After leaving the teahouse, Li Feng returned to his car and began reading the documents that Li Zhengxiang had given him.
In Li Feng’s view, these documents from Li Zhengxiang amounted to a certificate of surrender, because they were extremely important to him. They not only contained an analysis of the various factions within the Li family, but also included some intelligence that Li Feng wanted but had been unable to obtain.
“It seems my plan needs to be adjusted a little, but first I must confirm the authenticity of these documents.” A glint of sharpness flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
Soon after, Li Feng drove to the First People’s Hospital.
In last night’s battle on Binhe Road, many members of the Black Hawk team and the Eagle Eye elite had been killed, with even more injured. For their safety, Zhong Shuhui had reserved the entire tenth floor of the inpatient department. The stairwells and corridors on the tenth floor were guarded by Black Hawk and Eagle Eye personnel, while an unknown number of Eagle Eye members were concealed around the hospital grounds.
“Young Master Feng.”
As soon as Li Feng arrived at the inpatient department, Bu Meng, who was responsible for hospital security, came forward to greet him. Bu Meng had undergone a complete transformation since leaving Kunyang Town. He was among the first batch selected from the reserves to join the Black Hawk team.
“Bu Meng, well done. You’re on the verge of a breakthrough.” Seeing Bu Meng, a smile appeared in Li Feng’s eyes. He had heard from Tian Lang that, under the cultivation of resources, Bu Meng was one of the second group in the Black Hawk team to develop true qi. At this point, Bu Meng had reached the peak of the first level of the Postnatal realm, and breaking through to the second level was only a matter of time.
“It should happen in the next few days,” Bu Meng said with a smile.
“Good. Keep working hard.” Li Feng nodded in satisfaction. Back then, he had brought Bu Meng to Tianhai City simply because Bu Meng had helped him in Kunyang Town. He had not expected Bu Meng to have such strong cultivation potential.
“By the way, no one is causing disturbances here, right?” Li Feng asked. He was now almost certain that the mastermind behind last night’s events was Blood Shadow. Until Blood Shadow was dealt with, he dared not be careless. Although this was a hospital, to Blood Shadow, a hospital was no different from any other place.
“Young Master Feng, rest assured. There are no disturbances, though a visitor came today,” Bu Meng replied.
“A visitor? Who?” Li Feng was startled and quickly asked.
“It was Young Master Jin Songyang. I consulted Commander Zhong, and she said Jin Songyang is not a problem, so…” Bu Meng looked at Li Feng with some concern.
“I understand. He’s not a problem.” Li Feng nodded. He had just saved Jin Xiaoya, so he did not believe Jin Songyang would make a move against him at this time.
However, what was Jin Songyang here for?
“I’ll go in now.” Li Feng said and walked inside.
Soon, Li Feng arrived at the VIP ward where Hu Yuanyuan was staying. At a glance, he saw Jin Songyang chatting with Hu Yuanyuan.
“Young Master Jin.” Li Feng entered and asked, “How is Xiaoya doing now?”
“Thank you for your concern, Young Master Feng. Xiaoya is fine now, though she needs time to recuperate.” Jin Songyang stood up from his chair upon seeing Li Feng and said, “Young Master Feng, I have heard about what happened last night. I never imagined those villains could be so deranged as to send so many people to attack President Hu and the others in the city centre.”
Because he had been caring for Jin Xiaoya, Jin Songyang only learned the news this morning. When he first heard it, he was filled with disbelief. He knew Li Feng had offended many people and that plenty wanted him dead, but he had not expected anyone to be so audacious as to organise such a large assault on Hu Yuanyuan and the others in the city centre.
Since Li Feng had saved Jin Xiaoya, Jin Songyang came to visit Hu Yuanyuan as soon as he received the news.
“Young Master Feng, I would like to speak with you privately,” Jin Songyang said.
“Follow me, Young Master Jin.” Li Feng led Jin Songyang to the adjoining rest room. As soon as they entered, Jin Songyang asked, “Young Master Feng, do you know who sent those villains?”
“I have a few suspects, but nothing confirmed yet.” Although Li Feng was already certain it was Blood Shadow, he had no intention of revealing this to Jin Songyang.
“Young Master Feng, I received information that someone called the police at the time of the incident last night, but pressure was applied from within the government, causing the police to delay their response by an hour,” Jin Songyang said gravely.
“Is that so?” A cold light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He had never considered involvement from the government side, but now that Jin Songyang mentioned it, Li Feng sensed something unusual. After all, Binhe Road was in the city centre, with countless people nearby at night. It was impossible that no one had called the police after the incident.
So who had pressured the police bureau? What was their aim?
The first person Li Feng thought of was Li Zhengxiang. As the mayor of Tianhai City, Li Zhengxiang could indeed issue such an order. However, he had just met Li Zhengxiang, who had not mentioned the matter. If it really was Li Zhengxiang, what was the meaning behind the words he said during their meeting today?
