Chapter 1023 - 1020: Overwhelmed
From when Luo Guoqing and Xiao Xue entered the Jiangbei Daily News to investigate Li Bingyang, it took only two or three hours. Zeng Youfa originally intended to confront Li Bingyang face-to-face, but Xiao Xue wouldn't let him do that and instead had Zeng Youfa find a room for the two to question Li Bingyang alone.
After Li Bingyang was led into the room by Zeng Youfa, he gave him a fierce glare, then walked out without saying a word, closing the door behind him as he left.
Li Bingyang realized then that these two were definitely here because of Tang Yumeng, and he couldn't help cursing Xiao Mo in his heart, "Son of a bitch, I treated you as my friend, even helped you make money, yet you sold me out."
Luo Guoqing glared at Li Bingyang, his eyes revealing a chilling coldness, and said, "Li Bingyang, who told you to do it?"
Li Bingyang stubbornly argued, "No one told me to do it. It's just what a news worker should do."
Damn, Luo Guoqing cursed inwardly, thinking that this guy won't fess up unless he sees some action. With this thought, he stood up, walked towards Li Bingyang, grabbed his collar, and said fiercely, "Won't speak, huh?"
Li Bingyang's face changed as he shouted, "What do you want? Let me tell you, if you dare touch me even a bit, I'll report you."
Luo Guoqing sneered and said, "If you don't talk today, we'll see if I dare touch you!"
Li Bingyang began to act shamelessly, continuously rubbing against Luo Guoqing, saying, "Come on, hit me. I don't believe City Committee staff would dare hit me."
Luo Guoqing was a bit stunned. As the saying goes, you can offend anyone but journalists. If handled poorly, this guy would write randomly, and it wouldn't matter to him, but the City Committee's reputation couldn't afford it.
Slap...
Suddenly, Xiao Xue rushed over, grabbed Li Bingyang by the face, and slapped him left and right repeatedly.
Xiao Xue's action not only stunned Li Bingyang but also Luo Guoqing, who was shocked to see someone usually quiet and demure actually hit someone.
"I hit you, so what? Go ahead and report me," Xiao Xue said, raising her right leg, and fiercely kicking Li Bingyang in the right leg with her high heel.
Ah...
The intense pain made Li Bingyang cry out miserably.
Seeing Xiao Xue, a girl dare to hit, Luo Guoqing, a grown man, had nothing to fear, and he started punching and kicking Li Bingyang.
"Stop hitting me, I'll talk, I'll say everything," Li Bingyang couldn't withstand it and cried out loudly.
"Ungrateful, forcing me to do it," Luo Guoqing stopped and said sarcastically.
At this point, Li Bingyang didn't dare hide anything and told them everything about the entire situation. Xiao Xue was unclear about Lin Chuan's relationship with Yang Zi, but Luo Guoqing knew something about it.
Once Li Bingyang finished, Luo Guoqing's mind was clear as a mirror, realizing Yang Zi was retaliating against Tang Yumeng out of feelings turned to hate, and couldn't help contemplating, "Ah, women, really terrifying."
Having figured out the situation's ins and outs, Xiao Xue glared at Li Bingyang and said, "This matter ends here. If you want to report us, go ahead, but let me remind you to think clearly about the consequences before doing so."
Xiao Xue's words were half threat, half truth. Li Bingyang, covering his face, dared not say a word, only nodding repeatedly.
Xiao Xue took some money out of her bag, threw it to Li Bingyang, and said, "Here's some money for you to go to the hospital to check your injuries." After that, she and Luo Guoqing opened the door and left.
Li Bingyang's screams reached outside, the people at the newspaper office didn't know what was happening, those curious tried to go see but were scolded away by Zeng Youfa.
Xiao Mo also heard Li Bingyang's screams and felt a bit guilty since he was the one who revealed it to Secretary Tang.
Seeing the two come out, Zeng Youfa quickly came forward, glanced at Li Bingyang inside the room, and said to the two, "Do you need anything else from me?"
Luo Guoqing laughed, patted Zeng Youfa on the shoulder, and said, "Mr. Zeng, you've been very cooperative with our work, the matter is resolved, I will tell Secretary Tang truthfully, but hope that Mr. Zeng will keep it confidential."
Luo Guoqing's words had a double meaning, and Zeng Youfa couldn't help feeling very delighted, thinking maybe he could leave a good impression with Secretary Tang, and perhaps advance a bit in the future.
Setting aside the matter of Luo Guoqing and Xiao Xue returning to the City Committee, let's talk about Li Bingyang.
Li Bingyang, after being roughed up by Xiao Xue and Luo Guoqing, was fiercely scolded by Zeng Youfa and told not to come to work temporarily, await the newspaper office's decision.
Misfortunate Li Bingyang went to see Yang Zi, who, upon hearing the news that Li Bingyang messed up the task, flew into a rage, cursing him useless.
