Chapter 524: Incidentally, Wipe Out Your Base

Brother Chicken did not pin all his hopes on Maguo, as he had personally experienced how formidable Lin Fan was. Even though Maguo was a renowned figure in the national martial arts circle, it was not certain he could defeat Lin Fan.

As facts proved, Maguo really wasn’t a match for Lin Fan. Lin Fan didn’t even have to lift a finger; it took just Anna to deal with the national martial arts master.

So Brother Chicken had a backup plan.

This backup plan, in Brother Chicken’s eyes, was more effective than a hundred national martial arts masters.

In the underground world, this was a common tactic: kidnap the family of the opponent to make them submit.

This method was especially popular during Master Kun’s time. Since Master Kun got dealt with, Yun City’s underground had become a scattered mess, and the gangster bosses had reined in a lot, hardly using such tactics because they were too despicable and could easily incur public outrage.

However, Brother Chicken used this tactic to complete his mission.

He kidnapped Li Zhen’s wife and child!

Upon learning this, Li Zhen was overwhelmingly furious, his eyes blazing with fire, wishing to go up and kill Brother Chicken.

"If they lose a single hair, I will tear you to pieces immediately!" Li Zhen roared.

Brother Chicken chuckled and said, "Brother Zhen, don’t get agitated. I’m not saying this to offend you, but we who mix in the underground shouldn’t marry and have children. Look at me, footloose and fancy-free. Women are just for fun. Look at you now, panicking. This is your biggest weakness; it’s a weakness you’ve created yourself! Of course, you don’t need to worry. I just invited Sister-in-law and your little nephew to my home. I don’t want to hurt them. It depends on your performance."

A threat!

A blatant threat!

Unless Li Zhen kneeled and called him boss for life, Li Zhen’s wife and child would be harmed!

For his family, Li Zhen could only bow to Brother Chicken!

Once Li Zhen bowed, Yun City’s underground would be Brother Chicken’s. Who would dare resist? They all watched Brother Chicken mess with Li Zhen!

Li Zhen clenched his fists. He didn’t want to yield to Brother Chicken. He would rather die than bow to Brother Chicken.

But his wife and child were in Brother Chicken’s hands!

Brother Chicken was right. He no longer was the Li Zhen of the past. He had weaknesses now; his wife and child were his biggest weakness.

For an underground boss, this was indeed somewhat ironic—a gangster boss with ties and bonds...

Brother Chicken looked smug. He believed Li Zhen would kneel. Everyone had weaknesses, and his wife and child were now Li Zhen’s biggest weakness.

Kneel, or not kneel?

Kneeling, unwilling!

Not kneeling, his wife and child would die!

Kneel!

Li Zhen gritted his teeth. He could choose to die himself, but he could never let his wife and child get hurt!

Just as Li Zhen was about to bend his knees to kneel.

Lin Fan suddenly said, "Brother Chicken is right. Sister-in-law and your little nephew are indeed fine; they’ve already safely returned home."

What?

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. What did Lin Fan’s words mean?

Li Zhen hurriedly asked, "Mr. Lin, what do you mean?"

Brother Chicken also stared at Lin Fan, sensing something was off. What trick was this guy playing now!

Lin Fan chuckled and said, "It’s nothing much. I just guessed that Brother Chicken would make such a move, so I was cautious. Didn’t expect Brother Chicken to really use such a despicable method of kidnapping Brother Zhen’s wife and child. Fortunately, I discovered it in time. The reason we’re a bit late today is that we were sending Sister-in-law and your little nephew back home."

Everyone was stunned.

Brother Chicken was dumbfounded, what, had Lin Fan already rescued Li Zhen’s wife and child?

He hurriedly took out his phone and made a call.

The call didn’t go through!

Lin Fan said, "Don’t bother calling. Your guys can’t answer their phones now. After all, they are all injured, rolling on the ground. By the way, you kidnapped Brother Zhen’s wife and child to your base, right? Perfect, we dismantled your base while we were at it."

"Ah!"

Brother Chicken’s face turned pale.

Ignoring him, Lin Fan said to Li Zhen, "Brother Zhen, call Sister-in-law. Although they’re fine now, they were quite frightened today and need your comfort."

"Alright!"

Li Zhen snapped out of it, quickly took out his phone, and made a video call to his wife.

The video connected.

Li Zhen’s wife burst into tears on the other end: "Today, like every other day, I was taking Congcong to school, who knew that halfway, we were stopped by a group. They took the two of us to a place and said as long as we cooperated, they wouldn’t harm us. I asked when we could leave, and they said it would depend on you. What exactly happened? We were so scared."

Li Zhen comforted her, "Recently, the underground has been chaotic, and something happened. Are you okay now?"

Li Zhen’s wife said, "We’re okay. I originally wanted to take Congcong and leave, but they stopped us, cursed at me, and threatened to hit Congcong. I thought we wouldn’t get to see you again, but fortunately, two people came and dealt with them, and even sent us back home. These two good people said they were your friends, is that true?"

Li Zhen said, "Yes, it’s true. I’m glad you’re safe. I’ll be home to find you soon."

Li Zhen’s wife said, "Hurry back. Congcong was so scared that it took a lot to coax him to sleep, and he’s still trembling even in his sleep."

Li Zhen said, "I know. I’ll rush back as soon as I can."

He hung up the video call.

Li Zhen clenched his fist, trembling all over with anger.

He ached for his wife and child, terrified by Brother Chicken’s kidnapping.

"Brother Chicken, you die for me!"

Li Zhen lunged forward, knocking Brother Chicken to the ground, then pressed him down and started punching him.

Brother Chicken wasn’t originally a match for Li Zhen, especially with Li Zhen attacking in anger. Brother Chicken had no power to retaliate.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Brother Chicken was brutally beaten by Li Zhen, his face swollen like a pig’s head, writhing in pain on the ground, unable to get up.

If Lin Fan hadn’t pulled Li Zhen back, Li Zhen would’ve surely beaten Brother Chicken to death.

"Brother Zhen, if you kill him, it becomes a murder case, and the trouble would be huge. There’s no need to go to jail for this scum," Lin Fan said.

Li Zhen stopped, pointed at Brother Chicken, and cursed, "Bastard, you even dared to mess with my family. If Mr. Lin hadn’t held me back, I’d send you to meet King Yama today."

Brother Chicken sneered, "Li Zhen, go ahead and kill me if you have the guts. Since I couldn’t complete the task, they won’t spare me either. Kill me, give me a quick death, let me go see Master Kun and tell him how cowardly Li Zhen has become. We, mixing in the underground, shouldn’t indulge in love affairs!"

Li Zhen roared, "You really want to die, don’t you? I don’t mind killing you in front of everyone!"

Brother Chicken said, "Yes, I want to die. Go ahead, do it!"

Li Zhen indeed wanted to finish Brother Chicken off. Back when he followed Master Kun, Li Zhen was also ruthless, killing without hesitation!

But now, Li Zhen indeed had weaknesses, or rather bonds. Anything he did, he would first think about his wife and child.

If he really killed Brother Chicken, he would be arrested, maybe even sentenced to death. Then who would protect his wife and child?