Rebirth of the Innkeeper's Wife: She's Not to Be Messed With

Chapter 44 Teasing Li Tian

Upon receiving the news, Li Tian immediately went to the dungeon.

Lu Yun looked haggard, his body covered with whip marks and bruises.

"Tell me, where exactly is Chongyang?" Li Tian asked anxiously, veins bulging on his forehead, his voice rising eight octaves involuntarily.

Lu Yun coughed violently, as if he were coughing up his lungs. His body trembled slightly, and it took him a while to finally stop coughing.

Then, he slowly raised his head. His once bright and spirited eyes were now dull and lifeless, and a hint of despair was faintly revealed in them.

But then I thought about the little note in the steamed bun this morning—I don't know if it could really save me, but I figured I'd take a gamble. What if...?

“I…I can tell you Chongyang’s whereabouts, but…” Lu Yun said, panting heavily, his words somewhat broken, “but you must agree to one condition.”

Upon hearing this, Li Tian's brows furrowed deeply, forming a deep furrow.

He snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Hmph! You think you have the right to negotiate with me in your current state? What a joke!"

However, Lu Yun did not back down in the face of Li Tian's ridicule and doubt.

He gritted his teeth and replied in an unusually firm tone, "If you don't agree to my conditions, even if you kill me today, you'll never find Chongyang in this lifetime!"

After he finished speaking, he stared straight at Li Tian, ​​without the slightest fear in his eyes.

Li Tian gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, you go ahead!"

After a moment of silence, Li Tian weighed the pros and cons and agreed to Lu Yun's conditions. "I need a sum of money, enough for me to run away," Lu Yun said breathlessly.

Li Tian sneered, "You're really asking for the moon. However, if you can provide useful information, I might consider giving you some money."

He thought to himself, "I can give you the money, but it depends on whether you're lucky enough to take it."

A hint of mockery flashed in Lu Yun's eyes. He struggled to his feet, leaned close to Li Tian's ear, and whispered, "Chongyang is hiding in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city..." After saying this, Lu Yun quietly awaited his death.

After hearing this, Li Tian's face darkened. He turned and left, leaving behind the words, "I will give you the money when I find Chongyang."

Not long after, Li Tian led a group of people to the abandoned factory in a menacing manner.

The factory looked dilapidated, overgrown with weeds, and its walls were mottled and worn from years of neglect.

As they pushed open the heavy door, a musty, decaying smell wafted out.

The group cautiously entered the factory, only to find it completely empty! The anticipated enemy had not appeared, and an eerie silence permeated the entire space.

Li Tian's heart sank suddenly, and he instantly realized that he might have fallen into a carefully designed trap.

Without a doubt, Lu Yun was behind all of this! How dare he deceive him! Thinking of this, Li Tian was furious, his eyes almost spitting fire.

"Damn it! We've been tricked by him!" Li Tian roared angrily.

He clenched his fists, veins bulging.

"Search! Leave no corner unchecked!" Li Tian ordered.

The group quickly launched a search, leaving no suspicious place unchecked.

Li Tian stood still, pondering his next move.

Suddenly, he noticed some footprints on the ground, which seemed to have been left just now.

He followed the footprints and discovered a hidden door.

Li Tian was overjoyed; it seemed that Chongyang was inside.

He pushed open the door, but the sight before him stunned him—it was empty except for a note.

The note read: "Li Tian, ​​I've rescued Lu Yun! Until we meet again."

Li Tian's face turned extremely ugly; he knew he had been completely deceived by Lu Yun.

He gripped the note tightly in his fury, as if he wanted to crush it.

As the fingers exerted force, the strip of paper gradually deformed and twisted, eventually being crumpled into a small ball.

At this moment, his heart was like a surging sea, a sense of frustration welled up in his mind like a tide, and anger burned like a raging fire.

Li Tian felt as if his chest was about to explode, and endless rage raged within him.

The name Chongyang was deeply imprinted in his mind, becoming his irreconcilable enemy.

He gritted his teeth and vowed, "I must find Chongyang! Even if I have to search every corner of the world, I will make him pay a terrible price and make him suffer a fate worse than death!"

Before he finished speaking, he acted swiftly. With a wave of his hand, a group of well-trained men shot out like arrows, beginning a thorough search of every corner of the city.

They left no stone unturned, their search footprints visible on every street and in every shop.

Meanwhile, Li Tian was not idle either. Relying on the connections and resources he had accumulated over the years, he mobilized various forces to try to find Chongyang's figure in the vast sea of ​​people.

The phone rang incessantly, and messages kept coming in, but each time the result was disappointing.

However, as time went by, despite Li Tian and his men's best efforts, they still couldn't find any clues about Chongyang.

This made Li Tian increasingly anxious and uneasy. His brows furrowed, and a hint of despair appeared in his eyes.

But he didn't give up; the unwavering determination in his heart that wouldn't allow anyone to disrupt his plans sustained him onward...

Just when he was about to give up, a mysterious letter appeared on his desk.

The letter was concise and powerful: “If you wish to see Chongyang, go to No. 109, Xinxing Road, Hua’an City.”

Li Tian felt a surge of excitement and decided to try his luck following the instructions in the letter.

Meanwhile, Mu Ren Siyu sat solemnly in the spacious and bright room, his eyes slightly narrowed as he considered the next course of action.

A moment later, he decisively waved to several of his capable subordinates and gave them orders in a low voice: "You guys, go and find out the information immediately. Make sure you find out whether Lu Yun is really being held in the dungeon by Li Tian. Remember, be careful and don't alert him!"

The subordinates who received the mission quickly obeyed and left, disappearing into the dark night like ghosts.

After a long wait, a scout rushed back and hurriedly reported to Mu Ren Siyu: "Reporting to the patriarch, we have confirmed that Lu Yun has indeed been imprisoned by Li Tian in the dungeon, and the situation is extremely critical."

Upon learning this crucial information, Muren Siyu felt somewhat relieved, but at the same time, she understood the urgency of the situation and the need to launch a rescue operation as soon as possible.

So he began to plan meticulously day and night, scrutinizing every detail to ensure that nothing went wrong.

After confirming that Li Tian had been sent away, it was the perfect time to make a move.

Li Tian went to the address in the letter, but what awaited him?