Chapter 1349: Chapter 1349

In the end, Zhao Wei was directly knocked out by Cheng Ting's men, his entire body covered in bruises, his clothes torn into shreds.

Seeing the situation, he was almost incapacitated, so Cheng Ting ordered his subordinates to retreat.

Cheng Ting's expression was still grim; he really hadn't expected to provoke the dominant figure in Hua City. Follow current novᴇls on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱

Looking at the spot where Hao Jian had stood earlier, Cheng Ting let out a slight sigh of relief; fortunately, Hao Jian hadn't come to trouble him but Zhao Wei instead.

He was somewhat puzzled, wondering why Hao Jian would trouble Zhao Wei. In his impression, it seemed that the number of times he had offended Hao Jian was much greater than Zhao Wei had.

Shaking his head slightly, Cheng Ting decided not to dwell on these complexities, reasoning that Zhao Wei must have provoked Hao Jian somehow.

With a casual wave of his hand, he instructed his men to drag Zhao Wei away and take him to the hospital. With the strength they had, being able to knock Zhao Wei unconscious meant Zhao Wei was indeed beat into a handicap.

Even if his arms and legs could move, the internal injuries would be hard to cure, which was a different kind of disability.

At the same time, Cheng Ting needed to find someone to terminate Zhao Wei's contract. Since Zhao Wei had already provoked Hao Jian, whether Hao Jian cared about Zhao Wei or not, he dared not have any association with Zhao Wei.

What these people feared most was getting on Hao Jian's bad side. After all, they had to ensure stability before they could eat well and comfortably.

"Better go find that person first..."

Recalling Hao Jian coming to his boxing gym earlier that day made Cheng Ting a bit frightened and regretful. If only he had recognized Hao Jian, he could have established a connection with him, and everything at Hua City would be smooth sailing, even taking down the other two boxing gyms.

Though there's no chance now, Cheng Ting still needed to alert his investors, those prominent figures he collaborated with. If they found out Hao Jian visited the gym and he nearly offended Hao Jian, those influential individuals would surely be enraged.

However, Cheng Ting had no choice; it's one thing if there were few people, given his ability to suppress it. But this occurred in front of all the spectators and personnel. Some spectators might not be aware of Young Master Hao's influence in Hua City, but others certainly did.

Once rumors spread to those prominent figures, ironically, he'd be the one to suffer. After all, those figures would think Cheng Ting had been hiding things from them.

Instead of being caught between a rock and a hard place later, he might as well come clean now. Anyway, those people could never really unseat him because the gym couldn't operate without him.

Unless those people decided they didn't want to earn money anymore...

Cheng Ting instructed the pale-faced Secretary Zhong to handle the aftermath here, while he returned to his office, grabbed his car keys, and prepared to drive over to those influential figures.

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The issue at the gym was settled, and Zhao Wei wouldn't bother Lin Qingxue anymore. Hao Jian was relieved, and Lin Qingxue was freed from a nuisance.

Perhaps because Hao Jian helped her solve the trouble, Lin Qingxue was unusually lively sitting in the car, smiling broadly as the worry previously hidden in her brows disappeared.

"Ready to head back to school? It's already past nine o'clock."

Hao Jian glanced at his watch, realizing it was already past nine in the evening, and chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingxue's face froze; she had forgotten something important: their school had an eleven o'clock curfew, and if you returned late, you'd be recorded at the security booth.

It would later be reported to their counselor, who would come to reprimand them...

"Hao Jian, drive faster!"

Lin Qingxue's face showed some panic. It's nearly ten o'clock now, meaning she only had an hour left. However, they were currently thirty to forty kilometers away from the school, making it quite challenging to reach it within the hour!

Seeing this, Hao Jian smiled: "Don't worry, it's fine. Anyway, your curfew is at eleven, and the dorm supervisor arranges checks at eleven thirty. Just mention it to the security, and he'll probably make an exception."

"That's not possible!"

Lin Qingxue felt it might be feasible upon hearing Hao Jian's reassurance, but then her expression changed again: "Hao Jian, they recently replaced the security guard at our school gate. The previous amiable one was reassigned to a security post inside the school, and the new one we call 'Iron Face.'

