Hong Minhang drove out. After driving for a while, the traffic jam started. There was no way around it. No matter how anxious he was, he couldn’t get around the traffic jam.
Hong Minhang slapped the steering wheel and looked at the row of cars in front of him. He drove with difficulty to a narrow alley by turning the steering wheel and going in. Before the car could pick up speed, someone suddenly knocked on Hong Minhang’s passenger window.
Hong Minhang subconsciously stepped on the brakes and pressed down the car window. He saw a strange man standing on the side of the road, so he asked, “What’s the matter?”
Without saying a word, the man quickly took out a gun from his inner pocket and pointed it at Hong Minhang. “Open the door.”
Hong Minhang was startled.
The man urged, “Hurry!”
Hong Minhang had no choice but to press the car door’s lock. The man opened the door and got in. The black muzzle of the gun was pressed against Hong Minhang’s waist. “Drive.”
Hong Minhang single-mindedly drove the car forward.
Li Tang was at Bai Xiaoqi’s home.
Bai Xiaoqi called him and hurriedly asked him to come over, saying that she couldn’t contact her cousin and that she was afraid that her cousin would cause trouble outside. In front of Li Tang, Bai Xiaoqi called her cousin several times. Later, her cell phone ran out of battery, so she borrowed Li Tang’s cell phone to make two more calls. Her cousin finally answered the call and said a few words. Bai Xiaoqi felt relieved.
Bai Xiaoqi returned to the room and plugged the phone into the charger. When she came out again, she saw Li Tang standing in the living room. She said, “Sit down, I’ll get you some water.”
Li Tang said, “Okay.”
Bai Xiaoqi went to the kitchen and asked loudly, “Would you like some coffee?”
Li Tang said in the living room, “Yes.”
Bai Xiaoqi stood up on tiptoes to get the coffee can from the cupboard. After taking it down, she deliberately looked out and saw Li Tang sitting down on the sofa. She quickly opened the drawer and went to get the sleeping pills she had prepared.
The medicine had been prepared for her by others and had been ground into powder in advance. When she poured the medicine powder into the coffee powder, her hands were shaking slightly. It seemed as though she could hear her own heart beating.
Suddenly, her hand was grabbed from behind.
Bai Xiaoqi’s heart skipped a beat. Li Tang came from behind and grabbed her wrist with his right hand. He put his left hand on the edge of the table, held her in the middle, and asked softly, “Were you lying to me from the beginning?”
Bai Xiaoqi suddenly turned around and faced Li Tang. She opened her mouth, but said nothing.
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Li Tang said, “That’s because you were lying to me.”
Bai Xiaoqi looked a little flustered.
Li Tang asked, “What’s your plan? I have been waiting for so long just to see when you can’t help it anymore.”
Bai Xiaoqi looked at him. “You haven’t believed me at all?”
Li Tang shook his head. “I hoped you wouldn’t lie to me.”
That was why he kept waiting—waiting for so long, waiting for Bai Xiaoqi to take the next step. In fact, whether he hoped that Bai Xiaoqi would lie to him or not, Li Tang himself didn’t know. He seemed to be standing on a small road, with an abyss on the left and an abyss on the right. Either Bai Xiaoqi would push him or Hong Xiangfeng would push him. All results would still make him fall down.
Li Tang asked, “What’s your purpose?”
Bai Xiaoqi turned away without saying a word.
Li Tang suddenly pinched Bai Xiaoqi’s neck. Bai Xiaoqi’s eyes widened in horror. She felt his strong hand on her neck tightening. She hurriedly grabbed Li Tang’s hand and started struggling. She might end up getting choked to death like this by Li Tang soon. But Li Tang quickly let go. With a calm expression on his face, he asked her, “What are you planning to do today? Give me drugs to knock me out? And then? Deal with Hong Xiangfeng? You know today is his birthday.”
Bai Xiaoqi covered her neck, as if she couldn’t breathe. Her heart was shrouded in huge fear. She had never seen Li Tang like this before. In addition to fear, she also felt a little aggrieved because she thought Li Tang would not treat her like this.
Bai Xiaoqi gasped and cried softly.
Li Tang took out his cell phone and found two missed calls, one from Hong Minhang and one from Hong Xiangfeng. He didn’t hear it because Bai Xiaoqi had turned his cell phone on silent just now. Li Tang immediately called Hong Minhang, but no one answered.
Just as he was about to call Hong Xiangfeng, Bai Xiaoqi suddenly pushed him away and ran towards the door. Li Tang stepped forward and grabbed Bai Xiaoqi’s arm. At the same time, the door of the room was suddenly opened from the outside. Bai Xiaoqi’s so-called cousin, Zhang Hao, stood outside the door, pointing a gun at Li Tang. “Let her go, don’t move.”
Li Tang let go of Bai Xiaoqi’s hand and made no move.
Zhang Hao asked Bai Xiaoqi to go out first, then came forward and placed his gun on Li Tang’s back. “Since you’re still awake, that’s better. Come with me.”
The house Bai Xiaoqi rented was in an old community with no elevator and no camera surveillance. Zhang Hao and Li Tang stayed very close to each other. He pointed his gun at him all the time, asking him to go downstairs, and then got into a black car.
Li Tang took a look at the car, which looked very similar to the car that attacked him and Hong Minhang on the highway last time.
Bai Xiaoqi sat in the front and drove. She looked at Li Tang in the rearview mirror, then took a deep breath and started the car.
