Chapter 1068: Chapter 1057: Two Hundred Million!
Rewind the timeline to when Ouyang Feifei had not yet entered the nightclub backstage lounge.
Ning Fan barged directly into the lounge, seeing Brother Hu passionately *** the seductive woman with heavy makeup beneath him on the bed.
Ning Fan did not intervene, standing aside with arms crossed as if watching a show.
The sound of Ning Fan’s footsteps and the woman’s screams instantly alerted Brother Hu, a battle-hardened man. He quickly pulled out the hand crossbow he always carried from under his pillow and fired it at Ning Fan without hesitation!
Having been in the underworld for so many years, the lives he’s taken are countless. Killing someone poses no psychological barrier to Brother Hu.
Then Brother Hu witnessed a scene he would never forget.
The bolt shot out, precisely hitting Ning Fan’s heart.
However, Ning Fan did not react as Brother Hu imagined, with his heart blasted open by the bolt’s impact.
The bolt that hit Ning Fan didn’t even make him take a step back. He merely frowned slightly, as if bitten by a mosquito.
Then… Ning Fan pulled apart the hole in his white shirt, plucked the bolt from his skin, and tossed it onto the ground!
The powerful modified hand crossbow left no mark on Ning Fan’s chest, let alone drew blood!
At that moment, Brother Hu was utterly despairing.
“Who are you, what kind of person are you!”
If Ning Fan wore a bulletproof vest, Brother Hu might not have lost composure, but he clearly saw Ning Fan was wearing just a thin white shirt.
Never mind the bolt, a normal person dressed like this would probably get seriously hurt with a single stab.
“Who I am isn’t important.”
Ning Fan smiled faintly, seeing Brother Hu scared enough, and returned the hand crossbow to him, saying, “What’s important is I heard from Lv Wenlong that you instructed him to withhold our contract funds. I need an explanation.”
Holding the hand crossbow, Brother Hu had the urge to fire another bolt, to see if this man really wasn’t afraid of it.
But under Ning Fan’s sharp gaze, which seemed to pierce everything, Brother Hu was afraid.
Thud!
With a muffled sound, Brother Hu fell to his knees, crying like a child, hoarsely shouting, “Big brother, I know I was wrong. I’ll transfer the contract funds to you right now, fifty million without missing a single cent.”
“Fifty million?”
Ning Fan’s lips curled into a smile, leisurely saying, “That was the price a couple of days ago.”
“Now I require two hundred million.”
Ning Fan held up two fingers, smiling as he spoke.
“Two hundred million…”
Brother Hu’s heart ached. After years of painstakingly consolidating various underground organizations, forming relationships with the authorities, and running entertainment venues, he only saved two to three hundred million. Yet this man requested two hundred million in one go?
“Is there a problem?”
Ning Fan’s smile was as gentle as a spring breeze, he softly said, “I’m an easy-going person. If you can’t provide it, we can negotiate.”
“Negotiate! Let’s negotiate!”
Brother Hu’s eyes brightened as he shouted.
“Alright, let’s hear you out.”
Ning Fan nodded, speaking to himself, “You fired a bolt at me just now, I’ll return one to you. I won’t ask for two hundred million, just give me the fifty million principal and I’ll leave. How does that sound, Brother Hu?”
Looking at Ning Fan’s cheerful face, Brother Hu was utterly despairing.
Ning Fan spoke politely, but having dozens of crisscrossed knife and arrow wounds on his body, Brother Hu knew he wasn’t literally an Immortal Body.
One bolt for 150 million, it’s essentially exchanging life for money!
Without life, what good is money?
“I’ll give… I’ll give the full two hundred million.”
Brother Hu said the words dispiritedly, as if drained of all vitality, his face incredibly haggard.
“It was your choice, don’t say I forced you.”
Ning Fan chuckled as he spoke.
“I won’t… Big brother’s grace, I’ll never forget,” Brother Hu didn’t dare meet Ning Fan’s gaze, bowed his head, and spoke sullenly.
Watching Brother Hu grind his teeth and bleed his heart while transferring two hundred million cash directly to the Dragon City Branch Company’s account, Ouyang Feifei smiled even brighter.
The two strode out of the Yongle Nightclub unimpeded.
A gentle evening breeze blew, Ouyang Feifei clung to Ning Fan’s arm, sweetly saying, “Mr. Ning surely knows his way. Brother Hu might never dare delay our contract funds again.”
“Are you still thinking of cooperating with him?”
Ning Fan raised an eyebrow.
“Oh, I hadn’t thought about that. I’m too dull. I’ll blacklist such unreliable people immediately when I return!”
Ouyang Feifei stuck out her tongue, playfully speaking.
To outsiders, she appeared as a decisive secretary to the general manager, but beside Ning Fan, she was like a gentle lark.
“That’s not necessary.”
Ning Fan’s lips curled into a smile, looking at the gradually darkening night, he calmly said, “After this ordeal, Brother Hu might dream of me in his sleep. Cooperation with him can continue; he won’t dare pull any tricks again.”
“Mr. Ning is right!”
Ouyang Feifei nodded rapidly, her eyes roving the streets hesitantly before speaking, “It’s still early, we’ve secured the contract funds, and even overachieved our goals, so…”
“So?”
Ning Fan looked at Ouyang Feifei, half-smiling.
“So how about celebrating, having a meal, shopping, and watching a movie?”
Ouyang Feifei blushed as she shared her thoughts.
Being with Ning Fan erased her Shadow Team leader aura, her mind filled with leisure and fun.
“Hmm, alright.”
Ning Fan pondered briefly before replying.
Seeing Ouyang Feifei’s jubilant expression, Ning Fan felt somewhat touched, smiling slightly, his mood lightened considerably.
But as they walked, Qiu Xiuxiu’s figure resurfaced in his mind, causing Ning Fan some headache.
After two days of cooling down, he’d somewhat understood Qiu Xiuxiu’s thoughts when she left without a word.
Thus, asking the Shadow Team to search for Qiu Xiuxiu was impossible. She probably hid away to avoid facing familiar members of the Shadow Team.
“I hope she can overcome her mental hurdle soon.”
Ning Fan silently spoke in his heart.
This matter was his fault towards Qiu Xiuxiu, making Ning Fan, who always had a clear conscience, experience this chaotic feeling for the first time.
He didn’t know whether to actively seek out Qiu Xiuxiu. If he didn’t, he felt uneasy inside.
If he did seek her out, Ning Fan couldn’t imagine what he would say or do facing Qiu Xiuxiu.
Perhaps…
Time is the best remedy.
Ning Fan thought with a bitter smile.