Chapter 91: Going to the Police Station

Shen Kaixing had always been a bastard—Liu Boqing had always known that. He also believed with unwavering certainty that agreeing to marry his sister to him had been the biggest mistake of his life.

But for his sister's sake, he could only help him again and again. When Shen Kaixing got locked up in the police station, Liu Boqing pulled strings to get him out. When Shen Kaixing had no job, Liu Boqing kept him by his side, gave him work, paid him wages. Even when Shen Kaixing was flat broke, Liu Boqing handed over tens of thousands of yuan to rent him a taxi so he could drive and earn money to support his family.

He had accepted all of this without ever receiving a shred of gratitude. But what he had never imagined was that when his own money was about to be swindled away, one of the masterminds would be his own brother-in-law.

The blow was simply too heavy. The impact was even more devastating than being betrayed by the friend he had trusted most.

Seeing Liu Boqing staring at him, Zhang Ye nodded silently, affirming Zheng Fan's words. Then his expression shifted as he suddenly remembered those men from yesterday. "Quick—he probably hasn't gotten far. Let's cut him off before he wastes all that money." Zhang Ye had no idea how much Shen Kaixing owed those men, but to keep the money from disappearing, he had to find Shen Kaixing before Shen paid them back.

With that in mind, Zhang Ye abandoned the thought of going to the police station with the officers. He explained himself in a few quick words, then called for Liu Guangxiang and the others and rushed out after him.

The only one who had seen which direction Shen Kaixing had gone was Liu Guangxiang. Zhang Ye questioned him about the direction as he ran, scanning the crowd for Shen Kaixing's figure.

Shen Kaixing was on the thin side. According to Liu Guangxiang, he was wearing a brown shirt, black dress trousers, and a pair of black leather shoes—well-dressed on the surface, but rotten underneath. He was carrying a bag too, a red one, clearly holding the spoils they had divvied up.

Nothing. Nothing. Nothing...

Zhang Ye sprinted along the direction Liu Guangxiang had pointed, but found no trace of him.

"Wait—when Shen Kaixing was spotted earlier, it was on the little path from the internet café to his house, so it's very likely those men are staying somewhere nearby..." Amid the chaos, Zhang Ye suddenly remembered those thugs who looked anything but respectable at first glance.

So Zhang Ye stopped, gave a brief instruction to Liu Guangxiang and Chen Fang, who had been following behind him, then broke into a full-out sprint.

Zhang Ye was fast, swift as the passing wind. A young man walking out onto the street felt a gust of air flash by, and by the time he looked again, the figure was already over ten meters away. A motorcycle was cruising slowly alongside—the rider was a long-haired young man with a heavily powdered girl seated behind him. He was just about to show off his motorcycle's speed to his girlfriend when Zhang Ye shot past, leaving him in the dust.

These days of training—waking up early every morning to practice—had not only brought Zhang Ye's combat ability up to par with his peak in his previous life, but had also given his stamina a leap in improvement. The more he practiced, the more he felt that the Five Animals Exercise was truly indescribably marvelous.

In the past, a sprint like this would have left him wheezing like a dead dog within a minute, then leaning unsteadily against a tree, gasping for breath. But now, five minutes had already passed. Zhang Ye felt his breathing quickening slightly, yet he felt no fatigue whatsoever. Full of energy, he felt he could run another ten minutes or more without collapsing.

The Five Animals Exercise was, after all, a superb art for strengthening the body and cultivating endurance. Over the past month or more, Zhang Ye had practiced it diligently without skipping a day. His appetite had grown enormously, and so had his strength, stamina, and overall physical power. This stretch of road flew by beneath his feet without putting much strain on his body at all.

Suddenly, Zhang Ye's footsteps skidded to a halt. He had arrived at the little alley he'd passed through yesterday. Since it was daytime, the narrow lane wasn't dark; without direct sunlight, it felt quite cool instead.

"Not here?" Zhang Ye frowned and began to look around. He knew this area well—exactly which spots were hidden and which were inhabited.

The three men's appearances were anything but ordinary. After thinking it over, Zhang Ye found an old man returning from selling vegetables and asked him for directions. At last, he learned their exact address.

The ruffian air and menacing aura these three gave off made them very unwelcome in the neighborhood, and at the same time very conspicuous. They were renting the upper floor of a two-story building, a good distance from the main road. Zhang Ye followed a small path before finally locating it.

"Shen Kaixing!" Zhang Ye bellowed, stopping a thin figure who was climbing a set of exterior stairs. It was Shen Kaixing.

"Shen Kaixing!" Zhang Ye sprang forward, bounded up the stairs after him, and grabbed him by the collar. "Come back with me." From the moment Shen Kaixing had decided to swindle his own brother-in-law, Zhang Ye no longer considered him family.

True, Shen Kaixing had always been thoroughly loathsome. But for the sake of his aunt, for the sake of Shen Cong, Zhang Ye had always shown him some tolerance. Not anymore. He didn't deserve it.

"Zhang Ye, what the hell are you doing?" Shen Kaixing was dragged back down the stairs in humiliation and howled in fury.

The commotion drew the attention of the three men upstairs. They opened the door, spotted Shen Kaixing, and burst into laughter. "Ready to pay up?" one of them called in a menacing tone.

"The police are on their way. Come with me and turn yourself in." Paying no attention to their mockery, Zhang Ye dragged Shen Kaixing away.

Zhang Ye was immensely strong—that had become especially apparent since he started practicing the Five Animals Exercise. Shen Kaixing struggled violently, exerting all his force to pry Zhang Ye's hand away, but to no avail.

"Let go! Let me go! I'm not going to the police station!" For a moment, Shen Kaixing was stunned. Then he struggled even more desperately. He had been a regular at the police station before, and precisely because of that, he understood the severity of what he had done this time. Once he walked in there, he would almost certainly never come out.

Rip—

Shen Kaixing's shirt tore from his violent resistance. He didn't care. Instead, he yanked the whole thing off his body and then bolted.

"Still trying to run?" Zhang Ye was furious. He shot forward, seized Shen Kaixing's flailing arm, wrenched him back, and slapped him down like swatting a fly. He snatched the bag from Shen Kaixing's hand—securing the money first, before anything else.

"The police will be here any moment. Go or don't go—you only get one chance." Zhang Ye said this, then turned to face the three thugs, who had sensed something was wrong. "This is a family matter. You'd better stay out of it."

"Brother Ye!" By now Liu Guangxiang and the others had caught up, standing beside Zhang Ye one by one, their breaths slightly ragged.