Lu Ming returned to the villa and had barely sat down when Chen Yingong anxiously sought him out, asking urgently, "How was it? Did you catch the snakehead?"
Lu Ming vaguely recounted the information he had obtained to Chen Yingong.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yingong stood frozen on the spot.
Given the current situation, Chen Xian had already been sold to Fog City, and to someone within Origin Company. This meant a trip to Fog City was unavoidable.
"I'm going to Fog City right now to demand an explanation from Origin!" Chen Yingong declared.
Lu Ming gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't make things worse. Origin isn't an ordinary company. Going there like this won't get you any answers. Instead, it will tip off the buyer, causing them to hide or move the child. The best course of action now is to quietly investigate, identify the buyer, and then strike."
Clearly, this matter could only be handled by Lu Ming.
Lu Ming continued, "You should stay home and don't go anywhere. Once I've identified the buyer and brought Xian'er back, I'll contact you."
Chen Yingong also wanted to go to Fog City but was still stopped by Lu Ming.
Just as Lu Ming was packing his bags to leave, he received a call from Jiang Mengxin.
He chose to answer it.
Immediately, Jiang Mengxin's scolding voice came through the phone, "Lu Ming, you finally decided to answer my call? Just because I misunderstood you, you dare to hang up on me and cut off contact? You're quite something, your wings have grown strong and you want to fly away?"
Lu Ming rubbed his forehead and asked impatiently, "Did you call just to say this?"
Jiang Mengxin snapped back, "I called you to clean up your mess!"
Mess?
Lu Ming didn't understand.
He asked, "What mess do I have?"
Jiang Mengxin said, "Did you go to Yaoxi Village? And cooperate with the police to take down a child trafficking organization?"
Lu Ming replied, "So what if I did?"
Jiang Mengxin said angrily, "You're quite the hero, aren't you? But the remaining villagers from Yaoxi Village have all come to the Xiao family to cause trouble! They want you to return their family members. If you don't, they'll die at the Xiao family's doorstep!"
These unruly villagers were relentless.
With the child trafficking ring in Yaoxi Village dismantled, their source of income was cut off. Combined with the arrest of their family members, they were seething with anger.
Afraid to vent their fury at the police, they could only turn their anger towards Lu Ming.
But was Lu Ming someone they could easily bully?
Heh!
"I understand."
After hanging up, Lu Ming asked Long Wang to go to Fog City first to scout the situation. He would deal with the mess in Yaoxi Village before heading there.
...
Forty minutes later, Lu Ming returned to the Xiao family in a taxi.
As soon as he got out of the car, he saw that the Xiao family's premises were completely swarmed. The remaining villagers from Yaoxi Village were holding banners, crying and demanding an explanation from Lu Ming.
The Xiao family had arranged a large number of security guards to maintain order at the scene.
Lu Ming casually walked past and entered the Xiao family courtyard.
Jiang Mengxin immediately walked over. "You're finally here! Look at this mess you've caused! These people want to skin you alive right now. You made this mess, you clean it up. I'm done with you."
Heh, as if she ever managed Lu Ming.
Every time there was danger or trouble, didn't Jiang Mengxin always flee first?
Lu Ming turned around, looked at the villagers, and then said loudly, "I am Lu Ming, the one you're looking for!"
This statement stirred up a storm.
Seeing Lu Ming, the villagers' eyes seemed to spew fire.
They surged forward frantically.
Some of the more agitated villagers even drew their knives, determined to make Lu Ming pay today!
"You cut off our financial lifeline and got our family members arrested, you beast worse than a pig or a dog, I'm going to kill you."
"Fellow villagers, let's go together!"
"Let's hack this beast into a thousand pieces."
Seeing the villagers charging forward with fierce momentum, the security guards panicked.
They couldn't hold them back.
But Lu Ming remained remarkably calm.
Compared to them?
He was not afraid at all!
When the first villager reached Lu Ming and raised a gleaming knife, Lu Ming didn't say a word. He directly grabbed the villager's wrist and pressed down hard.
With a *swish*, the knife in the villager's hand plunged directly into his own shoulder!
Following that, Lu Ming sidestepped to dodge another villager's knife, then flipped the attacker to the ground and picked up their knife, plunging it into their thigh.
Blood splattered.
In this manner, Lu Ming stood like a formidable barrier, invincible.
The villagers charged forward one after another, but Lu Ming took them down one by one.
A few minutes later, the villagers realized something was wrong.
Originally, they had intended to swarm Lu Ming, overpower him, and each take a knife to hack him to death, venting their hatred.
But they never expected that after several minutes, Lu Ming would still be standing there unharmed.
Instead, the villagers lay scattered on the ground.
Lu Ming's fighting prowess far surpassed their imagination.
Xiao Zhan, watching from a distance, gave a thumbs-up. "Wow, my Brother Lu is amazing."
Jiang Mengxin rolled her eyes. "Amazing? He's a savage. This is the only thing about him that's somewhat presentable."
Lu Ming stepped on a villager's head and looked up. "Why have you stopped? Continue, you wanted my life, didn't you? I'm standing right here, come and take my life!"
Uh...
The villagers hesitated to advance.
The tactic of overwhelming with numbers seemed ineffective against Lu Ming.
An elderly woman shouted, "We don't want your life, we want justice! You cut off our source of income and ruined our families. I'm this old, and my son and grandson have been arrested. How am I supposed to live from now on? Lu Ming, shouldn't you pay for your wicked deeds?!"
'Wicked deeds.'
'Pay the price.'
Normally, Lu Ming was very respectful towards the elderly, as respecting the old and loving the young was a tradition in China for thousands of years.
However.
Today was different.
Lu Ming immediately cursed, "Old woman, how do you plan to live? You deserve to die!"
The old woman's face turned pale, and she gasped, "You, you, you actually speak to an elder like this? You have no manners!"
'Manners'?
Lu Ming raged, "Your son and grandson are all human traffickers, engaged in illegal and criminal activities! They've destroyed other people's families and made illicit money. Your whole family has been living off the blood of others, you are a group of filthy parasites! You scumbags and degenerates, you have the audacity to talk about 'manners,' heh, it's utterly shameless!"
The old woman staggered back several steps, gasping for breath. She couldn't catch her breath and spat out a large mouthful of blood, then fainted on the spot.