After he said this, Zhao Zichen suddenly giggled and clapped a few times.
“Threaten me, social society. Wu Zhidong, who doesn’t have a family, children and daughters, right? Someone reported me as a member of the Red Light Society, so please, Uncle Police, summon me for questioning. But there are so many people in the Red Lantern Society, it would be difficult to catch them all. There’s no one good about these triads. Your daughter, Wu Ke, is in kindergarten in the city, right? Nowadays, society is so chaotic, you need to worry more about it, Officer Wu.”
The policeman obviously drew in a breath of cold air: “You’re F*cking threatening me?!”
Zhao Zichen said calmly, “How dare you? Don’t lose your family for the sake of your job. It’s not worth it to jeopardise your daughter’s life for something that’s not worth it, don’t you think?”
Just now, Wu Zhidong’s words were thrown back by Zhao Zichen in the same way, so angry that Wu Zhidong could not say anything.
Zhao Zichen was also crazy enough to threaten even the police, he really didn’t want to die.
But Wu Zhidong, this B*****d, was so obviously working for the tiger, what else could he do but to use this tactic against him? Being an honest and good person could be bullied to the bone by a scum like Wu Zhidong.
After Wu Zhidong left, Zhao Zichen told me that everything related to Sun Qiaoqiao had been taken away by the police.
“From what I know about the police in Tong City, this matter may not even end up being filed, and it may end up as a suicide or a death by illness.”
I was driving with the amplifier on and Cai Xiaobing was sitting in the driver’s seat. When I heard this, I couldn’t suppress my fire and cursed an expletive.
“These motherF*ckers aren’t afraid of having evidence to reverse the case later?”
Zhao Zichen said, “The body they will definitely be cremated overnight, and the original report taken from me will also be destroyed. Rape is already a difficult crime to prove, and almost all the evidence is on the corpse. Unless the family of the deceased went to grab the body with the police overnight, once the body is burnt, there is no chance of this case being overturned.”
How could Sun Qiaoqiao’s own father, who could sell his daughter like a chattel to a place like that, possibly seek justice for her?
“Cai Xiaobing and I can be human witnesses later.” I said.
“A confession is not a conviction. Even if the Tongcheng court is particularly impartial by then and admits the testimony of you two, only a confession without physical evidence cannot convict. You guys don’t think about it, before entering the Red Light Society, I put a copy of the criminal law study as thorough as a professional lawyer, do a line of work love a line of work well, I have understood the business risks in advance.”
I had the feeling of being weighed down to the point where I couldn’t breathe, as if a giant hand was tightening in the unseen darkness, laughing at my uselessness.
Zhao Zichen said seriously, “Don’t think about it, we’ve done our best about Sun Qiaoqiao, and capturing Shi Sheng is also considered revenge for her.”
“It’s not enough, there’s also the Night Coming Night Club, there’s also a price to pay, every single accomplice should not be spared.”
Zhao Zichen sneered, “How not to let go, we can’t get them.”
I said in a cold voice, “I have a way, I have to fight them hard.”
Cai Xiaobing looked at me excitedly, “Captain, are you telling the truth?”
I said to Zhao Zichen, “I’m gradually understanding you a little bit. Back then, when the old leader of the Green Dragon Gang was killed, you must have been as desperate as I was. Damn, this place is F*cking dark. Is it hard to just watch him stay black? I can’t do that.”
Zhao Zichen tried to continue to persuade me, but I cut him off.
I continued, “I joined the army at the age of 18, and after a year as a conscript I joined the special forces. I’ve been on hundreds of missions, and every one of them was a close call. Many of my comrades gave their youth and even their lives to protect the land behind them. I can’t accept that, we gave our blood and sweat to protect our loved ones, not this kind of scum.”
“I support you.” Zhao Zichen said seriously, “If there’s anything you need to help with, just say so.”
Looking out the window at the endless stream of traffic, I smiled, “No need for now, let’s keep the body down first.”
“Zhang Chao.” Zhao Zichen smiled a little, “I finally know why you weren’t willing to work with me in the first place. You’re a real soldier.”
I said, “But I’ve changed too, and we’ll really have to work together from now on.”
It turned out that I was very self-righteous and thought that I could do whatever I wanted in this part of Tong City just because I was the young proprietor of the Junran Group and had learnt all my skills in the special forces.
In fact, I was wrong. This modest city is as black as ink behind the scenes, and my status is simply not enough to face the real darkness.
I hung up the phone and called Lao Gan. It was too late to disturb Lao Gan’s rest, but I couldn’t care less when I thought of the old man cheating on me with Han Kun.
I told Lao Gan to find Sun Qiaoqiao’s real father immediately, no matter how much money Sun Qiaoqiao’s father wanted, he must keep Sun Qiaoqiao’s body tonight.
The funeral home won’t open at midnight, and the cremation won’t take place until early tomorrow morning, so let Sun Qiaoqiao’s father spill his guts or make a fool of himself.
“Young master, who has offended you here?” Old Gan asked.
If I didn’t say anything, this old man would find out for himself, so I simply said it straight away.
“She was from the Nightly Incense Club and had her father sold to prostitute-prostitution and got killed. It’s a long story ……”
“Nightly Incense? Young master, do you know the background of this Night Incense? We’d better not offend him. The identity of the owner of Night Lai Heung is very mysterious, even Han Lu is not sure, and he rarely appears in social occasions in Tong City. Before you made your identity public, there were a few rumours that Nightly Incense was run by the son of Jun Ran founder Zhang Jun. Of course, it has since fallen apart without attack.”
“None of you know his identity, so what are you afraid of?”
Old Gan said, “Who would Junran be afraid of? But in the jianghu world, many friends have many paths, and you can’t do business by offending people. Although no one knows who the owner of the Nightly Fragrance is, but after so many crackdowns on p*rnography and illegal activities, this bathing centre is still open, doesn’t that tell you something?”
I said impatiently, “I know, so you have to be very secretive about this and never let anyone know that Jun Ran is running it. Also, what about the relationship between our company and Nightly Fragrance?”
Old Gan had always been one to not disobey my orders, and although he disagreed with me, he didn’t refute strongly either.
“The relationship is okay, very little correspondence, no business.”
I said, “Then tell everyone to get ready, we’re about to become mortal enemies.”
I understood that I couldn’t afford any more enemies at this time. Chen Yu Zhou, Liu Rong and Jiang Ming were all very difficult to deal with, and now there was one more nightclub that Lao Gan had warned me not to offend, which was a death wish.
