Chapter 63 : Chapter 63
Chapter 63: I’m Behaving Now, Please Spare Me
Fatty Liu kept shouting, but the moment he was dragged out of the building, he went dumb.
And not just him. That whole group of underlings who had charged around for him had all been beaten until their faces were swollen and bruised.
One after another, they were dragged out of the building.
Yang Suying was standing outside, still not understanding what exactly was happening before her eyes.
Then Li Mu came galloping over on his warhorse.
“Dad!”
“Mom!”
Chen Jiaqi and Chen Jiafeng shouted and jumped down from the horse, throwing themselves into their parents’ arms.
Li Mu also hurried over to Yang Suying.
“Mom, are you all right?”
Yang Suying quickly shook her head.
“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”
But Li Mu was already burning with fury, because he could clearly see that there were dark red and purple bruises around his mother’s wrists and his aunt’s wrists.
Those had been caused by tight handcuffs digging into them!
At that moment, more than a dozen plainclothes security officers dragged all the injured burly men outside.
Even many of the office staff in the building who had not resisted were escorted out as well.
They were made to squat one by one by the wall.
After seeing the miserable state of Fatty Liu and the others, how could those office workers dare refuse to cooperate?
None of these people were wearing uniforms, so they had thought they were being robbed!
They were still wondering why robbers would dare haul them out onto the street like this.
Fatty Liu was still shouting nonstop.
“What the hell are you people doing?”
“This is the Commerce and Industry Department! This is a public office!”
“You actually dare attack public officials!!”
“You’re completely lawless!!”
Li Mu was just about to walk up and question him
when a man in white clothes came hurrying over at a run.
It was Supervisor Liu, the same man who had previously gone to the Li family’s house.
The moment Fatty Liu saw him, he cried out, “Brother! Save me, brother!”
When Supervisor Liu saw the situation on site, he was somewhat startled as well.
But the moment he saw Li Mu, he quickly understood.
His younger brother must have dealt with Yang Yourong’s forge.
And Li Mu had come back with people to take revenge.
He had long since heard from the Li family that Li Mu knew military officers in the Abyss-Suppressing Army.
Looking at those more than ten men standing rigidly straight, there was no need to guess. They had to be soldiers from the military district.
It seemed that the relationship between Li Mu’s dead father and that officer ran deeper than he had imagined.
That officer was even willing to lend more than a dozen soldiers to support Li Mu.
These people were in plain clothes, which meant they did not want to make the matter too big.
But since he really had refused to give them face, it seemed that today he was destined to swallow this loss.
With that thought, Supervisor Liu walked up to Li Mu with a genial smile.
“Ah, haha, Brother Li Mu, come on now, look at this.”
“It’s just a misunderstanding. Why make such a huge fuss over it?”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, wanting to shake Li Mu’s.
At the same time, he kept signaling at Li Mu with his eyes. “Can you let this matter end here today, for my sake?”
Fatty Liu immediately shouted, “Brother! Have you lost your mind!? He almost beat me to death!”
“What do you mean, let it end here!?”
“Shut up!”
Supervisor Liu turned and barked at him.
You idiot, can’t you tell these plainclothes people are all soldiers?
Naturally, he was furious as well, furious that his younger brother had been beaten today.
But there was no way for him to get the upper hand back.
He could hardly arrest all these plainclothes soldiers, or arrest Li Mu right in front of them!
Today, he had no choice but to admit defeat.
But when he turned back around and saw that the hand he had extended still had not been taken by Li Mu, his brows immediately furrowed.
Li Mu asked coldly, “What exactly are you supposed to be?”
Supervisor Liu’s face instantly turned sinister!
The flesh on his face twitched violently.
He had not expected Li Mu to dare speak to him like that. It was outrageous!
Was he not just using his father’s connections to throw his weight around?
And those connections were not nearly as ironclad as he had imagined!
Otherwise, these Abyss-Suppressing Army soldiers would not have come in plain clothes. They would have openly come to back Li Mu up!
“Li Mu! Don’t reject a face-saving offer when it’s given to you.”
Supervisor Liu forced those words out through clenched teeth.
His voice was low, as though he did not dare let the plainclothes soldiers hear him.
Li Mu stared at him and asked, “Were you the one who told him to arrest them?”
Supervisor Liu froze. He glanced at Yang Suying and the others, and immediately understood.
So after all that, his younger brother had actually taken the people back as well.
No wonder the leaders had called to ask about what was happening here.
Those leaders had probably also been frightened by this little bit of military backing Li Mu had.
That had startled him badly too.
But seeing Li Mu’s attitude only made Supervisor Liu boil with rage.
“So what if I was? I’m telling you, today this matter—”
Smack!
Before Supervisor Liu could finish speaking, Li Mu slapped him across the face.
Forget his teeth.
That single slap even shattered his lower jaw!
Supervisor Liu dropped stiffly to the ground beside Fatty Liu. First his vision went white, then black.
Only slowly did it clear again from blur to focus, but he could already feel that his mouth no longer worked properly.
