The middle-aged man recalled.
"Seeing your wanted poster, the more I thought about it, the more something felt off. I even quietly peeked through the crack in my neighbor's front door to see if the car parked in their yard had four rings."
"Finally, I discovered that the car was covered with thick plastic sheeting and hidden under the horse shed, making it impossible to discern any identifying marks."
"But precisely because of this, I felt even more that something was amiss, so I decided to call you and have you come over to take a look!"
"What if it's those car thieves?"
As the middle-aged man recounted, Zheng Chengdao finally understood the whole process.
A smile appeared on his face, and he patted the other man's shoulder in admiration, "You did a great job with this. Come, take me to your neighbor's place now."
"It's not far from here!"
"Just around the corner!"
The middle-aged man and his friends led Zheng Chengdao to the neighbor's house. After turning the corner, a house came into view.
As described earlier, the house looked like it hadn't been lived in for a long time. Weeds grew everywhere inside and outside the gate. The courtyard gate was tightly shut, and the two mud-tiled rooms inside were also sealed, showing no signs of life.
Standing outside the wall, they could roughly see some of the situation in the courtyard through the low mud wall.
"Brother, look quickly, that's the horse shed, and the thing covered with thick plastic sheeting underneath is that car."
The middle-aged man said in a low voice. His friends beside him were very nervous and carried tools with them – some had hoes, some had carrying poles, and one even had an axe.
After all, if these were indeed those car thieves, they would surely be bad guys with weapons. In case of any accident, they would have some protection.
Zheng Chengdao merely glanced at it and was already certain that it was indeed a car, though its brand could not be determined.
"You guys stay outside and guard. I'm going in to take a look!"
Zheng Chengdao said, then lightly placed his arms on the mud wall and flexibly flipped over into the courtyard. The entire process was so fast that no one had time to react.
While everyone outside guarded nervously, Zheng Chengdao, after flipping over the wall, strode towards the horse shed.
"Who are you?"
Just then, the tightly closed door was suddenly pushed open forcefully, and a fierce-looking big man emerged.
His gaze fixed directly on Zheng Chengdao, who had flipped into the courtyard, and then swept over the others outside holding various weapons. His eyes shot out a look of deep vigilance.
However, Zheng Chengdao didn't even spare him a glance. He strode directly towards the horse shed.
The big man's expression changed, and he chased after Zheng Chengdao, extending an arm to grab his shoulder, while shouting loudly, "I'm asking you, what are you doing?"
However, his confident grab missed. The weathered older man who had flipped into the courtyard continued to walk towards the horse shed without stopping.
Seeing that the horse shed was getting closer, the big man became anxious and chased after him. This time, he used both his thick arms to grab Zheng Chengdao's body simultaneously.
But Zheng Chengdao seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Just as the big man's arms approached his body, he shifted his steps, causing the big man to miss again.
At this point, less than three to four meters away from the horse shed, Zheng Chengdao leaped inside and grabbed the thick plastic sheeting, tearing it off.
Instantly, a low-key yet luxurious black Audi car appeared in everyone's sight.
In the sunlight, the four rings of the Audi were so conspicuous. The license plate also came from the provincial capital, not a local vehicle.
Outside the wall, the group who had been closely watching the situation inside, upon seeing all this, all shouted with excitement.
"Found it! Found it!!"
"It really is the four rings!"
"My god, this is unbelievable!"
"San Maozi, you've struck gold!"
"There's a reward of ten thousand yuan..."
As for the middle-aged man who provided the information, he was so excited that he couldn't speak for a long time. He had purely tried his luck and hadn't expected to actually find the Audi car from the wanted notice.
Meanwhile, inside the courtyard, after tearing off the plastic sheeting and seeing that it was indeed an Audi car with a provincial license plate, Zheng Chengdao's face became covered with bone-chilling coldness.
He quickly turned around, his cold eyes fixed on the burly man, "You were the one chasing our boss last night, weren't you?"
As soon as he spoke, the big man's expression changed again, his pupils contracting violently. But he still stubbornly said, "Old man, I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Damn it, who told you to inexplicably destroy that plastic sheeting... Ah!!!"
The big man pointed his finger at Zheng Chengdao's forehead and cursed, but before he could finish speaking, his voice turned into a scream of pain.
At some point, Zheng Chengdao had already grabbed the big man's outstretched finger, bending it at a 120-degree angle, his face cold and stern.
The big man's miserable cries of pain finally forced those hiding in the house to come out. The door was kicked open, and three more burly men of similar imposing stature rushed out.
Seeing their companion injured, they swarmed towards Zheng Chengdao, cursing and looking ferocious.
"It really is you!!"
Seeing the three big men rush out, their numbers matching exactly what the boss had said, Zheng Chengdao's cold face revealed a strong killing intent.
With a forceful twist, a crisp cracking sound of bone breaking echoed as the big man's finger was snapped off, bending back against his hand.
At the same time, blood splattered out, spraying onto Zheng Chengdao's clothes, causing him to frown slightly.
"Ahhh!!!"
With his finger broken with brute force, the searing pain made the big man clutch his arm and spin in place, his screams echoing throughout the courtyard.
"San Lao!"
Seeing their companion's finger being snapped off, the three big men who rushed out were filled with furious rage.
"You bastard, I'm going to kill you today!"
"We'll break all ten of your fingers in the same way and then chop them up to feed to the dogs!"
The three big men attacked Zheng Chengdao together, with some even pulling out short knives they carried.
Outside the wall, the onlookers who were initially watching the excitement were already terrified, their faces pale, trembling all over.
It was just about finding a car, right?
How did it turn into a brawl, and with someone's finger being broken off, blood splattering everywhere.
This scene had completely surpassed the comprehension of ordinary people.
But all of this was just the beginning. What happened next completely overturned their understanding.
The remaining three big men jointly attacked Zheng Chengdao. Some even wielded weapons. In the sunlight, the short knives reflected a chilling gleam that was frightening to behold.
"It's over! It's over! Someone's going to die!"
"What should we do? What should we do?!"
The people outside the wall were completely terrified, trembling, and some had even collapsed to the ground in fear, prompting their companions to crouch down to help them.
They were just ordinary folk, and had never witnessed such a scene.
"Call the police! Hurry and call the police!"
Someone suggested, and this proposal was immediately met with unanimous agreement.
But at that moment, the fighting in the courtyard suddenly stopped, and it became very quiet. This made the few people cautiously stand up, looking back into the courtyard with curiosity.
When they saw the situation inside clearly, their eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets, their faces filled with disbelief...