lovenovelstory Chapter 54 Untying
Chapter 54 Untying
Riding his motorcycle, Lin Zheng "coincidentally" found the right place at his first stop.
He parked his motorcycle near a movie theater in Jiangcheng.
The movie theater was clearly closed, but there were two young men squatting at the entrance, smoking and seemingly observing something.
After Lin Zheng stopped the car, he took off his helmet: "This should be the place. Let's go in and take a look."
As an assassin, Shen hope saw the underlings scouting at the door and knew that there was indeed something wrong here. However, she was very curious as to why Lin Zheng had found the enemy's headquarters so quickly.
Is it that simple?
Lin Zheng and Shen hope got out of the car and were about to go inside when Shen hope grabbed him: "Young Master Lin, after we rescue Xia Yi, I'd like to have a proper talk with you about what we just discussed. I think this matter needs to be considered more carefully."
Lin Zheng smiled inexplicably and even raised his hand to pat her head.
"Little Shen hope, be good~"
Shen hope looked at Lin Zheng in disbelief, then blushed suddenly at his doting manner, and angrily slapped his hand away: "What are you doing!"
The sound startled the two henchmen who were keeping watch in the distance.
He stood up and looked over, threateningly demanding, "What are you two doing?!"
Shen hope quickly picked up two small stones from the ground and kicked them at the foreheads of his two underlings, instantly knocking them unconscious.
Lin Zheng remarked, "They acted really fast. Hope they weren't killed?"
The sensation of Shen hope touching my head was still there. Was this guy crazy for touching my head?
"No, what you just said meant that we shouldn't kill people indiscriminately, right? And I'm not the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately, so why would I kill just anyone?"
Lin Zheng glanced at Shen hope, wondering if it was true or not. Was the young Shen hope in the book like this?
Seeing him looking at her again, Shen hope took a step back and warned him sternly, "I'm warning you, Young Master Lin, don't even think about doing the same thing again. Do you really think of me as your sister?!"
"Don't be so narcissistic, okay? I didn't say I wanted to touch you again." Lin Zheng pulled her arm: "Let's go! Time to get down to business!"
The two of them entered the movie theater quietly, one after the other.
The room was dark and empty. Just as Shen hope was about to check each room, Lin Zheng tugged at her arm and said, "Where are you going? There's a secret passage here. Just come with me."
Shen Xizhen couldn't help but ask in confusion, "A secret passage? How do you know this place so well?"
Lin Zheng casually said, "It's not that I'm familiar with it, it's just that I have a strong sixth sense that I'm born with, and this sixth sense always leads me to the right path."
"Really? Many times I really don't know whether I should believe you or not."
"Don't blindly believe me, after all, I would never harm Xiao Shenxi. You are one of the most important people in my heart."
Shen hope immediately retorted, "Nonsense."
Lin Zheng shushed him, and sure enough, after taking a few steps, he noticed some movement at the door of a storeroom.
Walk over quietly.
Just as Shen hope was about to strike again, Lin Zheng knocked them both unconscious with two karate chopes.
He joked, "This time I was faster than you, little Shen hope."
Shen hope was genuinely surprised; the cleanliness and efficiency were completely different from last time: "Amazing."
"Thank you for the compliment. I already said that after I had a close call with death last time, my Ren and Du meridians were opened up."
Lin Zheng entered the storeroom, looked around, and groped along the wall until he finally found a hidden compartment in the darkness.
After starting the machine, a small gap suddenly appeared in the originally solid wood floor.
Lin Zheng took a half step back and opened the door, and sure enough, he found a basement inside.
The two exchanged a glance and quickly slipped inside.
Inside the basement, Xia Yi, covered in injuries, was tied to an iron pillar, while a large man squatted on the ground next to her, crying.
The other underlings stood by, not daring to speak.
The person crying must be the leader of this group; he looked at Xia Yi with a very aggrieved expression.
"Aren't you guys going too far? Didn't I say I was going to join you? And what happened? Yesterday, suddenly so many people came and smashed up my place! Fine, whatever, it's all for naught..."
"But...you beasts! Not only did you kill my wife, but where did you take my daughter? Where did you take her?!"
The man roared at Xia Yi.
Xia Yi looked at her wearily and said, "I've said it many times, that group of people are not with us. We are on two different teams."
"But your boss is the same person! I don't care about that! If you want to live, make them give my daughter back to me, otherwise, if anything happens to my daughter, I will definitely kill all of you! None of us will live!" He grabbed Xia Yi's clothes and cried out in anguish.
"You can't do anything by yelling. I don't know where they are, and I can't contact them without their phones."
"I don't care! You figure something out! Aren't you the boss of this area? Getting my daughter back shouldn't be a problem!"
"I already told you they're not on my team at all, they won't care if I live or die."
The man shook his head and replied, "I don't know what system you're in, and I don't care about that. All I want now is to leave this wretched place with my daughter!"
Half-dead and utterly exhausted, Xia Yi knew that this man, who was on the verge of madness, was beyond saving.
After all, he knew that, according to the man's description, even if he could exchange himself for her daughter, her daughter probably wouldn't come back unharmed; the outcome would be the same—he would die.
"I'll take you to them."
The sudden voice startled the man, who turned around and exclaimed, "Who's there!"
Lin Zheng and Shen hope walked over from a distance.
Xia Yi slowly looked up when she heard the familiar voice and smiled when she saw Lin Zheng: "Brother Lin?" But she paused when she saw the woman next to him.
Sister Shen was there too.
Lin Zheng roughly understood the situation: "Release Xia Yi, and I'll take you to find your daughter. According to you, Xia Yi wasn't originally your enemy, but based on your description, you should be prepared..."
"You're here to rescue this person?! How did you find this place?!"
Seeing that he was about to take something to hold Xia Yi hostage, Shen hope rushed over quickly and pinned the man to the ground, his head pressed against the ground so he couldn't lift it up.
The other henchmen hadn't seen what happened, and they all hesitated to make a move.
Lin Zheng ordered the others to slowly walk to Xia Yi's side: "Everyone else, go to the side and squat down with your hands on your heads. Anyone who runs away will know the consequences."
Upon hearing this, everyone else ran to the side, covered their heads, and squatted on the ground.
Lin Zheng untied Xia Yi's ropes and helped him sit down on the ground: "Brother Lin... why are you here? What happened..."
"Are you alright?"
"I'm not seriously injured...just some superficial wounds."
"I'll go to the hospital later. I also know the gist of what happened. That group from the south came to our territory to cause trouble and even kidnapped this man's daughter?"
Xia Yi hummed in agreement, looking at the man who was unable to move on the ground: "And her daughter probably..."
"I'll take him to settle accounts with those bastards." Lin Zheng handed his phone back to him. "Have our men take everyone back here. I'll have a meeting tonight when I get back; I have something important to say."