Chapter 387: Relentless Investigation!
Fu Xiaochuan was startled, "Not for money? Then what do you want?"
"Your life!"
Ling Feng sneered viciously and stepped forward to pick him up.
This sentence scared Fu Xiaochuan witless; his face turned as white as snow, and he struggled to let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered: "Help, murder!"
"Shut up, or I’ll really kill you!"
Ling Feng growled lowly, hauling him toward the highway.
This place was desolate, with a few hundred meters to the highway. How this kid had thought of running here was anyone’s guess.
Back at the roadside, Lin Xue’s car had also stopped. Ling Feng opened the door and threw Fu Xiaochuan directly into it.
The boy was now baffled with fear. Such a high-class military vehicle, could he have been kidnapped?
Settling back into the passenger seat, Ling Feng looked back at him, "I was just scaring you just now. Now, cooperate with me and tell me everything you know, and you can go home!"
"Ah?" Fu Xiaochuan was taken aback, then hurriedly nodded his head, "Okay, okay, I’ll cooperate!"
"Speak, what’s the deal with that money!" Ling Feng asked.
"It... it’s the money from selling the car and some An Family fees, my cousin’s."
"You’re obedient at least. Why were the An Family fees given to you instead of his parents?" Ling Feng continued.
"They... they are all dead."
Ling Feng frowned, "You two cousins had a good relationship, huh? He went to his death while you took the money? Isn’t that like selling his life to you?"
Fu Xiaochuan: "No, it’s not like that, that was the money from selling the car..."
Ling Feng was confused, "What money from selling a car?"
"He bought a tank truck, but didn’t have enough money, so he borrowed two hundred thousand from my family. He said he’d pay me back when he made money, but business has been bad this year; there is not much work."
"Later, after he had an accident, someone came to me, saying that if anything happened to him, to give me the money from the car sale and the An Family fees..."
"He was really loyal to you. But did you know, he caused the death of two people?" Ling Feng gritted his teeth and asked.
"I..."
Fu Xiaochuan’s eyes darted about, clearly aware, but too scared to speak!
Seeing this, Ling Feng spoke angrily, "Don’t think I’m just trying to scare you. Do you want to die?"
"No, I’ll talk!"
Fu Xiaochuan’s head was drenched in sweat as he quickly continued, "I only found out about it later, realizing that the money had not come from a good place. I planned to hide it, but somehow, the word got out. Many small-time thugs from the town and the county started asking me for money..."
Only then did Ling Feng understand why he ran. It was a misunderstanding; he had thought Ling Feng was just another one trying to extort money from him.
After nodding, "It’s good that you know. Now tell me, who has your cousin interacted with; who instigated him to harm others!"
Lin Xue and the county police had actually investigated this, but since people had died, they hadn’t found any clues.
Now that Fu Xiaochuan had appeared, perhaps there would be some gains.
Indeed, Fu Xiaochuan didn’t dare to conceal anything under Ling Feng’s fierce gaze and quickly said, "He had a drinking buddy. Whenever they had no work, they’d drink and gripe together. I think that guy egged him on to do it!"
"Who is it, and where?"
"Lao Wan, he’s also a truck driver, but his family has money. If work isn’t good, he just stays at home without worrying about money," Fu Xiaochuan answered.
Ling Feng nodded, "Alright, now take us to find Lao Wan. Once we find him, you’ll be off the hook!"
"Really? Okay, he lives in the neighboring town, not far away!" Fu Xiaochuan exclaimed with surprise.
Somehow, whenever he saw Ling Feng’s eyes, he felt afraid, and all he wanted was to get as far away from this person as possible.
Lin Xue started the car and drove in the direction Fu Xiaochuan pointed, after about ten minutes, a considerably larger town appeared up ahead.
"I visited his house once with my cousin and have a bit of a memory of it, it’s that one, the one with the tall gatehouse!" Fu Xiaochuan pointed through the windshield at a house in front of them.
They stopped the car at the gate, and Ling Feng turned to look at him, "Get out of the car with me and tell me which one is Lao Wan."
"Okay!"
Fu Xiaochuan did not hesitate, and quickly got out of the car.
The gate was shut, and when Ling Feng pushed it, the iron door creaked open.
Both of them entered the courtyard, and the people inside the house came out upon hearing the commotion, seven or eight of them stood at the door, asking, "What do you want?"
Ling Feng was startled by this setup and narrowed his eyes, "Looking for Lao Wan!"
"Who are you? What do you want with him?"
The seven or eight people had fierce expressions, with bulges around their waists that seemed to be hiding something, which made Ling Feng suspicious. What was this situation, was Lao Wan feeling guilty and had hired bodyguards?
"I’m here to talk business, which one of you is Lao Wan?" Ling Feng asked, turning back.
Fu Xiaochuan shook his head with an angry expression and then shouted at the others, "So you all are in on it. I wondered how everyone knew I came into some money, turns out it was Lao Wan who sold me out!"
Ling Feng was speechless, so there was this complication; it seemed that Lao Wan was indeed no good person.
"Fu Xiaochuan, you’ve got some nerve, showing up here. Believe it or not, we’ll beat you so bad you’ll be picking up your teeth off the floor?" one of the men across sneered.
As soon as his words fell, he felt a blur in front of his eyes, followed by several slaps hitting his face like a storm!
He spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wa" sound, along with a few teeth, and ended up looking for his teeth on the ground first.
The rest were a bit stunned, not having seen the blows clearly, when their companion had been hit.
As they turned their heads to look at Ling Feng, who had returned to Fu Xiaochuan’s side, a look of terror appeared in their eyes.
"If you don’t want to end up like him, scram. I’m here to find Lao Wan!" Ling Feng said indifferently.
The men glanced at each other, their arrogance gone in an instant, and with their heads hanging low, they turned to leave.
"Wait! You haven’t told me where Lao Wan is yet!" Ling Feng shouted.
"He’s inside the house," someone said in a low voice.
"Now, beat it!"
Ling Feng yelled and stepped inside the house, indeed seeing a man with a wrinkled face sitting on the couch, looking rather sickly.
"I’ll ask only once, who orchestrated that car accident." Ling Feng’s body erupted with an extremely strong aura as he asked coldly.
After much effort and finding two people, he was already impatient.
Lao Wan’s pores all opened at once, seeing such a formidable person for the first time, whose mere gaze could chill one’s spine.
So he swallowed and forced a wry smile, saying, "It was Lei Ming who found me, big brother listen to me explain, this matter really isn’t much to do with me, at most I’m just a..."
Before Lao Wan could finish, his face was met with a slap, and he was left seeing stars, feeling as if half of his face had disappeared.
"Cut the crap, how did Lei Ming contact you, and where is he?"
Ling Feng’s eyes suddenly reddened, he asked sternly.