RAD Chapter 48

The empty street was the place for the two opposing groups, with the sound of fireworks and firecrackers in the distance. He Ben stood with his arms crossed and looked down on the disheveled trio with disdain: “What, haven’t you learned your lesson from last time? Do you still have the gall to come and cause trouble?”

“Hmph, you bastard, don’t get so arrogant!” The Third Brother remembered that it was this very person who had severely injured and ultimately killed his fourth brother. “You were responsible for the death of my fourth brother, and we haven’t forgotten to settle that score yet! Besides, last time you had more people, but this time it’s different. We have three, while you only have one plus a little kid. How can you be our opponents?”

“Oh?” He Ben raised an eyebrow nonchalantly, “How do you know it’s just the two of us?”

The usually cautious eldest brother cast a glance at the second brother, who understood the hint and began carefully observing the surroundings. After a while, he relaxed slightly.

“Big brother, I’ve checked, there’s no place for anyone to hide.” The second brother leaned in and whispered to the eldest brother’s ear.

The eldest brother nodded with relief, then looked at He Ben and said viciously, “Alright, don’t try to trick us anymore, we won’t be fooled so easily. If you know what’s good for you, hand over that child next to you quickly, and we’ll be generous enough to leave you with a whole corpse.”

“But you see, I’ve always been one to yield to soft and not to hard.” He Ben tilted his head with a touch of dismay, “With your bad attitude, I’m afraid I’ll have to be tough too. Forget it, I’ll just consider this a good deed, sending the three of you and your little brother to reunite on this New Year. How’s that?”

“You!” The quick-tempered third brother trembled with fury, “Alright, very good. Since you don’t want to drink the toast, then don’t blame us for being ruthless!”

He Ben immediately got into a stance and looked at them provocatively, “Okay, I want to see who has the last laugh.”

With that, the three men rushed towards He Ben and Ye Lan. The eldest and third brothers, being the most skilled, engaged He Ben in a fierce battle, while the relatively weaker second brother directly attacked Ye Lan.

Ye Lan quickly evaded the second brother’s attack and immediately kicked him hard in the crotch with his right foot  He felt that at this point, there was no need to say anything. The most important thing now was to subdue the opponent.

Besides, given the height difference betwem him and the opponent, attacking that area was the most effective and easiest option.

On the other side, He Ben seemed to be handling the joint attack of the two people with ease. Not only did he lose momentum, but was also able to suppress the opponents. This caused the two brothers to grit their teeth in hate.

Although Ye Lan had been persistently training his body, children are still children. No matter how strong he was, as a child, he still had certain physical differences compared to adults. His initial attacks were fierce, but gradually his strength started to wane. He took advantage of the time to look at He Ben, who was not even putting in full effort against his opponents, and a hint of annoyance crossed his eyes: Hmph, don’t think he doesn’t know, didn’t he just tell an embarrassing story of his during the meal. Did he really have to be so petty? Look, there was even an obvious smile in his eyes. Don’t think he was blind and couldn’t see it!

“He Ben!” Ye Lan called out angrily.

“Alright, alright, Young Master Ye.” He Ben shook his head. There was no way. The young master was angry, so he had better get serious, or else he might end up being the one suffering again.

“Well, you two, our young master is upset, so I won’t waste any more time with you!” He Ben said.

“What?”

Before the two men could react, He Ben’s movements became ruthless. Previously, they still had the strength to attack, but now they could only defend. With two loud bangs, two unconscious people soon appeared on the ground. Seeing that the situation turned unfavorable, the second brother tried to attack Ye Lan to turn the tide, but was quickly subdued by He Ben’s grappling before he could take action.

Seeing this, Ye Lan immediately ran inside to fetch a sturdy rope and tied up the three men in a few seconds.

“So, Ye Lan, what do you plan to do with these three?” He Ben looked at the three men roughly who were dragged and thrown roughly into the storage room, patted Ye Lan’s shoulder and asked curiously.

“Of course, interrogate them.” Ye Lan kicked the only one still conscious, the third brother. “Speak, who sent you?”

“Hmph, even if you kill me, I won’t say a word!” The third brother said stubbornly in a hoarse voice.

“Oh? You’ve got some backbone, right?” Ye Lan squatted down and patted the man’s face. “But unfortunately, this young master don’t have time to waste on you. Here, he’s all yours.” He stood up, glanced at He Ben, then turned around to leave the room.

