Chapter 43 Someone is Following Us

The car had driven for a few hundred meters when Li Mu felt something was amiss.

He noticed that several cars had been trailing behind him, maintaining a consistent distance.

Naturally, Jiang Wan had also noticed this and even intentionally changed directions a few times.

Yet, those compact cars stubbornly kept up the chase.

Moreover, their license plates looked somewhat familiar.

That was when Li Mu recalled that these very vehicles had been following them ever since they left the Jiang family residence.

Could it be that he was being tailed?

To confirm his suspicion, Li Mu switched seats with Jiang Wan.

Sure enough, the moment he stepped on the accelerator, the cars behind him sped up as well.

These fellows must have been sent by the Qiao family.

Although he had many enemies in Yuncheng, the one who truly wanted him dead should be Qiao Ruowei.

He hadn't expected this woman to be so ruthless.

A cold smirk played at the corner of Li Mu's lips. Since the other party wanted to play games, he would gladly keep them company!

With a single stomp, he pressed the accelerator all the way down, and the luxury sports car shot forward instantly.

The vehicles behind were not about to be left behind, tailing them closely.

Soon, the cars headed toward the outskirts, arriving at a vast, vacant plot of land.

Li Mu spun the steering wheel, driving the car straight into the open space.

Realizing they had been exposed, the pursuers simply accelerated, pulling to a halt right where Li Mu's car stopped.

Before them stood an unfinished, abandoned building, completely deserted save for a few stray cats and dogs.

Li Mu settled Jiang Wan securely inside the car before pushing open the door and stepping out.

From the trailing cars, several burly men stepped down one after another.

One of them had a cigar clamped in his mouth and brandished a short blade.

The dagger emitted a chilling glare under the sunlight.

"I never took you for such an alert beggar, but you picked a fine spot! Even if we finish you off here, it saves us the trouble of disposing of the body!"

"Once we just toss you and that little bitch here, it'll be years before anyone finds your remains!"

Two of the underlings approached the burly man with flattering grins.

"Boss, before we kill that woman, can you let us brothers have a taste?"

"No problem at all. Let you fellows have your fun first, and then we'll bump her off."

"It'll be even more thrilling if we make this beggar watch us play with her with his own eyes!"

"Did the Qiao family send you?"

The burly man spat the cigarette butt casually onto the ground.

"Do you even know who I am? As if the Qiao family could order me around!"

"Kid, think about who you've offended lately! Let me tell you, you shouldn't have dared to monopolize Young Master Chen's woman and ruin his good time!"

Only then did Li Mu remember that a couple of days ago, he had taught a fellow surnamed Chen a lesson at the Emperor Club over Jiang Wan.

He hadn't expected that guy to have some pull to track him down so quickly.

"Young Master Chen said that if you're willing to apologize and beg for forgiveness, we should just cripple you and let you honestly go back to being a beggar. Otherwise..."

Convinced that Li Mu must be terrified, the burly man leisurely lit another cigarette, awaiting a response.

"Don't just stand there smoking, you haven't told me what happens otherwise! But I must say, you're quite arrogant!"

"Me, arrogant? Do you know who I am?! Go ask around Jiang Lake, who hasn't heard of the Tiger Head Gang!"

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help but burst into a chuckle, which utterly bewildered the men opposite him.

"What? Do you find us funny?"

"Brother, let me ask you, do you hear yourself? No matter how tough you think you are, at best you're just playthings for the wealthy, yet you give yourselves such a grand-sounding name?"

"What the fuck did you just say? Get him! I'm going to tear him to pieces today!"

The men behind him lunged toward Li Mu.

Yet Li Mu stood his ground, showing not a shred of fear.

The next second, with a flick of his hand, the man in the front felt a tremendous force slam heavily against his chest.

He flew backward, bowling over several of his comrades before finally coming to a halt.

A mouthful of blood spewed from his lips, and no matter how desperately he tried to crawl back up, he found himself utterly devoid of strength.

Seeing this, the rest let out a battle cry and charged at Li Mu once more with their blades raised.

Li Mu kicked off the ground, vaulting into the air, and unleashed a flurry of lightning-fast kicks straight at his oncoming attackers.

One by one, the men flew backward, crashing hard onto the ground.

In mere seconds, the arrogant thugs were all sprawled across the earth, completely immobilized.

Witnessing this spectacle, the leader froze for a moment.

Then, he turned and clapped his hands toward one of the cars.

A two-meter-tall giant stepped out of the vehicle—the very same brute seen at the Emperor Club that day.

If he hadn't been worried about Jiang Wan's condition back then, Li Mu would have loved to exchange a few blows with this fellow.

The giant shed his jacket, clenched his fists, and pounded heavily against his chest twice.

To be honest, Li Mu was almost afraid those two blows would kill the giant before they even fought.

Roaring with rage, the giant charged toward Li Mu.

Like a phantom, Li Mu blurred into motion, circling the giant a few times.

None of the onlookers caught how Li Mu moved, but the giant suddenly went limp, collapsing to the ground as if all his strength had been drained.

A piercing wail tore from his throat.

He tried to push himself back up, but no matter how hard he tried, it was futile.

It felt as though every single bone in his body had been pulverized.

"And here I thought you were something special. Is that all the skill you've got?"

The leader stared in utter disbelief at everything unfolding before him.

He didn't even notice the cigarette slip from his fingers and drop to the ground.

A phantom blur materialized right before him, and he felt a monstrous force grip his head and smash it straight down onto the car hood.

With a deafening crash, a massive dent caved into the vehicle's hood.

The man's head felt as though it had been hammered by a thousand-pound sledgehammer.

He could practically hear the cracking of his own skull.

"You... exactly what do you want?"

Before he could finish the sentence, a mouthful of blood spewed from his lips, his vision went black, and he lost consciousness entirely!

Jiang Wan stepped out of the car, looking somewhat worried.

"You didn't kill them, did you?"

"Scum like this deserve worse than death! But don't worry, your husband isn't about to break the law!"

Jiang Wan gently tapped Li Mu's chest with her fist.

"You're only good for sweet-talking!"

The next moment, however, she was swept up into Li Mu's embrace, her face flushing crimson as she glared at the man before her.

"Put me down right now, you hooligan!"

"Doing whatever I want with my own wife is entirely justified. This place actually looks quite nice—how about we do what married couples ought to do?"

Blushing deeply, Jiang Wan struggled fiercely in his arms.

"Jerk, put me down immediately!"