Reborn and Counterattack: The CEO's Powerful Sweetheart

Chapter 224: 224: Are you Zhou Li?

”Devil King, rest assured! Once I safely get down the mountain, I will definitely let you go. Chuan Er keeps his word! I won’t go back on it!”

Chuan Er finally withdrew his weapon, ready to proceed to the second step of his plan. His time was tight, and he had no spare time to waste.

”Of course, I ’trust’ your character, otherwise, I wouldn’t have gone up the mountain with you!”

Li Yan responded leisurely, but the provocative tone from before was gone. He lowered his eyelids and lazily said, ”Using my temporary predicament to ensure the trainees’ safety! It’s worth it. I suppose they’ve already made it down the mountain by now!”

Chuan Er was about to head out but was stopped by this low murmur. His brow furrowed, and his mind began to wander...

He was already intimidated by Li Yan’s analysis! He could imagine that Li Yan’s Warhawk Class 1 had reached an extraordinary level of strength.

His mind kept replaying everything that had just happened!

Whatever the Devil King could think of, his trainees might not miss either...

Chuan Er felt a chill in his heart and dared not slack off even a little. His former smugness vanished, and he strode away from this place with swift steps!

No need to guess; he must be going to contact the informant at the foot of the mountain!

The conversation ended, and Li Yan’s heavy eyelids lifted. He fixed on Chuan Er’s departing figure, his mouth curling into a cold smile. Everything was within his plan!

”You didn’t need to provoke him.”

A sudden male voice echoed in the warehouse. His voice was extremely weak, with a sense of lifelessness.

This building was a sealed construction; the only source of light was the lamp Chuan Er had just lit. However, as Chuan Er left, he casually turned off the light, leaving the space in pitch blackness, where nothing could be seen.

”Chuan Er is a man of small calculation, but he’s best at scheming. He’s ruthless and merciless; anything in his way will be eliminated, so what you did was very dangerous...”

The man said, gasping for breath, showing how difficult it was to speak. This string of words was followed by a fit of coughing.

”I understand Chuan Er. If you hadn’t reminded him of your utility, he certainly would have killed you...”

Even in this situation, he persisted in continuing to speak, possibly because no one had talked to him for a long time. This was a remote and hidden place, difficult to find, and he didn’t know how long he’d been locked up here.

Li Yan could locate the direction of the voice, his eyes already adjusted to the darkness, able to vaguely see a silhouette there.

He focused on that direction for a while, further contemplating the words! Indeed, he wasn’t wrong; the situation earlier was indeed dangerous. But Li Yan had no choice but to act as he did, because he had to gamble!

He had to instill fear in Chuan Er!

Only by instilling fear in him—fear of the Warhawk Class 1—would he proactively contact his informant. Warhawk Class 1 would then have the clues they needed and an additional method to resolve the issue. As long as they analyzed it calmly, they could completely thwart Chuan Er’s inner and outer conspiracy, escaping the dangerous predicament!

However! These words didn’t need to be shared with an outsider; he now contemplated what that person’s identity could be!

”Are you Zhou Li?”

After an unknown amount of time, Li Yan asked noncommittally, but what he received in response was endless silence.

He had guessed right.

”It takes just a few words for you to know who I am. It seems my worries were unnecessary...”

In the darkness, Zhou Li’s mouth curled into a bitter smile. He coughed a few times, curled up his body, and stopped speaking.