After Mad Dragon was released from prison, I shocked the world!

"You'll see if I dare!"

Suddenly, Wang Mei raised the fruit knife in her hand and stabbed it into Fang Wanqing's chest!

"You bitch, die!!!"

"Waaah—"

Fang Wanqing closed her eyes in despair.

In that instant, bang! bang! bang!

The thick hemp rope binding Lin Li was snapped in two by him!

Lin Li flashed forward, and just as the tip of the knife was a centimeter away from Fang Wanqing's chest, a large hand gripped Wang Mei's wrist tightly.

Click!

"ah--!"

Wang Mei screamed as her wrist was crushed, and the fruit knife clattered to the ground.

Lin Li used his other hand to put his arm around Fang Wanqing's waist, protecting her behind him.

Immediately afterwards, he slapped Wang Mei across the face with his other hand.

Snapped!

Wang Mei was sent flying through the air by the blow, crashing heavily against the wall before falling to the ground.

"puff!"

Wang Mei spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with a few broken teeth, and looked at Lin Li with a horrified expression: "You... how could you...?"

That thick hemp rope, even an ox couldn't break it!

Lin Li didn't speak, but first untied the rag from Fang Wanqing's mouth and the ropes binding her body.

"Lin Li..."

As soon as Fang Wanqing was freed, she immediately threw herself into Lin Li's arms, trembling and crying loudly.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Lin Li patted her back and gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here, no one can hurt you."

After comforting Fang Wanqing, he turned and walked towards Wang Mei, who was lying on the ground.

"I gave you a chance, but you chose to die."

"No...no...Lin Li...I...I love you...for the sake of our past relationship..."

Looking at Lin Li's cold eyes, Wang Mei began to plead for mercy.

"Sentiment? You dare to talk about sentiment?"

Lin Li snorted coldly, raised his foot, and stomped down hard.

Click!

"ah!!!"

Wang Mei screamed in agony, looking at her left arm, crying, "My...my left hand...my left hand is broken..."

Click!

Another kick, and her right arm broke as well.

Wang Mei's eyes rolled back, and she fainted from the pain, lying on the ground with her limbs twisted.

Huihui, who had been hiding to the side, was so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.

Lin Li turned to look at her.

"Ah! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

Huihui screamed and moved backward, waving her hands frantically: "I didn't do anything! It was Sister Meimei who told me to do it!"

Lin Li walked up to her, squatted down, and looked at her coldly: "Oh? But you were quite diligent when you were tying me up just now."

"I...I..."

Huihui was speechless, then suddenly shouted, "Do you know who I am? My dad is Bao Ji! He's from the Bao family in the capital! If you dare touch me, my dad won't let you get away with it!"

"Bao Ji?"

Lin Li raised an eyebrow, as if trying to remember who this person was.

Seeing this, Huihui assumed Lin Li was scared, and immediately regained some confidence: "That's right! Bao Ji! If you know what's good for you, you'd better let me go right now, or else..."

"What else can we do?"

Lin Li scoffed, interrupting her: "Don't think that just because your father is Bao Ji, he's the Emperor himself. If he does something wrong, he'll still be punished."

"What...what do you want to do?"

Huihui looked at Lin Li reaching out his hand and immediately looked terrified.

Without wasting any words, Lin Li quickly pressed a few acupoints on her shoulders and waist.

"what!"

Huihui felt a tingling numbness in the area where she was touched, followed by an indescribable, intense pain.

"Ouch—it hurts! It hurts so much!"

She kept rolling on the ground, desperately scratching her body with her hands until her nails broke her skin, but she still couldn't relieve the pain.

"This is a lesson for you."

Lin Li directly tied Huihui's hands with hemp rope and said coldly, "This pain will last for two hours. After two hours, it will disappear automatically."

"At such a young age, you're already learning bad habits, like kidnapping people? This will teach you a lesson: don't help everyone out in the future, and don't mess with just anyone."

After saying that, he turned around and walked to Fang Wanqing's side.

"Can you still walk?"

Fang Wanqing wiped away her tears and nodded, but her legs went weak the next second and she almost fell.

Lin Li sighed and simply reached out and picked her up in his arms.

"what!"

Fang Wanqing exclaimed in surprise, instinctively hooking her arms around Lin Li's neck, her cheeks instantly turning red.

"Hold me tight."

……

On the taxi back to the city.

Fang Wanqing nestled tightly in Lin Li's arms, clutching the hem of his clothes with both hands.

"Lin Li..."

She looked up at Lin Li's sharply defined jawline and whispered, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Lin Li glanced at Fang Wanqing and said in a deep voice, "Your kidnapping is also because of me."

Why has this girl suddenly become so stupid?

She was kidnapped because of him, shouldn't she be scolding him and demanding an apology?

"Um...you just said you were willing to give your life for me..."

Fang Wanqing ignored Lin Li's words, only biting her lip and saying with a strange expression, "Is it true?"

She didn't care whether she was kidnapped because of Lin Li; she cared about something else now!

Lin Li was silent for a few seconds before saying, "In that situation, this was the only way to appease Wang Mei."

"Is that all?"

Fang Wanqing was taken aback, and asked somewhat unwillingly, "Isn't there even a little bit... because you care about me?"

Lin Li met her focused gaze and could only look away: "You are Aunt Fang's niece, and I promised her I would protect you."

Although the answer wasn't the one Fang Wanqing most wanted to hear, she still felt a little better.

This man is all bark and no bite. He risked his life to save her, yet he still makes excuses.

The car soon arrived at the upscale residential complex where Fang Wanqing lived.

Lin Li paid the bill and escorted Fang Wanqing upstairs.

When they arrived at her doorstep, Fang Wanqing didn't rush to open the door. Instead, she turned around and looked at Lin Li.

"Um...would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

She hesitated for a few seconds, then blushed and invited, "I... I can make you something to eat."

Um... a man and a woman alone together, could it be what he's thinking?

Lin Li looked at Fang Wanqing, whose face was flushed, and felt that the atmosphere had inexplicably become somewhat ambiguous.

"No need."

He shook his head and comforted him, "You should get some rest too. Don't think too much about what happened today. You'll feel better after a good night's sleep."

The old man's experience speaks for itself; even if he were to have a relationship with another woman, he would have to think it through first.

Otherwise, what happened to that old man? I'm afraid he'll suffer the same fate!

Lin Li didn't give Fang Wanqing a chance to speak again, and turned to press the elevator button to leave.

"Lin Li!"

Fang Wanqing suddenly shouted.

As soon as Lin Li turned around, he felt a fragrant breeze wafting towards him.

Fang Wanqing rushed over, hugged his waist, and buried her face in his chest.

"Thank you... thank you so much..."

Her voice was slightly choked, but her tone was firm: "Lin Li, I love you! No matter what kind of person you were before, and no matter what others say about you, I just love you!"