Chapter 79 The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam
Zhao Jin's grip on the knife became increasingly unsteady.
“It’s a misunderstanding,” he stammered, “It’s absolutely a misunderstanding!”
"Brother Tao, we've been working together for so many years, don't you know what kind of person I am?"
"Someone's stirring up trouble behind the scenes! Yes, it must be that kidnapper hiding behind the scenes, trying to sow discord among us!!!"
Zhao Jin's expression grew increasingly anxious. He knew perfectly well that he hadn't kidnapped the person and had no connection to the kidnappers, but no matter how he tried to explain, it couldn't outweigh Xiao Yuqing's resentful last words.
It is a fact that someone died.
The blood-stained machete beside Li Ran is a fact.
It is also a fact that Xiao Yuqing was accusing Zhao Jin before she died.
They are gangsters, not police officers; their methods for judging others' thoughts are limited to just a few.
The most important thing is the opinion of the leader.
Tao Ge's expression clearly showed that he was convinced that he was the mastermind. Zhao Jin felt a chill run down his spine, and his previously confident explanations became increasingly weak.
"Brother Tao," Zhao Jin almost knelt down, the feeling of being surrounded by more than twenty people was unbearable, "It really wasn't me!!!"
"Let's put down the knife and talk calmly, okay?"
"I can add more money... I can add even more money!!!"
Tao Ge's expression was sinister. The machete in his hand dragged across the ground, and the slicing sound scraped into Zhao Jin's ears, slowly shattering his reason.
Zhao Jin's escape route has been blocked by his other underlings, layer upon layer.
"thump."
Zhao Jin immediately knelt down.
He was crying with snot and tears streaming down his face, his voice trembling and stuttering, "Brother Tao! I have all the money you need... Don't hurt your brother... I really... I really didn't know anything!!!"
Suddenly, another scream came from not far from the building.
Everyone present was stunned.
"Hold him down," Brother Tao gestured to his men to keep an eye on Zhao Jin, while he led his men to investigate the source of the screams.
It's a team searching for the kidnappers on other floors.
Several people stood helplessly around the corpse lying in a pool of blood, its pupils dilated.
Seeing their leader arrive with his men, they snapped out of their daze. "Brother Tao, someone's been targeting our lone brothers..."
Tao Ge's facial features were completely distorted.
He whirled around and led his men straight towards Zhao Jin, who was being forced to kneel on the ground. "Another one of my men is dead! Now, you still dare to say it has nothing to do with you?!"
Zhao Jin shook his head desperately, trying to struggle back, but the gangsters pressing down on him from both sides crushed him, and he had no chance to move at all.
"No...it wasn't me!!!"
"How could I..."
"Pfft!"
Before Brother Tao could get close to Zhao Jin, another one of the outer henchmen was stabbed to the ground.
They finally saw each other's true colors.
A short, stocky man wearing a baseball cap yanked a machete from the corpse, yelling, "Release Zhao Jin right now! Or my men will take your lives!!!"
Zhao Jin was not relaxed at all, even with the arrival of reinforcements.
He recognized all the people Song Shao sent, but the person in front of him was a complete stranger, and... the words he was saying were putting himself in a very difficult position.
Zhao Jin hurriedly tried to explain to Brother Tao, attempting to distance himself from the man's actions, "Brother Tao, I don't acknowledge it at all..."
A flash of light appeared before Zhao Jin's eyes, and he looked on in disbelief.
"Thump."
It was the sound of a heavy object rolling to the ground.
The man in the baseball cap didn't seem to expect that Brother Tao would ignore his threat and go straight for the kill.
He pointed at Brother Tao's nose and cursed, "You just wait!!! My men will be here soon!!!"
After saying that, he turned and ran away.
Tao shook the machete in his hand, wiping away most of the blood, then called to his twenty-odd henchmen to follow. "Have you seen what the target looks like?"
"Search the entire building... Anyone who dares to harm our brothers will not leave here alive!!!"
“Brother,” the deputy turned his gaze from the window, his expression grave, “this man is not fighting alone.”
"He brought quite a few people with him."
Tao followed his gaze to the open space outside the window frame.
One car after another, the thugs sent by Song Wenxian pulled up in.
Soon, a dozen menacing-looking men filed out of the car, armed with batons and machetes, and headed straight for the unfinished building.
Brother Tao sneered, "Dare to fight me to the death... Don't you even know your own limitations!"
Song Wenxian's thugs stormed into the unfinished building and confronted Brother Tao face to face. Just as they were about to ask about Zhao Jin's whereabouts, they were startled by the corpse thrown in front of them.
Zhao Jin's pupils were unfocused, his facial features were distorted, and he stared into the eyes of Song Wenxian's henchman.
"Wen Tao?!" The thug exclaimed in shock. "How could Zhao Jin be dead?!"
They were both involved in organized crime, so of course he knew Wentao's gang.
He even confirmed with the boss before he came that Wentao would be their helper this time.
But now Wen Tao looked menacing, ready to confront them, and there was Zhao Jin's corpse on the ground...
They don't seem like they're trying to help at all!
"Wait, isn't this building where the kidnappers who abducted Xiao Yuqing are?" The thug tried to exchange information with Wen Tao, wanting to know what exactly had happened here.
Before he could finish speaking, one of Tao's henchmen shouted, "The guy in the baseball cap is among the people over there!!!"
"Damn it, avenge our brothers!"
The scene was completely chaotic.
Before the thug could even turn around to see which of his underlings was wearing a baseball cap, or even know what the person in the baseball cap had done, the sound of blades clashing triggered his body's instinctive self-defense reaction, and he flung out the baton in his hand.
Wen Tao swung his machete at the thugs opposite him, his eyes bloodshot with rage.
"I don't care who you are, anyone who dares to scheme against me... you can all go to hell with Zhao Jin!"
The thugs had lost control of the situation. It was obvious that the other side was determined to kill them, so of course they couldn't just sit and wait to die!
Two groups, one on the left and one on the right, charged at each other with weapons, engaging in a fierce and bloody battle.
"Wentao!" the thug tried to calm the beast-like Wentao down. "We've been set up!"
"Someone is stirring things up..."
Wen Tao's deputy, quick as a flash, pushed Wen Tao aside, clutching the bloody hole in his neck. His lips parted as if he wanted to say something, but blood kept flowing from the corner of his mouth.
Wen Tao roared, his eyes bloodshot, "Old Sun!!!"
The man was no longer able to respond to Wen Tao's shouts; his pupils dilated completely, and he fell heavily to the ground headfirst.
He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
"Scheming..." Wen Tao completely lost control, wildly hacking at the thugs with his machete, "I think it's you who's scheming against your father!!!"
While dodging Wen Tao's attacks, the thugs tried to turn around and find the person who had ambushed Lao Sun. "Get out here!!! Which little bastard is the one who's causing trouble among us?!"
The sharp pain of the blade piercing his flesh spread from his arm to his limbs. The thug's cheek twitched a few times, and he stiffened his neck as he turned to look at the out-of-control Wen Tao.
Before the thug could say anything more, Wen Tao had already stabbed him in the heart.
"Boss!!!" Seeing their leader stabbed to death, the thug's mind went blank. He charged forward, knife in hand, yelling, "I'll fight you to the death!!!"
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