Chapter 921: The Story of Ling and Heng (184)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Seeing her still figure, Li Nanheng asked coldly: “Feng Ling, who am I?”
She did not answer. However, it was clear that if she did not recognize him as Li Nanheng, she would have already killed him.
She recognized him, but she clearly did not wish to admit it.
Li Nanheng watched her; his gaze was cold.
Feng Ling remained stiff. Li Nanheng did not reach out to s.n.a.t.c.h her knife. Instead, he stretched his hand out toward her: “I’m here. There’s no need to be afraid. Give me the knife first, en?”
It was clear that she had suffered a tremendous fright.
Her eyes were reddened, and it carried mistrust against everyone, including him.
“You’ve already killed someone. Wasn’t that sufficient to calm you down?” Li Nanheng spoke coldly, “If you’ve yet to compose yourself, scram back to the car, and cool off. Hand the knife to me. I’ll settle this.”
Feng Ling held the knife in her hands with a death grip; her gaze became even more guarded.
Seeing that she refused to step forward no matter what, Li Nanheng approached her. As the wariness in her gaze increased, he spoke softly and mildly: “I won’t hurt you. I won’t blame you for this situation either. I understand that you did this to protect yourself. Leave this to me. But you have to first hand the knife to me. You can’t carry a sharp weapon with you.”
Otherwise, with her irrational state, even if she did not hurt anyone, she could very likely hurt herself.
Feng Ling’s gaze flashed. She watched him with a half-trusting, suspicion-filled eyes. Seeing her hesitation, Li Nanheng s.h.i.+fted closer and indicated for her to hand the dagger.
Feng Ling lifted her hands and slowly placed the dagger in his palm. However, she abruptly paused. It appeared as though she had regretted her action and was about to s.h.i.+ft back with all her might. However, before she could move away, Li Nanheng took advantage of her closeness and caught her wrist. He easily applied force and caused the dagger to fall from her hand.
Alarm bells resounded loudly in her heart. She rushed to struggle and retaliate. However, amidst her irrational struggles, the man’s gazeturned cold. He struck harshly against the weakest area on the back of her neck. In an instant, the blood-covered, battered young girl fell limply into his arms.
K watched as Boss Li knocked Feng Ling out. He spoke in surprise: “Boss… you…”
Li Nanheng held the girl in his arms and carelessly took off his coat to wrap it tightly around her. He turned toward K with cold, indifferent eyes: “Support her back to the car and wait in there for me.”
K rushed to receive the unconscious Feng Ling. When he turned back, Li Nanheng had already instructed everyone else to head in with him. A moment later, three vehicles from XI Base drove over. More than ten men alighted, and they surrounded K and Feng Ling, sending them safely aboard the car. No one was allowed to approach them.
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The moment Li Nanheng entered, he saw that the representatives Daniken had brought from the army were gathered outside the room in bewilderment. From afar, he could smell the thick scent of blood from the room.
Daniken and the rest were indeed astonished, and their astonishment were not fabricated. They had only sent one of the XI Base’s brats to the commander, hoping to please him. None of them had expected that the brat would end up taking the commander’s life.
And in doing so, they were all complicit in sending themselves to their early graves. After all, even if the responsibility of the crime was on XI Base’s heads, all of them were involved in several businesses under the table with this commander. Their profits were all dependent on him. Now that the commander was dead, their future was no longer stable.
“Boss.” One of the base’s the elites following behind Li Nanheng spoke softly: “I saw several men sneaking out. They’re likely planning to do something, but I’m not sure what they have in mind.” ”
Li Nanheng glanced at the corner of the hallway: “Follow them. They must be planning to erase the surveillance camera records. Bring it over. Don’t give them the opportunity to destroy it.”
The man nodded. To avoid drawing attention onto himself, he moved alone.
“Mr. Li!” Daniken turned back to watch as Li Nanheng entered expressionlessly. He never thought that Li Nanheng would show up and could not properly restrain his agitated emotions. He rushed forward to a.s.sert his own position.
However, Li Nanheng only glanced at him coldly: “Where’s the person?”
“Inside!” Daniken exclaimed in anger: “Your subordinate is truly daring! He even dared to kill our commander! Isn’t he afraid of our entire military coming after him? Or did somebody’s protection give him the courage to wield his knife and commit murder in our place?”
“Did he commit murder, or was he acting out of self-defense? This can only be decided after the facts have been confirmed. Right now, the way you’re so anxious and fl.u.s.tered to settle the bill with me clearly reveals your guilty conscience. What are you trying to conceal?” Li Nanheng glanced at him coldly: “Move out of the way.”
Daniken’s enraged expression fell for a moment before he became further infuriated. His gaze turned vicious and cold: “Let me tell you, the life of our commander is sufficient to bring your XI Base into ruins! At such a time, you dare to talk nonsense? The person from your base killed him! Do you still think that subordinate of yours can put on a pair of wings and escape from this base as he please?!”
The men around them watched Li Nanheng’s handsome, cold, and unfazed expression. Although they could not understand his thoughts, they instinctively felt that, since this man dared to enter this place, he was much more dangerous than that brat who had just killed someone. They all instinctively backed away.
Daniken was still overcome with anger. He pointed at the room filled with the heavy scent of blood and raged: “Let me tell you. We called your men here because we recognized your XI Base’s capability. Our friendly matches haven’t even concluded; your people have only been here for less than a few days, and they actually dared to murder in the military’s place! Feng Ling and K, those two brats, if they manage to leave our place alive today, I’ll let you call my name backward…”
Before he could finish speaking, Li Nanheng shoved him aside.
Li Nanheng did not spare him another glance. After ‘removing’ the obstruction before him, he directly entered the room.
Daniken staggered and almost fell against the wall by the side. He stared in anger and disbelief at Li Nanheng and the formidable-looking XI Base’s elites who followed behind him. He cursed them silently in his mind and quickly followed them in.
Daniken looked at the n.o.ble and imposing figure standing before the corpse of the fat commander and immediately took large strides to approach: “Mr. Li! You’re someone who works by reason! Let’s reason this out! No matter what happened today, no one is allowed to murder on the land owned by the military. Even if XI Base and this military district have friendly relations built over many cooperations, and we don’t wish for any conflict to occur between us, your subordinate has killed someone on our land! You say, how should this be settled? The victim was the commander with the most authority in this place! The higher-ups will immediately be alerted of this incident! Do you think you can suppress it on your own?”