Rope, tape...
The soft-rice king really brought in professionals this time!
After relocking the door, Ye Yun walked towards the stairwell and looked up.
Just as he expected, professionals were different; they had specifically assigned a lookout in the stairwell.
A man was leaning against the wall next to the stairs, smoking a cigarette.
Upon seeing Ye Yun enter, the man was startled, then immediately became alert.
Ye Yun quickly took out a set of keys from his pocket, feigning indifference to the man, and proceeded upstairs.
His series of actions clearly reduced some of the man's wariness.
After all, Ye Yun was wearing a mask and appeared very amiable.
Furthermore, Ye Yun even glanced curiously at the man before lowering his head and continuing upstairs, further lowering the man's guard to freezing point. The man even subtly shifted to the side, leaving Ye Yun a path to ascend.
Ye Yun walked past the man, and only when he was a few steps above him did he suddenly turn, clamping his right hand over the man's mouth to prevent him from making any noise.
Then, with a knee strike to the man's lower back, accompanied by a muffled grunt, the man immediately lost the ability to resist.
Ye Yun took out his keys and pressed them against the man's eye, his voice low.
"Cooperate, or I can't guarantee my hands won't tremble!"
"Ngh..." The man's face contorted in pain, his whole body trembling.
He wanted to resist, but Ye Yun's hands held him so tightly he couldn't move!
The man's pupils dilated, filled with fear!
He had wanted to shout, but he swallowed the words back down!
"Where are the woman and child?"
"What... woman and child?"
Ye Yun sneered, moving the keys closer to the man's eye, almost touching his eyelid.
"You guess, is your eye harder, or this key?"
"In the house!" The man was clearly experienced and immediately recognized the situation, knowing any resistance would be futile. He began to confess, "In the attic on the sixth floor!"
"How many of you are upstairs?"
"...One."
Ye Yun sneered, took a phone from the man's shirt pocket, then threw it to the ground and stomped on it until it was smashed.
Then, with a chop of his hand, he knocked the man unconscious.
One person?
Dare to lie to me?
Ye Yun was certain that besides the soft-rice king, there were at least three or four other people upstairs.
Because this group of scoundrels looked like professionals.
There was a driver, a lookout.
Typically, for professionals doing this kind of job, besides these two, there would be someone in charge of watching the hostages, another two for searching for valuables, plus the soft-rice king. So, there were at least four people upstairs.
After subduing the lookout, Ye Yun continued upstairs, moving very quietly.
Fortunately, Ye Yun had visited Wu Ziqiong's home many times, so he was familiar with the environment of the stairwell and wouldn't make the slightest sound.
Wu Ziqiong's home was in the attic on the sixth floor. When Ye Yun reached the fifth floor, he poked his head into the stairwell opening to take a look.
The door was closed!
He could only faintly hear sounds of shouting from inside.
Ye Yun let out a sigh of relief, then tiptoed to the door and pressed his ear against the main door.
At this moment, the soft-rice king's voice, sounding very smug, came from inside.
"...You damned bitch! Wouldn't it have been better if you had just behaved? You actually let that pretty boy hit me! Damn it! I'll make you pay! I'll make you pay! Fuck! When that pretty boy comes over, you'll make sure he pays up obediently!"
Then, the crying sounds of Tongtong and Wu Ziqiong could be heard.
A cold glint flashed across Ye Yun's face. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself, and knocked on the door.
All sounds from inside immediately ceased. Ye Yun knocked twice more, and a rough voice immediately came from inside.
"Who is it?"
This voice was not the soft-rice king's!
Ye Yun lowered his voice, making it sound old. "Collecting rent for this month!"
There was a moment of silence from inside, as if they were discussing something.
After only a brief moment, the man's voice rang out again.
"No money, come back this afternoon!"
Ye Yun would not give up so easily. He continued in an extremely impatient tone.
"It's only a few hundred yuan, and you've been delaying for three months? If you don't pay now, I'm calling the police and having them kick you out!"
After his words, silence fell again from within the house.
A moment later, Ye Yun heard footsteps from inside, followed by.
*Click.*
The sound of the lock being loosened came, and the door was opened just a crack. A face poked out from the room, extremely impatient.
"How much?"
Ye Yun was already prepared. As soon as the man opened the door a crack and before he could finish speaking, Ye Yun grabbed the doorknob and yanked it open forcefully!
Ah!
The door was suddenly pulled open. The man behind it, caught off guard, stumbled out with a cry, his head hitting the ground directly!
Ye Yun had no time to bother with him. He kicked him in the head, and with a scream, the man was instantly knocked unconscious.
Then Ye Yun rushed in and saw the state of the room.
Wu Ziqiong and Tongtong were tied to chairs, their eyes red, clearly having just cried.
However, their mouths were stuffed with towels, preventing them from making any sound.
Especially Wu Ziqiong, both sides of her mouth were swollen, and her fair skin was covered in red handprints.
It was obvious she had been slapped several times just now.
Everything was as Ye Yun had predicted.
Besides Wu Ziqiong, Tongtong, and the man Ye Yun had kicked unconscious at the door, there were three other men in the living room.
The soft-rice king stood beside Wu Ziqiong and her daughter, while the other two were lounging on the sofa with their legs crossed.
Ye Yun's sudden entrance startled everyone in the room.
Especially when they saw their companion quickly taken down by Ye Yun, the two men on the sofa immediately stood up.
These two were strong and robust. One held a steel pipe, and the other pulled out a switchblade. They exchanged a look in the air and lunged at Ye Yun.
The one on the left, with the switchblade, lunged towards Ye Yun's abdomen.
If it were the pre-rebirth Ye Yun, he would have been unable to react to such speed!
Unfortunately, after taking the licorice medicine, Ye Yun's physical fitness had greatly improved!
Fighting was mainly about three things.
Physical fitness, reaction speed, and the skill of applying force!
And in all three aspects, Ye Yun clearly surpassed these two by a wide margin!
He sidestepped, dodged the switchblade, and instinctively tried to grab the man's wrist to disarm him.
However, the man reacted extremely quickly. Ye Yun only managed to grab his elbow before the man broke free.
The other man with the steel pipe was even more vicious, swinging it directly towards Ye Yun's head.
If it had hit, it would have been like smashing a rotten melon!
Ye Yun dodged again, then his right fist shot out.
After all, a steel pipe weighed much more than a switchblade. Although the man reacted, he couldn't shift his weight or change direction in time!
Ye Yun's fist directly struck the man's wrist!
The steel pipe clattered to the ground!