Chapter 120: The Bizarre Kidnapping - Part One
This situation isn’t normal, is it? You have to know, Lin Mu has only been back in Huaxia for a little over ten days. How many people know about Lin Mu’s incredible skills? And yet, these people seem to understand his abilities well, leaving Lin Mu feeling quite puzzled!
At this moment, Chen Feng, who always likes to act tough, stepped forward to negotiate with them, and immediately started with financial persuasion,
"Brothers! Please, don’t be angry!" While saying this, Chen Feng’s heart was clearly a bit trembling,
"Let’s talk properly, no need for knives or guns. Aren’t we all just after money? I have money, you name a price, I’ll pay! As long as you release those two women, whatever you ask, I’ll give!"
Chen Feng walked up to Lin Mu, flaunting wealth like a god of wealth.
"Damn, whatever they want, I’ll give!" The leader in stockings sneered, "Kid, you sure talk big! I want five billion, do you have it?"
"What? Five billion? That’s astronomical! Clearly asking for the sky!"
Chen Feng immediately felt duped. If it were thirty million, fifty million, he would agree straight away, asking his dad for money wasn’t an issue, but looking at the situation, it seems the other party isn’t looking to solve this with money.
"This price is a bit unreasonable, isn’t it?" Chen Feng still pleaded in a negotiating tone, "Brother, can’t you lower it a bit?"
"No money? Then screw off!"
The man in stockings waved his machete angrily and yelled, "What are you pretending for with no money, wasting my breath, keep acting rich and I’ll chop you down!"
Chen Feng was startled, cold sweat running down his spine at the sight of the cold blade, retreating a step back out of fear, standing behind Lin Mu, his heart pounding! At this moment, preserving his own life was priority. Just now, all those promises made to Xiong Jian about sacrificing and being selfless seemed to vanish into thin air.
What’s the most important thing in the world? Protecting your own life comes first. Sure, Xiong Xiaoxiao and her mother are important, but only if you’re safe first! What if a knife comes down and your life is gone, how would you talk about saving anyone then?
Lin Mu glanced disdainfully at Eldest Young Master Chen hiding behind him, thinking to himself, with such little courage, he wants to play hero and rescue people? More like coming to join the deceased!
Lin Mu confidently stepped forward, fearlessly facing the man in stockings wielding the glinting blade, said,
"Brothers, let’s be clear, I don’t know why you kidnapped the Xiong family women, but if I guess right, you should be targeting the men of the Xiong family. Well, I am somewhat a part of the Xiong family. Whatever disputes you have, however you want to resolve them, I’m here for it. Everything should be settled according to the rules of the underworld. Hurting women is not the style of a true underworld brother!"
"Oh, you’re from the Xiong family? Which one are you? How come I’ve never heard of someone like you in the Xiong family?" The man in stockings pointed his machete at Lin Mu’s nose challenging him.
"Of course, you haven’t seen me before because I am the fiancé of the Xiong family, my name is Lin Mu. A son-in-law is half a son, right? So rest assured, any grievances or grudges, target me. Release those two women! Men’s issues have nothing to do with women!"
Lin Mu spoke confidently, but Chen Feng wasn’t happy upon hearing it,
"Who said you’re the Xiong family’s son-in-law? I am the rightful fiancé! We have a childhood betrothal, do you? What proof do you have that you’re the Xiong family’s son-in-law?"
Lin Mu felt a headache. This idiot is such trash, worried about titles at a time ,
So he coldly snorted, "Alright, I won’t care, let them take revenge on you instead!"
It was Chen Feng’s turn to feel the headache now, "No, um, never mind, you be it for now..."
Unexpectedly, the man in stockings, after listening to Lin Mu and Chen Feng’s exchange, became interested in their rivalry, "The Xiong family only has one daughter, right? So that means only one of you can be the son-in-law. How about this, to show our actions are according to the underworld rules, I have a proposal. As long as you two entertain me, I’ll release these two women. After all, they’re useless to me!"
"What terms? I agree!" Chen Feng immediately stepped forward upon hearing hope, "As long as you release them, whatever the terms, I’ll agree. Say it, what do you want in exchange?"
Lin Mu shot a sharp glare at Chen Feng, thinking this guy is causing trouble, hoping he wouldn’t sabotage his plans further.
He took over the conversation and said,
"Alright, tell me your conditions, anything I can do, I’ll resolve it for you!"
The stocking man cooperated, clapping to show his satisfaction with Lin Mu’s response.
"Alright, since both of you said so, I’ll be straightforward. We can let the mother and daughter go, but on one condition: trade one of you two for them!"
"Alright, I agree. Hope you won’t regret it!" Lin Mu stated firmly.
The stocking man chuckled, "Alright then, today is the wax gibbous moon, the zodiac day, unsuitable for killing, so I’ll be a good person today! But sparing death doesn’t exempt punishment. Alright, I’ll be the good guy to the end and play a game with you both. And you two are getting a great chance to remove your rival. Since both of you want to marry the Xiong family’s eldest daughter, I’ll give you a chance. To see who truly loves the Xiong family’s eldest daughter, whoever volunteers to trade places and regain her freedom. The one who does, I won’t kill him, maybe just take an arm or a leg. I want to see, will that Xiong family’s eldest daughter choose the maimed yet loving person? Or the one who is complete without missing limb? Well, who wants to trade?"
The stocking man pointed his knife at Chen Feng, scaring the young master into sticking his tongue out, quickly hiding once again behind Lin Mu.
In fact, throughout the whole incident, the calm Lin Mu was constantly thinking. This is indeed quite suspicious. Starting from the hotel kidnapping, one must know, such a five-star hotel has professional monitoring and special security staff, how could the criminals so easily achieve their goal in just a few minutes without the security noticing or intercepting it?
Lin Mu frowned, even more suspicious was that these kidnappers didn’t demand ransom after the abduction! They even intentionally refused to discuss ransom with Chen Feng. What kind of weird criminals are these? Could it be these rather artsy criminals aren’t in it for the money, but just for fun? That’s just absurd!