Martial Arts Master in the City

Chapter 232: Want Money! Want Life!


Ye Xiao made two phone calls before he felt at ease. He really wanted to personally send Zhan Bo and Wei Yang to the hospital, but right now, he had another matter to attend to!

At this moment, Su Yun had already dismissed the students from school, because of the recent events, so most of the students in class one left hurriedly, still shaken. Before long, the classroom was left with only Su Yun, Shen Qiuyu, Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, Lan Lan, and Zhou Hao, who had followed Ye Xiao!

Ye Xiao looked at Shen Qiuyu, who was drenched from the rain, with deep concern and walked over to her side, affectionately wiping the droplets of water from her forehead and softly said, "Miss Shen, it's only your second day here and you've already encountered such an incident, you've had a hard time!"

Shen Qiuyu smiled faintly and said, "You're my brother, I'm willing to do anything for you!"

The somewhat affectionate exchange between Ye Xiao and Shen Qiuyu had Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, and even Su Yun and Lan Lan slightly astonished. The look in Ye Xiao's eyes was not that of a brother towards a sister, but rather the loving gaze of a man towards his lover!

Ye Xiao said, "There's one more thing I have to do, you can stay here for now."

Shen Qiuyu looked at Ye Xiao worriedly and asked, "Don't you need me and Zhou Hao to come with you?"

Ye Xiao replied, "No need, just stay here, that's fine!"

Then, Su Yun said, "Let Zhou Hao go with you, and the rest of us will head to my place. Qiuyu's clothes are completely wet, and she will definitely catch a cold if she stays in them for too long. My figure is similar to Qiuyu's, she should be able to fit into my clothes!"

Hearing Su Yun's suggestion, Ye Xiao thought it was indeed a good idea and said, "Alright, I'll be there soon!"

"Ye Xiao, you're also soaking wet. Shouldn't you find a place to change your clothes first?" Ling Shuya said as she looked at Ye Xiao!

Ye Xiao chuckled and said, "Your concern is enough for me, let's hurry up and go!"

At that moment, Lan Lan spoke, "Ye Xiao, the medicine is already at the school gate, what should we do?"

Ye Xiao said, "Just bring it to Sister Su's place!"

After Ye Xiao finished speaking, he headed straight for the end of the corridor, with Zhou Hao following behind him!

Ling Shuya, hearing Lan Lan's words, looked at Lan Lan in great confusion and said, "What medicine? How come you never mentioned it?"

Lan Lan smiled and said, "It's nothing much, just some herbal medicine Ye Xiao asked me to buy for him."

...

At this moment, Ye Xiao indeed had a matter that required his attention, a matter that needed to be addressed today no matter what!

Before long, Ye Xiao arrived at the administration building. There were still many teachers who could not leave because of the rain. When they saw two young men soaked with rainwater climbing the stairs, a teacher immediately inquired. Ye Xiao said he was Ye Xiao from class one, looking for Principal Li on an urgent matter!

The teachers, hearing the name Ye Xiao, originally wanted to stop him but dared not say more!

Ye Xiao's reputation was neither good nor bad, but the rumor was that he had connections to the Hengyu Group, and coincidentally, this Hengyu Group was one of Minghai Academy's shareholders!

Zhou Hao was also very puzzled as to why Ye Xiao suddenly needed to see the principal of Minghai Academy. After all, what use could a principal of an academy be regarding matters of Martial Artists? They were all ordinary people!

And now, inside the principal's office!

Li Jianwen was drenched in sweat. For the sake of his nephew, for his elder brother, and more so for the sorrow of the Li family having no heirs. He could only choose to gamble. A man named Li Dachong had offered him five million and also guaranteed to help Li Jianwen's nephew, Li Dong, restore his functionality in that regard, which was a very tempting offer indeed!

Under the pleading of his brother, Li Jianwen had agreed, and today, with the heavy rain pouring down, it was clearly the perfect time to execute the plot. Sitting in the principal's office, Li Jianwen was waiting, waiting for Li Dachong to arrive!

Just when Li Jianwen was growing impatient, suddenly, someone knocked on his office door!

Li Jianwen composed himself, feigned calmness, and immediately said, "Come in!"

The door was pushed open!

Li Jianwen did not see Li Dachong, whom he was expecting to see at the door. Instead, it was two men washed over countless times by the rain!

Upon closer inspection, Li Jianwen's heart trembled, and he promptly stood up from his office chair!

"Ye Xiao?" Although Li Jianwen was extremely surprised to see Ye Xiao, he pretended as if he knew nothing and, showing the concern befitting a principal seeing Ye Xiao all wet and muddy, he said, "What happened to you? Why are you all wet and muddy?"

"What's going on?" Ye Xiao smiled faintly and slowly walked into the office as Zhou Hao stretched his hand to close the door!

Hearing the door slam shut, Li Jianwen's heart clenched as if gripped by something. He looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Ye Xiao, what on earth has happened?"

Ye Xiao didn't speak but plopped down on the sofa, not minding whether he was soaked with rain or whether his clothes were dirty.

