Unable to think of a good method, he had kissed who he was supposed to kiss, and persuaded who he needed to persuade.
The two village beauties were still subtly competing with each other.
Luo Yang could only hold them as he walked to the sofa, then turned around and sat down first.
"Sister An, Sister Guihua, please take a seat," Luo Yang said, unable to forcefully pull them, so he coaxed instead.
By that time, he had sat down firmly.
However, Tang Guihua and An Yuying were still standing, both of them swaying, as if trying to struggle away.
Luo Yang's gaze just reached the position of their abdomens, and his eyes slightly drifted downward.
Hehe...
With just a glance, his body temperature rose by several degrees.
A warm Qi Force suddenly sprouted in his lower abdomen again, showing a tendency to charge forth directly.
"Don't pull me!" Tang Guihua said coquettishly.
"Niu Zai, let go of her," An Yuying also said, pursing her red lips.
"Sister An, Sister Guihua, come on, please sit down."
Since they were unwilling to sit, Luo Yang had no choice but to exert strength in his arms to pull them down.
Tang Guihua and An Yuying could not resist Luo Yang's strength and, with a softening of their legs, both ended up sitting, each on one of Luo Yang's thighs.
At this moment, Luo Yang's hands were each wrapped around the waists of An Yuying and Tang Guihua, preventing them from standing up.
The two women continued to struggle, swaying their delicate bodies.
"Sister An, Sister Guihua, don't move," Luo Yang advised.
Just then, the door of the private room was opened.
Luo Yang, An Yuying, and Tang Guihua all looked over to see Chen Jie poking her head in.
"Sister Chen, why are you always sneaking around?" Luo Yang said with a smile.
"Oh my, Niu Zai, you're so blessed," Chen Jie said, laughing as she entered.
Previously, the room had contained Fang Lin, but she had not yet awakened.
Now that Chen Jie had arrived, An Yuying and Tang Guihua felt embarrassed and hurriedly stood up from Luo Yang's thighs.
"Where shall we eat tonight?" Chen Jie asked.
"You decide. I'll give Sister Fang a massage first," Luo Yang said.
He then went over, turned Fang Lin over, and made her lie on her stomach on the sofa to massage her.
Chen Jie, An Yuying, and Tang Guihua discussed which restaurant to go to for dinner.
Before long, Fang Lin gradually woke up, An Yuying helped her to the restroom, and upon returning, everyone sat together and chatted casually.
"I'll call them over," Luo Yang said.
After exiting the private room, he first entered the one where Zhu Li was.
Zhu Li said, "We've caught him and are interrogating him now."
Luo Yang guessed, "That person probably doesn't know much either."
If the Lin Family were to make a move this time, they would definitely hire a hitman.
Finding out who the hitman was had become Luo Yang's most urgent problem to solve.
"Who dares to take on such a job here in Hongyun Town?" Luo Yang asked.
Zhu Li was more familiar with the matters of the underworld than Luo Yang was.
If it wasn't someone from Hongyun Town, it would be easy to identify them if they came nearby, making it difficult to make a move.
Zhu Li took a deep drag on her cigarette, mulling it over.
"Others wouldn't dare to do this. If anyone would, it'd be their own people," Zhu Li said.
"I know what to do," Luo Yang said confidently.
"How will you do it?" Zhu Li was curious.
Some secrets were not suitable for Luo Yang to disclose.
"Don't think about it too much, meet force with force and counter water with earth," Luo Yang blurted out casually.
"You need to be extra careful these next few days, it's best to stay in the village and not go out," Zhu Li advised.
Hiding out in the Hongyun Brigade, the hitman indeed wouldn't have a chance to make a move.
But that would not solve the problem.
Luo Yang disliked this approach. Instead of living in constant fear for his whole life, he preferred to toss the burden back to the Lin Family, letting them live in unrest.
"No, I'm going to cripple the Lin Family's claws," Luo Yang said indifferently.
"Who will you take action against first?" Zhu Li asked.
