Chapter 6: Cocoon (Part 1)

  As soon as Shi Wei returned from South Africa, he went straight to the supermarket. He fully demonstrated the excellent spirit of an old generation of proletarian revolutionaries who were not afraid of hardship and death. He launched a relentless emotional offensive against Du Cui, and that night, he successfully enjoyed the privilege of sleeping on the sofa in the living room. He believed that from then on, he could bid farewell to his lonely life of living alone in a rented house outside.

  Long Wan immediately took a few subordinates to Beijing, advancing into the ocean. This was Long Wan's plan for a long time, but the investment risk was too great, so he decided to cooperate with several large enterprises. Due to the wide range of involvement, the negotiations were not very smooth, and Long Wan simply gave himself a day off to tour the suburbs.

  Lying on the mountain slope, the tree shade above covered the scorching sun, and the dappled sunlight shot down from the gaps in the leaves, falling to the ground and becoming round spots of light. With the blowing wind, the light spots also changed their position on the ground from time to time. Although the weather was very hot, it was a lazy and languid heat, with the grass leaves gently swaying, Long Biao felt very comfortable, this was a rare moment of comfort.

  ……

  Suddenly, a chill ran down from the back of my head, and a stern voice rang in my ears: "You are suspected of murder, intentional injury to others, inciting others to provide false testimony to obstruct justice, violating wildlife protection laws, insulting and humiliating women, violating national family planning management regulations and other multiple crimes. Now, with the approval of the People's Procuratorate, you will be arrested according to law. You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say will be used as evidence against you!"

  He immediately felt his arm being twisted behind his back by the speaker, who even pressed his knee against his back and pressed his head to the ground with his hand. His brain suddenly appeared that kind of long-lost sharp pain under the man's powerful pressure, he couldn't breathe!

  He desperately wanted to push his body up, wanting to use the self-defense techniques he had learned from Meng Yuan and others to shake this guy off. He simply couldn't believe that someone would be so rude to him, a chairman and president of a multinational conglomerate, who had interacted with presidents, congressmen, and generals from many countries, and was treated as a VIP by many politicians and high-ranking officials. The fact that he was being tormented like this by some unknown guy was simply a huge joke! If it got out, it would be unbearable!

  But this guy's power is too great, I feel like I'm being pressed down by a weight of tens of thousands of tons, my entire body is completely suppressed by a mountain, unable to move even half an inch! Yes, I am already Sun Wukong crushed under the Five Elements Mountain, no, I am even more miserable than Sun Wukong, Monkey King can still move his head, but I can't even budge my head at all!

  His whole body was burning with anger, this angry blaze suddenly burst out enough to counter the energy that held himself back, he abruptly lifted his head and angrily asked: "Who are you? What right do you have to slander me?"

  "This man's voice was unusually resolute: 'I am a policeman! We have already grasped all the evidence of your crime, you just prepare to accept the legal sanctions!'"

  "What law? Haha! What are you talking about, law?" Long Biao struggled violently with his painful body, sneering and saying, "The law is made by humans, decided by humans, and defended by humans. The law is just a game of interests! You're just a stupid cop, you don't even understand shit, get out of my sight!"

  "The law is like a net, loose but never leaky!" The voice was stern and unyielding, like thunder rolling in, "The evidence of your crime is solid, you can't escape!"

  "What the hell is this law network, what crime facts are conclusive evidence? Who sent you? Who instructed you to do this?" Long Bao was in extreme discomfort, his whole body aching like a knife cut, his mouth, nose and eyes full of mud and dust, he reproached with difficulty, "Let me go! Otherwise I'll peel off your skin and pull out your tendons!"

  "You are now adding another charge, verbal intimidation of a police officer's personal safety!" The voice was stern and just. "You will not only face severe punishment under the law, but also condemnation from society's moral code!"

  "Let your mother's dog fart! Social justice and morality condemn? You treat me like a three-year-old idiot?" Long Bing suddenly flipped over and knocked the policeman to the ground, snatching the gun from his waist and firing two shots at his head. The bullets entered through his eyes, which instantly burst, splashing blood all over Long Bing's body. The bright red blood flowed out of the eye sockets, covering the policeman's face with a bloody mess, revealing two huge black holes. Long Bing viciously smashed the gun against the policeman's head, shouting savagely, "You're blind! Dare to move me? Today I'll make you blind, you dog-eyed thing!"

  The policeman was about to die, weakly groaning, when a strange voice suddenly echoed around Longbiao: "You killed someone! You are a murderer! You will be sentenced to death! You will be shot!"

  "Is he human? This deep mountain and forest, everywhere is full of beasts, he is just a beast too. Killing him is just like killing a beast, I killed White Killer! Who can blame me? Haha... Ha..."

  "Long... how... you... you killed me..." Just as Long Bao was laughing maniacally, he suddenly heard Jing Er's voice coming from the policeman's mouth!

  What, what, what have I done? What am I doing? Heaven, how did I kill Jing'er? How could I kill someone?! Kill the one I love most, Jing'er?! No, no, no!

  Just as he was consumed by fear, the policeman's face suddenly turned into Jing'er's face, then suddenly turned into Qiuya, into Wenli, into Xue Bingying, into Jiao Siwei, into Shi Wei, into Hai Tao, into Qian Yuhui, into Du Ci, into his grandfather, into Qian Lao, into Su Lao, into Qi YeYe, into Jiao Hengsen, into Yang Xiuren, into Xue Zong, into Jin Zong, into Sun Wenquan, into Ouyang, and even turned into the unborn child of Ouyang's wife! And also turned into all those lions, leopards, wild oxen, sharks, dolphins, rabbits, loaches, yellow eels...

  In an instant, the uncontrollable, extremely dangerous and terrifying fear all turned into thousands of knives and swords in that split second, cutting him into stardust-like fragments flying everywhere in a very short time. The thorough and complete darkness enveloped unimaginable pain in the ocean of blood and tears, going wild and rampant!

  Uh-ah!...

  He let out a blood-curdling scream!

  They watched as Long Bao fell into a deep sleep under the shade of the trees, in a quiet and secluded forest, where the gentle breeze blew against their faces, feeling very comfortable. Li Da Shan picked up a leaf and played with it, using his fingernail to tear it open, carefully cutting away the leaf's flesh, leaving only the veins, then holding the stem between his fingers, turning it back and forth. Meng Yuan was intensely smoking, his eyebrows furrowed together.

  Suddenly they saw the sleeping Long Bao violently shaking, instantly shocked and rushed forward to whisper: "Chairman Long, Chairman Long, …"

  Long Bao dazedly shook his head and mumbled: "I'm a murderer, I'm a murderer..."

  They shouted louder: "Chairman Long, Chairman Long, …"

  Long Bao's whole body shook violently, and he suddenly opened his eyes!

