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Chapter 402 - 356: Killing Three Birds with One Arrow

Chapter 402: Chapter 356: Killing Three Birds with One Arrow

Who exactly is Ye Fan?

The silence of Li Kui and the others made Li Wei feel even more curious.

I don’t know.

Because of his lowly status, he couldn’t access the upper circles and was equally clueless about Ye Fan’s affairs, but reason told him that if someone could scare his brother, who was prepared to risk his life for his own, into such a state with just a name, then that person’s identity must be incredibly powerful!

Exactly how powerful he could not imagine, only feeling at the very least it had to be on the level of his brother following Mr. Hu.

After realizing this, Li Wei’s complexion turned ugly—he had already planned how to take revenge on Su Liuli, only to find that Su Liuli suddenly became the friend of some important figure, causing his brother and his friends to hesitate to make any rash moves.

This feeling was more frustrating than a man getting undressed, spreading the legs of the girl under the bed, only to find out that she was on her period.

After all, even if the girl was on her period, if one disregards hygiene and health, one could still roll in the sheets, but now, Li Wei felt that taking revenge on Su Liuli would become extremely difficult, if not nearly impossible.

Shua!

As Li Wei was stewing in frustration and depression, Li Kui’s subordinates were all eagerly looking at him, as if asking: Brother Li Kui, what do we do?

What do we do?

Li Kui was also in the dark, feeling completely flustered.

From an emotional point of view, he couldn’t wait to make Su Liuli pay a painful price, but reason told him that if he did, it would be a disaster for him and his brother, and possibly for the entire Nanqinghong!

Seeing Li Kui and the others not daring to act rashly, Su Liuli couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief, and then sighed softly in her heart.

She had intended to completely say goodbye to Ye Fan and her past life after this outing, but she didn’t expect that just a few days after leaving, she was once again involved with Ye Fan, and even had to solve troubles by leveraging Ye Fan’s deterrence.

"Keep an eye on her."

Later, just when Su Liuli thought the current troubles were going to be smoothly resolved, Li Kui suddenly remembered the reminder given to him by Wu Hu before leaving Nanming and promptly issued an instruction.

As soon as the words fell, Li Kui took out his phone without waiting for his subordinates to respond and quickly stepped out of the courtyard to call Wu Hu.

"Mr. Hu," Li Kui greeted as soon as the call went through.

"Did you find the person? What’s their background?"

On the other end of the call, Wu Hu, who had received the call, had a bad premonition, but he asked without a change in his tone.

"Found her," Li Kui said, feeling his throat dry up before he gritted his teeth and continued, "She’s... she’s one of Ye Fan’s people."

"What... what?"

At the mention of Ye Fan, Wu Hu stood up abruptly as if pricked by a needle, completely stupefied.

Li Kui, as if having anticipated Wu Hu’s reaction, wasn’t surprised and just patiently waited for further instructions.

"You didn’t lay a hand on her, did you?" A few seconds later, Wu Hu recovered from the shock and asked with a hint of nervousness.

"No."

"Phew~"

Upon hearing this, Wu Hu heaved a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Hu, do you mean we should just let it go?" Li Kui was curious.

"Boss Lin and the headquarters have instructed us to be on our best behavior recently and strictly forbidden us from provoking Ye Fan and Dong hai Gang."

Wu Hu responded not directly answering the question but indirectly giving the reply— to him, he didn’t mind offending some people to avenge Li Kui, but he absolutely wouldn’t risk offending Ye Fan!

"Mr. Hu, I’m aware of that. But I worry— even if we don’t mind, Ye Fan might not let it go."

By now, Li Kui had lost all thoughts of taking revenge on Su Liuli, just worried about Ye Fan seeking retaliation, looking very anxious, "And according to the information we have and what we’ve heard about Ye Fan, he’s someone who can’t tolerate even the slightest flaw or disrespect— he’s very likely to use this incident as an excuse to move against us!"

"Uh..."

