Chapter 243

Niu Ju stood up from the sofa again,

Then he loudly said: "I, Niu Ju, swear here today that if I do not listen to Brother Zhao Jianqiang, may I meet a bad end,"

May the Five Thunders strike my head, let lightning kill me,

May I be killed by a car when I go out....

I watched Niu Ju's oath, wanting to laugh in my heart; this oath of Niu Ju is as ridiculous as a village woman scolding the street—if such swearing were effective,

how many people would have to die.

Do adults also pinky‑swear like children?

The main thing is binding interests and coercive means; otherwise, who would listen to whom.

If I had no leverage over Niu Ju, then Niu Ju would obey me.

I said to Niu Ju: "Niu Ju, I trust you, alright, sit down."

Niu Ju sat down,

"Jianqiang, tell me what to do. Kong Shi seems determined to take me down."

"I caught Zhou Fuhai and got the right person."

I said: "It's correct for now; otherwise Kong Shi would have already moved against you. Niu Ju, my proposal is to not release Zhou Fuhai, but keep him detained."

Niu Ju took a puff of smoke,

"'Keep him detained—it's been over a week, at most two weeks; how to detain him requires a reason.'"

I laughed,

"'Not detain him there; we need to find a suitable place to detain him—a place where they cannot find him and where he cannot talk nonsense.' I said."

"'Where is that?' Niu Ju looked at me, puzzled."

"'Time is tight now; Zhou Fuhai has had no main letter for a week, so the Zhou family must be anxious. Kong Shi is also frantically looking for him.'"

"'As soon as Zhou Fuhai appears, we are done.'"

"'I have thought of a safe place for Zhou Fuhai where he can stay alive and silent.'"

"'That is the city's mental hospital; it is absolutely safe there.'"

I said lightly.

"'Putting him in the mental hospital—I hadn't thought of that. Yes, commit Zhou Fuhai as a mental patient, then give him injections; I believe he will completely forget his identity.' Niu Ju nodded."

I said: "Just committing him isn't enough; we also need to give Zhou Fuhai plastic surgery."

"'How to do the plastic surgery?' Niu Ju asked."

"'Make him look like me, you understand? Let Zhou Fuhai become Zhao Jianqiang, and I become Zhou Fuhai. Once Zhou Fuhai is mentally abnormal, further changes will make no one recognize him.'"

I and Zhou Fuhai will completely exchange identities.

Niu Ju, only this way will your arrest of Zhou Fuhai cause no trouble.

"'After I become Zhou Fuhai, think about it—we are in a cooperative relationship, and I will surely keep your position.' I said."

After hearing me finish, Niu Ju clapped and said: "This is great—you become Zhou Fuhai, Zhou Fuhai becomes you; who knows which is real and which is fake."

We are like grafting flowers onto trees.

"'This is fun, Jianqiang—okay, let's do it. Tell me what you need me to do.' Niu Ju said happily."

"'First step, you release Zhou Fuhai; I will arrange people to send him directly to the hospital,"

"'Our people and vehicles—you must not investigate them.'"

"'You must absolutely protect our safety.'"

"'That can be done; you just need to send me the information about the people and vehicles, and I will arrange people to handle it. Then what about Kong Xiangju?' Niu Ju asked."

I said: "I will handle talking to Kong Shi about this; you stay out of it. You bound Kong Xiangju just to keep your position and make Kong Shi shut up."

"'As long as I successfully pose as Zhou Fuhai, your position will be completely secure.'"

"'So don't interfere in these matters.'"

Niu Ju nodded,

"'Jianqiang, you are truly helping me.'"

"'I don't need to worry about these two things.'"

"'Jianqiang, I feel much lighter in my heart.'"

"'Some past things, I really owe you an apology.' Niu Ju expressed his apology to me."

I waved my hand,

"'Alright, Niu Ju, past matters, I never held them against you.'"

"'I want to ask you: in the past, you and Zhao Xiaohua were brothers-in-law; how could you not trust him?'"

Upon hearing my question, Niu Ju sighed: 'Ah, Zhao Xiaohua is too close to Kong Shi. He has some matters where he simply does not listen to my advice.'

Especially, the wives of Xiaohua and me fell out because of my father‑in‑law's affairs, so my relationship with Xiaohua has grown more distant.

"'Kong Shi is the one who used Xiaohua to hollow out the Da Heng Group.'"

I nodded,

"'This matter, later when I checked the accounts I discovered the problem; at that time I thought you had teamed up with them.'"

Niu Ju waved his hand,

"'I am not that kind of person; could I join forces with them to deal with you, brother?'"

"'This Niu Ju really knows how to talk—you didn't join forces with them, yet you allied with Kang Yali and the Bank Manager to jointly oppose me.'"

I smiled and said: 'Niu Ju, that's fairly worthy of our friendship. Niu Ju, I still have one thing unclear: that in May,'

"'Zhou Wei and I suddenly had a car accident on the highway.'"

"'This matter is very suspicious,'"

With such nice weather and not many cars around, how did a car accident happen?

Niu Ju, upon hearing my question,

He then whispered, 'About that car accident, I don't know much; I'm just following orders from above. Do you understand? We didn't carefully inspect your Mercedes-Benz, and just let the people above take it away.'

There are some things I also find it inconvenient to ask.

I can only follow the opinions from above, labeling this as a normal car accident; in fact, I remain doubtful about this matter.

I am also full of doubts, namely that this car accident occurred too suddenly.

Jianqiang, I really don't know much.

I directly asked Niu Ju, 'Niu Ju, is the Zhou family involved in this?'

Niu Ju chuckled and said, 'This matter needs investigation.'

Upon hearing Niu Ju say that, I didn't ask further, because now is not the time to investigate that matter.

Perhaps Niu Ju really doesn't know much.

He is merely following others' orders.

I said, 'Okay, Niu Ju, I have recorded our conversation today.'

I'll be frank with you; our agreement is known only to the two of us.

Be sure not to break the agreement; otherwise, I will take reckless action.

Upon hearing this, Niu Ju's expression became very solemn.

'Jianqiang, it seems you still don't trust me much.'

Rest assured, I am now counting on you to save me; otherwise, I truly will have no way out, as Zhou Renfeng has already abandoned me.

I also have no backing now; only by uniting can we preserve what we have.

If you understand this reasoning, that's enough; we'll prepare separately. I have kept Zhou Fuhai's SIM card turned off.

After we finish dealing with Zhou Fuhai's matter, I will turn it back on.

Niu Ju then said, 'Alright, I'll go handle this tomorrow when I return. It's been over a week; if people come looking for Zhou Fuhai, how will you explain?'

I laughed and said, 'Easy, I have my own reasons to explain; you don't need to worry about it, Niu Ju. Then I will have Shi Yong contact you.'

First, send Zhou Fuhai to a mental hospital.

By the way, the director of that mental hospital has a good relationship with me.

He will act according to my arrangements.

'It's better if Jianqiang arranges it; let's do that. By the way, what about the Bank Manager? What have you done to him?' Niu Ju asked.

'He just drank too much; he'll wake up tomorrow morning. We shouldn't tell him about our affairs.'

'Xiao Long, let's go. Niu Ju, tidy up here. Also, wipe the Bank Manager's face; he'll wake up quickly, so it won't delay your fun.' After saying that, I waved at Niu Ju and then left with Xiao Long.