  This is on the mountain slope, this is in the woods, oneself is lying under the shade of a tree, Meng Yuan and others are surrounding oneself, no police, no blood, no dead people, sunlight still shines through the gaps between leaves, casting circular spots that move with the wind on the ground and on one's body, remembering that this is the physical common sense of pinhole imaging.

  Long Bao propped himself up with his arm, and Li Da Shan handed him a bottle of mineral water. Long Bao took it and gulped down half the bottle in one breath, screwed on the cap, and let out a long sigh. Only then did he notice that his eyes were a bit blurry, so he rubbed them with his hand, picked up the cigarette box beside him, pulled out a cigarette, and started smoking.

  The scenery in front of him was what people called landscape, but the landscape itself was nothing more than mountains, water, trees, clouds, sunlight, grasslands and those living creatures. The feeling about the landscape only existed because of the person who was experiencing it at that moment. At this time, Long Bao felt that this landscape was lonely, a lonely nature. He really couldn't feel close to the natural landscape like Li Da Shan did. He thought that closeness was very far away, very far away.

  There was a tree beside him, and at a position parallel to his line of sight, there was a black cocoon stuck on the dark brown trunk. At first glance, it wasn't easy to notice. Long Bao reached out and picked off the cocoon, placing it in the palm of his hand for observation.

  This must be the cocoon made by the insect's larva before it becomes a pupa, this kind of cocoon can also be found on trees in Xiongshan, one end of the cocoon has a round hole, inside is empty, no pupa, it seems that the pupa had long become an insect and flew away.

  The silkworms that classmates raised when they were young, the white and fat silkworm babies would move their heads back and forth in the box when they reached the neck area, spitting out a very fine silk thread from their mouths to wrap themselves inside, making a closed white home, and then sleep. If you tear open the cocoon at this time, you can see that the silkworm baby has turned into a dark-colored round pupa. Of course, if you don't tear open the cocoon, after some days, the pupa will turn into a moth with two pairs of wings that cannot fly, and it will bite open the cocoon and drill out from inside. They will then lay eggs, laying row upon row of black and yellow eggs, and then they will die. The cocoon will also have a small hole at this time.

  The cocoon, itself spits out silk to make a cocoon for itself, the cocoon protects the worm that made it, and the worm inside thinks it is very safe and comfortable.

  Mistaken, they are waiting for the pupation of life. After pupation, it becomes a moth that executes its instincts.

  Meng Yuan and the others didn't know why Long Bao solemnly put the black cocoon into the snuff box, they closely followed behind Long Bao down the mountain.

  After going down the mountain, Long Bao sat in front of a table at the hotel and left a message for Jing'er: "Thinking is like silkworm silk, unknowingly forming a cocoon in logical reasoning. The cocoon is cold, dark, and lonely. What is my cocoon? What is your cocoon? A sober caterpillar, an intoxicated pupa, a confused moth - is this what you call 'the expected recovery and healing that has been overturned'?"

  Jing'er was very strange and didn't directly respond to this sentence, but instead sent over a single character: Jing.

  More than ten days later, Long Bao responded to the invitation of Daiwa Company in Japan and went to inspect the project cooperation. This inspection was relatively smooth, and both parties were still satisfied. The agreement basically reached an intention, and Long Bao and Shi Wei accompanied by Japanese people went to see Mount Fuji.

  Shi Wei was chattering away in broken Japanese, commenting on the scenery along the way. Long Bao sat beside him, smiling and said: "Shi Wei, I think your Japanese has improved a lot, much better than when we were in university. What were you talking about with that Mr. Sasaki just now? He seemed to be looking at you with admiration."

  Shi Wei chuckled a few times and said, "Don't you know the ancient saying 'use barbarians to control barbarians'? With my exceptional talent in enterprise management, I knew you would eventually hire me as a group employee and let me take on heavy responsibilities. It's only natural that the group will have a lot of business with the Japanese, so I must study Japanese well to be useful in the future. Hehe, for this reason, I've thoroughly researched the history, geography, and Bushido of those little Japanese devils. Just now, I was showing off my knowledge of comparative research on Chinese and Japanese history and culture to Sasaki, using expert research results verbatim. How could he not admire me? Haha, I think he respects me more than you, haha!"

  Long Bao looked at Shi Wei deeply, and since making up with Du Ci, he had become much more stable and lived a very fulfilling life, as if he had grown up overnight. Once Shi Wei became more familiar with the group's affairs, he could let him take on more responsibilities. Long Bao thought to himself: Has Shi Wei already completed that kind of transformation in his life? Was he still misunderstanding the concept of transformation? When Jing Er told him to be quiet, was it so that he could quietly await the arrival of transformation?

  Suddenly, he felt very silly, and that he was thinking wildly again. Wasn't this just another case of him being self-deceptive?

  Shi Wei leaned over and attached himself to Li Dashan's driver's seat, saying: "Dashan, play some music!"

  Li Da Shan chuckled and replied: "Do you want to listen to Japanese songs that go 'mimi mimi' or English songs that go 'wa wa'?

  "Never mind, I'll just listen to my Walkman instead. Our Dragon Chairman doesn't like music, let's not disturb him, heh heh." After saying that, he took out a matchbox-sized portable player and put on the earphones, his lips moving along with the beat.

  Indeed, Long Bao had never been interested in music, he thought his sense of music was naturally dull, and he had never listened carefully. Li Da Shan and others knew this, so they rarely played songs in the car. At this moment, Long Bao, who had a few moments of leisure, looked at Shi Wei's intoxicated expression and suddenly wanted to listen too.

  He patted Shi Wei's leg, took the headphones off Shi Wei's head and put them in his own ears. It was a song by Qi Qin, and the melancholic romantic melody pierced deep into his soul.

  Pain and joy intertwined, joyful, hateful yet loving and crazy, pain and joy intertwined, joyful, not caring or asking, not thinking...

  Hatred is born from love, and love is also born from hatred; love comes from the sweetest of bitter places.

  It's all in the past, people are plural, but hearts are singular. Romantic revenge is not decided by others. Like quicksand flowing away, souls call out to the shell of life, a cold and transparent loneliness.

  Nothing is left, people become lighter, hearts become disheartened, pure dagger, sympathetic mistakes, like a swamp slowly sinking, soul calling for life's shell, afraid of forgetting and asking to wait.

  Pain and joy intertwined, joyful, hateful yet loving and crazy, pain and joy intertwined, joyful, not caring or asking, not thinking...

  Hatred is born from love, and love is also born from hatred; love comes from the sweetest of bitter places.

  Sasaki and others booked a high-end VIP room with a stage in the most famous luxury nightclub in Tokyo's Ginza district to entertain Shi Wei, and sincerely invited Longbiao to join them. Longbiao was unwilling to attend such a place, but Shi Wei had long admired the red-light district of Ginza and told Longbiao that he just wanted to take a look around, as he had already repented and would never do anything to betray Du Cui's love again. After hearing that this nightclub also had shares from Oshima Company, Longbiao agreed to go.

