“You are Li Jin?” Lin Xiao Tian glanced at him casually.
At this moment, Li Jin’s head was bowed low, with a group of underlings behind him, yet he showed none of the dignity expected of a leader.
“I am Li Jin. May I know why Mr. Lin is looking for me?”
“Lift your head,” Lin Xiao Tian said, looking at him.
“Alright… alright…” Li Jin nervously raised his head, meeting Lin Xiao Tian’s indifferent gaze.
This immediately reminded Li Jin of the fear of being dominated he had experienced before.
Twice.
Once, when he and Brother Bald went to Jinsha Village to escort Zhang Debiao and apologize to Lin Xiao Tian. That day, he had personally witnessed Zhang Debiao, a trusted subordinate of Brother Bald, nearly beaten to death for offending Lin Xiao Tian.
The other time was in a small town near Jiangcheng.
Their boss, Cao Yuntian, was about to make a move on a woman when Lin Xiao Tian arrived. In front of all of them, he severely beat their boss, yet none of them dared to lift a finger against him.
And this time, Lin Xiao Tian had returned again.
Li Jin didn’t know what Lin Xiao Tian wanted, but past experiences had taught him that Lin Xiao Tian was a ruthless man. If he didn’t do as he pleased, no one would be able to protect him.
He didn’t want to end up like Zhang Debiao, beaten half to death!
“Two people, one named Cheng Kun and the other named Cheng Li. Do you know them?” Lin Xiao Tian looked down at him from above.
Pressure surged.
Li Jin really wanted to lie to Lin Xiao Tian and say these two had nothing to do with him, but he truly didn’t dare.
Since Lin Xiao Tian dared to ask, he must have investigated thoroughly.
If he lied, he might anger Lin Xiao Tian.
“I know them both. Cheng Kun is under me now, but Cheng Li was kicked out long ago,” Li Jin stated truthfully.
Seeing Li Jin’s cooperative demeanor, Lin Xiao Tian smiled slightly.
He leaned close to Li Jin’s ear and whispered a few words to him.
“Do you understand what I mean?” Lin Xiao Tian looked into his eyes.
“Yes! Mr. Lin, don’t worry, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied,” Li Jin said hastily.
“You better be able to do it, otherwise…” Lin Xiao Tian left his threat unfinished.
“Yes, yes, yes, I understand. I’ll go do it now!”
Li Jin agreed repeatedly.
Lin Xiao Tian patted Li Jin’s shoulder without saying more.
Li Jin gave Lin Xiao Tian a fawning smile until he saw Lin Xiao Tian go upstairs.
The next moment, his formerly honest gaze turned venomous.
At the same time, Cheng Kun, who was attending a gathering at the restaurant, suddenly received a phone call.
Since he was already quite drunk, Cheng Kun simply answered it directly.
“Hello! Brother Jin, what’s up? I’m drinking with friends! Do you want to join, Brother Jin?” Cheng Kun said with a laugh.
But the next moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line.
Knowing his boss well, he knew something important must have happened.
“Brother Jin, what’s wrong?”
“Come over here immediately.”
Li Jin was worthy of being a boss; he could still maintain a degree of rationality.
“Oh, right, Cheng Li. Do you still remember him?”
“Cheng Li? He’s my childhood friend! Of course, I remember him. What is it, Brother Jin? Are you looking for him for something?”
“Yes! Where is he?”
“He’s right beside me now!”
“Good! Bring him along!”
Li Jin hung up the phone after that, leaving a bewildered Cheng Kun.
Cheng Kun also knew something was amiss, but he naturally wouldn’t dare refuse his boss’s order.
“Hey! Cheng Li, sober up! Brother Jin needs you to come over.” Cheng Kun patted Cheng Li’s face forcefully.
“Ouch! Be gentle! What ‘Brother Jing’? I’m ‘Sister Rong’! No! I’m not going!” Cheng Li was already a bit tipsy.
“No! You have to go, come with me!” Cheng Kun tugged at Cheng Li.
After all, they were childhood friends, so Cheng Li eventually followed obediently.
“Are you guys leaving so soon?” Xiao Gang looked at them.
“You guys keep drinking! We’re just stepping out for a bit, we’ll continue later tonight.”
“Ah! What a buzzkill! I say you go and don’t come back!” Xiao Gang said dismissively.
Not long after, Cheng Kun brought Cheng Li to the place Li Jin had specified.
It was a private factory, not in operation today. It was also their secret base for arranging important matters.
As they walked into the factory, Cheng Kun suddenly felt something was off.
Looking up at the machines on both sides of the factory, former colleagues were looking down at them. Normally, at this time, they would greet him or make a joke.
But now, no one spoke to him.
When he reached the center of the factory, a group of people surrounded them. The one at the forefront was his boss, Li Jin.
“Heh heh! Brother Jin, I’ve brought Cheng Li. You can deal with him as you please!” Seeing the grim atmosphere, Cheng Kun immediately pushed Cheng Li aside.
Li Jin had specifically mentioned Cheng Li on the phone. Normally, he wouldn’t have cared about Cheng Li, as Cheng Li was of no consequence to him.
Now that he had suddenly called Cheng Li over, and the situation was like this, it was highly likely that Cheng Li had offended him.
Li Jin was very angry, and the consequences would be severe.
In such a situation, he had to pick the right side.
“What the hell! What’s going on?” Cheng Li was also startled by this sudden turn of events.
He was just tipsy, not completely drunk.
Looking at the hostile gazes around him, his heart pounded.
“Bro… Brother Jin, did I offend you somewhere?” Cheng Li stammered.
“Cheng Li, how dare you speak? Why don’t you quickly kneel down and apologize to Brother Jin?” Cheng Kun added fuel to the fire.
“You…” Cheng Li was furious, but facing Li Jin, he didn’t dare to act out.
“Kneel down, damn it!” Cheng Kun forcefully slapped the back of Cheng Li’s head.
Cheng Li cried out in pain and shakily knelt down.
Cheng Kun was pleased with his performance, thinking he had successfully distanced himself from Cheng Li.
Just as he was about to step into the crowd, he was stopped.
“What… what are you guys doing?” Cheng Kun was taken aback.
But the subordinates didn’t answer him. Li Jin, from behind, replied.
“You kneel down too.”
“Brother Jin?”
“Damn it, kneel down for me!”
After Li Jin spoke, he slapped Cheng Kun across the face.
The blow made Cheng Kun’s nose bleed, and he fell to the ground in a pathetic state.
“Bro… Brother Jin, what exactly happened? I… we are on the same side!” Cheng Kun cried.
But Li Jin looked at Cheng Kun with a face as cold as ice.
“There’s a person named Lin Xiao Tian. Do you know him?”
Cheng Kun nodded.
“That’s enough!” Li Jin sneered.