Chapter 281 The Dust Settles

Following Lu Rang's instructions, Li Li said in a panicked and tearful voice, "Mr. Wang... Something terrible has happened!"

"Something happened? What happened?"

Wang Yun's voice rose slightly, carrying a hint of barely perceptible anticipation.

"It's...it's Mrs. Lu! She suddenly had severe abdominal pain tonight and bled a lot. We rushed her to the hospital, but the doctor said the baby couldn't be saved..."

Li Li's acting was quite realistic, her voice even choked with emotion.

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

A few seconds later, Wang Yun's voice rang out again, this time with an barely suppressed, twisted excitement and pleasure: "Oh? That's it? Are you sure?"

“Yes, yes! The doctor said it himself! Mr. Lu was almost going crazy at the time…” Li Li continued to embellish the story.

“Heh,” Wang Yun let out a low, chilling chuckle. “Well done. I’ll transfer the money to you as agreed. Things are getting tense lately, so you should stay out of the way and don’t contact me again.”

Seeing that the other party was about to hang up, Li Li hurriedly followed Lu Rang's prior instructions and said urgently, "Mr. Wang! Wait! This matter is too big. The Lu family will definitely not let it go. I... I'm scared! That little money isn't enough for me to run away!"

"Could you give me another sum of money? Or, could we meet and you give me the money in person so I can leave Yecheng with peace of mind?"

When she asked to meet, her heart was pounding in her throat.

Wang Yun on the other end of the phone hesitated, her tone becoming wary: "Meeting? There's no need. I'll transfer the money to your overseas account."

"Mr. Wang! Please!" Li Li pleaded, her voice trembling with tears. "I can only leave in peace after I get the cash and see you in person! Please help me this once, since I've done something for you! I promise I'll disappear as soon as I get the money and won't implicate you!"

Wang Yun thought that it wouldn't hurt to meet a woman who was terrified and only wanted money, and that it would shut her up completely.

After a moment of silence, he finally relented, his tone carrying an arrogant condescension: "Fine, tomorrow night at eight o'clock, the back alley of Guiye Bar. There are no security cameras there. Come alone, and don't try anything funny."

That was a notorious place in Yecheng, a melting pot of all sorts of people, and its back alleys were especially dark and chaotic. Wang Yun's choice of that location was clearly carefully considered, making it easier to hide and escape.

"Okay! Okay! Thank you, Mr. Wang! I will definitely be there on time!" Li Li hurriedly agreed.

The phone call ended, and silence returned to the study.

Li breathed a sigh of relief, her back already soaked with cold sweat.

A cold smile curled at the corners of Lu Rang's lips.

Wang Yun took the bait.

"He arranged to meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow night in the alley behind the bar," Li Li reported.

"I heard you." Lu Rang's voice was calm. He looked at Shang Wu and said, "Tomorrow night, I will lead people to set up a perimeter in advance. Cheng Zhou and the people he found will also be nearby to provide support."

Shang Wu nodded, though worried, she had more trust in Lu Rang's abilities.

"You must be careful. Since Wang Yun dared to choose that kind of place, he must have made some preparations."

"Don't worry." Lu Rang walked to her side and took her hand. "This time, he won't be able to escape."

He then began to systematically assign tasks and contact his most trusted and skilled bodyguard team.

After communicating with Cheng Zhou again to determine the specific action plan and signals for tomorrow night, they used some non-public channels to ensure that they could obtain evidence of Wang Yun's instructions.

The entire villa has quietly entered a state of outward relaxation but inward tension due to tomorrow night's operation.

Li Li was kept under strict surveillance to ensure she wouldn't betray him at the last minute or pass any information to Wang Yun.

As night deepened, Shang Wu lay down with Lu Rang by her side, but she couldn't fall asleep.

She could sense that Lu Rang beside her was also in a tense, ready-to-go state.

"Lu Rang," she said softly, "you must come back safely tomorrow."

Lu Rang turned to the side, accurately finding her lips in the darkness, and placed a gentle yet firm kiss on them.

“I promise.” His deep voice rang out in the night, carrying an undeniable power, “For you and the baby, I will definitely come back safely. And then, I will completely eliminate this disgusting fly.”

His words dispelled the last unease in Shang Wu's heart.

She nestled into his arms, feeling his steady heartbeat, knowing that tomorrow would be a tough battle, but in order to eliminate future troubles, this battle had to be fought, and it had to be won.

...

The night was deep, and the back alley of the bar was filled with the pungent smell of rotting garbage and cheap alcohol. Only a dim, broken street lamp cast a pale glow.

At 7:50 p.m., the people Lu Rang had arranged had already quietly infiltrated the designated location.

He himself sat in an inconspicuous black sedan across the alley, his sharp gaze fixed on the alley entrance through the tinted windows.

Cheng Zhou led another group of people to guard another exit of the alley, forming an encirclement.

At eight o'clock sharp, a figure wearing an inconspicuous gray coat and a hat appeared at the alley entrance.

Li Li arrived as agreed.

She looked around nervously, her fingers gripping the hem of her clothes tightly, taking each step with extreme caution.

Time passed slowly, and apart from the occasional stray cat darting through the alley, there was no other movement.

Wang Yun was cautious and did not appear on time.

It wasn't until 8:10 that an older model car without license plates slowly glided to the alley entrance and came to a stop.

The car door opened, and a man wearing a hoodie with the brim pulled low quickly got out and slipped into the alley.