  It's only natural that a high-end nightclub would have high-class dancing girls, Shi Wei smiled all over his face as he watched the dancers file in, secretly scoring them in his mind. Meng Yuan and two senior bodyguards from Da Dao Company were using instruments to conduct security checks on the dancers one by one, only letting them in after they were certain it was safe.

  Shi Wei, with a Japanese-like demeanor, was chatting fluently with the young lady sitting next to him, while Long Bao lowered his eyelids, ignoring the dancers who were trying to curry favor with him, and still listening to Shi Wei's portable earphone, which was playing Qiu Qin's song "Pain and Happiness".

  Shi Wei was indeed a man of his word, and these high-end dancing girls were not your average streetwalkers. They had all been carefully selected by the nightclub and many were said to be university students who had undergone professional training on the job. They knew how to satisfy different customers in different ways - for those who liked to get physical, they would coyly flirt and tease; for those who liked to chat, they would engage them in conversation on topics of interest and let them show off their eloquence; and for those who were more reserved, they would put on a demure and innocent act, like the girl sitting next to Shi Wei now. She was batting her eyelashes and speaking in a soft, melancholic tone that was almost seductive, yet her eyebrows sparkled with a hint of mischief. Meanwhile, the dancing girl sitting next to Long Bao was pretending to be a naive young thing, urging him to drink with a gentle, velvety voice.

  Meng Yuan and Kang Dingzhuang had both warned Long Bao about the dangers of public places, as an important figure he must avoid eating food that hadn't been safety-checked. Long Bao wouldn't make such a low-level mistake, he ignored the girl and continued to listen to the music while observing how his subordinates behaved in front of her.

  Pain and joy intertwined, joyful, hateful yet loving and crazy, pain and joy intertwined, joyful, not caring or asking, nor thinking...

  Shi Wei's palms were sweating. He nervously shifted his gaze between the three girls in semi-transparent cheongsam dresses performing a sensual dance on stage and Long Bao's face, who was still enjoying the music with his eyes slightly closed. His mind went blank, completely unsure of how to handle this situation, his heart racing up to his throat, thumping loudly, making him extremely uncomfortable.

  The stage lights were dim and mysterious, with colors changing like the aurora borealis in the Arctic sky. The girls' dance was as if they were floating on clouds, their movements and turns revealing and concealing their allure. Shi Wei could tell from his scientific knowledge that these girls must have undergone liposuction and breast augmentation, and he even dared to conclude that their ** had also been professionally modified!

  What to do? What to do? This girl's facial features, figure, and appearance have all changed into ash, but it can still be determined that she is Lao Liu's first love - Wen Li. What to do? Shi Wei's whole body is numb, if Lao Liu recognizes her, what kind of big trouble will arise? These dancers are all controlled by the Japanese mafia! If Wen Li recognizes herself and Lao Liu, won't it make her feel ashamed and humiliated? Pretend not to know and let things develop naturally? Or should I take advantage of the situation before Lao Liu notices and ask Sasaki to have them leave? No, no way, although Lao Liu and Wen Li have differences and opinions, Lao Liu still has deep feelings for her. How can Lao Liu tolerate his first love falling to such a state? How can he just watch Wen Li suffer in the sea of bitterness as a dancer?! Am I not human?! Sasaki is the vice president of Oshima Company, and in the business world, he is also a well-known figure, he must also have connections with the underworld, and the underworld will definitely give him face, Wen Li will be saved!

  A senior manager of a large island company approached Shi Wei and said ambiguously, "Mr. Shi, have you taken a liking to one? Just say the word, I'll arrange it for you!"

  "No way!" Shi Wei was startled by his own voice, quickly staring at Long Bao, and immediately waved his hand to the Japanese man, saying in a low voice, "Kawasaki-san, not now!"

  It's gone, people are plural, hearts are singular. Romantic revenge is not spoken by others... It's all gone, people have become light and thin, hearts have become desolate, pure and wrong... Long Bao was immersed in the sorrowful voice of Qi Qin, he savored these lyrics with his soul, deeply moved.

  Li Da Shan was very familiar with Wen Li, he was in charge of monitoring and tracking her, and he had no idea that he would see this girl again today in this situation. He was also weighing whether to remind Long Bao, when Shi Wei gestured to him.

  Like quicksand, swiftly flowing away, the soul calls out to the shell of life, cold and transparent loneliness... Like a swamp, slowly sinking in, the soul calls out to the shell of life, fearing forgetfulness, fearing inquiry, waiting...

  Swiftly flowing away is only time, yet in time, the soul has forever been abandoned and betrayed. The soul is eternally pale, weak, and starving because it remains in that forgotten and unmentionable corner. For the sake of sensuality, one learns to forget the soul's call; what sinks slowly into the swamp is weight, the weight of life. Sensuality needs substance, needs life, all tangible things have weight and will sink, but the soul only needs thought, only needs height. The soul only fears loneliness.

  The soul is in a cocoon, the soul is a transparent pupa, in the black and cold cocoon, calling out to break through the shell.

  Long Bao quietly shed tears, two drops of coolness overflowing from his eyes.

  The girl sitting next to Long Biao had been quietly observing him, and she felt that the sorrowful expression on this man's sculptural face at this moment made her involuntarily produce a feeling of sympathy, especially those two tears that fell silently, which really shocked her numb heart. She simply didn't dare believe that this man, who was respected by others in the room, would actually shed tears while listening to music!

  She was moved, and gently patted Long Bao's arm with her hand. Long Bao opened his eyes to see that she had handed him a snow-white handkerchief. It wasn't until then that he realized his eyes were blurry and his eye sockets felt strange. He took the handkerchief from her and gave her a faint smile.

  Long Biao turned his head and saw Shi Wei staring at him, Shi Wei shifted his gaze to the stage as soon as he was caught staring, Long Biao followed Shi Wei's line of sight and also looked towards the stage!

  The soft music on the stage perfectly matched every tremble of the dancer's waist, hands and feet, as well as her chest and hips. The floating fog dressed up the stage like a building in the clouds, flowing with a dizzying and illusory golden light.

  He had seen this kind of seductive dance many times before, it was just a stimulation of the dirty cerebral cortex. It seems that Shi Wei still has little experience, looking at his appearance, he needs to be given more antibodies, if he makes another mistake, it will really ruin his family. Long Bao casually glanced at the dancing girl on stage who was spinning around, then lowered his head and closed his eyes as if thinking.

  Shi Wei walked up to Long Bao's side and sat down, first pressing his shoulder with his hand before saying in a low voice: "Old Six, that girl might be Wen Li, did you notice? He pointed at the girl who was being hugged by two other girls, stroking her chest and buttocks, wearing only a thin gauze, with an expression of intoxication.

