Chapter 903: Who Is Scheming Against Whom

As soon as Li Xiao finished speaking, the man opposite him saw his expression change abruptly, looking rather ugly.

Li Xiao's expression, however, was even more resolute.

Linke would not want him to die so easily.

There was simply too much information that could be pried out of his mouth.

What they wanted was a living version of him; if no information could be pried out, it wouldn't be too late to torture him to death slowly, but at the very least, they wouldn't kill him immediately.

Seeing the other party remain silent, Li Xiao's finger slowly hooked onto the trigger.

He continued, "I have heard a little about Linke's style. It is said that where you are, if an assigned mission is not completed well, the lightest punishment is to cut off a finger. I wonder, since you didn't bring me back alive and instead lost the possibility of ever prying any information out of me, how many of your fingers will be left?"

Li Xiao had the tone of someone watching a show, his gaze unhurriedly sweeping over the man's right hand, which was already missing a finger.

Immediately after, he saw the other party sensitively clench his hand into a fist, a hint of ruthlessness suddenly appearing on his face.

"Don't stall. Bring her out to see me, and we'll make a deal. I will surrender, and you let her leave safely. Anyway, haven't the people I arranged already been under your surveillance? What are you still worried about?"

"Shura!"

In the earpiece, everyone heard his decision and instantly became tense.

Li Xiao, however, acted as if he hadn't heard them, still staring fixedly at the person opposite him.

In any case, he had already prepared for the worst when he came.

Even if some accident occurred, with Mu Liusu holding things down, the Dark Gate would not fall into chaos.

"Have you considered it? I have no interest in dragging this out with you." Li Xiao spoke up to urge him again.

Yet for some reason, even though things had reached this point, the other party still refused to give an answer.

Seeing this, Li Xiao couldn't help but frown, quickly glancing toward the direction of the villa.

But every window had heavy curtains drawn, making it impossible to see the situation inside.

Li Xiao felt a sense of unease.

The string pulled taut in his mind was also reaching its breaking point.

Finally—

The other party spoke again: "I can let you see her, but you have to come in with me..."

"I won't go in. You bring her to the door and let me confirm her safety, and I will immediately surrender and go with you!"

Li Xiao cut the other party off directly.

He wouldn't be stupid enough to go straight inside.

Outside, there might still be a sliver of room for a turnaround.

But once inside, it would be a narrow escape from death.

The man was very hesitant, not knowing what he was thinking, before replying with a sour expression, "Wait here!"

As he said this, he waved his hand to signal the others to keep an eye on Li Xiao, while he himself intended to return inside the villa.

Just at this moment—

"Bang!"

A loud noise suddenly rang out on the mountain.

The people present could not be more familiar with this sound.

It was the sound of a gunshot!

A flash of panic quickly crossed the man's face, and he turned around in disbelief to look toward the direction of the mountain.

Li Xiao hadn't reacted either, but his body moved faster than his brain, quickly flashing to hide behind his own car!

Immediately after, he saw that the group of people in front had already lost their footing.

"There's an ambush!"

Someone shouted, and they turned and ran toward the villa!

"There's someone on the mountain, save Xiao Tang first!"

Li Xiao didn't know what was going on, but he growled into the earpiece, and without another word, he grabbed his weapon from the car again and charged straight into the villa!

He discovered that the entire villa living room was empty.

It seemed that everyone had just been gathered outside the door.

Li Xiao paused his steps and swept his gaze around rapidly.

Immediately after, he heard the sound of car doors closing from the villa's backyard.

He ran over immediately.

He saw that a few of them had already gotten into the cars.

But he did not find any sign of Cai Xiaotang!

With two "bangs," Li Xiao's bullets struck the tires of one of the cars that was about to start!

Following closely, Mu Liusu arrived with the others!

The group managed to detain everyone in the courtyard with almost no effort!

Li Xiao immediately said, "Go check the interiors and trunks of all the cars!"

Mu Liusu also spoke up, "The rest of you go check all the rooms; don't let a single place go unsearched!"

The group took their orders and left.

Li Xiao's expression, however, was terrifyingly gloomy; he stepped forward and kicked the man from earlier over, gritting his teeth as he asked, "Where is she? Where did you hide her?"

"Heh..."

The man suddenly sneered, his face full of mockery.

"So what if there's an ambush? Do you really think you can find her here?"

"What do you mean?"

Mu Liusu suddenly sensed something, and a flash of panic quickly crossed her face, which usually never betrayed any emotion.

Immediately after, she heard that man continue.

"To tell you the truth, that woman isn't here at all. Today was just to test how much sincerity you really have. As it turns out... it was just as we guessed; you had already prepared an ambush. But it doesn't matter. If I don't return to report on time, then... you guess, will that woman's life still be safe? Hmm? Hahahaha..."

As the man spoke, he burst into arrogant laughter.

A ruthless glint flashed in the eyes of Li Xiao and Mu Liusu.

They had been played...

Linke never intended to let Cai Xiaotang go!

Li Xiao's knuckles, tightly clenched into fists, had turned somewhat white and were cracking audibly.

If he could, he would have loved to tear the bones of the person in front of him apart!

But if he wanted to ensure the safety of Cai Xiaotang, he had no choice but to let him go!

Li Xiao and Mu Liusu exchanged a glance, neither of them speaking.

The man did not urge them either, his expression growing increasingly at ease, fully confident that he would definitely be released.

Another moment passed.

The few people who had gone to search returned one after another, indicating that they had found no trace of Cai Xiaotang anywhere.

After a long while—

"Get lost!"

Li Xiao finally spat out the two words in a low voice, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

"Shura..."

Lao San, who was grabbing the man, was somewhat reluctant to let go.

"Let him go."

Mu Liusu also spoke up, her tone brooking no argument.

After a long while—

Lao San finally released his grip, albeit unwillingly.

"Ha..."

The man deliberately smiled at Lao San with contempt, and then, completely unafraid of death, waved at Li Xiao.

"Shura, then let's... meet again another day. I hope next time, your sincerity will satisfy us."

He dropped this sentence and, taking his own people with him, turned and swaggered away.

"Shura, are we just letting him go like this? We can follow him!"

Laoqi and the others were all somewhat indignant, unwilling to have been played like this for nothing.

Immediately after, they saw Mu Liusu wave over the person beside her and whisper an order: "Go follow them, don't get discovered."

"Yes."

That person acknowledged the order and left.

The next second, however, a few more people walked in from outside the villa.

As soon as they saw Mu Liusu, they hurriedly reported: "Shadow Fiend, a battle just took place on the mountain, but it's very strange; it wasn't our people, nor was it the people from the other side..."