Chapter 655: Chapter 41: Pretending to be a Fool Without Going Mad (Conclusion) Chapter 655: Chapter 41: Pretending to be a Fool Without Going Mad (Conclusion) “Life’s journey is long like a dream, filled with hardship, hardship striking your face directly.”
Wenle inserted the cold car key into the ignition. Accompanied by the sound of the engine starting, the cold vehicle’s tires slowly began to rotate.
He was clearly in high spirits, humming softly to himself. Suddenly, the phone in Wenle’s chest pocket began to vibrate deeply.
“Hello.”
“Is it done?”
The caller was Vivian.
“It’s done. When’s the pickup?”
“Drive to Golden Mountain Park, I’ll take care of the rest. Did you cause any commotion?”
“Commotion? Oh, I guess the headlines tomorrow will feature the public shooting of a Sheng Ji Hall underling.”
“Are you trying to get yourself killed? Can’t you even handle this simple task?”
“Relax, no one will catch a handle on .”
“Whether there’s a handle or not isn’t up to you! Can you guarantee nobody saw you do it? Did you see any cops—or soone suspicious?”
Vivian held back her anger.
“Soone suspicious? Let think… I encountered a man in a beige suit midway. The look he gave was extrely fierce, morable.”
“Beige suit? Is he tall and thin, speaks Mandarin?”
“How should I rember that clearly?”
Wenle answered nonchalantly, then suddenly, he pressed the brake. The cold car stopped just as it was about to exit the garage. Wenle turned on the headlights; two beams of cold light brushed past Li Yan’s body, which remained indistinct.
Vivian’s voice ca out from the phone.
“The man in the suit you ntioned might be the special envoy sent from the mainland to oversee the security for an auction happening in a few days. I had a run-in with him at the police station last ti, and he even called my godfather today, saying he has the remaining masks from the Golden Gate. Get to Golden Mountain Park imdiately, and don’t get into any trouble with him.”
Wenle hung up the phone nonchalantly, his head tilted, peering at Li Yan through the windshield.
Li Yan walked up with a smile, wanting to say hello, but Wenle suddenly hit the gas, the car’s red needle spun rapidly to the right!
The cumberso machinery, more than thirty tons with cargo, charged toward Li Yan with heavy montum. Wenle’s vision blurred for a mont as Li Yan’s shadow vanished without trace. He had no intention of slowing down, and the cold car shot out of the garage. Wenle frantically turned the steering wheel as the tires emitted an unbearable screech. Before he could catch his breath, a forceful impact twisted the front of the car. Wenle’s vision shook uncontrollably, and by the ti he regained his senses, an unwelco guest occupied the passenger seat.
The cold car ca to a slow stop.
“I just wanted to say hello, and you tried to run over without a word? Xue Wenhai’s people really are lawless.”
“…”
Wenle raised his hands: “I surrender.”
“Not so fast, first tell why you tried to hit . We don’t know each other, do we?”
“I simply didn’t like the look of you.”
Li Yan nodded, then a swift elbow strike landed on Wenle’s temple. Wenle’s neck twisted, and he lost consciousness, his head thudding against the steering wheel.
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“Ding Jiale—the news must have been talking about him. He should be in a ntal hospital receiving mandatory treatnt.”
Qian Wu fiddled with the small objects on the table, all of which were taken from Wenle, including three unopened Sheep Blade Corpse Puppet Needles, a miniature compass watch, a wallet, the cold car key, a phone, and a Lao Fu Zi color comic book.
“These are Sheep Blade Corpse Puppet Needles, noted in the Myriad Assembly of Humanity’s Pri. I’ve only seen them in writing.”
Wenle sat slumped in a chair, wearing only white underwear. Li Yan hadn’t held back, and one side of Wenle’s face was swollen and purplish, almost unrecognizable.
“Recognizing Myriad Assembly of Humanity’s Pri at a glance—you must be my fifth uncle whom I have never t.”
He licked the blood in his mouth, still smiling.
“Though powerful, Myriad Assembly of Humanity’s Pri requires the Life Fiend extracted from newly deceased corpses. Just by looking at the artifacts on the table, you’ve already taken at least three lives. Follow the wrong master like Xue Wenhai, and be careful, or you may fall into bitter hell after death and never ascend.”
“May my fifth uncle’s words bring luck,” Wenle responded.
Qian Wu snorted coldly and fell silent.
“Let’s talk about Xue Wenhai—tell what you know. And Ye Shiru, I’m quite interested in her as well.”
Wenle stretched his neck: “I won’t say a thing, kill if you’re unhappy.”