  What can be called the despair of shame? **Naked** exposure in front of a familiar face, the only grass on the soul's desert being suddenly blown away by a storm, disguise paralyzed, black specter invading the last pure land of self-esteem, unable to face the once sacred white swan turned into a real toad, and skin covered with festering boils.

  Do you hear the call again? When you're immersed in the joy that covers up the pain, but you insist on ignoring the pain of joy, you don't realize that you're actually going crazy with sentimental and cursing love and hate. You are simply in an unreliable abyss, complicatedly finding various reasons for your madness to go crazy. Your obsession always makes it impossible for you to hear the simple call of the soul you discarded.

  Glaciers, raging fires, quicksand and swamps have confined you. You are frozen, scalded, drifted away and then submerged. In the weight of time, you are just a mayfly yearning for the sun at midnight.

  Long Bao Mu stood there, step by step walking to the front of the stage, his eyes fixed on Yun Li with an unbearable regret. Yun Li stood stiffly on the stage, allowing the two girls to caress her back and forth.

  Suddenly, Wenli let out a mournful and terrified cry from the depths of her lungs, turned around and pried open the hands of those two women, desperately leaping off the stage and rushing past Longbiao's side, Longbiao woodenly watching as she slammed the door shut!

  Shi Wei leaped forward to grab her, but only caught hold of her semi-transparent silk skirt, unable to stop her momentum. With a ripping sound, he tore off more than half of her skirt!

  Wen Li had completely forgotten whether she needed to cover her body, and in her mind there was only one thought: I'm going to die! I'm going to die!

  Sudden inflation thoroughly covered Yunli's spiritual intelligence, she desperately sprinted!

  Shi Weigang just got up and stopped again, looking at Long Bao. Long Bao stood there stupidly, to be honest, he didn't dare to interfere with anything about Long Bao either. He had discussed it with Du Cai before, Lao Liu was very decisive in other things except for being a bit confused emotionally, he couldn't do bad things with good intentions. Du Cai repeatedly told him that when he was with Lao Liu, he must take care of his own mouth and hands.

  The whole scene was stunned for a moment, and then Long Bao suddenly raised his palm and slapped himself heavily. He took off after Wen Li immediately, with Meng Yuanshi following closely behind.

  Suddenly, he sprinted and immediately pulled a muscle in his leg. Shi Wei tightly grabbed Long Bao's shoulder and shook it twice, saying loudly: "Don't go, it won't be good if you do! Just wait here for us, I guarantee we'll bring Wen Li back!"

  Meng Yuan's duty was to protect Long Bao unconditionally, and he also stopped Long Bao from chasing after Wen Li. No matter how Long Bao roared at him, he stubbornly carried out his task. Long Bao let out a long sigh in frustration.

  Li Dashi and Shi Wei, senior security personnel of the island company, had just escorted the pale and lifeless Yunli back to her room. Yunli had already put on some clothes to cover herself, and as soon as she saw Longbiao, she began to tremble violently all over her body. Longbiao stood there, not knowing what to say.

  The dance stopped, Shi Wei told Sasaki and Kawazaki that Wen Li was an old acquaintance of Long Bao and his own, never expecting to meet her here. Kawazaki politely said he would take care of buying out Wen Li's performance, asking Long Bao and Shi Wei to put their minds at ease and catch up with the dancer.

  Shi Wei knew that Long Bao must be very curious about Wen Li's specific experiences, but these words absolutely cannot be heard by Sasaki and others. He had to bring Wen Li back to their residence, so he asked Long Bao: "Chairman Long, shall we return to the hotel?"

  Long Bao gradually came out of his extremely low and depressed mood, realizing that he couldn't let the Japanese see anything. He just nodded.

  The host and guest said their goodbyes, and Wen Li followed Long Hui back to the hotel like a wooden puppet without any thoughts being manipulated by others.

  ……

  Silence.

  Shi Wei repeatedly advised Wen Li, hoping that Wen Li could talk about her experiences over the past few years, so that everyone could help her better.

  ……

  Terrifying silence.

  Long Bao's mind was filled with memories of the past, scenes of debauchery and women's moans. Wen Li was his first love, they had slept together in the same bed, and she was like a sister to him back then. His grandfather had even hoped that he would marry her and have children. Years went by, Wen Li became friends with Zheng Xue, got pregnant and attempted suicide, later fell in love with Chang Cheng, and after hearing about his engagement to Qiu Ya, she left for Guangdong Shenzhen because her father was ill. He suspected her of leaking the family's antique secrets and put her under surveillance, even giving her a lie detector test. After that, he only knew that she had made many friends, sent him 50,000 yuan, and then lost contact. Time flew by so quickly, it had been over three years since they parted ways. Wen Li was now in the past tense for him, Qiu Ya didn't end up marrying him, but he had a child with another woman, who was about to give birth. Qiu Ya was currently at her hometown, staying with her parents, while Wen Li had ended up as a courtesan in Japan.

  ……

  Long Bao's Adam's apple moved dryly, and in the room, there was only Shi Wei's voice persuading Wen Li with all his might. Of course, there were also Wen Li's suppressed sobs. Meng Yuan and the others had long since tactfully left.

  ……

  Finally, Wen Li wiped away her tears and said in Japanese: "Thank you for your patronage. Please tell me what kind of service you need, gentlemen? We have strict professional standards to ensure that our customers are satisfied. However, the company has a rule that if you require me to serve both of you at the same time, I'm afraid I'll have to ask for an extra tip."

  Long Bao was shocked, and he didn't understand Japanese well. To be honest, since the incident with Yamaki, he had rarely dealt directly with Japanese companies. He also had no talent for languages, so he wouldn't bother to learn Japanese. This cooperation was proposed by Qian Yuhui and Xue Bingying, and he only accepted the invitation from Oshima Kaisha because of their faces. He didn't quite understand what Wen Li was saying in Japanese, so he hinted at Shi Wei to translate. Shi Wei dared not, so he pretended not to know Long Bao's hint and forced a smile on his face.

  Wen Li stood up, took a step forward, and removed her clothes, revealing her snow-white **. As she slowly rotated her body, she repeated in a trembling voice in Chinese.

  Who can bear the blame for this unclear distinction between guilt and punishment?

  Every inch of Wen Li's skin and every pore had turned into a bomb in Long Biao's eyes at this moment, but the bomb was exploding violently in his brain!

  Long Bao's face was completely twisted, he jumped up and slapped Wen Li with a loud slap, knocking her to the ground!

  Wen Li let out a mournful sigh, and with great difficulty got up from the floor, saying to Long Bao with extreme difficulty: "Sorry, I have to say that if you want to play abuse, it's five times the price."

  Long Bao was extremely furious, gritting his teeth and slapping again! Wen Li was knocked to the ground once more. Her hair scattered all over, her nose bled, and her face turned completely red and swollen. She wiped her face with her hand and burst out laughing: "Haha, I'm bleeding too! Am I not a woman? Is my period going to come out of my nose?"