Wu Hu, who was initially relieved to learn Li Kui hadn’t made a move, was taken aback by Li Kui’s words, and then his frown deepened even more.

It was a stark awakening.

His unwillingness to offend Ye Fan was not only out of fear but also due to some of his own schemes— the development of the conflict between Nanqinghong and Ye Fan to this stage was entirely due to Boss Lin’s decision-making mistakes.

In his opinion, if Nanqinghong suffered heavy losses again due to Boss Lin’s mistakes, headquarters might very well decide to let him replace Boss Lin in controlling Nanqinghong!

For this reason, even though he was the second-in-command of Nanqinghong, he didn’t want to be the cannon fodder for Boss Lin and rush to confront Ye Fan first.

Now, Li Kui’s words served as a direct reminder— he was willing to let the matter end here, but what about Ye Fan? Was Ye Fan willing?

Unwilling!

Almost subconsciously, the same answer as Li Kui’s arose in his heart.

"Like this, don’t act rashly for now, I’ll call Boss Lin to see what to do," after a moment of pondering, Wu Hu hung up the call and dialed Boss Lin’s number.

Taiwan, Nanqinghong Headquarters.

Lin Tianyi, whose Martial Arts Cultivation had reached its peak and was not practicing Meditation Cultivation as usual, was sitting in his study room, puffing on a cigar, thinking about how to deal with Ye Fan next.

As the Helmsman of Nanqinghong, he had access to much more information than Wu Hu. He knew that Chen Daozang, the Supreme Strongman controlling Qinghong from behind the scenes, had not entered Huaxia with the intent of expanding Qinghong’s power there but merely to prevent Wenhao from taking the top position and bringing down the Ye Family.

Over the past six months, Nanqinghong had inexplicably come into conflict with Ye Fan, and the situation had escalated to a point of no return.

Following Chen Feilian’s instructions, Nanqinghong was to prepare for the worst— use its own demise to carry out an assassination on Ye Fan and create chaos within Huaxia.

Such a price, Qinghong could bear, Chen Feilian could bear, but Lin Tianyi, the helmsman of Nanqinghong, could not bear!

"Ring, ring——"

Just as Lin Tianyi was at a loss, the ringing of the phone shattered the silence in the study.

Hmm?

Hearing the sound, Lin Tianyi snapped out of his contemplation, glanced at the caller ID, and was surprised to find it was a call from Wu Hu.

This discovery made him feel very strange.

As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain.

For a long time, his relationship with Wu Hu had been far from harmonious. Wu Hu outwardly respected him but secretly defied him, while he outwardly trusted Wu Hu but secretly had him under surveillance.

Although both were well aware of the true nature of their relationship, neither had exposed it, and they rarely made contact.

In such a situation, Lin Tianyi always felt that if he had to choose the person who most wanted him dead from this world, it wouldn’t be Ye Fan, but Wu Hu!

Now, with Wu Hu suddenly calling, he couldn’t help but wonder: Why is Wu Hu calling me?

Confusion rose, and after contemplating for a few seconds, Lin Tianyi then answered the call and said with a smile, "Tiger, it’s been a long time since you called Big Brother."

"I heard Big Brother was recently in meditation cultivation, and I didn’t dare to disturb you," Wu Hu said insincerely.

Lin Tianyi didn’t pierce through his pretense and asked with a smile, "So, what made you think of calling Big Brother today?"

"To tell you the truth, Big Brother, I’m facing a tricky problem here," Wu Hu said bluntly, and simultaneously raised his voice deliberately, "And if this problem isn’t properly resolved, it will become a nightmare for our Nanqinghong!"

"What happened?"

Though Wu Hu’s words sounded frightening, Lin Tianyi believed that in this world, even witnessing something with one’s own eyes didn’t guarantee it was the truth, let alone words coming from the mouth of Wu Hu, who seemed a friend but was in fact an enemy.

"Big Brother, it’s like this..."