He Ben watched the closing door, then looked at the three men lying on the ground. Well, he’s the one doing the dirty work, isn’t he? He shrugged helplessly, then a glint of mischief flashed in his eyes: Don’t worry, the results will come out soon enough!

Ye Lan stood at the door, staring at the dazzling fireworks in the sky. He couldn’t help bur be stunned: It was at this time two years ago that he was lucky enough to meet his Xiao Xiao. Thinking back to the bits and pieces of the past two years, warmt filled his eyes. He was lost in thought when the door opened behind him.

“Ye Lan, it’s done.”

Ye Lan put away his smile and walked into the room with a serious expression. Looking at the third brother on the ground who was crying and sobbing, he couldn’t help but frown slightly and gave He Ben a strange look.

He Ben immediately raised his hands to show his innocence. Hey, he was a good person, you know!

What’s more, his methods were far from reaching one-tenth of that person’s. It was these people who were too unprofessional, okay? They just displayed big courage earlier, but they ended up confessing without even having fun. He gave them all a bad review!

Ye Lan didn’t linger in this place anymore and directly asked, “Well, can you confess now?”

“Confess, I’ll confess everything, please save me, save me.” The third brother looked at He Ben in terror and kept moving on the ground, wanting to get as far away from this ‘devil’ as possible.

Looking at the two unconscious people still lying there, Ye Lan deeply felt that perhaps in the third brother’s heart, he still hoped that he would be the one who was unconscious.

“Tell me, who sent you?”

“We don’t know exactly who it is, every time someone sends the message over, and then we act according to the instructions above.” The third brother answered quickly with a trembling voice, afraid that if he spoke slowly, he would be tortured again. “And the people who deliver the messages are different every time, as if that person is just randomly finding someone.”

“In other words, you don’t know if that person is a man or a woman?” Ye Lan frowned deeply, “Why did that person want you to deal with me?”

“This, I don’t know either. Two years ago it was to have us sell you as far away as possible, so that people couldn’t find you.” The old brother swallowed, “But this time, it’s to have us, to have us, directly, to have you, killed.”

“Oh?” He Ben leaned against the wall and teased Ye Lan, “It seems that your old man’s measures have been effective. They want to get rid of you so quickly.”

“By the way, do you still have the content of the contacts you communicated with?” Ye Lan actually had a few suspects in mind, but he still wanted to confirm.

The third brother’s face suddenly turned bitter, “That, for safety reasons, we always burn the notes right after seeing them every time.”

After asking a few more questions and finding no valuable information, Ye Lan simply handed the three over to He Ben and let him handle them.

He Ben stroked his chin ans looked at the three people. Then his eyes lit up, he finally knew how to deal with them. Ah, he was indeed smart!

After a washing up briefly, Ye Lan lay on the bed and recalled the information he had just obtained, and his eyes darkened unconsciously. He hoped it was not that person, otherwise he really didn’t know what attitude he should take when they met again. He was really afraid that he wouldn’t be able to control his emotions and do something irrational.

The next morning, Ye Lan originally wanted to go find his Xiao Xiao, but remembering that they had mentioned yesterday that they were going back to C Town to visit relatives today, he considered it and thought it would be better to stay home and read books.

As for Mr. Huo, he was busy as usual tending to his new potted flowers and plants, exercising his body, and then drinking tea and nurturing his health. As for He Ben, he was still sleeping soundly in his room.

After the Spring Festival, the time for school to start was not far away. For some students who had not finished their winter vacation homework, this period was very busy. But for those who had already finished their homework, it was a completely different scenario.

But no matter what, as long as they could complete the homework before the teacher check the homework on the first day of school, that would be fine. So when Ye Lan and Luo Xiao walked into the classroom on the first day of school, they saw a lively scene.

“Quick, who has finished their math homework?”

“Also, Chinese, Chinese.”

“Hey? I was just copying the notes, which asshole took it? Give it back to me quickly!”

“I got it first, so I should be the one to copy it first!”

“Haha, they sure have a lot of energy, don’t they?” Luo Xiao glanced at Ye Lan’s dark expression and couldn’t help but smile wryly.

Ye Lan suppressed the throbbing veins on his forehead and took a deep breath several times: He knew that this group of naughty kids would definitely be like this after school started, but couldn’t they at least give him a little surprise?