  She turned her head, continuing to stare at Long Bao and said: "Now the yen is devalued, I hope you can pay me in US dollars, so I can make more money." A strange smile appeared on her face. "My child is ill and needs to see a doctor, I still have to repay you the money, if you let me do it this way, I won't be able to go out for many days, you should give me a little more."

  Money, money, money! Long Biao tore open the briefcase on the sofa and grabbed a handful of dollars, throwing them at Wen Li. "Take it! You soul-selling, **-selling cheap goods!" he shouted angrily.

  US dollars fluttered in the air, drifting down like fallen leaves before Wen Li. Wen Li smiled strangely and said: "I don't dare to want so much, I only take what I should take. Once I have the money, I can serve you."

  Fearsome indignation and rage burned in Longbiao's every cell, he didn't think twice about Wenli's words and their context, he rushed forward and was about to kick the rising Wenli, shouting: "You this self-abased woman! Go die for me!"

  Shi Wei, who had been stunned by Long Bao's beastly nature, finally came to his senses and desperately blocked the way between Long Bao and Wen Li. Just as Long Bao kicked him in the thigh, causing him to grit his teeth in pain, he didn't care about it anymore and tightly hugged Long Bao, shouting: "Wen Li, run away quickly! Old Six, you're crazy! Wake up! You're crazy!"

  Wen Li surprisingly just used her hand to tidy up her hair, then deliberately provoked Long Bao and said: "Come on, I'm waiting for you!"

  Long Bao became incredibly powerful at this moment, and Shi Wei couldn't control his impulses. Shi Wei strongly felt that Long Bao was having another episode, so he tightly hugged him while loudly scolding him to calm down.

  Meng Yuan and the others rushed in, pinning Long Bao down on the sofa. Long Bao's eyes were a fierce red, like those of a wild beast, as he shouted at them: "Get out! Leave!" His body was still twisting violently, trying to break free from their control.

  Shi Wei saw Wen Li's pitiful appearance, then looked at Long Bao's devilish behavior and was also furious. How could a grown man hit a woman? He grabbed the ice bucket holding champagne and splashed half a bucket of icy water onto Long Bao's face without hesitation, shouting "I'll fix you, crazy dragon pervert!"

  Long Bao suddenly came to, and Shi Wei hastily handed her clothes over to Wen Li, trying his best not to look at those tempting areas, but instead gazed apologetically at Wen Li's blood-stained and swollen face. At that moment, Wen Li let out a heart-wrenching and soul-shattering wail.

  Wenli was forcibly separated from Longbiao by Mengyuan, and he could only sit on the other side listening to Wenli's sobbing story. It turned out that Wenli had become a mistress of a Taiwanese man in order to earn money to pay for her father's medical treatment, but later discovered that the Taiwanese man was too stingy, so she hooked up with a Hong Kong man. Several months later, the Taiwanese man dumped her and found another woman, and Wenli learned to play mahjong in extreme frustration. However, she was cheated out of her money by several other women who colluded against her, and even lured her into sleeping with other men for extra income. She accidentally contracted a sexually transmitted disease, and the Hong Kong man also broke up with her. In order to quickly raise enough money to repay Longbiao, Wenli was tempted by others to go to Hong Kong and Macau, and thus became a high-end prostitute. In Hong Kong, she met a Japanese man who took her to Japan, but it turned out that this Japanese man was a small-time boss of the Japanese underworld organization, Noda-gumi, specializing in the *** industry. He tricked her into giving birth to a girl and then forced her back into prostitution.

  "There isn't a single good man under the sky! So many people have told me they love me, but it's all just lies. They only want to play with me and then dump me when they get bored... I know in your eyes, I'm a shameless, cheap woman who loves this one and that one... I may be cheap, but I won't stoop so low as to steal from you! I swear, I must earn enough money to pay you back!

  Wen Li's gaze was dull and fixed on Long Bao's feet. "It's almost time, he promised me, just one more year and he'll give me $50,000 and let me take my daughter back home, back to the banks of the Zijiang River, back to Xiongshan... it's almost time, just one more year, I can go home with my Ice..."

  Shi Wei slapped his own head in extreme pain and sorrow, saying: "Wen Li, Wen Li, how can you be so stupid! Why would Lao Liu want you to return the money?! Why didn't you contact us?! You're living such a hard life, why didn't you tell us?!"

  Wen Li shook her head sadly and said woodenly: "You are you, I am me, my own life to live, my own road to walk. Shi Wei, I know you're a good person, but fate is not to be trifled with, this world is just like that, even today you didn't do anything wrong, between us it's just a transaction, you give me money, I'll serve you."

  He sprang up from his seat, violently overturning the tea table, and with trembling fingers pointed at Wen Li, shouting: "You fart!"

  Wen Li didn't even glance at Long Biao and replied: "Whether or not you farted, you know it yourself, everyone has a number in their heart."

  Long Bao opened the door to Meng Yuan, who was about to grab his hand. He rushed anxiously in front of Wen Li and shouted in the dialect of their hometown: "I'll give you as much money as you want, just come back with me! Come back and take care of your parents, never leave again for the rest of your life!"

  Wen Li looked at Long Bao with a cold expression, her face twitching with rage. In her heart, she felt an overwhelming sense of pleasure, which made her whole body feel excited. She suddenly burst out laughing maniacally, gasping for air, and just when Shi Wei thought she had gone crazy, she abruptly stopped and spoke in a voice as cold as ice: "Chairman Long, this world has no gods, don't pretend to be a savior! If you didn't want to be the god of Xiongshan and dig up its gold, Xiongshan wouldn't be in such a mess! There are no good men in this world, nor are there any saints who don't indulge in worldly pleasures. I know all about your glorious deeds, don't try to make yourself sound more noble than you are, you're even more despicable than other men! I earn my living with my own body and support my family and daughter, what right do you have to say I'm inferior? Let me tell you, prostitutes are never inferior, it's men like you who play with women for money who are truly despicable!"

  Wen Li turned to leave, but Long Bao reached out and grasped her arm. Wen Li struggled for a moment, unable to break free, so she simply stood there motionless, speaking in an odd tone: "Right, you've already paid the bill, so I still have to complete the service according to your requirements. So be my guest, do you want to play **** or **, it's all up to you, I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

  Long Bao's face was ashen as if he had received a heavy blow, his lips trembling, trembling, slowly releasing his grip on Wen Li's hand, and slowly closing his eyes.

  ……

  It's me, it's my fault that she became like this. It's me, I'm the one who doubted her involvement in the theft of the ancestral heirloom. Why couldn't I believe she was honest? Why did I have to subject her to a lie detector test? Why didn't I protect her instead of ruthlessly destroying all her beliefs? How will she live after losing all her faith? Why? Why? How could I become so heartless and cruel?

