novelpro Chapter 125 : Chapter 125
Chapter 125 : Chapter 125
Chapter 125: I’m Only Asking Whether You’re Willing
Song Chuhe was completely dumbfounded!
What did it mean for trouble to come one after another?
He was already being tormented so badly by his former Golden Scale High School classmates that he felt less than human.
And now people from their rival, Blackwater High School, had shown up too?
And Li Mu had come in person!
Song Chuhe looked up and saw Lu Chenfeng glaring down at him, thoroughly displeased.
“Stand up straight!!”
Lu Chenfeng barked in a low voice.
It scared Song Chuhe into standing bolt upright on the spot.
In front of Lu Chenfeng, he looked like a little chick.
“Li Mu! Y-You... why are you here??”
Guan Dong and the others all leapt to their feet at the same time. Those who were closer even stumbled a few steps backward.
Guan Dong swallowed hard and stared at Li Mu warily.
Li Mu pulled one hand out of his pocket and used his little finger to clean out his ear.
That single motion scared Guan Dong and the others so badly that they retreated several more steps.
Some of them even climbed onto the railing, ready to jump down to the first floor!
Because every one of them had seen it before.
Li Mu’s weapon came out of his ear!
That weapon of his could smash Song Yan into the arena floor so deeply that no one could pry her back out.
If he hit them now, he would probably smash straight through the floorboards and send them all from the second floor down to the first.
“What leverage do they have over you?”
Li Mu looked at Song Chuhe and pointed at Guan Dong’s group.
Song Chuhe swallowed, unsure how to answer.
For a moment, he could not make sense of it. Li Mu’s tone did not sound like he was here to make trouble for him at all.
But why? On what grounds?
By all rights, Li Mu and the others should have hated him.
But Li Mu had the air of a gang boss.
After asking a question, he just looked at you like that, and the pressure was suffocating.
“My... my father works at his family’s factory. They framed him for embezzling public funds.”
Though Song Chuhe’s heart was in utter turmoil, he had no other choice and could only tell the truth.
“What’s the name of the factory?”
Li Mu asked.
“Jinhua Steel Factory, South District,” Song Chuhe replied.
Li Mu turned to look at Lu Chenfeng.
Lu Chenfeng nodded and immediately pulled out his phone to make a call.
“Hello? Old Li. Jinhua Steel Factory in the South District. Take some people over and conduct a surprise inspection. Someone’s falsely accusing another person of embezzling public funds.”
“Make sure to bring the Commerce and Industry Administration Department and the tax people too!”
“And send a squad to Red Cloud Restaurant while you’re at it. There’s a disturbance here!”
With that, Lu Chenfeng hung up.
The moment Guan Dong heard what Lu Chenfeng had just said, his legs nearly gave way beneath him!
A surprise inspection?
Commerce and industry? Tax officials?
If the filth in his family’s factory were really uncovered, his parents would end up rotting in prison!
Before this, their family had some connections in the South District’s commerce, industry, and law enforcement circles, so nothing had happened.
This time, they had simply taken advantage of the chance to target Song Chuhe’s father and dump all those dirty accounts onto him.
But Lu Chenfeng was from the East District!
And if people from the East District crossed over and took action, they would not give anyone face!
“You! What are you doing!? What right do you have to interfere!?”
Guan Dong shouted in panic, pointing angrily at Lu Chenfeng.
At the same time, he pulled out his own phone.
He had to warn his father as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, things would become disastrous!
Lu Chenfeng suddenly strode forward and slapped the phone right out of Guan Dong’s hand.
The phone hit the wall with a crack and shattered!
Li Mu shouted coldly, “I now suspect you of gathering a crowd to cause trouble. Everyone hand over your phones and squat down with your hands on your heads!”
“I’ll only say this once!”
The moment the word “once” left his mouth, everyone pulled out their phones and threw them onto the table.
Then they quickly squatted down with their hands on their heads.
They were just a pack of fair-weather friends. Not a single one of them was willing to defy Li Mu now or lend Guan Dong a phone.
At this point, any fool could tell what was happening.
Li Mu was using a trumped-up charge to detain them first, simply to stop them from warning Guan Dong’s father.
If they cooperated, at worst they would be held for twenty-four hours and then released.
But if they really dared resist, then it would become actual troublemaking. Not only would they get arrested, they would also get beaten senseless first!
They had all seen Li Mu’s influence already.
What happened to those protesting fans?
