Chapter Fifty-Three Mysterious Invitation

  Through the window, looking out, the night is as black as ink. After the raindrops washed this night sky, it was a piece of intoxicating stars.

  Xiao Yue fainted and fell asleep after defeating Zhang Gong. Under the escort of her sister Xiao Qing, she returned home.

  Li Ling also went to class and finished the afternoon's lessons, but there was no sign of An Jing in the classroom.

  In Li Ling's drawer, there was a mysterious invitation letter.

  The signature on the invitation letter: Gong Yang.

  Li Ling smiled slightly, what was meant to come would eventually come, and Gong Yangyu had finally taken his revenge.

  However, according to the address on the invitation letter, it was a well-known nightclub in the Yanjing urban area. Li Ling didn't pay attention to it and simply threw the invitation letter aside.

  At night on the way home, there were few pedestrians. The place where Li Ling lived was originally a rare place, and with the recent rumors that this area was haunted, even fewer people dared to come here at midnight.

  As he walked down a narrow alleyway just wide enough for two people, Li Ling sensed that someone was following him from about ten meters behind. Judging by the opponent's movements, they seemed to be of the ordinary thug level.

  Li Ling didn't mind, and just led the group of people following behind him in the alleys, playing tag and hide-and-seek. When it came to playing tag and hide-and-seek, Li Ling could be their ancestor.

  Li Ling took a swift step and disappeared from the sight of several followers by taking advantage of the complex terrain near this residential area.

  "Huh? How did that kid suddenly disappear?"

  "Ah, I told you to come closer, now look what's happened, we've lost him! How are we going to explain this to the boss when we get back?"

  "This can't be entirely blamed on me. If I got close without being detected by the other party, that would be strange! Moreover, Boss said he's an expert!"

  "What should we do now?"

  "Go find it!"

  Just as the two were about to chase after it, a chill ran down their backs!

  "Hey... you two gentlemen, dare I ask what your leader's surname and name are? You've been following me so closely, what do you want to do?"

  A black figure suddenly appeared behind the two of them, startling them and making their whole body shudder. They turned around to look, and it was surprisingly Li Ling, who had just been lost a moment ago.

  Li Ling had long since familiarized himself with the terrain here, and it was no difficult task to sneak up behind this follower.

  "Mr... Mr. Li Ling!" one of them exclaimed subconsciously.

  "You know me." Li Ling had a hint of playfulness.

  "Recognize, recognize, our boss specially called us to invite you to...to gather together!" The man nodded repeatedly.

  "Are you tracking me? Your boss's way of inviting people is really advanced!" Li Ling raised an eyebrow and smiled.

  "We... we didn't mean to disturb you, did we?"

  "Really... really!"

  Two people flattered Li Ling.

  "Alright, cut the nonsense. Tell me, is it the Gong Yang Pai who sent you to find me?" Li Ling asked straightforwardly.

  "Ram's feather?"

  "Who is Gong Yang?"

  "Don't you know Gong Yangyu?" Li Ling looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, and they both looked bewildered, seemingly not lying!

  "We... don't know what you're talking about." one of them said.

  "That's strange, who sent you to find me?" Li Ling thought this thing was getting more and more interesting.

  "This... we can't tell you for now."

  Li Ling slightly frowned and pouted: "If you don't tell me, then I'll go home to sleep."

  Two men rushed to intercept Li Ling.

  "What? Are you two going to resort to violence?" Li Ling smiled calmly.

  The two of them hastily waved their hands and shook their heads, saying: "How dare we fight with you! We really came this time to sincerely invite you, Li Ling Shang Shi!"

  "You know my identity as a superior scholar." Li Ling said curiously, frowning, this superior scholar's identity was obtained by the old master from the military advisor.

  "Of course we know, and we also know you're Old Master's trusted assistant!"

  The two of them smiled fawningly at Li Ling, their smiles were so captivating!

  "Who are you, after all?" Li Ling asked again: "If you don't speak out again, I'll let you know the taste of being beaten."

  "No, no, a thousand times no! Please spare us! We really don't have any ill intentions towards you, we just want to invite you to a place." The two of them stepped forward and backward together, waving their hands.

  Li Ling took out an invitation letter from his pocket and handed it to one of them, saying: "Is this the address on the invitation letter?"

  He took the invitation letter and looked at it under the dim yellow streetlight, shaking his head and saying, "We didn't send out any invitations."

  Then he handed the invitation letter back to Li Ling, Li Ling took over the invitation letter and put it in his pocket. He began to think about who was inviting him.

  "Alright, I'll go with you! I also want to know who this mysterious person is that invited me?" Li Ling said with a faint smile.

  "We will definitely not let Captain Li Ling down." One of them said, finally persuading Li Ling, patted his chest and let out a sigh of relief.

  ……

  Two people were driving a Hummer with its license plate covered by something, looking very mysterious.

  As I drove steadily on a flat road, the sound of crickets came from all around.

  Autumn surprisingly has cricket sounds. Perhaps it's because today's weather is sultry, which triggered the crickets' chirping! Or perhaps this place is near a cricket habitat.

  As the car drove further and further away from Yenching University, Li Ling suddenly thought of whether he should ask Teacher Tian for a leave. But then again, forget it, after all, Li Ling still didn't know what these two guys were up to!

  "Mr. Li Ling, the road ahead may be a bit bumpy, please fasten your seatbelt." said one of the drivers.

  "No need, I don't think they'll toss me around like that!" Li Ling felt that these two were being overly concerned about him.

  "You're really humorous, sir."

  "By the way, don't call me Mr., I'm still an eighteen-year-old student." Li Ling didn't like being called old.

  "Sorry, sir is our term of respect for you." said the one who was driving, while the other one who wasn't driving seemed to have fewer words.

  "For a title I need to be over 10 years old, I don't think it's worth it."

  "You're too funny."

  "You've already said that once."

  Li Ling smiled and looked out, it was a desolate area, this place should be considered as the outskirts of Yanjing City's suburban farm.

  However, after driving for ten miles, this car entered a mountainous area. This mountainous area was very bumpy and mostly consisted of gravel roads.

  As the car drove into a desolate mining area, it suddenly came to a stop.

  "Would you mind if we called you Li Ling Shang Shi?" one of them said.

  "It doesn't matter." Li Ling felt that these two people were too fond of entangling themselves in titles! However, after Li Ling got off the car and looked around, he was slightly surprised by the scenery here.

  A desolate scene, with an abandoned factory that was probably used for fertilizer production... But what do these two people want to achieve by bringing themselves here?