  What have I done! Wen Li's current situation is all because of me! It's all my fault, it's all my fault...

  Shi Wei also tried to stop Wen Li, but Wen Li's tone facing Shi Wei was very sad: "Shi Wei, thank you, I have to go back, my daughter has a fever today, that person won't care about my daughter's life..."

  "Wait, I'll catch up with you," Shi Wei hastily picked up all the scattered US dollars on the ground and gestured to Li Dashan. After Li Dashan walked over, Shi Wei whispered, "Dashan, let's send her back first, we'll talk about other things later. Tell Meng Yuan to take good care of Chairman Long and don't let anything happen to him!"

  The car drove to the entrance of Wenli's house, and Shi Wei accompanied by Dashan sent Wenli upstairs. The place where Wenli lived was very simple. Wenli stood at the door and smiled sadly at Shi Wei: "Shi Wei, I live here. That person's mother lives with me. You can go back now, thank you."

  Shi Wei knew that Wen Li would not want to see her home in a messy or broken state, so he nodded and forcibly stuffed the US dollars wrapped in plastic tape into Wen Li's hands. Wen Li firmly refused, Shi Wei firmly wanted to give, Wen Li suddenly burst into tears, tears gushing out, hugging Shi Wei and stomping her feet, also desperately tearing at her own hair, violently knocking her head against Shi Wei's shoulder, as if she had finally found a support, and also as if she had finally found an outlet for her endless pain, sorrow, and despair!

  Wen Li's wailing was beyond words, like the mournful cries of a thousand spirits trapped in the underworld for centuries, yearning to be reborn. It was as if a lonely ghost had wandered millions of miles without finding its way home, weeping and wailing in despair. The sound sent shivers down Shi Wei's spine, his heart completely shattered by Wen Li's anguished cries. He could deeply feel her thoughts and emotions, and even he, who had never cried before, began to sob uncontrollably. He tightly hugged Wen Li, trying to offer her a warm comfort, and at this moment, even Lei Da Shan rolled out tears from his tiger-like eyes!

  Bang!

  The door of Wenli's house was pulled open from the inside, and a man with a face similar to Zheng Xue walked out with a furious expression, shouting: "Chinese bitch! I want you to make money, how dare you bring someone home?! Do you want to die?!"

  Wen Li, who was crying suddenly shook all over, and hastily pushed Shi Wei away, retreating in a fluster. Her eyes and movements were like those of a cat seeing a devil, yet she quickly hid and stood far away, stuttering to explain: "No, no, Jie Cai Jun, it's these two guests who are kind, kind enough to send me back, want to send me back... I drank too much today, send me back..."

  Shi Wei immediately said in Japanese: "Yes, yes, we were afraid that this lady would have an accident on the way, so we sent her back."

  This guy looked up and down at Shi Wei and Li Da Shan with a lecherous gaze, then burst out laughing: "Haha, so you're also Chinese, looks like you've got money to play around with women. How was it? She's quite something, right? The women I train are game for anything. Come on, tell me, how did you guys... no, wait, that's wrong, how did she take care of you?"

  Shi Wei and Li Da Shan glared at him, their eyes bulging with rage. They would have liked to twist his head off! Wen Li trembled all over, shrinking back as she walked up to Jie Cao, stuttering: "Ice, I'm going to see Ice..."

  Jie Cao suddenly noticed that Wen Li's face was red and swollen, and he scolded her loudly: "You Chinese bitch, Chinese pig! How can you go out like this?! Where is the money? Where are the tips from the customers?! Hand them over! If you dare to hide it from me again like last time, I'll use an electric whip to smash your ass!"

  Shi Wei could no longer bear it, let out a low growl and was about to beat the Japanese devil to death. Li Da Shan tightly grasped his arm and said in a low voice: "It's not the time, can't be impulsive!"

  "Jap pig! You've made her unable to do anything for at least a month, how are you going to settle this account?!" He then saw the plastic band on Wenli's hand, snatched it away and continued scolding, "I'm telling you, my Wild Field Group..."

  His eyes widened, and he grabbed the US dollars with one hand, letting out a bright light. He excitedly exclaimed: "US dollars! US dollars!" He greedily hugged them, "All big bills! Real bills! At least several tens of thousands! Great!"

  Wen Li walked past him with a mixture of surprise and fear, entering the house, turning back to Shi Wei with a mournful smile, and muttered to herself with a self-satisfied tone: "I really didn't expect this Chinese bitch to make so much money today!" He seemed to realize something and turned his head to shout at Wen Li: "These two gentlemen kindly sent you home, how come you don't have any Japanese manners? Quickly come out and bid farewell to the guests!"

  Wen Li stood in the room without any reaction, but her shoulders were violently trembling. Jie Cao saw that Wen Li dared to disobey his instructions and scolded loudly: "Japanese bitch, I think you're tired of living!" He turned around to discipline Wen Li, but politely bowed to Shi Wei and others, saying: "I'm really sorry, this woman is rude to both of you, it's my fault for not teaching her well, please forgive me!"

  Shi Wei's teeth chattered, and Jie Cao smiled slyly and said: "You two like to play SM, so I'll tell you, this bitch reacts the most to anal, yes, that's what you Chinese call **. If you two use an electric whip to play, you can hear the most beautiful sound! Haha, thank you two for your patronage of this bitch! If you need me, I'll send her over anytime! Haha" He proudly bowed to Shi Wei and Li Da Shan, then turned around to close the door.

  At this moment, Shi Wei could completely feel what it meant by "bone-deep hatred"!

  Even Buddha gets angry!

  "I'll beat you to death, you Japanese devil!" Shi Wei rushed up and grabbed Jie Cao's hair, slamming his head against the door frame with great force. He raised his fist and started punching wildly! Jie Cao immediately let out a mournful cry, while Li Da Shan rushed up at the same time, grabbing Jie Cao's chin and lifting him off the ground by his pants waistband!

  Shi Wei kicked the middle grass's abdomen with a loud noise, and then grabbed his hair and slapped him several times. He cursed loudly: "You damn Japanese devil, how dare you torture her like this? I'll smash your ass!" Shi Wei swung his fist with all his might and hit the middle grass's buttocks. Li Da Shan held down the middle grass's body, making it impossible for him to move. After hitting several times, Shi Wei was still not satisfied, and suddenly remembered the phone in his pocket. He grabbed the phone, aimed the antenna at the middle grass's anus, and thrust it in with all his might!

