Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 1156 - 1202: Murdered

Chapter 1156: Chapter 1202: Murdered

After Li Xuehai slipped out of the company, he immediately called Li Xinyue to tell her about the situation. Of course, he didn’t put it bluntly, just mentioned that he had made a small mistake which angered Li Yifei, and he hoped Xinyue could plead on his behalf.

Li Xinyue was truly disappointed in her younger brother. With a cold snort, she said, "Your brother-in-law knows everything you did, crystal clear. There’s nothing I can do; you had your chance and you didn’t seize it well, don’t blame me."

"Big sis, even though I made a mistake, I am still your brother. Brother-in-law is so rich and has so many companies. I did act foolishly this time because I wanted to lead, not just be a soldier, but I promise to do well next time. Just let Brother-in-law assign me a small company to manage, and I will handle it well."

Li Xinyue was really furious, thinking her brother was really unaware of his own capabilities. Managing a company with his abilities would turn disastrous in less than half a year, causing outrage. She said irritably, "I can’t help you," and then hung up the phone in anger.

"Hey, hey... What’s with the act, feeling all high and mighty because you married a rich guy?" Li Xuehai put away his phone resentfully, unable to accept it, but still not daring to provoke his sister, upon whom his future success potentially depended.

At this moment, someone called him to go out for drinks with some recent acquaintances, friends of questionable character, and he readily agreed. He had earned some money in the company lately, so he decided to enjoy himself for now and worry about other things later.

With four or five friends, they drank and bragged. Li Xuehai quickly became partially drunk and saw a pretty girl nearby. They went over to harass her.

The girl was quite fierce and immediately splashed her drink in Li Xuehai’s face. This made Li Xuehai furious, and he reached out to grab her shoulder. At that moment, a man rushed over and started a fight with Li Xuehai.

Fueled by alcohol, Li Xuehai called his friends to join in, and soon they had beaten the man down.

Then Li Xuehai boasted arrogantly, "Damn it, dare to mess with me? Do you know who I am? I’m Li Xuehai, Li Yifei’s brother-in-law!"

After the fight, Li Xuehai took a cab home. But not long after he fell asleep, he was woken up by a call from his friends.

"Xuehai, it’s bad, something big happened."

"What big thing?" asked Li Xuehai nonchalantly.

"The guy we beat today, we beat him to death."

"Beat to death?" Li Xuehai sat up all of a sudden.

"Yes, you better run, the police are after you now."

"Holy shit, are you serious? Don’t joke with me."

"It’s true, you best handle this quickly, we’re all relying on you."

"Don’t worry, I’ll talk to my brother-in-law, it’s just killing a person, no big deal." Li Xuehai said lightly, but he felt really uneasy.

He dared not call Li Yifei, nor even Li Xinyue, and tearfully told his father the entire incident, asking him to reach out to Li Xinyue.

Li Xinyue’s father and stepmother were shocked and quickly called her. Xinyue was extremely worried, and soon after, Li Yifei called Li Xuehai back.

"The situation is severe, and with a murder, even I can’t cover that. But I don’t want Xuehai to suffer too badly. Here’s what we will do: I’ll provide compensation to settle this for now, and Xuehai can’t stay in this place any longer. I will send him to the military to lay low. After a couple of years, when he resumes civilian life, things should be clearer."

Li Xuehai agreed immediately, willing to do anything to avoid the police.

Li Yifei promptly arranged for Li Xuehai to be picked up and sent him to the military unit where he once served, with many familiar faces. He had spoken to them, instructing them to give Li Xuehai no quarter in toughening him up.

Given Li Xuehai’s lazy nature, it was imaginable how much suffering he endured in the military, particularly from the old soldiers who didn’t go easy on him. However, he didn’t dare to show off or even think of deserting, knowing that, after all, it was better than being a fugitive and ending up in prison.

Unbeknownst to Li Xuehai, he hadn’t actually killed anyone. This entire incident was orchestrated by Li Yifei, a setup to discipline him. If it had been anyone else, Li Yifei would have dealt with them directly, but because Li Xuehai was his brother-in-law, he chose this method as a reluctant necessity.

This incident also brought some changes in Wang Xiaohong’s attitude. Women like her cared deeply for their sons’ well-being. Now that her son was in trouble, if she continued to misbehave and upset Li Yifei, who might then ignore her son, she’d lose her support.

