Chapter 1744: Arrest

Li Shangfeng was a bit nervous.

He had originally planned to use the money he just earned to go out for a big meal with Li Wanhua. They were both packed and ready to leave when he remembered he should tell Chen Ling.

After all, Chen Ling was their big benefactor, and his cousin had worked all day cleaning for them. If they just snuck out for a good meal without saying a word, it would be too rude... He had assumed a big boss like Chen Ling wouldn't want to go out to eat with poor people like them, but he didn't expect the other party to actually agree.

With that, the pressure was on Li Shangfeng... Since he was treating a benefactor to a meal, he couldn't pick somewhere too cheap, right?

So the budget for this meal was far, far higher than what he and his sister would have spent eating alone.

But thinking of how generous Chen Ling had been to them, Li Shangfeng gritted his teeth and led them into the most luxurious restaurant in the district.

"Comet Restaurant?" Chen Ling was startled when he saw the somewhat familiar gate.

"Yeah, it's the best restaurant in our area," Li Shangfeng explained appropriately. "I heard it's a chain... it expanded from the Tianchu side."

Chen Ling nodded slightly and followed Li Shangfeng inside.

Li Laide looked at the crowded restaurant, a faint light flickering in his eyes, wondering what he was thinking... A moment later, he followed behind.

"This, this, this... skip these... everything else..."

Li Shangfeng held the menu, struggling and feeling the pinch for a long time. Before he could say the most satisfying line, Li Wanhua beside him stood tall and said for him:

"We'll take everything else!!"

"??? Why did you steal my line!!"

"It's because you're dragging your feet, acting like a girl! Can't you be more generous when treating the boss to a meal?"

"I... I was planning to take everything anyway..."

“……”

Watching the siblings bickering as soon as they sat down, Chen Ling didn't find it noisy at all; instead, he felt a sense of peace he hadn't felt in a long time... He had been away from ordinary life for too long, and returning to this environment felt like an unreal dream.

Only at this moment did he truly realize that reversing the era and restarting the world... had succeeded.

He had truly returned to an era without plagues, without famines, and without pain.

In contrast to the lively interaction between the Li siblings, Chen Ling and Li Laide were as silent as if they were in the Arctic ice. Neither spoke to the other; one quietly watched the two siblings, while the other looked out the window, as if lost in thought.

Li Shangfeng really went all out this time. One big dish after another was brought to the table. Chen Ling could clearly hear the siblings gulping, but they didn't touch their chopsticks, instead looking at Chen Ling simultaneously.

"Don't just look, eat." Once the benefactor spoke, the siblings began to eat like starving ghosts.

Compared to them, Li Laide was as elegant as a noble in a Western restaurant. He meticulously tucked his napkin into his collar, then seemed to remember something and took it off... He stood up, seemingly intending to leave.

"I'm going to wash my hands," Li Laide said proactively.

Chen Ling's gemstone-red eyes swept over Li Laide calmly. He didn't speak, but a voice sounded directly in the other's mind:

"Don't play any tricks... my patience is limited."

Li Laide nodded imperceptibly.

Chen Ling didn't bother with him anymore. He believed Li Laide wouldn't be stupid enough to pretend to go to the bathroom and then escape. Even if he did leave, Chen Ling had plenty of ways to drag him back...

As it turned out, Li Laide didn't escape. When the third hot dish was served, he returned to his seat.

He didn't look at Chen Ling again, but tucked in his napkin, picked up his knife and fork, and began to enjoy his meal unhurriedly.

In this lively yet dull atmosphere, the dishes on the table were basically empty.

Just as Li Shangfeng burped and prepared to pay the bill with a heavy heart, a sudden change occurred!

Bang—!

Numerous figures suddenly swarmed in through the restaurant entrance. At the same time, terrifying auras of the divine path overlapped, actually surrounding every corner inside and outside the restaurant!

The many customers dining were all stunned. They looked at this scene in terror, their faces turning pale.

"Chengtian Prefecture is arresting a wanted criminal!! Bystanders, do not act rashly!!"

Chen Ling's gaze sharpened.

A waiter walked up to those figures and pointed at Li Laide, shouting:

"It's him! It's him!"

"There's no mistake, he looks exactly like the wanted notice! Many of us have confirmed it!!"

Countless gazes converged on Li Laide, who didn't seem nervous at all about being surrounded. He just slowly put down his knife and fork, and under the gentle sunlight, a faint smile appeared in his deep blue eyes...

The next second, a flashing radiance from outside the window hit the table precisely, and the brilliant firelight swallowed the four of them!

Boom—!!

Amidst the deafening roar, rolling thick smoke rose up!

"Remote precision strike complete!"

"Check the scene immediately! Do not let the wanted criminal escape!!"

The divine path practitioners who had been surrounding the area swarmed in. Well-trained, they wove their skills into a net, not intending to give these people any chance to escape.

But when the smoke cleared, beside the shattered table, only a figure in brown stood unscathed.

On the ground beside him, the Li siblings seemed to have turned into flat graffiti, hugging each other in terror, not knowing what had just happened.

"He's also a divine path practitioner?!"

"Damn it, is he an accomplice of the wanted criminal?!"

"Speak! Where did your accomplice escape to?"

"Control him first, take him back for interrogation, others follow me! That brat must still be nearby!"

“……”

Li Laide's disappearance made these Chengtian Prefecture practitioners furious. They immediately split into two groups: one to search the surroundings for Li Laide, and one to rush toward Chen Ling!

Facing the chaos and noise, Chen Ling remained unmoved.

The hem of his brown coat danced in the wind. He watched a certain direction in the void quietly, his eyes narrowing slowly, like a dangerous scarlet crescent moon.

"Very good."

"That's more like you..."

"But I also said... my patience has a limit."

Facing the divine path practitioners rushing toward him at high speed and the terrified, screaming crowd, Chen Ling just waved his hand gently. A massive, invisible heart-python crawled out from the void, flicking its tongue and swallowing everyone in one gulp!