Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 661 Three Years? Liberation?
"Who is she? Why should we be interested in her?"

The boss showed no remorse for being a prisoner and looked at the petite woman with suspicion.

"Perhaps it's because she's a lovesick fool, thinking she's a treasure in the eyes of every man in the world?"

"In short, this woman is a bit off her mind. She always thinks that reality is a domineering CEO novel, and she is the female protagonist."

"Of course, her man, you know him, Zhang Yueshan...you could call him a domineering CEO, right?"

Even though the fate of the guy in front of him was already sealed, Hu Ming had no intention of revealing any information.

"A domineering CEO novel? Zhang Yueshan? Oh, I see. In young people's parlance, is it called 'yy'?"

"Thoughts are indeed the most terrifying thing in the world. Wasn't the Zhang family, which had been powerful for over four thousand years, also disintegrated due to the impact of ideological waves?"

The boss's face showed a hint of mockery.

If it weren't for the Zhang family itself running into problems, with its formidable foundation spanning over four thousand years, anyone in this country would feel powerless in the face of the Zhang family!
"You two bastards...believe it or not, I'll chop you up!"

Liang Wan's face darkened. She wasn't naive; how could she not understand such blatant mockery?
"Four thousand years? The Zhang family? What are you talking about?"

Li Chu, however, grasped the key point and asked in surprise.

A family that has thrived on this ancient land for over four thousand years? How could such a family possibly exist in this world?
Although Li Cu was not an expert in history, he knew that even feudal dynasties only lasted for a few hundred years.

A family with a history of four thousand years? Is that really possible?

However, Hu Ming ignored Li Chu.

"What is there to be proud of? Your Wang family, and even your ancestors, were nothing more than pawns casually placed by the Kangbaluo people. If it weren't for the exceptional talent of your ancestors, what would you be?"

"Forget it, why should I tell you all this? Judging from your appearance, you're just an outsider."

Hu Ming glanced at the boss's two fingers on his right hand, which looked no different from those of an ordinary person, and waved his hand listlessly.

To put it bluntly, this guy is just cannon fodder who's thrown out to do the hard, tiring, and dirty work, and can be discarded at any time.

Of course, they were also cannon fodder who had been thoroughly brainwashed.

"Let's go. You guys go wash your faces and have a quick breakfast. We need to leave as soon as possible; time waits for no one."

Hu Ming hadn't expected to get any information out of his boss, so he got up, stretched, and lazily gave the order.

"...Aren't you going to ask me anything else?"

The boss stared in astonishment at Hu Ming, who had suddenly lost all interest.

It seemed that Hu Ming had tied him up here early in the morning, asking him nothing, just playing with the knife and watching him.

If that's the case, then what's the point of all this trouble?
"you guess?"

Hu Ming turned and left without looking back, leaving his boss, who was tied up tightly, alone in the courtyard.

Ultimately, this boss was merely a dispensable spy, a nobody insignificant in the end.

Hu Ming had no intention of getting any crucial information out of him.

The reason for doing this was simply because there was a one in ten thousand chance that he might ruin something in the past.

"Hu Ming... Wu Xie, Zhang Yueshan... you will all regret going against us! Just like Xie Yuchen, you will all die, die at our hands!"

"You're going to die a horrible death!!!" The boss tore off his peaceful facade, his face contorted with rage, and roared as he watched Hu Ming wave goodbye and leave.

Immediately after Hu Ming left, several black snakes with an eerie red glow slithered out from the corner, their scarlet forked tongues flicking, their cold eyes fixed on their boss.

Hearing his boss's dying roar of resentment, Hu Ming glanced at his phone, which rang at just the right moment, and smiled indifferently.

Xie Yuchen was stabbed to death on a train from Beijing to Hohhot. His body has not yet been found, but it has been confirmed that the perpetrator was a member of the Wang family.

The WeChat message from Hongxia contained seemingly ordinary words that conveyed a terrifying message that was enough to shock the entire industry.

"The body hasn't been found yet? Now we can finally relax. Xiaohua didn't really mess things up and get herself into trouble."

"This will definitely cause turmoil in the Xie family. Neither the enemies lurking in the Nine Gates nor those ambitious fools will be able to sit still, will they?"

"Whether it's the Xie family's publicly known assets or the 30 billion yuan worth of treasures that Xiao Hua is keeping safe, that's enough to lure out some fish. As for the rest, we'll just have to wait for Gutongjing."

Hu Ming was toying with an exquisite lighter in his hand, a half-smile on his face.

Having reached this point, most of the plan has already succeeded. Next, it's time for the final bait and the cleanup.

However, the pressure on the chubby boy and Huo Xiuxiu, who were still in Beijing, was much greater.

Fortunately, there are Tibetans in blue robes, and with Hu Ming's insurance measures, there shouldn't be any major trouble.

"What's he muttering to himself here? Are we all packed and ready to leave now?"

Forcibly preventing himself from looking at the dark corpse in the courtyard, Li Cu asked curiously.

Li Chu suddenly realized with sadness that he seemed to have been changed too much by Hu Ming and Wu Xie.

Perhaps because he had seen corpses so many times, nowadays, when Li Chu sees a fresh corpse, he only feels a slight discomfort, no longer experiencing the panic he felt the first time he saw one.

"Hey Hu Ming, is Lan Ting coming with us? By the way, what about her companions? I just went to check, and they all seem to have disappeared. Should we just leave them be?"

Liang Wan, clutching her luggage, glanced at Lan Ting, who was quietly holding Hu Ming's arm, and pouted.

"Don't worry about them. They've gone where they were supposed to go, even if it was the wrong place. But they've been free for three years, so they probably don't care about that."

"As for Hu Ming, he gave me some new hope. I changed my mind and changed my plans."

“I’m not going to Gutong anymore. There’s no need for me. I’ll go to Beijing to wait for Hu Ming to finish his work. He said he would take me to the Changbai Mountains and give me a surprise.”

Lan Ting smiled faintly and explained casually.

"Three years? Liberation? What does that mean?"

Liang Wan was taken aback, as if she had caught some information.

“...Those people were Miss Lan Ting’s companions three years ago. They all died in the desert. I have seen their remains.”

Li Chu took a deep breath, still filled with shock and disbelief upon seeing Lan Ting.

"You mean...they're all dead?"

Liang Wan looked at Hu Ming, who nodded in agreement, and stammered.

She simply couldn't believe it—besides Lan Ting, several other dead people or ghosts had been living in this courtyard last night!?
In an instant, Liang Wan gasped, feeling a chill run down his spine.

Lan Ting is fine, he was subdued by Hu Ming all night using the Demon-Subduing Staff Technique, so he's not much of a threat. But those few people...
If those people were "evil spirits" or something like that, Liang Wan felt that she probably wouldn't see the sun rise today!