The next morning, when Luo Feng left his bedroom and went downstairs, he found a man sitting in the living room.
“Mr Luo Feng, good morning.” The man in military uniform stood up and said with a smile.
“Hello.” Luo Feng said with some confusion. “What is this place? How did I get here? Also, I do not seem to have met you before.”
This officer smiled and said, “Let me introduce myself. I am Dong An from the Yi An District detention centre. This is the military sanatorium area in our Yi An District. Mr Luo Feng, I did not expect that you had already passed the prospective warrior examination. Our detention centre naturally has no right to hold Mr Luo Feng. You have the right to go home now.”
“Go home now?” Luo Feng nodded.
Yesterday he had beaten so many prisoners, especially with punches and kicks on metal tables and chairs. It was easy for others to judge his strength. Luo Feng was not surprised.
“I want to ask, who exactly wants to harm me?” Luo Feng asked with a frown.
The officer hesitated slightly.
“If your detention centre cannot answer, I will submit an application to the Jiang Nan City Security Bureau through the Limit Martial Hall to investigate everything.” Luo Feng said. Once this matter was reported, people would know that a prospective warrior was attacked by a group in the detention centre, and the centre even sheltered the criminals.
The high level staff at the detention centre would definitely face trouble.
The officer quickly smiled and said, “Mr Luo Feng, do not worry. The situation is this. According to our investigation, a local snake figure named Zhou Hua Yang arranged for these detained prisoners to attack you, Mr Luo Feng. From our findings, they planned to break one of your legs and one of your arms.”
“Oh?” Luo Feng frowned. “Break one of my arms and one leg? Quite ruthless. Did they want to cripple me? I do not know this Zhou Hua Yang. Who told him to do it?”
The officer quickly replied, “We have already questioned Zhou Hua Yang. It was a young man named Zhang Hao Bai who asked him for help.”
“Zhang Hao Bai?”
Luo Feng’s gaze turned cold. “He really does not know how to stay alive!”
“He really does not know how to stay alive.” The officer smiled. “Mr Luo Feng, you can fully choose to apply to the Jiang Nan City Security Bureau to arrest Zhang Hao Bai. He instigated harm to a prospective warrior behind the scenes. This is a serious crime. A sentence of twenty years in prison is quite normal.”
“Do not blame me for speaking too much, but this Zhang Hao Bai’s uncle is also a warrior.” The officer said. “Mr Luo Feng, you do not need to give his uncle face. You can apply for the Security Bureau to arrest Zhang Hao Bai. The Security Bureau is the agency that manages warriors. It has enormous power. Zhang Hao Bai’s uncle cannot influence the Security Bureau at all.”
“Choose to offend his uncle and still deal with Zhang Hao Bai.”
“Or let them mediate privately and have the Zhang family pay compensation. Everything is for Mr Luo Feng to decide.” The officer smiled. “I have delivered the message. Here are your mobile phone and other items, Mr Luo Feng.”
Luo Feng nodded.
Let them mediate privately and pay a large sum of money? Or insist on dealing with Zhang Hao Bai?
“Hey, dad.” Luo Feng picked up his phone and dialled. “I have already left the detention centre. I will be home soon and we can eat breakfast together. Do not worry, dad. Your son is very strong now. How could anything happen to me?”
On the morning of the same day that Luo Feng was released from the detention centre, in an antique style teahouse in Yi An District, inside a private room, only Zhou Hua Yang and Zhang Hao Bai were present. Steam rose from the teacups in front of them, and the fragrance filled the air.
“Brother Zhou, why did you call me here so early in the morning? What is the matter?” Zhang Hao Bai lowered his voice and asked quietly. “Is there a result on that matter? If it is really done, Brother Zhou, rest assured that money is no problem.” Zhang Hao Bai felt some expectation. He wondered if Luo Feng had really had one leg and one arm broken.
Zhou Hua Yang sat there. His face gradually sank, and he remained silent.
“Brother Zhou?”
Zhang Hao Bai felt the atmosphere was wrong. He quickly said in a low voice, “Brother Zhou, say something.”
“Zhang Hao Bai, you are really ruthless. You want to court death and even drag me down with you.” Zhou Hua Yang looked at Zhang Hao Bai with a cold smile.
