Chapter 331: Untouchable?

Chapter 331: Chapter 331: Untouchable?

Tang Mengtao yelled at his men, but the group in suits could only look at each other in confusion.

They hadn’t even seen how Jiang Fan had slipped through the crowd, and Tang Mengtao was already in his grasp.

"Young Master Tang!"

One of the men in suits was the first to react. He looked at Jiang Fan and warned, "Hey kid, don’t do anything stupid. If you hurt Young Master Tang, the Yutong Group won’t let you get away with it."

"Jiang Fan, let’s talk this out calmly!"

With his life in another man’s hands, Tang Mengtao had lost all his earlier bravado.

Jiang Fan gave a faint smile. He was holding a machete, and a flicker of killing intent rose in his heart.

"They say enemies are bound to cross paths, but I never expected to run into you here! Since you’re determined to make my life difficult, then I’ve got nothing to lose!" As Jiang Fan spoke, he inched the machete closer.

"Jiang Fan, don’t fucking do anything rash! Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you!" Tang Mengtao stammered, his voice trembling.

"Kid, don’t you dare! If you hurt Young Master Tang, none of you are getting out of here!"

"Are you threatening me?"

Jiang Fan’s gaze turned icy. He kicked Tang Mengtao to the ground, pinned him under his foot, and pointed the machete at his head.

The men in suits didn’t dare take another step forward.

"Jiang Fan, we can talk about this," Tang Mengtao pleaded, looking utterly pathetic as he continued to beg for his life.

Jiang Fan sneered and looked toward the crowd of men in suits.

"Who wants to be the first to take another step?"

They all looked at each other, but not a single one dared to move.

"Jiang Fan, don’t escalate this!" Jun Yue said with a frown. "The Tang Family is one of the Eight Great Clans of Yang City. The Yutong Group is not to be trifled with."

"That’s right, Jiang Fan! My dad is a big shot in Yang City! Let me go, and we can talk this over!" Tang Mengtao said hurriedly.

"The Tang Family?" Jiang Fan sneered. "What’s the Tang Family to me? Anyone who dares to target the Grand Orphanage will get no mercy from me."

"What do you want from me?" Tang Mengtao asked, his face a mask of misery.

"Money? Land? Just let me go, and we can discuss anything."

"Land? Tang Mengtao, this land has always belonged to the Grand Orphanage. So let me ask you, where the hell did you get a land-use certificate from?"

"This whole area is being developed into a resort. We own all the surrounding land, and the Yutong Group has all the official paperwork."

"Official paperwork?" Jiang Fan sneered. "So you’re saying we’re the ones who are squatting?"

"I didn’t say that! Jiang Fan... Jiang, let me go! I don’t want the land. You can have it! Consider it a gift, okay?"

"Bullshit!" Jiang Fan exploded with rage when he heard this.

"This land belonged to the orphanage in the first place! Who are you to act like you’re doing us a favor?"

"Kid, are you looking for death?"

Just then, a low voice cut in.

Jiang Fan frowned. A luxury business van screeched to a halt, and three men got out.

The man in the lead was middle-aged, dressed in a crisp suit, his face set in a menacing scowl.

"Jiang Fan, be careful!" Jun Yue whispered, moving closer.

"Kid, you dare lay a hand on my son? Do you have a death wish?" the middle-aged man snarled, slowly advancing.

"Dad! Help me, Dad!" Tang Mengtao cried out as soon as he saw the man.

"That’s Patriarch Tang of the Tang Family, Tang Yutong of the Yutong Group," Jun Yue whispered.

"Perfect timing," Jiang Fan sneered, looking at Tang Yutong.

"Kid, I suggest you let my son go. Otherwise, I’ll raze your Grand Orphanage to the ground."

"Big words!"

Jiang Fan clenched his fist and slammed it into Tang Mengtao’s face.

"You’re courting death!" Tang Yutong roared, unable to contain his fury. He and the two men behind him lunged forward.

Tang Yutong was incredibly fast, but to Jiang Fan, his speed was laughable.

He pinned Tang Mengtao with his foot and pressed the machete to his throat.

The next moment, Tang Mengtao let out a pained scream.

Seeing this, Tang Yutong had no choice but to back away.

"Kid, think carefully. Do you want the entire orphanage to be buried along with you?"

"Such big words, Patriarch Tang. I’d love to see how you plan on burying me. Don’t say I didn’t warn you—my blade doesn’t have eyes."

"Kid, what the hell do you want? Let my son go!"

"It seems Patriarch Tang is one of those people who won’t be convinced until it’s too late. Fine. I’ll chop off one of your son’s hands, and then we can negotiate!"

"Wait!"

Hearing Jiang Fan’s threat, Tang Yutong began to panic.

"My friend, let’s talk. Just let my son go, and we can discuss anything."

Jiang Fan chuckled and said bluntly, "This land belongs to the Grand Orphanage. I don’t know what tricks you pulled, but if you think you can take it from me, I’ll skin you alive."

Tang Yutong was seething, but he suppressed his rage and said slowly, "My friend, I advise you not to do anything foolish. Do you have any idea who the Yutong Group answers to? Even if I let you go today, the Liu Family won’t!"

"The Liu Family?" Hearing that name, Jiang Fan smiled to himself. ’This might be interesting,’ he thought.

At that moment, Tang Mengtao added miserably, "Fan, our paperwork really is legal. My dad and Mr. Liu secured the contract for this land together. Mr. Liu handled all the project approvals for the resort himself. It’s the absolute truth."

"Liujiang River from Chenel?"

"Young man, since you know of the Liu Family from Chenel, then you should also know that they are not people you can afford to cross!"

"Can’t afford to cross?" Jiang Fan chuckled. "If you’d told me the Liu Family of Chenel was behind this from the start, your son might have been spared some of this pain. Now I’m really curious to see what ’not to be crossed’ really means!"

Saying this, Jiang Fan pulled out his phone and dialed Liujiang River’s number.

"You have fifteen minutes to get to the Grand Orphanage. Don’t be a second late!"

"Mr. Jiang, I—"

Jiang Fan heard Liujiang River’s voice but hung up before he could finish.

"Kid, I don’t care who you called. I’m telling you, not even the other families among the Eight Great Clans of Yang City would dare to cross the Liu Family for someone like you."

"Is that so?" Jiang Fan said with a faint smile. "Then let’s just wait and see."

After speaking, Jiang Fan gave Tang Mengtao another kick and snarled, "Stay down!"

Tang Mengtao lay on the ground, silent. Jiang Fan, however, simply sat down on top of him.