Chapter 30: Underground Bank

  Zhou Jian was hung up by Chu Qingyun's sky message, and had nothing to do. He continued to look at Chu Qingyun's other messages, which roughly told him how terrible Ba Yu was, asking him not to force himself to complete the task, and even the last message said to give up the task and return to Peng City immediately.

  In his words, Zhou Jian could feel a little concern from Chu Qingyun for himself. Although this concern didn't represent anything, the feeling of being cared about was always nice.

  Connecting these pieces of information and recalling his conversation with Chu Qingyun, Zhou Jian roughly understood what the misunderstanding was. He then quit the game "Shenmo" and dialed Chu Qingyun's number using the hotel's public phone.

  "Hello, it's me, Zhou Jian."

  At this time, Chu Qingyun's anger had dissipated and her tone also became more gentle. "What time is your high-speed train to Peng City tomorrow?"

  "Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, I'll probably arrive at your place around 9 o'clock. I'll give you the things then. Is tomorrow convenient for you?"

  Chu Qingyun was taken aback, "Things? What things?"

  "Secret recipe, what else is there? Without getting the secret recipe, how can I return to Peng City?"

  "What? You got the secret formula?" Chu Qingyun felt that today was a day that made her dare not believe too many things, Zhou Jian actually obtained the secret formula in the presence of Ba Yu, how could this be possible?

  Could it be that the masked man who stabbed Ba Yu three times was Zhou Jian? Realizing this possibility, Chu Qingyun felt a bit dizzy, "You... you won't tell me that the person who stabbed Ba Yu three times and then attacked Sun De Guang was you?"

  "Three stab wounds? No." Zhou Jian said this, Chu Qingyun hadn't even had time to catch her breath when Zhou Jian's next sentence almost made her faint. "I only stabbed that Thai man once, as for Sun De Guang I just knocked him unconscious."

  The other end of the phone call suddenly went silent...

  "Hello? Hello? Miss Chu?"

  “……”

  In fact, Zhou Jian only stabbed Bayu once, but the weapon he used was not a knife, but an attacking claw with three curved blades, so it left three wounds on Bayu's body, and was mistakenly thought to have been stabbed three times.

  "Miss Chu?" Zhou Jian guessed that Chu Qingyun might be a bit unacceptable, and he explained: "I think that Ba Yu is just someone else's exaggeration, the actual strength is not that strong."

  At this time, Chu Qingyun on the phone was already pale with a look of having seen a ghost, unable to imagine, stunned and with all sorts of complex expressions. She opened her dry lips and asked: "Which family are you from?"

  "Uh... I've said it before, I'm not the heir of some big family or anything. I just learned a bit of martial arts passed down from my ancestors in elementary school. As for being able to take down Bayu, maybe he was just too careless, and I just happened to get lucky."

  With the kung fu skills passed down from their ancestors since primary school, they can deal with Bayue. How can those veteran bounty hunters who have been wandering in the Brazilian tropical rainforest and African Sahara Desert for half their lives bear it?

  What kind of awesome family can pass down such a powerful kung fu? If it weren't for the feeling being so clear and real, Chu Qingyun would have thought she was dreaming.

  Actually, Chu Qingyun also suspected that Zhou Jian was telling a lie, but she didn't want to investigate the matter further. She could feel that Zhou Jian was unwilling to mention his origins, at least Chu Qingyun thought Zhou Jian's character wasn't bad, and it was enough for him to be friends with her.

  She said: "It's impolite of me to ask, don't worry, my sister and I won't mention this matter to anyone. As for the five million, I will transfer it to your bank account."

  "I'm not in a hurry for that five million, you can pay it back slowly." Zhou Jian knew that Chu Qingyun's five million was obtained by mortgaging his villa, and now he had so many diamonds in hand, he didn't need to use money urgently.

  "It's better to pay as soon as possible, I will transfer it to your bank account in the form of a personal gift, and I will also pay the gift tax for you. Anyway, I will ensure that the amount you receive is 5 million intact."

  "Do we have to pay tax on this too?"

  "Yes, if gifts are tax-free, then inheritance tax cannot be collected."

  Zhou Jian hesitated for a moment, not because of the tax issue, he knew that in Huaxia, some departments could check bank transfer records. Five million was a small amount for many people, but for him, it was an astronomical figure. If it caught someone's attention, they would find out that this money came from Chu Qingyun, and the transfer time coincided with Sun Deguang's encounter, which was a coincidence that could easily arouse suspicion.

  Although the possibility is slim, Zhou Jian still can't help but guard against it. Once Sun De Guang finds himself, the consequences are unthinkable. It's fine to deal with him alone, but if he involves his family members, it would be even worse.

  Zhou Jian fell silent for a moment before suddenly asking: "Is there any way to open an international account? Such as an account with a Swiss bank?"

  Chu Qingyun was slightly stunned, but immediately understood Zhou Jian's meaning. Wasn't Zhou Jian just an ordinary person with no background? Otherwise, why would he have such concerns? It was just five million yuan after all.

  Chu Qingyun was curious, but didn't ask more questions. "To open a personal account in a Swiss bank, you need a Swiss green card. If you want to open a corporate account, you need a business license and some other relevant documents. It's not just about having money to deposit in a Swiss bank. If you don't want to use a domestic bank, I recommend going to the American Bounty Hunters Association. There is an underground money house there, although it's an underground money house, but its safety is not to be doubted. The procedures for storing money are much simpler there, and they also handle transactions of goods such as gold, antiques, jewelry, etc."

  Jewels? Zhou Jian's heart moved, he was worried about how to deal with the twenty-eight diamonds in his hand.

  "What documents are needed to open an account there?"

  "Underground banks can open anonymous accounts, all you need is yourself, nothing else. You can register a fake name and the account requires a password, your fingerprint and retinal data. However, there's a downside to anonymous accounts: if the depositor dies, the money left in the underground bank cannot be withdrawn, not even by the depositor's spouse or children. If the depositor is injured, loses their hands, and becomes blind, resulting in the loss of fingerprint and retinal information, then the money is gone too. That's why many bounty hunters are unwilling to use anonymous accounts, after all, being a bounty hunter is a high-risk profession."

  "I got it, thank you. I want that five million in cash. Where should we meet tomorrow?"

  Chu Qingyun hesitated for a moment, then said: "This is a serious matter, I'm afraid of being monitored outside, come to my house, it's safer here, I'm at home all day, you can come anytime."

  "Okay."

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