squeak!
The heavy carved wooden door of the main hall was opened from the inside.
The light streamed out, outlining a figure wearing a velvet robe and soft-soled slippers.
Japanese wealthy businessman, Kobayashi Tenbo!
He didn't have a gun.
but……
In his hand was a string of the most common "Earth Red" firecrackers wrapped in red paper.
The fine twister is still half drooping...
Her robe was baggy and her hair was a little messy.
He ignored the police who were acting as if they were facing a great enemy and the black muzzles of their guns, and slowly walked to the center of the yard, next to the large iron bucket that was originally used to collect rainwater.
He bent down, picked a single small red firecracker from the string, and slowly took out a matchbox from his nightgown pocket.
“Snap!”
A small flame rose.
He lit the fuse of the small red firecracker and threw it into the iron bucket.
Chichichichi…
The sound of the fuse burning rapidly was particularly clear in the dead of night.
Everyone's heart was in their throat!
The sneer on Huo Zhenting's lips froze instantly.
His body involuntarily leaned forward slightly...
No way?
This... is this the "gunshot" just now?
The next second——
"Bang!!!"
A short, loud explosion came out from the iron barrel muffledly, shaking the air and making the metal barrel buzz!
The sound died down and the echo faded away.
Lin Huowang raised his head, and the slight expression on his face completely turned into a smile.
There was also a bit of laziness after a successful prank.
He glanced around at the policemen, and finally passed his gaze past them and landed precisely on Huo Zhenting, whose face was ashen in the distance. His voice was not loud, but it penetrated the darkness:
"Sir..."
He shook the string of firecrackers in his hand and drawled out, "Hong Kong law... doesn't stipulate that you can't set off firecrackers in your own yard in the middle of the night. Listen to the bang and drive away bad luck, right?"
Dead silence.
Absolute... suffocating silence.
The beam of light from the strong flashlight was fixed on the iron barrel that was still emitting wisps of blue smoke.
Then he slowly moved to the string of tacky red firecrackers in Lin Huowang's hand.
All the policemen stood there speechlessly, guns drawn, their facial muscles frozen.
Huo Zhenting stood there, like a snow sculpture splashed with boiling water.
The calmness and sneer just now were shattered in an instant... and evaporated!
His face turned liver-colored at a speed visible to the naked eye, then faded from liver-colored to pale, and finally turned into an expression of anger, annoyance and helplessness.
The expensive Armani suit seemed to have become the heaviest shackle, pressing down on his spine to the point of bending it.
His vision went black, his ears buzzed, and there was only a sharp, frantic roar... It wasn't a gun! It was firecrackers!
He was the eldest son of the Huo family, yet he was frightened into fleeing in panic by a string of worthless firecrackers?! He even went to the trouble of calling the police?!
Summoning such a large group of armed police...
“Puff…”
A suppressed laugh came from somewhere, as if lighting a fuse.
“Heh…hahahaha…”
Such laughter instantly spread across the villa area under the night sky.
One after another, with undisguised sarcasm and a huge sense of absurdity.
Have the rich and idle people in Repulse Bay ever seen such a funny and exciting scene?
The eldest son of the Huo family came to provoke him late at night, but was blown away by the host's firecrackers...
Then he even brought the police back and staged a farce that brought humiliation upon himself!
This is a hundred times more exciting than the gossip in some third-rate evening newspaper!
"Hahaha, Young Master Huo was scared away by the firecrackers!"
"I told you, the Japanese are rich and not stupid. Why would they pull a gun on your doorstep? Use your brain!"
"The Huo family's face has been thrown to the top of Mount Taiping!"
"What's the saying that a powerful dragon can't defeat a local snake? I think the Huo family's snake has gone into the firecracker den, haha..."
These sarcastic laughter drifted from far and near and entered Huo Zhenting's ears.
Like countless red-hot steel needles, they pierced his dignity.
Old Xu stood beside him, his face pale and his whole body trembling, wishing he could disappear right there.
The superintendent's face also turned red and white, and the knuckles of his fingers, which were holding the search warrant, turned white.
He turned around abruptly, his eyes piercing Huo Zhenting like a knife: "Mr. Huo! This is the case you reported! This is what you emphasized, the existence of extremely dangerous armed individuals?"
The anger and questioning in that tone almost burst out.
Lin Huowang, however, looked indifferent. He brushed off the non-existent dust on his pajamas.
Then, he smiled at the superintendent with an impeccable attitude: "Sir, you've worked hard, going out on patrol so late at night. Is there anything else? If not, I still need to listen to the noise to ward off bad luck!"
Alas! There is really no other way. A bad guy has come to my door. Let’s set off some firecrackers to get rid of the bad luck…”
He pretended to pop a second firecracker.
The muscles on the superintendent's face twitched violently. He gritted his teeth and waved his hand suddenly: "I'm sorry to bother Mr. Kobayashi. Dismiss!"
His voice was hoarse with humiliation and embarrassment.
The armed police officers retreated quickly like the tide. The police cars didn't even sound their sirens as they disappeared in disgrace at the end of the winding road in Repulse Bay.
It was as if he had never been there, leaving behind only the embarrassing laughter and the embarrassment of Huo Zhenting and his servant exposed in broad daylight.
Lin Huowang completely ignored Huo Zhenting in front of him, turned around slowly, picked up the string of "Dadihong", hummed a tuneless Japanese song, and walked back to the living room of his home.
The heavy door slowly closed behind him with a soft bang, blocking out Huo Zhenting's distorted face outside the door, as well as the burning gazes and deafening sneers of the entire Repulse Bay.
Huo Zhenting stood where he was. The salty and cold sea breeze could not blow away the heat rising from his face and the shame that penetrated deep into his bones.
But what he didn't know was that this night at Repulse Bay No. 3 would become the starting point of his lingering nightmare.
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