My gorgeous wife
Chapter 191 - 169: If You Don’t Tell, You Die

Chapter 191: Chapter 169: If You Don’t Tell, You Die

"What’s wrong?" Yu Yueying approached, having also sensed something amiss.

"This pendant, it belonged to Yang Xin, I’ve seen it before," Li Chen spoke, "but now it’s on him."

At this, Yu Yueying’s gaze sharpened, turning toward Slick.

Under their scrutiny, Slick felt like crying without tears. What kind of situation was this?

"Where did you get this pendant?" Yu Yueying asked coldly. "Don’t think about lying; you should know the consequences of lying."

Slick’s face soured, "This pendant was given to me last night by the boss."

"The boss gave it to you?" Li Chen’s eyes narrowed. "What’s going on? Explain it to me clearly."

As Li Chen’s icy gaze met his, Slick shivered, "Last night, I and some other brothers were walking around this area, then we saw a woman coming out from the residential area. She was very beautiful, and since she was alone, we brothers decided to kidnap her."

"What?" Yu Yueying couldn’t help but shout in disbelief, even though there had been many missing person cases in Linchuan City, such brazen kidnapping was unheard of.

Li Chen’s gaze became colder. "And then?"

In a voice devoid of any emotion, Slick hesitated, but suddenly, Li Chen grabbed his finger and bent it abruptly, making Slick feel as if his finger was about to break.

"After we kidnapped her, we originally intended to... but she resisted fiercely and even scratched one of our brother’s faces, so we sent her directly to the boss, and then the boss gave me this woman’s pendant."

Slick swallowed hard, hoping that by speaking honestly, Li Chen wouldn’t attack him again.

But Li Chen merely applied more force, and in an instant, Slick’s eyes bulged like those of a dead fish, nearly popping out.

"Ah!"

But that pig-slaughter-like scream was cut short as Li Chen forcefully clamped his mouth shut, making it impossible for him to cry out in pain—a sensation so unbearable it brought Slick to his limits.

"How is she now?" Yu Yueying frowned and asked.

"I don’t know, after we handed her to the boss, we didn’t know anything else." Slick, in agony, twisted his face, yet dared not move because Li Chen was also holding his other finger.

"Lead the way."

Li Chen spoke indifferently, then kicked him.

Slick, in pain, struggled to get up from the ground, full of hatred. He had thought of escaping, but just then, Li Chen said indifferently behind him, "If I don’t see your boss in half an hour, you’ll disappear from this world."

With those simple words full of authority, Slick glanced back, but immediately turned away; that man’s gaze was too terrifying.

Slick didn’t dare to hesitate and immediately led the two towards his boss.

Yu Yueying also immediately informed headquarters; following this man might just unveil a criminal gang involved in random trafficking of people, a crime that could result, at a minimum, in many decades in prison.

Li Chen followed Slick indifferently; he wasn’t worried about Slick escaping.

Half an hour later, Slick had led Li Chen and herself to an abandoned building in the West City District, which was not only the most remote district in Linchuan City but also economically backward, and being close to suburban areas, it was a hotspot for crimes and disappearances.

The Linchuan City police usually turned a blind eye, but if the disappearances and crimes were brazen or excessive, the police would intervene and eradicate them.

"Here, we’re here," Slick turned around, a face full of ingratiating expressions toward Li Chen, who simply waved his right hand and sent a slap across Slick’s face, spinning him in place and knocking him out before he could even utter half a word.

Then, Li Chen walked in promptly, followed by Yu Yueying.

Entering the abandoned building, they were immediately approached by two thugs, one chewing on a toothpick, the other with an untidy beard and clothes that clung to his body.

"Who are you two?" The thugs, their gazes almost entirely on Yu Yueying, wore lecherous expressions, their eyes filled with greedy desires that made Yu Yueying frown.

However, what greeted them was a pair of fists.

"Bang"

The fists smashed directly into their faces, and without uttering a word, the two thugs were knocked out cold.

Li Chen dusted off his hands, stepping over their bodies, while Yu Yueying was about to kneel and cuff them.

"These are just small fries; there’s a bigger fish ahead. Let’s save them for him," Li Chen said without even looking up.

Strange, how did he know what I was thinking? Yu Yueying wondered but still followed Li Chen’s lead.

The two progressed deeper into the abandoned building, where several groups of thugs were gathered.

"Pair of threes, with a pair!" one thug tossed his cards on the table and took a heavy drag of his cigarette.

"Damn, how do you still have a pair of twos?" Another thug cursed discontentedly.

"Shut up, do you want it or not? If not, I’ll play it," the thug exhaled a cloud of smoke, as these thugs were evidently playing the card game, Fight the Landlord.

