A few days after he arrived, he learned the truth. The reason Zhai Liu was so pleasing to the old man was because he knew how to please the old man.
He sent the old man one beautiful woman after another, some willingly, some unwillingly. The unwilling women, through a few tricks by Zhai Liu, eventually ended up in the old man's bed.
Zhai Man and Zhai Liu initially got along peacefully and didn't bother each other.
Until Zhai Liu kidnapped his men.
It was that girl with a deep voice who was mistaken for a man. Although her voice was a bit deep, she was very beautiful.
Zhai Liu framed the old man for the crime, wanting Zhai Man to believe that the old man was the one who did it.
If Zhai Man clashes with the old man, his chances of rising to power will be even greater.
Zhai Man was a hundred times more cunning and intelligent than Zhai Liu, who only knew how to use underhanded tactics. Therefore, when he used such a low-level framing trick, Zhai Man simply led his men to confront Zhai Liu.
Where is the starfruit?
Yang Tao is Zhai Man's person.
Zhai Liu looked at Zhai Man, who had suddenly appeared, with a somewhat surprised expression. However, since he had brought people with him, he remained calm: "What Yang Tao? I've never heard of that name."
"Is that so?"
Zhai Man smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. He looked behind him, and then, without being told, all the men rushed to the front.
"Leave him alive to confess; kill the rest of you."
The men Zhai Man brought were all people who had gone through countless life-and-death situations with him. Their loyalty and ability were beyond doubt.
Less than half an hour.
Everyone around Zhai Liu was dead, and Zhai Liu, covered in blood, was now deathly pale. He looked at Zhai Man and threatened, trembling, "If you don't dare touch me, Father will definitely kill you! I'm his favorite son right now!"
Upon hearing this, Zhai Man's expression remained completely unchanged.
He approached step by step, and as Zhai Liu watched him get closer and closer, she trembled so much that she could hardly stand: "Stop! Didn't you want to know where Yang Tao is? I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!"
“I’ve already taken her to my father’s room. If you go now, you might still make it in time…”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhai Man didn't waste any more time and turned to rush off in one direction. Zhai Liu, who remained behind, was also taken into custody by his men.
If Yang Tao isn't found later, Zhai Liu will be interrogated by him.
When Zhai Mangang arrived at the street where his father lived, he saw a girl, barely clothed, staggering towards him.
The girl still had blood on her body.
The moment Zhai Man saw her face clearly, his face turned ashen.
He strode over and took the girl into his arms: "Yang Tao, we're here."
Yang Tao, who was usually a carefree and tomboyish woman, was now trembling all over, her eyes red and her voice hoarse: "Brother, run!"
"Put me down and run!"
As Yang Tao spoke, she tried to get out of his arms, pushing Zhai Man away and urging him on: "I stabbed your father, and his men are chasing me."
No matter what, the old man was still the boss of the East District. Since he was stabbed, Yang Tao, the culprit, would naturally not let him off the hook.
If Zhai Man insists on taking her away, he will definitely be implicated.
Zhai Man was an extremely selfish person to outsiders; he didn't want to witness the death of someone close to him. But looking at Yang Tao, who was covered in wounds and still pushing him to leave, his face tightened, and he immediately had the strongest person behind him come over and hug her.
"Stop talking nonsense, we'll take you back."
Zhai Man was determined to take the man away, but the old man had more men than he had imagined. Unlike his previous brothers, this was the biggest force he had ever seen.
“I stabbed him very deeply, and I don’t know if he’s still alive.”
Yang Tao's words made Zhai Man's heart sink. If the old man died at this moment, his trusted confidants would definitely kill them.
Their men were enough to kill one Zhai Liu, but they weren't fully prepared to face the old man.
The escape and the chase unfolded once again.
This time, however, Zhai Man no longer has a river to defend himself, nor will there be an aquatic mutant to help him resolve the crisis.
He has no more cards to play.
"Brother Zhai, I'm sorry, I've dragged you all into this." Yang Tao's face was covered in tears; they had no way out now.
Zhai Man stared at the gleaming blade and the gun pointed at his brow. He leaned against the wall behind him and closed his eyes.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Gunshots rang out, but no pain followed.
Zhai Man opened his eyes and saw a terrifying black shadow.
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The shadowy figure was enormous, seemingly too big to fit inside the entire street. He stood in front of Zhai Man, catching all the bullets that were originally aimed at him.
The bullet hit his skin, and apart from a muffled thud, there was no other reaction.
"What, what is this?"
