Free Web NovelChapter 179: Chapter 179: Zeng Qiang Goes Crazy
Wang Hao felt the intense gazes of several people but didn’t mind them and just slowly said,
"I still have this much tea left to drink!"
Right after his words fell, the mute laughed.
He reached out, grabbed another underling’s head, and with a slash across the neck decapitated him, tossing the head into Zeng Qiang’s arms.
"Ah—ah—"
Zeng Qiang screamed in horror at the sight of the bloody head, blindly throwing it away with his eyes shut tight.
The four watched Zeng Qiang panic and couldn’t help but sneer.
The mute kicked the headless body toward the stairway. Zeng Qiang, seeing the corpse bleeding profusely, turned pale and trembled uncontrollably, moving backwards until he reached a corner, where he began to sob, his face smeared with tears and snot.
The four thugs, filled with a murderous intent, killed all of Zeng Qiang’s underlings.
Thugs that they were, ferocious and evil, they had committed all sorts of crimes, always hidden under the protection of Zeng Qiang, leaving others no way to touch them.
Seeing the bodies of these underlings, Wang Hao also felt some pity. Although they had done many bad things, they didn’t deserve to die for them.
But if these people lived and got out, everything that happened here today would surely be leaked.
If they didn’t die, Wang Hao would be in danger.
"Don’t... don’t kill me!"
"Ah—don’t come over!"
Zeng Qiang trembled non-stop, scared out of his wits, muttering incessantly. At every little sound, he would scream in terror, his eyes filled with fear.
"Boss, this kid seems to have gone mad!"
After examining Zeng Qiang for a while, the fatso stood up and said to the middle-aged man.
"Make sure you see clear! Don’t let him trick us!"
The middle-aged man was still cautious and worried.
Upon hearing Zeng Qiang had gone mad, Wang Hao immediately put down the cup in his hand and walked over to him.
When the thugs saw Wang Hao approaching, they glanced unintentionally at the gun in his hand and stepped aside.
"Don’t... don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!"
At the first sign of movement, Zeng Qiang hugged his head with both hands, cowering in the corner shivering, a stream of liquid flowing beneath him as if he had indeed gone mad!
But Wang Hao still didn’t quite believe it. He grabbed Zeng Qiang’s hand, channeled the energy of his dragon tattoo into Zeng Qiang’s body, and followed his meridians to Zeng Qiang’s brain.
At that moment, Zeng Qiang’s central nervous system was in complete disarray, and Wang Hao became convinced that Zeng Qiang had indeed lost his mind.
"Even a madman can’t be left alive, I have to kill him!"
The fatso said angrily, his eyes burning with murderous intent as he glared at Zeng Qiang.
"Since my tea is finished, it’s no longer up to you to decide what happens here!"
Wang Hao pulled out a gun and aimed it at the fatso.
"This person can’t be killed!"
All four thugs were stunned by Wang Hao’s actions, failing to understand why he wanted to keep Zeng Qiang alive.
Could he have forgotten how Zeng Qiang had treated him? Thinking about how he had tormented him and why he still kept Zeng Qiang now.
But what baffled the four thugs the most was how Wang Hao’s limbs, which had clearly been broken just before, had suddenly healed? It really was puzzling.
"Are you Qi Shengli?"
Wang Hao stared at the middle-aged man and asked.
The middle-aged man glanced at Qi Shihan, then turned to look at Wang Hao and nodded.
He then walked over to his daughter Qi Shihan, about to touch her cheek with his hand but withdrew just before making contact.
Qi Shengli was Qi Shihan’s father; Wang Hao had met him when he was young, but that was over a decade ago, and he had little memory of it.
The villagers all said he went out to become a boss, that he had grown a big business and sent a lot of money home, too.
"Wang Hao, our boss came back this time just to meet his daughter. Wake her up so they can recognize each other, and we’ll let you do as you please with us!"
A Niu said in a muffled voice.
"No way!"
Wang Hao decisively refused.
A Niu’s expression changed dramatically, sharing a glance with the mute beside him.
