Chapter 147: Unlucky Girl

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Li Yan is not an impulsive person; if he wants to deal with someone, he often prefers to stay in the shadows.

But today is different. This Liu Yuyang is clearly a rival in love. Even if he doesn’t provoke Li Yan, he will definitely pursue Zhang Yurong in his own way, and if he’s unsuccessful, he might resort to other methods. Since they’re bound to face off eventually, Li Yan decided not to fake politeness with him, and as soon as Liu started to pose a threat, Li Yan took action.

He has always kept a low profile and concealed his identity. But now he feels that facing people he needs to protect, against straightforward, ordinary opponents, showing a bit of capability is necessary to avoid being treated like a pushover.

Whether Liu Yuyang chooses to report to the police or just admits bad luck for his car, Li Yan does not care at all, because where Liu pushed his car over, there were no road monitors, and the monitor at the intersection might capture the car sliding over on its own, with no evidence pointing to him.

And his final threat was in consideration of Liu Yuyang’s current position, guessing he might use the hedge fund he manages to launch a strike on Paradise Group’s stocks. This would be an attack using legitimate means, avoiding legal consequences, and although targeting virtual stocks is more harmful than directly attacking the company itself. Li Yan is not a professional in this field and cannot compete with him in the financial market, so he first gives Liu a warning, a threat.

Of course, Li Yan is not too worried; he uses the most direct means to solve problems, but Paradise Group is not just him alone. It has a professional investment and operation team, a mature management mechanism, and impressive financial results... Zhang Yurong is also not an ordinary person; the team she leads may not necessarily lose to a fund manager. Furthermore, Liu Yuyang is just a fund manager, and that money is not his; he must use it as a tool under the guise of guaranteed profits.

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Li Yan drove directly home. Originally, this afternoon at the cinema, his relationship with Yurong had taken a step forward. If he had stayed at the Zhang Family’s home tonight, they would have surely stayed together, possibly furthering their relationship. But unfortunately, he was interrupted by Liu Yuyang.

However, Li Yan did not regret it too much. According to Zhang Yurong’s personality, this afternoon had been influenced by the environment, coupled with the inability to refuse or escape in the cinema, and plus other colleagues around, she had let him kiss her without rejection. But if they were alone in a room, she might still maintain boundaries. For her, a bit of time to adapt and accept this situation would be an ideal way. Rushing things won’t work...

Besides, he wasn’t returning home to an empty house; Yue Yao is waiting there alone too! Not to do something specific with Yue Yao, but at least he needs some time to discuss and analyze the current situation with her, cannot indulge in romance while ignoring potential dangers; he also needs a separate space to carefully study the mysterious stone he painstakingly obtained.

Approaching home, Li Yan did not drive particularly fast, nor did he need to focus intensely on driving. This was a route he was very familiar with; he passed through here every day to and from work, knowing it like the back of his hand.

As he casually surveyed the surroundings, he noticed two men chasing a girl by the roadside. The girl was clearly running with difficulty, wanting to stop and resist, but she only had a bag as a tool, which had almost no power to harm, so all she could do was keep running. There were no people nearby, even if there were, no one would step in.

Li Yan felt the same way, but he still slowed down the car a bit to observe. The running girl probably waved for help from passing vehicles before, but no one wanted to stop and get involved, so this time she didn’t waste her breath waving at Li Yan’s car.

However, as the car slowed past them, Li Yan took a clear look and confirmed that this girl wasn’t trying to set a trap because she was someone he knew!

He braked and stopped, the car front already a few meters past the girl. This unexpected situation made the girl alert; she didn’t dare approach his car, intending to detour further around. The two men chasing behind also slowed their pace slightly, but seeing the girl’s cautious appearance, they felt relieved and continued chasing.

"Jiang Lele, no need to run, I’ll stop them." Li Yan shouted as he opened the car door.

Already gasping for breath and uncertain if this was a group plotting together, the girl turned her head in surprise at Li Yan’s words, her pace slowing a bit.

"Li Yan?" She was indeed MM from the planning department, Jiang Lele. Li Yan had always known she lived in this area, not in the front villa zone but needing to take a bus through here, either nearby or a bit farther past the villa area.

"Why are you chasing her?" Li Yan asked the two men who had approached.

