"Tiger... Brother Tiger." One of the henchmen ran over, his expression bitter.
"Speak." Seeing his underling's troubled expression, Zhang Hu realized that something might be wrong.
“Our men… have all been taken care of.” The underling steadied himself.
"Who solved it?" Zhang Hu asked in surprise.
“She…she.” The younger brother pointed at Jiu Li, a hint of fear in his eyes.
Honestly, he had never seen such a fierce girl before.
When they first met Jiu Li, they thought she was harmless. Two fearless people even went up to tease her.
However, when the girl unleashed her full power, everyone was shocked; their men fell down almost effortlessly.
The scene was littered with severed limbs and people lying on the ground groaning from serious injuries; almost no one was able to stand.
Moreover, this girl was extremely fast and very strong. Their men had almost no chance to fight back, and they were all taken down by Jiu Li's sudden attack.
Zhang Hu was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected Ye Xingchen to be here today, so he hadn't brought any experts with him.
But now it seems he miscalculated. None of his remaining henchmen seem capable of dealing with Ye Xingchen and this harmless little girl.
"I told you, we'll skip the first step. This will save everyone's time, and you'll suffer less. Isn't that better?" Ye Xingchen said helplessly as he walked up to Zhang Hu. "Aren't you in pain anymore?"
As soon as Ye Xingchen finished speaking, Zhang Hu's expression became somewhat distorted.
It hurts, of course it hurts, but he was so shocked that he forgot about the pain in his severed arm.
It wasn't until Ye Xingchen brought it up that the heart-wrenching feeling returned.
He was in so much pain that cold sweat poured down his forehead. He stared at Ye Xingchen with a vicious look, but there was a hint of fear deep in his eyes.
"Although you're working for Huang San, I don't think you really want to leave your life behind, do you?" Ye Xingchen said calmly. "Tell me where Huang Shihao is, and I guarantee you can leave right now."
"Heh... If you have the guts, kill me. Don't spout this useless nonsense. I'm not going to tell you where Young Master Huang is." Zhang Hu sneered.
Although he didn't know what Ye Xingchen was doing, if he really told Ye Xingchen Huang Shihao's whereabouts, then in his master's eyes, all of this would be considered a betrayal.
He had served Huang San for so many years, and no one knew Huang San better than him.
He was extremely ruthless towards traitors, having personally executed more than a dozen traitors and undercover agents. Now, he didn't want to become someone else's target for execution.
"Jiuli, make him speak." Ye Xingchen was too lazy to talk anymore, so he waved his hand.
Jiu Li excitedly stepped forward. In her little mind, she was very willing to do things for Ye Xingchen. She believed that Ye Xingchen asking her to do things meant that he trusted her.
She reached out and grabbed Zhang Hu's only remaining arm, took a deep breath, and was about to attack.
"Be gentle, don't kill him," Ye Xingchen cautioned.
Jiu Li nodded, then looked at Zhang Hu with icy eyes.
"What...what are you going to do?" Zhang Hu tried to struggle, but Jiu Li held his only remaining hand tightly, making it impossible for him to break free.
Snap... His middle finger was severed by Jiu Li. At the moment it broke, Zhang Hu let out a deafening roar.
The arm that lost an arm has become numb, and I can't feel any pain anymore; the blood that flowed out has also clotted.
However, his intact hand became even more sensitive. Since the ten fingers are connected to the heart, the moment his finger was severed, his vision went black and he almost passed out.
"Where is Huang Shih-hao?" Ye Xingchen asked.
“In your mother…” Zhang Hu roared.
Ye Xingchen waved his hand: "Continue."
Crack... Zhang Hu fell to his knees with a thud, his body convulsing violently.
"If you're not going to talk, then continue. Don't stop," Ye Xingchen gestured to Jiu Li.
Jiu Li understood and began to pry open Zhang Hu's fingers, one, two...
When the fourth finger was attached, Zhang Hu finally couldn't take it anymore and knelt on the ground: "Jiangnan Club."
"Alright, Jiu Li, you can let go of his hand now." Ye Xingchen nodded in satisfaction.
Jiu Li then released Zhang Hu's hand and stood behind Ye Xingchen.
"I warned you, but you wouldn't listen." Ye Xingchen stood up and said with a smile, "You only have one life, don't go overboard. Listen to advice, listen to your heart. If I were you, I would leave Jinling right now and never come back."
Zhang Hu was breathing heavily. He looked up at Ye Xingchen, a hint of resentment appearing deep in his eyes.
But more than anything, he was terrified. Zhang Hu wasn't exactly a pragmatist, but he had one redeeming quality: he knew how to avoid danger and seek good fortune.
Judging from Ye Xingchen's strength, he felt that Jinling was about to undergo a major upheaval, and this person would definitely turn Jinling upside down.
"Alright, take your men and get out of here. If you dare show your face in front of me again, I'll really take your life," Ye Xingchen warned Zhang Hu.
"Let's go." Zhang Hu struggled to his feet, dragging his heavy steps as he left the place with difficulty.
"Brother Tiger, are we just going to let it go like this?" It was still the same sycophantic underling who asked cautiously.
"Forget it, what else can you do?" Zhang Hu said, his anger simmering inside.
"Then... how do we explain this to Mr. Huang?" The underling was shocked. He knew how Huang San did things. If this matter was really left like this, they would be met with Huang San's crazy punishment, and they might even lose their lives here.
"Ye Xingchen is no simple man, and it seems that his visit to Jinling is purposeful and targeted." Zhang Hu steadied himself and calmed down.
"Who is he targeting? The Prosperous Chamber of Commerce?" the underling asked in surprise.
“No, no.” Zhang Hu shook his head: “Huang San and the Shengshi Chamber of Commerce are nothing more than dogs kept by certain people. Huang San? At most, he’s just a small-time hoodlum.”
"Then who is he targeting?" This underling was a step behind.
“It’s the Liang family.” Zhang Hu uttered three words: “The eldest or second eldest of the Liang family, or even… the entire Liang family.”
"Is he crazy?" the henchman exclaimed in surprise.
In his view, the Liang family was aloof and untouchable.
Even with Gu Manyun from the Fengwu Chamber of Commerce, Ye Xingchen alone is like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.
"He's not crazy, it's just that things are about to change in Jinling." Zhang Hu closed his eyes, thinking rapidly about his future.
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