Chapter 17: Alone into the Enemy's Camp

In the western suburbs of Pingcheng, there is a huge detached villa with a vast area.

Inside the villa, there is a fishpond covering several acres, far away from the nearby villages, making it a great place for leisure fishing.

This detached villa is the property of Zhou Hao's family, and it is a place that Zhou Hao's father often visits.

The meeting place Zhou Hao arranged with Chen Xuewen is in this detached villa.

The reason for choosing this place is mainly because it is secluded enough that no matter how loud the noise is, it won't attract attention.

Zhou Hao's face was ashen as he led a group of his men into the villa and sternly ordered, "When that kid comes, make sure to keep him here!"

"Remember, tonight, no matter what, don't let him leave this place alive, got it?"

The eight bodyguards nodded simultaneously. They all carried weapons and were ready to kill.

Four bodyguards followed Zhou Hao upstairs, while the remaining four were scattered around the villa, patrolling downstairs.

They waited for almost two and a half hours until Zhou Hao became impatient. Finally, the bodyguards downstairs sent a message: Chen Xuewen had arrived! Zhou Hao perked up and immediately stood up, walking to the window to look outside.

In the villa's yard, there was a person slowly walking through the snow.

Zhou Hao recognized the person immediately as Chen Xuewen.

He couldn't help but smile and gave a signal to his men.

The bodyguard understood and took out his phone to call the others, instructing them to block the escape routes to prevent Chen Xuewen from running away again.

Chen Xuewen stopped in the middle of the yard and looked up at the second floor.

Zhou Hao's expression changed slightly. Could it be that Chen Xuewen had changed his mind and was planning to escape?

The bodyguards also got ready to rush out.

At this moment, Chen Xuewen outside suddenly shouted, "Zhou Hao, come out!"

Zhou Hao frowned but still walked to the balcony and smiled, "Old classmate, you finally came!"

"It's so cold outside. Come inside and chat."

Chen Xuewen's face was cold as he said sternly, "Where's Li Er Yong?"

"Let him go first!"

Zhou Hao smiled, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Come upstairs first and let's talk about the price. I'll send you back in a car later."

Chen Xuewen's face remained cold as he said without hesitation, "Let him go, or I'll run away right now!"

"Zhou Hao, if you think you can catch me, go ahead and try!"

Zhou Hao looked at Chen Xuewen standing in the middle of the yard and frowned.

After these incidents, he found that Chen Xuewen was very slippery.

His men might not be able to catch Chen Xuewen at such a distance.

If Chen Xuewen escaped, it would be much harder to lure him back.

Zhou Hao thought for a moment and waved to his men, "Let Li Er Yong go!"

His men were stunned: "If we let Li Er Yong go, won't we lose our leverage over Chen Xuewen?"

Zhou Hao said, "What are you afraid of?"

"Li Er Yong has lost one hand and one foot. He can't run away at all."

"Chen Xuewen is carrying him. It's like dragging a burden. How can he run away?"

The men immediately understood and went out to arrange for Li Er Yong's release.

Li Er Yong was pushed into the yard. He had a lot of blood on him, and it seemed that he had suffered some torture during his capture.

However, Li Er Yong didn't care about any of this. When he saw Chen Xuewen in the yard, he froze for a moment, then, leaning on his crutch, he ran towards Chen Xuewen, crying loudly, "Damn it, you're not dead."

"I thought you were dead, ah..."

Chen Xuewen looked at his brother's excited expression and was deeply moved.

He patted Li Er Yong's shoulder and said softly, "Brother, I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble." "Alright, you go first. I'll handle this here!" Li Er Yong grabbed Chen Xuewen's clothes and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Am I a coward who's afraid of death?"

"This isn't just your business, it's ours!"

With that, he turned to Zhou Hao and shouted, "You son of a bitch, Zhou! Come on, I'm not afraid of you!"

"I'll fight you to the death today!"

Zhou Hao spat disdainfully and said coldly, "Old classmate, I've already let the person you wanted go. Now, can you go inside?"

Li Er Yong immediately grabbed Chen Xuewen's clothes, "Don't go in."

"This bastard has arranged many people inside. If you go in, you'll be done for."

