Chapter 46 That sounds wonderful! Both food and lodging will be provided!

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Inside the restaurant, the owner frowned and remained silent.
Gu Minghao looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"
He pulled a wad of cash from his pants pocket—easily over a thousand yuan—and waved it in front of the owner.
The owner gritted his teeth slightly: "Little Guo, I suggest you don't do this. It's not a good idea."
"Heh,"
Gu Minghao smiled: "Just do it, don't worry about the rest."
The owner opened his mouth, thought for a moment, and said, "Heh, fine!"
The rough-looking man stared blankly, his eyes red as he looked at the young man who had treated him to noodles, stammering, "Th-thank you, thank you."
Gu Minghao smiled at him, took a sip from his small wine cup, and sighed with satisfaction.
...
Having eaten and drunk his fill, Gu Minghao pushed the door open. It was truly a fine day.
He planned to make a trip to Liu Family Village to check on Second Aunt and incidentally ask if there was any news about Idiot Zhu?
Out of nowhere,
Gu Minghao saw that rough man squatting by the corner of the wall, as if waiting for him.
The moment the rough man saw his benefactor emerge, his face flushed. He quickly stood up, twisting his hands together, wearing an expression of embarrassment.
"Heh,"
Gu Minghao curled the corner of his mouth, pulled a cigarette pack from his pocket, and tossed out two fifty-yuan bills along with it.
...
Gu Minghao reached out to check his pockets again. Oh, ..., he had forgotten his phone.
His rule of conduct was simple: everything depended entirely on his mood!
Seeing that the man hadn't left yet, he flashed him a smile, revealing a row of gleaming white teeth.
*Crack!*
The man knelt down in a flurry of emotion, kowtowing loudly against the ground, repeating, "Thank you, thank you, you're a good man!"
...
Three minutes later,
Gu Minghao walked up to the entrance of his apartment building. Feeling a sudden premonition, he vigilantly glanced backward.
Heh,
Something's not right!
The figure hiding behind the wall that very second had not escaped his eyes.
It was him?
Gu Minghao's lips curled in a contemptuous smile. He went straight upstairs, unlocked his door, grabbed his phone, and headed back down immediately.
Glancing back toward the corner of the wall, the man was nowhere to be seen.
He must have left, right?
Thinking to himself, Gu Minghao strode away.
...
Five minutes later, he came running back at a brisk pace.
When he reached the bottom of his building, instead of entering the front way as usual, Haozi detoured around to the back of the stairwell.
Gripping the narrow cracks in the wall, he climbed up to his window as nimbly as a gibbon, gently pushed the window open, and slipped silently inside.
...
In the living room,
Gu Minghao was sitting in the central rattan chair, crossing one leg over the other.
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Someone was tampering with his front door lock, making a faint clicking sound. A piece of wire poked out through the keyhole and caught his eye.
...
With a soft *click*, the lock sprang open.
Upon entering, the man froze in clear shock, stammering, "Y-y-you... aren't you...?"
*Swish!*
Gu Minghao stood up, a chilling smile on his face: "I didn't leave after all, did I?!"
*Swish!*
He fiercely smashed the cigarette butt in his hand down onto the floor. At that moment, his heart turned as cold as iron.
...
"Damn it!"
Like a man changing masks, the rough fellow suddenly cursed: "You motherfucker, hand over all your valuables right now and I won't hurt you!"
"Haha!"
Gu Minghao laughed as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world, tears almost welling up in his eyes: "Y-you motherfucker are going to hurt me? ...Haha, what the hell did I ever do to you?!"
Gu Minghao roared, stepping forward and pointing at him: "What the hell did I ever do to you, speak!"
*Swish!*
The man's wrist flicked, and a hiltless, razor-thin blade materialized in his hand!
...
Seeing the knife,
Gu Minghao felt a sharp pain, as if the softest part of his soul had been stabbed!
The man screamed like a lunatic: "What are you laughing at? ...What the hell are you laughing at? ...I'm going to kill you!"