This failed attempt to use the media to bring down Tang Yumeng didn't make Yang Zi stop but instead made her more jealous of Tang Yumeng, determined to ruin her reputation and take Lin Chuan away from Tang Yumeng.
Ultimately, due to this matter, Li Bingyang not only ruined his reputation, but also lost his job, enraging his wife to the point of wanting to divorce him, leaving the whole family in unrest.
Set this aside for now, let's return to the main story.
Xiao Xue returned to the City Committee and walked into Tang Yumeng's office, telling her everything that Li Bingyang had explained.
Tang Yumeng, being intelligent and insightful, immediately understood what was going on. She couldn't help but silently curse Lin Chuan, that bastard, and thought, "Just wait till you get back, and see how I deal with you."
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Tiansheng's Green Hotel.
Zhou Kai and the others rescued Li Qiang and Huang Bo from the hands of the Gray Wolf Gang and dealt a significant blow to them. The brothers celebrated inside the hotel.
Little Pepper Zhou Rui, seeing Li Qiang and Huang Bo safe, didn't want to stay in Tiansheng and insisted on returning to China. Zhou Kai had no choice but to assign several people to protect her to the airport, and she took the next flight home.
Just as the celebration reached its peak, a subordinate suddenly ran in and said to Zhou Kai, "Brother Kai, a foreign policeman wants to see you."
Lu Dapao abruptly stood up and said, "Kai, the police must be here because of the Gray Wolf Gang. Damn it, let me take some guys out and drive them away."
Although Zhou Kai had drunk a lot, he remained clear-headed. He glared at Lu Dapao and said, "Can you control your temper? This is in the United States. You all stay in the room and don't come out. I'll go see him alone. Taozi, you come with me."
After saying that, he turned to the subordinate and said, "Take me to see him."
The person who came was Sheriff Slyx, dressed in casual attire, with no one behind him.
Slyx saw Zhou Kai, smiled slightly, and walked over.
Zhou Kai looked at Slyx, frowned, and said, "I wonder what business the Sheriff has with me?"
Beside him, Taozi hurriedly translated for Slyx.
Slyx looked at Zhou Kai with a somewhat deep gaze and said, "Zhou Kai, we are already aware of today's incident with the Gray Wolf Gang. I'm not here to press charges, but to advise you to leave Tiansheng as soon as possible."
Zhou Kai listened to Taozi's translation, smiled faintly, and said, "Sheriff, you must know we only went to rescue our brothers, not to cause trouble. We did nothing wrong; why should we leave Tiansheng?"
Slyx frowned again and said, "Zhou Kai, don't think I'm joking with you. There are powerful people backing Myles, people you can't afford to offend. I advise you to leave promptly."
Zhou Kai said, "Thank you for your concern, Sheriff, but we have no plans to leave for the time being."
Slyx said, "Alright then, if you insist on not leaving, I'll have to take you all back to the police station."
Zhou Kai laughed and said, "Sheriff, you should be clear that our visas are still valid. On what basis would you take us to the police station? If you have evidence that we violated U.S. law, please, go ahead."
Slyx was taken aback. Myles hadn't admitted that Zhou Kai's group had beaten them, so there was no evidence to charge Zhou Kai and the others. It seemed these Chinese people had a good understanding of the law.
"Alright, since that's the case, I have nothing more to say. I hope you take care," Slyx said, turning to leave.
Zhou Kai didn't take Slyx's words to heart and returned to the room to continue drinking with his brothers.
Myles had been released by now, and he was in a room, crying his eyes out to a bearded man.
This bearded man, looking to be in his forties, listened quietly to Myles' complaints. Then, with a frosty gaze, he said, "You're useless. You can't even handle a group of Chinese people, and you still have the face to complain to me."
Myles said with a bitter face, "Mr. Emory, these Chinese people are formidable, and there are many of them. We weren't prepared at all."
Emory sneered, "Bullshit, you all are just a bunch of losers. Alright, I'll handle this matter. Now get out."
Myles seemed a bit afraid of Emory, and though he wanted to say something, he didn't dare and turned to leave.
Emory pondered alone for a while, picked up the phone, dialed a number, and said, "Mark, take some men with guns to the Green Hotel and show those Chinese people a lesson."
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The Green Hotel.
Zhou Kai and the others were still drinking when suddenly gunfire erupted from downstairs. They quickly abandoned their glasses and rushed out of the room with Lu Dapao.
A subordinate frantically ran over at this moment, shouting as soon as he saw them, "Brother Kai, something's wrong. A group of Americans with guns barged in and are shooting at our people."
Many people from the Jvyi Gang, upon hearing the gunfire, also rushed out of their rooms. Lu Dapao cursed, "Damn it, they've brought the fight to our doorstep. Brothers, grab your weapons and fight them."
Since coming to the United States, Zhou Kai had Taozi secretly acquire some firearms, originally intended for rescuing Lin Chuan. Now, it seemed they were of use after all.