Dead

Ding Tiechui resorted to lethal force without a word; Lin Fei had still underestimated the brutality of the Blood Wolf Gang.

Gangs on Earth were constrained by the law, at most resorting to beatings, rarely killing anyone without cause.

But in Nanli City, a faction like the Blood Wolf Gang treated killing like slaughtering chickens, without the slightest hesitation.

This was precisely why ordinary civilians feared the Blood Wolf Gang so much.

"What have you done to my wife?"

Lin Fei glared at Ding Tiechui in fury; that punch just now had left his chest feeling stifled.

Had it been before he consumed the Body Strengthening Pill, he feared he would have broken a few ribs again.

Ding Tiechui glanced at the two men he had brought with him and signaled them with a look.

"Don't just stand there. This guy pulled out a hundred-gold banknote the moment he made a move; he must have quite a fortune."

Hearing this, the other two men also revealed expressions of greed.

"You still have the heart to worry about your wife? You'd better worry about yourself!"

"Daring to come and cause trouble for our Blood Wolf Gang, you really are tired of living!"

The two men swung their fists toward Lin Fei, who grabbed a stool from behind him and smashed it at them as a weapon.

Bang!

The stool slammed fiercely into one man's head, leaving him bloodied and broken.

The other man's fist came flying in; Lin Fei had no time to dodge and took the blow directly to his abdomen.

Lin Fei stumbled back two steps again, crashing into a square table.

This man's strength was significantly inferior to Ding Tiechui's.

Therefore, although the punch was somewhat painful, Lin Fei could endure it completely.

The opponent rushed forward, intending to continue his assault on Lin Fei.

"Screw you!"

Lin Fei grabbed the square table behind him and smashed it toward the man.

Bang!

The man raised his hands to shield his head, but the table shattered, leaving a gaping hole; his arms were broken by the impact, and he collapsed to the ground, screaming.

Seeing this, Ding Tiechui's expression shifted.

He had assumed Lin Fei was an ordinary person who could be toyed with at will.

He hadn't expected Lin Fei to injure both of his companions in just two moves.

"Brat, you dare injure people from the Blood Wolf Gang? You're dead!"

Ding Tiechui did not continue to tangle with Lin Fei; he turned and tried to run outside.

Whoosh!

A sound of tearing air rang out, striking Ding Tiechui's calf like lightning.

"Ah..."

Ding Tiechui let out a miserable shriek and fell to the ground.

A chopstick was embedded in his calf.

Lin Fei looked back and saw the masked Xunmei standing not far away.

The chopstick from just now had been fired by Xunmei.

Lin Fei was secretly shocked; to be able to fire a chopstick like an arrow—was this the power of a Qi Refining expert?

Xunmei's figure flickered as she rushed forward rapidly.

She struck Ding Tiechui on the neck with her palm, knocking him unconscious.

Following that, Xunmei knocked out the other two men as well.

"Lin Fei, I have subdued them for you; the rest is up to you."

"Many thanks!"

Lin Fei hoisted Ding Tiechui up and loaded him into the carriage he had prepared in advance.

To leave no hidden dangers, Lin Fei loaded the other two men into the carriage as well, taking them all away.

Xunmei departed on her own, no longer participating in the subsequent matters.

The staff of the Yingbin Restaurant immediately began to clean the scene and clear away the traces; this restaurant was a property of the Li Family.

Lin Fei had chosen this place after consulting with Li Ruxue, specifically to erase any evidence and avoid being tracked by the Blood Wolf Gang.

The carriage traveled along the streets of the South City district, which were bustling with activity.

Although there was no curfew in Nanli City, leaving the city at night was strictly prohibited.

Therefore, it was impossible to smuggle Ding Tiechui and the other two out of the city.

The most urgent priority was to find a safe and hidden location to conceal them before conducting an interrogation.

The large residence in South City was too crowded and prone to gossip; if the Blood Wolf Gang were to investigate there, it might implicate many innocent people.

After all, Peach Blossom and the others had been abducted halfway after leaving that very residence.

Lin Fei drove the carriage into a dead-end alley, summoned a spatial portal inside, dragged the still-unconscious Ding Tiechui and his two companions through it, and brought them back to Earth.

In this way, it would be absolutely impossible for the Blood Wolf Gang to find them.

Lin Fei used rope he had prepared beforehand to bind the three of them tightly and gagged their mouths.

Immediately afterward, Lin Fei returned to Nanli City.

He made a special trip to the Ding Family Smithy to purchase an iron hammer.

Because he had altered his appearance using the Wish-Fulfilling Mask, Ding Tiechui's father did not recognize him.

Carrying the hammer, Lin Fei went to the large residence in South City.

He entered the secret chamber of the residence alone, summoned the spatial portal once more, and dragged the three men into the chamber.

By doing this, no one would know that he had brought three captives into the residence.

Because of the Millennium Cold Jade Bed, the secret chamber was bone-chillingly cold.

Before long, the freezing temperature caused Ding Tiechui to wake up.

"Mmph... mmph..."

Lin Fei removed the cloth from his mouth and stared at him coldly.

"Where is this?"

Ding Tiechui looked panicked. He struggled a few times, only to realize his hands and feet were bound so tightly that he couldn't break free.

"What do you want?"

Lin Fei held an oil lamp in his left hand and the iron hammer in his right, looking down at him from above.

"You don't know what I want?"

"I bought this hammer from your family's smithy. Tell me what I want to know, or I'll let you find out whether your mouth is harder, or if this is!"

Ding Tiechui shouted with a bluster that masked his fear, "If you dare touch me, your wife will die a miserable death!"

Bang!

Lin Fei slammed the hammer onto Ding Tiechui's knee, causing him to let out a blood-curdling scream of agony.

His screams woke the other two companions.

"What's going on?"

"Where are we?"

Lin Fei said coldly, "It's good that you're awake. Whoever tells me where my wife is first, I will spare their life."

Ding Tiechui was convulsing in pain, yet he still tried to stop the others from revealing the truth.

"Don't say... if the Young Gang Leader finds out, he will slaughter your entire families..."

Hearing this, the other two fell silent.

Lin Fei didn't waste words; he brought the hammer down again, shattering the kneecap of Ding Tiechui's other leg.

"Ah..."

Ding Tiechui shrieked, his eyes bulging in pain as his body shook uncontrollably.

"Just kill me, kill me..."

"You aren't even afraid of death? You really are a tough man!"

Lin Fei's expression remained unchanged, though he was suffering internally as well.

Torturing people like this was not his intention.

"You want to die, but I won't let you!"

"Let me see if these two are as stubborn as you are."

Lin Fei swung the hammer head, smashing it into the knee of one of the other men.

The man's face turned purple from the pain as he rolled around on the ground.

Lin Fei looked at the last man, who was so terrified his face had gone pale and a puddle of yellow liquid leaked from his trousers.

"No... don't, I'll tell you everything."

"When your wife went to the gambling den, our Young Gang Leader took a fancy to her, so he ordered Ding Tiechui to kidnap her."

"Is she still alive?" Lin Fei asked nervously.

Ding Tiechui seemed to have resigned himself to his fate; to avoid further torture, he finally spoke up.

"She's dead... your wife and her maid are both dead, and their bodies are buried in the mass grave outside the city."

Clang!

The iron hammer in Lin Fei's hand dropped to the floor, and his entire body felt as if it had been struck by lightning.

"Dead... she's dead?"

In an instant, Lin Fei's eyes turned bloodshot, and the agony in his heart surged forth like a tidal wave.

"She was pregnant and about to give birth, do you even know that?"