Gu Minghao's chest heaved as he breathed heavily: "Bring it on!"
It had been a long time since he had been this angry.
In that instant, Haozi moved with lightning speed, lunging before the man could even react.
With a furious punch, he struck the man's wrist.
*Crack!*
With a crisp sound of bone fracturing, the man clutched his wrist and rolled all over the floor in agony.
"Get up!"
With a single, effortless hand, Gu Minghao hoisted the rough man—who weighed at least a hundred and eighty pounds—into the air and strode out the door.
He was too furious even to bother closing his door!
...
Along the way, a large crowd gathered to watch, and even the restaurant owner came out.
With a sigh,
the owner turned back inside to tend to his business.
...
Sweat the size of beans poured off the rough man's forehead from the pain as he struggled: "Wh-what are you going to do?"
Gu Minghao stared blankly: "Take you to face justice!"
"Heh," the man clutched his wrist tightly, gritting his teeth as he smiled: "Well, that's just great then. At least food and lodging will be provided."
Gu Minghao suddenly stopped in his tracks, his fists clenching so hard they popped.
The rough man stretched his neck mockingly: "Go on, hit me! Aren't you strong with your fists?! ...Beat me to death, and you motherfucker will go to prison too! ...They serve food in there, it's great! Hurry up and beat me to death!"
Feeling as though a foul, pent-up rage had nowhere to escape, Gu Minghao stopped, his chest heaving with suffocation!
"I'm telling you!"
The man endured the pain and said viciously: "You better pray I don't get out, because if I do, I'll come after you and your parents too!"
*Bang!*
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Gu Minghao casually delivered a punch, and the man rolled his eyes and passed out cold.
"With scum like you, I can take you down once, and I can take you down a hundred times!" Gu Minghao muttered as if half-crazed, hoisting the man up and quickening his pace.
...
Huang'an County Public Security Bureau, Security Division.
The case interrogation dragged on until late into the night...
...and by the time Gu Minghao walked out, it was already the early hours of the morning.
...
He walked down the dark streets, entirely alone.
Haozi was in a foul mood!
He didn't turn his head,
but his sharp intuition told him someone was tailing him from behind!
...
Were they his accomplices???
No!
Haozi dismissed the thought almost immediately. The footsteps of those two were extremely light; anyone could tell at a hearing that they were experts.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and with a burst of motion, his feet kicking up wind, he suddenly bolted forward like a wisp of smoke.
...Truly like a wisp of smoke.
Footsteps flying... his heels scraping up a trail of dust all the way!
...
"Huff, huff."
The two young men trailing Gu Minghao chased him wildly for a long while, only to swallow a mouthful of dust!
Someone cursed: "Damn it, why does he run so fast?"
The other turned his head and asked, "Should we still chase him?"
"Spit, spit, spit!"
Spitting out the dirt in his mouth, the man cursed irritably, "Chase my ass! Old Liu and the others will cut him off ahead. This brat isn't getting away!"
"Fine, let's take a breather then."
"Breather my ass! That kid hits hard; we need to catch up and help out."
...
Huang'an City wasn't exceptionally large, but it wasn't small either.
Before long, Gu Minghao arrived at a spot on the outskirts of the city.
He lifted his gaze to survey the surrounding environment, and his mind was made up.
This was a wholesale fruit market grandly nicknamed "General City."
By day, it teemed with suppliers, but once night fell, it turned into a ghost town, with only stray rats and wild dogs scavenging the streets.
In the dead of night,
Gu Minghao gently stretched his joints, his entire body popping like firecrackers.
Heh,
There were seven people in the opposing camp in total: one directly in front, one on the left, two on the right, two closing in from behind, and the leader, a middle-aged man, holding down the perimeter outside.
Heh,
A rather decent tactical formation.
At that moment,
Gu Minghao was overflowing with fighting spirit. No matter who you are, since you're here... stay!
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