Chapter 854: Chicken and Phoenix
Lin Tian and Mei Ruyan quickly followed.
The Bai Family’s villa was large. They passed through a courtyard with a grape trellis as the three of them made their way towards the villa.
"Dad! I’m back, where are you?" Bai Shishi called out, her voice tinged with tears.
The villa was utterly silent; no one answered her question.
Lin Tian quickened his pace, catching up with her. He said to the two women, "Stay behind me, I’ll go in first."
Though Bai Shishi was anxious, she hadn’t lost her reason. In fact, her mind was very clear—a calmness honed from many past kidnappings.
Lin Tian pushed open the villa’s main door and walked in.
The villa’s heating was on, making the air not only warm but also filled with a strong, pungent scent of blood.
Bai Shishi and Mei Ruyan were very familiar with that smell. When they used to run card game venues, they’d often have conflicts with Du Dahai and had seen many bloody incidents.
But smelling such a thick scent of blood at home for the first time made Bai Shishi’s face turn pale.
Suddenly, a warm hand gripped hers tightly.
"Don’t be afraid, nothing will happen with me here."
Hearing these words from Lin Tian, Bai Shishi immediately felt a warm current flow through her entire body.
The three walked a bit further, when suddenly Mei Ruyan pointed to the dining table in the living room and said, "Look over there!"
Lin Tian and Bai Shishi turned their gaze. By the side in Changzhou, there was another corpse in a maid uniform. Beneath it was a large pool of blood, from where the strong scent was emanating.
Even though they had mentally prepared themselves, seeing this scene couldn’t help but make them feel depressed.
"With so much blood loss, they must be completely dead."
After saying that, Lin Tian activated his clairvoyant vision to scan the first floor. He found eight corpses in total—four were servants, one of whom was the Bai Family’s butler.
The other four bodies were brothers from the intelligence network!
Lin Tian took two deep breaths, suppressing the fury in his heart, and then looked towards the second floor. He discovered that Bai Tianlong was in the study on the second floor. Besides him, there were five people, including Bai Yu!
Lin Tian said, "Let’s take a look at the study upstairs."
"Okay."
Bai Shishi agreed with a simple word, following behind him without questioning.
Along the way, the three of them encountered three more bodies. Lin Tian recognized them immediately. They were Long Five, Long Six, and Long Seven, who had crossed paths with him using the ’Three Talents Array.’
All three of them died in similar ways, beaten to death. Lin Tian, using his clairvoyant vision, found many bruises on their bodies, with even some bones broken.
Almost all the fatal injuries were to the stomach. Long Six and Long Seven had their Sea of Qi burst with a single punch!
As for Long Five, he died the most miserably. Not only were both his legs broken, but his body also bore over a dozen bruises. There were three very noticeable gunshot wounds on his chest as well. The most striking thing was his wide open, glaring eyes.
He died with grievances.
Her eyes showed resentment, hatred, and many negative emotions.
Lin Tian sighed, finally closing his eyes. He murmured, "Rest assured, I’ll avenge you!"
"Those bastards!" Bai Shishi’s fists clenched tightly, producing cracking sounds. Long Three was her father’s bodyguard, and now he was dead in such a gruesome manner, leaving Bai Shishi frightened out of her wits. She couldn’t wait to cut down Bai Yu herself!
The three made their way to the second floor. As soon as they reached the study’s entrance, someone opened the door.
"Haha, Lin Tian, I didn’t expect you to come."
Standing behind the door was a middle-aged man around fifty years old. He was an old acquaintance of Lin Tian’s, Wang Yi from the Wang Family.
"I didn’t expect you to come either."
"Hahaha, which is exactly why I came. Want to save someone? Then come on in."
Wang Yi opened the door wide, as if inviting guests, making way for Lin Tian.
Since they were already here, there was naturally no reason to be afraid. Lin Tian shielded Bai Shishi and Mei Ruyan behind him and walked in.
At this time, Bai Tianlong was tied to a chair, his mouth gagged with cloth.
There were five people in the room: Bai Yu, Wang Yi, and three middle-aged men, whose expressions all suggested they were not to be messed with.
Seeing her father, Bai Shishi’s red and swollen eyes filled with tears again. "Dad, are you okay?"
At the sight of his daughter, Bai Tianlong’s eyes expressed anger, but when facing her question, he could only shake his head, indicating he was fine.
"Hah, Shishi, I didn’t expect your intel to be so sharp. I’ve got the entire villa of your Bai Family under control, yet you’re still here." Bai Yu glanced at Lin Tian and laughed, "Hm? You’re Lin Tian? Much handsomer than in the photos, with a great physique too. I just wonder if you have stamina."
"Bai Yu, you shameless woman!" Bai Shishi was trembling with rage; she truly couldn’t comprehend how such a shameless woman could exist in this world.
"Bai Shishi!" Bai Yu raised her voice and said, "Don’t you show me that face! Who do you think you are? Look at the situation now; your dad is in my hands, and whether you three live or die today is uncertain!"
If it were in the past, Bai Yu would have ordered these old men about. But after being beaten up a few days ago, she dared not do that anymore. These family people had some very strange tempers!
Upon hearing her words, Bai Shishi’s face turned white with anger. Just as she was about to speak, Wang Yi raised a gun to her head. He then turned to Bai Tianlong and said, "Now that your daughter is here, if I’m in a bad mood, I could just shoot her! So, you know what you must do, right?"
"Mmm..." Bai Tianlong’s mouth was gagged, unable to speak, only letting out a sobbing noise.
"Take the towel from his mouth."
This command was directed at Bai Yu, who was just a pawn at that moment.
Unwillingly, Bai Yu walked over to Bai Tianlong and removed the towel from his mouth.
Bai Tianlong first took a few deep breaths, then spat directly at Bai Yu’s face, cursing, "Beast! I’m your uncle, how can you help outsiders do this to me?"
Bai Yu’s expression was slightly awkward. She took a few sheets of paper from the table to wipe the spit off her face, then she chuckled, "Uncle? Hahaha, you don’t seem like an uncle to me! Compared to the Xianglong Tea House your daughter runs, mine is just a shabby company! And it’s you who gave it to me! Despite both being direct descendants of the Bai Family, why is there such a huge gap between us?"
Bai Tianlong glared at her resentfully, growling, "When I gave her Xianglong Tea House, wasn’t it also just a shabby company? She managed to run a shabby company well, while you only harbor jealousy. The gap between the two of you is like that between a weed and a phoenix—you aren’t worthy of being a direct descendant of the Bai Family!"
"Smack!"
Bai Yu, extremely infuriated, slapped Bai Tianlong across the face.