"Li Chonglou, stop!"
Guan Jian shouted to stop him, but his voice was not as fast as Li Chonglou's actions.
He could only watch as Tian Shan suddenly sat up and attacked Li Chonglou, only to have his head blown off with a heavy punch, and he fell to the ground.
Xiao Da's eyelids twitched wildly, recalling how he had looked down on Li Chonglou when they first met.
His face was burning with shame, and he wished he could slap himself.
"You kid, you've got guts!" Zhou Jiao, who was watching from the roof with his sniper scope, grinned.
Li Chonglou slowly pulled out his brass knuckles, ignoring Guan Jian upstairs.
Instead, he looked at the distant sky, retracted his fist, and gently stroked the brass knuckles.
His voice choked, "Brother Xu, revenge is served. Rest in peace..."
Wu Zhengjiang watched him from the side, saying nothing, his expression a little moved.
Before coming to Yong'an and Qinzhou, he had been full of reluctance.
He felt that a young man in his twenties had no right to require his personal protection?
But the orders from that person could not be disobeyed, so he had to come reluctantly, and even bothered to see him in Qinzhou.
He had only warned Lu Weishen.
Who would have thought that in Yong'an, he would receive an order from that person to ensure Li Chonglou's safety and, if necessary, kill Tian Shan.
Now, he finally understood why that person valued this young man so much.
In him, he saw rationality, cunning, passion, and loyalty – several contradictory personalities.
Yet, they blended together so perfectly.
At just over twenty years old, he was like this. If he were given a few more years to develop, he would not be an ordinary person.
So this was the reason that person sent him in person.
"Come down and collect the corpse." Li Chonglou suppressed the tears welling up in his eyes, controlled the emotions surging in his heart, and then looked at the stunned Guan Jian.
The two of them escorted the pale female secretary downstairs.
"Why did you help me?" Li Chonglou asked Wu Zhijiang, seizing the opportunity.
He had no connection with the Wu family.
In his past and present lives, it was the same. Apart from Wu Zhengjiang, he had not interacted with anyone from the Wu family or their affairs.
Wu Zhengjiang had come to Qinzhou and helped him deal with Tian Shan in Yong'an.
If it weren't for him, his plan today, though not necessarily a failure, would have been ten times more difficult.
Tian Shan would not have held back or been cautious, and making the old fox lower his guard for a fatal blow was not an easy task.
Moreover, Wu Zhengjiang had placed the woman's dagger into Tian Shan's hand, turning his intentional killing into self-defense.
It was a stroke of genius.
It could be said that Wu Zhengjiang's appearance was completely beyond his expectations.
Even with his intelligence, he couldn't figure it out.
"Stop guessing. Someone asked me to help you, but I can't tell you who," Wu Zhengjiang said with a grin, stating it plainly: "He said the time is not yet right, and the more you know, the more trouble it will bring."
"When the time comes, you will naturally meet."
"My business here is done. Take care of yourself. See you again if fate allows."
With that, he clasped his hands behind his back and turned to leave.
Extremely潇洒.
Watching his tall back, Li Chonglou's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.
Wu Zhengjiang's words were like farting, offering no clues.
With his abilities, he couldn't even track him, leaving him with no choice but to be kept in the dark.
At this moment, Guan Jian, along with Xiao Da and the woman, rushed down.
Seeing Tian Shan's tragic death, the woman's eyes turned red, and she gritted her teeth, glaring at Li Chonglou.
"Stop glaring at me. Take her back and clarify the whereabouts of the cultural relics that Ren He was cheated out of." Li Chonglou didn't care about her murderous gaze.
He took the tissue paper handed by Xiao Da, wiped the blood and brain matter from his hands and the brass knuckles.
He waved to Zhou Jiao and the other person on the roof.
"Chonglou, are you okay?" From a distance, Ning Lang arrived with Zheng Rui.
Beside him was Xiao Yun, who looked worried.
"As you can see, I didn't die. How are things on your end?" Li Chonglou smiled with relief and hugged Ning Lang and Xiao Yun.
"All the subordinates Tian Shan transferred were intercepted by us in coordination with the Eagle soldiers and have been handed over to the public security organs. Not a single one escaped." Ning Lang said proudly, patting Li Chonglou's shoulder and laughing, "Thanks to you, I've made a great contribution, and I might be able to turn from black to white."
He had wanted to pose as a guest at the auction and help Li Chonglou kill Tian Shan, but he was rejected.
Instead, Li Chonglou told him that Tian Shan would definitely have a backup plan, so he brought his men to wait outside the Han Palace to observe the situation.
He didn't expect it to be true. When the guests were surrounded by Tian Shan's men, he immediately took action and surrounded them.
In the Yong'an area, no one could act presumptuously under him, the local overlord.
All the auction guests were safely sent away, and the mission was completed.
When he rushed over to support, Li Chonglou had already eliminated Tian Shan and avenged his great grievance.
"You, just take your time cleaning up." Li Chonglou laughed heartily.
"Chonglou, Xu Lie can rest in peace now," Xiao Yun finally chimed in, "And you? What are your plans next?"
"Are you staying in Yong'an or returning to Qinzhou?"
"Yes, Chonglou. Tian Shan's matter is settled, and the Eagles are not in a hurry to call you back. Why don't you stay in Yong'an with Zhou Jiao so you can look out for each other?" Ning Lang said expectantly.
A man dies for his confidant. Li Chonglou was his confidant.
He wished they could stay together every day, teasing and mocking each other. Men's friendship was strange like that.
"Sister Yun, Ning Lang, Brother Xu's great revenge has been avenged, but don't forget that I've also offended a big shot." Li Chonglou could feel their sincerity and smiled, "Wherever I stay, trouble follows."
"However, during this period, that big shot hasn't retaliated against me further. There must be a reason behind it."
"I need to figure out this reason."
"I can't stay in Yong'an for now. I need to go back to Qinzhou and then to Shangjing after the New Year!"
Xiao Yun was shocked and asked, "Is there someone in Shangjing who is very important to you?"
"Yes, very important." Li Chonglou nodded solemnly.
Wu Zhengjiang's appearance had filled him with countless doubts, reigniting the extinguished expectation.
He had been to Kunling and knew that his father had been possessed and reborn by Wu Tianze. Wu Zetian, the Wu family... wasn't this too much of a coincidence?
Could it be?
An extremely absurd but undeniable possibility exploded in his mind.
Without finding out this person's identity, he could not rest assured.
But before that, he had to return to Qinzhou and have a good New Year.
"Don't leave yet. We must spend New Year's Day in Yong'an, at the Han Palace. I'll arrange a table and invite everyone. After dinner, I'll let you go." Ning Lang asked no further questions.
He knew that Li Chonglou had his reasons for everything he did.
It was unknown when they would meet again after this parting.
"Okay, tomorrow is New Year's Day. I'll spend it with you!" Li Chonglou no longer refused, and instantly fell into Ning Lang's arms, closing his eyes.
"Chonglou... Chonglou, what's wrong?" Xiao Yun and Ning Lang's faces changed dramatically.
They thought he had been seriously injured and gone into shock from the fight with Tian Shan, only to find that he had fallen asleep from exhaustion.
The string that had been taut for so many days had finally relaxed.