  Jie Cao was pulling down his chin, letting out a painful cry from the depths of his throat. Wen Li was terrified, Jie Cao was her lifelong most feared and dreaded devil, he had a set of effective and vicious methods to deal with her, he grasped Wen Li's psychological weakness of being soft-hearted, afraid of trouble and having poor self-control, and dealt with her in a way that made her completely submissive. He not only washed away Wen Li's sense of shame and dignity, but also fully exploited her **desires**, and used the child to coerce Wen Li, making her act as a free nanny to take care of his mother. If she didn't comply with his wishes, he would use abusing the child to intimidate Wen Li, or **her**! Wen Li was so scared that she knelt on the ground begging Shi Weilei Dashi to spare Jie Cao.

  Shi Wei finally learned the truth from Wen Li's mouth, and he became even more furious, wanting to kill this guy on the spot. Li Da Shan felt that things had already gotten out of hand, and the Yetai gang would definitely retaliate. He immediately reported the situation in detail to Meng Yuan, who ordered him to quickly bring Shi Wei, Wen Li, and the child back to the hotel.

  "Listen, this Chinese woman is my sister. I'll let you off the hook today because of her. But next time, keep your eyes open! Shi Wei kicked the bag of US dollars with his foot and said, "You Japanese pig, take this money. I'm warning you, if you dare to cause trouble again, I'll cut off your Japanese thing and feed it to the dogs!"

  Mong Yuan has already inquired about the entire situation of the Noda group, an organization that manipulates one-third of Japan's **industry.

  Long Bao listened to Shi Wei's report about Wen Li's true situation, and realized that he had completely misunderstood Wen Li. He looked at Wen Li with anger and regret as she held the child and wept. He wanted to ask her why she didn't call him to tell him about these things, he wanted to apologize to her, but he found himself unable to speak. As he gradually calmed down from his anger and regret, he began to think of a strategy for the current situation.

  Although Jie Cao is just a small head, but himself is white and he is black, more importantly, himself is Chinese while they are Japanese. If the Noda group escalates this matter to an organizational and national event, it may lead to unimaginable consequences. On his side, there are only three masters, Meng Yuan and others, who cannot withstand bullets. What to do?

  Meng Yuan patted the leather belt, indicating that there were 99 steel needles in the belt. One needle could take a person's life or disable a person's hand holding a gun. Li Da Shan said he could snatch the gun from his opponent at any time. They both indicated that dealing with those underworld thugs who had not received regular training was no problem, the key was to ensure Long Biao's safety.

  Long Bao shook his head and asked Meng Yuan to take out the two nanomaterial bulletproof vests, instructing Wen Li and Shi Wei to put them on. Afterwards, he fell into deep thought again.

  He gradually felt that Sasaki had a major suspicion, first why Yumi would appear in front of him so coincidentally; secondly why there was also an intermediary grass at home so coincidentally; thirdly if someone with ulterior motives made some investigation about himself, he might know the relationship between himself and Yumi, did Sasaki have this possibility to set a trap for himself, intensify this conflict and take advantage of his emotional capital? Fourth what kind of person was that intermediary grass, was it just a small head of the underworld?

  Is it only necessary for the Japanese devils to design this? Is emotional capital so important? If not, would it be just a way to extort money from oneself? Or is it that the Noda group and Sasaki are working together to get both money and emotional capital?

  Wen Li has been in Japan for over two years, if this question is valid, then it also means that the Japanese have carefully designed this trap for two or three years. However, if it's just a simple trap, there's no reason to design it for so long. They could have kidnapped Wen Li and extorted hundreds of millions or billions at any time, do they need to make it so complicated?

  Is it possible that this incident is just a link in a larger conspiracy, and the ultimate goal of the conspiracy is to target Liheng Group, which is the control power over Liheng Group?

  In this way, all old opponents and enemies must be treated as suspicious objects participating in the conspiracy!

  Isn't this going to stir up another bloody storm?

  Good heavens! Jing Er repeatedly warned himself to be calm, but why did the trees want to be calm while the wind wouldn't stop? Is it that as long as there are conflicts of interest in interactions, then conspiracy will always exist in this world? It's not impossible, is it? The human mind is too complicated when it comes to interests, almost every idea is possible, and even countless unimaginable conspiracies can emerge!

  Quietly, I don't want enemies, I don't want enemies! I've suffered enough, I just want everyone to be happy and let my surroundings calm down...

  But why is this just an extravagant hope?

  Long Bao walked up to Meng Yuan and, as he turned around, slipped a piece of paper into his palm. Meng Yuan sensed the importance of the note from Long Bao's serious gaze, and went into the bathroom to discreetly unfold it: There must still be undiscovered spy devices in the room, remember not to make any noise or alert anyone, follow my arrangements, protect Wen Li and Shi Wei, they have no reason to harm me for money.

  Long Bao weighed the pros and cons repeatedly, and for now, the safest and most suitable plan was to use a diversion to ensure peace. He saw him frowning and saying: "The Noda group is also a well-known gang in Japan, I think they will definitely take revenge against us no later than tomorrow night, if we send security guards from the group by charter flight, it will only cause an uncontrollable scene, besides, those security guards are not professional mercenaries, there are only a few people in the group who can engage in formal fighting and killing, and this matter will inevitably have a great impact on our group's reputation. I am not very familiar with Japanese politicians and influential figures, for now, the only one who can help is Mr. Sasaki, but I am not very familiar with Mr. Sasaki, I don't know if Mr. Sasaki can come forward to resolve this dispute."

  "Dragon Chairman, let's notify the deputy chairmen of the board and Director Kang as soon as possible. Firstly, everyone can discuss it together, secondly, it will also allow everyone to be prepared. At least if something happens to us, we'll know who our enemy is."

  Shi Wei helped Wen Li feed the medicine to the child, and then carefully comforted Wen Li with words, asking her not to worry, that Long Bao and he would definitely turn all things around for the better. But Wen Li was still worried about the dark forces of the Ye Tian group, mentioning those professional killers' cases.

  Shi Wei was furious, shouting loudly: "Son of a Japanese dog, he comes one by one and I'll slaughter one by one, come two and I'll slaughter a pair!" He chopped down with his hand, then comforted Wen Li, saying, "Don't think too much about it, this is men's business, you just take care of your baby and sleep well."

  Wen Li felt ashamed and humiliated, feeling unable to face Long Bao. With tears in her eyes, she lay down, not knowing what fate had in store for her next. All she knew was that now she finally had someone to rely on.

  Shi Wei walked away from Wen Li with a smile on his face, but as soon as he turned around, he gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice when he reached Long Bao and the others: "Damn it, that Japanese bastard, I'd love to cut off his ****!"

  He strongly opposed Long Bo's decision to ask for help from Sazaki, he felt it was necessary to show the spirit of revolutionary ancestors in the Anti-Japanese War, and even if he had to sacrifice his life, he would kill the devils until they were defeated, this is what a Chinese man should be like. Seeing Long Bo propose asking for help from the Japanese, this is simply humiliating for the Chinese people!

