Chapter 708 — Not Done Playing Yet
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"Wei Zhao, be careful!" Seeing Wei Zhao stride toward the men in black, Tang Zhi hurriedly called out a warning.
"Tang Zhi, you don't get Arrow Brand Brother at all — it's those bad guys who ought to be careful!" Shen Yushu said to Tang Zhi.
Tang Zhi pursed her lips, thinking to herself: How could I not understand Wei Zhao? I understand him perfectly well, thank you. How could those two-bit thugs possibly be a match for Wei Zhao? I was only worried about him, that's all.
"I was telling him to be careful not to hurt them too badly!" Tang Zhi said.
"Oh, so what if he does? We're acting in self-defense, doing a good deed. Besides, that fox Qiu Lingshan is terrified of Arrow Brand Brother anyway!" Shen Yushu said indifferently.
Over on his side, Li Diley's expression shifted. He hadn't expected these people to be so utterly unruffled under the circumstances. That left only two possibilities: first, that ignorance made them fearless — they were all fools; or second, that they were absolutely confident they could walk out of here.
Previously, Li Diley had assumed the first possibility, and found it rather amusing. But now he was leaning toward the second — because after hearing Li Cihua's name, Wei Zhao hadn't been the least bit afraid. He had actually come forward and declared that he wasn't planning to leave.
Of course, that wasn't the main thing. The main thing was that this girl Shen Yushu had actually mentioned Qiu Lingshan — and had the nerve to call her a fox. Li Diley was no stranger to the name Qiu Lingshan; she was the captain of the city police's criminal investigation unit! How could people who moved in the underworld like them not have heard of her?
Could it be that these people had ties to Qiu Lingshan too? At that thought, Li Diley grew uneasy. After a moment's hesitation, he decided he'd better sound out their background first: "Gentlemen, if you dare come here, I daresay you've got something to fall back on. Speak up — let's not flood the Dragon King's temple with our own floodwaters."
Wei Zhao could tell at once that this was Li Diley's roundabout way of backing down. The moment he heard Qiu Lingshan's name, he had changed his tune. A man like Li Diley, background or no background, was someone Qiu Lingshan could deal with. Getting him thrown straight into prison would be difficult, admittedly, but hounding him every other day would be punishment enough.
Could a man like Li Diley possibly have no dirt on him at all? Obviously not.
But Wei Zhao said nothing. Ever since he'd learned of Li Diley's connection to Li Cihua, he had already decided this man's fate. He was destined to become Wei Zhao's test subject — a probe against Li Cihua, or rather against the poisoner at Young Master Bing's side.
"Since you gentlemen won't talk, there's nothing more I can do. Whether or not you have backing, in my restaurant, you owe me an explanation. Take him!" Li Diley said flatly. He wasn't afraid of trouble either — so what if they knew Qiu Lingshan? As long as he didn't touch the girls, that was the limit. Roughing up the young man would vent his spleen and win back some face. Even if Qiu Lingshan got wind of it, she wouldn't do anything to him — at most he'd pay a little money to settle it.
The men in black eyed Wei Zhao warily, but they weren't especially afraid. After all, their side had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, and on Wei Zhao's side, counting it up, the only one who could fight was Wei Zhao himself.
As for Shen Yushu, they didn't take her seriously at all — hers had been a sneak attack, catching them off guard. She had no real fighting ability.
All their eyes were fixed on Wei Zhao. The instant he drew close, they moved! They didn't overestimate themselves either; they came at him in a pack, aiming to take him down in one go. Their faces had been thoroughly humiliated before — they were going to win them back.