Chapter 11: Repeat What You Just Said
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After collecting his commission, Li Moxuan hurried home, his heart filled with joy.
“Although a hundred thousand yuan isn’t much, it should be enough for my sister’s tuition, food, clothing, and daily expenses!”
“Linger, I’ll definitely make it up to you with the very best of everything!”
With that thought, Li Moxuan quickened his pace once more and rushed toward Peach Blossom Village.
Peach Blossom Village.
Li Moling was chatting merrily with her best friend, whom she had not seen in a long time.
Zhao Nannan, however, seemed distracted. Whether it was because she felt guilty or for some other reason, she did not even dare meet Li Moling’s eyes.
Noticing her discomfort, Li Moling asked curiously, “Nannan, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
Zhao Nannan shook her head and forced a faint smile.
“It’s nothing!”
Just then—
Bang!
The courtyard gate was violently kicked open.
Li Moling was startled.
“What’s happening? What’s going on?”
A middle-aged man wearing a sharply tailored suit, slicked-back hair, and an ostentatiously polished appearance stormed into the courtyard.
A dense rush of footsteps followed.
One burly bodyguard after another filed inside. There were at least twenty or thirty of them, and they surrounded the already cramped courtyard so completely that not even a drop of water could pass through.
The moment the middle-aged man saw Li Moling step out of the house, his eyes lit up. He immediately waved his hand.
“Men, seize her!”
Two bodyguards rushed forward and pinned Li Moling down.
Terrified, Li Moling cried out, “What are you doing? You’re not government officials. What right do you have to arrest anyone?”
“Let go of me!”
At that moment, Zhao Nannan emerged from the house as well. With a fawning smile, she approached the middle-aged man.
“Steward Huang, you’ve finally arrived.”
“Li Moling is right here. Her health really has recovered. You can take her back now and remove her heart immediately.”
Steward Huang lifted his chin high, his nostrils turned arrogantly toward the sky.
“Hmm. You’ve done a decent job this time. You found her in time. Don’t worry—I won’t shortchange you on what I promised.”
Zhao Nannan thanked him repeatedly in excitement.
“Thank you, Steward Huang.”
Even the most foolish person would have understood by now that her best friend had betrayed her.
Li Moling stared at Zhao Nannan in disbelief.
“Her heart? Nannan, you… You were the one who told him where I was?”
“I’ve recovered, and I already told you that I won’t hand over my heart. I never agreed to sign that contract.”
Zhao Nannan turned her head toward Li Moling. Her delicate face was now filled with coldness, arrogance, and deep contempt.
“Best friends? A penniless wretch like you thinks you’re worthy of being my best friend? What a joke.”
Zhao Nannan surveyed the Li family’s dilapidated home, bare and impoverished.
“If circumstances hadn’t forced me to come, I would never set foot in this filthy slum in my entire life. Li Moling, you should be grateful that your heart matches that of an important person, allowing a lowly beggar like you to serve some purpose.”
“And you still dare refuse? Heh… The only meaning your life has is to serve as spare parts for important people. You should feel honored.”
“People from poor, backward places are always so troublesome. Do you really think refusing will help? Whatever an important person wants, they can take, whether you agree or not. Who would care about the wishes of an insignificant ant? Since you refused the money before, we’ll simply take your heart by force!”
Watching Zhao Nannan’s condescending, mercenary expression, two lines of tears streamed down Li Moling’s face.
“Zhao Nannan, I never imagined you could be this kind of person… I truly misjudged you.”
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Zhao Nannan sneered.
“I’m merely living in the real world. You, on the other hand, are nothing but a naive fool who has no idea how harshly realistic this world is.”
Steward Huang waved his hand.
“Enough talk. Take her away!”
As he spoke, the bodyguards attempted to force Li Moling into the car.
Li Moling screamed in terror.
“Help!”
“Stop! What are you doing?”
The woman next door, Sister Osmanthus, had been cooking when she heard Li Moling’s cries. She hurried over to stop them.
“You’re abducting a woman in broad daylight! I’ll call the police!”
Steward Huang shot her a cold look.
“Where did this village woman come from? How annoying!”
Slap!
A bodyguard struck Sister Osmanthus viciously across the face.
The tremendous force knocked her to the ground.
“Ah…”
Several bodyguards descended on her, beating her mercilessly.
She had been caught in the crossfire while trying to save Li Moling.
