Chapter 316: Chapter 252: What Goes Around, Comes Around

’It’s different from before?!!!’

Lin Li was slightly surprised to see clouds of white smoke billowing toward him.

He watched the white smoke envelop him, not thinking it posed much of a threat.

However, the thought of being shrouded in smoke snorted from the tank top man’s nose filled him with a wave of disgust.

So... to avoid being touched by that disgusting white smoke, he had to take the tank top man down quickly.

TAP, TAP, TAP...

The sound of rapid footsteps rang out as Lin Li ran toward the tank top man.

He picked up speed, covering the twenty-odd meters in just a few short seconds.

Their heads were groggy and their reactions sluggish from the alcohol, so when Lin Li charged at the tank top man and his underling Yaozi, the two couldn’t react in time at all.

THUD.

Having dashed in front of the tank top man, Lin Li raised his leg and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying.

"Ahhh—"

A pained cry escaped the tank top man’s lips as his feet left the ground. He flew a good ten meters before plunging headfirst into the roadside bushes.

After kicking the tank top man away, Lin Li glanced at the underling, Yaozi.

That one ordinary glance was enough to make the man’s legs give out. He fell backward and landed right on his butt.

"I’ve let you off once, I’ve let you off twice, but there won’t be a third time. This is your final warning. If you dare to cause me trouble again, I won’t be so lenient," Lin Li said in an icy tone, looking at the trembling Yaozi.

The tank top man’s scream had attracted the attention of quite a few people in the distant milk tea line, who were now looking over.

Noticing their gazes on him and seeing a few people pulling out their phones, seemingly about to record a video, Lin Li quickly turned to leave.

He walked over to the unlocked shared bike, hopped on, and pushed off forcefully. The bike shot forward, rounded a corner, and disappeared down the street.

Yaozi’s heart was pounding in his chest. He was incredibly nervous, terrified that the fearsome young man would attack him.

PHEW...

Thankfully, the man had only given him a verbal warning and hadn’t laid a hand on him. After watching him turn, leave, and disappear on the bike, Yaozi let out a long sigh of relief.

’He’s so fast! It felt like he was in front of me in the blink of an eye. Back when he grabbed my wrist, I couldn’t break free no matter how hard I tried. I guessed he was pretty strong then.’

’And just as I suspected, he really is strong. To defeat my boss, a Tier One Peak cultivator, so easily with a single blow... he must be at Tier Two.’

’To have reached Tier Two at such a young age... his cultivation talent must be incredible. I can’t afford to provoke him ever again.’

As these thoughts raced through Yaozi’s mind, feeling like he had just dodged a bullet, he suddenly remembered something he had overlooked.

He turned to look at the bushes in the distance. The tank top man, who had been kicked headfirst into them by Lin Li, wasn’t moving at all. It was as if he were dead.

"Boss...!!!"

Seeing the tank top man’s condition, Yaozi thought something terrible had happened. His face went pale with fright as he cried out.

Then, with a panicked expression, Yaozi scrambled up from the ground.

The grogginess from the alcohol vanished from his head in an instant, and he sprinted toward the bushes.

"Boss, are you okay?"

Reaching the bushes, Yaozi dragged the tank top man out and laid him on the ground.

SNORT, SNORE...

Lying flat on the ground, the tank top man had a large bump on his forehead, but his expression was peaceful, and snores escaped his mouth from time to time.

"Uh...!!!"

Yaozi stared at the snoring tank top man. All his previous worry vanished without a trace, replaced by a dark look as he gazed at his unconscious boss.

Lin Li’s kick had sent the tank top man flying. After plunging into the bushes, he had hit his head and was instantly knocked unconscious.

If the tank top man hadn’t been drinking, the pain in his stomach would have woken him up when Yaozi pulled him from the bushes.

But because he had been drinking, his nerves were numb, which spared him from being jolted awake by the pain. It was hard to say whether the alcohol had been a good thing or a bad thing.

With a helpless expression, Yaozi sighed. Just then, he heard the murmur of discussion from a distance.

The passersby in the milk tea line were now all focused on him and his boss.

Some were already holding up their phones, filming their miserable state.

’I’ve got to get out of here fast. Otherwise, the boss and I might end up on the news headlines tomorrow...’

Yaozi muttered to himself, then hoisted the unconscious tank top man onto his back and hurried toward the dim alley they had come from earlier.

He planned to go through the alley to the other side of the street to hail a cab and leave.

"Ouch!"

Just a moment after Yaozi entered the dim alley with his boss on his back, a cry of pain echoed from within.

If someone were to enter the dim alley at that moment, they would see the two of them sprawled on the ground, splattered with an unknown liquid.

As it turned out, Yaozi had been rushing when he entered the dim alley carrying the tank top man, and on top of that, the path inside was hard to make out.