bodyguard against fate

Chapter 54 Wolf or Dog

Chen Ergou's most trusted people, besides Feng Weida, were Wu Meng. He never expected to be betrayed by Wu Meng, and he was left speechless with grief when the police took him back for investigation.

"Meng'er, Meng'er... I might not come out this time. If it really comes to that, just remarry and don't wait for me—"

"Ergou, just go in peace. Don't worry, I definitely won't wait for you. If it weren't for your best brother Feng Weida, I wouldn't have reported you. Please don't hate him!"

"I'm already like this, what's the point of hating me? Why don't you two just get along? It's better to have a brother than an outsider!"

"You don't need to tell me, that's what I think too. You should reform yourself in there and start a new life. We'll burn paper money for you every year—"

"I went inside, I'm not dead, so why are you burning paper money?"

"That's strange, in my mind you've been dead for years—"

Revenge, pure revenge!

Wu Meng's reputation as a widow had spread throughout the town, so why would she care about the death of her "ex-husband"?

The police were completely baffled. What kind of plot was this? Even Pan Jinlian wouldn't dare to act like this—

This woman doesn't look like a good person!

Wu Renxing didn't not want to get the gold bars; he was held back. After Qiang Ge and his gang "killed" someone, they asked Wu Renxing for the money, but Wu Renxing simply turned off his phone and disappeared. This debt would then fall on Zhang Hao's shoulders, since he was the middleman!

Zhang Hao had just helped Chen Ergou sell two gold bars, intending for Qiang Ge and his gang to rob Chen Ergou in a way that would compensate for Wu Renxing's losses. However, Chen Ergou also turned on him and abandoned his support.

Zhang Hao was furious. "I'm unreliable enough, but there are so many people even more unreliable than me these days! Wu Renxing, are you hiding? Don't think I don't know whose pink Corolla you're driving!"

Zhang Hao had seen the pink Corolla before, so he easily found Jiang Xue. Faced with the gleaming dagger in Qiang Ge's hand, she could only trick Wu Renxing into coming out, saying that someone was eyeing her gold bars and wanted to rob her, and asked Wu Renxing to come over quickly.

Wu Renxing had planned to double-cross the other party from the very beginning. He was worried that he couldn't handle it alone, since he didn't know how many people were on the other side. So he found the bald man, and the two of them lay in ambush in advance, ready to make their move. Just then, Jiang Xue called.

Wu Renxing didn't want to go. It was seven yuan here and one yuan there. Wu Renxing could tell which side had more and which side had less. But Jiang Xue said that if Wu Renxing didn't come, she would expose everything about him. Wu Renxing was afraid that Jiang Xue would talk nonsense, so he could only let the bald man act according to the situation. If the other side had more people, he would not make a move and would find another opportunity next time.

Once Wu Renxing left, he fell into the hands of Zhang Hao and Brother Qiang.

"Little Wu, you're playing the disappearing act, huh? In the underworld, this kind of thing means you'll get your hands or feet chopped off. Tell me, which one do you want to chop off first?" Zhang Hao said.

"Even if you chop me up, it won't do me any good, I have no money!"

Qiang found several bank cards on Wu Renxing and forced him to reveal the PINs. He then told the skinny guy to try them at an ATM. Sure enough, one of the main cards was frozen, and the others had insufficient balances.

"You're such a high-ranking deputy factory director, where did all your money go?" Zhang Hao asked, puzzled.

"The money is all with my wife. I'm just a live-in son-in-law who got dumped. How much money do you think I could have? Besides, you didn't kill anyone, so why did I pay the final payment?" Wu Renxing was also furious. If they had handled things cleanly and neatly, would he have ended up in this situation?

This is awkward. Zhang Hao was helping Qiang Ge and his team collect the final payment, but Qiang Ge and his team failed to meet their KPIs!

Doesn't this mean the boss has to pay before the work is even finished? It's like trying to do pole vaulting in a latrine—it's going too far!

"You didn't kill anyone?" Zhang Hao questioned.

"It was so bloody and mangled at the time, I couldn't see clearly—"

Brother Qiang can't say that he was beaten up by a group of mentally ill people. If word gets out, it will become a laughing stock and seriously threaten his status and public image.

"Look," Wu Renxing said confidently, "it's not that I intentionally owed them money. They didn't finish their work, so how do you expect me to pay them?"

"Sorry, brothers—" Seeing that the three of them, including Brother Qiang, were dejected and had completely lost the aggressive demeanor they had when they were demanding payment, Zhang Hao knew that he was in the wrong.

He had just transitioned into a middleman and had already closed several deals in a row, becoming a rising star in the resources around the five-star hotel. His transition was quite successful; he even dyed his former blond hair back to black and started wearing gold-rimmed glasses. At such a crucial stage of his career, he couldn't afford to ruin his reputation with just one deal.

"This is my fault, I didn't investigate properly," Zhang Hao said, pushing up his glasses. "There's only one solution to this now, do you still want the money?" Zhang Hao asked Brother Qiang.

Qiang nodded.

After all, we've done more than half the work, and there's only one last push left. It would be a shame not to take it!

"Do you still want to kill your wife?" Zhang Hao asked Wu Renxing.

"What's the point of killing me now? The police are already looking for me!"

Wu Renxing was dejected. He had originally killed He Xiuli to seize the inheritance rights, but now that his affair had been exposed, he would be the first suspect if He Xiuli died, and his inheritance rights were completely hopeless.

"We can't say that. Didn't you say she has money on her card? We can just take the card and be done with it!" Zhang Hao suggested.

Upon hearing this, Wu Renxing realized it was indeed a good idea. Although He Xiuli didn't have tens of millions in her account, she still had several million. Adding the seven gold bars, it meant that his dream of becoming a multi-millionaire was still within reach!

"What do you guys think of 334?" Zhang Hao asked.

Brother Qiang nodded first. This was a good thing for him. He could get 30%, which was more than the money was calculated based on the number of people. Only a fool wouldn't do it!

Wu Renxing was heartbroken. It was all his, but now he had to give away 60% of it, and he would have to live on the run. What was he doing all this for?

But now that things had come to this, if he didn't do it, he wouldn't get a single penny. So he gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and said, "I'll do it! But I get four, and you get three!"

If I die, will you all scatter?

Why does that sound so ominous?

"make a deal!"

The group immediately agreed!

He Xiuli's injuries were not serious, and she was discharged from the hospital on the third day to receive treatment at home. However, this home was not the one she shared with Wu Renxing; it was a country villa she had recently moved to.

Although these villas are not far from Leping Town, they were initially priced too high and were cruelly abandoned by wealthy people. Now, the occupancy rate is less than 30%, and most of the houses are considered haunted and completely uninhabited. The villas are surrounded by sparsely populated rural suburbs. During the day, it's fine—the scenery is beautiful and quiet—but at night, the fear level doubles!

Stray cats can sneak into the kitchen through the chimney, and even the slightest noise they make can scare someone half to death; bats swarm out at night for a midnight snack, and some blind ones crash headfirst into the glass, making it as terrifying as a horror movie… Having learned her lesson from the mental hospital, He Xiuli knew that animals weren't scary; people were the scariest. She hid two kitchen knives under her pillow for self-defense and even called her father to stay with her. No matter what, she just had to get through these two days and wait for the police to catch the culprit. The town's police force was limited and had to deal with various daily matters; it wasn't possible to have several officers dedicated to protect her 24/7 like in the movies. Survival depended on herself.

To this end, He Yong hired two bodyguards and also kept a large wolfhound. The bodyguards and the dog lived on the first floor of the villa, while he and He Xiuli lived on the second floor.