"Where's Zhang Qiang?" Lin Fan asked.
"He's already waiting outside," Ye Zheng replied with a smile.
Lin Fan nodded and walked out of the police station.
Then he saw a group of tractors and ox carts and donkey carts.
The villagers were in a vast procession, a sea of heads as far as the eye could see.
Zhang Qiang stood at the front, unharmed.
"Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan is out!"
When the crowd saw Lin Fan emerge, they swarmed around him.
"Xiao Fan, did anyone bully you inside?"
"Xiao Fan, quickly shake off the bad luck from your body and take a bath when you get home."
Lin Fan's heart was filled with warmth. "Thank you, everyone. I'm fine. Let's go home together."
The crowd berated Ye Zheng from head to toe before they turned back the way they came.
"Xiao Fan, you need to be careful in the future. Beware of retaliation."
"Don't worry, they wouldn't dare."
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The Wu family.
"What? All the bosses have terminated their cooperation with us?"
Wu Tian slumped onto the sofa, his eyes vacant.
He had run the electronics factory for over a decade, painstakingly building up his network.
But in less than a day, it was all ruined!
Not only that, but the bank had also visited three times, urging him to repay the loan quickly.
"It's over, it's all over!"
Wu Tian hated his son, Wu Kai, with a passion. He had repeatedly warned him to be cautious and prudent, but his son still managed to provoke someone he shouldn't have.
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By the time Lin Fan returned home, it was already dark.
Chu Zi, worried that Zhang Tingting might be retaliated against, had brought her over.
The women were all very happy to see Lin Fan return safely.
"Where's Qiqi? I don't see her?"
Lin Fan was puzzled. He went to the room and was instantly amused.
The girl was sleeping in his bed!
"What are you doing?"
"Warming your bed for you, didn't you tell me to?"
"Your brain might need surgery."
Lin Fan was both amused and exasperated. Was this girl truly foolish or just pretending?
He had only made a joke, and she actually took it seriously!
After dinner, Lin Fan greeted his sister-in-law and went out.
"I'm going too."
Chu Zi followed him.
Lin Fan looked at her in surprise. "You know where I'm going?"
Chu Zi nodded. "Someone like Wu Kai, a scumbag, doesn't deserve to live!"
Their intentions aligned. With a light step, they disappeared into the darkness.
The night was vast. At the entrance to Wu Kai's hospital room, two police officers stood guard.
A surge of qi struck them, and they immediately fell unconscious.
Inside the ward.
Two dark figures appeared silently before Wu Kai.
"Lin Fan!"
Wu Kai lay on the hospital bed, glaring at Lin Fan through gritted teeth.
"You bastard for getting me arrested, but don't get cocky! Without evidence, I won't be convicted. Once I recover, I'll destroy your whole family first, and then I'll play with your woman right in front of you!"
"Young Master Kai, it's hard for me to let you go if you talk like that!"
Lin Fan's eyes were cold, filled with murderous intent.
Wu Kai, facing death, still didn't know his mistake. What was the point of imprisoning such a person for ten years? He would still be a menace upon release!
A green centipede crawled from the back of Lin Fan's hand onto Wu Kai's face.
"What the hell are you doing? What is that thing? Get it off me quickly!"
Wu Kai screamed in terror, but no one could hear him.
A faint purple barrier enveloped him, silencing any sound and suppressing him, rendering him unable to move.
The centipede quickly burrowed into his ear!
"You, what did you do to me? Who exactly are you?"
Wu Kai finally felt fear. The centipede was burrowing into his body, and he could clearly feel the pain.
Lin Fan's face was expressionless. "This is a Green-Headed Centipede. Its poison is not fatal, but it will magnify your body's sensations tenfold."
"A tiny needle prick will feel like being stabbed with a knife."
"Furthermore, the Green-Headed Centipede likes to gnaw on the internal organs of living people. However, it eats very slowly, taking three hours to gnaw a living person to death."
"Therefore, you have three hours to savor the pain of your internal organs being torn apart, magnified tenfold."
"I will now use a technique to extend your perception of time. Everything you perceive will be slowed down by ten times."
"In other words, you will experience thirty hours of pain. Enjoy it slowly."
Wu Kai's pupils dilated to the extreme, as he was horrified to find that Lin Fan was speaking extremely slowly.
It was like a video slowed down ten times; his mouth opened and closed, and every word entered his ears accurately.
The Green-Headed Centipede crawled down Wu Kai's chest and began to gnaw on his kidneys.
"Ah!!!"
The excruciating pain caused Wu Kai to let out a heart-wrenching scream. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!!"
"Too noisy."
Lin Fan casually shot out a stream of spiritual energy, sealing Wu Kai's mouth.
The pain tormented him, but he was unable to vent it through screaming.
He wanted to faint, but that was impossible.
"Repent for those you have wronged."
Lin Fan stood by the bedside, watching quietly.
Chu Zi hid behind him, feeling an inexplicable chill.
"Is this the true Lin Fan?"
She couldn't possibly connect the cruel, ruthless, and utterly heartless Lin Fan before her with the carefree and unreliable Lin Fan of everyday.
It was like an angel and a devil!
Three hours, not long, not short.
Lin Fan watched as Wu Kai's struggles turned into weak twitches.
His eyes went from hatred to pleading, then to despair, and finally, he died with his mouth agape.
The Green-Headed Centipede crawled out of his mouth. The Golden Silkworm Gu flew over and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Let's go."
Lin Fan turned to leave. "Do you think I'm cruel?"
Chu Zi shook her head. "He deserved it. Those who were harmed by him experienced despair and pain, and ultimately died."
"Sigh~"
Lin Fan sighed. "I rarely kill people. Today, I really couldn't hold back."
"You did the right thing!" Chu Zi comforted him.
Lin Fan didn't go home. Instead, he went to Luofeng Mountain and found a place to cultivate.
The next morning, as the dawn light began to rise.
The first rays of sunlight fell on Lin Fan. Two birds landed on his shoulders, only to be startled and fly away by his movement.
"Hoo~"
Lin Fan stood up and let out a long breath of stale air.
His cultivation level hadn't broken through again, but his mood was much better than last night.
Back at the medical clinic, Luo Qiqi, wearing her pajamas and riding a blanket, was fast asleep in bed.
"The sun is shining on your butt, get up quickly!"
Lin Fan slapped her on the back, the sensation feeling quite good.
"Ah!"
Luo Qiqi shrieked and sprang up from the bed.
She looked at him with a pout. "Lin Fan, are you sick? Not sleeping in the early morning! I was dreaming of eating roast chicken! It was just about to reach my mouth and then it was gone!"