Chapter 1030 - 994: Catalyst
Chapter 1030 - 994: Catalyst
"Lin Jie, someone called me just now. As soon as I answered, I realized it was that guy calling."Chen Lili handed her phone to Lin Jie and said, "I recorded the latter part of his words. Have a listen."
Lin Jie took the phone, pressed play, and a slurred voice emerged from the phone, "…Spend a night, earn some money, plus get that high-paying job you've dreamed of—what a bargain this is."
"Also, bring that little firecracker who follows you along."
"Someone's interested in her too, ten grand, famous models, small celebrities go for this price!"
"Damn, I work hard day and night for a month and still can't earn this much…"
"Uh… hurry over, we're waiting in room 305 on the third floor… uh…"
Lin Jie handed the phone back to Chen Lili, and coldly said, "Let's go meet this damn deputy manager and those four young men!"
"Lin Jie!"
Guan Muhua reached out to stop him, urging, "I can teach them a lesson myself. There's no need for you to go."
Lu Kaicheng also advised, "Lin Jie, a gentleman stays behind safe walls; there's no need for you to get involved."
"With Guan Muhua and me, plus borrowing a few hands from Fu Xiuyuan, we're enough."
Lin Miao said worriedly, "Brother…"
Lin Jie naturally understood their concerns, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, do you think I'm going there to act myself?"
"No, I'm just going to take a look and recognize who's who!"
"With this type of matter, I'll let their company, their elders handle it."
"Rest assured, they won't dare touch me. My current status is enough to match their seniors."
"Let's go then…"
Saying this, Lin Jie lifted his leg and headed out.
Guan Muhua, unable to stop him by force, had to follow.
Seeing this, Lin Miao, Lu Kaicheng, and Chen Lili also followed…
Pushing open the heavy wooden door of room 305, the unclear whispers and playful laughter of men and women immediately reached Lin Jie's ears.
Following behind Guan Muhua, Lin Jie stepped into the spacious, luxuriously decorated room.
He saw five young men sitting rather indecently on a sofa in a semicircle, each accompanied by a scantily dressed young woman.
A few opened bottles of foreign wine, along with fruit platters and snacks, were placed on the long table in front of the sofa.
A man in his thirties, dressed in a casual suit and sporting a slicked-back hairstyle, upon seeing Lin Jie and the others, stood up from the sofa with somewhat unsteady steps and questioned, "Who are you? How can you burst in so impolitely?"
At this moment, Lin Miao, Lu Kaicheng, and Chen Lili also entered the room.
"Is it him?" Lin Jie turned and asked Chen Lili.
"It's him!" Chen Lili said with some disgust!
The slicked-back hair guy's eyes lit up upon seeing Lin Miao and Chen Lili, and he turned to laugh with the people on the sofa, "Gu Shao, Yan Shao, look, the girls you fancy have arrived."
"I told you, there's no girl money can't handle. If a woman refuses to spread her legs, it's surely because you're not paying enough!"
As he said this, two young men stood up from the sofa.
They swayed, laughing as they approached.
The slicked-back hair man, laughing slyly, moved his mocking and smug gaze back to Lin Miao and Chen Lili, then shifted it to Lin Jie, with a look of surprise.
He pointed at Lin Jie, slightly dazed, "Huh, you look kind of familiar."
"We knew each other before..."
Lin Jie took a step forward, smiled at him, and said, "We didn't know each other before, but we will soon, and quite deeply…"
Suddenly, Lin Jie hooked the man's left leg with his foot.
The man with the slicked-back hair lost his balance and fell to one knee.
Simultaneously, Lin Jie grabbed his outstretched forearm with his right hand, his upper arm with his left, quickly twisting and pulling, and with a crack, the man's right arm was dislocated at the shoulder joint.
Along with the crack was the man's cry of agony!
The two young men who approached instinctively adopted a fighting stance.
Prepared, Guan Muhua squinted his eyes and suddenly kicked the abdomen of the man in the lead, sending him flying backward, and then lying still on the ground.
Guan Muhua's kick was very precise.
He struck the solar plexus of the abdomen.
Centered around the navel, it radiates outwards like the rays of the sun; hence it's called the solar plexus.
The solar plexus is divided into two crescent-shaped ganglia, forming a complex network with other nerve clusters in the abdomen, widely distributed in the abdominal wall, peritoneum, and internal organs.
A severe shock can stimulate this solar plexus, inducing intense nerve reflexes.
Therefore, hitting the abdomen above the navel can instantly cause severe abdominal pain, making it difficult to breathe or stand, and result in muscle spasms, collapsing to the ground. The strong nerve reflexes might even cause fainting.
And as the abdominal organs are relatively soft, they have a strong resistance to impact, minimizing the risk of substantial organ damage.
Thus, targeting this area is a primary choice for experienced individuals aiming for non-lethal strikes.
The other person, following behind, seeing his companion fall from a single hit, quickly reacted by raising both hands in a surrender gesture, slowly backing away!
Guan Muhua glanced at him, but did not continue to act, instead took a step forward, protecting Lin Jie behind him, and stared fiercely at the other two young men who stood up from the sofa!