Beyond this group, another bunch of thugs were gathered around drinking, the center of their circle cluttered with various snacks and beer cans.

A third group of thugs were smoking and chatting together, yet as Li Chen and Yu Yueying entered, these thugs didn’t even bother to lift their eyes.

The two stood there while the three groups of thugs continued with their activities.

"Three of a kind with a pair!"

"I’m telling you, last night, I had a blast at Yunshui Area, two girls, man, they knew how to live it up."

"How about it? The taste of this smoke is great, right? ****** If it weren’t for the boss catching on so quickly yesterday, I could have scored one more, but alas, I only managed ten packs."

Yu Yueying looked around at the scene, completely dumbfounded. Why did it resemble a police station so much?

Err, that comparison isn’t quite right, because the topic of conversation was still different.

Li Chen spoke calmly, "I’m looking for your boss."

"The boss is upstairs, just go up yourself. Come on, keep drinking!"

Yu Yueying’s eyes widened, unable to help feeling both amused and exasperated at these thugs. They really were something else.

Li Chen didn’t care about all that and walked straight through the crowd and up to the second floor.

Yu Yueying followed behind him, both of them passing through the crowd of thugs who had no reaction whatsoever.

As they reached the second floor, a thug about to take a swig of beer suddenly remembered something, "Hold on, who was it that wanted to see the boss just now?"

"Ah, why bother so much? Anyone looking for our boss has to be someone from the streets too. Let’s not meddle in bosses’ affairs, come on, drink, drink!"

Meanwhile, Li Chen and Yu Yueying had reached the second floor, only to see a fat man on a seat, shirtless. His head was bowed, his nose twitching, then he sniffed up the white powder on the table.

"Hiss"

The boss closed his eyes, feeling as if he was floating all over, unaware that Li Chen had sat across from him.

"Damn, this batch really hits the spot."

After a while, the boss opened his eyes, marveling, but in his blurry vision, a figure had appeared.

A person?

The boss was taken aback, but years of living on the edge made him instantly draw a handgun from beside his seat., pointing it directly at Li Chen.

"Click"

The boss pulled the trigger, but it only sounded with the click of an empty gun, and at that moment, the man on the other side lifted his hand, dropping bullets from his hand.

"Did you kidnap a girl last night?"

Li Chen asked lightly.

"Who are you?" the boss asked with a stern face, wondering why none of his thugs had reacted despite the intruder being right in front of him.

At that moment, the noise below came up, "Baoyi for Yixin; brothers for San San Yuan; fortune for Siji, the champion of Wukui, and six six six! Drink, drink!"

Roaring laughter followed, and the boss’s face darkened. Damn, someone’s come to kill me and you guys are still there playing games?

Yu Yueying couldn’t help but laugh, but Li Chen’s expression remained cold and detached.

"If you don’t answer, I’ll take your life," Li Chen said flatly.

"Take my life, ha-ha-ha!" The boss suddenly burst out laughing, his laugh booming like thunder, "Many want me dead enough to fill the Linchuan River, but none have succeeded."

Li Chen looked at him impassively and said, "Even if you call all your boys up here, it won’t help."

The boss was suddenly alarmed. Did the other party know his plans?

Almost instantly, the thugs from below, who were engaged in all kinds of activities, rushed up, weapons in hand.

"Boss, are you alright?"

"Boss, I’m here!"

The thugs shouted loudly as a group swarmed upstairs and soon saw Li Chen.

"Get behind me," Li Chen told Yu Yueying.

Yu Yueying stepped back as Li Chen stood up. The boss then arrogantly said, "You really are overconfident. I’ll tell you, I did kidnap a girl last night, tsk tsk, she was quite the treat! Ha-ha-ha!"

Li Chen’s pupils constricted as a rush of murderous intent sprang forth from him, startling the boss who loudly ordered, "What are you waiting for? Get him! Kill him!"

But in a flash, Li Chen had disappeared from in front of the boss, and then a series of screams erupted from behind the boss.

"Ahh!"

"Ahh!!"

"Ahh!!!"

However, the screams did not last long; they stopped abruptly after just five seconds.

In a blink, Li Chen was back in front of him.

"Today’s your ******** end!"

The boss yelled, charging at Li Chen, but then a scream followed. Standing there, Yu Yueying couldn’t bear to watch any longer and covered her face.

Li Chen grabbed the boss’s hair with one hand, lifting his beaten face dripping with blood.

"What exactly happened to the girl you kidnapped last night," Li Chen asked coldly, his gaze icy, "if you don’t tell me, you’re dead!"