Chapter 168 In Order to Ease the Embarrassment, She Beat Him Again
Ebony and Max met in her previous life on the day after her twentieth birthday.
That day, after receiving her inheritance, she left the law firm.
But what she never expected was that she would be kidnapped.
Ebony had been secretly practicing boxing in order to enroll in the military academy.
But that little bit of pathetic martial art skill was useless in front of  criminals who were actually armed with murderous weapons.
At night, in a dim abandoned suburban old factory, she was dying from being beaten for trying to resist, and was thrown into a stinky underground ditch full of dead mice.
In a daze, she heard several kidnappers arguing outside.
Suddenly.
Bang!
It was a gunshot.
Ebony was startled.
Then, bang! Bang! Bang! There were several gunshots!
Ebony did not know what was going on, but she heard a series of slow footsteps gradually approaching her.
After a while, someone pulled her hair and said, "Boss, there is still someone here, who is still alive."
The old and broken light bulb above her head shone dazzlingly.
Ebony's bruised eyes could not open at all. She panted heavily and looked at the group of people in front of her in confusion.
She did not know who they were, why they appeared here, or what happened to the kidnappers outside.
At this moment, she heard a cold male voice.
The man's voice was like a python licking people's throats, with a horrible smell of suffocation, "Kill her, and bury her with those outside."
Ebony's pupils shrank suddenly.
She did not want to die!
She must resist!
She felt around and grabbed a slab. Holding the slab, she slammed it towards the man who was grabbing her hair.
The man was caught off guard and was hit in the calf.
He was immediately angry and kicked her head forcefully!
Ebony was sent flying backwards by the kick, and her head hit a steel plate.
She vomited a mouthful of blood, got up, and fought the man with her last bit of strength!
She fought the fight wretchedly.
She ended up with four broken ribs, blood all over her head, and dislocated hands and feet.
And the man had one of his ears bitten off by her!
The man stepped on her head fiercely, pointed a gun at her temple, and would shoot at any time.
Ebony had no strength left at that time. She lay on the ground, knowing that she would die for sure.
However, the cold python-like voice sounded again at this moment, "Hold on."
After a while, the foot on her head was removed.
Her hair was pulled up again, and a man whose face she could not see clearly scrutinized her face, and chuckled suddenly, "It's interesting."
...
Interesting?
Bullshit!
The memories came back. When Ebony realized that the person she was facing now was Max, she attacked his lower abdomen.
When Max was twenty years old, he was injured and underwent surgery, and part of his internal organs were removed.
His lower abdomen had always been his Achilles' heel. Anyone who wanted to hit him should hit him here!
Ebony attacked with insidious moves, specifically aiming for his Achilles' heel.
After a few times, Ebony clearly felt Max getting weak.
Ebony continued on her victory. If there was one person who knew Max's fighting habits best in this world, it was certainly Ebony because she was his apprentice!
Ebony fought harder and harder, and finally, Max was forced to retreat.
Ebony could not let him run away, so she chased after him stepping on the railing.
When she arrived at the flower bed at the back of the hospital building, she rushed forward, stepped on his shoulders, turned over, and stood in front of him.
The cold man in gray coat stopped.
The cool night breeze was a little biting.
He squinted. His narrow eyes sank slightly. He tilted his head and glanced at the footprints on his shoulders.
He gently brushed away the marks with the back of his hand. The look in his eyes was dangerous, and his gray eyes were fixed on the girl in front of him.
Ebony stood with her hands on her hips, and shouted at him, "If you want to deal with me, then come at me. Don't hurt others!"
Max's expression was cold, "I don't know you."
Ebony sneered, "You don't know me? You sent someone to assassinate me last time!"
Max frowned. A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Ebony was taken aback. She was observing Max's expression.
She knew Max very well, and she could easily interpret Max's facial expressions.
Seeing that Max really did not seem to know her, she was a little confused, "You, didn't you assassinate me last time? If you don't know me, then you..."
Ebony stopped suddenly. On the day of the assassination, Lloyd was there too.
Could, could it be...
