43: Chapter 43 What's wrong with my neck?

"Ding! Current physical fitness level: 4."

"Strengthening in progress..."

"Strengthening successful! Current physical fitness level: 5, 10 Points consumed!"

"Current win rate: 80%."

"System, keep strengthening for me!"

"Ding! Current physical fitness level: 5."

"Strengthening in progress..."

"Strengthening successful! Current physical fitness level: 6, 15 Points consumed!"

"Current win rate: 100%!"

This wave of strengthening directly consumed twenty-five Points.

Lin Yi felt a warm current instantly flow from his brain throughout his whole body.

He could even feel the muscles under his skin becoming firmer, and his bone density had increased significantly.

With the help of this power, Lin Yi caught up with the reversing van in just a few steps.

"Get the hell out!"

Lin Yi leaped high and smashed his fist hard against the car's front windshield.

The glass shattered upon impact.

Seeing this monstrous strength, the leader was startled and instinctively stepped on the brakes.

Just then, Lin Yi quickly reached his arm into the car and firmly grabbed the leader's collar.

"Hah!"

A graceful arc traced through the air as the leader was dragged out of the car from his seat by Lin Yi with one hand.

Seeing this, the other lackeys hurriedly got out of the car and quickly surrounded Lin Yi.

Lin Yi's eyes narrowed as he coldly scanned the group.

These men clearly looked like they had been trained.

Their bodies were covered in explosive muscles.

They were much stronger than a tough guy like Liu Jiangbo.

Fortunately, he had just strengthened his physical fitness level by two levels.

He should still have the strength to fight.

At this time, the leader clutched his knee and struggled to climb up from the ground.

He looked at the lean and strong young man in front of him, his face full of astonishment.

It was hard to imagine that this young man actually possessed such freakish strength just now.

But so what!

Two fists are no match for four hands.

Especially since there were five of them!

The leader wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his gaze gradually turning fierce.

"Go!"

With the leader's command, several people instantly attacked Lin Yi from different directions.

Lin Yi didn't hesitate for a moment when he saw this.

He had been in plenty of group fights since he was a kid.

He knew that in times like this, the best way to respond was to focus a heavy attack on one person.

And then use that as a breakthrough point.

So, Lin Yi raised his leg and kicked hard at the person rushing straight at him.

"Ugh..."

A muffled groan.

The person kicked by Lin Yi flew backward like a cannonball.

Lin Yi looked at his toes in disbelief.

physical fitness level 6, is it this strong?

He actually kicked a robust adult man flying with one kick?

Lin Yi clearly felt that his strength now was completely different from when he fought Liu Jiangbo at the Nanling Hotel.

No wonder the higher the physical fitness level, the more Points it costs to upgrade.

It seems you really get what you pay for.

The System is simply too conscientious!

Happy as he was, Lin Yi didn't just stand there dazed.

After kicking one person away, Lin Yi threw out several side kicks like lightning.

The remaining people also instantly fell to the ground.

Seeing them slumped on the ground wailing in pain, Lin Yi hurriedly opened the car door to check on Chen Yao's condition.

"Are you okay?"

Chen Yao was already a bit scared out of her wits, with two trails of tears still on her face.

Her eyes stared blankly ahead, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

Seeing this, Lin Yi gently pulled Chen Yao into his arms and patted her shoulder.

"It's okay, don't be afraid."

"With me here, no one can bully you."

Hearing Lin Yi's gentle voice, Chen Yao finally let down her guard.

"Lin Yi..."

"Waaaah..."

Chen Yao hugged Lin Yi's waist tightly, crying like a pear blossom in the rain.

She had already been in despair.

Facing several such strong men, she was just a weak woman and had no power to resist.

But Lin Yi's appearance was like a peerless hero riding on seven-colored auspicious clouds.

With just a few moves, he drove away this group of thugs.

She didn't expect that Lin Yi was not only kind-hearted but also had such good skills.

Chen Yao: Favorability +9 Points

Current Favorability: 49 Points.

Watching the hoodlums scatter and flee, Lin Yi thoughtfully helped Chen Yao out of the car.

"Do you want me to call the police for you?"

This was also the first time Lin Yi had encountered such a thing in real life.

Those people were simply too lawless.

If he hadn't happened to come across it, Chen Yao might have really been taken away by them.

And those people clearly weren't good news.

If she were taken away by them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But Chen Yao calmly shook her head.

"It's useless; there's no surveillance around here."

"There's no evidence to prove what just happened."

"They might even turn around and accuse you of assaulting them unilaterally."

As an intern lawyer, Chen Yao understood the pros and cons in this kind of situation very well.

She didn't want to affect Lin Yi because of this matter.

She could probably guess the power behind these people.

Besides Li Zhuoran, who else would go to such great lengths to kidnap her?

But as a woman with no one to rely on, what did she have to fight Li Zhuoran with?

Behind Li Zhuoran was the Li Group, which was famous throughout Nanling City.

Reality is sometimes just that cruel.

Since she couldn't win against them, she could only accept her bad luck.

If you can't afford to provoke them, you can only hide.

"Forget it, I'm fine now anyway."

"Let's go, let's go back and eat!"

Chen Yao smoothed the hair on her forehead, pretending to be carefree.

Seeing this, Lin Yi didn't say much, but he secretly made a plan in his heart.

...

Chen Yao led Lin Yi through many twists and turns until they finally reached the bottom of the apartment building.

"Your place is indeed quite hard to find."

"If you hadn't come to lead the way, I might have gotten lost."

Lin Yi joked, trying to lighten the atmosphere.

Chen Yao smiled politely.

"This is an old neighborhood, and the streetlights have been broken with no one coming to fix them."

"It's fine during the day, but at night you really can't see the road clearly."

"When we first moved here, we also got lost several times."

The two walked into the building; the hallway was also pitch black without any lights.

"Aren't you two girls afraid living in a place like this?"

To be honest, as a grown man, Lin Yi felt a bit uneasy seeing this pitch-black environment.

"Of course we're afraid."

"But we looked at many houses, and the rent here is the cheapest."

Lin Yi remembered Chen Yao saying it during their last meeting.

The two sisters had sold their own house to pay for their mother's medical treatment.

It seemed the sisters' lives were indeed very hard.

"We're here!"

Chen Yao took out her keys and opened the door.

"Feifei, we're back!"

Lin Yi followed Chen Yao into the house.

There was a pair of new slippers on the floor, which looked like the sisters had prepared specifically for him.

Chen Fei heard the sound and immediately ran over.

"Sis... what's... on your neck?"

Chen Fei noticed several red handprints on Chen Yao's neck.

They were from being choked by those people just now.

"Could it be that you and Brother Lin Yi just..."

Seeing her sister misunderstand, Chen Yao hurriedly explained.

"No, no, no, it's not like that!"

"Just now..."

In order not to let her younger sister worry too much,

Chen Yao downplayed the gravity of the situation and recounted what had happened.