Yang Tao, standing next to Zhai Man, stared blankly at the suddenly appearing dark figure, her mouth slightly agape: "Is he protecting us?"
Although the streetlights weren't as bright as during the day, they weren't blind, and at such close range, they could all see the enormous thing that had suddenly appeared clearly.
"It's a python..."
Before Yang Tao could finish speaking, she instinctively looked at Zhai Man. She knew that Zhai Man was most afraid of this.
really.
Upon seeing this enormous creature, Zhai Man's body stiffened. His hand gripping the military knife trembled slightly, as if he were about to collapse from fright at any moment.
This is not a place where giant pythons live. None of them know why this giant python appeared here, or why it helped them.
"elder brother."
Yang Tao gently tugged at Zhai Man's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Let's run first. They don't have the energy to deal with us right now."
The python seems to be helping them right now, but who knows if it might turn on them later?
The most urgent task is to leave this place as soon as possible.
Zhai Man took a deep breath to make himself a little more comfortable. He stepped back, trying to get as far away from the giant python as possible.
"Walk."
He had no time to figure out why the giant python had shielded them from the attack; all he had in mind was to get away from this place and as far away from the python as possible.
The group carefully avoided the giant python and left with Yang Tao.
But the old man's confidant was loyal enough that even at this point, seeing them about to leave, he came over and tried to stop them: "You all stay here! None of you treacherous assassins are going anywhere!"
One of the superhumans set his sights directly on Zhai Man.
A chilling bolt of lightning struck straight at Zhai Man. Zhai Man dodged, but the lightning's attack range was vast. Just as he was about to be struck, the giant python's tail suddenly lashed out.
Zhai Man's body was surrounded by the giant python, and all the lightning struck the python, but Zhai Man was not harmed at all.
No, that's not right.
While no physical harm was suffered, the psychological damage was equally devastating.
Zhai Man never imagined that he would be entangled by a giant python. The python's icy body temperature sent chills down his spine.
An overwhelming sense of fear enveloped him.
The python's dark skin and its layered patterns came into view. At that moment, Zhai Man wished he were struck by lightning.
He was entangled by the giant python and moved from his original spot to another open area.
When Yang Tao saw him being swept away, her face turned pale instantly.
"Oh no, Brother Zhai is going to be scared to death. What does this giant python want? Why is it clinging to Brother Zhai?!" Yang Tao stared intently at the giant python and Zhai Man, who was coiled around it.
She was also afraid of pythons, but her fear was less than Zhai Man's.
Zhai Man seemed to have some past trauma, and couldn't even look at cold-blooded animals like snakes and pythons.
After coiling around the man, the giant python didn't keep him wrapped up. It placed Zhai Man on an open ground, then opened its blood-red maw and lunged at the lightning ability user.
Under the pale moonlight.
A giant python, several meters wide, leaped into the air and bit the attacker in half with its massive jaws. Blood dripped down, almost staining the entire street red.
None of the men Zhai Man brought dared to utter a sound as they witnessed this horrific scene. Even Yang Tao trembled, feeling that nothing could be more terrifying than this moment.
Time passed second by second.
The giant python thoroughly cleaned up the battlefield. After doing all this, it turned around and looked at Zhai Man, whom it had settled.
But how come the person who was just standing is now lying on the ground?
The giant python's cold, vertical pupils scanned its surroundings, seemingly searching for any survivors. It was convinced that someone had attacked Zhai Man in secret again; otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen.
However, after a week of investigation, no "murderer" was found.
Only Zhai Man, his subordinates, and a giant python of unfathomable power remained at the scene. This python had fought several superhumans without sustaining any damage.
"We have to take Brother Zhai away."
Yang Tao was being carried by someone, and she urged the person next to her, "Go, bring Brother Zhai over here."
Urged on by Yang Tao, the two people beside her walked towards Zhai Man at the same time. With each step they took, more beads of cold sweat seeped out from their foreheads.
The sense of oppression emanating from this giant python was simply too strong.
They wanted to take Zhai Man away right under his nose, which sounded like a very dangerous move.
You can't leave it behind.
They couldn't possibly leave Zhai Man behind as a reserve food supply, given how terrifying this giant python was.
“Our Brother Zhai has fainted, we need to take him away.”
A man walked over and mustered his courage to say to the giant python, "Can you let us go? We need to take Brother Zhai to see a doctor."
Upon hearing that they needed to see a doctor, the giant python actually moved its body slightly. It revealed Zhai Man in front of it, in a gesture of allowing them to approach.