365 The fall of the Li Consortium (1/2)

In the Southwest, Li Shentan was walking alone in a vast forest on a small path that was only wide enough for a car to pass. The ground had turned muddy after a downpour.

He was carrying a fishing rod on his shoulder with a fish basket hanging from his waist.

In the fish basket made out of bamboo strips, two large river shrimps were wriggling, and three crabs had their pincers and legs tied up with hemp twine. Each crab looked like it weighed around 1 to 1.5kg. If these crabs were caught in the times before The Cataclysm, they would definitely be considered a good catch.

”Little Liren, did you get a good look at what that shadow in the river was?” Li Shentan asked.

Si Liren's sweet voice could be heard above him. ”No, I didn't really see it.”

Li Shentan curled his lips. ”It was quite scary.”

”Don't worry, it can't beat me,” Si Liren comforted.

”I was just worried I would get eaten by it before you could save me.” Li Shentan said with a smile, ”But luck is on my side today. Although I did not catch any fish, I caught quite a few shrimps and crabs.”

At this moment, the sound of an approaching vehicle came from further up the path. Li Shentan stood still with a calm expression on his face.

When the vehicle appeared, the driver behind the wheel was shocked to see Li Shentan standing there. ”Get out of the way! Get out of the way!”

The driver frantically honked at him, but Li Shentan just stood there motionlessly like a rock.

The driver stepped on the brakes, but the vehicle could not stop due to the muddy ground. The middle-aged man in the vehicle gritted his teeth as it headed straight for Li Shentan. He could not turn his steering wheel at this moment because the vehicle would flip if he did.

Just as the off-road vehicle was about to hit Li Shentan, the little girl in the sky suddenly dropped down from above and smashed her tiny fist heavily on its hood.

This punch caused the entire rear half of the off-road vehicle to fly into the air. Then it flipped over Li Shentan in midair before landing in the mud behind him.

”Li Shentan, the damsel is here to save you!” Si Liren said happily.

Li Shentan smiled but did not answer. Instead, he turned around and looked behind at the off-road vehicle that had just overturned. ”How sad.”

The driver was stuck in his seat and dangling in midair. He cursed from within the vehicle, ”Are you fucking blind! You—”

Before he could finish speaking, Si Liren floated over and flipped the vehicle back upright. Then she effortlessly lifted the old man in the backseat out.

The old man had a look of horror on his face. Li Shentan said with a smile, ”It's our first time meeting. Hi, my name is Li Shentan.”

When this name was mentioned, the old man became even more frightened. ”How did you know I was going to be passing through here? What do you want?”

Li Shentan said with a smile, ”It seems you know nothing about my power, but there's no need to think about these meaningless things. What I'm curious about is, didn't the Qing Consortium surround the stronghold awhile ago? How did you manage to get past their perimeter?”

The old man's face darkened. ”What exactly do you want from me?”

Li Shentan muttered to himself, ”Oh, I see. You made a deal with that demon, Qing Zhen, so you can abandon the entire Li Consortium and escape alone. Where does this road lead? There's a mountain road up ahead that goes all the way to the Central Plains. So you must be fleeing there.”

At this moment, Si Liren said, ”Big Brother Shentan, there's a lot of gold bars in the vehicle!”

”Mhm.” Li Shentan nodded and said, ”Before leaving, you even took all the gold from the Li Consortium's bank. That's enough for you to lead a rich life in the Central Plains.”

The middle-aged man hiding in the vehicle did not dare to make a sound. The old man roared, ”Li Youbai, kill him with the gun!”