The coughing sound came from an abandoned residential building some ten meters from the roadside!

The sound was faint, but Lin Feng's exceptionally sharp senses caught it.

Lin Feng closed his eyes to listen and instantly sensed that there wasn't just one person in the distant, abandoned residential building, but about ten!

For these people to appear at an abandoned demolition site on such a dark and windy night surely means no good, Lin Feng thought. He hesitated, wondering if he should step in and rid the world of these villains.

Forget it, he then mused, shaking his head as he started to walk away. There are countless villains in this world; how could I possibly deal with them all? Besides, even if they are bad guys, I'm not a police officer, nor do I have the authority to execute them. At most, I could beat them up, but what good would that do? Wouldn't they still be villains after a beating?

"President Ning, I've heard your company has close ties with the Hong Sect, heh heh..."

Lin Feng hadn't walked far when he heard this voice. It continued, "We've approached you countless times, but you refuse to cooperate with us. Fine, don't cooperate with us. But then you secretly collaborate with the Hong Sect, indirectly financing them. Do you know what the consequences of that could be?"

From within the residential building, another voice retorted coldly, "You've abducted me and brought me here. Is this what you mean by 'consequences'?"

The first voice chuckled. "At least you understand! Let's cut to the chase. You're in our hands now, and you should know you won't be leaving this building tonight! We have many options. We can deal with just you, or we can deal with your family as well."

"Dare to touch my family, and I'll kill you even if I become a ghost!" the second voice snapped angrily.

The first voice said, "Heh heh. Whether we go after your family or not, I'm giving you the choice now. Hand over all the project documents from Ning Corporation's collaboration with the Hong Sect, and I can guarantee your family's safety."

"And if I refuse?"

"Heh heh. Well then, I'm sorry to say your family might have to suffer for your decision. I hear you have a beautiful wife and two daughters as lovely as flowers..."

"You dare!"

Listening to the conversation from the building, Lin Feng quickly deduced that someone had been taken hostage!

If it had just been a gang hiding out, Lin Feng might have turned a blind eye. But now these people had taken a hostage and seemed intent on murder. He couldn't stand by and do nothing in the face of such blatant disregard for human life.

Placing the bag of groceries he was carrying by the roadside, Lin Feng used the cover of darkness to stealthily approach the residential building.

"When you're in the underworld, you answer for your own actions. Dragging family into it goes against the code! What you're doing is completely unrighteous!"

At the base of the residential building was a vacant parking lot. On one side of this abandoned lot stood nine men. Eight wore identical black T-shirts. The ninth, a man in his early forties wearing silver-rimmed glasses and a gray suit, radiated an air of authority.

The man with the glasses had his hands tied behind his back and was surrounded by the other eight. He was clearly the hostage.

Yet, despite being captive, the middle-aged man appeared remarkably calm and fearless, an attitude that commanded respect.

Among the eight men in black, a tall one was evidently their leader. Hearing the middle-aged man's words, he smirked. "Righteousness? What's righteousness? Can you eat it? Don't give me that crap in this day and age! Just answer me: those documents, are you handing them over or not? Think carefully before you answer!"

The middle-aged man sneered, "You're from the Axe Gang, aren't you? Think I don't know?"

Hearing this, the tall man frowned with a hint of concern, but then laughed. "I wasn't going to tell you, but since you'll be a dead man soon enough, telling you won't matter. Yes, I am He Zongming, Third Master He of the Axe Gang!"

After his sinister words, He Zongming suddenly pulled a replica pistol from his waistband and pointed it at the middle-aged man's forehead. "Ning Fuxun," he said, "I'll give you five seconds to think. If you don't agree to hand over the documents, we'll kill you now and go after your family tomorrow. We'll rape your wife and daughters before we kill them!"

Although it was a replica gun, it was a high-quality replica. Its power was almost identical to a real gun's and could easily kill someone.

"Five!"

"Four!"

"Three!"

"Alright, I'll talk..." Ning Fuxun began.

Hearing this, He Zongming smiled triumphantly. No one can escape fear when faced with my threats, he thought.

Ning Fuxun simply said, "The Ning Corporation has no relationship with the Hong Sect, no collaboration whatsoever. Even if you kill my family, I'll still say the same thing! I am not afraid to die, and neither is my family!"

These words, spoken with such imposing integrity, were truly admirable.

However, He Zongming's brow furrowed at those words, and he roared, "You old fool! Do you really think I don't dare kill you?!"

Saying this, he raised the gun, about to shoot Ning Fuxun.

Lin Feng, who had been hiding nearby, saw his chance. A pebble suddenly flew from his hand, like a bullet, striking He Zongming's pistol-gripping hand directly!

His strength was immense, his speed incredible. Caught completely off guard, He Zongming suddenly felt an intense pain shoot through his hand. His grip on the gun instinctively loosened, and it clattered to the ground.

"Who is it!?"

The abrupt turn of events startled He Zongming. He yelled, "Who is it? Show yourself! I saw you!"

As he bent down to pick up the gun, THUD! Another pebble flew out, accurately striking the body of the gun and sending the replica flying several meters away!

"Well now, isn't this a lively gathering for so late at night? Are you all having a meeting?" Lin Feng, a handful of pebbles in his right hand, emerged grinning from behind a stone pillar.

Seeing it was a young man, not even twenty, and finding no accomplices nearby, He Zongming immediately relaxed. He asked Lin Feng, "Who are you?"

Lin Feng replied, "Just passing by."

"Passing by? Heh, what a coincidence that you'd pass by right at this moment." From the accuracy of Lin Feng's pebble-throwing, He Zongming could tell that this kid was probably skilled.

However, he was absolutely confident in his own strength, not to mention their overwhelming numerical advantage of eight to one.

"Yeah, what a coincidence," Lin Feng said, still smiling. "I was planning to take a dump here, but I didn't expect so many people to be in line. If I'd known, I wouldn't have come."

"Hmph, is that so? If you want to take a shit, there's plenty of space. Go right ahead!" He Zongming snorted and gave a subtle look. Instantly, four of his men quickly moved to surround Lin Feng!

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