Chapter 77

The man's eyeballs nearly popped out of his head!

Then, excruciating pain surged!

He screamed in agony, but a piece of wood was stuffed into his mouth!

The other party used a pair of pliers.

They directly snapped off the index finger of his left hand.

"Where are they?"

The other party repeated that same sentence.

The man was nearly in so much pain that he passed out.

He couldn't recover for a long time.

After a long while, he was covered in sweat, his breath growing weak.

All the luck he had relied on before vanished completely the moment that devil in front of him suddenly snapped off his finger.

"T-There are three branches... in the country..."

"Where?"

"D-Dali, Fangcheng Port, and... and over there in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains... they're all in the Southern Region; I really don't know the specifics..." The man's face was deathly pale, and he was in so much pain he couldn't even open his eyes.

"Are you still working for them?"

"I ran, but they caught me again... They told me to make up for my crimes. I know there's nowhere to escape to, and I have no money to repay the debt from back then; otherwise... they would really kill me..."

"Very good."

The devil in front of him actually said "Very good."

The man opened his eyes; he couldn't see the devil's eyes beneath the sunglasses.

"Since you are still one of them, then tell me: two years ago, during that shootout in Donghai City, a female police officer was shot dead; you should know about this, right?"

Sweat covered the man's deathly pale face; he frowned, dared not speak, and only nodded.

Of course he knew.

The female police officer had saved his daughter, who was only five years old at the time.

The condemnation of his conscience, his dependence on drugs, and the fear of those utterly vicious criminals had accompanied him and imprisoned him all these years.

"Two years ago, who shot that female police officer? What was their name? Where are they now?"

"I only know... it was a Burmese person; everyone calls him 'Luo San'. Besides that... I'm not even a small-time player; I'm just a runner who delivers goods; I only know this much. I beg you, big brother... don't kill me... I beg you..."

A Burmese person.

Drug trafficking.

A criminal syndicate.

Then, the source might have to be traced back to that Golden Triangle.

This is a very valuable gain.

This man wouldn't dare lie; he doesn't have the guts for that.

"What else do you know?"

"Nothing—truly nothing! —Big brother, I beg you! Do you think someone like me could possibly know more? I beg you, let me go... I beg you..." The man was in tears, begging bitterly.

Crack!

The chain around his neck opened.

The man lay on the ground, gasping for air.

"Get out." The devil's voice.

The man didn't even dare to look up at the other party once.

He retreated timidly.

He reached the door and was about to turn and run.

But he heard a voice: "Someone like you, stay away from your seven-year-old daughter. You are already a rotten person, but she still has her life."

"I..." The man froze.

"You are not fit to be a father; your daughter's life is not yours either. Try having a daughter in your next life; do you understand?"

"U-Understood... Big brother, I will definitely do as you say!" The man said, nodding vigorously as he backed away.

Fearing the other party would change his mind, he was about to turn and run out the door.

Then he heard the other party say, "Leave your phone behind."

"O-Okay..." The man raised his hand, placed the phone on the ground, and then ran without looking back.

This man.

He truly did as he said.

From then on, he never went to see Little Jiujiu, who was seven years old, again.

The reason he did as he said was not because he was a man who must keep his promises once made.

It was simply because.

The terrible things that happened in this dark basement.

Made him realize that, in fact, he loved his own life more than he loved his daughter.

After the man crawled away.

Ning Chen raised his hand and took off his sunglasses and mask.

He had already obtained from this person's mouth something beyond his expectations.

The target was now completely clear.

His expression remained exactly the same.

He walked out of the basement.

By now, the lights outside had already come on.

Night had long since fallen.

He got into that Cherokee.

He took out that man's phone.

He found the most recent text message.

It was sent by that man and his daughter Little Jiujiu.

The two had agreed on a meeting place — it was that very same Kendeji from the afternoon.

Under that text, Did Ning Chen typed out another one, telling Little Jiujiu to come out and see him right now.

He was at the entrance of the residential compound.

Ten minutes later.

That little girl called Little Jiujiu came out.

Naturally, she had once again snuck out without telling her older sister.

And in fact, Hearing He He didn't care at all where Little Jiujiu went.

Did Ning Chen rolled down the car window.

Little Jiujiu saw Did Ning Chen and was startled too.

The little girl was no fool — she was just about to turn and run.

But Did Ning Chen called her to stop.

The little girl lowered her head and came over as if she'd done something wrong.

Did Ning Chen told her to get in the car, and she obediently got in.

"Brother-in-law…"

"Don't call me brother-in-law."

"Huh?" Little Jiujiu looked at Did Ning Chen.

"What's your name?" Did Ning Chen looked at her.

"Zhang Xiaonian." Little Jiujiu lowered her head and muttered.

She clearly looked like she was waiting to be scolded.

As for why she should be scolded… she wasn't sure either.

Maybe it was because she'd snuck out late at night.

But she wasn't afraid of the person in front of her.

Because she knew this person was a good person.