False evidence

Chapter 434 Rekindling the Bond (19)

"To have sex?"

My eyelids twitched, and I looked at Gu Haitao. "Hey! Stop drinking. I have a question for you. You said that when you first woke up, you were in a hotel with a woman next to you?"

Gu Haitao stared at me for a while with red eyes, then suddenly buried his face in his hands and broke down, saying:
"I didn't! I may have had affairs before, but that was in the past! It's been twenty-one years... I didn't betray Qiaomei on purpose!"

"Hey! I wasn't talking about the past, I was talking about..."

Seeing him cry again in pain, I didn't continue arguing with him.

Although he was with us that night, his attention was focused on whether Ji Qiaomei could come back.

Not only did he not notice what was happening around him, but because he was an ordinary person, he couldn't see what I was seeing.

In his view, apart from the strange paper ash in the brazier, nothing else seemed unusual.

I even told him at the end that Ji Qiaomei had returned. He probably just thought I was trying to comfort him.

I told Wei Lan and Tong Xiangnan that when I first met Gu Haitao, he did say that he was in a hotel bed with a woman lying next to him.

Wei Lan said, "The exchange between the two was not accidental, but deliberate."

Tong Xiangnan touched his nose. "According to you, the vessel and the target whose soul is being taken cannot be too far apart?"

Wei Lan nodded and said to me, "When Gu Haitao transformed into Luo Yinsheng, Luo Yinsheng himself must have been near the hotel."

"All we need to do is have Brother Gao check whether Luo Yinsheng left the sanatorium the night before the incident."

The deeper you delve into the whole affair, the more shrouded in mystery it becomes.

After staying up all night, I'm not only exhausted, but also worried about Erpang.

I told Tong Xiangnan and the others to go back to their rooms to rest as arranged during the day. When I saw Gu Haitao still drinking, he got up and went over to stop him while making a phone call.

I still can't get through to Erpang's phone.

"Hey, stop drinking! Your stomach hurts from drinking so much, and there's nowhere to get an injection nearby," I said impatiently to Gu Haitao.

Before Gu Haitao could say anything, a large hand suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed my arm.

Chen Zudao's eyes turned red, and he roared at me:

"You're so domineering! You don't care about our past relationship at all, and you even want to settle accounts with me over the money for this dilapidated house. Have you ever thought about how I feel?! Now you're stopping me from having a drink. Do you really think I'm a pushover that you can just bully?!"

In his mind's eye, Lü Xin angrily exclaimed, "This idiot, he's really drunk, he's going to cause trouble again!"

"It's all your fault!" I could tell that Chen Zudao was drunk and was mistaking me for Lü Xin again.

I tried to pull my hand out, and in fact, I was able to pull it out easily in one go.

Chen Zudao seemed to be stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter:

"Great! You're back, and your kung fu has been reincarnated too! Alright, alright, let me spar with you, just like that time we had on the shores of Taihu Lake!"

As he spoke, he actually used his palm as a knife and slashed at me horizontally.

For an ordinary person, this would be considered a slap in the chest.

But Chen Zudao is over 2.2 meters tall, so his horizontal palm strike turned into a direct chop to my throat.

If I were actually hit, I wouldn't even be alive!
Unfortunately, the two were too close together, and he was tall with long arms, plus he had really put in the effort.

I had no way to avoid it.

Jiao Tong, who was standing to the side, realized something was wrong, but it was too late to stop them.

In desperation, I had no choice but to confront them head-on and raise my hand to block.

I don't know if the ghost hand that Grandpa 'planted' in me will work in this situation, but even having my arm broken is better than dying!
Their arms collided violently, and both of them were jolted.

My arm wasn't broken as expected, and I didn't even feel any significant pain.

Chen Zudao showed a surprised expression, then his eyes lit up with wild joy:
"Brother, your kung fu has improved so much! You can actually withstand my attacks!"

He was genuinely overjoyed, but at that moment he truly regarded me as Lü Xin.

"Very well, try taking another one of my moves!" "Hahahaha..."

Amidst his maniacal laughter, he slowly raised his other hand as well.

I knew he was still leaving himself some room to maneuver, intending to remind me that he was about to get serious and use his full power.

I inwardly groaned; the Ghost Hand had played a crucial role in blocking that attack.

But how can I hold off his two hands with just one hand?

"watch out!"

As I saw him swing his other fist at me, I gritted my teeth and ducked down.

At the same time, his right hand, which had been blocking him, suddenly tucked down, turned into a claw, and grabbed his wrist.

My original plan was to use the force of grabbing his arm to slide under the table.

As long as I crawl under the table and get to Jiao Tong's side, Jiao Tong can help me block him.

In his haste, he forgot there was a chair behind him, and when he shrank back, he plopped right down into it.

Now I was really panicking. Seeing the fist, as big as a clay pot, right in front of me, I couldn't help but start cursing:

"You old bastard! You're asking for it!"

As soon as I uttered that curse, I suddenly felt a tremendous force surge through my back, instantly spreading throughout my entire body.

With an instinctive tightening of my fingers gripping Chen Zudao's wrist, I caused him to let out a strange "Ah!" in pain. He not only pulled his fist back but was also forcefully thrown into a chair.

"You old bastard, I'll take your life!"

As Lü Xin cursed, I increased the force of my right hand.

Chen Zudao's face was contorted in pain, and he was no longer able to attack. In his sidelong glance at me, a fear of death gradually emerged.

"Ugh!"

Jiao Tong, worried about her godfather's safety, shouted from the bottom of her throat, jumped over, and grabbed my shoulder from the other side.

For some reason, I was initially just annoyed by Chen Zudao's drunken misbehavior, but as soon as Jiao Tong arrived, my anger suddenly surged to an uncontrollable level.

With a flick of his left hand, he accurately grabbed Jiao Tong's wrist.

Gu Haitao was still drunk when Chen Zudao made his move, and he hid to the side.

Jiao Tong and Chen Zudao met almost identical ends, and I replaced them in Gu Haitao's original position.

That's when I started to realize something was wrong.

Although I practiced a few moves when I was a child, I never put in the effort.

I have witnessed Jiao Tong's abilities. The reason I was able to subdue Chen Zudao with my right hand is because my grandfather planted the Ghost Hand on me.

How could the left hand possibly stop the immensely strong Jiao Tong?
The nameless fire in my heart continued to spread.

The strength in his hands gradually increased.

The veins on Chen Zudao's face bulged as he said with difficulty:
"Brother Lü, kill me, but don't hurt my child!"

"Even if I spare you, I won't spare him!"

I completely lost control, muttered something through gritted teeth, and suddenly stood up, intending to swing my left hand and throw Jiao Tong against the wall.

At the critical moment, a shattering sound suddenly came from in front of them.

A rice bowl shattered on the table, and flying shards cut my face.

I looked across at him, furious, only to see Tong Xiangnan pointing at me and shouting:

"Do you even know who you are?!"

(End of this chapter)