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The young woman who was with the man with the crew cut picked up her phone to make a call.
Luo Yang walked over, snatched the phone from her hand, and hurled it toward the wall.
With a bang, the smartphone came apart, scattering components all over the ground.
"Don't do anything without my permission," Luo Yang said coldly. "I've already shown you face because you're a woman. If you don't listen next time, don't blame me for getting physical."
Just at that moment, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the room, followed swiftly by frantic knocking.
"Niu Zai!"
It was Zhu Li's voice.
"Sister Cheng, please open the door," signaled Luo yang with a glance.
Sister Cheng nodded and hurried to open the door.
In came twenty or thirty people, including Zhu Li and Chen Jie, with the rest being menacing-looking men, each armed with a club in hand.
Only then did the man with the crew cut and his group realize that Luo Yang was no ordinary person, and their faces turned pale with fear.
Upon seeing Zhu Li and Chen Jie, Lu Daji understood that Luo Yang's influence was extraordinary. However, he couldn't fathom why Luo Yang had seemed wary of Xie Dongyang in the hospital that day.
First, Luo Yang took a photo of the man with the crew cut and sent it to Tang Dexing, asking if he recognized him. Tang Dexing replied that he did not.
If Lu Daji hadn't been there, Luo Yang would have directly interrogated the crew-cut man. Given how the situation had evolved, Luo Yang decided to directly ask Lu Daji.
"Sister Cheng, how much did you lose to him?" Luo Yang asked.
"Over seventy thousand yuan," Sister Cheng answered.
"Take eighty thousand yuan from here. You go back first. I'll handle the rest," Luo Yang urged.
Upon hearing this, Sister Cheng was overjoyed and took eight stacks of paper money from the table.
"Here's twenty thousand yuan for you to have some tea," Sister Cheng took out two stacks and offered them to Luo Yang.
"No need. When you go back, try to convince your father. Let's work together to reconcile the villages' grievances. Sister Cheng, are you willing to do this?" Luo Yang pushed the money back.
"I'll definitely try my best to persuade my father," affirmed Sister Cheng with a firm nod.
With that, she left first.
"Squad leader, pack all the money into the backpack, including what's in the plastic bag. It's all ours," Luo Yang said with a smile.
Hong Jiaxin was happy to do this and started collecting the money into the backpack.
The man with the crew cut and his group didn't dare utter a word, terror-stricken at the thought of possibly having their hands chopped off.
"Brother Ji, please put in a good word for me. I won't cheat ever again," the crew-cut man pleaded with a sorrowful face to Lu Daji.
Another young man also begged for mercy.
"Sister Kick, let me have a word with him," Luo Yang said, indicating Lu Daji.
Zhu Li nodded, willing to wait.
So, Luo Yang said to Lu Daji, "Brother Ji, may I have a word with you in private?"
The crew-cut man had already asked Lu Daji for help, and based on this, Luo Yang was confident he could extract the information he wanted from Lu Daji.
The two stepped outside to talk in the alley.
"Brother, so you knew Zhu Li," Lu Daji offered a cigarette to Luo Yang.
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"Yes. Brother Ji, do you know who the person you told me was cheated is?" Luo Yang asked.
Lu Daji shook his head.
"He is my girlfriend's younger brother. In other words, my brother-in-law," Luo Yang said.
Hearing this, Lu Daji seemed to understand what Luo Yang wanted to know and fell into thought.
After thinking for a while, he said with a pained expression, "Brother, this is a tricky situation. You might not be able to outplay them. I can't be of much help."
"Just tell me who they are and how to find them, that will be enough. I'll handle the rest," Luo Yang said, pausing before adding, "The people in the room, they're in cahoots with them, aren't they?"
Lu Daji nodded.
"Brother, to tell you the truth, one of those who cheated your brother-in-law is the short-haired guy inside, who is his cousin. His name is Wu Yinghong, and he's an apprentice at Yingyan Martial Arts School. Do you dare to offend Yingyan Martial Arts School?"
Yingyan Martial Arts School had been established for many years in the county town and had a considerable reputation with many apprentices.
This martial arts school was run by the Ying Zhao Yan Xing Sect.
Generally, matters related to Yingyan Martial Arts School tended to be quite troublesome.
Remembering the hopeful look in Tang Guihua's eyes and the promise he had made to her, Luo Yang resolutely said, "I'm heading to Yingyan Martial Arts School to find Wu Yinghong right now."
Lu Daji tried to dissuade him. "Brother, isn't that like challenging their school? Aren't you afraid of getting beaten up?"
With a faint smile, Luo Yang replied, "Brother Ji, it's inconvenient for you to get involved. Don't worry about it anymore. I know what to do."
Upon Lu Daji's pleading, Luo Yang promised not to chop off the young man with the crew cut's hand.
When he entered the room and told Zhu Li he was going to Yingyan Martial Arts School, Zhu Li, knowing the school had significant influence but trusting Luo Yang's capability to handle danger, ordered her subordinates to put the young man with the crew cut and his group into the van.
Luo Yang and Hong Jiaxin then got into the Audi A6L driven by Zhu Li, heading to Yingyan Martial Arts School. They both sat in the backseat of the car.
When he came, Luo Yang was carrying a backpack with a little over two hundred thousand yuan; by the time they left, Hong Jiaxin held the backpack, now nearly holding four hundred thousand yuan.
In the car, Luo Yang wanted to tell Hong Jiaxin a couple of jokes without letting Zhu Li hear, so he leaned in close.
Hong Jiaxin caught sight of him moving closer out of the corner of her eye and thought he was about to kiss her, so she slightly turned her head away. Then, realizing he wasn't aiming for her lips, she allowed him to come close enough to whisper in her ear.
"Squad leader, thank you for being my wife today. How about from now on, you... hehe."
At the sound of Luo Yang's "hehe", Hong Jiaxin's cheeks flushed with embarrassment. Remembering what they had done on the bed, she felt both embarrassed and shy. Her eyebrows lifted slightly, and her right elbow shot out sideways.
Even sitting in the car, Luo Yang easily avoided Hong Jiaxin's attack. As her right elbow came at him, he deftly pushed it back with his left hand, pinning her elbow against the back of the seat.
The next second, he grabbed her right hand with his right hand from behind, leaned back, and pressed her right arm tightly against him, as if she were embracing his waist.
Hong Jiaxin, unable to pull her right hand free, panicked and swung her backpack at him with her left hand.
Anticipating such a move, Luo Yang caught the backpack with his right hand, set it aside, then elegantly took hold of her left wrist, chuckling, "Squad leader, I didn't say anything, why are you getting angry?"
She couldn't stand his "hehe" as it always made her feel awkward. Now with her hands immobilized, she tried to lift her feet to kick him.
When her left foot came kicking over, Luo Yang lifted his right knee, letting her foot slide past.
He then gently exerted force on her left hand, pulling her body toward him, and with a scoop and push of his left hand on her slender waist, he seated her on his thigh.
Before Hong Jiaxin could react, he wrapped his arms around both of her arms and her body, hugging her in his embrace and securing her firmly.
In that instant, he felt the warmth and suppleness of her buttocks and the elasticity of her body. His mouth was right against her protruding upper body, and he took a deep breath, the gentle and non-cloying scent of a maiden filling his nostrils, refreshing his spirit.
Closely scrutinizing her
Luo Yang felt his mouth go dry.