“What? What did I do?” Zhang Hao Bai was confused and asked urgently. “Brother Zhou, what exactly is going on? Tell me clearly.” Zhang Hao Bai could tell from Zhou Hua Yang’s tone and expression that something was wrong. But he truly did not know what had happened.
Zhou Hua Yang took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “Zhang Hao Bai, you asked me to get people to break one of Luo Feng’s legs and one of his arms, right?”
“Yes, what about it?” Zhang Hao Bai nodded.
“Humph, what about it?” Zhou Hua Yang said in an icy voice and sneered. “The Luo Feng you wanted to deal with is a prospective warrior!”
“Prospective warrior?” Zhang Hao Bai was instantly stunned.
Silence.
The private room was completely quiet. Zhang Hao Bai’s face turned pale. He sat there motionless like a fool, with sweat beads continuously seeping from his forehead.
Zhou Hua Yang sat on the side with a cold smile. He held his teacup and took one sip after another without speaking.
“How could it be like this? How could it be like this?” Zhang Hao Bai no longer felt jealousy, only fear. His family was wealthy, so he knew some of the privileges of prospective warriors very clearly. He had actually sent people to break a prospective warrior’s leg and arm. The prospective warrior could completely get the Jiang Nan City Security Bureau to arrest him.
Once he entered the Security Bureau, his life would be over.
“No, no…” Zhang Hao Bai’s face was deathly pale.
“Now you know fear. You have become stupid?” Zhou Hua Yang angrily slammed the cup heavily on the table and shouted in rage. “Damn it, you idiot. If you really want to die, do not drag me with you. A prospective warrior. You asked me to arrange people to break a prospective warrior’s leg and arm. If he reports it to the Security Bureau, I will be in big trouble too.”
Zhou Hua Yang was so angry that he gnashed his teeth.
“Brother Zhou, what should I do? What should I do now?” Zhang Hao Bai quickly said. “I do not want to be arrested by the Security Bureau. Tell me, what should I do now?”
The Security Bureau…
To ordinary citizens, it was a mysterious and terrifying place. If the Security Bureau was called out to arrest someone, then their life was almost finished.
“Right, Brother Zhou, did you give me up?” Zhang Hao Bai’s eyes lit up as he quickly spoke. Only Zhou Hua Yang knew about him asking Zhou Hua Yang to handle the matter. If Zhou Hua Yang had not given him up, then there was still room to manoeuvre.
“What are you thinking, you bastard?” Zhou Hua Yang stood up angrily and pointed at Zhang Hao Bai in fury. “Government people came to question me. How could I dare not speak? If I did not speak, should I die in your place?”
Zhang Hao Bai was stunned.
Indeed, if Zhou Hua Yang did not give him up, Zhou Hua Yang himself would suffer greatly.
“I am telling you this only because of our many years of friendship. I want to prevent you from being arrested by the Security Bureau without even knowing why.” Zhou Hua Yang sneered. “I advise you to go back and discuss this matter with your dad. Your dad has more connections than you. He definitely handles things better than you. Brother, your Brother Zhou will not accompany you anymore. I will leave first. I have already paid the bill for this table, so you do not need to.”
After speaking, Zhou Hua Yang directly opened the door and walked out.
Only Zhang Hao Bai remained in the private room.
“How could it be like this?” Zhang Hao Bai sat on the chair, shaking his head. He still could not believe it. “How could he be a prospective warrior? Before the university entrance exam, his punch strength was only eight hundred kilograms. In just a few days, how could he become a prospective warrior?”
“No, no, I do not want to be arrested by the Security Bureau.”
“Dad, dad… I need to find dad.”
Zhang Hao Bai rushed out of the teahouse with a pale face and hurried home at the fastest speed.
At home.
Zhang Hao Bai sat on the living room sofa. His fists were tightly clenched and his body trembled slightly.
“Click.” The door opened.
“Hao Bai, why did you call me back so urgently? You even said that if I came back late, you would die?” Zhang Ze Long, who had hurried back from the company, pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as he saw his son’s face and appearance, his heart sank. He thought to himself, “Not good. Hao Bai has probably caused big trouble.”
“Dad, I caused trouble.” Zhang Hao Bai looked up at his father.
