"Youâve lived this long and you still donât get it? There are no eternal friends in this world, only eternal interests. Our organization isnât loyal to you. If you can pay, you think others canât pay too?"
Hearing this cold mockery, Mu Huâs eyelids twitched hard.
Mu Hu realized heâd been too naĂŻve before, which was why heâd oversimplified everything.
"Since youâve got no more questions, take him away."
Seeing Mu Hu completely fall silent, she gave another order, and in that instant they all moved together.
Mu Hu was pretty strong, so if it were a one-on-one, these people wouldnât be his match.
But this wasnât a one-on-one, so he was quickly defeated...
"Take him!"
Theyâd long known he wouldnât last, so when this happened, not a single person was surprised.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and gave a flat command, and just like that, he was trussed up and dragged off like a dead dog.
Regret!
At this moment, he started to regret it...
"I shouldâve been more on guard against that Hu Xiaobei from the start. If I had, this never wouldâve happened."
Of course, stewing over it was pointless now...
...
"Xiaobei, my people have already grabbed him. You can do whatever you want with him later."
Over at the Gazebo, the woman standing with Jing got the message.
She glanced at it and a faint smile tugged at the corner of her lips.
"Efficiencyâs not bad."
Hu Xiaobei glanced at her and said softly, "You work fast."
Hu Xiaobei really was a bit surprised, because heâd only just finished naming his terms.
"Of course. We take your terms very seriously."
"Mm."
Hu Xiaobei nodded lightly and took another sip of tea.
Very soon, Hu Xiaobei heard a muffled grunt. He turned his head and saw a big black bundle tossed over the wall.
"Whatâs that?"
Startled, Hu Xiaobei looked more closely, and quickly realized it wasnât some big black bundle, but a person wrapped up tight.
After a slightly closer look, Hu Xiaobei recognized him as the guy whoâd been pretending to be hot shit in front of him earlier.
Earlier, Hu Xiaobei had heard some info about him from Jing, so he knew this piece of trash was called Mu Hu.
While Hu Xiaobei was eyeing him, a few sultry beauties vaulted over the wall, and in no time they dumped this piece of trash right at Hu Xiaobeiâs feet.
Hu Xiaobei gave him a glance and chuckled lightly. "The world really is small. We meet again."
Mu Hu heard Hu Xiaobeiâs voice but said nothing.
It wasnât that he didnât want to talk; it was that his mouth had been gagged earlier.
Picking up on that, Hu Xiaobei yanked the rag from his mouth, then said calmly, "Whatever youâve got to say, say it now."
"Hu Xiaobei, you only know how to use this kind of lowlife tactic to catch me. If youâve got any balls, untie me and letâs go one-on-one!"
Hearing his crazed roar, Hu Xiaobei laughed.
"Tell me, are you brain-damaged or what? Youâre the one who went to them first, right? What, when you hire them to come after me thatâs fine, but when I hire them to deal with you suddenly itâs âlowlife tacticsâ? Try making a bit of sense, yeah?"
Right now Hu Xiaobei was genuinely speechless. This guy was just shameless.
Stung by Hu Xiaobeiâs comeback, Mu Hu wanted to argue, but nothing came out, because he knew Hu Xiaobei actually had a point.
He really had approached them first.
Watching his face go red then white, Hu Xiaobei narrowed his eyes. "Got nothing to say? In that case, letâs have a proper talk about whatâs between us."
As he spoke, Hu Xiaobei brewed another pot of tea.
Mu Hu shot him a look from where he was kneeling and said coldly, "Whatâs there to talk about between us? I know you donât like me and you want to take me down. Iâm warning you, donât go too far, or youâre going to die a really, really ugly death."
Hu Xiaobei, about to pour himself some tea, paused and smiled broadly. "At a time like this youâre still threatening me? I seriously suspect thereâs something wrong with your brain."
"Iâm not threatening you. Iâve got a very powerful force behind me, so Iâm advising you not to go asking for death."
"Really that powerful? Please, donât come after me. Itâs all just a misunderstanding, everything between us is one big misunderstanding!"
Saying that, Hu Xiaobei quickly walked over to him, and once he was there, he just as quickly untied the ropes on Mu Hu.
Mu Huâs eyelid twitched.
He hadnât expected a bit of light intimidation to scare Hu Xiaobei like this!
"What a gutless piece of trash."
After cursing him viciously in his heart a few times, he said arrogantly, "Since you didnât know any better before, forget it. From now on, youâre my lackey. Iâll get someone to come handle the handover later. All your assets go to me. Any problem with that?"
"No problem. We can do the handover. Totally doable."
"Since youâre so sensible, Iâll call my people."
With that, Mu Hu started making calls, a big grin on his face.
A lot of people around them were a bit puzzled, because things were going in a strange direction.
But none of them said anything, because they all knew this had nothing to do with them.
The big sister standing next to Jing gave Hu Xiaobei a few looks, a faint smile playing on her lips.
She didnât know what was going on, but she felt Mu Hu was about to be in deep shit, and that Hu Xiaobei, who seemed to be at a disadvantage, definitely wouldnât come to any harm.
She didnât even know why she thought that. It was just an inexplicable gut feeling.
...
"This tea looks pretty good."
After finishing his call, Mu Hu glanced at the delicate tea set.
Then, acting like he owned the place, he sat down.
Seeing him sit, Hu Xiaobei also sat opposite him. "This tea really does taste good. Try it."
At Hu Xiaobeiâs recommendation, he picked up the cup and took a quick sip.
After drinking, he sighed from the heart. "It does taste good. Youâre pretty decent at brewing tea. From now on you can be my personal tea boy."
"Sure."
Hu Xiaobei agreed with a smile. Just then, footsteps approached, and when he looked up he saw a man who looked like a lawyer coming over.
Hu Xiaobei guessed this was the guy Mu Hu had just called.
As he was thinking that, he heard Mu Hu say arrogantly, "You came just in time. Hurry up and draft a contract."
Hearing that, Hu Xiaobei smiled and added, "Yeah, hurry up and draft a contract. From now on, all of Mu Huâs assets will be unconditionally transferred to me."