Seeing that Jing Ling didn't reply for a long time, Mr. Jiang asked again, "Why, you don't dare?" His tone was light, but it seemed to contain a hint of irony.
"No." Jing Ling shook his head and looked at the three people in front of him carefully. "I just have a question. The five families of Song, Yang, Bai, Wang and Li do not include the Jiang family, right? And these two old men, I wonder who they are..." This euphemism translates to: Your Jiang family is not one of the five families, why do you care so much? And the two people next to you didn’t even introduce yourselves. Do you really think of yourselves as universal currency and that everyone has to know you?
In a word, he offended all three people. The room suddenly became dead silent, as if the TV had been muted. After several seconds, the guard at the door roared, "Asshole, how dare you talk to the chief!" As he spoke, he moved and attacked Jing Ling from behind. Seeing that his hand was about to touch Jing Ling's shoulder, he could subdue him with just one grappling move. For the guards of such important figures, they never care about the severity of the attack, as long as no one dies in the end.
Jing Ling stepped aside.
Yuan Lang did not give up after missing the attack. He instinctively continued to strike directly with his elbow while sweeping his leg towards Jing Ling's popliteal fossa. He originally thought that he could subdue the man with one move, but he didn't expect the other party to dodge it. He couldn't help feeling a little surprised. But this did not affect his next move. Fighting was an instinctive reaction ingrained in his bones. Because of the first mistake, he was no longer reserved this time and went all out. If this kick really hits the leg, it would definitely be broken. But his purpose was just to subdue the boy, so he kicked the popliteal fossa.
This time the opponent didn't dodge, but instead blocked his attack, looking relaxed. Yuen Long was immediately aroused to win, and was about to continue attacking, but then he heard what Mr. Jiang said.
"Yuen Long, stop it!"
By this time, several seconds had passed and Jing Ling and Yuan Lang had fought several times. Obedience is a soldier's nature. When Mr. Jiang spoke, Yuan Lang stopped without saying a word and took two steps back to the door. Jing Ling patted his sleeves lightly and added, "We are all civilized people. Can't we just talk properly? Why do we have to use our hands and feet?"
Yuan Lang was a man who could not hide his expression. He was so angry that his eyes widened. However, he always remembered his identity. He would not move a step without the order from the leader. He just stood there and stared at Jing Ling fiercely.
Mr. Jiang and the other two old men were also looking at Jing Ling. Unlike their previous indifference, this time they finally opened their eyes and looked at him.
"Good response." Mr. Jiang praised.
"His temper is just like Old Li's." The old man in gray snorted.
"Young people are promising! Old Li has taught you very well. We are relieved to hand over that matter to you!" another old man continued.
After Jing Ling listened to them one by one, he smiled and said, "You elders probably didn't understand what I said just now, so let me say it again. This is the first time I heard of the Song, Yang, Bai, Wang, Li and Wu families you mentioned, and this is also the first time I've seen you all. It's not an exaggeration to say that we're strangers. So, where do you get the confidence to think that I would nod and agree to do something I'm completely unaware of?"
The room fell silent again.
This time, the three people present finally realized that this underage child was not so easy to fool. But they still didn't take it seriously. Mr. Jiang did not show any obvious anger, but his expression visibly darkened. The old man in gray showed a bad temper from the beginning, so another old man had to act as a peacemaker.
"I didn't expect that Lao Li taught you a lot of skills in private, but didn't tell you the cause and effect. This is our negligence. Now that you asked, I will tell you about the five families."
The five families of Song, Yang, Bai, Wang, and Li had been passed down for hundreds of years before the founding of the People's Republic of China and were truly aristocratic families. Each of the five schools has its own strengths and each occupies a certain area. The Song family in the east is famous for killing, the Bai family in the south is famous for medical skills, the Li family in the west is good at taming beasts, the Yang family in the north is good at divination, and there is also the Wang family in the center, who guards one side. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, people's lives became increasingly prosperous, social economy developed rapidly, and the five major families gradually withdrew from the stage of history and retreated behind the scenes. But its influence can never be eliminated.
Twenty years ago, on the night before New Year's Eve, more than twenty people in the Li family were slaughtered overnight. The corpses were piled in the hall. The death was horrible. The originally snow-white carpet was stained red by the blood and slightly blackened.
Afterwards, the special department quickly took over the case and suppressed all news from the outside. The few people who knew about the incident were also asked to keep it confidential. When counting the bodies, they discovered that the second master of the Li family was missing. After investigation, it was determined that he had left home half a month before the incident and had never returned, making him the only survivor of this vicious vendetta.
This second master is the nameless old man in the original owner’s memory.