These simple words, “I caused trouble.”
They made Zhang Ze Long’s heart turn icy cold.
“Tell me. What exactly happened? Give me all the details. Do not leave out anything. Say everything clearly.” Zhang Ze Long’s expression became serious. Although he knew the matter was troublesome, Zhang Ze Long did not panic. After all, he had survived from the Great Nirvana period. What great storms had he not seen?
Zhang Hao Bai took a deep breath. “It is like this. Last time in our family courtyard, the decoration company delivered furniture…”
From beginning to end, Zhang Hao Bai did not dare to hide anything. He said everything.
“You, you actually dared to get people to cripple a prospective warrior?” Zhang Ze Long glared.
“I, I did not know.” Zhang Hao Bai panicked under his father’s glare. “If I had known, I would not have dared even if you beat me to death.”
Zhang Ze Long took a deep breath. He did not speak but took out his phone and quickly dialled a number.
“Beep, beep.”
“Drop.”
A sound rang on Zhang Ze Long’s phone. He looked at it and could not help but frown.
“What is wrong, dad?” Zhang Hao Bai quickly asked.
“I called your uncle, but your uncle is now outside the base city hunting monsters.” Zhang Ze Long sat on the sofa. “We will wait for your uncle to call back.”
Outside the base city, a monster could be hiding anywhere.
So they usually found a safe place before contacting the city.
A moment later.
“Big brother, what is the matter?” A deep voice sounded. “I am quite busy now.”
“Ah Hu, this matter is not small. Your nephew has caused big trouble.” Zhang Ze Long said, and his eyes even turned red.
“What trouble did Hao Bai cause? Big brother, tell me. I am listening.” The voice of Zhang Ze Long’s younger brother, Zhang Ze Hu, came through.
“It is like this.” Zhang Ze Long immediately repeated what his son had said.
There was silence on the phone for a moment. Then Zhang Ze Hu’s voice came. “Hao Bai, this child, actually dared to cause trouble for a prospective warrior. He is really too bold. From today onwards, Hao Bai, you stay at home every day. Do not go out to cause more trouble. Also, do not go to see that Luo Feng again.”
“I know, uncle.” Zhang Hao Bai nodded quickly as if clutching the last straw.
“Yes, you do nothing.” The voice on the phone continued. “Wait for me to come back. Even if people from the Security Bureau come and arrest you, do not do anything else. Wait for me to return. My task this time is quite important. It will probably take one or two months to come back.”
“Yes.” Zhang Hao Bai nodded quickly.
“Rest assured, Hao Bai. I only have you as my big brother’s son. I will do everything to protect you.” The voice on the phone continued. “Big brother, the captain is calling me. I will not say more. Remember, do not do anything else. Just wait for me to come back.”
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ze Long and Zhang Hao Bai, father and son, finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
The Zhang family was in panic, but the Luo Feng family was happy.
After dinner.
Luo Feng took his younger brother Luo Hua from upstairs to the neighbourhood. Luo Feng pushed the wheelchair and took a walk in the neighbourhood.
“Brother, we have lived in this neighbourhood for more than ten years. Mum and dad have lived here for over twenty years.” Luo Hua looked up at the neighbourhood. The residential buildings were very dense, and there was very little greenery. “After we leave here and move into that Moonlight Neighbourhood, I want to come out for walks every day. I can do it alone.”
Going up and down stairs every day was an enormous difficulty for Luo Hua, who sat in a wheelchair.
“Yes.” Luo Feng smiled and nodded as he pushed the wheelchair. “Ah Hua, in the future we will not have to stay out of the sun all year round, nor stay in that small room all year. Mum and dad will not have to sleep on the sofa anymore.”
Luo Hua nodded quickly.
They had looked forward to this day for a long time.
“Someone is coming.” Luo Hua looked up ahead. A young man wearing glasses walked over with a smile. He first smiled at Luo Hua in the wheelchair, then looked at Luo Feng. “Brother Luo, right?”
“Who are you?” Luo Feng looked at this person with some confusion.
This young man smiled slightly. “Brother Luo, hello. My name is Zhou Hua Yang. I wonder if Brother Luo has time. Shall we find a place to chat?”