A strange voice rang out behind Zhang Shouji, startling him. He quickly turned around, only to find the crowd had already parted.
A man in a black suit, carrying a glock 34, stood directly behind him.
The moment he saw Johnny, Zhang Shouji panicked, because he knew this guy!
He had thought the name Night Owl was just for show, unable to even protect Li Zicheng's safety, but he never expected him to be waiting for him right here at the dock.
Then, all these guys around... Zhang Shouji turned to look at the subordinates surrounding Li Zicheng, and the subordinates standing beside him. An ominous premonition welled up in his heart.
"Quick, grab him!"
Although he already had a faint suspicion, Zhang Shouji still couldn't believe it. He immediately shouted, but his subordinates didn't move an inch, just quietly watching him.
Even though the sun was bright and the sea breeze was gentle, his heart gradually grew cold, then seemed to sink to the bottom of the sea.
This single sentence, met with no action from any of his subordinates, made Zhang Shouji realize he had been set up by Li Zicheng.
Or rather, had Li Zicheng already been planning this from the moment he first agreed to Chief Jiang's request?
It was laughable that he had been so smug, mocking Li Zicheng for being an undercover agent for so many years for nothing, and mocking Chief Jiang for so easily letting him take the chairman's position.
He never imagined that all of this, ever since he learned of Ding Qing's accident, had already been planned by Li Zicheng.
It wasn't until Ding Qing's actual accident that Li Zicheng truly woke up. Sometimes, many things are beyond one's control. Even if he wanted to safely return to the police force, all of that had already become an unattainable reality.
It wasn't until Ding Qing's final admonition that Li Zicheng's heart was stirred with tumultuous waves. That single word of truth had long been firmly imprinted in his heart.
All the arrangements were completed in a very short time. For Li Zicheng, this was not difficult.
Before, Ding Qing was in control of the overall situation, and he only needed to assist. But after so many years by Ding Qing's side, and so many years in the position of director, Li Zicheng had already been cultivated by Ding Qing and had already developed a boss's mindset.
These arrangements seemed complex, but for him, they were already a piece of cake. After all, his elder brother was gone, and he had to walk the rest of the path by himself.
Seeing his subordinates completely unmoved, Zhang Shouji panicked. He wanted to leave, but his subordinates had already reached out and restrained him.
"Bastards, you ungrateful traitors! If I hadn't taken you in, you'd all be like stray dogs on the street right now!"
Zhang Shouji cursed, but Johnny walked straight up to him, looked at Zhang Shouji, and directly punched him in the face. A front tooth immediately detached from Zhang Shouji's mouth and flew out.
"Ah!"
The intense pain made Zhang Shouji cry out. It had been years since he had taken such a beating, but Johnny showed no mercy.
Then, he put away the glock 34 in his hand, took a baseball bat handed to him by a subordinate, and swung it hard at Zhang Shouji's head.
Bang!
The sound was crisp, the feel was perfect; it was a good head!
Blood immediately streamed from Zhang Shouji's head. That blow almost knocked him unconscious. He saw stars and glared fiercely at Johnny.
"Xiba..."
He spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, but Johnny dodged it. Then, Zhang Shouji's gaze fell directly on Li Zicheng.
"I didn't expect you, this damned cunning fox, to have set up a trap before me. Hmph, my defeat, Zhang Shouji, is not unjust!"
Zhang Shouji looked at the expressionless Li Zicheng and spat, "Do you dare to kill me? I am the person Chief Jiang personally designated to become the chairman of Goldmoon Group."
Upon hearing Zhang Shouji's words, Johnny was immediately speechless. No, buddy, you still don't understand the situation.
They've already dared to directly lay hands on you, do they still care who nominated you?
As for that so-called Chief Jiang, his days are also numbered.
"Chief Jiang? Do you know who forced me into this state? It's that Chief Jiang you're talking about. Even if you're the one he nominated to be chairman, what if I throw you into the sea to feed the fish? Without a trace, who would know?"