The mute clenched his knife and rushed at Wang Hao, moving with incredible speed. But how could he outpace a bullet? Wang Hao raised his gun and fired a shot at the mute’s forehead, instantly dropping him to the ground, lifeless.
Fatty and A Niu rushed at Wang Hao together, but Wang Hao drew his gun once more and shot each of them once.
The two fell to the ground instantly.
Wang Hao had not shot A Niu and Fatty in vital areas and was about to shoot them again when Qi Shengli darted in front of them.
"Stop! You’re right, Han Han would feel even more pain seeing me like this!"
Qi Shengli’s face fell as he glanced again at the unconscious Qi Shihan and said.
"Not letting her know the truth might allow her to live a happier life!"
Wang Hao looked at Qi Shengli and, seeing the tender affection he had in his eyes for Qi Shihan, tears included, he put away his pistol.
"When I was a child, I used to call you Uncle Shengli. Today, I will call you that one last time, Uncle Shengli, and I hope I never have to see you again!"
Wang Hao wanted to give Qi Shengli a chance, either to turn himself in or to leave forever and never come back.
"Boss, don’t mind us; get out of here quickly!"
A Niu hurriedly said.
"The four of us brothers swore to share life and death; how can I bear to flee alone!"
Qi Shengli said, glancing at the body of the mute.
"The mute is already dead; how can I face living in this world any longer?"
Qi Shengli sighed deeply, wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, and looked at Wang Hao.
"Call the police!"
"Hold on, you kidnapped two kids from the orphanage earlier, where did you hide them?"
Wang Hao asked urgently.
He had been holding back from taking action, also wanting to find out the whereabouts of Xiao Wei and Jia Jia.
"What children?"
Qi Shengli asked, puzzled.
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Wang Hao continued to ask.
"It was us who robbed the store, but there was only a shopkeeper inside, no children at all!"
Qi Shengli answered honestly.
Wang Hao was baffled after hearing this; given Qi Shengli’s current plight, there was no reason for him to hide the truth.
It seemed he really didn’t know the whereabouts of Xiao Wei and Jia Jia and they hadn’t kidnapped the two children.
But the two kids had been missing for several days now, who else could have kidnapped them?
Even for a ransom kidnapping, it’s rare to target orphans, and no ransom calls had been received in the past few days.
Could it be Zeng Qiang?
But now Zeng Qiang had lost his mind; interrogating him would yield nothing.
So Wang Hao took out his cell phone and called the police.
There were no taxis available here, and with the two girls unconscious, it was difficult for him to carry them alone; he decided to wait for the police, it would be easier with their help.
Mainly, Wang Hao didn’t want them to wake up to such a bloody scene, so he chose not to rouse them.
"Wang Hao, I know I won’t be able to get out once I go in this time, and I don’t want to live this rootless life anymore,"
Qi Shengli took out a piece of animal skin and handed it to Wang Hao, saying.
"It was because of this thing that we were chased by a major international power and had to sneak back to our country."
Wang Hao took the animal skin and examined it carefully; it seemed to be a map, featuring not just mountains and rivers but also various markings.
There were some written explanations as well, but Wang Hao couldn’t understand any of the text on it.
"We don’t recognize the writing on this, and now we have no chance to find someone who does to decode it. But several major powers abroad are after it, so it must be valuable!"
Qi Shengli sighed and continued.
"It’s of no use to me now, so I’ll give it to you. Maybe you’ll find a use for it in the future or give it to Han Han as a keepsake. After all, those international powers won’t set foot in our country!"
Wang Hao actually had strong belief in that last point; no matter how powerful foreign forces were, that was overseas—in our country, all foreign citizens must abide by the law, whether they operate in the open or in secret, they are not given any opportunity to cause trouble.
This is the reason for our country’s strength!
Since this animal skin was so coveted by many forces abroad, it had to be extremely important, so Wang Hao unhesitatingly accepted it. Just as he finished putting it away, the sound of police sirens grew louder outside...
