mu called out, as dinner was prepared by the maid. King Kong naturally was qualified to sit down and eat.
King Kong didn’t stand on ceremony and sat down. Since King Kong joined them, Lin Mu specifically asked the maid to make more food. With King Kong’s build, too little food surely wouldn’t be enough! This strong man’s appetite estimated to be three times that of a normal person!
"King Kong, what did you prepare this afternoon?" Lin Mu asked while eating.
"Escape route," King Kong replied, his head bowed as he ate.
"..." Lin Mu almost spat out the rice he was eating. He spent an entire afternoon preparing an escape route?
King Kong seemed to detect Lin Mu’s confusion and continued, "At least this ensures that he is foolproof. Even if defenses ultimately fail, there’s an escape route, which is much better than having none at all, right?"
Upon hearing King Kong’s words, Lin Mu immediately felt a new level of appreciation for him. He initially thought King Kong was a rough man whose appearance was brutish, but he had quite a method in his heart!
It seems appearances can be deceiving, and the sea cannot be measured by a bucket!
Every situation should leave a way out for oneself. King Kong’s actions at least guarantee the scar-faced man’s safety. His thoughts were remarkably praiseworthy.
"Oh, that’s good, that’s good," Lin Mu said with a smile.
King Kong nodded, then put down his chopsticks and said, "I’m done eating, I’ll go out to take a look, you guys keep eating."
"Huh... finished already?" Lin Mu was helpless. King Kong, with such a big build, could be full with just one bowl of rice? And the bowl was not even big, and he hardly ate any dishes; his appetite seemed even smaller than Haihua’s. Haihua could eat two bowls of rice, and Lin Mu specifically asked to make more food, fearing King Kong wouldn’t have enough to eat!
"King Kong, are you full?" Lin Mu asked kindly, "Here, treat it like your home, no need to hold back!"
"Of course, Brother Lin!" King Kong replied, "I’m different from normal people; my appetite is big, so I’ll eat an extra meal compared to others. In other words, when I go out at the lower levels, I already had another meal. Also, eating too much at night is very bad for my kind of physique; this is called maintaining health..."
This guy actually gave Lin Mu a lively lesson on health maintenance!
"Oh my, learned something new!" Haihua said admiringly.
After King Kong left, Haihua and Lin Mu started eating vigorously, not caring about maintaining health. No matter how much they ate or how fat they got, they wouldn’t be as bulky as King Kong’s build, right? Perhaps this was also why King Kong paid attention to keeping his physique and deliberately maintaining his health?
The scar-faced man, due to his injuries, had his abdomen pierced by a knife and couldn’t eat too much. So the scar-faced man could only sip some rice; he couldn’t eat much. After Lin Mu and Haihua finished eating, they returned to the hotel together.
Of course, Haihua wanted to stay at the mansion because after all, the scar-faced man was her father. But given the situation, it was clearly inappropriate for Haihua to stay here, for protecting two people and protecting one person are two completely different matters in nature and difficulty.
"Haihua, let’s go back to the hotel," Lin Mu said as he got up.
"Hmm, husband, will my father be okay?" Haihua asked worriedly.
"Don’t worry, King Kong is here, you’ve seen his build, I believe there’s absolutely no problem protecting your father. Besides, there are Erwa and the others guarding at home, ensuring nothing will happen," Lin Mu said.
Naturally, Lin Mu’s words weren’t merely comforting Haihua. In fact, it was true; King Kong’s formidable strength was beyond doubt. Although he claimed to rank fifth in the Celestial Eagle Gang with Celestial Silkworm ranked third, if King Kong were to fully unleash his volcanic-like potential, slim Celestial Silkworm would surely not be his match, Lin Mu intuitively felt. And Lin Mu’s intuitions have always been accurate.
Additionally, with Erwa and the others guarding with firearms, even if more people from Celestial Eagle Gang came, they probably couldn’t do much.
"Alright, then let’s go back to the hotel," Haihua nodded and said.
Lin Mu and Haihua left the mansion together. On the steps in front of the mansion door, King Kong was sitting alone, smoking, seemingly lost in thought, but nobody knew what he was contemplating.
Lin Mu greeted King Kong and drove with Haihua back to the hotel. Just as King Kong expected, there’s a possibility that the Celestial Eagle Gang might target him tonight, and with Lin Mu relying on his Seventh Sense, he had already suspected it, which made him vigilant. After all, he took out Tang Zhilong, the number two figure in the Tang Sect.
Imagining Tang Hongwei’s fury upon learning of his son Tang Zhilong’s death, surely he would spare no expense to immediately send people to try everything to kill Lin Mu. Although the Tang Sect might be short on hands, they had abundant money, and their closest reliance was undoubtedly the only ones with the capability, the Celestial Eagle Gang.
Therefore, Tang Hongwei would definitely offer a substantial reward, prompting the people from Celestial Eagle Gang to spare no expense to quickly eliminate Lin Mu. Considering Tang Sect’s abundant assets, remuneration was certainly no problem, which is why Lin Mu felt this would be the most dangerous night.
However, returning to the hotel from the Hai Family did not result in any incidents. The two went back to the hotel room, and there was no situation there either. Of course, having no situation doesn’t mean things are good, and Lin Mu vaguely sensed an uneasy vibe.
Upon returning to the room, Lin Mu took a shower, then settled into a chair, closing his eyes for relaxation, while secretly cultivating and channeling his energy, as he was faintly sensing an increasingly intense kind of dangerous signal!