Chapter 19 Someone Has Come

As I turned my head, I saw a man and a woman, about the same age as Yue Ting, walking towards us. Judging by their appearance, they seemed to be siblings.

The man's face was gloomy, and the woman's eyes were filled with hostility as she looked at me.

I was stunned for a moment before I realized – Yue Ting and I might have looked like a young couple playing a game just now.

Plus, Ye Yang and the others were sitting at another table, so they must have misunderstood.

The two of them walked up to our table, and the woman spoke first, "Tingting, is this your boyfriend? Aren't you going to introduce him?"

Yue Ting said calmly, "I'm working. This isn't the time for jokes."

The woman exclaimed exaggeratedly, "So you're meeting with an informant!"

A coldness crept into my gaze as I looked at her. I wouldn't care about a misunderstanding; after all, it wasn't a big deal!

But the woman's actions were malicious.

If I really was Yue Ting's informant, her words could very well get me killed in the streets.

I looked at her and said, "If you have nothing else to do, can you get lost?"

The woman immediately reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and she shouted sharply, "How dare you speak to me like that? Do you have any manners?"

"Get out!" I was too lazy to argue with her. "Yue Ting, our cooperation ends here. Pretend I never contacted you. You can leave!"

Yue Ting's face turned pale. "Mr. Li, my friend is just..."

I said coldly, "I've said it before, I need strong partners. You can't even handle something this simple; I doubt your abilities! Our cooperation ends here, farewell forever."

I stood up and walked out. Yue Ting called after me several times, but I didn't even turn my head.

I didn't go far after leaving the restaurant. I just turned a corner and stopped.

Soon, I saw Yue Ting storming out of the restaurant, with the man and woman chasing after her, constantly trying to explain. Yue Ting refused to turn around.

The three of them finally reached a less crowded area, and the man quickly grabbed Yue Ting. "Tingting, can you at least listen to my explanation?"

Yue Ting finally broke down. "I've been investigating Xiao Fei's disappearance for a year. Now I've finally found someone who can help me, and you two come along and chase him away. What do you want to explain?"

"No matter how you explain it, can you bring him back?"

"Or can you bring Xiao Fei back?"

After she finished speaking, Yue Ting squatted on the ground, buried her head, and began to sob.

The man was at a loss for what to do. The woman quickly squatted down to comfort her. "Tingting, Xiao Fei has been missing for a year. So many of your colleagues have used technical means and still can't find her. Do you think that guy can do it? I think he's probably just scamming you."

"Get away from me! Don't touch me!" Yue Ting pushed her away. "I already told you, I'm working! You still deliberately try to sabotage me. What do you want? If Mr. Li really is an informant, you could have gotten him killed with just one sentence!"

"Leave, all of you leave!"

The man stood up and said, "Tingting, you wait, I will definitely bring him back for you! Don't worry!"

The man turned and left, and I revealed a cold smile from the corner of the street.

Ye Yang walked up from behind me and said, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

I sneered, "I didn't want to involve that Yue Ting in this matter to begin with. It's too easy to get killed."

"Since someone is rushing to their death, I'd feel bad if I didn't help them along."

"Let's go! Let's wait for someone to come knocking."

I hadn't been back at the hotel for long when the man showed up with four bodyguards. I happened to be walking out of the hotel, and we met face-to-face. The man's bodyguard reached out and stopped me. "Halt!"

As I looked up at the man, he walked up and asked condescendingly, "You're called Li Po? An unemployed drifter?"

I glared at him coldly. "Who I am and what I do, is that any of your business?"

The man said, "My name is Dong Tai Ran. Tai Ran Group is named after me by my father."

"If you hadn't gone to bother Tingting, I wouldn't have anything to do with someone like you. Because you're not worthy!"

"Now come back with me and tell Tingting you were lying."

I looked at him with a half-smile. "How much money will you give me to go with you and lie to her?"

Dong Tai Ran said, "Not beating you to death is the biggest reward you'll get. If you don't come with me, something very serious will happen."

A cold glint flashed in my eyes. "With just you few, you really can't stop me! If you want to cause me trouble, bring more people!"

Dong Tai Ran was about to speak, but the bodyguard beside him whispered, "Young Master, be careful, that man is a martial artist. He's also killed people; you can tell from his eyes."

The bodyguard could tell that I had killed people, not from the intuition of someone in the martial world, but because when I was exchanging glances with his companion, I was looking at the other's fatal flaws.

If we really fought, it would be a one-hit kill. Someone who hasn't killed before thinks about how to subdue their opponent first, not how to kill them!

I deliberately revealed my killing intent to test Dong Tai Ran's reaction, so I could figure out what to do next.