Hao Jian freed up a hand and lightly tapped Lin Qingxue's forehead, saying helplessly: "I think that security guard is just doing his job. You gave him that nickname."

Lin Qingxue didn't argue further with Hao Jian but instead shook her body a little: "Hao Jian, regardless, you must drive faster. I don't want to return late!"

"Okay, okay, okay..."

Feeling somewhat helpless due to Lin Qingxue's urging, Hao Jian had no choice but to step on the accelerator and increase the car's speed, while the women behind, including Molan, followed in pursuit.

To prevent the women behind from losing track, Hao Jian maintained the car speed at just the right level, though he felt powerless about this speed.

Even if he wanted to go faster, this was the limit; moreover, the entire Hua City was congested with vehicles at each traffic artery. He couldn't rashly run the red lights, which slowed him down.

Regarding this, Lin Qingxue was also inwardly anxious but dared not urge him further, as it was unavoidable under the circumstances.

From the boxing gym to the city highway, there was a distance to cover, typically taking over an hour at normal speed. Now it's nighttime, with less traffic compared to daytime, but still not significantly reduced.

Coupled with Hao Jian's acceleration, it took more than half an hour to reach the highway entrance. Grabbing the card, Hao Jian pressed the accelerator and dashed through.

Now on the highway, Hao Jian utilized the highest speed on the freeway, racing ahead, with Molan and the women tightly following behind. Evidently, they too were aware of this particular point, this curfew checkpoint.

After driving for a while, Hao Jian suddenly saw that ahead, the road was filled with red lights, as all the cars braked, the redness connecting into a sheet.

If Hao Jian wasn't aware of the situation now, then he may as well give up driving.

It's clearly a traffic jam!

"At such a crucial moment, there's a traffic jam?!"

Unable to contain his frustration, Hao Jian cursed and then looked beyond, finding the end of the red lights out of sight, directly extending to the cave entrance ahead.

Seeing his side stuck in a jam while the other lane was unimpeded, Hao Jian was quite helpless. If it was a usual day, he might have called Spice Ginger for a chat to ease his boredom, but now, with Lin Qingxue faced with a looming curfew, he couldn't bring himself to do such things.

What made Hao Jian feel even more helpless was why there were so many vehicles tonight? When driving this route during the day, even at night, there weren't as many cars.

Besides, today isn't supposed to be a holiday peak! How could there be a jam at this time?!

"Hao Jian, there's a traffic jam up ahead..."

Lin Qingxue picked up her phone and suddenly saw a news alert pop up, mentioning the road they were currently on, which was the highway.

Hearing Lin Qingxue's voice, Hao Jian looked stunned for a moment and instinctively asked.

"Look, this was just pushed to me."

Saying this, Lin Qingxue handed the phone to Hao Jian, showing a page with some blurry photos and a detailed analysis of a traffic accident scene

Instinctively glancing at the time, he found it was posted twenty minutes ago. Upon seeing this, Hao Jian's eyes narrowed before shaking his head: "Don't worry too much, this news was sent twenty minutes ago and judging by the photos and description, it looks like three or four cars collided. Plus, there's an exit nearby, so it should be easy for the police to clear."

"Given the news was published twenty minutes ago and considering the efficiency of news updates, the road should open soon. As long as the police work swiftly!"

Listening to Hao Jian, Lin Qingxue exhaled slightly with relief, then glanced at the time and realized it was already 11:40. Her pretty face showed some resignation.

She wondered if they could reach the university gate in twenty minutes! After getting off the highway, there'd still be some distance to the school...

Realizing this, Lin Qingxue somewhat despairingly accepted the fact that a late return was inevitable tonight.

Five minutes later, Hao Jian finally saw the car in front move, and his face looked somewhat relieved as he started the car and inched forward.

Five more minutes passed, and the number of vehicles ahead began to thin out, and the speed increasingly picked up, allowing Hao Jian to increase speed and eventually race down the highway once again.

"Hao Jian... cur... curfew has started..."

Speeding down the highway, Lin Qingxue clutched her phone and looked at Hao Jian, eyes filled with helplessness, suddenly a green light flashed and looking up, they saw the highway exit.

From here to Hua City University, there were still four kilometers...

At Hao Jian's speed, it would take eight minutes...