Seeing Liu Dongping’s panicked expression, a sneer of contempt instantly flashed across Li Yi’s face, and two words burst from his mouth: “Coward!”
Having moved back to a safe distance, Liu Dongping heard those two words clearly. Rage surged through him, and he roared, “Hey, Li! Don’t think you can bully me just because you’ve got the Jiang family backing you. No matter how powerful the Jiang family is, their old man has already retired. We Liu’s aren’t afraid of him!”
“Hah. No wonder a scumbag like you dares to act so lawless—it seems the Liu family has gotten a big head!” Li Yi sneered.
“Li Yi, if you know what’s good for you, stay out of this. Otherwise, not even the Jiang and Ye families combined could save you!” Liu Dongping shouted.
“I’m curious who gave you the nerve. A guy covered in ‘poop’ actually dares to spout such nonsense—was it your dad?”
Hearing this, Liu Dongping’s face turned as pale as if he’d just undergone a colonoscopy and endoscopy—he looked as ghastly as a corpse.
“Li Yi, this has nothing to do with you in the first place. Why do you insist on wading into this mess…”
Just then, Wang Anguo emerged from the room and walked over to Li Yi’s side.
“Brother Wang, that bastard didn’t do anything to you, did he?” Li Yi asked.
“Not really. He wanted me to drop the investigation into him, but I refused. Just now, he even tried to threaten me with your sister-in-law and the kids…”
Before Wang Anguo could finish, Li Yi strode up to Liu Dongping and slapped him hard across the face twice.
Li Yi was no slouch when it came to strength. The two hard slaps left Liu Dongping’s cheeks instantly swollen, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
“You… you fucking dare hit me… I’ll kill you!”
Immediately, Liu Dongping shouted at the six or seven henchmen standing nearby, “What the hell are you all standing around for? Get on him! Beat the shit out of this bastard…”
Before he could finish, a voice rang out from outside the courtyard: “Stop!”
Immediately, a middle-aged man in his fifties walked in from outside, accompanied by a beautiful woman in her thirties.
Upon seeing them, Liu Dongping’s expression changed instantly. His previously arrogant look instantly turned to a mix of fear, anger, resentment, and anticipation.
Li Yi couldn’t believe this guy could display such a complex range of emotions in such a short time. With talent like that, it would be a waste not to try his hand at showbiz—the Oscars owe this kid an Oscar statuette.
Once the man and woman had strided up to Liu Dongping, he whispered, “Third Uncle, Sister, what brings you here?”
“Smack!”
His question was met with another hard slap—this time from the beautiful woman in her thirties.
“Sis… why are you hitting me too?” Liu Dongping said, looking aggrieved.
“Who told you to come here and cause trouble? You’ve ignored everything Dad and I have said. Do you want the Liu family to go down the drain even faster?” the woman scolded loudly, her voice cold and laced with anger.
“Sis… I just came to make peace with the Wang family. I didn’t mean anything else…”
“Smack!”
Another hard slap met his reply. The crisp sound made Li Yi and the others standing nearby wince on Liu Dongping’s behalf—this was a literal slap in the face!
“Do you think we’re all idiots? You bring this many people here and claim you have no ulterior motives!”
Immediately afterward, the woman pulled a stack of newspapers from her handbag and hurled them at Liu Dongping. Then, she demanded angrily, “Take a look at these. Are they true?”
With a hint of fear and a touch of confusion, Liu Dongping picked up the newspapers from the floor and began to read them.
After just a glance, his expression changed.
Immediately, he shouted, “Sis… none of this is true. It’s all slander…”
“Smack!”
Another slap landed on his face, followed by the woman’s deep, stern voice: “Tell me the truth—are these reports true? Remember, I’m not asking you this myself; your father told me to ask you!”
“You know what Dad is capable of. He may not usually meddle in your affairs, but if he gets truly angry and starts investigating, you won’t be able to fool him.”
Liu Dongping’s expression shifted back and forth, like a chameleon.
After a long moment, he finally said, head bowed, “M… most of it is true…”
“Speak clearly. Which parts are true, and which are false?” the woman demanded again.
Her cold, sharp voice startled Liu Dongping so much that he stumbled backward several steps, afraid that if he retreated too slowly, that big slap would land right on his face.
“I… I haven’t killed anyone. I transferred those people to remote locations; they weren’t silenced…”
“So, aside from not killing anyone, everything reported in the news is true—including the part about you having sex with over a hundred women?”
“It… it’s true!”
Hearing this answer, the woman closed her eyes in anguish.
When she first walked in, she’d still had the energy to slap this good-for-nothing, but now she didn’t even feel angry anymore.
After a long moment, the woman uttered three words: “Turn yourself in!”
To everyone present, those words sounded like a bombshell dropped into calm waters, instantly sending shockwaves through the room.
Liu Dongping seemed unable to believe what he’d heard. He stood there in a daze for a long moment before finally asking, “Sis, what did you just say? Turn myself in?”
“Yes, Dongping, that’s what Dad wants!”
“No… that’s impossible. How could Dad make me turn myself in? I don’t believe it,” Liu Dongping said, his voice filled with terror.
“Smack!”
Another resounding slap landed, sending Liu Dongping reeling.
“Look at the things you’ve done. Is this the behavior of a human being? Do you think the law of the land is just for show?”
The woman continued, “If you turn yourself in, you might still have a sliver of hope. Otherwise…”
The woman didn’t finish her sentence, but she was confident this good-for-nothing would understand.
Liu Dongping felt as if all the strength had been drained from his body; he collapsed onto the ground, staring blankly at the sky, his face etched with despair.
From childhood onward, he had been the youngest in the family—his father’s long-awaited, cherished son. Whether it was his parents or his older siblings, they indulged his every whim, which had nurtured his arrogant, self-indulgent personality.
He’d thought his father and siblings would protect him for the rest of his life, but he never expected… never in a million years…
However, Liu Dongping was a very pragmatic man, and within minutes he snapped out of his despair.
He wasn’t stupid. After seeing those newspapers, he understood why his father had urged him to turn himself in.
If he turned himself in, his father could earn a reputation for putting justice before family ties. He might face a harsh sentence, but the impact on the family wouldn’t be too severe.
As long as his father remained in his position, there was still room for maneuver regarding his own case.
Immediately, he turned to Wang Anguo standing nearby and said, “Director Wang, I’m turning myself in. I did all those things, and I’ll confess everything. Furthermore, I’m going to expose them: these men standing beside me are the core members of the South City Dragon-Tiger Gang. They’ve been preying on men and women in South City, committing every conceivable evil…”
Both Wang Anguo and everyone else were stunned by Liu Dongping’s unexpected move.
Especially the henchmen standing beside Liu Dongping—they never imagined their boss would betray them so quickly. One by one, they stared in disbelief at Liu Dongping as he laboriously listed their crimes, unable to recover from the shock for a long time!
Wang Anguo didn’t know how to handle the situation either, so he looked to Li Yi for guidance.
Li Yi, however, remained quite calm as he said, “Brother Wang, since the suspects have already confessed, take them back to the station for questioning, and then dig deeper into this matter!”
When he said “dig deeper,” Li Yi deliberately emphasized the words.
“Got it!”
With that, he went back inside to call the station, asking his unit to send personnel to assist him in transporting the suspects.
Then, seeing the injured people on the ground moaning and groaning, he silently dialed 120…
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