Li Xinyue was very pleased and relieved with how Li Yifei handled things. Her brother truly needed shaping up, and military training might just improve him. More importantly than any amount of money, this could really help him.

Having dealt with this family issue that had troubled Li Yifei, he once again focused peacefully on managing his companies and on bettering himself.

Regarding the usage of True Qi, Li Yifei had gained new insight. Through the techniques taught by Murong Yuanqing, he felt the True Qi in his Meridians was impure. Purifying his True Qi was not something that could be achieved overnight.

After dinner, Jiang Ningxiang came to Li Yifei’s place again. She had made some progress during this time and was slightly able to control the Innate Vital Energy within her body.

"Ningxiang, have those two people looked for you in the past few days?" Li Yifei asked Jiang Ningxiang as he took a seat.

Jiang Ningxiang shook her head and said, "No, I didn’t give them my phone number either."

"That’s true," Li Yifei squinted his eyes and said, "How about we give them a call?"

"Why should we call them? I don’t want to go with them. Learning from Brother Li is good enough for me."

Li Yifei shook his head and said, "I’m really suspicious of those two people’s motives and their backgrounds, so I want to investigate a bit. There’s been no trace of them lately, and I want to find them and understand this matter clearly."

Jiang Ningxiang uttered an "Oh" and said, "Alright, I’ll call them, but what should I say to them?"

Li Yifei, already prepared, moved closer to Jiang Ningxiang and said, "Just tell them you’ve decided to become a star and ask them what you should do."

"Okay." Jiang Ningxiang then took out her phone, but suddenly made a troubled face and apologetically said, "Brother Li, I threw away their business card."

Li Yifei laughed and said, "I have their number."

He had taken note of the number during a previous investigation when someone was instructed to call them. Although the other party answered the call, they hung up as soon as they realized it wasn’t Jiang Ningxiang. Clearly, they didn’t answer calls from just anyone, and it seemed they only answered because it was a call from Mile City, suspecting it might be Jiang Ningxiang.

Jiang Ningxiang dialed the number, and soon it was answered with a woman’s voice from the other side, "Who is this?"

Jiang Ningxiang immediately said, "I... I’m Jiang Ningxiang, are you the star scout sister?"

"Oh... It’s you. I’ve been waiting for your call. That day I was confused and even forgot to get your number. So, have you decided?"

"Yes... Yes, I have. I want to become a star."

"I’ve been waiting for you to say that. However, I’m quite busy lately and don’t have time to come and fetch you. I can’t trust anyone else to do it. So, let’s wait for a month. After I finish up my things here, I’ll come for you."

"Oh..." Jiang Ningxiang looked toward Li Yifei, who softly nodded, signaling her to agree.

Jiang Ningxiang quickly said, "That’s fine then."

"By the way, give me your bank card number so our company can send you some advance payment. That way, you’ll know I’m not a fraud."

Jiang Ningxiang looked at Li Yifei again, and he nodded once more. Then she provided her bank card number.

"Let’s leave it at that for now. Don’t go running off somewhere else. If I can’t find you when the time comes, and it affects our company’s contract, you’ll be responsible, you know?" the woman on the other end jokingly said.

"I won’t."

"Great, see you in a month, goodbye."

After hanging up, Jiang Ningxiang wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Brother Li, I didn’t say anything wrong, did I?"

"No, you did very well." Li Yifei handed Jiang Ningxiang a tissue, and she gave him a sweet smile. While wiping her sweat, she said, "Brother Li, doing this feels a bit like doing something bad, it’s really nerve-wracking."

Li Yifei laughed heartily and said, "This is not doing something bad. Since some people have ulterior motives, we can’t handle them in the usual way. Using some special methods occasionally is also a normal way to protect ourselves."

"I understand." Jiang Ningxiang stuck out her tongue slightly and said, "I’m just too straightforward, so doing things like this always feels clumsy to me."

Soon after, Jiang Ningxiang’s phone beeped with a message alert showing that 20,000 yuan had been transferred into her bank account.

Li Yifei immediately arranged for someone to investigate the source of this fund. Under normal circumstances, ordinary people wouldn’t be able to trace it, but for Li Yifei, this was definitely not a problem. However, when the results came back, Li Yifei was somewhat disappointed. The account was only a personal one, and such accounts are too simple to set up. Unless the other party was very careless, this didn’t represent much and couldn’t trace back to anything too useful.