Lawless Gangster

Chapter 72

MY FAVORITE CHAPTER (⺣◡⺣)♡*

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"This group of kids only thought they were coming here to rescue a disabled hostage, so when they saw Qi Xiu Yun, they weren't on guard at all. But, this guy is extremely sly. In less than a few words, he was able to get some information out of us. Then he acted all pompous and got Laohu close enough to him before he snatched the walkie-talkie. Afterward, taking advantage of the commotion, he locked himself on the balcony."

Wu Qing Hua walked and mumbled to himself. He, himself, doesn't even know if he was complaining that his men were terrible or explaining to Xiao Li that ordinarily his men were actually not that terrible.

As he talked and talked, they finally arrived on the twelfth floor and walked out of the elevator. Once the door opened wide, they could see four to five police officers in the room surrounding the balcony area. One among them with suntanned skin was in the middle of reasoning with someone.

"...are you still worried about your security? Please be at ease, I am—"

"You're that 'Laohu', right?" Qi Xiu Yuan's distinctive voice sounded from the balcony; it was a voice filled with agitation hostility. "After being led around by you guys, you still want me to be at ease? From the way I see it, for your next operation, you should change your code name to 'xiao mao'.[1]"

Xiao Li was stunned, the Qi Xiu Yuan he knew was never bitter or sarcastic like this.

The suntanned officer was also shocked and angered to the point that he was ready to kick the door but a few of his comrade stopped him.

"Stop, stop!" Wu Qing Hua yelled, "Just a few words can make you agitated like this mean that you are no good! All of you, go wait outside!"

The suntanned officer angrily straightened his neck, ready to retort back but his comrades quickly consoled him then dragged him out of the red door.

"The most you have is fifteen minutes." Wu Qing Hua said, "Or else, he will be shot with a tranquilizer. Perhaps you don't know this but tranquilizers can kill. If you cannot settle this in fifteen minutes then everyone will be troubled."

Nodding his head, Xiao Li watched as Wu Qing Hua walked out before he lifted his own hand and knocked on the balcony door.

"Didn't you want to see me? I'm here—"

'Click', the balcony door unlocked from the other side and opened. Qi Xiu Yuan was sitting in a wheelchair, looking straight ahead.

Xiao Li did not expect to a Qi Xiu Yuan that was like this. The dim light above the balcony casted a shadow on his face, revealing scabs at the corner of his mouth that appeared black. There was an inexplicable expression in his eyes that could not be entirely defined, but at first glance, it seemed to be welled with rage or perhaps anxiety.

Even when he looked at Xiao Li, that expression did not soften either.

Recalling how he was being sarcastic with the officer a moment ago, Xiao Li realized that he was taking his anger out on someone else. He could not help but to lightly sigh at this predicament. He wanted to say some words as to console him, however, he chose to remain silent instead.

"They suddenly came here to rescue me." Qi Xiu Yuan raised his head to look at Xiao Li. The light in the living room was brighter than the one in the balcony. It was so bright that it made it impossible to see Xiao Li's expression clearly. "I thought that Sun Ze Yu was using this opportunity to get rid of you all. You don't know how worried I was. I was afraid that you would be..." his voice slowed down and became gloomy, "But, when I heard you and that 'commander' talking...you're actually working with Sun Ze Yu?"