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Chapter 234: Mortal Eyes, Blind to Cultivators!

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Zhang Meng saw this scene and immediately ran up, embracing Li Xiaoyao like a little lioness, roaring, "What are you doing, why are you arresting Xiaoyao Brother?"

The police officer said coldly, "Miss, please do not interfere with official duties."

Li Xiaoyao said, "Meng Meng, you go back first, I’m just going to assist with the investigation, I’ll be back soon. You stay at home and sort out the invitations, wait for me to return."

Zhang Meng looked at Li Xiaoyao worriedly, but in the end, she chose to trust him.

"Xiaoyao Brother, I’ll wait for you."

The police took Li Xiaoyao away, and on the way back to the police station, Li Xiaoyao leaned back in his seat, with his eyes closed.

The police officer beside him was instantly annoyed upon seeing Li Xiaoyao’s demeanor and said, "Kid, do you know that you’ve committed murder?"

Li Xiaoyao opened his eyes, glanced at him, and said, "Officer, you have to take responsibility for what you say. If I were you, I would keep my mouth shut without any evidence."

The police officer was startled, then sneered, "Heh, kid, you’re just being tough now. The highway surveillance has recorded all your actions."

Li Xiaoyao thought to himself that it must be the evidence left by accident when he killed that sniper last night.

However, these were not a big deal for Li Xiaoyao.

Li Xiaoyao said, "Give me my phone, I need to make a call."

"Scared now? Want to call for help?" The police officer said with disgust, "Kid, let me tell you, even if you found the governor to intervene, it won’t help. You committed murder, and you did it so arrogantly in the middle of a busy road."

Li Xiaoyao gave him a cold glance, exerted a slight force with his hands, and the handcuffs immediately snapped apart.

The police officer was stunned for a moment, then he reached to draw his gun. In the next instant, the dark muzzle was pressed against Li Xiaoyao’s head as he shouted loudly, "Raise your hands!"

Li Xiaoyao completely ignored the agitated police officer and took out his phone from his pocket to call Ji Yutao directly.

Seeing Li Xiaoyao being so defiant, the police officer was furious and jabbed his gun-wielding wrist forcefully towards Li Xiaoyao.

"Bang!" At a distance of ten centimeters from Li Xiaoyao’s head, the wrist suddenly stopped as if it had thudded against a huge rock, and a strong rebounding force spread to his arm.

The police officer was so shaken by the force that he felt dizzy. The driving officer, hearing the commotion, quickly braked to a stop on the side of the road, reached for his own gun, twisted his body around, and pointed the barrel at Li Xiaoyao.

"Put the phone down! Right now!"

By this time, Li Xiaoyao had connected his call and simply said, "I’ve run into some trouble, someone’s framed me for murder."

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After speaking, Li Xiaoyao put down the phone and said nonchalantly, "Someone will call you soon. What you need to do now is to put down the guns and take me back."

The two police officers looked at Li Xiaoyao as if he were crazy and said, "Kid, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? Do you understand that you’ve killed someone? You’re looking at a capital crime!"

Li Xiaoyao shook his head slightly, a bunch of mortals with mortal eyes, they don’t recognize a cultivator.

How could the rules of the mundane world be of any use to me?

Li Xiaoyao didn’t bother to waste words with them since they wouldn’t understand anyway.

If things went as he expected, in a few minutes at most, someone would call to have him taken back.

Sure enough, after a deadlock of five minutes, the two police officers received a call.

After the call, the way the two police officers looked at Li Xiaoyao changed.

"I’m sorry, Mr. Li, we’ll take you back now," they said.

It was like a farce that ended in an absurd manner.

When Li Xiaoyao was returned, Zhang Meng was anxiously pacing at the shop’s entrance.

"Xiaoyao Brother, you’re back!"

Zhang Meng ran up to him, overjoyed.

Li Xiaoyao patted her hair and said, "Let’s go inside."

The police officers, deflated like burst balloons, drove off.

On the way back, the two officers said, "Why did we let him go? The evidence was conclusive."

"The deputy chief said the surveillance footage was fabricated."

"What? Fabricated?"

"Now that I think about it, it did seem fabricated. Tell me, who can stop a high-speed car with a punch?"

"It seems...indeed, that’s true."

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"But why did the handcuffs on that kid’s wrist just break for no reason?"

As this was said, the two police officers exchanged a glance and fell silent.

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With the store opening imminent, Li Xiaoyao spent an entire day driving Zhang Meng around, visiting several of Ling City’s influential figures.

Zhang Meng felt like she must be dreaming.

Was that middle-aged man living in Building 1 of the government housing complex actually Ji Yutao, the top official of Ling City?

My god, she had actually met Chairman Ji.

Moreover, why was Chairman Ji’s attitude toward Xiaoyao so respectful?

It was as if he was paying respects to an elder.

This was something Zhang Meng couldn’t quite comprehend.

The others they visited afterwards, though unfamiliar to Zhang Meng, had an aura of high status naturally emanating from them, whether because of the Republic-era villas they resided in or their demeanor. It made Zhang Meng realize these people were definitely not ordinary.

It suddenly dawned on Zhang Meng that, unaware, Li Xiaoyao had become someone she needed to look up to.

But when did this happen?

Why did brother Xiaoyao suddenly become so powerful?

She must strive hard and achieve something noteworthy herself, she couldn’t always rely on brother Xiaoyao.

Determined, Zhang Meng secretly clenched her fists, cheering herself on.

There were only a few people whom Li Xiaoyao and Zhang Meng personally delivered invitations to.

These individuals were prominent figures in Ling City and the whole Lu Province.

The remaining invitations, for people like Long Feiyang, Zhao Si, and Zhou Tianhao, Li Xiaoyao sent out directly via express delivery.

Some invitations, however, Li Xiaoyao needed to deliver personally.

Such as, Ye Qinglian, Wang Min, oh right, and Lin Yuanyuan, Zhao Ge...

Zhang Meng called Zhuo Yi, planning to invite her to buy some tea, pastries, banners, flower baskets, and the like.

These were all needed for the opening event.

However, Zhuo Yi’s phone remained unreachable no matter how many times Zhang Meng tried to call.

Zhang Meng came over and muttered, "What’s Zhuo Yi up to? Why isn’t she answering my calls?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyao’s body jolted, then he quickly said, "Maybe she’s gone on a business trip."

"That’s true, Zhuo Yi is quite busy now," Zhang Meng didn’t think much of it, took out her cellphone, and called another friend.

Soon, Zhang Meng had arranged where to meet with her friend and then drove away.

Li Xiaoyao stayed in the store for a few minutes longer before driving off as well.

In his car, Li Xiaoyao called Ye Qinglian. The phone rang a few times before connecting.

"What’s up?" Ye Qinglian asked in a suppressed voice.

Li Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow, "You’re busy?"

"Spit it out if you have something to say, don’t waste my time catching criminals," Ye Qinglian said impatiently.

"Oh, you’re catching bad guys? Officer Ye, you really are a good police officer for the people," Li Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up."

"Hey, wait, there’s something," Li Xiaoyao interjected, "Where are you? I’ll come over and give you an invitation."

Ye Qinglian paused for a moment before asking, "Invitation? What invitation? Are you and Zhu Xiaoyue getting married?"

Li Xiaoyao felt his head go blank, "No, it’s not..."

"Oh... bang bang bang!"

Ye Qinglian had just responded when suddenly, a burst of gunshot sounds came through the phone.