Capítulo 689: Chapter 689: Mr. Song Says: Come Down
Tang Li went to help with the hospital discharge procedures, Ethan waited in the hospital ward, thinking about how those fierce-looking thugs even came to the hospital, his sense of security was increasingly eroded.
In the unfamiliar country of S, he couldn’t seek help from the American consulate either. Even if he thought of returning to Las Vegas, he was afraid those people would be waiting at the airport.
The pain from the machete strikes on his body had already left Ethan with a psychological shadow.
Someone saved him last night, but who knows if he’ll have that kind of luck next time.
Tang Li quickly came back with the payment receipt.
She called a taxi and pushed Ethan downstairs in a wheelchair.
After getting in the car, Tang Li took out a bunch of keys from her backpack and handed them to Ethan: “I was called to the company by my agent yesterday and didn’t have the chance to go to your place. Now that you are discharged, I’ll return the keys to you first.”
Ethan thought of those leaked intimate photos.
He did not fully trust Tang Li.
He had been mixing in the underworld since his teenage years, naturally, he was no naive fool, so he doubted not only Lai Shengxia but also couldn’t trust anyone else completely.
When they returned to the residential area, Tang Li didn’t follow him upstairs.
“Because of those posts on the forum, my agent has forbidden me to see you again. He believed those rumors online, so it’s not feasible for me to move in here now,” Tang Li specifically assured, “But Ethan, you can rest assured, I will come and check on you every day.”
Tang Li not going upstairs suited Ethan just fine.
When he returned to the apartment, he opened his laptop; other than the stolen photos, everything else was unchanged.
Just then, the doorbell of the apartment rang.
It was the security of the complex.
“Yesterday, several homes in our complex were burglarized, I came to remind you to be sure to lock the doors and windows if you go out.”
Ethan went to check the windows of the bedroom and indeed they were not locked.
That night he had been taken away, and it was the police who had closed the apartment. Of course, they would not have checked the doors and windows for him.
Thus, it’s very possible that the photos were stolen by the thief and posted online.
Ethan deduced why the thief did such a thing; his laptop had a security lock, and since the thief could not pry it open and steal it, they released his intimate photos online as revenge.
Because of this, his identity was also dug out.
Understanding the whole story, Ethan silently cursed his bad luck!
That evening, the door of the apartment was knocked heavily.
Ethan peered through the peephole and saw the same group of people he had seen at the hospital. Through the security door, the sound of their voices was faintly audible.
“That foreign guy got discharged, why didn’t he come back?”
“Maybe he’s playing dead inside!”
Saying so, they kicked the door violently several times.
Ethan was terrified, the security door looked as if it was about to be kicked in, but eventually, those people stopped: “Damn it! If he keeps hiding and not showing up, will we still get our money?”
“Didn’t Miss Lai already give 500,000? She definitely won’t go back on the rest of the money.”
Hearing the words “Miss Lai,” Ethan was even more convinced that he hadn’t misheard the night before— it was indeed Lai Shengxia who, after using him, wanted to get rid of him!
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Ethan moved to the living room window to look down; there were several thugs standing guard below. After ensuring that everyone outside had left, he quietly opened the door and found that all four walls were sprayed with red writing. It made his heart thump in alarm as he saw it in the dead of night, and he quickly retreated back into the apartment, not daring to step out again.
It was the final exams these few days, and Tang Li had not returned to the Lai Family.
At night, she received a call from Song Baiyan.
Upon learning that Tang Li was studying and reviewing for exams, Song Baiyan spoke on the other end, his magnetic voice carried a trace of emotion: “While it’s good to be diligent, you must also balance work and rest.”
Tang Li was just about to agree when she heard Mr. Song laugh and say, “Come downstairs.”