If it was not Li Zhengxiang, then who had applied the pressure? Who was targeting him? Could it be Zhu Yuanyang? The Zhu family was in Jinling, close enough to Tianhai City that they likely held considerable influence over its official circles.
“Yes. My friend Jiang Dongyuan is with the Tianhai City armed police. You should have met him, Young Master Feng. He told me,” Jin Songyang nodded and said.
“Young Master Jin, do you know who gave the order?” Li Feng recalled Jiang Dongyuan, whom he had seen at the hospital that night, and nodded.
“It was a special department,” Jin Songyang said in a lowered voice.
“A special department?” Li Feng’s expression changed. He thought of one person: Fo Zhu. In Tianhai City, the only special department was the National Security Bureau, and his relationship with Fo Zhu was far from good. Moreover, last night, Fo Zhu had gone to Tianya Pavilion looking for him over Wu De’s matter.
So the likelihood that it was Fo Zhu was very high.
“Thank you for telling me this, Young Master Jin.” Li Feng took a deep breath and said to Jin Songyang.
“You are too polite, Young Master Feng. If there is anything you need help with, just say the word.” This information was a trivial effort for him, not enough to repay Li Feng’s favour. Moreover, he did not want anything to happen to Li Feng at this juncture.
“If I need Young Master Jin’s help, I will certainly ask.” Li Feng nodded, not refusing.
After seeing Jin Songyang off at the hospital, Li Feng returned to the VIP ward.
“Li Feng, what did Jin Songyang say to you?” Hu Yuanyuan asked curiously. She was not familiar with Jin Songyang, having only met him once at the previous press conference.
“He brought me some important news.” Li Feng came to Hu Yuanyuan’s bedside and asked, “Yuanyuan, how are you feeling now?”
“It’s just some superficial injuries. I’ll be fine after resting for a while.” Hu Yuanyuan shook her head and said, “But now that I’m injured, I can’t go to the company.”
“You don’t need to worry about the company,” Li Feng said.
“How can I not worry? There was a theft at the company last night, and the culprit hasn’t been found yet. With me absent, won’t the company fall into chaos?” Hu Yuanyuan frowned.
“A theft?” Li Feng was stunned. He had not heard about this at all.
“Yes. Last night, the company’s safe was opened…” Hu Yuanyuan briefly explained the situation.
“So Zhong Shuhui went to the company because of the theft, and then you were attacked on the way back to Tianya Pavilion?” Li Feng’s expression darkened.
“Yes.” Hu Yuanyuan nodded, looked at Li Feng, and said, “Li Feng, do you suspect there’s a connection between the two?”
“It’s too much of a coincidence.” A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. Without the theft, he would not have linked the two incidents, but now it was different. He did not believe such coincidences existed in the world.
Moreover, this assault was not solely the work of Blood Shadow. Wu De might have been involved, and possibly others as well.
“If there’s a connection, then my plan to lure the snake out of its hole may not work,” Hu Yuanyuan said, her expression turning grim.
“Not necessarily.” A cold light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes as he said gravely, “You don’t need to concern yourself with this. I’ll handle it. No matter who it is, I will make them pay a heavy price.”
Hu Yuanyuan looked at Li Feng and nodded.
In a certain hotel in Tianhai City.
“Wu De really was a useless waste. He claimed he could definitely kill Li Feng, yet he ended up being killed by Li Feng himself.”
The young man’s face was livid as he cursed. This young man was none other than the one who had always stayed by Wu De’s side. At this moment, he sat cross-legged on the bed, a sinister glint in his eyes.
“It seems I must find a new partner. Otherwise, I won’t be able to enter this Tianhai City Fist King Championship.” The young man muttered to himself. His purpose in coming to China this time was to participate in the Tianhai City Fist King Championship, with his ultimate goal being the Nine Dragons Jade.
However, he had come to China secretly, without his family’s knowledge. His family was not in China and had no invitation to the championship. Although he had thought of cooperating with others, Wu De was a good friend he knew, and they had fought side by side before. He had planned to use Wu De’s status to enter the championship, but unexpectedly, before the event even began, Wu De was killed by Li Feng.
“Who should I cooperate with now?”
Names flashed through his mind one by one, finally settling on one person. The young man smiled and said, “It’ll be him. I believe he’s much stronger than that waste Wu De. However, Li Feng, for killing Wu De and ruining my plans, I won’t let you off.”
Thinking of how he had guaranteed in front of Wu De that he would definitely kill Li Feng, now it seemed utterly laughable. This made him somewhat ashamed and furious. He felt as though Li Feng had slapped him hard across the face.
A sinister glint flashed in the young man’s eyes. He took out his laptop, opened a special website, performed some operations, then sneered and said, “Li Feng, I’m giving you a big gift. I hope you enjoy it well.”