Among the five henchmen of the Lin Family, the most capable was a man nicknamed Piggy. This man monopolized the timber trade at Shilu Market.
Whenever Piggy was mentioned, villagers from the surrounding villages loathed him to the bone.
The villagers had to pay Piggy a toll for the timber they transported to the lumberyards, with each log being categorized into two sizes. Small logs were taxed five yuan, and large logs ten yuan.
Luo Yang knew that Piggy was mixed up with the Lin Family.
As for the other four henchmen, he wouldn't have known much if Zhu Li hadn't written it down.
In Shilu Market, there was a street full of lumberyards, and most of the timber trade within a radius of several kilometers took place there.
It might not look like much to collect five or ten yuan a log, but these small amounts accumulated into a massive fortune.
Moreover, Piggy owned the largest lumberyard, with five store fronts lined up in a row, doing rather brisk business.
Piggy had essentially laundered his image, accumulating a considerable amount of personal wealth.
Beyond running the lumberyard, he was also involved in wholesale liquor distribution. Almost all the alcohol used in the restaurants and hotels at Xiaoshulin Market and Shilu Market came from Piggy's supplies.
Only people with a presence like Zhu Li would dare to ignore him.
It was quite difficult to take down Piggy alone.
Piggy also had a group of thugs on his payroll, moving around in packs.
Doing business in a town without underworld connections could lead to being easily manipulated.
"I want to take Piggy down," Luo Yang said.
Even Zhu Li wouldn't dare to claim she could handle Piggy.
"Are you sure?" Zhu Li asked.
"Not sure, but I'm determined," Luo Yang replied calmly.
He had never intended to make enemies with the Lin Family, and now he was fighting for his life.
How to uproot the entire Lin Family quickly and efficiently was something Luo Yang had yet to figure out.
Thinking too much about such matters was useless. In his view, achieving small objectives one by one would eventually lead to the demise of the Lin Family.
"Are you planning to kill Piggy?" Zhu Li asked, blowing out a large smoke ring.
"We're civilized people, we don't talk about fighting and killing. I'm going to talk to him until he's afraid," Luo Yang said with a smile.
The closer to death he was, the calmer Luo Yang became.
Zhu Li knew that Luo Yang was very strong, but she thought it would be very difficult to take down the Lin Family.
"The more you show your face, the more dangerous it is," she said.
"I know that. I'm going to ask them where they're going to eat."
It was almost time for dinner.
Walking into the private room where Hong Jiaxin was, he found her and Qin Piao still lying on the sofa resting.
Actually, they were no longer that drunk.
"Squad leader..."
Luo Yang was about to pat Hong Jiaxin's thigh when she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at his hand warily. He changed his intention and lightly touched her arm instead.
"They're over there discussing where to eat. Aren't you going to join them?" he asked.
"No."
"Squad leader, get up."
"If you touch my arm again, see if I won't beat you up," she threatened.
Saying this, Hong Jiaxin sat up, bending her legs, preparing to kick Luo Yang away forcefully.
"Squad leader, don't get excited."
Before he could finish his sentence, Hong Jiaxin's legs were already kicking towards him.
Because they were sitting so close, she couldn't exert much force in her kick; there was no momentum to start with.
Hong Jiaxin intended to kick Luo Yang's body.
If Luo Yang didn't react at all and just sat on the sofa, it would've been difficult for Hong Jiaxin to kick him.
As the imprint of Hong Jiaxin's feet landed on Luo Yang's left arm, just as she was about to exert force, suddenly Luo Yang shrugged his shoulder, and her legs slid off, slipping past his body.
Luo Yang quickly pressed forward with his left palm and withdrew it almost immediately.
Looking at Hong Jiaxin again, her pretty face flushed with blush, and her eyes filled with indignation.
"You!"
"Squad leader, it was not on purpose," he stated.
"Dare to press there, and I will beat you to death!" Hong Jiaxin said, her face red as she swung her small fists at him.
Luo Yang's earlier shoulder shake was an instinctive reaction meant to deflect Hong Jiaxin's legs. The subsequent pressing of his palm was to stabilize her body.