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Chapter 221: Chapter 189: Xiong Zhiyang messed up in the cold wind (Please subscribe!)_2
"Alright then, bring him down to me, I’m taking him. Here’s the remaining fifty thousand yuan," Xiong Zhiyang lifted up the paper bag in his hand and said.
Pi Qiang replied, "Okay, Boss Xiong, please wait a moment, I’ll be right there."
Afterwards, Xiong Zhiyang and his men saw intermittent flashes of light in the dark unfinished building, evidently Pi Qiang and his crew were coming downstairs. They were a bit slow, but considering that they were bringing a person down, the slow pace seemed reasonable.
Soon enough, Pi Qiang appeared, limping as he walked. Behind him was a burly man unknown to Xiong Zhiyang. However, Xiong didn’t find this surprising as he did not know all of Pi Qiang’s underlings. When he noticed Tang Kai wasn’t brought down, Xiong Zhiyang wasn’t happy. This was clearly a sign of mistrust. No wonder they moved so slow, Pi Qiang was injured.
However, the calm demeanor of the large man next to him unnerved Xiong Zhiyang. It was an uncanny stillness, as if devoid of life.
Xiong Zhiyang wasn’t particularly cautious, but his three bodyguards were seasoned and quickly sensed that something was amiss. They immediately moved to shield Xiong in the center. While they couldn’t sense how powerful the robot before them was, they knew this kind of look was not common among average people.
Needless to say, seeing his bodyguards getting tense, Xiong Zhiyang also realized something was wrong. As he frowned, he thought about the injured Pi Qiang, the strange man beside him, and the absence of Tang Kai. Everything about the situation was becoming seriously odd.
By this time, the robot had bandaged Pi Qiang’s wound, removed the bullet, and applied medicine. These supplies obviously came from the mall, and were part of the single soldier battlefield emergency kit, which one of the robots had teleported over using a blackball transportation node.
This blackball was given to one of the robots after Xiong had exchanged for two new robots to avoid the need for emergency support and to facilitate future tasks. After all, it would attract attention if big men in camouflage were constantly coming and going from the hotel. To avoid leaving behind any traces, he planned to destroy the surveillance data in the hotel’s corridor when he left. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
"Pi Qiang, what’s going on with your leg? Where’s Tang Zekai? I told you I’ve brought the money. Don’t you trust me?" Xiong Zhiyang forced himself to remain calm.
However, Pi Qiang didn’t answer, as there was no need to keep pretending. The robot’s charade had already reached its conclusion.
"About that, Boss Xiong, I’m sorry. I didn’t have a choice," Pi Qiang apologized with a bitter smile.
Upon hearing this, Xiong Zhiyang’s heart sank. A bad premonition flooded his mind. He pressed on anxiously, "What do you mean, Pi Qiang? What do you mean ’no choice’?"
But this time Pi Qiang didn’t speak. Instead, a robot standing beside him stepped forward and coldly asked, "So you’re the Boss Xiong who ordered Pi Qiang to kidnap Tang Zekai?"
No sooner were the words out of his mouth than two more robots leaped out from behind the piles of material on both sides. The three robots now stood in a triangular formation, surrounding Xiong Zhiyang and his men.
Seeing two more burly men, appearing no less threatening than the first, Xiong Zhiyang’s bodyguards were immediately on high alert. They each pulled daggers from their waists, ready for combat. These were their standard equipment. As for guns, although they had some, they dared not carry them around. Apart from it being illegal, it was practically impossible to encounter armed robbers, even in domestic territory. There was no justification for equipping his bodyguards with guns.
"Who are you?" Xiong Zhiyang shouted. In his opinion, they were possibly bodyguards hired by Tang Kai. But hadn’t the chairman said that Tang Kai did not have his own security? And these people looked nothing like the Southeast Asian men he knew. They were obviously locals.
"You don’t need to know who we are. I’ll ask you again, you’re Boss Xiong, aren’t you?" The robot took another step forward and laughed. Xiong Zhiyang didn’t think much of this but the three bodyguards felt as if a mountain was moving towards them, making them involuntarily step back.
Undoubtedly a master!
That was the bodyguards’ only sentiment at this point.
All three bodyguards held their daggers even tighter. Despite the chill of the night, they each broke out in a cold sweat. It was apparent that an ambush was waiting for them tonight.
"Yes, it’s me. What do you want?" Xiong Zhiyang kept his poise and replied. In his mind, he furiously cursed the chairman of Wangtai Jewelry Group a thousand times. His feelings at the moment were similar to Pi Qiang’s earlier feelings.
Wasn’t it supposed to be Tang Kai alone?
Where the hell did these people come from? Are they ghosts or something?
"Nothing much, I just want to ask why you guys kidnapped Tang Zekai today," The robot stopped laughing and asked seriously. According to normal procedure, they should have subdued all the people before interrogating them, but, Tang Qing wanted to watch a drama, a bloody drama.
The moment he heard Tang Kai’s name from the robot, Xiong Zhiyang took a deep breath and asked, "What is your relationship with Tang Kai?" He needed to understand their relationship before he could continue to negotiate. He even harbored a vainglorious hope that they would tell him they were after Tang Kai too.
"That’s none of your business. Just answer the question honestly, or... you’ll end up like him." The robot conjured up a pistol pointing at Xiong Zhiyang, nodding towards Pi Qiang at the same time.
Xiong Zhiyang was no fool. Looking at Pi Qiang’s bewildered expression and bitter smile, he immediately understood that Pi Qiang had been shot for being uncooperative.
