Chapter 36

Lin Yu seemed to have read her fury. He, who never liked to talk, suddenly wanted to ask.

"I..."

Tian Xin's beautiful face had been burning with anger, but upon hearing Lin Yu's words, she froze slightly.

Why the anger?

Was it because of Yu Shengde?

No...

Although she didn't know why, she felt she wasn't angry for Yu Shengde's sake.

"I'm not..."

Tian Xin was just about to speak.

"A chance."

"I gave it to him."

Lin Yu's calm eyes looked at Yu Shengde, and at the same time, toward Tian Xin, causing the words Tian Xin had just been about to say to lodge instantly in her throat. She also, in that instant, understood the words of the boy before her.

Perhaps.

At the very first question — 'You must deal with her?' — Yu Shengde's fate had already been sealed.

She didn't know why.

Tian Xin seemed to see a flicker of disappointment in Lin Yu's eyes, as if it were disappointment in her, which made Tian Xin freeze slightly.

Hum.

Lin Yu's hand moved slightly, and the ropes binding Tian Xin were instantly loosened.

He turned around.

Without a single word, he simply left.

Not until Lin Yu's back was about to disappear did Tian Xin suddenly react.

"No..."

"It's not that!"

"I'm not angry for him!"

"I'm..."

Tian Xin shouted loudly, but Lin Yu's back had already vanished. The words she hadn't finished lodged once more in her throat, and finally her voice gradually grew quieter as she murmured to herself:

"I don't want you to kill..."

Ahead.

The night wind blew, and a figure paused slightly in his steps before gradually disappearing into the night breeze.

Leaving the abandoned factory.

Lin Yu's heart held no great ripples. Just as Tian Xin had thought, from Lin Yu's very first question onward, Yu Shengde's fate had already been sealed.

Either.

Locked up in a police station.

Or...

Dead.

Otherwise, keeping him alive would be a threat and a nuisance. He had even less reason to spend time and energy wasting it on a kidnapper like Yu Shengde.

As for what Tian Xin thought.

He didn't really care that much.

After all.

This rescue was only because Tian Xin had once stood up for him, and he didn't like owing people anything — that was all.

Returning to the bar's office.

Looking at the ledger on the surface, Lin Yu tapped lightly with his finger and felt the slow progress. If he waited until the day after tomorrow to get the funds to recruit and build up forces, he'd still need to wait until he'd recruited a certain number before going to Heigou Gang to take back the territory that had belonged to Tulong Gang. At this rate, the time span would be at least another week.

The Tian Xin incident.

Also signified that, with more and more incidents to come, the day when Judgment by Force stepped in...

Was drawing closer and closer.

"..."

He thought for a moment.

He called Ming Xiao in.

"Now."

"Gather every single loan shark immediately."

Gambling den.

Office.

Every loan-shark boss operating in the Tai'an Street area had gathered here — everyone except the Black Cat Hotel was present.

"Damn it!"

"Dragging us out in the middle of the night when we should be sleeping — you really think you're some big shot just because you're the Tai'an Street boss?"

One loan-shark boss opened his mouth viciously.

"Tulong Gang..."

"Heh."

"That guy's probably having cash-flow problems now, which is why he's coming after us. But given the current situation on Tai'an Street, including Tulong Gang's situation, if he wants to come after us..."

"Hmph."

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