Ebony's face quickly blushed. She scratched her head, and said sheepishly, "Did...did I misunderstand?"
Max turned around and was about to leave.
Ebony roared immediately, "You mustn't hurt Lloyd! No one is allowed to hurt him!"
With that, Ebony rushed over, attacking Max swiftly and aggressively.
It was so embarrassing to find out that she was not the one that he wanted to assassinate. In order to ease the embarrassment, she beat him again!
The insidious man was forced to take two more moves from the woman.
When he saw a hospital security guard coming over, he did not want to continue fighting, and with a kick, he turned around and crossed the grass while Ebony was dodging.
Ebony immediately went after him, but he had disappeared behind the grass.
"Damn!" Ebony cursed. She remembered that Lloyd was still alone in the ward, so she hurried back.
In the ward, Lloyd had already woken up.
Ebony ran in, grabbed his shoulder and asked, "Are you alright?"
Lloyd looked at her for a while, shook his head, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Ebony went and closed the door of the ward, and then came back and told him about Max.
She did not tell him she knew Max, but only said that she thought this person was suspicious, so she chased after him and got into a fight.
Then she asked, "Do you want to call the police?"
Lloyd was silent for a moment, and after looking at Ebony for a long while, he said, "No."
Ebony recalled that Lloyd's father was a marshal, and he must know how to deal with this kind of matters, so she said no more.
After that, nothing happened in the ward.
After a few more hours, it was dawn, and the production crew came to pick her up.
Ebony left reluctantly.
After Ebony left, Lloyd sat up and took out a note from under the pillow.
This note was left for him last night, and on it was a phone number.
An hour later, the gloomy man in a gray coat appeared in the ward again.
Lloyd looked blandly at Max opposite him, picked up the water beside him, and took a sip.
Max closed the door, walked to the couch opposite the hospital bed, sat down, and the corners of his mouth twitched,  "I'm sincere enough to come alone, ain't I?"
Lloyd said nothing.
Max said, "Hope that we are happy to work together."
Lloyd put the water glass down, and his dark eyes turned to Max, "Crocan never thought of cooperating with foreign terrorist organizations."
Max's gray pupils narrowed, "Owl, I don't want to be your enemy. Besides, I've given you Kendrick Logan."
Kendrick Logan was the one who assassinated Lloyd last time.
If he really wanted to kill Owl, Max would definitely not send only one person.
Kendrick Logan was nothing but a token of allegiance that he presented to Crocan's military.
Kendrick Logan once raped and killed the daughter of a high-rank Crocan official. Crocan had always wanted to arrest him, and Max gave him to Crocan's military with the purpose to cooperate with them.
The government of Maritria gave the Bloody Group a bounty list to catch an economic smuggler called Jared Meyer. Jared Meyer was now in Crocan, and Max came to Crocan in person for this transaction.
He also came alone to Lloyd for peace talks.
He thought he had acted really sincerely enough.
Lloyd did not say anything.
Max said suddenly at this moment, "Is the girl last night very important to you?"
Lloyd paused, and his dark eyes swept towards the Max.
Max sneered, "Someone important should be well hidden, or else there will be trouble..."
"Lloyd, I've brought you some soup!"
Before Max could finish his words, a girl's voice was heard outside the ward.
Ebony, who had sneaked out again, was carrying a thermos merrily with soup for Lloyd.
She did not expect to see someone else in the ward as soon as she opened the door.
The moment she saw Max, Ebony put the thermos away.
She was infuriated and rushed forward without thinking!
She was skillful, and she aimed at Max's stomach, where he had had surgery.
Max got up to dodge her, but Ebony blocked his way. She grabbed the ashtray on the coffee table and smashed it on Max's nose.
Max's expression looked awful now. He dodged several times only to find that Ebony seemed to be able to guess his moves in advance.
It was just like last night!
This girl...who the hell was she?!
After dodging another brutal attack, Max's stern gray eyes swept towards the man on the hospital bed at the back, and he said through gritted teeth, "Watch your woman! She's crazy!"