NOVEL NEXT Chapter 130: How is it you again, boy, simply terrifying!_3
She hugged the little girl tightly, feeling the warmth of her small body. Tears suddenly streamed from her eyes, and she couldn't stop herself from bursting into loud sobs. However, unlike her earlier, heart-wrenching sobs, these were tears of joy! Nothing could make someone happier than recovering what had been lost. Seeing her like this, no one present said a word. Losing a child was an ordeal few could endure. Now that her child was found, she deserved to release all her pent-up emotions.
Commissioner Bai, Lin Siqi, and the others surveyed the scene. Their hearts pounded with shock as they took in the situation. Even though they had heard about the incident over the radio before arriving, hearing about it and seeing it firsthand were two entirely different things.
Their eyes fell upon the machetes the police had collected and laid to one side, then to the group of traffickers, handcuffed together, all unconscious. Lin Siqi's gaze quickly found Zhang Beixing. He was sitting nearby, bare-chested and wrapped in bandages.
Her heart lurched at the sight of him. She scurried over on her short legs, her face etched with distress and anxiety as she looked at Zhang Beixing. "Lao Zhang, you... are you alright? How bad are your injuries? Are they severe?"
"I'm fine, just some superficial wounds, nothing worth mentioning!" Zhang Beixing grinned and waved a dismissive hand, making light of it. "Just a dozen or so of them. I thought they'd be tough, but they all turned out to be trash. Not even enough for a decent fight. I was just getting warmed up when they all collapsed. What a letdown!"
Seeing him still cracking jokes in his current state, Lin Siqi's eyes began to redden. If not for Zhang Beixing's injuries, she would have loved to bite him hard to teach him a lesson he wouldn't forget.
Her brother, Lin Pengfei, had the exact opposite reaction. Having hurried to the scene with Lin Siqi, Lin Pengfei naturally also saw the unconscious traffickers and heard Zhang Beixing's words. A lingering fear crept over Lin Pengfei. He remembered how, just last month, he'd hired the former Sanda champion of Northern River Province to pick a fight with Zhang Beixing.
It hadn't seemed like a big deal at the time. But now, he realized he'd been like a mouse licking a cat's ass—courting disaster! He'd really been asking for it, big time! The only reason Zhang Beixing hadn't beaten the shit out of him was probably for his sister Lin Siqi's sake; he must have held back!
At this thought, Lin Pengfei couldn't help but shiver, his fear of Zhang Beixing intensifying. At the same time, a wave of relief washed over him. He was relieved that he'd had the sense to back down and acknowledge Zhang Beixing as his big brother, rather than continuing to oppose him. That was, without a doubt, the smartest decision Lin Pengfei had ever made in his entire life! After all, not everyone could take on a dozen knife-wielding traffickers single-handedly and walk away with just superficial wounds like Zhang Beixing!
Comparing himself to Zhang Beixing also made him realize something else. Those action stars he used to idolize—Dwayne Johnson, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hardy, and the like—were all bloody juniors compared to Zhang Beixing! No matter how badass they seemed, that was all just movie magic. Let any of them try showing up at the Yuhua Expressway intersection in Shishi! If his Brother Zhang didn't beat the living shit out of them, it'd only be because they'd already crapped their pants empty! They could bet their asses they wouldn't get off easy!
"Brother, you're so badass!" Looking at Zhang Beixing, Lin Pengfei gave him a thumbs-up, offering his highest praise.
Hearing his words, Lin Siqi couldn't help but feel annoyed. It was already deeply unsettling to her that Zhang Beixing had let things get so out of hand, putting himself in such grave danger. And now here was Lin Pengfei, fanning the flames! Wasn't that just encouraging Zhang Beixing to keep doing these reckless things?
Lin Siqi's expression soured. She turned her head, about to scold Lin Pengfei. However, before she could utter a word, Officer Li Shuo—the one who had communicated with her earlier—approached from behind them.
When he had first seen Lin Siqi and Lin Pengfei, he'd had a vague feeling they looked familiar. But the feeling was faint, and after a moment's thought yielded nothing, Li Shuo hadn't dwelled on it.
It wasn't until now, having followed Commissioner Bai up the mountain and spotting Zhang Beixing resting nearby, that an intense wave of recognition hit him. Li Shuo's eyes widened, and he blurted out instinctively, "You again, kid?!"