Free Web NovelChapter 1077: Chapter 301: Hidden Secrets
Chapter 301: The Concealed Secret
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The man seemed to receive instructions from someone inside, ended the call, and coldly looked at Li Yan and said.
"I don’t know who you mean by Huang Feng. We don’t have this person here!"
This was blatant lying, as he had just mentioned giving money to him, and now denies knowing him. The person on the phone was certainly more cautious, suspecting him to be police since Li Yan mentioned a brother instead of Huang Feng’s sister.
Li Yan walked back to the door, pretending to be anxious, saying, "Don’t be like this, I’m not the police, we dare not report to them. His sister sent me to bring money to redeem him, and she gave me this address..."
The man impatiently retorted, "I don’t know, we don’t have anyone like that here, let alone anyone to redeem. We don’t hold anyone hostage here, have his sister figure it out herself!"
Li Yan read a hint from that statement; regarding his arrival, those inside were uneasy and would only feel reassured if Huang Ying herself came alone.
Seeing he was about to shut the door, Li Yan didn’t bother pretending anymore, immediately kicked it open and simultaneously punched forward, knocking the man out before he could react.
In terms of alertness and responsiveness, this person was quite ordinary, just a small fry. After knocking him out, Li Yan entered, closed the door, and picked up the fallen cell phone from the floor.
This building was a rental property; the landlord doesn’t live there, nor does anyone guard it. However, from the layout now, it wasn’t divided for rent but leased entirely to a group. Li Yan observed the interior and headed toward the stairs.
It wasn’t a storefront inside, randomly scattered with boxes and electric bicycles, without showing what their purpose was.
He kept walking upstairs, reaching the second floor with a brightly lit living room, where four people were prepared to face him.
Li Yan understood immediately. Although he only threw one punch to take care of the person below without causing any commotion, those above might have seen through the phone call what happened. Even from the window, with angles making it hard to see what occurred at the doorway, they could see he hadn’t left. For alert people, they’d be prepared by now, hence they were waiting for him.
"I’m here for Huang Feng. What did he do to offend you? How much do you want to release him?" Li Yan walked over, asking.
His lingering presence had stirred suspicion among the four, and since the guy who answered the door hadn’t come up, how could they not suspect more?
"Monkey! Have you locked the door properly?" One of them shouted loudly toward the staircase. They seemed to assume the person was still downstairs locking the door.
Another chuckled at Li Yan and said, "I don’t know what you mean, we have no yellowjackets, hornets, or whatever here. Are you mistaken?"
Someone played the bad cop, rushing forward, pointing at Li Yan, and scolding, "Who are you? What are you doing in our place? Get out!"
"I’ll ask again, who did Huang Feng offend? Where is he?" Li Yan’s voice turned cold.
Seeing he dared to enter their den alone and, facing the four, showed no fear. They figured he wasn’t ordinary and with the prolonged phone conversation, they thought things might have gone awry.
The one who had been laughing continued, "Buddy, seems there’s a misunderstanding."
"No misunderstanding! You called over, leaving this address. I’m now here to take Huang Feng away!" Li Yan formally declared. Actually, taking Huang Feng away wasn’t the most urgent matter to him. He was more interested in their intentions towards Huang Feng and Huang Ying; that needed clarification and addressing, not just taking him away now.
The tone hardened, with no response from Monkey, making the four realize something was amiss. Three of them looked at the one laughing, waiting for his instructions.
"Hahaha... You’ve been fooled!" he laughed more exaggeratedly, "Alright, I admit, we know Huang Feng. In fact, we’ve been playing cards together tonight, not for money, but for the right to prank the loser. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and those with girlfriends got pranked by others, calling over pretending to spend the night with someone else. Huang Feng doesn’t have a girlfriend, so we called his house, pretending he was kidnapped."
As he spoke more fluently, he asked, "Did the previous call demand money? If we were extorting, wouldn’t we mention money? If it were real, would we simply give you the address? Isn’t that asking to be caught? It’s all just a game."
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Li Yan might believe the excuse in another scenario with different people. Students Huang Feng’s age are often rebellious and enjoy pranks, feeling exciting and fun. However, with Huang Feng’s family circumstances, knowing his sister’s hardships, and his mother’s severe illness, he wouldn’t allow such jokes!
