Chapter 60: Wu Lihong Arrested

By the time Wu Lihong ran all the way to Chen Xuewen's place, the sky had already grown dark.

She knocked on the apartment door, only to find that there was nobody inside at all.

Hurriedly, she pulled out her mobile phone, intending to call Chen Xuewen.

At that moment, a man with a waxed handlebar mustache and a center-parted slicked-back hairstyle suddenly stepped out from the side.

The man wore a smile. "Young lady, looking for Chen Xuewen, aren't you?"

Wu Lihong cast a suspicious glance at the man and remained silent.

Unfazed, the man continued with a faint smile, "You must be Wu Lihong, right?"

"As expected, you're quite pretty!"

Instantly raising her guard, Wu Lihong took a step back. "Who are you?"

"What do you want?"

The man smiled faintly. "My name is Ding San."

"Here is the thing: Chen Xuewen went to attend a banquet at my boss's place tonight."

"He instructed me to wait here."

"If you came by, I was to have you go over and join them for a casual meal!"

Wu Lihong's eyes darted around. She was no fool, and naturally, she knew something was amiss here.

If nothing else, the very fact that she had come here tonight was a spur-of-the-moment decision; there was simply no way Chen Xuewen could have known she would show up.

Therefore, she did not believe a single word of what Ding San said.

Having spent a fair amount of time following Chen Xuewen, Wu Lihong had grown much sharper.

Feigning belief, she asked, "Really?"

"Where is it?"

"Let's go over right now!"

Hearing this, Ding San beamed with smiles. "Right at the Chenji Grand Hotel."

"I have a car, let's drive over."

Wu Lihong nodded. "Okay."

She walked directly toward the staircase, but as she passed by Ding San, she suddenly grabbed his shoulder, jerked her knee upward, and viciously drove it straight into his groin.

Ding San was utterly unprepared and took the full force of the blow right where it hurt most. The excruciating pain caused him to collapse limply to the ground.

Without a moment's hesitation, Wu Lihong whirled around, rushed down the stairs, and fled in a panic.

Yet, she had barely taken a few steps when several figures rushed out from the dark corners on either side, clamped a hand over her mouth, and pinned her to the ground.

Clutching his crotch, Ding San dragged himself down the stairs, his face ashen with grimaces and bared teeth.

He vented his fury by kicking Wu Lihong and cursing, "Stinking bitch, you've got a vicious streak, haven't you?"

"Damn it, you guys, take her to Brother Snake's factory and proceed according to the plan."

"I'm heading to the hospital to make sure nothing got permanently disabled!"

The henchmen secretly snickered; Ding San in his current state looked utterly pathetic.

Wu Lihong struggled desperately, but she was no match for the men. They bundled her into a car and drove away.

At six-thirty, the sky was completely dark.

Inside the hotel opposite the enforcement brigade headquarters, Chen Xuewen and the other three had just finished dinner and were playing cards to pass the time.

Suddenly, a knock sounded at the door.

Chen Xuewen and the other two immediately tensed up. Even Li Tiehu put down his phone and picked up a wooden stick from beside him—that was his weapon!

Chen Xuewen waved a hand at them.

Monkey Lai bolted over, threw the window open, and got ready to flee.

Wang Zhendong pulled several bags of quicklime powder out from under the bed, ready to scatter them at a moment's notice.

At the same time, they all put on protective glasses; these were all preparations for combat.

Having settled everything, Chen Xuewen walked to the door and peered through the peephole. There was only a hotel attendant standing outside.

Filled with doubt, Chen Xuewen kept the door shut and asked, "What is it?"

The attendant replied, "Hello, sir."

"Someone just dropped off an envelope and asked me to pass it on to you."