Chapter 215: Framing

I brought Xu Hongzhi to Zhang Longtao's territory that night. Zhang Longtao had already made arrangements, so no one stopped us along the way. The two of us walked straight to Zhang Longtao's room.

Zhang Longtao looked at the two of us and said with a smile, "You two really have guts, coming to my place so brazenly. You're very bold. Aren't you afraid that I'll just wipe you out right here?"

"Haha, what is Boss Zhang saying? I believe Boss Zhang is not the type of person to be so lacking in integrity!" Xu Hongzhi smiled, not at all worried about the current situation.

Zhang Longtao looked at Xu Hongzhi with disdain and said, "Boss Xu has been doing quite well lately, his way of speaking is different. But his character is a bit lacking, and I wonder if some people know that!"

When Zhang Longtao spoke, he deliberately looked at me. It was clearly meant to mock me. It seems Zhang Longtao had also heard about Xu Hongzhi's previous actions.

"Boss Zhang, food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words cannot be spoken indiscriminately. The main reason we came today is because my brother, Fourth Brother, has something to ask you, not for the two of us to compete. So don't make things so tense!" In the blink of an eye, Xu Hongzhi pointed the finger at me.

"Fine. Yang Yun, speak. What exactly did you come to find me for?" Zhang Longtao asked coldly.

"You surely know the reason I came. Besides that previous matter between us, what else do you think it could be!" I gritted my teeth and glared at Zhang Longtao, my eyes filled with hatred.

Seeing my reaction, Zhang Longtao smiled and said indifferently, "I already told you before. Is there any need to keep asking? If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do!"

"Fine, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Zhang Longtao, I ask you, is Su Xueyan still alive!" Previously, Xu Hongzhi said he had discovered Su Xueyan at Zhang Longtao's place. I didn't care whether Xu Hongzhi was lying to me or not; I just asked. After all, having hope is better than having no hope at all.

Hearing my words, Zhang Longtao was startled, and then he shouted angrily at the two of us, "Are you crazy? How could that bitch still be alive? You were the ones who brought the body back, and now you come to ask me? Are you sick?"

Seeing Zhang Longtao's unusually agitated reaction, I suddenly became suspicious. Looking at this guy's reaction, there was likely something fishy about this matter. Could Su Xueyan really be alive? If that were the case, it would be too outrageous.

"Zhang Longtao, stop pretending. I saw someone at your place two days ago. How long are you going to keep pretending!" Xu Hongzhi began to question Zhang Longtao.

"Perhaps you saw wrong. Boss Xu has been busy lately, under a lot of mental pressure, and having hallucinations is quite normal!" Zhang Longtao looked at Xu Hongzhi with a gloomy face, his expression even more sinister and terrifying than when he looked at me before.

"Boss Zhang is joking. I definitely couldn't have seen wrong. And Boss Zhang, haven't you understood today? We came here today to ask you for the person. You have to give her up, whether you want to or not!" Xu Hongzhi's words truly surprised me. I hadn't prepared to make things this tense. After all, this was someone else's territory. Even if we could take action, we wouldn't gain any advantage. I knew the principle that a strong dragon doesn't suppress a local snake. This didn't seem like something Xu Hongzhi would do. What exactly was his goal in doing this?

"Oh, threatening me? Do you really think I, Zhang Longtao, am a pushover? Saying such things on my turf, do you believe I can make it so you don't leave here today!" Zhang Longtao's face couldn't hold it anymore. When had he ever been threatened like this?

"Haha, do you really think you are still the Boss Zhang of the past? Calling you Boss Zhang is giving you face. Don't think too highly of yourself. Let me tell you, I've long been annoyed with you. Just in time, take today as your death day!"

After saying that, Xu Hongzhi wanted to take action directly. Seeing this scene, I was speechless. How did it turn into a fight? We originally just wanted to ask some questions, but it ended up like this. I hurriedly tried to persuade Xu Hongzhi: "Third Brother, Third Brother, forget it. After all, this is someone else's territory; let's not be too impulsive!"

"Forget it? Why should I forget it? And didn't you, Fourth Brother, start this? How can we forget it now? I'm helping you. We'll just grab him and beat him up; I don't believe this guy won't talk!"

Seeing Xu Hongzhi say this, I suddenly seemed to understand something. This guy was trying to shift the blame for this matter onto me, but I didn't understand the significance of him doing so. Whether I took the blame or not didn't seem to have any meaning.

"Damn, you're looking for death!" Zhang Longtao rushed over to take action against us.

Xu Hongzhi, who was next to me, didn't say a word and went straight to meet him, fighting with Zhang Longtao. What surprised me was that Xu Hongzhi had become exceptionally powerful, much more so than before. Could it be that this guy had some kind of fortuitous encounter? However, Zhang Longtao was more seasoned than us, and his strength was exceptionally powerful. Xu Hongzhi was no match at all and was soon retreating step by step. Xu Hongzhi looked at me angrily and said, "What are you watching for? Why don't you take action yet!"

Seeing this scene, I had to intervene. I hurriedly blocked Zhang Longtao's attack and then struck him with a palm in return. However, what I didn't expect was that this palm actually made Zhang Longtao vomit blood. First of all, I hadn't used much force, and secondly, Zhang Longtao's strength was mostly on par with mine; it was impossible for him to vomit blood from this palm of mine.

Zhang Longtao was pale at this moment, looking at us in disbelief, and said unwillingly, "How can this be? How is this possible? When did you... who?"

Xu Hongzhi smiled and looked at Zhang Longtao, saying, "This is all thanks to Fourth Brother. How is it? The taste of being betrayed by someone close to you isn't good, is it!"

Zhang Longtao was so angry that he cursed, "Shameless!"

"This, it wasn't me!" I hurriedly said.

Before I could finish, Zhang Longtao rushed over in a rage to strike at me. I blocked in a panic, but given Zhang Longtao's current state, he was no match for me at all. Zhang Longtao was directly injured by me again.

"Brother!" Suddenly, a female voice made me jump.

The person shouting was none other than Zhang Yinuo. Zhang Yinuo ran in quickly, grabbed the fallen Zhang Longtao, and asked hurriedly, "Brother, are you okay? Brother!"

Zhang Longtao climbed up with difficulty, feeling extremely weak, and kept vomiting blood while smiling and saying, "That's great, you finally called me brother!"

However, Xu Hongzhi, who was next to me, suddenly changed his face and shouted at me, "Fourth Brother, how could you strike with such heavy force!"