Liu Xiangli and He Nanqing were once again scared. Why "once again"?
Previously, Li Huai had single-handedly defeated several people and even smashed a baseball bat with one punch. To them, this was already beyond normal capabilities.
But the shock Li Huai gave them had leveled up — he miraculously managed to hold back a moving car.
Was this something a human could do? At least before this, neither Liu Xiangli nor He Nanqing had ever seen anyone this formidable.
The three in the car were terrified. However, they soon recovered as they had no choice, running was not an option. Their only alternative was to fight back.
Otherwise, the only ending they would face was inevitable jailtime.
"Kid, I'm going all out!" Scarface lifted his machete and slashed at Li Huai.
While in Li Huai's eyes, there wasn't much difference between a machete and a baseball bat, it wasn't the right time to show off.
He slid his right foot to the side to dodge Scarface's attack, and with a swift kick from his left foot, he hit Scarface in the abdomen.
Scarface screamed and convulsed in pain, collapsing in the car.
The man sitting in the front seat jumped out of the car, wielding a machete, but he was too slow. Li Huai, impatient, kicked out first, sending the man flying over ten meters before he crashed to the ground, foaming at the mouth like he was having an epileptic seizure.
The only one remaining was a middle-aged woman. Also a trafficker, she was still a woman after all, and Li Huai had never harmed women before. He didn't know what to do with her for a moment.
The terrified middle-aged woman begged for mercy first, "Big brother, we were wrong. But we were just trying to make a living. We have old folks at home and children to take care of. Please, let us go just this once. We won't do it again. Here, take the kid. We don't want him anymore. Isn't that enough?"
"Wifey, what do you think we should do?" asked Li Huai.
Truth be told, Li Huai was somewhat softened by the middle-aged woman's weeping plea.
When he turned to Liu Xiangli for advice, the middle-aged woman saw a glimmer of hope.
She believed that women were generally softer than men.
But she was wrong. If it had been before, Liu Xiangli might have been swayed. But now, she wouldn't show the slightest mercy.
Having experienced this ordeal, there was nothing Liu Xiangli hated more than traffickers. Coincidentally, these two men and a woman were doing just that.
"If you knew this would happen, why act in the first place? Struggling for survival is not an excuse for your crimes. Li Huai, find some rope and tie them up. Let the police handle them!" Liu Xiangli coldly directed.
The middle-aged woman collapsed on the ground as her last ray of hope was extinguished.
There were a few onlookers around, all of them employees from the car rental company.
They didn't care who these two men and one woman were, as long as they didn't cause trouble at their car rental shop.
Thus, although they initially tried to intervene, they were left speechless and lost their courage after witnessing the shocking sight of a man halting a speeding car.
When Li Huai asked to borrow some rope from them, the more timid ones were too scared to respond and moved to the side. Even the braver ones trembled as they handed over the rope to Li Huai.
Once Li Huai had tied up all three of the traffickers, in theory, it was time to call the police.
However, Liu Xiangli suddenly changed her mind. What if these traffickers were locals? It wouldn't do if they had connections within the police station- it was likely the same cops would release them as soon as they were booked.
Besides, it wouldn't end with simply handing the traffickers over to the police. They would definitely need to give testimonies later- that would be a nuisance.
After some contemplation, Liu Xiangli addressed the car rental office workers, "Is this Buick Business also one of your vehicles?"
The rental office employees quickly nodded. Indeed, this car belonged to their rental shop, but they could never have guessed that it was rented by human traffickers for their criminal activities.
"We won't be renting the Volkswagen SUV anymore. We'll be switching to this Buick Business!" Liu Xiangli stated.
The Buick Business was a seven-seater, and compared to the Volkswagen SUV, it had a lot more space.
After completing the rental process, Liu Xiangli got in the car. He Nanqing, who was still feeling scared, sat in the front seat. Li Huai and the little boy were in the middle, and the tied-up traffickers were dumped in the back.
Yes, Liu Xiangli planned to bring the traffickers back to Jianghai and hand them over to the local police.
Just as the Buick Business started to drive off, an Audi A6 parked outside the rental shop's entrance lowered its window slowly. Inside, a pair of eyes shot out a cold light, staring directly at the departing Buick.
It wasn't until the Buick vanished into the traffic that the man inside the Audi made a call.
"Hei Long, I think I've spotted Liu Xiangli, the chairman and president of Feitian Group. She just drove off from a car rental branch in Yungang County. The plate number is H.CA726. Got it, I will send someone to follow her immediately!"
In Jianghai, everyone knows about Feitian Group. Being the chairman and a president, Liu Xiangli often gave interviews to the media, which made her a public figure.
The man in the Audi was a henchman of a local gangster in Jianghai.
He knew that the plan to kidnap Liu Xiangli had been orchestrated by his boss in Jianghai.
Upon discovering Liu Xiangli's whereabouts, he naturally reported it immediately.
Liu Xiangli was unaware of this. As a result, an initially relatively safe plan became increasingly dangerous.
On the way back to Jianghai, thanks to Li Huai's playfulness, the kidnapped boy eventually recovered from his earlier fear. However, he couldn't turn his head to look back as the sight of the traffickers still scared him.
"Kid, you haven't told your, wait, I'm married now. You can't call me 'brother' anymore, you should call me 'uncle'. So, you haven't told 'uncle' your name yet," Li Huai questioned.
Liu Xiangli and He Nanqing, sitting in front, were speechless. Kid? Who calls someone that?
"Uncle, my name is Xiao Bao," the little boy answered.
"Your real name is Xiao Bao?" Li Huai was a bit surprised. Could it be that he somehow developed a knack for divination?
However, the little boy shook his head and said, "I wasn't named Xiao Bao before. I am only Xiao Bao from now on."
"Why is that?" Li Huai asked curiously.
"Because that's the name uncle gave me. I really like this name. It sounds much better than my previous one," Little boy playfully winked.
"Alright then," Li Huai shrugged, assuming the boy was peculiar due to his fleeting enthusiasm.
Xiao Bao was naughty yet smart and well-behaved. However, what concerned Li Huai was that the boy seemed to have formed a bond of dependency on him. Yes, it was the same kind of dependency a child has for his parents. Once it's time to part ways, the boy would surely burst into tears.