Once confirmed it was an acquaintance, Jiang Lele felt a bit relieved. She wasn’t a weak girl who takes it lying down, whether it’s perverts on the bus or a thief snatching bags, she dared to fight back when others tolerated it. But she was ultimately a girl, very nervous when alone and chased by two adult men. Now there was an additional man, she became bolder, stopped, and bent over to catch her breath.

"Li Yan! Don’t let them go... These two are not only thieves but also perverted wolves!... Be careful, they have knives!"

After reminding Li Yan, Jiang Lele realized that just she and Li Yan might not be able to handle these two. Conversely, Li Yan might also get dragged into the mess. Now, the only thing to do is utilize the delay caused by Li Yan to quickly call the police!

She was just being chased and had no time to call the police. Now, without worrying about the hassle, she hastily took out her phone.

"Looking for death!" Two men were blocked by Li Yan and heard their conversation, confirming that they knew each other. They rudely drew out their knives.

"You’re the ones looking for death. Get lost quickly!"

Li Yan heard Jiang Lele’s words and basically understood the general situation. He guessed she was taking the bus home and encountered a bus pervert intending to molest her or other female passengers. Given her usual style, she’d either catch the pervert in the act or embarrass him. But this time, the target she faced was different. This wasn’t a bus pervert; it was a thief playing the role of a pervert!

Bus perverts seem bold as they take advantage of crowded situations to act innocent or exploit women’s timid reluctance to cause a scene. In reality, just a shout would turn them into street rats; they’re actually cowardly and scared too. So even though Jiang Lele was just a girl, as long as she dared, she could punish the perverts every time.

But thieves are different. In their familiar territory, not only are they not cowardly or scared, but they’re truly reckless! They often commit crimes with knives, and many victims, even if they know, don’t dare to call out. When exposed, they’ll either mercilessly attack or threaten the driver to stop quickly; they definitely won’t become street rats.

Moreover, bus perverts worry about acquaintances recognizing them and usually roam alone in unfamiliar situations; bus pickpockets often have accomplices and fixed regions of activity.

The courageous Jiang Lele MM, today while punishing a pervert, found out it was actually a thief, and not just one!

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The two thieves, having their plans thwarted, used knives to hold Jiang Lele off the bus. Seeing her handbag, it seemed like a brand name, but someone who could afford luxury wouldn’t be squeezing onto a bus, naturally assuming it was a knock-off. So their goal wasn’t to rob much from Jiang Lele but to punish her, vent their anger, and maybe snatch a bit of beauty as a side.

Seeing that she was already out of energy to run and about to be caught, Li Yan suddenly appeared, which greatly angered them. But noticing Li Yan drove over, they believed he must have more cash or valuables. Even if he didn’t intervene, they wouldn’t have let him go. Having chased Jiang Lele for a while, not robbing would be a robbery itself.

"Leave your cash and valuables! If you drive away with her, thinking of calling the police, you’re courting death!" Seeing Jiang Lele was about to call the police, someone immediately shouted.

Faced with their glaring knives, Jiang Lele looked ahead at Li Yan and stopped. Although dialing 110 is simple, she couldn’t really drag Li Yan into getting hurt.

"Where’s all this nonsense coming from?"

Li Yan walked directly towards them!

Seeing Li Yan was not afraid of threats, the two were a bit surprised. But surprise aside, they weren’t raised to be scared and quickly swung their knives to stab him! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Even if they didn’t aim for the vital areas, getting stabbed in the arm would be quite severe. What they needed was not to hurt but to intimidate!

But facing two people and two knives coming at him, Li Yan didn’t show the fear or retreat they expected. Instead, he acted at a speed they couldn’t catch. By the time they realized, they found their knife-wielding hands tightly gripped by Li Yan. They wanted to struggle but couldn’t break free.

Li Yan grabbed their wrists, used all his strength, and thrust the knives back at their necks!

The two thieves were shocked. They only meant to scare, not expecting this person to outright want to stab them! No time to think much because Li Yan, controlling their hands, made it hard for them to break free offensively. But they could still release their grip on the knives.

In an instant, the two knives clattered to the ground. As they trembled, Li Yan kicked forward, hitting one in the abdomen and releasing him, sending him tumbling to the roadside.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" The other one wanted to voluntarily fall but couldn’t break free from Li Yan’s grip. Just as he finished speaking, he felt himself flying backward while his upper body fell forward.

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