Perhaps as Wu Hu himself said, the situation was indeed too thorny, so instead of playing scheming tricks in front of Lin Tianyi, he reported the truth.

Listening to Wu Hu’s report, as time passed, Lin Tianyi’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

On one hand, if what had been reported was true, then it really was quite a problem. On the other hand, the worried tone in Wu Hu’s voice told him that it was very likely true!

"Big Brother, what do you think we should do now?"

After finishing his report, Wu Hu asked for instructions with a tone of sincere respect, rare for him, cleverly including an "us" to align Lin Tianyi with his plight.

Lin Tianyi could hear the cunning in Wu Hu’s words, but he also knew that now was not the time to bicker over such things; it was time to figure out how to deal with the situation!

Hmm?

Suddenly, a crazy thought surfaced in Lin Tianyi’s mind, but he didn’t voice it immediately and instead counter-asked, "Tiger, what do you think is the appropriate way to handle this?"

"Big Brother, you said before that Headquarters wanted us to stay out of trouble recently, so my initial plan was to keep things quiet. But then I thought about it and realized that even if we were willing, Ye Fan might not be!" Wu Hu said, full of worry.

"That’s right! Ye Fan is a man who must avenge even the smallest slights. We have already made enemies with him, and a confrontation is inevitable sooner or later. Now, with new grudges piling on top of old ones, with his modus operandi, it’s very likely he will act immediately," Lin Tianyi’s tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed. "That is to say, at this point, we must shoot because the arrow is already notched on the bow."

"Big Brother, what do you mean?" Wu Hu asked, puzzled.

"That girl named Su Liuli, she’s one of his people, and her sister is Ye Fan’s woman. Do you think if Su Liuli were in danger, he would come to her rescue?" Lin Tianyi asked.

"Of course he would, otherwise I wouldn’t be worried."

Wu Hu replied subconsciously, thinking that Lin Tianyi’s question was superfluous, then he sensed an underlying message and asked, "Big Brother, do you mean we can use Su Liuli as a hostage, dig a pit, and bury Ye Fan in it?"

"Exactly!"

Lin Tianyi first provided a firm answer, then added, "But not us doing the deed, instead, we’ll have outsiders do it!"

"Is Big Brother thinking of luring Ye Fan to the Golden Triangle and using someone else’s hand to eliminate him?" Wu Hu suddenly realized and silently marveled at Lin Tianyi’s cunning.

"Yes. In Huaxia territory, because of the Yanhuang Organization and the Ye Family, we don’t dare risk sending someone to assassinate that bastard. But if he runs off to the Golden Triangle, he’s practically seeking his own death. By then, whether it’s the Ye Family or the Yanhuang Organization, rescuing him will be beyond their reach!"

As he spoke, Lin Tianyi’s voice betrayed a hint of excitement, and he let out a sinister laugh, "This way, we accomplish three things with one arrow. First, we perfectly deal with this issue. Second, we eliminate the huge trouble that is Ye Fan. Third, we avoid retaliation from the Yanhuang Organization and the Ye Family."

"Big Brother, you’re brilliant!"

Even though Wu Hu had a strained relationship with Lin Tianyi, he couldn’t help but acknowledge that Lin Tianyi’s handling of the situation was an eye-opener for him.

"Tiger, before that bastard Ye Fan realizes what’s happening, immediately have your men take that girl to the Golden Triangle, and covertly contact others to set a trap, waiting for that bastard to jump in!"

Lin Tianyi instructed, suddenly adopting a more serious tone, "Remember, everything must be done without the knowledge of gods or ghosts, or even if we manage to eliminate him, the Yanhuang Organization and the Ye Family won’t let us off the hook!"

"Understood!"

"There’s no time to lose, go and do it right away!"

As the words fell, Lin Tianyi hung up the phone, grinning even more sinisterly.

He felt as if he had already seen the scene of Ye Fan dying in a foreign land, unaware that Ye Fan had already found out Su Liuli’s whereabouts!

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