Chapter 33

She looked desperately to either side, her hands and feet bound, completely unable to move.

The door opened.

A man wearing a hat and a coat walked in, his face covered in stubble, sporting sunglasses, his expression sullen and vicious; when he saw Tian Xin, his eyes filled with a look of hatred.

"Teacher Yu..."

"Let me go, it's not too late to turn back now, I'll pretend none of this ever happened today, alright?"

Tian Xin's voice trembled; it was both a plea and an attempt to reason.

"None of this happened?"

"Hahaha! Hahaha, you call this nothing happening?"

"My life—my life was ruined by you siblings, on what grounds?"

Hearing Tian Xin's words, Yu Shengde laughed and cried at once, half-mad.

"I won't let you off..."

"Your brother is dead, so it's your turn to repay what he owed!!!!!"

Yu Shengde suddenly said viciously.

"..."

Tian Xin wanted to speak, but looking at the vicious Yu Shengde before her, who looked as if he might kill someone the next second, the fear in her heart conquered every other emotion, making her feel as if her throat were blocked, completely unable to speak.

What should she...

Do?

Mom and Dad...

Little brother...

I'm so scared.

Her body trembled slightly from fear; that dread, from the depths of her heart to her very limbs, gradually shattered her composure, but this was a remote place.

No matter how desperately she called for help, it was utterly useless.

"No one's coming to save you, just behave and..."

Yu Shengde began viciously.

But before his words had finished falling—

Creak.

The door of the abandoned factory, long neglected and unrepaired, let out creak, creak sounds, as if someone were opening it to come in.

But that door had long since been chained shut by Yu Shengde, and couldn't be opened at all.

Hearing this sound—

Both Yu Shengde and Tian Xin froze slightly; Yu Shengde especially couldn't help but tense up, knife in hand, edging toward Tian Xin and standing behind her.

The sound—

Stopped abruptly.

"... Sigh."

Yu Shengde let out a deep breath, cold sweat beading out; the vicious look from moments ago had long since vanished without a trace, scared away by what had just happened.

Bang—

But the next second—

The entire door of the abandoned factory suddenly crashed heavily to the ground; pale moonlight flooded in at once, and the sudden fall of the door kicked up waves of dust across the floor.

The dust, under the moonlight, seemed to diffuse a faint silver glow.

Yu Shengde and Tian Xin both stared ahead, eyes wide; Tian Xin's fear still lingered on her face, but now there was more bewilderment and shock.

"..."

"..."

In stunned, silent shock—

A figure—

Backlit by the moonlight—

Gradually appeared within Tian Xin's and Yu Shengde's line of sight amid the silver glow of dust filling the air.

The figure still had a leg extended, holding the posture of a kick, but as the door fell, the figure drew back the leg and walked step by step into the abandoned factory.

In the pale moonlight, Tian Xin made out the face of that figure.

It was...

Him?

Before her eyes—

It was unmistakably...

The boy she had met but once, by chance, in that little grove of trees.

The boy who, when cornered, had turned the tables and beaten every one of the thugs surrounding him to the ground—leaving a very deep impression on Tian Xin.

Quiet.

Few words.

Seemingly introverted, but beneath that introverted exterior seemed to lurk a violent streak.

He...

How could he be here?

Tian Xin was somewhat stunned.

As the moonlight and dust dispersed, Lin Yu's calm, clean-cut face gradually emerged; a pair of tranquil eyes, deep and dark, gave off a sense of calm profundity.

"You!"

Yu Shengde saw someone and immediately put his blade against Tian Xin's neck.

"Don't come any closer!"

"Or else…"

His face was savage, putting on a fierce front to mask his fear.

"…"

Lin Yu swept a casual glance over.

He did not step forward.

Instead, he leaned slightly against a pillar beside the abandoned factory, pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one and placed it between his lips, cupped his hand against the wind, and lit the lighter.

As if.

The scene before him had nothing to do with him — unhurried, as though he simply didn't care about such a dangerous sight unfolding right in front of him.

Of course.

He didn't need to care.

Given his speed.

Yu Shengde wouldn't be able to make a single move.

And just as Tian Xin was feeling a bit dazed.

Yu Shengde finally got a clear look at the newcomer's face, and the instant he saw it, the hand gripping the blade couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"It's…"

"It's…"

"It's you."

His voice was trembling too.

Full of terror and fear.

A petty villain.

A vicious thug.

Needed someone fiercer, more vicious, more ruthless to deal with — and the identity of the newcomer as the boss of Tulong Gang was absolutely fiercer, more vicious, and more ruthless than him.

Even more…

Terrifying!

"You're the boss of Tai'an Street…"

"How could you possibly be here."

Yu Shengde's voice trembled, brimming with terror, as he couldn't help but ask.