Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Lin Ye’s Show of Force
The contact between Lin Ye and Li Minghui was not much.
But he never had any good feelings about this person.
Because Li Minghui was Gao Wei’s most capable lackey. Li Fei was targeted by Gao Wei largely because of Li Minghui.
"Why is this guy looking for me?"
Lin Ye thought for a moment and felt that when something strange happens, there must be something going on.
Combining this with Li Fei suddenly saying she felt unwell today, Lin Ye couldn’t help but become suspicious.
Could it be that Li Minghui is up to something?
If it followed the development of the previous life, Lin Ye should have slowly come into contact with Li Minghui, Gao Wei, and others after experiencing the Alternate Space riot at Shan City’s settlement.
But this time, some changes are evident.
The time he came in contact with Li Minghui and others was directly moved up to before the riot happened.
"The Young Master of the Gao Family offers five million, inviting you to team up to clear the Seventh-Level Secret Realm!"
This was the message Li Minghui sent to Lin Ye.
"Gao Family Young Master, five million..."
Money wasn’t the concern; rather, the timing of these people’s appearance made Lin Ye feel it was just too coincidental.
Although Lin Ye didn’t know much about Li Minghui, he did know he was a Mechanic.
Since he could become a Mechanic, his talent was likely ’Mechanical Control’!
This talent was something Lin Ye could make great use of.
Some dark thoughts began to form in Lin Ye’s head.
"Although I don’t know what you all are planning... but since you’ve come to me, don’t blame me for being impolite!"
All other team-up requests were ignored by Lin Ye, and he directly singled out and replied to Li Minghui’s message.
"My location is XX, come find me!" Lin Ye replied.
...
On the other side, inside a high-end café at the Professional Plaza.
"It’d be a pity to kill this guy. If he’s willing to work for me, I might let him stay." A tall and sturdy young man frowned slightly.
"Young Master Gao, we can talk about it later! But I dare say, if we don’t kill this guy, Li Fei definitely won’t comply! As her brother, don’t I know my own sister? That girl has everything going for her, but she’s just too stubborn!"
Li Minghui, fearing that the young master in front of him might grow fond of talents, quickly embellished his words with extra vigor.
"Hehe..."
Gao Wei glanced at Li Minghui, speaking with a hint of complaint, "What a pity, Ke Jue’s talent is too high and she’s too proud to handle. Yesterday, when I went to the Black Stone Mine with her, I thought there’d be some bond to foster, but she just used me as a mere thug! Damn it!"
"Young Master Gao, we shouldn’t take that! My sister is not inferior, and she can absolutely serve you well!" Li Minghui eagerly chimed in.
"Right! We have seen Li Minghui’s sister in person, super pretty!"
"Yeah! If it weren’t for Young Master Gao having his eyes on her, I’d be calling Li Minghui my brother-in-law, hahaha!"
The other two immediately echoed.
Gao Wei merely swept a cold glance over the others, snorting, "Stop with the nonsense! No matter how great a woman is, without personal strength, how can one conquer her? I’ve decided, if Lin Ye can assist me well and is willing to work for me, I don’t mind giving him resources to properly cultivate him!"
Li Minghui’s face showed slight embarrassment, yet he quickly nodded and flattered, calling Young Master Gao wise.
"Of course, if he doesn’t appreciate it and tries to compete with me for women, then he can only blame his own bad luck." Gao Wei slightly curled his lips, as if recalling some unforgettable matter.
In recent days, he has already dealt with several ’disobedient’ people within the Secret Realm.
If Lin Ye fails to recognize his situation, he wouldn’t mind using the same method to ’deal’ with Lin Ye.
After all, whatever happens within the Innate Secret Realm, the outside world simply cannot know. If you say he was killed by monsters, who can present evidence to refute it?
As for these lackeys like Li Minghui, it’s even more impossible for them to betray him.
"Young Master Gao, he replied!" Just then, Li Minghui spoke up.
"Got it, got it, tell him to come quickly!" Gao Wei impatiently said.
Li Minghui looked awkward, saying, "He asked us to go find him..."
"Who does this guy think he is? To have Young Master Gao go find him?"
"Is this guy trying to show up Young Master Gao?"
The other two jumped up at this point, faces full of anger.
"I’ll tell him to come right away!" Li Minghui immediately said.
However, he was stopped by Gao Wei.
"No need, just go find him... but he’d better ensure his strength matches his arrogance!"
After speaking, Gao Wei stood up and walked straight outside.
"Young Master Gao, wait for us!"
Seeing this, Li Minghui and the others immediately followed for fear of being left behind.
...
Lin Ye quietly waited in place.
Although he was a somewhat well-known figure in the Shan City’s Professional community, there weren’t actually many who truly knew him at this moment.
Among the people coming and going around, few would pay attention to him.
But just at this time, several people were walking toward Lin Ye.
"This coordinate, facing the Professional Center, counting from the left, under the third streetlight... it’s him!"
Li Minghui mumbled as he finally identified Lin Ye under the streetlight according to the info.
"Young Master Gao, let’s go! Let’s see what this guy is so arrogant about!" A lackey said.
"Let’s go! Stop the nonsense!" Gao Wei, who saw Lin Ye, had a bit of a cold look in his eyes.
Apparently already somewhat displeased.
The group headed over, with Li Minghui calling out first: "Are you Lin Ye?"
This shout gathered attention, and the passing crowd started looking their way.
"Lin Ye? Is that guy Lin Ye? He’s quite handsome..."
"Whoa! So this is the famous Lin Ye?"
"Ah, too bad, my team application got rejected..."
Whispers and murmurs rose from the surroundings.
This made Gao Wei’s facial expression turn even sourer.
Indeed, Lin Ye’s reputation was far more resounding, overshadowing him!
Under the onlookers’ gaze, Lin Ye merely raised his head slightly, glancing at Li Minghui and the others, without any intention of stepping forward.
"This guy even wants us to walk up to him!" Li Minghui was somewhat agitated.
This was just too haughty, wasn’t it?
"Go see what tricks he’s planning!" Clearly, Gao Wei was a bit inflamed with anger.
Seeing this, Li Minghui was actually pleased...
"Lin Ye, oh Lin Ye! You could’ve had a way out, yet you failed yourself!" he chuckled inwardly.
In his view, Lin Ye was setting himself up for death!
But fine, once Lin Ye is dead, Li Fei loses all her backing with no one to help her level up!
Moreover, with Gao Wei’s efforts, it would be hard for her not to conform!