Content warning: violence. Reader discretion is advised.
Li Tang and Hong Minhang were locked in the same factory building, but they were kept in two separate corners. Du Xiaobiao and the others were waiting at the door to smoke.
Li Tang leaned his head against the wall and said to Du Xiaobiao, “Can you give me one?”
Du Xiaobiao came over and lit a cigarette. He handed it to him and then patted his face. “I haven’t seen you for a few years. You suddenly became well-behaved. It’s really strange to see you like this.”
Li Tang looked up at him and said, “Thank you very much.”
Du Xiaobiao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with him. He squatted down in front of him and said, “Okay, don’t waste time. Just call. Don’t even think about playing tricks; otherwise, no one will be able to leave today.”
Li Tang said, “Okay.”
Du Xiaobiao used Li Tang’s cell phone to dial Hong Xiangfeng’s number, then turned on the loudspeaker. Zhang Hao walked up to Hong Minhang and pointed a gun at his head.
As soon as the call was connected, they heard Hong Xiangfeng’s voice coming from the other side: “Li Tang? Where are you? Minhang has been looking for you. Have you seen him?”
Li Tang said calmly, “I saw him,” and then raised his eyes to look at Hong Minhang on the other side. “Something happened to Minhang.”
Hong Xiangfeng paused and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Hong Minhang’s expression did not change. He listened quietly to the conversation between Li Tang and Hong Xiangfeng.
Li Tang said, “We were set up by Du Xiaobiao. He wanted to catch Minhang to threaten you, but in the chaos, Minhang snatched the gun and shot him to death.”
Du Xiaobiao looked at Li Tang, suddenly smiled, and poked Li Tang’s head with his finger. Li Tang didn’t make a sound. He only shook his head gently.
Hong Xiangfeng seemed stunned for a moment and asked, “Is Minhang okay?”
Li Tang answered, “No injuries.”
Hong Xiangfeng said, “Then find someone to dispose of Du Xiaobiao’s body and bring Minhang back!”
Li Tang said, “I can’t urge Minhang now. He seems to be very uncomfortable. He locked himself in the room and refused to open the door.”
Hong Xiangfeng cursed, “Fuck! What is he doing?! Is there something wrong with his mind?”
“Gandie,” Li Tang said, “Minhang has never encountered anything like this. He is different from us.”
Hong Xiangfeng was a little angry. “Then what are you doing? Find someone to deal with this person! Don’t wait for the police to come!”
Li Tang said, “But Minhang——”
“Useless thing!” Hong Xiangfeng cursed and interrupted Li Tang, but he didn’t know whether he was scolding Li Tang or Hong Minhang. “Where are you?”
When Du Xiaobiao, who was squatting opposite Li Tang, heard this, he smiled coldly.
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Li Tang suddenly raised his head and looked at Du Xiaobiao. He frowned. Although his tone was still calm, his expression was obviously a little uncertain. He said, “Donghu New Village…”
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Hong Xiangfeng was silent for a moment, as if hesitating, and then said, “Wait for me, I’ll come over now.”
The phone was hung up.
Li Tang asked Du Xiaobiao, “Is that okay?”
There was no smile on Du Xiaobiao’s face because Li Tang reported the wrong address for the first time. He rubbed his soles on the ground uneasily, then stood up and kicked Li Tang in the face.
Hong Minhang moved, but was stabbed hard by Zhang Hao with his gun.
Li Tang’s head hit the wall, his face dusty with shoe marks. He didn’t say anything.
Then there was a noise at the door of the garage. The people in the room suddenly became nervous. Du Xiaobiao glanced outside and saw Bai Xiaoqi, who had just left, returning with a few boxes of lunch. He cursed loudly, “Come in quickly! Don’t fucking act blindly.”
Bai Xiaoqi originally went out to buy food after hearing Du Xiaobiao say that he was hungry. At this time, she was surprised by his scolding. She raised her hand to lock the door and walked inside.
Bai Xiaoqi walked in and gave the lunch boxes to them. There were two more boxes in the bag, for Li Tang and Hong Minhang. Du Xiaobiao slapped her to the ground with a wave of his hand. “There must be something wrong with your brain!”
Several people were squatting on the ground eating, while Hong Minhang and Li Tang were tied up again.
Du Xiaobiao always felt uneasy. Halfway through his meal, he dropped his lunch box. He stood up and shouted, “Stop eating. Let’s go, we won’t stay here!”
Bai Xiaoqi asked in surprise, “What’s wrong?”
Du Xiaobiao was so angry that he walked up to Li Tang and slapped him several times until blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He cursed, “You bitch!”
