Chapter 338: You Must Compensate Me
Xiao Ye's gaze swept over them. "As for the battle plan, I trust you're all capable of devising one yourselves."
These Cyan Dragon Warriors were no ordinary elite soldiers.
They had been trained on Cyan Dragon Mountain to become secret weapons.
Each one of them was highly skilled and incredibly powerful.
"Yes, sir!"
Xiao Ye was confident leaving it to the Cyan Dragon Warriors.
If even they couldn't handle it, that would mean the stronghold was extremely dangerous.
Even Xiao Ye himself might run into trouble if he went in.
The Cyan Dragon Warriors vanished.
Xiao Ye left the village as well. Instead of returning to stake out the prison perimeter, he drove to another location.
'Since I'm here anyway, I might as well go see someone.'
'He is, after all, an old friend of my master.'
Xiao Ye drove his car and soon entered the city.
Going from the desolate wilderness to the bustling city felt jarring, almost like stepping into another world.
Suddenly, a car horn blared from behind him.
Xiao Ye glanced in his rearview mirror and saw the car behind him flashing its turn signal frantically, clearly wanting to overtake and change lanes.
But the traffic was heavy. If he let the other car cut in, it would likely cause a traffic jam behind him.
With this in mind, he didn't react.
The car behind him seemed to go crazy, laying on the horn. The piercing sound was grating and irritating.
Xiao Ye rolled up his window, shutting out the annoying noise.
Anyway, after the next traffic light, he would be turning onto a wider road.
BANG!
The car suddenly lurched!
It felt as if something had just hit him from behind!
Xiao Ye looked in the rearview mirror. Sure enough, the other car had rear-ended him!
The door of the car behind opened, and a young man stepped out.
He looked to be in his twenties, a look of impatience on his face.
Judging by his expression, he was an impulsive person who acted without considering the consequences—the type to get into serious trouble.
And given his agitated state, he probably had some sort of psychological issue; otherwise, he wouldn't have done something like intentionally ramming another car.
The young man came up to his door and started banging on the window.
Xiao Ye rolled down the window, but before he could say a word, the other guy opened fire like a machine gun.
"Hey, are you blind? How many times did I honk? How many times did I flash my signal?"
"I was telling you to let me pass, couldn't you see?"
"Damn it, now my car's been hit! What are you going to do about it?"
Xiao Ye raised an eyebrow, catching the implication in his words. "I should compensate you?"
"Yeah! You think I should be the one compensating you? Take a look at this piece of junk you're driving! Is it even worthy?"
Because he didn't want to attract too much attention, Xiao Ye was driving one of his subordinates' cars.
His subordinates, who were responsible for investigations and surveillance, couldn't drive conspicuous luxury cars. They used either old, beat-up vans or ordinary sedans.
Xiao Ye chuckled. "Let's be clear. You're the one who hit me."
"So what?" the young man retorted, jutting out his chin. "This is a limited edition car! You have to pay me back!"
"Otherwise, I'll fucking kill you in minutes!"
"How about this? I won't ask for much. Just pay me two hundred thousand! It's your fault for not getting out of my way. If you'd just let me pass earlier, you wouldn't have to fork over two hundred grand!"
Xiao Ye glanced at his license plate—the numbers were very auspicious.
Seeing the gawking expressions of the other drivers, he pretty much understood.
This young man's status was clearly not ordinary, or rather, his license plate wasn't.
It was probably recognizable to many people, so whenever he wanted to change lanes, cars in front would just let him.
Today, having run into a tough nut like Xiao Ye, he had lost his temper and rammed him.
Xiao Ye glanced at his watch. He was running out of time for his appointment with his master's old friend.
Besides, the light ahead was about to change; there were only about twenty seconds left.
"If you don't cough up that two hundred thousand today, you're not going anywhere! I've already called my buddies. We'll surround you!"
"Unless you ram your way through us, don't even think about leaving!"
Since the other party was putting it that way, Xiao Ye saw no reason to be polite. "Compensation is impossible. However... I can compensate you with a new car. We'll just have to see if you're fortunate enough to enjoy it!"
After speaking, Xiao Ye rolled up his window.
'Since he's so insistent on compensation, fine, I'll give it to him!'
'But... not like this!'
Xiao Ye slammed on the accelerator!
To the young man's utter disbelief, his car suddenly shot backward.
CRUNCH!
A loud crash echoed.
The young man's car was slammed directly into the side guardrail, its front end completely mangled!
"You... you're crazy!"
"This is a limited edition car, and you actually smashed it up like this!"
With this level of damage, forget two hundred thousand—even four hundred thousand wouldn't be enough to fix it!
Just then, the light turned green, and Xiao Ye sped off without a second glance.
He picked up his phone. "Run this license plate for me, find the owner, then get an identical car and have it delivered to their house."
"I don't care who has the other one; just send it over."
The young man was left standing there, his face livid with rage. "Fuck! FUCK!"
"You son of a bitch, you just wait! I'll make sure you regret this!"
"I'll run you out of Qing City!"
His car was undrivable. This time, he really had no choice but to wait for his friends to pick him up.
「Half an hour later.」
The young man's friends hadn't arrived, but a car delivery service had.
A limited edition sedan, identical to his original one, was being slowly lowered onto the ground.
He was completely stunned. "What... what's going on?"
The delivery person came up to him. "Someone had us deliver this new car to you. Please sign for it."
"Oh, and we'll be towing away your old car. Since this is compensation, we have the right to take the old one."
The young man never expected that when Xiao Ye said he would compensate him, he actually meant it.
This was... like a dream!
'A limited edition car, delivered in just half an hour?'
Soon, a tow truck came and hauled the old car away.
The young man excitedly got into the new car. It was indeed identical to his old one, though it had clearly been driven before.
There was even half a tank of gas left in it.
But it didn't matter. He wasn't picky. In any case, it was better than his original car.
He wasn't someone who took good care of his cars. He had occasional manic episodes where he would smash things up, and the car had already been repaired several times.
The young man excitedly started the car and drove all the way home.
As soon as he walked in the door, he ran into his father.
"Dad, I'm back!"
The man nodded, but as he was about to speak, he noticed the car. "That's not your original car, is it?"
This one was obviously in better condition, and even the license plate was different.
"Yeah, it's not my old one. I ran into some moron today."
"He crashed my car and then gave me this one as compensation!"
The man's expression grew serious. He'd heard of compensation for car accidents, but never a whole new car!
Besides, this was a limited edition model. There were only two of them in all of Qing City.