At this moment, another scream arose.
Lin Jie cleanly and efficiently dislocated the slicked-back man's left arm as well.
Perhaps finding the man's screams unpleasant, Lin Jie grasped his chin, with a twist and a pull, dislocated his jaw too!
Thus, the slicked-back man could only whimper like 'ah ah', but could not shout out loud.
Following this, Lin Jie kicked the slicked-back man in the chest, knocking him to the ground.
Lu Kaicheng followed and stepped forward, placing a foot on the slicked-back man's chest, preventing him from turning over!
Lin Jie glanced at the five young women huddled in a corner of the private room, then fiercely looked at the three young men gathered together and asked, "Do you know who I am?"
After this incident, the alcohol in these three young men started to sober up significantly.
Among them, one young man who appeared slightly mature, around twenty-four or twenty-five years old, shook his head and said, "You look unfamiliar, young sir. If possible, would you kindly inform us?"
He then continued, "I understand, we offended the two ladies accompanying the young sir, and we are willing to compensate and apologize, requesting young sir not to strike again."
"After all, we were only verbally offensive, if the young sir harms us..."
He said threateningly, "It might be hard to resolve things afterward."
Lin Jie sneered coldly, "Hard to resolve? I'm very curious, how could it be hard to resolve!"
Just as he took a step forward, the pale-faced youth on the left suddenly cried out, "I know you, I know you, you're that doctor, you're that doctor."
He then promptly shouted, "My cousin is your student!"
Lin Jie halted his steps, scrutinized him, and asked, "Your cousin?"
The pale youth hastily said, "Shu Hongwen! Shu Yueze, the chairman of East Sea Real Estate, is my uncle."
Lin Jie recalled a person and asked, "What is your relation to Shu Yunfeng?"
"He's my brother!"
The pale youth added: "Half-brother, different mothers!"
Knowing this person's identity, Lin Jie was indeed unable to act further, after all, there was some connection with the Shu Family.
He glanced at the slicked-back man pinned under Lu Kaicheng's foot and said sternly, "You are lucky, in consideration of the Shu Family, I won't teach you a lesson."
"But, this matter today requires an explanation within two days."
"Let's go!"
Once out of the private room, Lin Miao grabbed Lin Jie's arm, eyes sparkling, and exclaimed, "Brother, brother, you're amazing, swiftly dealing with that bastard."
Chen Lili was also flushed with excitement, looking at Lin Jie with admiration.
Lin Jie lost his previous cold demeanor, boasting, "Being your brother, they dare bully you, they must be taught a lesson."
"Let them know, my sister isn't easily bullied."
Actually, upon hearing that phone recording, although Lin Jie was angry, he really hadn't intended to directly act.
Otherwise, he would at least find a wooden stick for a weapon before entering the private room.
Only when he entered the room and saw that the five young men were drunk and not particularly strong, with Guan Muhua, a notably capable fighter beside him, did he decide otherwise.
However, Lin Jie was quite measured in this action.
He merely dislocated the opponent's arms and jaw, which caused temporary pain and discomfort, but wouldn't leave permanent damage.
Lin Miao eagerly asked, "Brother, teach me, how do you dislocate a person's arm?"
Lin Jie placed his arm around her shoulder, smiling and said, "This can't be taught."
"I rely on a profound understanding of human anatomy right down to the bone, using a touch here and a feel there to almost figure out the state of his muscles and joints, then with stealth and skill, successfully dislocate his shoulder joint."
Lin Miao expressed an understanding "Oh" sound then looked at Guan Muhua and asked, "Brother, can this technique be used on Brother Guan too?"
Lin Jie looked into the inquisitive gaze of Guan Muhua and shook his head, saying, "Not likely. Guan Muhua has trained, his ligaments and muscles are strong, my strength may not be enough."
"Moreover, his reaction is quick, any slight twist of his arm could make my force misdirected."
At this time, Lin Jie suddenly received a call from Zhou Ziyan.
He heard Zhou Ziyan excitedly say on the phone, "Expert Lin, the military suddenly delivered over forty pounds of tiger bone, said to come from a Northeast tiger that was injured and died several years ago at the Russian-Chinese border."
Upon hearing this news, Lin Jie happily asked, "How many people can be given the inducer from these tiger bones?"
"Using Elenna's dosage as a model, it's probably enough for four to five thousand people!"
Such numbers shocked Lin Jie not because they were too few but too many.
He further asked, "A seventy-odd gram centennial ginseng, how much can it prepare?"
"If the medicinal effects are sufficient, it might suffice for two to three thousand people."
Lin Jie couldn't believe it and asked, "Zhou Ziyan, seventy-odd grams, two to three thousand people, how much is that for one person?"
"What's the potency of this?"
Zhou Ziyan laughed lightly, "Expert Lin, the potency is guaranteed."
"These tiger bones and centennial ginseng are simply pharmaceutical primers, like catalysts, barely needed, significantly enhancing the efficacy of a dosage."
He then lamented, "Primarily because these tiger bones and centennial ginseng are extremely rare and costly, compelling generations of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to perpetually refine prescriptions, minimizing dependence on them..."
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