Li Tang didn’t refute anything. The Donghu New Village he just mentioned was originally a code for Hong Xiangfeng. Hong Xiangfeng was kidnapped when he was young and locked up in a small, dark room in Donghu New Village for two days. Later, Li Tang led someone to rescue him. It was nothing back then, but in the past few years, Hong Xiangfeng had gotten older, but he didn’t even dare to come to Donghu New Village. He said that it was his nightmare, and he could never forget it.
Du Xiaobiao didn’t know this. He just instinctively felt that something was wrong. Li Tang didn’t know the specific address. It was easy to explain, but how could he casually mention Donghu New Village? He determined that there must be a bluff in Li Tang’s words.
After pulling the two people out of the factory, Du Xiaobiao asked Li Tang and Hong Minhang to separate into two cars. He and Li Tang were in one car and then asked Bai Xiaoqi to drive; the others took another car.
In a hurry, as if fleeing for safety, Du Xiaobiao was holding his breath while driving out of Junchang Town. He just slapped Li Tang a few times, but he still couldn’t get rid of his anger. He pointed a gun at Li Tang with one hand and took out his mobile phone with the other hand. He called Zhang Hao and said, “Kill Hong Minhang.”
When Li Tang heard this, his eyes suddenly widened. Before he could even react, he already took action to grab the gun in Du Xiaobiao’s hand. Du Xiaobiao responded and fired, but was deflected by Li Tang. The bullet shot out and penetrated the window glass.
Bai Xiaoqi screamed, causing the car to shake a little.
Li Tang jammed the trigger with his finger and clasped Du Xiaobiao’s neck with his other hand, pushing him back hard. Du Xiaobiao’s breaths became short. He threw away the phone and grabbed Li Tang’s hand.
In the narrow back seat of the car, two people started fighting. Bai Xiaoqi was very panicked. She looked back from the rearview mirror and saw that Du Xiaobiao was obviously not in the upper hand, so she urgently stopped the car on the side of the road.
This was a road heading out of the city. Because the place was remote and there were not many cars, after Bai Xiaoqi stopped the car, she didn’t care about anything and turned around to help Du Xiaobiao restrain Li Tang.
However, how could she, a woman, be stronger than two men? She tried to grab the gun that was held in the hands of the two men. Amidst the chaos, a gunshot suddenly rang out. All three of them stopped and saw Bai Xiaoqi staring at them. With widened eyes, a bloody hole appeared between her eyebrows. Then the blood slid down the bridge of her nose.
This was Bai Xiaoqi’s last expression. She didn’t even know who fired the gun. Maybe she accidentally pulled the trigger during the fight.
Li Tang looked at Bai Xiaoqi and called out in a low voice, “Xiaoqi?” He subconsciously wanted to reach out to help Bai Xiaoqi, but Du Xiaobiao took the opportunity to snatch the pistol. With a grin, he raised his hand and pointed at Li Tang’s head, saying, “Bye, bye!”
Gunshots rang out!
However, Li Tang didn’t fall down. He was still in a bit of a trance as he watched Bai Xiaoqi’s body flop onto the back of the driver’s seat, followed by Du Xiaobiao, who also maintained his ferocious smile as his body flopped backward and collapsed onto Li Tang’s body.
The car door beside Li Tang was opened. Someone dragged him out of the car. Li Tang looked up and saw that the person was Hong Minhang.
Li Tang suddenly remembered what Du Xiaobiao said on the phone. He reached out to touch Hong Minhang. “Minhang? Are you okay?”
Hong Minhang shook his head. He dragged Li Tang to his feet and took off Li Tang’s bloody clothes. He threw them into the car and then closed the door.
The car Li Tang had been in before seeing Hong Minhang was parked behind them. A young man got out of the car. He was one of the two young men following Du Xiaobiao. The man stepped forward without saying a word. Opening the driver’s door, he moved Bai Xiaoqi’s body to the passenger seat, then got into the driver’s seat and started the car.
The windows of both cars were filmed, so one couldn’t see what was going on inside from the outside. There were almost no cars passing by here, so they hadn’t attracted anyone’s attention.
The two cars, one in front and one behind, started at the same time and continued to move forward.
Hong Minhang took Li Tang’s hand and left the road, walking along the path to a more remote place.
Li Tang stopped, still breathing slowly, and asked Hong Minhang, “Is Zhang Hao dead?”
Hong Minhang said, “Yes.”
Li Tang asked again, “Are those two people arranged by you?”
Hong Minhang nodded slightly.
Li Tang looked at him and said nothing.
Hong Minhang explained himself: “At that time, Du Xiaobiao was looking for people to help him, so I spent money to find these two people. It took some time and means to catch up with him.”
