Chapter 47: Clues

Li Heng walked slowly to me with the dagger and sneered, "Remember not to provoke me in your next life!"

Just as Li Heng was holding the dagger and preparing to attack me, Su Xueya suddenly hugged Li Heng's thigh and bit down on his leg. Li Heng screamed in pain and was about to stab Su Xueya with the dagger.

At this moment, I don't know where I got the strength. Seeing this scene, I rushed over and knocked Li Heng away. Li Heng was knocked back a few steps by my impact and was also freed from Su Xueya.

Seeing both of us, Li Heng cursed, "You're courting death!"

After saying this, Li Heng held the dagger and slashed toward us like a madman. Because Su Xueya wasn't paying attention, her arm was slashed. Su Xueya cried out in pain and fell to the ground. Li Heng then moved to stab Su Xueya, but I hurriedly rushed over and pushed Su Xueya away. I only felt a sharp pain in my waist and fell directly to the ground.

Su Xueya was terrified and screamed. Just as Li Heng was preparing his next move, the other three people on the opposite side hurriedly shouted at Li Heng, "Li Heng, run! People are coming!"

I heard the sirens not far away and knew that we were saved. Li Heng looked at us with great unwillingness, took the dagger, and ran away in a panic.

I lay powerlessly on the ground, clutching my waist in pain, feeling a warm flow staining my hand. I pressed hard on my wound, trying not to lose too much blood.

Su Xueya's tears kept flowing. She cried and supported me, saying, "Yang Yun, you must hold on. The police are here, and the ambulance will be here soon. You must not be okay!"

At this moment, I felt my head spinning. With my body already exhausted, plus the injury and blood loss, I couldn't see anything anymore. I felt as if the whole world was spinning, and everything went black before I fainted.

As for Li Heng and the four others, they returned to the bar in a sorry state. Li Heng was the worst off. None of them looked very good. They knew that since the mission hadn't been completed, they would definitely be scolded by Zhang Longtao. They had originally thought it was a simple mission and hadn't expected to fail.

When Zhang Longtao saw the four of them returning covered in wounds, he was very surprised. However, when he saw that they were all keeping their heads down and not speaking, he had a bad premonition. He asked the four of them coldly, "You didn't take care of the person?"

"I'm sorry, Brother Tao, it's our incompetence!" Li Heng stepped forward to admit his mistake.

"Damn, the four of you went together and still couldn't take him down? Are you idiots? What do I keep you for? You're really useless!" Zhang Longtao cursed in anger.

All four of them hung their heads and didn't dare to speak. However, it didn't take long for Zhang Longtao to regain his composure. He looked at Li Heng and asked, "What's the reason?"

"He's very powerful, and it's clear he's someone from our circle, he knows martial arts, but I don't know whose style it is!" Li Heng said with a gray face and embarrassment.

"Oh? You all can't tell his style?" Zhang Longtao's gaze fell on the others.

They all shook their heads and didn't speak.

At this moment, Zhang Longtao's mood was very complex. He lit a cigar, exhaled lightly, and said faintly, "I didn't expect to be nursing a tiger in my house. Someone from the circle, huh? I don't know who his master is. It seems I need to pay more attention to this guy, otherwise, as my dad said, if I get killed by him, it won't be fun!"

"Brother Tao, you're overthinking it. He's just a small fry; how can he compare to you? He doesn't have any power in his hands!" Li Hong didn't forget to flatter him at this time.

"I think you've been playing with women too much lately and have gone stupid, right? He has no power? If he had no power, could he teach someone better than you? And I heard he has quite a few people under him at school. Although they're just a group of students, even ants can bite an elephant, so I can't take it lightly. It seems I'll have to find time to spend more energy on this future brother-in-law of mine!" Zhang Longtao exhaled a smoke ring and muttered to himself.

When I woke up, I was already in the hospital, and I found that there were quite a few people beside me, including Third Brother, Zhang Yinuo, and Su Xueya.

Su Xueya was lying on the edge of my bed, her face haggard. Seeing me wake up, she was very pleasantly surprised: "Yang Yun, that's great, you're awake. Are you okay?"

Su Xueya's sudden words made everyone gather around. I wanted to climb up, but I found that my whole body felt like it was filled with lead, very heavy. Su Xueya hurriedly supported me to lean back.

I sat up slowly and looked at the concerned people in front of me, feeling a warmth in my heart. Once upon a time, I was just an orphan, with no one to care about me. Now, I had friends who cared.

I coughed slightly twice and then looked at everyone and said, "Sorry, I made you worry. I'm fine!"

"Damn, I said that Li Hong definitely had bad intentions at the time. Damn, when I get back to school, I'll kill him!" Third Brother cursed angrily.

"Don't be impulsive. Actually, it wasn't a total loss this time; at least I got a clue about what happened at the time!"

Although I almost lost my life this time, I learned that the situation was related to Wang Li. This clue was worth it, but I didn't know where Wang Li was now. After being crippled by Zhang Longtao, I hadn't seen him much.

"I'm sorry!" Zhang Yinuo looked at me apologetically.

"Why are you saying sorry?" I was very puzzled.

"This time, it was mainly Zhang Longtao's idea. The ones who ambushed you were his four great warriors. I didn't expect him to send all four of them out just to deal with you!"

"This has nothing to do with you. You also said it was Zhang Longtao's idea, so you don't need to take it to heart. Besides, I'm fine!" I smiled to signal Zhang Yinuo to relax.

Su Xueya sat beside me without saying a word, quietly watching me. After the group finished talking, only Su Xueya was left, and she said, "Thank you so much today. It's all my fault; I implicated you!"

"What are you talking about? Why do you all like to take responsibility on yourselves? This matter has nothing to do with you; it was purely designed by them to target me. You were just collateral. If anyone is implicated, it's me who implicated you!"

Although I said this, Su Xueya was still unhappy. However, I couldn't understand her expression, because her facial expression basically didn't change whether she was happy or unhappy, so I didn't know if Su Xueya had taken my words to heart at this time.