Chapter 241: with translation of chapter title

Ma Biao flew and fell several meters, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood upon landing.

He lay paralyzed on the spot, unable to get up.

Jian Sining watched the scene, feeling certainly satisfied that the arrogant bastard got what he deserved, yet thinking of the possible consequences Lin Dongfan might face, she felt uneasy.

She turned to look at her senior brother's expression; he was truly angry.

He even tossed his gas mask aside, standing in the rain, upright and unyielding! Was he doing this for me? Just because that bastard insulted me?

For no reason, Jian Sining's heartbeat sped up considerably.

Jian Sining walked over holding a black umbrella, asking concernedly: "Senior brother, should we go back to the guesthouse first? You're soaking wet……"

It's fine.

Lin Dongfan stepped out from under the umbrella again.

He stepped forward, pressing down on one guard's chest, and asked coldly: "Where is Li Zhong?"

"What… what Li Zhong? I don't know him…" the guard stammered: "I'm just a little guard, brother, please spare me……"

"You're not guards; you're Gao Lu's lackeys!"

Lin Dongfan applied a bit more pressure with his foot.

Instantly, the guard felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, breathing became difficult, and it felt as if his ribcage were about to be crushed.

The guard, red-faced from strain, gasped: "Bro… brother, go… go easier, my ribs are about to break……"

"Speak, where is Li Zhong?"

Lin Dongfan coldly looked down at the guard on the ground, his foot pressure not lessening in the slightest.

The guard, on the verge of tears, cried: "You… are you saying you're from the Anti-Corruption Bureau? Your tactics make me feel you're more like a thug than we are……"

"Enough with the nonsense! Are you going to talk or not?" Lin Dongfan pressed down harder again.

The guard let out a pained "uh" and replied: "I really don't know…… who Li Zhong is……"

"The founder of Qiangsheng Petrochemical, Li Chunyan, is Li Zhong's son! His son was wrongfully arrested, and Old Li came here to find evidence—you really didn't see him?!" Lin Dongfan's gaze was like a blade.

The guard, suddenly enlightened, explained: "We drove him away; he should now be at the High-Tech Zone Administrative Committee, looking for Director Zhao……"

"If you'd said so earlier, it would've been over; really asking for a stomping."

Lin Dongfan lowered his leg and released the man, then looked up at the other guards, still lying on the ground. Especially the security captain Ma Biao, who lay several meters away, motionless as if dead.

It's unknown who called the police.

Just as Lin Dongfan was preparing to go to the committee, a wailing police car screeched over—it was personnel from the High-Tech Zone Public Security Bureau.

Four officers got out, holding umbrellas.

The team leader was surnamed Huang, a captain of the bureau.

Captain Huang glanced at the five people lying on the ground, then at Lin Dongfan; saying he wasn't shocked would be false.

I'd long heard that Lin Dongfan's methods were wild—digging up ancestors' graves, tearing down ancestral homes, doing anything! I never imagined he was also a martial artist, capable of taking on five opponents single-handedly.

"Was it you alone who took them down?" Captain Huang eyed Lin Dongfan doubtfully.

Before Lin Dongfan could reply, Jian Sining interjected: "They started it, not only obstructing official duties but also threatening me with vulgar language!"

"I didn't ask you."

Captain Huang glanced at Jian Sining.

He then fixed his gaze on Lin Dongfan: "One against five?"

"I could also take on nine."

Lin Dongfan looked at Captain Huang and the three officers behind him, plus the five guards on the ground—exactly nine people.

That disdainful look of eating fruit left Captain Huang speechless for a moment.

For a moment, Captain Huang really wanted to pull out his handcuffs, but dared not; Lin Dongfan was no petty shrimp but a Division-level imperial envoy.

When big shots tear at each other, ordinary people don't even have time to hide; who would be foolish enough to wade into the mess?

These five guards on the ground, blind to the imperial envoy, are idiots.