Li Yan was about to speak when his phone suddenly rang. The call was from Zhongxing Baode’s office.
“Mr. Li, there’s a Miss Ye looking for you.”
Ren Yi’s voice ca through.
Li Yan’s eyes flickered for a mont, “Have her take the call.”
As he spoke, Li Yan stood up and left the room, intentionally avoiding Qian Wu and Wenle inside.
Ren Yi handed the receiver to Vivian, wearing a professional smile on his face.
Ye Shiru looked at Ren Yi’s beautiful face but felt an inexplicable irritation and resistance, yet due to the pressing situation, she could ill afford to dwell on it.
“Hello, Comrade Li, I am the general manager of Hanlin Cold Chain, my surna is Ye, you can call Vivian.”
“Miss Ye, what can I do for you?”
“First, I want to confirm whether Ding Jiale is with Mr. Li.”
“Yes.”
“Today during the day, you spoke with my godfather on the phone, and we agreed to et at nine, but then you backed out.”
“Yes.”
“Straight to the point, I hope Mr. Li and his colleagues won’t get involved in these matters that are irrelevant to Zhongxing Baode. You can na any conditions; I want both the person and the goods, including the remaining masks from Golden Gate.”
Li Yan didn’t respond imdiately and, after a mont, countered, “Miss Ye, you found Zhongxing Baode so quickly, it seems you have so understanding of already?”
“I did my howork.”
“Let’s hear it?”
“Ha, there’s no need for details, just so you know, I have no ill intentions towards Mr. Li, I only wish to resolve this peacefully.”
“Fine, I have one more question. Does your godfather, Xue Wenhai, know that you ca to Zhongxing Baode to find ?”
Ye Shiru was startled at first, then fell silent.
“It seems he doesn’t. You took matters into your own hands.”
Ye Shiru still didn’t speak, tacitly admitting it.
Wenle ran into trouble while on the call with her, which indeed threw her into disarray. Adding to that, Xue Wenhai’s phone was inconveniently off as he was wholeheartedly studying Jin Boqing’s Skill of Painting Eyes. After much deliberation, she decided to make the visit herself.
“Let make it clear, I cannot speak for Zhongxing Baode; I can only represent myself. As for the conditions, I’d prefer to discuss them in person. Both you and Xue Wenhai must co…”
“Fine. It’s a deal.”
“Then it’s settled, let’s et tomorrow evening at nine o’clock.”
After finishing, Li Yan hung up the phone, his face suddenly beca somber.
Vivian left the office of Zhongxing Baode and went straight to Xue Wenhai’s usual residence at the garden villa. She waited in the living room for over two hours before she finally saw Xue Wenhai.
“What do you need to talk about? Take your ti.”
Xue Wenhai seed as if he had just taken a bath after so strenuous exercise, his hair still damp. Perhaps it was Ye Shiru’s misconception, but Xue Wenhai looked sowhat younger.
“Wenle ran into trouble; both the person and the goods were seized by that Li Yan from Zhongxing Baode.”
Xue Wenhai poured himself a cup of coffee, “How did they get mixed up together? How could Le ss up such a simple thing?”
“I went to the office of Zhongxing Baode and called Li Yan.”
Xue Wenhai looked up, placing his coffee down, and questioned Vivian, “Who told you to go?”
“I couldn’t reach you on the phone, Wenle was in trouble, and I was afraid.”
“Alright, alright. Tell the content of your call, word for word, don’t leave anything out, don’t change a word, go ahead.”
Vivian recounted her conversation with Li Yan faithfully, and the more Xue Wenhai listened, the tighter his brow beca.
“Vivian, you’re usually so clever, and I trust you the most, how could you do sothing so foolish?”
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“What do you plan to do?”
Li Yan recounted everything that had happened, leaving out the part about the nightclub in Chinatown, to Cha Xiaodao without missing a word, including the fact that he had arranged to et Xue Wenhai and Vivian tomorrow.
“That Ye Shiru clearly told on the phone that she had investigated , had done her howork on . This ans she could very well be aware of my relationship with Judy.”
At these words, Xiaodao’s expression also turned grave.
“Hanlin Cold Chain hiding corpses, the Golden Family massacre, I’ve never t Xue Wenhai, but evidently, he’s a person who has no bottom line and will stop at nothing to get what he wants.”
Li Yan pursed his lips, “I originally thought that with Xue Wenhai’s reckless thods, sooner or later soone among us would take action, not to ntion that Yang Zheng had already agreed with Qian Wu. But now it seems I can’t take that risk.”
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