Then a wave of intense agony washed over him.
Fatty Liu was still clutching his collar and shaking him hard, calling his name again and again,
making the pain even worse.
“Mu!”
Yang Suying and Yang Yourong both cried out at the same time.
They were afraid Li Mu would lose control and truly beat someone to death.
No matter what, these people were still public officials.
“You... you dared hit me!!”
Supervisor Liu struggled to climb back up, blood streaming from his mouth as he pointed at Li Mu, his eyes full of shock.
Right then, the ground suddenly began to tremble with a rumbling vibration.
A rising roar of engines and noise grew closer and closer.
The crowd of onlookers not far away immediately shouted and scattered out of the way.
Then they saw it.
From the street on the left, a mighty convoy of more than ten military vehicles came charging in.
From the street on the right, more than twenty law enforcement vehicles arrived with sirens blaring.
And from the broad street behind them, more than ten tall warhorses came galloping straight toward the scene.
The three groups converged and in an instant sealed the entire area so tightly that not even water could pass through!
Several military vehicles even drove straight over the landscaped strip, nearly running over Fatty Liu and the others’ faces.
Fatty Liu was overjoyed.
“We’re saved! We’re saved, brother!”
Then he turned to Li Mu and the others.
“You’re dead!!”
But Supervisor Liu only looked baffled, because he knew very clearly that he had not called anyone!
Could these people have heard he was beaten and come to arrest Li Mu?
There was no way, even using his toes to think!
Could his younger brother have called them?
There was no way his younger brother could have summoned military personnel either.
The people getting down from the military vehicles and warhorses were clearly all wearing the combat uniforms of the Military Residential District Security Force!
The Military Residential District Security Force?!
Then he looked back at those plainclothes soldiers, who showed no sign of panic whatsoever.
At once, he realized something.
Yang Suying hurried over to Li Mu’s side, and Yang Yourong and Chen Jinshi quickly gathered around him as well.
They thought these people had come to arrest Li Mu.
But instead, a security captain strode up to Li Mu.
Snap.
He gave a Knight’s Salute.
“Wolf Guard Li! Are the military family members all right?”
“They’re fine!”
The moment Yang Suying and the others heard that exchange,
they were all stunned. As for Chen Jiafeng and Chen Jiaqi, their eyes were practically sparkling with stars!
Their admiration was plain to see!
As for Supervisor Liu, his vision went dark again.
Wolf Guard!?
Military family members!!?
His younger brother had unlawfully detained military family members??
At that moment, two more screeches of brakes sounded from beyond the crowd.
Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Chenfeng arrived, along with Li Cangcai and Zhao Jinhe, both drenched in sweat.
The moment they saw all those Security Force soldiers on site, every one of them felt their scalps tighten.
Li Cangcai ran up to Li Mu and bowed.
“Wolf Guard Li! Give... give me a chance!”
“Let me handle this matter here. I will absolutely satisfy you!”
At this point, Li Cangcai did not dare think about anything else.
Now that the Security Force had already been mobilized, Wang Longcheng would most likely hear about this matter!
If Li Mu personally resolved the issue today,
then Li Cangcai truly would have no chance left to redeem himself.
“Fine! I’ll give you that chance!”
Li Mu said in a deep voice.
If he handled it himself, it would amount to nothing more than extracting a confession through brute force.
But since Li Cangcai belonged to the Commerce and Industry Department, he was the one best positioned to seize these people by their lifelines.
Li Cangcai was overjoyed.
Turning to his assistant, he said, “Bring Wu Zhiyou to me! Then contact the Swordbearers Hall!”
Li Mu had to admit it. A minister was a minister.
At a single sentence, Supervisor Liu sprang upright like he had been electrocuted!
“No! No!! Vice Minister Li, Vice Minister Li, I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything!!”
Li Cangcai stopped his assistant.
Then he stormed over to Supervisor Liu.
“I ask the questions. You answer them! If you conceal even half a thing, I will make you wish you were dead!!”
“All right! All right!!”
Supervisor Liu had completely collapsed. He had already pissed and shit himself.
And beside him, Fatty Liu was even more utterly dumbfounded.
Only now was he beginning to understand what had happened!
They seemed to have provoked someone they absolutely should not have offended!
“Who told you to arrest them?” Li Cangcai asked.
“I didn’t order the arrests! My idiot younger brother made that mistake and took them. We really didn’t know they were military family members!”
At this point, Supervisor Liu had tears and snot streaming down his face.
“Otherwise, I absolutely never would have let him arrest anyone!!”
“It was bribery from the Li family! The Li family wanted pharmaceutical approval, so they bribed Wu Zhiyou, more than ten million!”
“In exchange, the Li family also asked that their forge be sealed while they were at it.”
“I... I was confused for a moment, Vice Minister Li. I’ll tell everything! I’m willing to be a cooperating witness too!”
“I beg you, please show some mercy and don’t hand me over to the Swordbearers Hall!!”