Chapter 60 I Can
"Hit a woman? Isn't that a bit much?" Lin Tian asked, holding Wang Tao's wrist lightly.
His wrist suddenly seized, Wang Tao turned in anger, only to find himself facing a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, which intensified his fury as he bellowed, "Brat, get lost!"
As he spoke, Wang Tao started to struggle fiercely, trying to free his wrist from Lin Tian's grip.
But Lin Tian's strength was not something Wang Tao could easily escape.
Feeling Wang Tao's futile struggle, a faint smirk appeared on Lin Tian's face.
"You!" Wang Tao jerked his arm again in desperation, his face turning somewhat reddish from exertion.
Seeing Wang Tao's strenuous efforts, an idea flashed through Lin Tian's mind, and he gently relaxed his grip.
Thud!
Because he had been using too much force, when Lin Tian suddenly let go, Wang Tao couldn't control his strength and fell backwards, crashing into the chair behind him.
He landed heavily on the ground.
Looking at Wang Tao's disheveled state, Lin Tian said innocently, "It wasn't my fault; I let go. You fell on your own!"
Knocked down by his own force, Wang Tao felt a fiery pain in his buttocks.
Seeing Lin Tian's feigned innocent expression, he became so enraged that he suddenly stood up, grabbed the chair from the ground, and swung it at Lin Tian's head, yelling, "Son of a bitch!"
Lin Tian narrowed his eyes, his muscles tensed instantly, and as the chair came down, he ducked quickly and darted in front of Wang Tao.
Lin Tian thrust his knee!
"Oh!" Wang Tao immediately felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, clutching it with both hands as he fell to the ground in agony.
Lin Tian shook his head slightly, "Why bother?"
"You..." Hearing Lin Tian's dismissive words, Wang Tao was furious to death but the pain in his abdomen made it hard for him to speak.
Everything happened so quickly that by the time Wang Luodan reacted, Wang Tao was already knocked down by Lin Tian.
Wang Luodan looked on somewhat blankly before her gaze turned curious toward Lin Tian.
Seeing Lin Tian, Wang Luodan thought he looked familiar. After reflecting for a moment, her eyes brightened slightly, looking at Lin Tian in surprise, "You're the one from yesterday…"
"Yes, I saved you yesterday. I even gave you mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!" Lin Tian was always enthusiastic towards beautiful women.
"Uh..." Hearing Lin Tian's words, Wang Luodan's face flushed red. She had also heard that the boy who saved her had given her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
"Phew!" After a few seconds of catching his breath, Wang Tao finally managed to gather himself, though his abdomen still hurt, enough for him to stand up.
The moment he stood up, he heard the conversation between Lin Tian and Wang Luodan, which made him even angrier. He grabbed a tea cup from the table and was about to throw it at Lin Tian.
Seeing this, Lin Tian raised an eyebrow, his gaze calm as he warned, "You'd better not do that."
"You..." Wang Tao was furious. He wanted to explode but then remembered Lin Tian's moves.
Lin Tian's speed had been too quick; in the blink of an eye, he had vanished, only to reappear in front of him.
Realizing he couldn't beat Lin Tian, Wang Tao forcefully suppressed his rage. He glared fiercely at Lin Tian and said through clenched teeth, "Fine! You... just you wait!"
With that, Wang Tao left with a livid expression.
Seeing this scene, Luodan's heart was somewhat panicked, and she promptly warned Lin Tian, "You better go now. He must have called for someone, he knows some people from outside."
"Yeah, I know. Thanks," Lin Tian responded with a slight smile.
"Um..." Hesitating for a moment, Luodan looked at Lin Tian and said, "About yesterday... thank you for that."
"No problem!" Lin Tian responded nonchalantly, waving his hand, "It was nothing."
"Okay, you should go now. I have something to do first, thank you," Luodan said, nodding at Lin Tian, then turned around and left.