  Longbiao and Mengyuan were not afraid to go to war with the Japanese underworld, but for Longbiao, this was not the time to show off his skills. He was thinking about how to safely send Wenli and her son back home, he couldn't let them get hurt again. Now he had no idea what was going on, he knew very little about the enemy, while he himself was a transparent figure in the eyes of his opponent, this was the most feared situation for a warrior. So the most urgent thing to do was to try to eliminate this crisis before things got worse, and then slowly start investigating to find out the truth!

  Long Wan informed Shi Wei about the incident and Shi Wei promised to help. Ten minutes later, a group employee who was in charge of monitoring the situation in the hotel lobby reported to Meng Yuan that more than ten people with unknown identities had gathered at the hotel entrance.

  More than half an hour later, Sasaki really brought a few bodyguards himself, repeatedly stating that Longbiao was their company's honored guest and they had the responsibility and obligation to protect Longbiao's safety in Japan.

  By the next day at 7:00, there were no less than two hundred gang members gathered outside the hotel! Several employees of the group who came to Japan together were frightened and trembled with fear, suggesting to Meng Yuan that it would be better to ask the Japanese police to protect the interests and safety of investors. Shi Wei was furious and scolded them as cowards and national weaklings.

  Sasaki apparently had a hard time waking up the deputy leader of the Noda group, who was in a dreamland. The deputy leader said that he would let Yumi go back on Sasaki's face, but must hand over the culprit who beat Keisuke and leave Yumi's child behind. The reason is that Keisuke is a powerful member of the Noda group, this war is not caused by Keisuke, it was those Japanese people like Ishida who took the first shot, Keisuke never fought back from start to finish, if they don't punish these two culprits who despise the prestige of the Noda group, there's no way to explain to the organization, and it will leave a laughing stock for other gangs. As for why he wants to keep Yumi's child behind, it is because this child is a descendant of the Japanese people, a child of the Yamato nation, and also Keisuke's mother's heart's desire, he cannot allow a Japanese grandmother to lose her granddaughter.

  Sasaki asked the vice chairman to withdraw his men who were besieging the hotel, and the vice chairman agreed. However, Mong Yuan soon discovered that although these people had left, they had been replaced by a new batch of people in covert surveillance.

  Long Bao knew that the Yetai group had grasped his concern for the reputation of the Gu Xiu Group and did not want to make trouble, so he found many excuses just to extort money. Kangding Village hadn't arrived yet, and their side was too weak, plus they couldn't see through the situation's trump card, so Long Bao could only wait. He politely asked Mr. Sasaki to mediate, waiting for the vice chairman to propose an amount of money.

  By noon, a mid-level leader of the Noda group finally showed up and said that now Kei is still in hospital for emergency treatment. As long as they report to the police, the two culprits will definitely be arrested. However, considering the face of Oshima Kaisha, they agreed to make concessions. If they leave the child behind, it can be settled privately, with a settlement amount of 30 million US dollars.

  Shi Wei burst out laughing: "Three hundred million US dollars? Am I worth that much? Three hundred US dollars is more like it!" The leader seemed very confident, scolding Shi Wei and looking at Long Bao with disdain. Shi Wei had been angry with the Japanese devils for a long time and couldn't find an outlet, so he retorted in a strange tone: "You dead dwarf dog bastard pig, relying on your pig-like appearance you dare to be arrogant? You're blind and still want to extort me? I'll go surrender to the police right now!"

  Meng Yuan stopped Shi Wei and Li Dashan's decision to surrender, Long Bao clearly knew that he could not hand over the private money, otherwise it would bring endless troubles, and some underworld figures might threaten everyone around him with kidnapping, his expression became more calm.

  Two hours later, Kangding Zhuang called Meng Yuan and said that he and five others had arrived at Tokyo Airport, but a small car accident occurred on the way to enter the city, and they were being stopped by the police for investigation.

  Long Wan was certain that this car accident was intentionally arranged by the Noda group, and he was also convinced that Sasaki must have been involved in this matter. He said to Sasaki: "Mr. Sasaki, I have three options to choose from. The first is that I am forced to accept the conditions put forward by the Noda group and take the people back; the second is that I ask the embassy staff to come forward or I, as an investor, threaten to expose the extortion and intimidation by the underworld to the media, and threaten to withdraw all investments from your country; the third is that I vent my anger on your company, announce the termination of our cooperation intention, abandon these people, and return home comfortably. Now let me do some math for you. If we cooperate smoothly, your company will earn a profit of at least $150 million per year. I think your company and its president should understand this. These three people are just two employees of my group and one is my fellow townsman, not my parents or siblings, to be honest, they have nothing to do with me. Their lives and deaths are none of my concern. Moreover, you are very clear about the strength of our group. If I put aside the reputation of our group and myself, I will mobilize media around the world to condemn the investment environment in your country, the protection of the rights of investors like us, and this is not a difficult task for me. However, this decision will be a disaster for your country, your company, and even the Noda group. Finally, you are also very clear that according to international prices, $30 million can buy how many lives. You can go and tell the Noda group, I, Long Wan, don't believe it will turn out well!"

  After the incident unfolded, it became somewhat like a farce. Qian Yuhui and Xue Bingying also made several phone calls to question the president of Oshima Corporation. After receiving assurance that Long Bo would not be held responsible for the cooperation relationship, the president and Sasaki exerted all their efforts to mediate with the Noda group. The Noda group surprisingly agreed to settle privately for just $1 million. The president told Long Bo that this $1 million was absolutely not required to be paid by him, and would be fully borne by his company.

  Long Bao thought that his previous thoughts were too cautious, because no matter what angle you look at it, this thing is just a personal private matter between Wen Li and Jie Cao. The Noda group only wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to extort some money, but after discovering Long Bao's power was not to be trifled with, they took the initiative to back down, avoiding making an enemy of this top-level rich man and bringing disaster upon themselves. Because the Noda group knew that a top-level rich man could easily hire dozens of world-class hitmen to wipe out their entire organization from top to bottom. In their eyes, in this world, money can buy lives, and every life has a price - that's just the rules of the game.

  Wen Li finally returned to her hometown, Long Bao arranged for her to live in a villa and invited a doctor to give her a thorough physical examination. The doctor's conclusion was that the patient had been living under high mental stress for a long time, her nervous system had lost its normal sensitivity to stimuli, and she had developed an abnormal fear of darkness and electricity. In addition, her irregular lifestyle and diet had led to poor organ function, and she needed to rest and recover quietly.

  After going through this experience, Shi Wei seemed to have matured even more. His expression was no longer a smile from dawn till dusk, although he still had a friendly smile for everyone, but most of the time he wore a serious and solemn expression. He became like a responsible father taking care of his family, like an exemplary employee diligently working and studying, and also like a loyal friend enthusiastically befriending his friends.

  Shi Wei's impression of Long Bao changed at this time. He thought that Long Bao was not only respectable and admirable, but also somewhat lovable, yet pitiful.