Chen Xuewen took a deep breath and patted Li Er Yong's shoulder again, "I know what I'm doing."

"Brother, you go first."

Li Er Yong said anxiously, "I'm not leaving!"

Chen Xuewen grabbed his wrist forcefully and gritted his teeth, "Stop talking nonsense!"

"You have your father and mother, and your younger siblings. You're not like me."

"Get out and live well. At least leave someone to visit my grave and burn paper for me."

With that, Chen Xuewen pushed Li Er Yong away and shouted, "Zhou Hao, have someone take him out. I'll go in myself!"

Zhou Hao waved his hand and immediately several bodyguards rushed over from all sides.

Two of them rushed to Chen Xuewen's side and directly grabbed his shoulders.

Chen Xuewen didn't resist, but just looked at Zhou Hao, "Take Li Er Yong out!"

Zhou Hao thought for a moment and nodded.

The others immediately lifted the wailing Li Er Yong and threw him outside the courtyard.

Li Er Yong struggled to get up and pounded on the door, but no one paid attention to him.

Surrounded by several bodyguards, Chen Xuewen calmly walked into the villa.

Seeing Chen Xuewen enter the hall, Zhou Hao was overjoyed and immediately ordered his men to lock the door from the inside.

Then, he excitedly ran down from upstairs.

Looking at Chen Xuewen from afar, Zhou Hao burst into laughter, "Old classmate, we can finally talk face to face."

"How about it? Did you bring what I wanted?"

Chen Xuewen's face remained calm, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

"How could I bring that kind of thing directly?"

Zhou Hao flew into a rage and shouted at Chen Xuewen, "What the hell are you trying to do?"

"Chen, do you think I'm really afraid of your so-called evidence?"

"Let me tell you, as long as you die, this case is over. Even if that evidence is brought out, no one will pursue this case. Do you understand?"

As he spoke, he walked towards the middle of the hall.

Before he could reach Chen Xuewen, a bodyguard immediately stopped Zhou Hao.

"Mr. Zhou, don't get close to him yet."

"Have someone search him. This guy might be carrying a weapon!"

Remembering the near-death experience earlier, Zhou Hao immediately stopped and waved his hand, "Search him."

Several bodyguards rushed up and controlled Chen Xuewen, starting to search him.

After a thorough search, they found nothing. One bodyguard pointed at Chen Xuewen's hands, "What's wrapped around your hands?"

Chen Xuewen said, "I got injured yesterday and bandaged it."

The bodyguard didn't ask further. Chen Xuewen did get injured when he attacked Zhou Hao last night, and it didn't look like he could hide a weapon in such a bandage.

The two paper boxes Chen Xuewen was carrying were also taken away by the bodyguards.

One bodyguard opened the paper boxes and saw the foreign wine inside, and was stunned, "What's this?"

Chen Xuewen glanced at it, "Foreign wine. Don't you recognize it?"

Zhou Hao was also stunned, "Foreign wine?"

"Chen Xuewen, you didn't bring what I wanted. What's the meaning of bringing two bottles of foreign wine?"

"Are you planning to give me a gift? Hahaha..."

Everyone around burst into laughter. No one noticed that the bottles of foreign wine actually didn't contain foreign wine. Chen Xuewen was observing the people around him, silently calculating the number of people in the room and the environment inside, thinking of ways to deal with the situation. Just as he was getting ready to act, the door was suddenly opened. A few more people came in right after. Leading the group was a fat man with a big belly, Zhou Hao's father, Zhou Wancheng. Zhou Hao was taken aback, "Dad, why are you here?" Zhou Wancheng glared at him, "If I don't come, who will clean up this mess for you tonight?" Zhou Hao was surprised, "What's going on?" Zhou Wancheng said coldly, "Since you've decided to kill this kid, you have to completely eliminate the problem and leave no future trouble." "Leaving a few alive, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble later?" As Zhou Wancheng spoke, a few people at the door walked in. These people were leading three others. The three were Li Er Yong, Wu Lihong, and Zhao Dong, who was already unconscious! Seeing these three, Chen Xuewen's expression changed greatly. He didn't expect that Zhou Wancheng's "completely eliminating the problem" referred to these three people!