Turning his head to watch Luodan leave, Lin Tian noticed she had a nice figure, especially the way her buttocks moved.
"Have you had enough look!" Just when Lin Tian was engrossed, a cold voice came from behind him.
"Oh..." Lin Tian's expression stiffened, and he awkwardly turned his head.
Turning his head, he saw an icy-faced He Qianqian.
He Qianqian, annoyed, scolded Lin Tian, "Why are you fighting again?"
"I saw him hitting a woman, I couldn't help but step in," Lin Tian said somewhat awkwardly.
"Hitting a woman? I think you can't stand seeing a beauty getting hit," He Qianqian said coldly. After being around him so long, He Qianqian already knew Lin Tian was a flirtatious charmer.
"Not really," Lin Tian said, scratching his head sheepishly.
"Fine, I can't really say much to you," He Qianqian said, shaking her head in resignation, then continued, "Let's pay up now; I don't want to be stuck here by others."
"Yeah." Lin Tian naturally had no objections. They were almost done eating anyway.
Lin Tian then went to pay the bill, and he and He Qianqian turned around and left the small restaurant.
After walking not more than fifty meters, Lin Tian suddenly heard a flurry of rapid footsteps behind him, as if many people were running their way.
Hearing this noise, Lin Tian paused, turned his head, and looked.
As he turned, he saw seven or eight people running swiftly towards them, with Wang Tao leading the group.
"Kid, don't run!" Spotting Lin Tian had already noticed them, Wang Tao shouted angrily and sped up.
"They're quick!" Lin Tian hadn't expected them to arrive so fast.
Since they had already come after him, Lin Tian didn't go anywhere but waited for them to approach.
A few seconds later, Wang Tao and his group huffily surrounded Lin Tian and his companion.
"Kid, was it you who hit my brother?" another man, in his thirties, neck adorned with a thumb-sized gold chain, asked as he tilted his head to stare coldly at Lin Tian.
Used to being surrounded, Lin Tian's face showed no hint of nervousness; he shook his head, calmly advising them, "I suggest you guys better just leave on your own."
"What?" Upon hearing Lin Tian's words, the leader stood stunned before him, unable to comprehend.
Seeing the man didn't understand, Lin Tian had to explain again, "I'm saying it's better for you to leave on your own, so I don't have to make you leave by force!"
"..." Everyone paused, taking a moment before they realized what Lin Tian meant.
Understanding what Lin Tian meant, the leader instantly became enraged, cursing, "Damn, playing tough with me!" With that, he reached out to grab Lin Tian's collar.
Seeing the hand coming towards him, Lin Tian, with a stern face, caught it with a smack, then twisted it back!
"Ah!" Accompanied by a scream from the man, Lin Tian directly twisted him down to the ground.
Seeing the boss make his move, the others rushed forward.
Lin Tian narrowed his eyes and quickly charged forward.
Punching and kicking!
Bang, bang!
In just a few seconds, all seven men were down, leaving only Wang Tao standing in place, dumbfounded.
"This..." Wang Tao stared blankly at the fallen men, then at Lin Tian who looked indifferent, and was completely stunned.
That was exaggerated.
After glancing at the somewhat stunned Wang Tao, Lin Tian slapped him across the face!
Slap!
Instantly, a bright red handprint appeared on Wang Tao's face.
Feeling the fiery pain on his face, Wang Tao was annoyed but dared not say anything.
Lin Tian's performance had been too dazzling, knocking down seven people in just a few seconds. Not even special forces could do that.
Knowing Lin Tian's skills, despite being hit, Wang Tao managed to hold back and stayed silent.
"Hmm?" Lin Tian looked at Wang Tao, somewhat surprised that the latter hadn't mouthed off at him.
Seeing that Wang Tao was sensible, Lin Tian decided not to bully him further, and turned to He Qianqian standing nearby, "Let's go."
He Qianqian pouted her lips, said nothing, and followed Lin Tian as he turned and left.
