Chapter 276: A Seemingly Familiar Script?

Through the mobile phone screen, Feng Mu remained immersed in the quiet of watching, his gaze focused and deep, patiently waiting for the next twist in the footage.

Although he didn't know Ma Bin's full plan, he was certain that Ma Bin live-streaming this footage to him absolutely wasn't simply to let him watch a murder scene, or to invite him to appreciate Hou Wendong's death process.

That would be meaningless, although he indeed had the special hobby of filming and recording other people's crime videos.

Hou Wendong was deep in the trap, his heart constantly hanging in mid-air, so it was inevitable he would overlook many details.

However, the footage Feng Mu saw through the screen was incomparably clear; Li Shang and Chang Erbing's timing of appearance was precisely astonishing, their intervention just right — one second earlier or one second later, and Hou Wendong's emotions wouldn't have experienced such a dramatic rollercoaster.

This kind of near-frame-perfect rescue usually only appears in movies or novels; in reality it's very hard to replicate, unless...

Additionally, the wrench the thug swung down, Hou Wendong might have thought it was Li Shang who saved him at the critical moment.

But Feng Mu, relying on his LV3 dynamic vision, could capture every subtle movement frame by frame in perfect detail, as if watching slow motion.

At the very last instant the wrench fell, the muscle lines on the thug's arm abruptly relaxed and withdrew force, and his wrist deviated slightly by 5 degrees.

The wrist deviation wasn't a deviation caused by being grabbed and thrown, resulting in overall loss of balance, but rather, a localized, active coordination of force.

Simply put, it wasn't Li Shang who saved Hou Wendong, but the thug who spared Hou Wendong's life at the last split second; the thug was clearly using his own life to act.

The subtle eye contact between Li Shang and Chang Erbing also didn't escape Feng Mu's sight; obviously, these two were cooperating, using the thug's life to put on a show for Hou Wendong.

Feng Mu blinked, realizing that LV3 dynamic vision not only works in combat, but can also play a huge role in daily life.

At least, the acting skills of the vast majority of people don't hold up before him.

After all, even a Film Emperor can't withstand having their performance details dissected frame by frame.

Feng Mu blinked slightly, thinking to himself: "A script from hell to heaven back to hell, and then finally returning to heaven?"

Inexplicably, Feng Mu smelled a sense of familiarity from the footage, just like a while ago, he had used a similar script to tailor a play for another character.

That person ultimately chose to unreservedly "sacrifice" his own and his whole family's souls to him.

The corner of Feng Mu's mouth hooked into a strange arc; he stared at Hou Wendong on the screen who seemed about to breathe his last at any moment, while silently counting down in his heart:

"Three, two, one."

With a loud clang, the iron door of the abandoned warehouse was smashed open from outside, and two sweating figures ran into the frame.

One was Ma Bin, one was Ma Wei.

Just like in every story, the protagonist group always arrives late at the most critical moment, yet makes a dazzling entrance.

The moment the two entered the frame, they attracted the gazes of everyone in the footage.

"Captain Li, what are you doing, are you trying to strangle Hou Mi to death?" Ma Bin shouted anxiously and coldly, "Are you confused? Quickly let go of Hou Mi."

Chang Erbing's face changed drastically; he suddenly reached toward his waist, making a move to draw his gun.

Li Shang's palm still clamped Hou Wendong's throat; he turned his head to the side, looking gloomily at the two Ma Bin, his lips moving as if organizing words.

Hou Wendong's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets, bloodshot eyeballs suddenly flashing with a bright light; he desperately rolled his eyeballs, his gaze fixed dead on Ma Bin.

He recognized Ma Bin; he struggled hard with his neck, spitting out a single word from between his teeth: "Save..."

On the ground, Wang Nan's gaze had already scattered, lost focus, quietly awaiting death.

But at this moment, he seemed to experience a final rally before death; suddenly his eyes widened, his gaze stiffly sweeping past Ma Bin, landing straight on the other man following behind him.

"It's him, it's that man!"

This man's appearance, he would never forget even if he died; he stared straight at him, his throat violently coughing out a choking sound of blood.

Ma Wei stopped behind Ma Bin; he lowered his head and met eyes with the blood-choking Wang Nan for one second, then indifferently withdrew his gaze.

Chang Erbing drew his gun and fired, bang, one shot.

Wang Nan was shot between the eyebrows, the coughing stopped, he died quietly with eyes wide open.

After Chang Erbing finished off Wang Nan with a follow-up shot, the muzzle seemed somewhat hesitant, as if unsure whether to aim at the two Ma Bin.

Ma Bin was unmoved, continuing to step forward, grabbing Li Shang's thick arm, and said in a deep voice:

"Captain Li, I don't know why you're doing this, but I think this absolutely isn't your true intention."

Ma Bin didn't wait for Li Shang to explain, then continued:

"No matter who instructed you to do this, you can still let go now; I think Hou Mi afterwards absolutely won't hold it against you."

Ma Bin paused, turned his head and asked Hou Wendong: "Hou Mi, what do you say?"

Hou Wendong's mouth was forced wide open; Ma Bin hurriedly took the opportunity to persuade Li Shang again:

"Captain Li, loosen your hand; at the scene it's just us few; me and Ma Wei aren't a match for you and Chief Chang anyway; you might as well listen to what Hou Mi says; if unwilling, killing us all then isn't too late either."

Li Shang's face was expressionless, but the force of his palm obviously loosened a bit.

Hou Wendong panted heavily; his gaze at Ma Bin was full of gratitude.

After Zheng Si died, he had privately caused Ma Bin some trouble, even sending people to secretly steal account books from the Green Wolf Gang; although they didn't steal them, Ma Bin probably hadn't noticed either.

He never expected that the person who saved his life at the critical moment of life and death would actually be Ma Bin; this really is... life is like a play, fate toys with people.

Although not completely out of danger yet, Hou Wendong felt he had already snatched back half a life; he took a deep breath, and said in an incomparably hoarse voice:

"That's right, what Ma Bin said is right; Captain Li, you let go now, I won't resent you, I'll only be grateful you saved me... twice!"

As the secretary most valued by Wang Xinfa, Hou Wendong's words were still very high-level, and able to move hearts,

"Just now once, now once; I'll just treat it as Captain Li and your brother Chief Chang together saving my two lives; so, no matter what Du Ziteng promised you two, I'll repay you double."

Li Shang frowned; he looked at Chang Erbing, whose face was conflicted: "Captain Li, you decide, I'll listen to you."

Li Shang stared at Hou Wendong, and said fiercely: "Why should I trust you?"

Hou Wendong panted heavily, and replied through gritted teeth:

"Du Ziteng was promoted by me single-handedly; his today is entirely thanks to me; result is he wants to harm me; with such a wolf-hearted dog-lunged person, Captain Li you trust him, really better to trust me; at least without Captain Li you descending from the sky, I'd definitely be a corpse now; so I truly harbor gratitude toward you."

Ma Bin patted Li Shang's arm again, signaling him to release his palm, and simultaneously said in a deep voice:

"Captain Li, in the matter of Boss Zheng, you also saved our Green Wolf Gang, giving me Ma Bin a life-saving grace; I Ma Bin hang out in the underworld, most value loyalty; I'm also willing to stake my life to guarantee for Hou Mi; Hou Mi absolutely won't hold a grudge against you, only feel gratitude; otherwise, I Ma Bin will pay my life to you on Hou Mi's behalf in the future."

Ma Bin's face was serious, his face flashing with the radiance of humanity; this scene was deeply branded into Hou Wendong's eyes; he would forever, forever, forever never forget today's scene.

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