Ye Xiao lifted his head slowly to look at Li Jianwen and said with a smile, "The name Li Dachong, Principal Li should be quite familiar with it, right?"

"Li Dachong?" Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Li Jianwen knew Li Dachong was probably done for and likely spilled some secrets to Ye Xiao. However, Li Jianwen knew he mustn't confess now. Who was Ye Xiao? In a short time, he had dealt with all seven influential figures at Minghai Academy and forced the departure of the two privileged sons, Han Fei and Chen Ming, from the academy. His strength was anything but ordinary, so Li Jianwen knew that if he confessed, his fate would probably be worse than Han Fei's or Chen Ming's.

"I don't know Li Dachong. What about him? Is he related to me?" Li Jianwen looked at Ye Xiao with a puzzled face, seemingly clueless about Ye Xiao's words.

When Ye Xiao saw Li Jianwen pretending to be dumbfounded, he chuckled and then said to him, "So you don't know, huh? Since you don't, my brother will help jog your memory!"

The moment Ye Xiao finished speaking, Zhou Hao immediately walked toward Li Jianwen. With a cold smile on his face and his body drenched, he looked somewhat terrifying to Li Jianwen.

"What... what do you want to do?" Li Jianwen, scared, stepped back several paces and then shouted at Ye Xiao, "Ye Xiao, do you realize what you're doing?"

Ye Xiao looked at Li Jianwen with a smile and said, "You actually reminded me, you're the Principal, and I'm a student. A student must respect and esteem his teacher, but my brother isn't a student!"

Li Jianwen was surprised to see Zhou Hao approaching him, and in that moment, Zhou Hao grabbed Li Jianwen by the collar!

Li Jianwen hurriedly tried to break free from Zhou Hao's grip, but when he exerted all his strength, he found the young man's hand in front of him seemed to be glued to his shirt, immovable.

Zhou Hao, seeing Li Jianwen trying to push his hand away, gave a cold smile and with a flick of his arm, Li Jianwen felt himself spinning in mid-air and then crashing down onto a mahogany tea table, smashing it to smithereens. The pain was so intense that Li Jianwen lost all his strength even to scream!

Li Jianwen felt as if his bones were falling apart!

Now, Li Jianwen lay not far from Ye Xiao's feet, sprawled across the shattered table, struggling to lift his head to look at Ye Xiao. There was a rich smile on Ye Xiao's face, but to Li Jianwen, that very smile caused a great shock; for some reason, he truly didn't want to see Ye Xiao's face, because although it was smiling, it looked too terrifying to him!

Ye Xiao smiled lightly and then said indifferently, "Principal Li, now you might remember something, no?"

This time, Li Jianwen didn't argue but kept his head lowered in silence.

Seeing Li Jianwen's expression, Ye Xiao burst into laughter and said, "Silence as a response, huh? Zhou Hao, throw him again!"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Zhou Hao gave a slight smile and moved toward Li Jianwen.

Seeing Zhou Hao approach again, Li Jianwen trembled with fear. He was no fool; if this man kept throwing him around, even if his body was strong, he would eventually be smashed to pulp. Internally, he cursed Ye Xiao's ancestors, but what use was that? It caused no harm to Ye Xiao!

Zhou Hao had followed Ye Xiao for not just a day or two. Ye Xiao wasn't here to kill Li Jianwen but to extort useful information from him.

Therefore, Zhou Hao moved slowly, exerting perfect control. His pace was just on the brink of what Li Jianwen's mental endurance could bear.

"I'll talk... I'll tell you!" At his limit, Li Jianwen couldn't bear it any longer. The Li family could be without an heir, but he could not die. Li Dachong had given him five million, a sum he had not yet enjoyed. If he were to die now, it would be too regrettable!

Ye Xiao then motioned for Zhou Hao to stop and looked at Li Jianwen with a smile, saying, "Let's hear it. I want the truth. If I find out you're lying, you know the consequences." He paused and added, "Oh right, Li Dachong wanted to harm Ling Shuya."

"What?" Li Jianwen had always thought Li Dachong came for Ye Xiao, but now Ye Xiao was claiming Li Dachong's intentions were directed at Ling Shuya. Who was Ling Shuya? Li Jianwen knew all too well!

Ye Xiao said, "Speak the truth now, and you might still be saved."

"It's that Li Dachong found out my nephew, Li Dong, was crippled by you, so he conspired with my brother to... to..." Li Jianwen suddenly dared not continue.

Ye Xiao said, "To kill me, is that it?"

Li Jianwen said, "Yes, Li Dachong gave me five million, and all I needed to do was turn a blind eye. My brother's family pleaded with me, and eventually, I..."

"So that's how it is. Where's the money?"

"What money?" Li Jianwen looked at Ye Xiao, puzzled.

"The five million?"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Li Jianwen exclaimed in shock, "What are you going to do?"

"Money or life!" Ye Xiao said with a cold smile, "Choose for yourself!"

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