On the way, He Qianqian couldn't help but nag, "Lin Tian, really, try to fight less in the future, don't be too impulsive."
"I know, I didn't want to just now. They came at me on their own," Lin Tian said somewhat helplessly.
Sighing, He Qianqian didn't know what to say. She knew there were some things that no matter what she said, Lin Tian just couldn't do.
**
At night, after He Qianqian had fallen asleep, Lin Tian immersed his consciousness in his mind.
As Lin Tian focused his consciousness in his mind, an electronic synthetic voice immediately rang out, "Mission: Help Luodan Wang get a divorce. This mission is part of a series of follow-up missions, with a reward of one Supernatural Point for completion and deduction of one Supernatural Point for failure."
After reading the mission again, Lin Tian opened his eyes.
Earlier in the day, the reason Lin Tian had intervened wasn't just because he couldn't bear to see Luodan Wang getting hit, but also because this mission had popped up in his mind at the time.
It was this mission that had prompted Lin Tian.
"Another follow-up mission has come up," he mused, lying in bed.
Thinking this, Lin Tian turned his head as if observing something.
Eventually, Lin Tian's gaze settled on his left side.
On his left, Lin Tian could see a flashing red dot in the distance.
That was the mission glow flickering on Luodan Wang.
The glow of a follow-up mission could be seen by Lin Tian no matter how far the distance, just like the mission glow on Wang Xia before.
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"While Qianqian is asleep, I might as well go check it out," he thought, glancing at the sleeping He Qianqian before quietly getting up.
After getting dressed, Lin Tian became invisible and quietly opened the door to leave.
The reason he left invisibly was that he didn't want the hotel's cameras to capture him leaving.
He left the hotel stealthily and, in a secluded corner where no one was around, Lin Tian deactivated his invisibility.
Lin Tian confirmed the direction of the flickering red dot, then hailed a cab towards Luodan Wang's location.
Twenty minutes later, Lin Tian got out of the taxi.
After alighting, Lin Tian scanned the residential area in front of him. According to the red dot's guidance, Luodan Wang was inside.
After scanning the area, Lin Tian walked straight in. The security at the apartment complex was not strict; even though there were guards, they did not stop anyone from entering.
After entering the complex, Lin Tian walked around and finally pinpointed the location of Luodan Wang.
To Lin Tian's surprise, Luodan Wang was on the second floor, a distance he could easily climb.
Looking around to check if the coast was clear, Lin Tian sprinted and climbed directly onto the second-floor balcony.
Upon climbing onto the balcony, Lin Tian faintly heard arguing voices from inside, "Wang Tao, I'm begging you, let's get a divorce."
"I've said, that's impossible."
"I really don't want to be with you anymore. What you did at the sea that day, don't think I don't know. My falling into the water was completely your doing!"
"I didn't!"
"You didn't? It was you, all because of the huge accidental insurance on me. You wanted that money to pay off your gambling debts!"
...
Luodan Wang's words silenced the room.
Hearing this, a realization flickered through Lin Tian's eyes.
After a moment of silence, a somewhat hoarse voice came from the room, "Yes, I did all of it. I just didn't think you would survive."
"Then there's nothing more to talk about. Let's get a divorce."
"But I regretted it. You don't know how tormented, how regretful I was when you fell into the water!"
"Spare me, if you really had a sliver of regret, you wouldn't have talked about killing me today."
"No, I was just agitated, I didn't mean it!"
"Enough, I've seen through you! I must get a divorce."
"Impossible!" Wang Tao was very firm.
"Then what will make you agree?"
After a pause, Wang Tao's voice came through, "Unless you help me get two million to pay off my debts!"
"Where am I supposed to get that much money!" Luodan Wang's annoyed voice came through the room.
Hearing this, Lin Tian pretty much understood the situation, so he hesitated no longer, stepping out from the balcony and softly said to the quarreling couple, "I can!"