This is the consequence of not knowing one's limits.

Captain Huang steadied himself and, with a stiff upper lip, appealed to Lin Dongfan: "I'm also friends with Yang Qing; forget the monk's face, look at the Buddha's—please, in the future, show some leniency and don't cause trouble in the High-Tech Zone."

"Didn't you hear? They were the ones obstructing official duties and striking first." Lin Dongfan furrowed his brows slightly: "How did it become me causing trouble?"

"Boss, that guy vomited blood and lies on the ground unable to speak." Captain Huang turned to look at Ma Biao on the ground, then added: "I don't even know if he can hold out until 12:00 arrives at the scene."

"He won't die."

Saying that, Lin Dongfan turned and walked away.

Captain Huang hurriedly caught up two steps, accompanying him all the way: "Section Chief Lin, the High-Tech Zone Public Security Bureau is whatever Qian Mu-ye says; Director Qian's relationship with Gao Lu is not shallow. After you beat people today and just walk away, Director Qian will surely give me a severe scolding……"

"Are you trying to arrest me?"

Lin Dongfan gave a light smile, cutting off Captain Huang's words.

Captain Huang replied without hesitation: "Not at all; I mean, today you happened to meet me on duty, which is also a sort of luck—if you'd run into someone else on duty, this matter would have gotten complicated."

Between the lines, brother, I'm basically taking the heat for you!

Lin Dongfan, understanding, smiled: "Got it. Go back and clean up your mess. When Yang Qing arrives in Nanzhou, let's find a time to get together."

"Alright, take it easy."

Captain Huang stopped there, watching Lin Dongfan and Jian Sining walk away.

An officer came over and asked: "Captain Huang, are you really letting them go?"

"They're the team leader sent from Jingcheng; if you don't want to live, go arrest him." Captain Huang retorted offhand, leaving the officer speechless with a bitter smile.

From Qiangsheng Petrochemical to the High-Tech Zone Administrative Committee, it's only a little over a thousand meters.

Jian Sining held up the black umbrella, walking alongside Lin Dongfan in the rain. Recalling how Lin Dongfan had earlier flared up in anger for her sake, her heart still pounded like a deer's.

She instinctively moved closer to Lin Dongfan, tilting most of the umbrella toward him.

Just a moment.

He himself got half of his body soaked.

Lin Dongfan noticed this thoughtful little detail and couldn't help but joke: "Are you stupid? My whole body is already soaked; having an umbrella or not makes no difference."

"Who said that if you're wet you should keep standing in the rain?" Jian Sining continued to tilt the umbrella toward Lin Dongfan's side, laughing all the way: "If you get into trouble from the rain, I won't be able to bear the responsibility."

"In Jianglan there's lots of rain; when I was in Jingcheng, I couldn't see a single rain for several months."

Speaking of Jingcheng, Lin Dongfan again thought of his wife Chu Lingxi, not knowing whether that sweet simpleton is currently coaxing a child or an old man.

Lin Dongfan put away that heart-wrenching longing.

He quickened his pace: "The director of the High-tech Zone Management Committee, Zhao Lianyue, in order to become vice mayor, wholeheartedly curries favor with the Gao family. Li Zhong going to see him is purely a desperate move, like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. Hurry up; if we're late, he might not even see tomorrow morning's sun."

"That can't be." Jian Sining doubted: "Does Zhao Lianyue dare to kill someone?"

Lin Dongfan furrowed his brow slightly: "Zhao Lianyue doesn't need to kill Li Zhong himself to make him die; just drive Li Zhong to a certain depth of despair, and Li Zhong will lose the will to live."

"Senior brother, do you think the ethylene warehouse explosion might be related to Zhao Lianyue?" Jian Sining asked.

Lin Dongfan replied without hesitation: "Although this explosion wasn't directly arranged by him, he also bears suspicion of covering it up."

At this moment, Zhao Lianyue probably never dreamed that today would be his doom.