Chapter 52 Great World Correction
Chapter 52 Great World Correction
After a journey of more than half an hour, the motorcycle finally arrived at the bungalow area where the Xia siblings lived.
After getting off the bus, Shen hope pretended it was her first time here and followed behind Lin Zheng, touching the spot on her neck where she had been bitten.
He wondered how a young master from the Lin family could do such shameless things.
Calling him a dog is absolutely right!
Lin Zheng arrived at Xia Yi's house and knocked on the door, following his memory. Xia Ying, who was pacing anxiously inside, quickly opened the door.
Seeing Lin Zheng, she finally relaxed a bit: "Brother Lin! You're finally here, come in quickly!"
Lin Zheng and Shen hope went inside and closed the door:
"Xia Ying, don't worry. Tell me the details first. Who kidnapped your brother? I haven't received any news about it."
Xia Ying looked at Lin Zheng's hospital gown and the beautiful woman behind him, feeling like crying but having no tears.
He was wary of strangers: "Brother Lin, what's with your outfit, and who is this lady...?"
"Oh, she's not an outsider. Her name is Shen hope, you can think of her as my sister. It's okay for her to hear this. As for this outfit, it's not the point today. I'll change into your brother's clothes later."
Shen hope looked at Lin Zheng in surprise, "Am I your sister?"
However, she was too lazy to deny it: "Just treat me as Young Master Lin's sister, you guys talk and don't mind me."
Xia Ying roughly understood, called out "Sister Shen hope", and then began to recount the events surrounding Xia Yi's disappearance.
It's actually quite simple. Xia Ying said that her brother comes back to visit her every two weeks or so, and she will make a special trip back from school to cook him a nice meal as a treat.
Unexpectedly, she waited all day yesterday for her brother to come back, but he never did. She thought he was busy with work and would come back in the evening, but he was nowhere to be seen at night, and she couldn't get through to him on the phone.
So before dawn, she went alone to Xia Yi's house.
They discovered signs of a struggle inside the house, and the brother's phone was on the floor; he was nowhere to be found.
Only then did they inform Lin Zheng.
Upon hearing this, Lin Zheng immediately sensed something was off: "You mean someone went to his house and arrested him?"
"Yes, that should be it. I even took pictures of the house! Look, Brother Lin!" Xia Ying handed the photos she had taken to Lin Zheng for him to see.
The photos were clear, numerous, and captured almost every nook and cranny.
After Lin Zheng finished reading, he took out his phone and called his other underlings. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. He's already calling Xia Yi's house. What are his other underlings doing?
Xia Yi lives very close to all her subordinates, so why haven't I received any news from her?
Lin Zheng dialed several numbers in a row, only to find that they were all unanswered.
He increasingly felt that something major had happened without his knowledge. Finally, on the fifth call, someone answered, but the other person immediately started swearing: "Damn it, I'm sleeping. Who the hell is calling me?"
Lin Zheng: "It's me, Lin Zheng!"
Upon hearing that it was his boss, the other person's tone immediately changed, becoming timid and hesitant: "Brother Lin! I'm sorry, I didn't know this was your number. What's wrong?"
"What's going on? Why can't I get through to any of the people I've called? And did you know that Xia Yi is in trouble?"
"Xia-ge is in trouble?! I didn't know, when did this happen..."
Lin Zheng interrupted, "Tell me what happened first. Is there something you haven't told me? Are you looking for death?!"
The other person paused for a moment, then said fearfully, "No, Brother Lin, it's not that we didn't want to tell you, it's just that Brother Xia said you're injured right now, and there's no need to tell you such a small thing, so you should rest well."
Later, the younger brother told Lin Zheng something he really didn't know.
Although this was a trivial matter for those below, Lin Zheng's pupils dilated, utterly perplexed:
"What? The higher-ups said they want to wipe out all other organizations in Jiangcheng within a month? And if they encounter any resistance, they'll all be dealt with?"
Brother:
"Yes, just like what you arranged for us to do before, Brother Lin, but the orders from above are more direct and the measures are more ruthless. The brothers have barely rested these past few days, they've been clearing the area the whole time."
After dealing with the troublemakers here, many people were sent to other teams to help them clean up the mess. A lot of the brothers have been injured these past few days, so I just got back to sleep, which is why my tone was like that…”
Lin Zheng had no interest in listening to the man's subsequent explanations. He simply didn't understand why this so-called clearing operation, which involved the same actions as his own, was the same massacre plotline that Jiang Huaimeng had created after turning evil in the original book.
Completely corrupted, Jiang Huaimeng, in order to unify the entire underground of Jiangcheng, slaughtered all those who resisted her without any reason.
Why did I previously try to slowly clean up the small organizations in the Southwest region and set up some KTV to house them? Wasn't it all to change this line of work?
By gathering those scattered people in a relatively stable way, not only can so many people not die, but the army can also be strengthened to achieve unification.
After all, once the massacre begins, it's a one-way street. Once that happens, all subsequent murders in Jiangcheng will intentionally or unintentionally point to Jiang Huaimeng.
In fact, once this storyline is completed, Jiang Huaimeng's death will never change.
But why is that?
Why did this line, which I had already altered, reappear?
I'm not dead! Jiang Huaimeng now has a fiancé who loves her very much, so why would she do something like this after turning completely evil...?
Suddenly, Lin Zheng thought of something and seemed to understand something. He turned to look at Shen hope.
Shen hope remained as serious as ever: "What's wrong?"
Could it be that... because she and Shen hope almost died in the last assassination attempt, Jiang Huaimeng brought up this line again to protect her?
Does she want to kill everyone who threatens me?
Could this be what they call worldline correction?
If that's the case, then it's really troublesome.
Hearing Lin Zheng remain silent for a long time on the phone, the younger brother panicked: "Brother Lin? What's wrong?"
Lin Zheng brainstormed: "Tell me all the people you've recently offended, or tell me all the people who might retaliate against Xia Yi, and I'll go save her."
"Actually... there aren't many who dare to retaliate against us. If there really is one, it's just a group that specializes in trafficking women in our southwest region. These people originally planned to join us, but since you've been away recently and the orders from above were so urgent, people from other regions went to clean them up in advance. It seems they haven't even finished cleaning them up yet, and their boss has already run away."
"You mean people from other districts are starting to take over our territory?"
"It's about Brother Lin. Now that Brother Xia is the second-in-command, his words don't carry as much weight anymore. And since you're recuperating in the hospital, those people in the West District said they'd help us out and that we owe them a favor."
Lin Zheng slowly clenched his fist, his voice turning colder: "I understand. I'll settle this score with them today, and I'll definitely thank them properly."
Lin Zheng hung up the phone and, taking Shen hope with him, said, "Let's go! Let's rescue Xia Yi!"
Shen hope asked in confusion, "Do you know where he is?"
"I know a few hidden red-light districts, and this should be one of them." Lin Zheng was actually saying this to Jiang Huaimeng: "Also, my boss did something stupid these past few days. Some things can't be done so ruthlessly, and I need to correct her."
Lin Zheng grabbed two simple pieces of clothing from Xia Yi's room and put them on: "Let's go!"
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