Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 400, Section 177: The Scapegoat Who Came to Our Door

(Unexpected situation, working hard, two updates today!)

Upon receiving the pager message, Xi Ren also arrived at the coffee shop and glanced with interest at the two beautiful maids behind Teacher Li.

These two maid outfits are new faces, not the two we've seen before, but their looks surpass the previous two.

"Continuing to look like this is a bit impolite!"

Teacher Li took a fan from the maid, slowly unfolded it, and fanned herself.

Seeing Teacher Li's actions, Xiren cursed in her heart, "Show-off!" Handsome Sheng was right, this old scoundrel, all he has left in his life is his appearance.

If you rise by this, you will surely fall by this.

This pretentious old man will eventually die because of his styling.

"Just as rude as these losers around you?"

Xi Ren glanced around and noticed that all the men in the coffee shop, young and old, were staring at the two maids behind Teacher Li, their mouths practically watering.

These lecherous guys didn't know that these two maids had two submachine guns, enough to wipe out everyone in the entire cafe.

"Haha! Confucius said, 'Food and sex are human nature!' We are all slaves to our desires!"

"But then again, your new boss is definitely got some skills. He always manages to surprise me a little. Life is too boring. If you want to keep going, you need to find some fun!"

Whether man or woman, everyone is attracted to beauty; we are all visual creatures.

Teacher Li never hid his hobbies. A hero should have nine wives, but he only had two at a time, which was already a great act of restraint.

"Not bad! The whole gang is on the rise, full of young and capable men."

"Waiter, a cappuccino, extra strong. I didn't sleep well last night!"

Xi Ren was very satisfied with her current situation. The new boss was much more generous than the old boss, spending five million in one go. Although they were all small bills of twenty to fifty yuan, these were the denominations that criminals preferred.

Red Fiery Cross (100), Big Bull (500), Big Golden Bull (1000) are enough for daily expenses, but don't even dream about depositing them into the jewelry store. Tens of thousands is no problem, but if you exceed two hundred thousand, the jewelry store will take notice of you.

But these small bills of twenty to fifty yuan can be deposited into a jewelry store with just a shell company account, and no one will care.

"Generous, beautiful, incredibly skilled, and witty. If I were a woman, I'd be sweating buckets the moment I saw your new boss."

"Song Sheng must regret sending you to the side of Boxing King Sheng, hoping you would subdue that tiger coming down the mountain. Tigers are indeed the overlords of the mountains and forests, but once they enter the urban jungle made of reinforced concrete, they will only become a dish."

Teacher Li's words were both witty and vulgar. Although he suffered several defeats in his encounters with Song Sheng, he still managed to grasp some of Song Sheng's patterns of action.

There's a line in the novel of the same name as the movie "The Godfather" that I strongly agree with: "Get closer to your enemies, understand them better than your family."

"The boxing champion is a talent, but he's not ruthless enough. All he cares about is money. What's the point of having so much money if he's just a scapegoat?"

Xi Ren had no ill feelings towards Quan Wang Sheng, but she left him simply because this short-sighted scoundrel was so foolish.

The betting on correct scores in the English First Division is indeed profitable, but if Song Sheng and Shui Fang take away 80% of the profits, then this business can't grow big. Quan Wang Sheng is bold in doing things, but timid in planning.

On the contrary, Handsome Sheng is bold in his actions and even bolder in his plans. This new boss was determined from the beginning to take over the English First Division betting odds business all by himself and did not intend to leave any share for anyone else.

The bold subdue dragons and tigers, while the timid feed cats and rabbits. That's how the world is: the bold get rich, and the timid starve.

"When a person dies, they certainly don't need money!"

"Your new boss should have received the invitation I sent him. I reminded him that if he misses this auction, he'll have to wait until the end of next year. But people in the underworld are all short-lived, and no one can be sure if they'll live to see it!"

Teacher Li smiled at the waiter, tossed him a Red Snapper, and told the sly-eyed guy to get lost.

"People in the martial arts world are all short-lived! That saying is so true."

"Whether my new boss goes or not is not up to me, but I'm here for something else. I've thought about it and I think only the all-powerful Teacher Li knows the answer."

Xi Ren coughed, took out Ruan Wen's photo, placed it on the table, and continued, "This is my boss's prostitute, but my boss thinks this prostitute is unreliable."

"So I wanted to investigate. Annan boy, of mixed Chinese and French descent, but the surname Nguyen is so common in Annam, there are Nguyen family members everywhere. But that shouldn't be too difficult for you, Professor Li, right?"

Exciting general method!

Xi Ren is still too naive! If it were her former or current spy, they certainly wouldn't have said it so bluntly. Between adults, there are only transactions, not friendships, or rather, friendships are just another form of transaction.

