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Chapter 45
A hand grabbed Na Tong by her hair and pulled her out of the backseat of her car.
"NO! LET ME GO!!!" She screamed and struggled but to no avail, her assailant simply dragged her to the sidewalk of the road and let go of her there. She tried to crawl away but her assailant shot the place she was trying to away to, halting her attempt.
She shook and slowly turned to look at her assailant but all she could see was a black helmet and a black and red biker outfit. Nothing was visible through that outfit.
Once the biker was sure that Na Tong wasn't going anywhere, he pointed his gun at the car aimed at the fuel tank. A few shots later the car blew up which only terrified Na Tong more.
"Please! Let me go! I don't even know you!" She pleaded however she could. Her assailant turned to her and a monotonous voice fell in her ear, "You don't need to know me. This is an accident after all."
Na Tong realized what was happening but before she could further say something, the biker grabbed her by her hair again and pulled her to the car.
She struggled while also pleading for mercy, threats, and many more but her assailant didn't stop and soon, she could feel the heat of the flames on her skin. She had a bad premonition but whatever she thought, her assailant had a lot more terrifying plan.
He stopped near the burning car and Na Tong thought that that was it. He was just trying to scare her off but she was proven wrong the moment her left side of the face was plastered against a broken but hot metal.
A scream spread throughout the area. Screams that sounded like they came straight from someone's soul. The biker kept her head pressed against the metal as she struggled for a while, until she could but then all struggle stopped. Her body fell limp as the smell of charred flesh spread to the surroundings.
After a few more seconds when the biker was sure that significant damage had been dealt, he pulled Na Tong away from the metal. Some of her skin and flesh were still stuck to the metal piece. He threw her away and checked her condition. She was unconscious but still alive. Her face was half gone. Entirely gone. The skin was no longer there and her flesh was almost gone too.
Her teeth were visible and her eyeball was now fully visible. The biker nodded and stood up. He heard the sounds of sirens in the distance and turned to his bike. He got onto his bike and drove off. Unfortunately, a police car noticed him and began to chase him while another one along with an ambulance stopped at the site.
"I'm in pursuit of the suspect." A policeman spoke on the radio.
"Color and description of the vehicle?" Another voice from the other end asked.
"Black bike, unrecognized, custom maybe. The number plate is XXXXX. The suspect is dressed in a black and deep red biker outfit and the helmet is preventing me from seeing his face." The policeman in pursuit gave a detailed description of the biker on his radio.
"Confirm the direction of the suspect." The voice then asked.
"The suspect is heading east on the highway K-1." The policeman replied while the one on the other side acknowledged. Soon, many more cars joined the fray and began to roadblock the highway to block the biker.
The biker saw it and a gun appeared in his hand and he shot at the police cars. The policemen ducked to take cover and the biker passed them with little to no difficulty.
Because of the roadblock, the chasing cars couldn't follow suit and in such a situation, the policemen behind the roadblock could only shoot at the biker but from the looks of it, even though a few shots landed, there was no effect. The biker drove off in the distance and the police could only watch.
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Yao Tian was reported of the incident and he rushed to the hospital to see the damage with his own eyes.
"The severe burns have permanently damaged the skin tissues. Luckily there was minimal damage to the eye and the nostril tunnel so their repair is possible however, even modern skin grafts might not be able to return her face to its former state. We can only try." A doctor reported to Yao Tian since Na Tong had no family. Tao Tian wasn't interested in the well-being of Na Tong. He just wanted to get a grasp of what he was dealing with and the image was horrifying.
Yao Tian remembered the chief of police's words and couldn't help but shiver when he saw the state Na Tong was in. Her state was anything but optimistic and even the doctors didn't sound too sure of the situation.
"What of the assailant?" Yao Tian asked the butler Sa who replied, "No sign of him, Young Master. The police lost him."
"Useless." Yao Tian mumbled as he left the hospital. Na Tong wasn't useful anymore so there was no reason to stay.
"If we can't use the underhanded approach, then go with the public approach. His movie won't be successful if his stars are going around forcing themselves on women." Yao Tian to which butler Sa simply nodded. Butler Sa was a little worried but he was sure that no harm would come to them because they weren't Na Tong.
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Xia Lu hurriedly walked through the corridors of the Ruan Villa, making her way to the master bedroom. Quan Li and Zhan Yi had not only awoken, they had also awakened something else and she was sure Wei Jun had something to with it.
Without knocking, she entered Wei Jun's room only to freeze at her spot. Wei Jun stood in the front of the mirror without a shirt but her gaze didn't go on his well-defined abs and perfectly chiseled muscles. Her gaze went to the numerous bruises on his body, mostly on his back.
"What…" She mumbled as she saw the horrifying bruises. Wei Jun noticed her presence as well but he ignored her and calmly put his shirt on.
"Knock before you enter." Wei Jun curtly said as he buttoned his shirt, snapping the stunned Xia Lu out of her trance.
"You… what… what happened to you?" Xia Lu was having a hard time putting her words into a proper sentence.
"Nothing you need to worry about. But I need you to do something for me." Wei Jun replied and then asked.
"What?" Xia Lu asked, still not being able to get the image of bruises out of her head.
"If anyone asks, I was with you the entire evening, consoling you after you saw the state of your colleague." Wei Jun said, keeping it short and simple.
"What? Why?" Xia Lu was confused and asked. She couldn't understand what was going through Wei Jun's head.
"Just do what I have told you to. The less you know, the better." Wei Jun said, once again keeping his words short and to the fact.
"Why were you here anyway?" He asked.
"Oh…" Xia Lu remembered her real reason for coming here as she replied, "It's Quan Li and Zhan Yi, they have awakened."
"Awakened? Awakened what?" Wei Jun confusedly asked.
"Qi! They have manifested Qi!" Xia Lu exclaimed which widened Wei Jun's eyes.
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In the more dilapidated part of the Yuan Yin city where the challenged people by reality lived. The living conditions of this area were not good in the least. In other words, it was the last hope for those who wanted to live in this city otherwise, they would have to migrate to a lower-level city if not here.
In an ordinary apartment building, in front of a green door that read 307, a handsome young man stood and knocked relentlessly on the door.
"Weird… Are they out?" The young said while knocking even fiercely.
"Who is making such a ruckus in the morning?!!!" someone yelled and the young man turned to find an old man who seemed to be from the neighbor's apartment.
"Ah, hello" The young man greeted before he said, "I'm sorry for the ruckus. I'm just looking for the family that lives here."
The old man measured the young man from head to toe before he replied, "No one lives here."
"What? No, that's not right. Doesn't the Li family live here?" The young man asked, confused and a little surprised.
"They moved out some days ago." The old man simply replied.
"Moved out?" The young man was truly surprised this time. "Did they move to another city?"
"Why would they move to another city? They don't need to anymore." The old man replied.
"What do you mean?" The young man was seriously confused now. If they didn't move to another city if they moved out of here, then where could they go?
"Now that their daughter has struck big, they left this shabby place for a better one." The old man replied.
"Struck big? Quan Li? What do you mean?" The young man asked, not understanding the matter at hand.
"She struck big. What is there to explain? Don't you watch TV? She's on it constantly nowadays." The young man was surprised and said, "Thanks for the information. I will find them on my own somehow then."
The young man turned to leave when the old man stopped him, "Wait? What do you have to do with them? do you know them?"
"Yes. I know them." The young man replied.
"Is that so? Then what is your name? if they ever came back for their things I will tell them about you." The old man suggested.
The young man nodded and replied with a bright smile "Oh, thanks. My name is Long. Run Long."