CHAPTER 1007: CHAPTER 1007: FINDING THE MISSING SOLDIERS

If you provoke Tie Zhuzi, he won’t worry about anything else. He only listens to Xiang Yu; even if the King of Heaven comes, it won’t matter.

After throwing the coffee table aside, he glared with wide eyes and charged towards the door.

The others thought he was going to harm Gao Mantang, so they stood by Gao Mantang’s side to protect him.

But Tie Zhuzi had no such intent; he just wanted to escape quickly.

Seeing this, Gao Mantang also shouted, "Everyone, take him down."

The others received the order and all rushed forward. After all, they were professionally trained, so even though there were many of them, they moved in an orderly manner.

Tie Zhuzi saw that the doorway was already crowded with people; there was no way to break through, but he was still unwilling to give up. Then he shouted and kicked at a few people by the door.

At this moment, several other people from the surroundings grabbed Tie Zhuzi from both sides.

Two people held his arms, two people grabbed his legs, and another person hugged Tie Zhuzi’s waist.

Although Tie Zhuzi was strong, he couldn’t fight back against so many hands, and he was immobilized there.

At this time, someone brought a rope to try and bind Tie Zhuzi.

Tie Zhuzi saw this and grew anxious, then used his arm strength to throw one person away directly.

He raised his right fist intending to punch, but at that moment, another person came up and held his arm.

There were too many people around, but Tie Zhuzi was fearless and continued to struggle. A few people worked hard for a long time to finally tie him up.

Worried that Tie Zhuzi might break the rope, they wound it several extra times.

When they ensured everything was safe, everyone looked around and saw it was a complete mess, with many people injured.

Gao Zhitao sat there dumbfounded, thinking that if Tie Zhuzi were in ancient times, he’d definitely be a great general.

Gao Mantang stood there speechless, considering that Tie Zhuzi was indeed talented. If he had recruited him, wouldn’t that be an added security?

"Let me go! On what grounds are you capturing me?" Tie Zhuzi shouted angrily.

"Cut the crap, take him away," Gao Mantang commanded with a wave of his hand.

A group of people received the order and then dragged Tie Zhuzi downstairs.

Gao Mantang stood there, looking at the mess around him, somewhat moved, and then sat opposite Gao Zhitao.

"Your friends are all this crazy," Gao Mantang remarked sourly.

"Why are you capturing Tie Zhuzi?" Gao Zhitao asked discontentedly.

After all, having spent so much time with Tie Zhuzi, he really understood each other well.

Despite his loud demeanor, Tie Zhuzi was deeply emotional, especially with Xiang Yu, whose relationship was irreplaceable.

"Xiang Yu escaped," Gao Mantang snapped with gritted teeth.

"What? You must be joking. Xiang Yu escaped?" Gao Zhitao could only smile bitterly.

He also understood Xiang Yu well enough to know that he valued brotherhood over anything and couldn’t have left Tie Zhuzi alone to escape.

Moreover, Xiang Yu was fine here just now; how could he have escaped?

"You’re still too young. In a life-and-death situation, everyone thinks for themselves. Brotherhood and friendship become nonsense," Gao Mantang said.

"Stop talking. Xiang Yu won’t run away. You just wait; he will definitely come back," Gao Zhitao said resolutely.

Gao Mantang just shook his head with a smile, stood up, and walked outside.

Gao Zhitao ran away, but with Tie Zhuzi here, having spent so much time together, he surely knew some clues.

Meanwhile, Xiang Yu and his team had already reached their designated location. It was near the mountains with some bumpy roads.

Wan Shengnan was guiding, Xiaoxuan driving, and they twisted and turned to a vacant lot where two vehicles were parked, including a truck.

Just as they arrived, four people approached from the front.

The four saluted Wan Shengnan and said, "Colonel Wan, we can depart now."

They glanced at Xiang Yu and Xiaoxuan standing aside but didn’t pay much attention.

"Where are their people?" Xiang Yu asked calmly.

The four didn’t expect Xiang Yu to speak and only looked at Wan Shengnan.

Now, Wan Shengnan was conflicted. He used to firmly believe that what he was doing was right.

He was very grateful to Commander Cao for giving him this opportunity. Through this work, he truly realized his value.

But now, Xiang Yu suddenly claimed he harmed those people he’d caught before, leaving him torn inside, unsure whom to trust.

Wan Shengnan now really wanted to pick up the phone and ask Commander Cao for the truth, but he was also worried, what if Xiang Yu was right?

In an instant, Wan Shengnan thought of many things. Reflecting on past details, Commander Cao indeed seemed to have many questionable points.

But he couldn’t just trust Xiang Yu’s word to conclude he was right.

"You mentioned a brother of yours was captured before. Where is he now?" Wan Shengnan asked Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu knew that Wan Shengnan was very conflicted now.

He turned to Wan Shengnan and said, "I can’t tell you."

Wan Shengnan and Xiang Yu locked eyes for about ten seconds, then Wan Shengnan finally waved his hand and said, "Take them away."

In Wan Shengnan’s mind, he always remembered Xiang Yu’s words: ’It was Wan Shengnan who harmed those people.’

There were many physically fit people, but Wan Shengnan didn’t want them harmed due to his ignorance.

Now, he preferred to believe Xiang Yu was right, but he would definitely investigate the matter further.

Xiaoxuan went to the truck, opened the back, and saw soldiers lying inside neatly; they seemed to have been drugged.

Xiaoxuan looked at Xiang Yu and nodded.

Having found them, Xiang Yu finally sighed with relief.

"Colonel Wan, we put so much effort into capturing them, how can you let them go?" one person asked, frowning in confusion.

Wan Shengnan shook his head without answering and walked forward.

The other four glanced at each other and then at Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu wasn’t sure if they were Commander Cao’s subordinates or Wan Shengnan’s people, so he remained cautious and stayed alert.

Xiaoxuan came over to stand beside Xiang Yu and also remained vigilant. Meanwhile, Xiang Yu signaled Xiaoxuan to get into the car.

He wanted to handle these people himself.

"I don’t know who you are, but we caught these people through hard work. We mean them no harm, just want to provide them an opportunity. Since you’re a friend of Colonel Wan, we won’t give you a hard time. You can leave," one of the men said, looking at Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu remained calm, looking at the four and said, "You are Colonel Wan’s soldiers. Didn’t he just say I should take these people away? Are you not listening to his orders?"

Xiang Yu was trying to probe who these people actually belonged to.

The man let out a cold laugh, avoided saying much on the topic, and then said, "You have ten seconds to leave, or else..."

The man smiled, looked Xiang Yu up and down. Xiang Yu had a standard build, appeared to be in good physical shape...