However, Teacher Li does have a clue, but it is fraught with danger and could easily cost him his life if he is not careful. Therefore, he has not yet found a scapegoat to investigate.

Now look what's happened! The scapegoat has come knocking on our door!
Thinking of this, Old Li picked up his coffee cup, took a sip, and then said, "Miss Xiren, your provocation won't work on me, but I do know a little bit of a clue. However, I can assure you that you can't handle this; your boss will have to step in personally!"

There's a clue!
Xi Ren was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that Teacher Li had been watching Liang Zai Sheng the whole time. The old man had been watching Liang Zai Sheng's every move. She took a sip of coffee and replied with a smile, "Peeping is a psychological illness that needs to be cured."

“Teacher Li, my new boss has a bad temper. If he finds out that you care about him so much, he’ll be very happy, and he might even skin you alive!”

Teacher Li looked at Xiren's face without saying a word, staring at her intently for a minute, making Xiren look like a cat with its fur standing on end, before finally looking away.

This child was incredibly bright when he was young, but after spending some time with this Song Sheng, his talent has been obscured, and he's become completely clueless!

what a pity!

After a moment of reflection, Teacher Li vaguely replied, "Do you really think your new boss knows nothing?"

"The identity of the water room is not a protective charm for your boss, but a death curse. In this round, Song Sheng won more, so he didn't seek revenge, but your boss also won quite a bit."

"Please pass on a message for me: if he wants my help, he must hand over the professors he has. No matter which one, hand them over and I can protect him. In Hong Kong, only I can shelter him from the storm. Even the gods cannot do that."

After Teacher Li finished speaking, she picked up the photo on the table, looked at the mixed-race beauty in it, and clicked her tongue twice. It's such a pity that such a beautiful woman isn't her maid.

"I don't have the right to answer you, but I will pass on the message. Although I don't know what kind of deal you have with Handsome Sheng, I know that Handsome Sheng will not agree to it. Do you want to know how Handsome Sheng evaluates you?"

Xi Ren only brought her ears today, not her mouth to give a reply, but she said she would pass on the message.

Teacher Li adjusted her posture, spread her hands, and indicated that she was willing to hear the details.

“My new boss, Handsome Sheng, said that you are a playboy, a show-off, a fool who thinks he has power. Cooperating with a fool like you will only lead to one outcome, which is death.”

Without the slightest hesitation, Xi Ren delivered all of Liang Zai Sheng's previous complaints in a sarcastic and biting manner.

"You're only half right, but I won't tell you which part of your story, the new or the old, is correct!"

"Getting back to the point, to show my sincerity in cooperating, I will reveal the insider information. As for whether it will be successful, I don't know. This is also a small test, a small test of our cooperation."

The criticism was sharp; any more and Teacher Li would have gotten angry. He threw Ruan Wen's photo onto the table and continued, "Yesterday, a traffic accident occurred on Sparrow Street in Yuen Long."

"I hate surprises because surprises mean plans have failed."

"A taxi collided with a large truck at the end of Sparrow Street. The driver and the passenger in the car lost their lives. At that time, if they hadn't drunk the Meng Po soup, they should have been selling salted duck eggs next to the Naihe Bridge."

“The military has classified this as a traffic accident and the case has been closed, but I have reason to suspect that it was murder, blatant murder.”

"The judge is behind this!"

"The judge of the worth of souls, the messenger of hell!"

"I'm very curious about the judge's methods, because this scoundrel always manages to find ordinary citizens willing to die, and afterwards these innocent ordinary citizens will all be willing to die."

"Nobody knows how this scoundrel recruits people or pays them!"

"Humans fear death, and the will to survive will overcome everything, but how did this guy do it! This is a mystery that has puzzled people in the martial arts world for a long time."

"This is all the file materials. I went to great lengths to find the photocopies from the police station. As you know, because of that old scoundrel Song Sheng, the police station is now a scene of fierce fighting and tense atmosphere."

"The cops all stopped cooperating because of their high retirement pensions. It took me a lot of effort to get my hands on this."

"The judge knows the inside story of Ruan Wen's matter."

Teacher Li pointed out the way forward to Xiren and made it clear that as long as the judge was found, Ruan Wen's background would be known. He then clapped his hands loudly and told the maid behind him to bring out the information that had been prepared in advance.

The maid took out a thick stack of case files from her backpack and placed them on the table.

"I have something to do, I'm meeting someone to play tennis. Let me know if you hear anything, thanks!"

Having said everything that should and shouldn't have been said, Teacher Li left with two beautiful maids behind her, leaving Xiren alone in the coffee shop.

(End of this chapter)