The village beauty and me!

As Chen Huan spoke, he slowly stepped forward.

In the end, he simply stood on the table, letting the slowly rising wisps of smoke swirl around his body.

"You, you bastard!" For the first time, Li Saifeng showed a very unsettled expression on her face.

Xiaoyu was worried that Chen Huan would threaten her boss, so she grabbed a sharp blade and rushed towards him.

"Don't come any closer!"

"You'll die from poisoning!" Li Saifeng suddenly interrupted.

Then, a hint of composure returned to his face.

Looking quietly at Chen Huan, she said, "Now I can more or less believe what you said before."

"Could we get to know each other again?"

"My name is Li Saifeng. I am the owner of this office building and the boss of this loan company."

Chen Huan blinked. "Loan sharking? You mean loan sharking?"

Li Saifeng smiled and said, "It's a legitimate financial company, and the interest rates they charge are all within the legal limits."

"I switched to legitimate business a few years ago after the major upheaval that reshuffled the underground forces in Dongjiang City."

Chen Huan suppressed her surprise and said, "You've basically found a new job after being laid off, and judging by the size of this office building, you must be doing very well."

Li Saifeng pointed to the chair next to her, "Sit down and let's talk."

  

"Xiaoyu, go pour me a cup of tea."

This statement seems to represent some kind of cryptic code.

After listening, Xiaoyu's tense expression completely disappeared, and she also put away the sharp dagger.

He then opened the previously closed metal door and went out to make tea.

The smoke from the incense burner quickly dissipated.

Only then did the dragon dare to approach again and find a place to sit down.

He lamented to himself, "Time really flies."

"Back when I was in control of a powerful force, I was never treated so coldly or looked down upon."

Li Saifeng said with a smile, "Alright, stop nagging."

"You know perfectly well that so many people want to cause you trouble, yet you still brazenly come here."

"Aren't you deliberately trying to cause me trouble?"

"If it weren't for your hard work back then, I would have sold you to someone else long ago."

Crossing the River Dragon chuckled, "Feng Mei, I know you're not that kind of person."

"Otherwise, when I ran away back then, I wouldn't have been able to entrust you with the funds I had painstakingly saved up over the years to manage and safeguard."

"Now I see that your financial company is doing quite well."

"I've run into some trouble outside, and I'm wondering if I could..."

The dragon from across the river finally got to the point.

The moment money is mentioned, the atmosphere immediately becomes serious, even tense and oppressive.

Li Saifeng rubbed her forehead. "The funds you left behind were indeed my biggest asset in starting anew."

"Logically speaking, I should repay you with interest."

"But now, my sister's life isn't easy either..."

The man who had crossed the river immediately became anxious. "Sister Feng, don't you feel guilty saying that?"

"Before I came here, I specifically asked around. Your financial company not only lends money, but also specializes in buying other people's bad debts at low prices and hiring people to collect debts."

"They've made a fortune these past few years."

"I didn't ask you to pay any interest. Just pay me back the money I left behind back then."

"I promised Brother Chen Huan that I would give him half of that money."

"Now that you want to deny it, isn't that inappropriate?"

That guy, Crossing the River Dragon, is also somewhat cunning.

On the surface, she smiled and called him "little sister" repeatedly, but secretly she was pulling Chen Huan into her camp.

His aim was to put pressure on Li Saifeng through him, thereby successfully getting his money back.

Li Saifeng snorted, "Are you trying to scare me?"

Then she turned her gaze to Chen Huan, "Little brother, you said before that if I could get Xiaoyu, you would do me a favor, right?"

"I don't know if you're just saying it casually, or if you mean it?"

Chen Huan blinked. "I don't have many strengths, but one of them is that I keep my word."

Li Saifeng's face lit up with joy. "Alright, Xiaoyu is yours before dawn."

"Just don't get involved in what's between me and the outsider."

Guo Jianglong immediately became anxious, "Li Saifeng, you can't do this!"

"Back then, I did so many things for you and took care of so many competitors for you."

"You have no regard for our past relationship at all. You know my overseas business is struggling and I urgently need a large sum of money, yet you refuse to pay back a single penny?"

Li Saifeng sighed softly, "I have no choice. It's not that I want to default on the debt. It's true, the company has no money in its accounts."

"I could come up with a million or two, but that's probably just a drop in the bucket for your current predicament, isn't it?"

"In short, once things start to look up here, you won't be shortchanged by a single penny."

"But that's really not possible now."

"You can't stay here with me for too long. Someone will come looking for you soon. Dongjiang City is not what it used to be. I'm just a loan shark now. I can't protect you."

This is clearly a prelude to kicking them out.

Let the dragons who cross the river come full of joy, only to leave disappointed, without taking a single penny with them.

Crossing the River Dragon's face darkened. "You're really something, actually using your goddaughter, whom you raised yourself, as a bargaining chip to bribe others."

"You've become much more hard-hearted than you were back then."

Chen Huan, rubbing his nose, said, "Shouldn't you two ask me if I'm willing to accept the conditions I just mentioned?"

The man who had crossed the river widened his eyes. "So, you still want half the money, don't you?"

"Women are something you can have as many as you want once you have money. You're really smart."

Chen Huan shook his head. "I didn't say I was going to give up on that girl named Xiaoyu."

The man from across the river was puzzled. "Then what exactly do you mean?"

"You want the money and you want the person too? That's too greedy!"

Chen Huan glanced at Li Saifeng, whose expression wasn't very pleasant.

He pointed to the bronze furnace on the corner of the table, "I really liked the conditions you just proposed, and I was even a little touched."

"However, I'm afraid I can't agree to Jiang Long's request. On the contrary, there's another matter I can help you with."

"For example, to cure your illness and save your life."

Li Saifeng's face suddenly changed color. "Who exactly are you? How much do you really know about me?"

Chen Huan said with a grin, "Sister, don't get excited, and don't be afraid."

"I haven't told a single lie since I walked in."

"The reason I know you have this disease is because I have done some research on it, and more thoroughly than most people."

"Just from the smell of the smoke coming out of here, I can roughly tell that you have a terminal illness related to your blood."

"They cannot be exposed to sunlight or even wind all year round."

"We can only hide in this dark and sunless basement, relying on highly poisonous incense to fight poison with poison, like drinking poison to quench our thirst."

Li Saifeng swayed, her face deathly pale. "Even if you knew, what could you do?"

Chen Huan continued smiling, "Didn't I just say that I can cure your illness and save your life?"

"This is no joke."

Li Saifeng frowned slightly. "So, your condition is still Xiaoyu, and not asking me for money?"

Guo Jianglong became anxious, but dared not say anything, for fear of offending Chen Huan and finding out that Chen Huan was in cahoots with Li Saifeng.