Chapter 31: Former Enemies

The car had been driving on the highway for about an hour and a bit when it turned onto a bumpy dirt road.

At this point, looking out, there were no lights or houses in sight; the roadside was nothing but dense green forest.

Li Yihu and Wang Lan, who were in the same car as Li Jiaci, saw this scene and their expressions clearly tightened.

And seeing Wang Lan, his whole body was tense as if he were a statue.

Li Jiaci reached over and patted his arm, softly saying, "Brother's here."

Wang Lan turned his head, glanced at him, and nodded slightly.

It was also at this moment.

The car made a left turn and drove into the forest.

After going forward for about two or three minutes, the car stopped in a small clearing.

"Gentlemen, we've arrived!"

The driver in the car said to the several people.

The several people didn't hesitate and all got out of the car.

When they got out of the car.

Liu Jiang, Zhao Chen, and the other two had also just gotten out of the car.

After glancing left and right, they all stepped forward toward Li Jiaci.

Li Jiaci lowered his voice to the several people: "Since we're here, let's settle in; no one should act rashly—first see what's going on."

"Good."

The several people all nodded in response.

At that moment, Lin Zhong also walked up in front of the several people, smiling, and said, "Zhen Ge is just ahead; I'll lead you there!"

"Good!"

Li Jiaci didn't hesitate, immediately leading the several brothers to follow Lin Zhong's steps toward a left-side forest narrow path that could no longer be called a road.

They passed through a small grove of trees with a radius of about thirty or forty meters.

Ahead, a light appeared, and faintly they could hear scattered chatter.

As they drew nearer, Li Jiaci and the others could also make out the scene before them.

Directly ahead of them was a small clearing not very large, where a group of twenty-odd people each held a flashlight, standing there, gathering in twos and threes to chat.

Of course, more were standing in the middle of the clearing, staring at the few people wielding iron shovels and digging a pit.

"Holy shit?"

Zhao Chen couldn't help but say, "That guy digging the pit looks just like Zhao Pangzi!"

"What the hell, looks like?"

Li Yihu said, "Isn't that Zhao Pangzi?"

Hearing the two's conversation.

Li Jiaci also lifted his head and glanced.

Upon seeing that stout figure vigorously swinging an iron shovel, his heart gave a sudden jolt.

He seemed to know what Wang Zhen intended to do.

And just then, a voice suddenly entered his ears.

"Hey, Li brother."

"I've been waiting for you a while."

Accompanying the voice, Wang Zhen, surrounded by several lackeys, walked over toward them.

Wang Zhen's face was full of a gentle smile.

If one ignored the visible bloodstains on his face and the large patches of fresh red on his clothing.

He really was gentle, just like a neighborly older brother.

However, Li Jiaci wasn't intimidated by this little scene; he smiled faintly and said, "If I'd known Boss Wang would have us come over to watch the show, we'd have come earlier."

Upon hearing Li Jiaci's words.

Wang Zhen's smile deepened a bit: "Mainly because this guy is slippery like a catfish, hard to catch; I only just nabbed him, so today we brothers will together see what fate awaits this bastard!"

Earlier.

When Lin Zhong came over to invite him.

He realized that Wang Zhen didn't trust him.

Afraid he'd spill the beans, he therefore thought of having him join in the action.

And at that time, he also made his stance clear to Lin Zhong.

But he never expected that Wang Zhen would ultimately drag him along anyway.

And his current approach is nothing more than wanting to bind Li Jiaci to his war chariot by having them jointly witness Zhao Pangzi's death.

Li Jiaci has already done this sort of thing countless times in his previous life.

But as the saying goes,

"See through but don't expose, and you can still be friends."

Li Jiaci wouldn't be so foolish as to ruin Wang Zhen's face at this moment.

He only said softly, "Then I really ought to thank you, Boss Wang, for letting me personally see my enemy die."

"Look at what you're saying."

"You not only helped me find my enemy, but also saved my sister's life; I naturally ought to repay you."

Wang Zhen laughed heartily, head tipped back, then stepped forward and put his arm around Li Jiaci's shoulders: "Come on, come on, the view from the side isn't clear; let's get up close and have a look."

As he spoke, Li Jiaci and the others followed Wang Zhen to the edge of the big pit.

And walked to this place.

They also managed to see clearly the miserable state of the few people digging the pit.

Each one was beaten black and blue, and some were still bleeding from their wounds.

But no matter how serious their injuries, they dared not stop for a moment, swinging their iron shovels wildly.

Especially the guy standing in the center, big-headed and big-eared, who swung his iron shovel with great effort.

And this person was Zhao Pangzi.

Zhang Shiqiang, who had raised Li Jiaci and the others, was killed by this person's hand.

Even though, to Li Jiaci, Zhang Shiqiang had been dead for many years, he had personally killed Zhao Pangzi once to avenge Zhang Shiqiang.

But at this moment, upon seeing this guy, the image of Zhang Shiqiang being hanged by a rope around his neck from a tree still surfaced in his mind.

And this grudge.

No matter how many times Zhao Pangzi was killed, it could not be erased.

And seeing Li Jiaci's eyes flash red, Wang Zhen's smile deepened.

"Zhao Pangzi!"

"Look, I've brought someone to see you."

Zhao Pangzi, who had been swinging his iron shovel in the pit, looked toward Li Jiaci.

He showed obvious confusion in his eyes, clearly not recognizing him.

Li Jiaci curled the corner of his mouth and asked him, "When you decided to strike at Zhang Shiqiang, did you ever think you'd end up like this today?"

"Zhang Shiqiang?"

Zhao Pangzi narrowed his eyes: "Oh, I was expecting you; you're the little rascal who always hangs around Zhang Shiqiang, right?"

"That's right."

Li Jiaci admitted it openly.

"So..."

Zhao Pangzi glanced at Wang Zhen, then turned his gaze to Li Jiaci's face, his eyes suddenly turning vicious: "It's you, this little rascal, who sold my affairs to that bastard?"

He had just finished speaking.

An iron shovel came down swinging at his head.

Zhao Pangzi, completely unprepared, was struck squarely on the back by the shovel and toppled uncontrollably into the pit.

"Damn it."

"Even with death at your door, you still dare to act arrogant?"

Wang Li slowly retracted the iron shovel, looked at him with contempt, and spat: "If your mouth keeps spewing filth, I'll knock out all your teeth first."