Chapter 25: The Cries of Despair in the Warehouse

  When leaving the restaurant, the sky outside had already turned dark yellow, and it was also 5:50 in the evening. Lin Xiao rushed back home just in time for dinner.

  For the past two days, Lin Xiao has been going out and his grandparents have been very supportive. Compared to their depressed state in the previous few days, they are delighted that Lin Xiao is recovering.

  At the same time, in a large warehouse area near Yujiang City, a group of thugs wearing flashy clothes were gathering here, with more than 30 people.

  They gathered in twos and threes, at dusk, scarlet cigarette butts emitting a fiery glow like the flames of hell.

  Warehouse No. 12.

  This is a clinker warehouse belonging to a large clinker company, and at this moment, there are several people standing inside the warehouse, one of whom is surprisingly the policeman who appeared in the First Hospital yesterday.

  "Brother Tiger, this time I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you. You know, it's not convenient for me to show up in person." Liu Chao said with a smile to the robust man in front of him who was wearing a crisp black suit and had a buzz cut.

  Li Wenhao, the vice leader of the Dragon and Tiger Society, the largest underground force in Yujiang City, founded a vast Dragon and Tiger Society with his elder brother Li Wenlong, dominating the entire Yujiang City and several surrounding county-level cities.

  They can be said to be the underground emperor of Linqing Province.

  "Brother Liu, don't worry about this matter, I'll take care of it. You can rest assured that I'll send over a detailed confession later, and then you can also report back to Deputy Director Zhou!" Li Wenhao patted Liu Chao's shoulder with a big smile, looking like he had everything under control.

  "That's good, Deputy Director Zhou only gave me two days to get it done. If time wasn't so tight, I really wouldn't have wanted to solve the problem this way." As he spoke, Liu Chao's eyes involuntarily glanced in a certain direction, where two human figures were lying, their upper bodies covered with burlap sacks, completely still, clearly having been knocked out before being brought here.

  "Haha! I understand this, in short, this matter was all done by our Dragon and Tiger Society, and has nothing to do with you, Captain Liu. And did you come here today, Brother Liu?" Li Wenhao is also an old hand, he naturally knows that these sanctimonious guys don't want to be involved in such things. Moreover, the Dragon and Tiger Society was also implicated in this matter. You know, it wasn't just Zhou Tianyong's son who was beaten, even his older brother's son Li Le was beaten. Even if Liu Chao didn't come to find him, the Dragon and Tiger Society would eventually investigate this matter thoroughly.

  "So I've always said, Wen Hu brothers are the most capable!" Liu Chao said with a satisfied smile.

  "In that case, I'll leave first." Liu Chao glanced at the two unconscious people on the other side and thought for a moment before instructing Li Wenhao: "If possible, try not to cause any deaths. They are all students of Linhai University, and if something happens, it will be hard to explain to the higher-ups."

  Li Wenhao smiled and nodded, repeatedly assuring that no one would be killed, before Liu Chao finally left the warehouse with satisfaction.

  As soon as Liu Chao left, Li Wenhao's face immediately fell.

  "Damn it! What kind of nonsense is this, becoming a prostitute and still wanting to put up a plaque?!" He spat on the ground with disdain and shouted at the side, "A San, get those two turtle sons to wake up for me!"

  "Alright, big brother!"

  Ah San is a short and thin dark-skinned man, only over 1.6 meters tall, wearing a floral shirt, looking sly and cunning.

  "Wake up, you two!" He carried a large bucket of water and walked over to remove the burlap sacks from their heads before dumping the entire contents onto them.

  "Ah~!" "Ah~!"

  Two loud screams, Zhang Tao and Li Ran woke up from their coma, they desperately retreated back to back, looking around at these strangers with a terrified face.

  "Big brother, wake up!" Ah San said with a flirtatious smile, rushing towards Li Wenhao.

  "En, no problem." Li Wenhao nodded slightly and waved his hand to let Ah San retreat to the side. He then took big strides to walk directly in front of the two people.

  Snap!

  Li Wenhao grabbed Zhang Tao's collar with one hand and slapped him in the face with the other, and in an instant, Zhang Tao's cheek swelled up.

  "Waaahhh! Big brother, don't hit me, I'm a poor family's child, we have no money at home!" Zhang Tao thought he had encountered a kidnapper and hastily shouted loudly.

  "Shut up!"

  With a "slap", Li Wenhao slapped another ear on Zhang Tao's other cheek, and this time Zhang Tao's two cheeks were symmetrical.

  Two slaps in the face and Zhang Tao immediately became honest, no longer daring to shout loudly.

  "Tell me, who was the one who rescued you guys yesterday at noon? If you don't say, I'll skin you alive and make lanterns out of your skin!" Li Wenhao shouted at Zhang Tao, scaring him so much that his legs trembled and he almost lost control of his bladder.

  "Yesterday... I really didn't know, that person had his face covered, I didn't recognize him at all!" Zhang Tao hastily explained.

  "Don't know?" Li Wenhao smiled slyly, suddenly letting go of his hand, and with a toss, he threw Zhang Tao to the ground. Then he stood up and beckoned to his younger brothers on both sides.

  "You guys, help this little brother recall yesterday's memories carefully, remember, be gentle!"

  "Yes, Brother Tiger!"

  Several people took off their suits, one of whom pulled out a whip from behind his waist, while the other three rushed up and pinned Zhang Tao down, tearing his shirt apart with one hand, and another person pulled out a dagger from his waist, scanning Zhang Tao's exposed upper body with a cold gaze.

  "What do you want to do? Don't!" Zhang Tao struggled with all his might, but he was just a weak and feeble university student. How could he possibly be a match for the two sturdy men, whose bodies were solid muscle? No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free from their restraints.

  "Don't!" Li Ran shouted loudly, but immediately covered her mouth with her hand and looked terrified after Li Wenhao gave her a fierce stare.

  "Brother Tiger, take a seat!"

  Ah San, with a sly and cunning look on his face, somehow produced a chair from nowhere and gazed at Li Wenhu with a flattering expression.

  "En." Li Wenhao nodded slightly and sat down with a thud, looking at the commotion over there with an air of being above it all.

  Snap!

  A loud crack, the man holding the whip directly whipped Zhang Tao's back, and a foot-long blood mark immediately bulged out.

  "Ah!"

  Zhang Tao let out a miserable cry, feeling a sharp pain piercing through his back. Before he could even stop crying out in agony, another man had already grasped a dagger and pierced it into the wound, causing a stream of blood to spurt out instantly.

  "Ahhhhh!!!!!!"