Li Tang asked, “When? For what?”
Hong Minhang suddenly raised his hand and wiped away the remaining blood stains on the corner of Li Tang’s mouth. He said softly, “Ever since you started to suspect Bai Xiaoqi, I asked someone to check Bai Xiaoqi and found out that she had a boyfriend before. But I didn’t know what happened after that. There were various reasons. I even asked people to go to Bai Xiaoqi’s hometown and find her parents. They said that Bai Xiaoqi’s previous boyfriend’s name was Du Xiaobiao.”
Li Tang looked at Hong Minhang and said, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Hong Minhang asked back, “Why didn’t you check it yourself? You still fancy Bai Xiaoqi, right? Since you still fancy her, then I can only wait for her to break your fantasies in person.”
Li Tang closed his eyes and raised his hand to brush away the hair from his forehead. Then he pushed away Hong Minhang’s hand that was still on his shoulder and turned, walking forward.
Hong Minhang came forward and hugged him tightly from behind, resting his chin on his shoulder. His hot breath hit Li Tang’s ears. He said, “Li-ge, Bai Xiaoqi brought this upon herself. It has nothing to do with you.”
Li Tang shook his head. “I need to calm down first.”
Hong Minhang was unwilling to let go. “You can calm down first, but you can’t leave my eyes.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Minhang’s mobile phone rang. It was Li Tang’s mobile phone that was confiscated by Du Xiaobiao. It was originally placed with Zhang Hao, but now Hong Minhang has taken it back.
Hong Minhang took out his mobile phone and saw that the call was from Hong Xiangfeng, so he directly answered the call.
When Hong Xiangfeng heard Hong Minhang’s voice, he was stunned for a moment and asked, “Minhang? Are you okay? Where are you?”
Hong Minhang said, “Li-ge and I are together. Everything’s fine.”
Hong Xiangfeng said, “I’m already at Junchang. Where are you? I asked people to go in and look at the car repair shop, but there was no one there.”
Hong Minhang looked at the surrounding environment and gave a general direction. They didn’t have a car. It was not convenient to take a taxi. It was best to let Hong Xiangfeng come and pick them up.
Hong Xiangfeng had two cars, one after another. In addition to the driver, Xiao Wei, there was also a tall bodyguard in a suit and tie.
Hong Minhang leaned over and took a look. He asked the bodyguard to sit in the car at the back and got into the passenger seat. Li Tang sat in the back seat with Hong Xiangfeng.
Xiao Wei drove out slowly.
Hong Xiangfeng asked, “What happened?”
Hong Minhang used the lie Li Tang told Hong Xiangfeng before to simply tell the truth, “I killed Du Xiaobiao.”
Hong Xiangfeng was a little frightened, not because Hong Minhang killed Du Xiaobiao, but because Hong Minhang’s expressionless face seemed to tell him that he had eaten a bowl of mixed noodles for lunch. Hong Xiangfeng subconsciously touched the gun on his body, but in the next second, he realized that this was his own son, not an outsider threatening his life.
Li Tang did not speak but raised his hand to wipe his face.
Hong Xiangfeng asked Li Tang, “What did you mean by that phone call? Why did you mention Donghu New Village?”
Li Tang braced himself and explained to Hong Xiangfeng, “Du Xiaobiao arrested Minhang before and threatened me to call you and trick you into coming.”
Hong Xiangfeng asked nervously, “So you called and lied to me?”
Li Tang shook his head. “I mentioned Donghu New Village on purpose because I knew you would be suspicious and wouldn’t easily fall into Du Xiaobiao’s trap.”
Hong Xiangfeng asked back, “What if I believed it?”
Li Tang didn’t expect that he would ask this. He was stunned for a moment.
Hong Xiangfeng raised his voice, “If I believed it, will you watch me fall into Du Xiaobiao’s trap and die in his hands?”
Li Tang explained, “How could—”
Hong Xiangfeng suddenly raised his hand and slapped Li Tang in the face. “Piece of shit!”
Hong Minhang narrowed his eyes but made no move.
Hong Xiangfeng’s mood was a little abnormal. He raised his hand and knocked on the back of the driver’s seat. “Go back! Go back quickly!” One of his hands reached behind his back, touching the gun on his waist. He stared at Li Tang nervously, as if he were afraid that Li Tang would suddenly kill him in the next second.
This Xianfeng seems to be psychotic …thank you for the update 🌺
You’re welcome, Batlipp! Thanks for sticking around so far🥰🫶
Hong Xiangfeng seems to only care about his life to the point of having insecurities that someone out there is out for his life 😑 and why I get the feeling that the one who’ll kill him will be Minhang and Li Tang will be covering for him 🤔