Chapter 1556: Chapter 1557: White Demon Bone
Since Master Chen Houtu was brutally murdered by a traitor, this is the second time in your life you have shown such an expression.
Li Qiyi is your inverse scale, as you just clearly stated on the phone, Yu Zixiao will absolutely not see tonight’s starlight!
Don’t ask why you know it’s Yu Zixiao, currently, the only one holding a grudge against you is him, and he’s also the only one who would do something so despicable!
In a large nightclub in Yuhang East District, Leopard sat boldly on the sofa, surrounded by more than a dozen hooligans. The owner of this nightclub ran away with the money due to a credit crisis, and later Yu Zixiao acquired the property from the bank through Leopard. On the surface, Leopard is the manager here, but in fact, Yu Zixiao is the real boss behind the scenes. By day, everything seems normal here, but at night, the dance floor is filled with all sorts of people, including many beautiful women of various styles, and the private rooms are places of wanton indulgence. Many young masters and rich second generations in Yuhang City spend fortunes here.
"Boss, that kid hasn’t answered his phone, probably scared, he’s just a damn coward!"
Leopard held a glass of wine, one-third full of red wine, appearing very calm, gently swirling the wine in his hand, eyes half-closed.
Leopard had previously investigated your background, which seemingly had nothing special on the surface, but having crawled out from piles of dead bodies twice, he possessed a natural awareness that had allowed him to handle things smoothly all these years.
Last time at the South District Abandoned Factory, Leopard had witnessed your extraordinary abilities. However, he believed he could achieve a similar level, or at least had five men capable of doing so.
Leopard’s pride in his awareness didn’t feel anything remarkable from you, so he regarded this as simply a trivial game.
Gently swirling the wine bottle in his hand, a smile arched on Leopard’s face as he looked at Li Qiyi sitting on the sofa two to three meters in front of him. Revealing a row of yellowed teeth, he said with a smile, "Miss Lin, it seems your brother doesn’t care about your life or death."
Li Qiyi maintained her usual cold expression, staring at Leopard with icy eyes. Throughout, her demeanor remained calm, so calm that even Leopard lost his usual judgment.
Leopard had never considered himself a good person. He was born in a small village on Huaxia Southeast Borderline and was sold to South Vietnam by traffickers at the age of six. Since then, he underwent systematic training with a group of peers, aiming to become a qualified international mercenary.
In the past twenty-plus years, he had killed many people—men, women, the elderly, children, even pregnant women. It could be said his hands were soaked in blood!
After coming to China, Leopard continued engaging in dark work, handling various dirty and unspeakable tasks for the Yu Family Father and Son.
Originally, Leopard thought his life would be like this forever, until he saw Li Qiyi.
Li Qiyi was different. From the first glance, her unique aura completely captivated Leopard. While investigating your family on Yu Zixiao’s orders, Leopard focused all his energy on Li Qiyi, overlooking any information about your grandfather, the "Veteran."
Recently, Leopard had been watching Li Qiyi daily. To outsiders, she rarely smiled and handled matters with a thunderous approach, being the most capable assistant to Haitian International Investment Group’s president, Cen Nong. Her subordinates gave her a nickname, "White Demon Bone!"
Of course, these weren’t the aspects that attracted Leopard to Li Qiyi, and they were just her surface and one of her disguises.
Leopard truly saw Li Qiyi’s heart half a month ago when he followed her to the mountains.
At the time, Li Qiyi led over a dozen peers, with two Dongfeng trucks, driving slowly into the mountains. Initially, Leopard couldn’t figure out their purpose until they reached the destination. He found that Li Qiyi and her group were delivering supplies to impoverished families in the mountains. More impressively, these supplies were bought with their own salaries, and most came from Li Qiyi, since her monthly salary was two hundred thousand.
Leopard had seen many wealthy individuals volunteering and donating to impoverished areas, knowing these so-called good deeds were just for building a good image.
However, this time, those people in front of him completely overturned Leopard’s worldview, especially when Li Qiyi picked up a little boy who fell in the mud with her white, slender hands, as if something most vulnerable within his heart was touched.
In that moment, Leopard seemed to see his young self, the little boy being comforted in Li Qiyi’s arms was him.
Leopard had seen many women, played with all sorts of beauties, mostly as bonuses during missions. For Leopard, no matter how beautiful a woman, she wasn’t enough to move him. But from Li Qiyi, he felt something unprecedented, or something most precious buried deep within him.
After that, Leopard fell uncontrollably in love with Li Qiyi.
Love is a magical word. Since then, Li Qiyi frequently appeared in Leopard’s dreams as the enchanting figure he longed for.
Now, the goddess from his dreams was sitting quietly before him. Usually decisive, Leopard could think of no way to deal with Li Qiyi; he could only sit on the sofa, pretending to be calm, though his heart was already rippling endlessly.
If it were any other woman, Leopard would have stripped her bare and ravished her. But to him, Li Qiyi is an untouchable presence. He could only admire her from afar, but now, after closing the distance, he found his soul seemed to tremble.
"Stupid bitch, our leader is talking to you!"
A little hooligan standing not far from Li Qiyi stepped forward, intending to slap her. As his hand swung mid-air, a flash of light zipped by, followed by a scream. The hooligan clutched his right hand, squatting on the ground, wailing in agony!
"Mind your manners, Miss Lin is an honored guest. How can you be rough?"
Leopard glanced at a short-haired man beside him. The man sneered, kicked the little hooligan aside, and said to his subordinates, "Take him to get bandaged."