Li Moling hurriedly shouted, “I’ll go with you! Don’t hit my sister-in-law!”
Steward Huang gave a cold laugh.
“If you’d listened from the beginning, none of this would have been necessary.”
Just then—
“You’re courting death!”
A voice colder than ice rang out from nearby.
Everyone present shuddered involuntarily and turned around.
Li Moxuan, returning from the construction site, stood blocking the road, radiating murderous fury.
His deep, pitch-black eyes seethed with an overwhelming killing intent.
One glance at the scene was enough for him to understand what had happened.
“Let my sister go, or you’ll all die!”
Steward Huang narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Kid, don’t make trouble for yourself.”
Zhao Nannan sneered disdainfully from the side.
“Steward Huang, don’t bother with him. He’s that useless Li Moling’s brother.”
“So that’s who he is!”
Steward Huang and the others appeared ready to ignore Li Moxuan entirely and leave with their people.
A glimmer of hope appeared in Li Moling’s eyes.
“Brother… Brother, save me!”
“They’re trying to take my heart!”
Her voice choked with sobs, full of helpless grievance. At a moment like this, she could rely only on her one remaining family member.
Several veins bulged at Li Moxuan’s temples.
“They’re trying to take my sister’s heart? How brazen.”
Steward Huang let out a cold laugh.
“So what? The lives of lowly commoners like you are worthless. If you can be of use to an important person, you should consider yourselves honored.”
“Do insignificant paupers like you have the right to decide what happens to your own organs or lives? You’re merely at our mercy. If you want money, then obediently get out of the way.”
In Steward Huang’s eyes, everything Li Moxuan was doing was merely an attempt to demand more money.
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Money, naturally, could solve every problem.
Li Moxuan laughed furiously, the corner of his mouth lifting to reveal a row of gleaming white teeth.
“Very well.”
“Important people? In my eyes, there are only the living and the dead.”
“You dared lay a hand on my sister? You’ll pay a price you’ll remember for all eternity!”
Steward Huang burst out laughing.
“You? You think—”
Before he could finish speaking, Li Moxuan transformed into a blur and appeared before the crowd in an instant.
Crack! Crack!
Two crisp sounds rang out.
No one knew when Li Moxuan had reached Li Moling’s side. He twisted the arms of the two bodyguards restraining her until they snapped.
Then he seized both men by the head and slammed them violently against the car.
Bang!
Two enormous dents appeared in the vehicle.
Everyone present watched in stunned disbelief, their pupils shrinking to pinpoints.
Was that truly human strength?
Li Moling stared with her mouth agape.
Was this really her brother?
Li Moxuan pushed Li Moling toward the doorway and positioned himself protectively in front of her.
Even so, Steward Huang remained utterly confident in his men.
“Kid, whoever you are, you dared interfere with my master’s affairs. You’ll die for that!”
“Kill him!”
Steward Huang issued the order with a vicious expression.
The bodyguards drew their weapons and charged, hacking toward Li Moxuan.
Li Moxuan gave a contemptuous laugh.
“You think you can?”
His figure vanished from the spot, leaving behind one after another of blurred afterimages.
Like a sinister phantom, he wove through the crowd.
No one could track his position.
Every blade they swung struck empty air—or their own comrades.
A faint golden spiritual radiance gathered in Li Moxuan’s right hand. For his sister’s sake, he did not want to make the scene too bloody. Otherwise, these men would already have been reduced to heaps of mangled flesh.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Wave after wave of tremendous force struck the bodyguards in the chest.
Their bodies flew backward like cannonballs. Some crashed into the walls surrounding the courtyard, while others slammed into the country road, smashing out enormous pits two or three meters in diameter.
Blood sprayed from their mouths as they fell unconscious, their fates unknown.
In the blink of an eye, only Zhao Nannan and Steward Huang remained standing.
Zhao Nannan had never imagined that Li Moxuan could fight with such terrifying skill. Deeply shaken, she trembled violently and collapsed against the car, her legs quivering uncontrollably. A wet stain trickled down along her black stockings.
She had clearly been frightened into wetting herself.
“You… Are you human or a ghost?”
The scene was simply too shocking.
Li Moxuan cast Zhao Nannan a cold glance before turning his utterly emotionless gaze toward Steward Huang, whose face had gone deathly pale.
“You. Repeat exactly what you just said.”
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