Chapter 76: A Few Words Reveal the Mystery

  "Xue Zanmou, wait a minute, I still have something important to discuss with you." Jiang Chaotian let Xue Xiang stay behind and said to the others: "Everyone can disperse, I and Xue Zanmou still have some important matters to discuss."

  The crowd of onlookers felt uneasy and, upon hearing Jiang Chaotian's words, were overjoyed and hastily stood up, swarming out in a hurry. Before leaving, they didn't forget to bid farewell to Xue Xiang with a nod, saying "see you again". In fact, the crowd had no desire to meet again, only hoping to never see each other from then on, separated by vast distances.

  Chen Fosheng and the other two stiffened their backs, ignoring Jiang Chaotian's orders, and looked at Xue Xiang together, waiting for him to make a move. Xue Xiang didn't want to waste time here, but also wanted to hear what Jiang Chaotian had to say, so he said to the three of them: "Fosheng, you go deliver lunch to Xiao Wan and the others, it's late, I'm afraid it won't be in time, go now. Zhang Shouzhang, this time my brother was slow, on that day I'll invite you out for a meal to make up for it. Jing Hua, you go help Fosheng with his task, everyone scatter." With these instructions, he took care of everything, placated Yin Jinghua, and also saved Zhang Pangzi's face.

  Yin Jinghua was overjoyed, finally able to make use of himself. Today, he unexpectedly benefited from misfortune and his relationship with Third Brother took another step forward. He seemed like a lovesick man pursuing his heart's desire, every inch of progress filling him with joy. Zhang Pangzi, on the other hand, admired Xue Xiang extremely, and even in this situation, didn't forget to take care of his own feelings. It was clear that he was meticulous and self-controlled, and how could someone like that not succeed? Chen Fosheng led Yin Jinghua to find Old Ma for a meal box, but Zhang Pangzi refused to leave the group, thickening his skin to follow along as well.

  "Speak up, everyone's gone. I really have something to do, you'd better hurry." As soon as the three of them left, Xue Xiang urged Jiang Chao Tian to speak quickly.

  "What is most precious in life? Only this trivial fame and beauty. If you were to distinguish between the two, would you be willing to trade a bronze statue for a city? Brother Xue has good fortune, such national beauty, Brother Xue, are you willing to trade a bronze statue for a city?" Jiang Chao Tian had already seen from afar that Liu Ying'er and Xue Xiang's eyes had met, and even though he had seen countless women, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This is truly the kind of beauty that can topple cities and countries! That damned Xue Xiang is really lucky!"

  "Are you really bored out of your mind and came to bother me?" Xue didn't have the mood to chat with him.

  Jiang Chao Tian burst out laughing: "Awesome! Xue younger brother is indeed a wonderful person, first there's 'non-mainstream', then there's 'awesome', although I don't like you, but chatting with you is quite delightful, quite relieves my heart..."

  "Cut it out, stop wasting words! Hurry up and say it, I'm really getting impatient with all this idle chatter."

  "Alright, since Young Master Xue has a prior engagement, I won't waste your time. However, this matter is extremely confidential and concerns life and death. With Advisor Xue's spirit in disarray, how can I dare to discuss it with you?" Jiang Chao Tian's smile faded, and he asked solemnly.

  Xue Xiang saw that he spoke seriously and had already guessed seven or eight parts, his heart suddenly chilled, "Alright, Jiang Dashao, I'll be right back."

  Without waiting for Jiang to respond, Xue Xiang walked towards Liu Ying'er. Liu Ying'er had been waiting impatiently, although she wasn't on duty in the afternoon, there were still many things to do at home. Seeing Xue Xiang approaching, she thought he was done talking and came up to pull him away. Xue Xiang couldn't leave for a while, so he could only soothe her with gentle words. Liu Ying'er wasn't clingy by nature, and she knew that Xue Xiang seemed to be busy with military affairs now. Since her beloved had something on his mind, how could she blame him? As soon as Xue Xiang opened his mouth, Liu Ying'er agreed. She waved goodbye to Xue Xiang and walked away with elegant steps.

  "Speak up, now that we're both clear-headed. I'm curious to hear what's on your mind." Xue sat back in his original position, lit a cigarette, and waited quietly for the other person's astonishing words.

  Jiang Chao Tian said: "The weather has been quite bad lately."

  Xue Xiang's eyebrows furrowed, he took a deep drag on his cigarette, burning away nearly a third of it. "What's the wind direction?"

  Jiang Chao Tian heard this and his spirit was immediately lifted, you are indeed not an ordinary strategist.

  "It's hard to tell which way the wind is blowing." Jiang Chao Tian sat up straight, his eyes gleaming.

  "It seems that the Western Wind is getting stronger. Since Jiang Daxia has no intention of opening his heart, let's disperse." Xue stood up and was about to leave.

  "Xue's gaze was piercing, but Jiang was indeed a little petty, and was forced to drink three cups of wine as an apology." Jiang Chao Tian quickly grabbed Xue Xiang and downed the three cups with a flourish.

  Xue Xiangfu sat down again: "Jiang Dashao, today you kept me here, I'm afraid it's not to talk about the weather with me? What's on your mind, just say it out loud, I'll listen carefully."

  "Xue Lao Di, I won't try to test you either. How can we get through the stormy weather together?" Jiang Chao Tian's words had a sense of sincerity and trustworthiness.

