Chapter 52: A Bewildered Li Weimin.

"Brothers, rush in and beat him to death!"

"Wait, who stepped on my foot?"

"Those in front, charge! Those in the back, stop shoving!"

"..."

More than a hundred people swarmed forward all at once, but the hallway was strictly limited in space.

Only the few people right at the front of the pack posed any real threat.

Lin Wendong's expression remained unchanged, his gaze indifferent as he blocked the doorway, defending and striking at the same time.

"This...?"

Watching Lin Wendong face over a hundred people without showing a single trace of panic, reacting instead with steady and calculated countermeasures, Li Weimin was utterly shocked!

Only one question echoed in his mind right now: "What on earth is this kid's background?"

Lin Wendong lifted his foot, his gaze turning icy cold.

He stomped straight down onto the toes of the feet crowded right in front of him, sweeping his foot in a complete circle!

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

In an instant.

The shrieks of agony drowned out all other noise.

Manager Wang and the others shuddered involuntarily at the sight, feeling a sudden, chilling breeze around their own toes.

Those among them suffering from paronychia felt like they wanted to die on the spot.

The hundred-odd men surged forward wave after wave in a relentless stampede; as soon as the ones in the front went down, others immediately stepped up to take their places.

Lin Wendong frowned, realizing that keeping this up was getting nowhere.

Although he had been injected with the [Enhanced Serum], if he just kept fighting like this, while the opponents couldn't do anything to him, he couldn't possibly deal with all hundred-plus people either.

After all, he wasn't Homelander; even his stamina had its limits.

With that thought, he reached out, grabbed a man by the neck, and yanked him close.

He asked in a cold voice, "How old are you? Do you have any heart conditions or anything like that?"

The man he grabbed hadn't even processed what was happening; he blinked, and answered reflexively, "Thirty, and in good health."

"Wait! Why am I answering you?!" he realized a moment later!

***

"Being in your thirties and still not doing an honest day's work deserves a beating!" With those words, Lin Wendong wound up his fist and smashed it straight into the man's face.

The main reason he had bothered to ask about a heart condition was out of fear that he might accidentally kill the guy while hitting him. In this regard, Lin Wendong felt he was still being quite considerate.

***

"Bam! Bam!"

"Ah! Ah!"

The dull thuds of fist meeting flesh and the piercing screams echoed continuously down the corridor.

Tooth after tooth flew out under the warm care of his fists. Seeing this horrifying spectacle, everyone in the hallway froze in their tracks!

"This... this motherfucker is an absolute psychopath!"

"Hiss~ No way, is he actually playing for real?!"

"So much blood! Stop, stop hitting him, he's already passed out!"

"..."

As mentioned earlier, Wang Dalong's underlings couldn't be considered real gangsters at all; they were nothing more than a ragtag bunch of local idlers and hooligans gathered together.

Normally, they relied on sheer numbers to intimidate people and collect debts, strutting around looking majestic, but... when had they ever witnessed such a brutal and vicious scene?!

Besides, at least half of this hundred-man crowd were just making up the numbers to pad out the ranks.

"Today's business has nothing to do with you lot. I'm here for your boss!" Lin Wendong swept his gaze over the crowd, and seeing that they had all been thoroughly cowed, he spoke in an icy tone!

"Boss?"

Hearing that word, everyone simultaneously whipped their heads around to look at the doorway at the very end of the corridor.

Over there.

Zhang Youqian, who had just been trying to sneak away toward the exit, gave a violent start, his left foot freezing mid-step.

His back to the crowd, his face turned pitch black in an instant. He felt like he was losing his mind!

***

'Damn you, Wang Dalong! What kind of god-forsaken deity have you gone and kidnapped for me this time?!'

Zhang Youqian was genuinely on the verge of a mental breakdown!

Wang Dalong and his men had only captured three people in total.

One of them was the Deputy Director of the Provincial Department! The identity of another was clearly no less extraordinary. He had assumed that Lin Wendong, this seemingly unremarkable young man, wouldn't cause any unexpected trouble.

Yet...

He had single-handedly beaten up over a hundred people!

And now he was making it explicitly clear that he was here looking for him?!

At that moment, Zhang Youqian felt certain that Wang Dalong had done this on purpose!

'And I treated him so well, why is he repaying kindness with enmity?!'

Lin Wendong's gaze narrowed as he locked eyes with Zhang Youqian by the doorway.

He had come here purely to "have a nice, civilized discussion" with their boss.

***

With that, he casually tossed the man in his hand onto the floor. The surrounding men caught sight of the fellow's current state.

Every single one of them drew in a sharp breath.

It was too tragic—he had been beaten so badly his own mother probably wouldn't recognize him!

In that instant, the image of Lin Wendong in their eyes transformed into something terrifying!

Lin Wendong took a step forward, and the men who had previously blocked his path instinctively scrambled backward in unison!

None of them wanted any contact with him whatsoever.

The hallway wasn't wide, but with all hundred-plus people frantically squeezing themselves against the walls to the left and right, they managed to carve out a clear path for Lin Wendong.

Lin Wendong reached Zhang Youqian, placed a hand on the latter's shoulder, and asked in a flat tone, "Are you the boss of those online loan companies?"

***

Zhang Youqian shuddered as if struck by a high-voltage current. He turned his head with extreme stiffness. Right now, all he wanted was to get the hell out of here!

After all, if he didn't leave right now, it really would be too late!

"Not me." He raised his trembling hand, pointing a trembling finger at Manager Wang standing nearby. "He's the boss."

Lin Wendong followed his gaze, his face sinking. "Isn't he just your company's manager?!"

Naturally, Lin Wendong recognized Manager Wang; it was this very guy who had led people to Yazhai earlier in the day.

"Five minutes ago, he became the person-in-charge of our company," Zhang Youqian blurted out anxiously.

Lin Wendong wasn't buying it. "Cut the crap. It's about time we found a resolution for those online loans in Yazhai."

His risky venture coming to find Zhang Youqian today was strictly to settle the matter once and for all.

While Yazhai certainly had no intention of ever repaying the money...

Wang Dalong and his crew coming to harass Yazhai day in and day out with endless dirty tricks was a massive headache!

"How do you want it resolved?" Zhang Youqian spoke at lightning speed. He had zero desire to discuss this; he just wanted to escape right now!

"How do I want it resolved? Naturally..." Before Lin Wendong could finish his sentence, Zhang Youqian nodded vigorously in eager agreement. "Fine! From now on, all those online loans are written off!"

Lin Wendong froze for a second. Zhang Youqian looked ready to burst into tears! 'Can I leave now?!'

Li Weimin and his companion reached the doorway and stood there utterly bewildered. What on earth was going on here?!

'What kind of people are these anyway?! Why on earth did they kidnap them in the first place?!'

He could now be one hundred percent certain of one thing! These people were definitely not drug traffickers! Sometimes, the more you found out, the more confusing everything became!