"Later, we found out the identity of the original perpetrator. He was a member of a transnational drug trafficking group that had slipped through the net. The news that the Li family had helped in that case somehow leaked out, and the other party got to know about it. They planned for more than two years and committed the murder of the entire family 20 years ago."
"Old Li didn't tell you anything, probably because he didn't want you to get involved. Over the years, the relevant departments have been hunting down the group of people, but they hid too well and there has been no progress. At the beginning of this year, the Hedu District accidentally discovered the traces of the group of people, but they were too vigilant. Before we could complete our deployment, they hid in the primitive forest of the Hedu District."
"That area is where five countries meet. It has always been a sensitive area and a paradise for crime. We can't send too many people. And you have learned the skills of the Li family, which is just right..."
A buzzing sound interrupted the old man's words. It was Jing Ling's cell phone that rang, and the caller ID was Yang Xinyao's. "Sorry, I have to take a call." He gestured, then walked to the other corner with his phone to answer it.
"Miss Yang, what's the matter?" He went straight to the point.
"Jing Ling, Yun Shu might be in some trouble, can you come over?" Yang Xinyao also went straight to the point.
"Where? I'll be there right away." He agreed immediately.
After Yang Xinyao told him the specific location on the phone, she hung up.
"Sorry, I have something to deal with. I will consider what you just said." Jing Ling greeted the three people in the room and walked straight to the door. Without Mr. Jiang's order, Yuan Lang naturally wouldn't let anyone go. And he happened to be standing not far from the door, blocking the way.
Jing Ling didn't even pause, he walked straight towards Yuan Lang and took action first. Although he is powerful, Yuen Long is not an ordinary person and it is not so easy to get rid of him.
"I'm warning you to get out of the way!" Jing Ling said coldly.
The memory of Tan Yunshu was too distant to him. If he hadn’t met her today, she would probably have been sealed in the corner of his memory. Although he remembered it now, many details were no longer traceable. He had no idea whether there had been such a banquet or what had happened during it. But since Yang Xinyao called and said she had something to do, he had to go and see.
It doesn’t matter if he suffers a little injustice, but Tan Yunshu absolutely cannot do that!
Yuan Lang was chosen as Mr. Jiang’s personal bodyguard, so his abilities are certainly beyond the reach of ordinary people. But at this moment, he was still shocked by the ferocity in the boy's eyes, and paused his hand movements.
Jing Ling seized this opportunity and left. Once he left the house, Yuen Long would no longer be able to chase him. No matter how the people in the room looked at him, after leaving the study, he walked through the corridor and went downstairs, then walked through the hall and out of the villa gate. He followed the place Yang Xinyao reported on the phone and came to a garden.
As winter goes and spring comes, it is the time when all things come back to life and flowers bloom. The Jiang family's garden is well-maintained, with the flowers and plants neatly trimmed. The scents of various flowers intertwined in the air, forming an unknown fragrance.
Jing Ling heard voices coming from the corner from a distance. He followed the sound, passed through a row of spherical bushes, and saw Yang Xinyao and Tan Yunshu. They stood beside the bushes, the former was indignant, the latter lowered her head and said nothing.
There were two other people, a man and a woman. There were only floor lamps in the garden, which made the flowers look more gorgeous but did not provide much lighting. But this was not a problem for Jing Ling. He could still see clearly even in the pitch-dark night.
The two men were facing him, their faces clearly visible. The power of genetics allowed him to easily recognize these two people. They were both his former relatives, his sister Tan Yunjin and his brother Tan Yunzhong. The names of the three siblings all come from that poem, and are said to be to commemorate their parents' beautiful love. He has only one thought about this statement - haha.
When Jing Ling came over, Tan Yunzhong was talking nonstop with his mouth open.
"…Why, was I wrong to say you're an ungrateful person? Your family provides you with food and clothes, and everything is the best, but in return you just ignore the phone and messages, and finally you even changed your number? I thought you would never show up again in your life, but you still rushed to attend Si Jin's birthday party! Do you think Si Jin really sent you an invitation because she remembered you? If my sister hadn't asked her to do so, she wouldn't even remember that you existed!"
After Tan Yunzhong finished speaking, Tan Yunjin at the side continued, "Yunshu, you are not a child anymore, why are you still so ignorant? Mom considered that you have been busy studying and have few friends around you, so she introduced you to some friends to expand your network. In the end, what did you do? Do you know how angry and sad Mom was?"
What a familiar phrase! How many years have I not heard it? If it weren't for the painstaking efforts of these so-called relatives, how could Tan Yunshu have ended up in such a situation?
This time, I met him and it was a good opportunity to settle those old accounts.
Jing Ling walked over and started beating him up without saying a word, punching Tan Yunzhong in the face. Under the huge impact, the opponent's head tilted to one side for an instant, and then his body lost balance and fell to the ground.
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