Wang Yun was clearly on guard. He did not immediately approach Li Li, but instead stood in the shadows and checked the surroundings again.

The bodyguard captain, hiding in the shadows, reported in a low voice through his earpiece: "Target spotted, one person, no other suspicious persons found."

Lu Rang's eyes sharpened, and he succinctly ordered into the microphone: "Action."

The moment the order was given, several bodyguards who had been lying in ambush behind the pile of debris and in the shadows around the corner pounced out like cheetahs!

Before Wang Yun could even react, two people grabbed his arms tightly from both sides, while another quickly covered his mouth, silencing any screams he might have.

The whole process was clean and efficient, taking no more than five seconds.

Li Li screamed in fright at the sudden turn of events and collapsed to the ground.

Cheng Zhou led his men to flank from the other side, confirming that no one had escaped.

Lu Rang opened the car door and walked steadily into the alley. Under the dim yellow light.

His tall figure, exuding an imposing pressure, walked up to Wang Yun, who was still struggling, and slowly squatted down.

Wang Yun looked up in horror, his hat brim slipping down to reveal his face, contorted with fear and anger.

When he realized the person in front of him was Lu Rang, his pupils contracted sharply, and he struggled even more fiercely.

Lu Rang reached out, his movements even elegant, and slowly pulled out the gag stuffed in his mouth.

"Lu Rang! It's you! What do you want?! Let me go!"

As soon as Wang Yun was able to speak, he immediately roared, his voice trembling with fear, "This is illegal detention!"

Lu Rang stared at him, his eyes cold and devoid of warmth, as if looking at a lifeless object. "Unlawful detention?" He chuckled, the sound particularly chilling in the quiet alley. "Wang Yun, you instructed others to harm a pregnant woman, attempting to murder my child. Who do you think is more illegal?"

Wang Yun's face turned deathly pale instantly, but he still forced himself to remain calm: "You...you're talking nonsense! What evidence do you have?!"

“Evidence,” Lu Rang stood up and gave a wink to the bodyguard beside him. The bodyguard immediately searched Wang Yun and found a cell phone and a thick envelope containing cash intended for Li Li.

"Cash, call logs, and..."

Lu Rang glanced at Li Li, who was slumped on the ground, pale and lifeless, and took out his phone to play a recording.

This is the complete transcript of Li Li's phone call with Wang Yun last night.

Wang Yun collapsed completely, his last glimmer of hope shattered.

He knew he was finished.

"Take him away." Lu Rang stopped looking at him and coldly uttered two words.

The bodyguard deftly shoved the ashen-faced Wang Yun into another car.

Cheng Zhou walked over and patted Lu Rang on the shoulder: "Leave the rest to me. I'll make sure he spills everything he knows."

Lu Rang nodded: "Find out if there are any accomplices and what their motives are."

Wang Yun was taken to a secluded place. Under Cheng Zhou's questioning, he quickly told the whole story.

Just as Lu Rang had predicted, the instigator was Wang Yun.

It was for Lin Ruan.

After obtaining all the confessions and evidence, Lu Rang showed no mercy.

He first used swift and decisive measures to launch a precise and fatal business attack against the Wang Yun family's enterprises.

Leaking core trade secrets, poaching key clients, and reporting tax issues.

The series of combined punches were swift and ruthless, giving the Wang family no chance to react.

In just a few days, the Wang family's company, which was already on the verge of collapse due to Wang Yun's incompetence, declared bankruptcy and was burdened with huge debts.

The once-glorious young master Wang has become a homeless dog in the blink of an eye.

When Wang Yun was brought before Lu Rang and saw the documents proving his family's bankruptcy, he completely broke down, kneeling on the ground in tears and begging for mercy.

"Lu Rang! Young Master Lu! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong! Please, please let me go! Please let my family go! It was all that bitch Lin Ruan who bewitched me! I was bewitched..."

Lu Rang looked down at him, his eyes filled with nothing but cold disgust, devoid of any pity.

"Now you know how to beg for mercy? When you set your sights on my wife and children, you should have known this day would come."

He waved his hand and instructed the bodyguard, "Place him and Lin Ruan together and keep a close eye on them. No one is allowed to see him without my permission."

He wanted these two wicked people to spend their time in endless regret and mutual resentment.

With all threats completely eliminated, Shang Wu finally felt relieved after hearing the news.

She stroked her increasingly protruding belly, feeling the strong life force inside, and let out a long sigh of relief.

She began to truly relax and focus on taking care of her health.

Lu Rang hired a new nutritionist to develop a care plan for her. Her daily diet was steadily maintained.

After the incident was over, Li Li came to see Lu Rang and Shang Wu with trepidation.

"Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu, I know I deserve to die, but I still cooperated with you in the end and captured Wang Yun. Please forgive me this time, since I didn't cause any actual harm! I will never dare to do it again!"

Li Li knelt on the ground, pleading desperately.

Shang Wu looked at her, but her heart was not stirred.

Li Li did eventually cooperate, but her initial malicious intent and actions were unforgivable.

If it hadn't been discovered early, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Lu Rang didn't even bother to look at her, and directly instructed his assistant: "Hand her over to the police. She was involved in planning the harm to pregnant women, and the evidence is conclusive. In addition, notify the relevant associations to revoke her medical license and nutritionist license."

He would never allow such a scheming and unethical person to have the opportunity to come into contact with any pregnant woman or family again.

Upon hearing this, Li Li collapsed to the ground, her face ashen.

She knew that her life was ruined the moment she accepted Wang Yun's dirty deal.