  Xue Xiang knew that what he said was probably true, and the weather had indeed become increasingly gloomy over the past few days, with wind and rain like a dark omen. He withdrew his long legs from the table, and spoke seriously: "What's the point of telling me these things, Jiang Da Xiao? I'm just a lowly foot soldier, not even worthy of being a messenger, so what can I possibly do to help?"

  "Xue, my brother, let's not beat around the bush. I'm well aware of your importance in An Lao's heart, and if it weren't for General An's protection back then, you wouldn't have received the honor of being a top-notch hero, but rather would have faced imprisonment. This is how you repay General An's kindness?" By the end, Jiang Chao Tian's tone had turned stern.

  Xue had a weather forecast in his heart, so he could naturally avoid the wind and rain tomorrow. What he needed to do now was to wait for the right price to sell, how could he let Jiang Chao Tian take it down so easily? He looked up at the sky and yawned: "Really sleepy, warm sun makes people lazy, are you sleepy?"

  "Hey!" Jiang Chao Tian's momentum, which had been built up with great difficulty, was instantly dissipated by his lazy appearance. "So what Brother Xue meant is that there's nothing to discuss?"

  "Don't you think our conversation is ridiculous? An ant trying to shake a tree, a mantis trying to stop a chariot - are these things that you and I can discuss?" With that, Xue turned around and walked away without looking back.

  Xue Xiang's goal was achieved, and he didn't want to continue talking. He had figured out the most important thing: in his memory, Jiang Chao Tian was alone on a boat at sea, tossing about in the stormy weather, but ultimately returned with a full load. At this moment, he was overjoyed, thinking that the other side also thought the wind and waves were too big, inviting Old Master to go out to sea together, only to be rejected by him. After they made their fortune, of course, they would want to get rid of those who didn't know how to show respect in the past. This conversation was really too important, Xue Xiang took big strides forward, afraid that he couldn't hold back his laughter.

  Watching Xue Xiang walk away, Jiang Chao Tian shook his high-footed cup, the red wine inside swaying and trembling, just like the ups and downs of his mood. Suddenly, he also smiled. This trip was not in vain! Xue Xiang achieved his goal, and how could Jiang Chao Tian not have completed his task as well? At least, Xue Xiang's last words revealed enough information - they were also moved on that side. He knew this was Xue Xiang intentionally revealing to him, but since the purpose had already been achieved, what did it matter whether it was intentional or not?

  …………..

  Xue Xianggang rode away on his motorcycle, and a figure flashed out from the corner of Old Moses Restaurant. He followed in the direction Xue Xianggang had gone, stomped his feet, and suddenly ran towards the left side of the main street, shouting: "Dàyágē, Bái Shǎo, why did you guys just get here? The person has already fucking run away."

  The person who came was Bai Keshu and Jiang Daya's gang, and the one speaking was Hei Pi, a thug under Jiang Daya. It turned out that Bai Keshu was the fiancé mentioned by Liu Ying'er. Bai Keshu had a good appearance but was licentious, relying on his father being the hospital director to do evil things in the Central Hospital. Many nurses and female doctors were ruined by him. How could Liu Ying'er, who was as beautiful as an immortal, escape his notice? If not for her strong personality, she would have fallen into his trap long ago. Liu Ying'er refused to give in, but Bai Keshu relied on his father's power and Jiang Daya's influence, yet he couldn't succeed, and he was unwilling to give up. The more he couldn't get what he wanted, the more he felt it was precious. Bai Keshu had no interest in other things, but when it came to chasing women, he was persistent and wouldn't give up until he succeeded. By chance, he found out that Liu Ying'er had a brother named Dabao, who had suffered brain damage due to meningitis as a child and now had the intelligence of a six or seven-year-old at over twenty years old. He needed to go to the Central Hospital for treatment every month to maintain his life. Liu Ying'er's family also had an elderly mother and a younger brother, and almost all their expenses were borne by her, not to mention the cost of Dabao's medical treatment. Bai Keshu took advantage of this situation, using Dabao's illness to coerce Liu Ying'er and threatening her job at the same time. Liu Ying'er had no choice but to agree, but unexpectedly, Bai Keshu was serious this time and insisted on marrying her. After a series of threats and inducements, Liu Ying'er could only accept with her eyes closed. Bai Keshu was in a hurry, fearing that things might change, and insisted on signing a marriage contract before he would give up. Liu Ying'er had no power to resist, carrying the burden of her whole family, and it was hard for her to even think of dying, so she could only do as he wished.

  Bai Keshu was waiting for Liu Dami's time to come and make her his wife, while continuing to cause trouble at the hospital. Originally, their life together was happy and carefree. But recently, he suddenly discovered that Liu Ying seemed to have an affair. How could this be? Isn't this digging a hole in his own backyard? After several twists and turns, Bai Keshu finally found out who was digging into his corner. It wasn't someone else, but the same kid who had ruined his good deed and pointed a gun at him last time. Now, new and old hatreds surged up together in his heart, and Bai Keshu became ruthless. He threw out a large sum of money to invite Jiang Daya to take action again. Although he was set up by Jiang Daya last time, that was also due to the circumstances, and he could understand it. Besides, apart from Jiang Daya, he really couldn't find anyone else to do this dirty deed for him.

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