The Enclave had been driving on the smooth road for less than five minutes. Just as I slowed down to prepare for a turn, Han Jinlun suddenly shouted, "Brother Xiang, look!!!"
Following Han Jinlun's slightly panicked voice, I looked up...
At the corner, there were about seven or eight vehicles.
After all, she regarded Ying Baolin as her faith and the great undertaking of unifying the entire underground casino in Wenzhou as the supreme Dao, willing to pour all her efforts into achieving this goal.
Anyone who stood in the way of this grand undertaking and lofty goal, as long as Ying Baolin spoke, Jiang Xiaowan would unhesitatingly transform into a butcher, wielding her cleaver!
Therefore, I could not and dared not turn a blind eye.
I had no choice but to have Han Jinlun turn on the hazard lights, pull over to the side, and then turn off the engine.
Based on my understanding of Jiang Xiaowan, she was the type who responded to gentleness but not to force.
If I could reason with her, it might not be impossible to escape without bloodshed.
First Luo Qiwén, then Jiang Xiaowan, Ying Baolin's combination of spear and shield had now appeared on stage one after another.
This point alone was enough to demonstrate how determined Ying Baolin was to keep me.
But I would not yield!
...
After quickly pulling over and turning off the engine, the other five people in the car, except for me, suddenly became exceptionally serious and solemn.
All of them held their breath and stared intently at Jiang Xiaowan outside the car window.
Fortunately, Jiang Xiaowan did not exude the oppressive aura that Luo Qiwén had.
After a faint smile, she walked towards me alone.
Seeing this, I took a deep breath and decisively chose to open the door and get out.
There was no use in escaping reality; only by understanding Ying Baolin's true purpose in keeping us could we find an unexpected turning point!
After I got out of the car, Cheng Minglang also jumped out.
The moment he stood behind me, a gleaming telescopic baton was flicked out and held across his chest, in a full defensive posture.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaowan, who was walking slowly, did not seem frightened. She continued to pace unhurriedly to me and then stopped.
Compared to Jiang Xiaowan's composure and calmness, Cheng Minglang appeared much more nervous. He shouted, "Jiang Xiaowan, you have quite the nerve! To come alone? Aren't you...?"
Before Cheng Minglang could finish, I immediately interrupted him.
"Relax, she's not here to catch us!"
Hearing this, Cheng Minglang immediately looked at me with an expression of utter surprise.
Jiang Xiaowan, after a flash of surprise in her eyes, fixed her gaze on me and asked curiously, "How can you be so sure?"
"It's very simple!" I lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and replied in a deep voice, "If you wanted to catch us, you wouldn't have come to find me alone!"
"How can you be so sure I came to find you?" Jiang Xiaowan retorted with a light laugh.
Shaking my head slightly, I said, "It's not certainty, it's intuition!"
"My intuition tells me that if you came to find me alone, there must be something you can't easily say to anyone else, or rather... a secret!"
Upon hearing my answer, Jiang Xiaowan did not engage in pleasantries this time. Instead, she nodded decisively and said, "Chen Xiang, you are indeed very smart!"
"You guessed right! I did come to find you for something, and there are some things I want to say to you alone."
Under the biting cold wind, after taking two or three puffs of my cigarette and decisively stubbing out the butt on the ground, I spoke without hesitation, "I'm sorry, excuse me for interrupting!"
"I know the person who really wants to talk to me is Ying Baolin, but he's too proud to do it himself!"
"If he really wants to talk to me, he should come and find me in person within five minutes!"
"Oh, and one last thing..."
"Please, for the love of all that is holy, stop following me! Even a rabbit will bite when it's cornered! Let alone a few grown men?"
After speaking, I waved Cheng Minglang to get back into the car and rolled down the window as I closed the door.
I wanted to use this opportunity to observe Jiang Xiaowan's reaction.
The reason for this was that what I had just said was not baseless. It was a flash of inspiration that struck me after Jiang Xiaoxiao appeared.
Outside the car door, Jiang Xiaowan's fair and tender face shifted through several expressions.
Finally, through the door, she said with a darkened face, "You just... wait!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Xiaowan did not linger for another second and immediately turned to leave.
Seeing this, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
That was a close call!
If it weren't for Jiang Xiaowan's appearance allowing me to roughly guess Ying Baolin's purpose in keeping me, and then striking back with a preemptive move, I'm afraid this hurdle would have been truly difficult to overcome.
After my emotions settled, I asked Han Jinlun to start the car quickly and leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.
Based on my understanding of Ying Baolin, someone of his self-proclaimed superior class would subconsciously never treat me as an equal.
Therefore, the option of him coming to find me in person could be directly dismissed and removed.
Once Jiang Xiaowan's feedback arrived, Ying Baolin would have only one option in his mind...