Chapter 242: Chapter 242 Blocking People with Backup
"It’s getting late. You should go back and rest. Don’t you have things to do tomorrow?"
After hearing this, Liu Jiaxin also felt a sense of reluctance as she hugged the man’s waist.
"Okay, then you should be careful on your way back too."
Although she was indeed unwilling to part, she was, after all, a woman. If she had asked him to stay, it would have been a bit too embarrassing, so she soon swallowed back those words.
And soon after giving her more instructions, Liu Zheng finally left the place.
Waiting until he was gone, Liu Jiaxin indeed missed him very much.
She didn’t know why, given that they hadn’t spent much time together, but she seemed to have developed feelings for him.
Not only that.
Even as she lay in bed, the scenes of their time together filled her mind.
She didn’t know how much time had passed before she finally fell asleep.
Meanwhile, on Liu Zheng’s way home.
He too felt anxious in his heart.
Mainly because he didn’t know how to explain to Li Yanling when they met again.
The atmosphere between the two of them just now didn’t seem like that of ordinary friends.
He felt that Li Yanling might sense it too.
But honestly, Li Yanling was a nice person, and he didn’t want to lose such a good friend.
That’s why, at this moment, he kept pondering over this issue.
It was when he entered a small alley.
Suddenly, several burly men surrounded him.
They directly encircled him in the middle.
Everything happened so suddenly that he didn’t understand what was going on.
And after taking a good look at these men, he realized he didn’t recognize any of them. He hadn’t offended anyone recently, so their sudden appearance made him wonder if they were after his money?
"Handsome, are you alone?"
One of them, with a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, spoke. After these words, Liu Zheng felt a bad premonition rising in his heart.
Could it be that these men weren’t interested in women?
If not, why else would they block his way in the dead of night? And why would they say such a thing?
Liu Zheng thought hard and then decided he didn’t want any trouble with them, so he prepared to leave.
He didn’t answer the man.
Instead, he tried to walk around them.
But he hadn’t expected that these men had no intention of letting him go.
Not only did they not let him pass, they immediately took a step forward and surrounded him again.
Seeing their behavior, Liu Zheng felt an ominous feeling growing inside him.
"What do you want with me? I don’t know you. Do you have any issue with me?"
Realizing he might not be able to avoid them now, he immediately asked this question.
He wanted to figure out what was going on with these men. Who had he offended recently?
Just at that moment, a clear memory suddenly popped into his head.
It was Huang Haoxiang.
Apart from him, there definitely wouldn’t be anyone else.
He had always been quite amicable in his daily interactions, always offering a hand in any situation and being quite nice to others as well.
It was unlikely that anyone from the village would go to such great lengths to do something like this to him.
It could only be the people from Huang Haoxiang’s side.
However, the several men in front of him did not answer his question but instead said with a smile,
"What’s the point of asking so many questions when you’re about to die?"
As they looked like they were about to charge at him, Liu Zheng then forced a composed tone and spoke.
"You’re Huang Haoxiang’s men, aren’t you."
This time he didn’t ask a question but made a statement.
The main reason was that he could be 100% certain that these people were indeed as he had imagined.
Otherwise, he couldn’t think of any other enemies he might have.
But it was also somewhat ridiculous.
After all this time, they were still using such idiotic methods to gamble on doing these things to him?
Upon hearing his words, a trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the burly men in front of him; they seemed to have not expected Liu Zheng to guess correctly.
At that moment, they looked somewhat confused, immediately turning their gazes in the direction of their companion.
It was unexpected that, without waiting for the men to speak, Huang Haoxiang suddenly appeared from somewhere.
"Wow, I didn’t expect you to be so clever and guess it right," he said.
"Since you’ve already guessed it, this young master won’t hide anymore. In that case, this young master will sit back and enjoy watching how you get beaten down!"
"Who made you so capable back then, managing to spoil this young master’s plans! If that’s the case, don’t blame this young master for being rude!"
Seeing him say this with a sinister smile, Liu Zheng seriously began to contemplate how to handle this situation.
No matter what, he had to think it through properly.
No matter what, he couldn’t afford to give up.
Because he knew he was indeed isolated and outnumbered in this alley at night, a place that was seldom frequented.
If he were to confront them head-on at this time, he probably couldn’t really defeat them, and he hadn’t brought his pills.
Who would have thought that just by going out to watch a movie with a beauty, he would encounter such an incident?
This gave him a huge headache.
The pills he had recently developed could indeed give him immense power, though the effect might be temporary.
But he certainly couldn’t be expected to carry them on him all the time, especially since he hadn’t tested whether they really worked.
"If you really want retribution, then let’s fight one-on-one. Isn’t it a bit unmanly for you to surround me with a group of people?"
Liu Zheng then said this.
"If you’re so capable, you shouldn’t need others’ help, right? If you do need help, even if I lose, it doesn’t seem like something you’d be proud of."
For the moment, it seemed his only option was to stall for time and then think of a plan.
Huang Haoxiang, hearing this, naturally became very angry, his eyes bulging like brass bells.
"Say that again, dare you. Are you insinuating that I’m weak?"
"Not at all, you might be reading too much into it," Liu Zheng retorted.
