Just leaving Su Liuli's office, my phone suddenly rang.
Pulling it out, I saw it was Han Jinlun calling.
The first thing Han Jinlun said after I answered the phone made me jump in fright.
"Brother Xiang, Minglang and Wenjing are gone! I searched all around the nightclub and couldn't find them, and neither of them answered their phones!"
After regaining my senses, I suddenly gripped my phone tightly and lowered my voice, saying, "This is bad! It's likely that the trouble we caused at Tianci Building last night has been exposed!"
"Ah! What should we do?" Han Jinlun asked.
"Don't worry!" I replied quickly, "I'll go back to Su Liuli now and discuss borrowing troops with her!"
Without needing to guess, I knew that Cheng Minglang and Zhu Wenjing's sudden disappearance must be Xiao Tianyu's doing.
I had heard from Su Liuli before that Xiao Tianyu was like a mad dog, biting anyone he encountered, and it was rare for him not to provoke others.
Anyone who foolishly provoked him would at least lose a layer of skin, if not be killed!
So, to save Cheng Minglang and the others, I had to strengthen myself first.
In this unfamiliar region of Longxi, the only connection I could use at the moment was Su Liuli.
After hanging up the phone, I turned and walked back towards Liuli Nightclub.
Just a couple of steps later, my phone in my pocket started ringing again.
I thought it was Han Jinlun calling again, but to my surprise, it was an unknown number.
After pressing the answer button...
"Kid, do you know who I am?"
A cold and sinister voice rang out.
Hearing this, after a moment of thought, I blurted out without hesitation, "You're Wang Chao!!!"
"Heh heh~ As expected of someone who can hear dice, your ears are quite sharp!" Wang Chao on the other end of the line chuckled coldly.
Taking a deep breath, I suppressed my anger and asked coldly, "Stop the nonsense, just say what you want!"
"Get it straight, it's not what I want!" After a deliberate pause, Wang Chao continued, "It's you who provoked first, and I'm just defending myself! Don't act like you're innocent!"
"If you don't want your brothers to be beaten to death by us, come to Tianci Building right now!"
"Remember, you can only bring that other companion. If you dare to bring anyone else, I guarantee! I guarantee your brother will die a miserable death!"
After speaking, Wang Chao hung up the phone.
Hearing his smug and arrogant tone, I was furious, wishing I could smash my phone to the ground.
In the end, I managed to suppress my surging anger.
There was no other way; this was not the time for helpless outbursts and tantrums.
Since Wang Chao called me directly, it meant his revenge had arrived.
With the person in his hands, I had no other choice but to obey and go to the meeting...
Thinking of this, I quickly called Han Jinlun and told him about Cheng Minglang and the others being captured.
After hearing my description, Han Jinlun was furious and cursed Wang Chao for not playing by the rules.
After cursing, Han Jinlun advised me not to walk into a trap, as this was definitely a trap.
I was the main culprit. If I went directly without any precautions, not only would Cheng Minglang surely die, but I would likely not be able to save myself.
Han Jinlun said he would go alone to scout the way, and asked me to stay outside to stall for time and think of a plan.
Of course, I knew this was a trap set specifically for me by Wang Chao, and I also knew that Han Jinlun's words were all reasonable.
I was the one who caused the trouble. If I went without any defenses or backup, the most likely outcome would be no return.
But Cheng Minglang and Zhu Wenjing were in his hands, and that alone was enough to make me hesitate.
As I was thinking intently, Han Jinlun ran over, panting, from the pedestrian plaza to the west.
After catching his breath, Han Jinlun frowned and said, "Brother Xiang, how about this..."
"I'll tell Su Liuli about this. With my sister's connection, she definitely won't stand by and watch."
"As long as she intervenes, we might have a chance to turn the tables!"
Seeing my silence, Han Jinlun made the decision, "It's settled then, Brother Xiang! I'll go find Wang Chao, and call Su Liuli for help on the way. You stay at the nightclub and wait for news!"
"As long as you don't show yourself, Wang Chao will at most give us some physical pain!"
Hearing this, I resolutely shook my head and replied, "Even if Su Liuli is willing to intervene, do you think she would really openly oppose the Xiao family out of consideration for your sister?"
"Besides, we were the ones who initiated the trouble in the first place, and we're not in the right."
As soon as I finished speaking, Han Jinlun was speechless.
In fact, there were some things I didn't say explicitly.
From the way Su Liuli dealt with those people earlier, although breaking their arms was ruthless, there was no follow-up after the ruthlessness.
She neither continued to pursue accountability nor clearly stated her intention to retaliate.
What did this indicate?
It indicated that in the eyes of businessmen, the gains and losses were always the top priority.
As long as it didn't reach a point of no return, they would endure it as much as possible.
Also, regarding the cooperation I mentioned earlier, Su Liuli had listened, but she hadn't given a clear response before I left.
Therefore, I concluded that Su Liuli, at this stage, was likely not yet pushed to the point of desperation by Xiao Tianyu.
If I said these words, I worried that with Han Jinlun's simple-minded nature, he would immediately go to his sister and complain.
If this happened, the unknowing Han Qingmei would undoubtedly assume that I was instigating her relationship with Su Liuli behind her back.
There's no such thing as helping justice over kinship; it's always helping kinship over justice!
.........
Lighting a cigarette and taking two deep puffs, I sighed softly, "If it's fate, it can't be avoided; if it's trouble, it can't be dodged!"
"Since Cheng Minglang and Zhu Wenjing are in their hands, and the other party has clearly asked us to come, then we can only comply!"
"I don't believe that Wang Chao would dare to be so audacious as to kill all four of us at once!"
Hearing this, Han Jinlun immediately nodded in agreement, "That's true!"
"Even killing four pigs would cause quite a commotion!"
"It's unrealistic to make four living people disappear so inexplicably!"
"Let's go! Whether it's a mountain of knives or a dragon's lair ahead, we'll just do it!!!"
I didn't say much more, but nodded heavily, then quickly walked onto the street to hail a taxi.
About twenty minutes later.
The taxi arrived in front of Tianci Building, where five or six bodyguards in black suits were standing at attention at the entrance.
After a clean and efficient pat-down, Han Jinlun and I were each detained by bodyguards, taken inside, and boarded an elevator, heading straight for the manager's office on the upper floor...