Li Zicheng's expression was calm as he walked towards Zhang Shouji, stopping two meters away and quietly watching him.
Upon hearing Li Zicheng's reply, Zhang Shouji's pupils constricted. He looked at Li Zicheng with a hint of disbelief.
He hadn't expected this guy to have decided to fall into darkness from the very beginning?
Of course, he didn't know that the person who made him make such a choice was Ding Qing. Ding Qing's words had awakened him: with his current status, whether he returned to the police force or continued to mix with gangs, there would be no good outcome.
Trying to please both sides would ultimately please neither, so it was better to decisively plunge into complete darkness and become the true decision-maker.
The reason he even hated Jiang Chenghao was because Johnny saved his wife Meizhen, and the one who wanted to harm her was Chief Jiang. He instigated the Tiger Faction and Lee Joong-ku's men to go after his wife.
Fortunately, Johnny arrived in time and cleared out that entire group, otherwise, Li Zicheng would truly regret it for the rest of his life.
This made him determined to eliminate all of them. As the saying goes, if one's heart isn't ruthless, one's position isn't stable. This was Ding Qing's final admonition to him.
Then, Johnny, holding the baseball bat, once again walked up to Zhang Shouji and said to him, "The scenery here is indeed nice, but only you can enjoy it slowly by yourself."
Johnny grinned, then swung the baseball bat in his hand, delivering a harsh blow to Zhang Shouji's head.
In that final moment, Zhang Shouji's heart was filled with regret. He regretted being so greedy, agreeing to Chief Jiang's instigation, and even more, he regretted being so eager to move against Li Zicheng.
If he had remained that mediocre, unsuccessful, and lonely vice-chairman, he would still be living well. Why get involved in this muddy water, only to lose his own life in the end?
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world, so Zhang Shouji would inevitably pay the price for his choices.
Seeing Zhang Shouji completely unconscious, the Yanbian F4 carried him to another car, placed him in the driver's seat, and then carefully buckled his seatbelt. The second brother then used tape to secure his head to the car's headrest.
The continuous sound of tape being torn open woke Zhang Shouji up. He looked at everything before him and immediately understood. He wanted to struggle, but he couldn't.
Immediately after, the eldest brother, Kim Byung-ok, closed the car door, and then the four brothers pushed the Honda car into the sea, creating the illusion that Zhang Shouji had driven into the sea himself.
Watching the black Honda slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea, Li Zicheng didn't know what he was thinking. His thoughts were a bit scattered.
Then, he gave the Yanbian F4 a second order.
"Go and eliminate Director Gao."
Meanwhile, in one of the operating rooms at a hospital in Lishui City, Ding Qing, who had been unconscious for an unknown period, suddenly exhaled a breath, then slowly and wearily opened his bloodshot eyes.
"Xiba... Is this heaven? Why does it look like an operating room?"
Beside him, a man in a blue surgical gown and a mask, holding an injection needle, slowly looked at him, "Your physique is indeed different from others. You woke up 3 hours earlier than others who were injected with this drug."
"Who are you?"
Ding Qing's voice was a bit strained as he asked, somewhat confused. He didn't know who this guy in front of him was. He didn't look like a Korean; instead, he looked more like an American.
"Me? You can call me Doctor House. You're lucky; I happen to be in Korea. Night Owl asked me to come help. I've observed your injuries; there's still hope."
Ding Qing:???
"Irreversible hemorrhagic shock, complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Multiple sharp force injuries led to massive blood and plasma loss, which the body could not compensate for. Ultimately, the body's clotting mechanism completely collapsed, leading to systemic bleeding that cannot be reversed."
House gave Ding Qing a casual diagnosis, then changed the subject, "However, you're lucky. I happen to have one last experimental reagent that I can use on you, and in previous experiments, similar cases had a survival rate of up to 78%."
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