Was the commotion they made big enough?
The moment he moved against them, they were arrested, every last one. Not one escaped!
Even Xue Jiao handed over her phone and squatted down with her hands on her head.
Guan Dong, still unwilling to accept it, roared, “You! You have no authority to investigate across districts! What right do you have!?”
He was practically frantic as he pointed at Lu Chenfeng.
“Because he came to our East District to file a report!”
Lu Chenfeng pointed at Song Chuhe.
Guan Dong instantly fell speechless.
Now he could not fight, could not leave, and had no way to warn his father.
He stood there panting furiously for quite a while.
Then suddenly, with a thud, he dropped to his knees before Li Mu so quickly that no one had time to react.
“Brother Li, Brother Li, I’m begging you, please don’t investigate my family, all right!?”
“I’m begging you! I know I was wrong! I won’t dare do it again, okay!!”
“I’m begging you, I’m begging you!”
As he spoke, Guan Dong actually began banging his head against the floor before Li Mu.
Backbone?
What was backbone worth?
Could backbone give him a life of luxury and pleasure?
After growing up under the influence of his father’s crooked ways, he understood all too well where his pampered young master’s life came from.
If his parents were investigated, the family property and factory would all be seized, perhaps even taken over and reorganized.
Not only would he lose all of his comfortable life, he might even end up buried in debt!
There was still so much good food and drink he had not enjoyed.
So many girls he had not chased, so much swagger he had not shown off.
He could not accept a life stripped of all that.
“Originally, I wasn’t even sure your family had anything to hide.”
“But now it seems the problem isn’t small at all.”
“Looks like I’ve handed your old man another huge merit.”
Li Mu let out a mocking laugh. The last sentence was directed at Lu Chenfeng.
The moment Guan Dong heard that, his scalp turned cold.
He understood that Li Mu had no intention of sparing him. He was going to crush him completely.
He begged again and again, but Li Mu no longer paid him any attention.
Not long after, a group of law enforcement officers rushed upstairs and, in a matter of moments, twisted Guan Dong and the others’ arms behind their backs and hauled them away.
They had not really committed any substantial crime. All they had done was humiliate Song Chuhe.
But once they were taken into detention, the matter could be as big or as small as someone wanted it to be.
If no one wanted to make trouble for them, they might just sit in an air-conditioned room for a while and chat.
But for people like them, the story would definitely be that the detention rooms were “full,” so they would be temporarily locked in a holding cell with criminals and drifters whose eyes were like starving wolves.
If they were manly enough and had some strength, then at worst they would only get beaten a few times within twenty-four hours.
Pretty boys, on the other hand, might not come out walking straight.
After they were taken away, Song Chuhe finally looked at Li Mu and the others in confusion.
“Thank you... but what exactly is this...?”
At that moment, Xing Guang, who had been standing behind Li Mu, stepped forward and said to Song Chuhe, “Chuhe, Tiger Marquis Li thinks highly of you.”
As he spoke, he even gave Song Chuhe a little wink.
Out of everyone present, he was the one most familiar with Song Chuhe. He had also heard quite a few stories about Li Mu from his brother.
His admiration for Li Mu was no less than that of the average reserve soldier.
“Tiger Marquis...”
“Thinks highly of me??”
Song Chuhe looked at Li Mu in disbelief.
First, he could not believe that someone as young as Li Mu had actually risen to the rank of Tiger Marquis!
Second, he could not believe that Li Mu would be interested in him at all.
“For now, it wouldn’t go so far as to say I think highly of you. Are you willing to join the Abyss-Suppressing Army?”
Li Mu’s face turned serious. In truth, he could not yet say that he fully appreciated Song Chuhe.
A person’s ability could not be judged from a single incident.
So Li Mu had decided to take him along and observe him for a while.
Of course, that depended on whether Song Chuhe was willing to enlist.
Otherwise, all of it would be meaningless.
“I... my strength is average.”
Song Chuhe’s voice was bitter.
He was telling the truth. When it came to cultivation, his talent was indeed lacking. Even with all his effort, he had only managed to reach a middling level.
That was also why he had never dared enlist. He knew it would be hard for him to distinguish himself there.
He had thought he might as well struggle on in the world above instead.
“We’re not lacking in combat strength. I’m only asking whether you’re willing to come.”
Li Mu said this with a smile.
“Yes! Of course I’m willing!”
After only a brief moment of thought, Song Chuhe answered firmly.