Li Tang was calm from beginning to end. He asked in the car, “Did you call Hong Minhang? What did you say to him?”
Bai Xiaoqi didn’t say anything, but Zhang Hao hit Li Tang’s waist hard with his gun. “You’ll see him soon, so stop talking nonsense.”
After hearing what he said, Li Tang simply stopped asking. He leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.
The car drove all the way southwest of the city, gradually going away from the city center, exiting the Third Ring Road, and heading towards the small town on the outskirts of the city. There were many two-story and three-story small buildings in this area, as well as many residential structures. Most of them were cheap rental houses. There were also large areas of rental factories.
Bai Xiaoqi drove while Zhang Hao directed the direction from behind. Li Tang opened his eyes from time to time and saw the car driving into a small auto repair shop.
He didn’t know whether the repair shop was closed or if it was on holiday. There were no workers inside. There were only a few dilapidated cars parked in the yard. Bai Xiaoqi drove the car into the yard, then got out of the car to close the gate. Zhang Hao pointed at Li Tang and asked him to get out of the car and follow him in.
Li Tang entered an empty factory building at the outer end. There were many tools and car parts scattered on the ground. Li Tang immediately saw Hong Minhang sitting by the wall. His hands and feet were tied up. His eyes were also blindfolded. He didn’t know that Li Tang had arrived. There were two or three people squatting at the door, smoking. One of them stood up and smiled at Li Tang. “Hey, isn’t this Li Tang? It’s been a long time.”
When Hong Minhang heard the sound, he instantly straightened his back and turned towards the door.
Li Tang looked at him and called out, “Du Xiaobiao.”
Du Xiaobiao was not tall, but he had a strong figure. The short layer of hair on his head was close to his scalp, making him look a bit fierce.
Du Xiaobiao looked back at Hong Minhang, then looked at Li Tang and said, “Okay, since everyone is almost here, we can’t miss Hong Xiangfeng, right? Let’s call and invite him over.”
Li Tang didn’t move.
Du Xiaobiao sneered and spat on the ground. “Li Tang, is it possible that that man surnamed Hong is really your Gandie? You’re even willing to let him have your girlfriend. Now you’re protecting him even at the risk of your own life?”
Li Tang remained silent without saying a word.
Du Xiaobiao said, “That’s it. Let’s try to see if his son is indeed his biological son.”
After saying that, Du Xiaobiao asked people to get Hong Minhang.
The two young men, squatting at the door, walked over. They took off Hong Minhang’s blindfold and untied the rope from his feet. They grabbed his arms and asked him to come over.
Hong Minhang seemed to be fine and not injured. Like Li Tang, he never resisted and was very calm.
Du Xiaobiao pulled out a ten-centimeter knife from his waist and stabbed Hong Minhang in the lower abdomen through the sheath. “Call your dad and ask him to come here alone; otherwise, I will stab you.”
Hong Minhang answered him directly, “Even if I call, he won’t come alone. You can take a guess whether he will call the police directly or let others come and surround this place. My life is not worth his life, don’t be stupid.”
Du Xiaobiao immediately became angry. He kicked Hong Minhang on the knee, causing Hong Minhang to almost kneel down. Du Xiaobiao took out the knife from its sheath and pointed at Hong Minhang, cursing, “Don’t be ungrateful.”
Li Tang bent his fingers slightly.
Du Xiaobiao put the blade of the knife on Hong Minhang’s neck and said, “You can find an excuse to trick him out. Whatever excuse you want, just don’t let him take anyone with him. Do you understand?”
Hong Minhang said, “Don’t expect that to happen.”
Du Xiaobiao cursed, “Fuck!” He raised his hand and slashed Hong Minhang’s shoulder with a knife.
Li Tang finally couldn’t help but raise his hand to stop Du Xiaobiao. Zhang Hao thought he was going to take action, so he loaded the bullet and pressed it heavily on Li Tang’s back.
Li Tang took back his hand and said, “Don’t touch him. I’ll do it myself.”
He knew that he shouldn’t let Du Xiaobiao notice that he was nervous about Hong Minhang at this time, but he just couldn’t watch Hong Minhang get wounded. When Du Xiaobiao’s knife slashed down, Li Tang felt like it was scraping on his heart, sending a tremblingly dull ache.
Hong Minhang didn’t feel that the wound on his shoulder was very painful. He simply focused his eyes on Li Tang, watching him take out his mobile phone.
At this time, Bai Xiaoqi also came over and stood quietly behind Du Xiaobiao.
Du Xiaobiao snatched Li Tang’s cell phone and opened the address book. He found Hong Xiangfeng’s phone number and then handed it back to Li Tang. “I’ll watch you call.”
Li Tang did not rush to dial but asked, “Do you want him to come here?”
Du Xiaobiao said “yes”.
Li Tang said, “I can do it, but I can’t guarantee that I will be able to deceive him. He is more sensitive than anyone else and will never be easily fooled. In this kind of place, even if I call him and tell him that his son is dying and that he wants to see him for the last time, he would definitely ask him to be sent to the hospital first before going to see him.”
Du Xiaobiao frowned. Seemingly thinking about Li Tang’s words, he then said, “I said you can find a way by yourself. If you can’t think of anything, I don’t mind settling my old score with you today and look for Hong Xiangfeng later.”
Li Tang closed his eyes. “It’s useless to force me. Just give me some time.”
