Chapter 392: He Zuming Wants to Leave

I finished speaking and went into the study.

Upon entering the study, I plugged the USB drive into the computer; I wanted to copy the contents of that black USB drive to a new USB drive.

I want to keep a copy of the evidence.

Because I am working with them, I must be extremely careful; perhaps this retained evidence will be what lets me survive later.

Otherwise, they could easily make me disappear.

After finishing the copy, I opened the new USB drive to check it,

after confirming everything was there, I turned off the computer.

At that moment I called Ding Li into the study,

I took a USB drive,

"Ding Li, I'm handing this USB drive to you; you must keep it safe for me, and if it's needed, you follow my arrangements. Take this USB drive to the media and make its contents public."

Ding Li nodded while holding the USB drive,

"Don't worry, Brother Zhao, I'll keep it safe. Is this thing really that important?"

"It's very important; maybe our survival later will depend on it." I said to Ding Li.

"Brother Zhao, what's inside?" Ding Li asked.

"You'd better not look; if you know what's inside, it'll be bad for you. All I can say is, you understand, Ding Li—some things, the less you know, the better for you.

In this society, don't think knowing more secrets is a good thing,

actually, knowing some secrets can bring deadly disaster."

"I understand, Brother Zhao. I'll follow all your arrangements."

Ding Li put the USB drive into his pocket.

I then placed another USB drive into Ding Li's hand,

"Ding Li, take this USB drive to the owner of the Juyuan Tea House, then come back quickly."

Ding Li took the USB drive again,

"All right, Brother Zhao, I'll go deliver it now."

Ding Li left again.

The butler had already prepared the food and drink and sent them over.

Seeing the food and drink, Lao Wai happily shouted, "Damn, it's still great to follow my brother.

We have food and drink."

I laughed, "Old Wai brother, not only do we have food and drink, we also have money."

"Yeah, wow, all that money in the room—is it really for me?" Lao Wai asked.

I laughed, "Old Wai brother, when have I ever lied to you? This money is all yours. When the time comes to leave, you can take as much as you can carry."

"That's what you said, Zhao Jianqiang; we're men, we keep our word." Lao Wai shouted.

"Keeping our word. It's just this bit of money, right?"

"You know how much this bit of money is?" Lao Wai asked me.

"How much?" I asked Lao Wai.

"Ah, how much—oh, I forgot, I'll go count again."

Lao Wai hobbled back into the room to count the money.

I said to He Zuming, "Mr. He, let's sit down and drink."

"Jianqiang, I want to discuss something with you." He Zuming sat down.

"What matter, Mr. He?" I said, picking up the wine bottle to pour.

"I want to leave you."

"Why?"

"Jianqiang, given the situation, I'm just a burden here. I can't help you now, yet you still have to drag me around hiding.

if they catch me, it will affect you." He Zuming said, raising his wine cup.

"Mr. He, look at what you're saying—what nonsense. How could you affect me? I'll protect your safety with all my strength; I could even give my life, absolutely not letting you come to any harm." I hurriedly said to He Zuming.

"What I fear most is exactly that, Jianqiang; I can understand your feelings. You will certainly protect me with all your might.

but I'm an old man; what's the point of you protecting me? You still have important matters to attend to.

I've offered all the ideas I could while by your side, and I've recommended everyone I should.

That's the extent of my ability.

Having you protect me fully wastes time and energy.

For now, I am not their main target.

I believe leaving you is the correct choice.

That way, you can let loose and have a showdown with them in Sijiucheng.

By staying with you, I'll only become one of the targets they could use to catch you.

"Jianqiang, I'm speaking the truth; sometimes we need to talk about feelings, sometimes we shouldn't talk too much about feelings.

Just now when you mentioned helping Wen Han, that also involves danger.

I understood that immediately.

They act without regard for consequences.

I'm not afraid of death; let me say this first. Jianqiang, I've lived to this age—if I die, I die, with no regrets.

I just don't want to cause you trouble. Jianqiang, do you think what I'm saying is right?"

Hearing He Zuming say that,

I feel what he said makes a lot of sense,

I already know Wen Han, and I am gradually deepening my relationship with him.

The things Wen Han has me do are also shady.

Wen Han could attack me at any time, and then He Zuming would also be in danger.

Besides the Zhou family, Liu Shiru and others are looking for me, and as soon as they catch He Zuming, they will surely try every means to get information from him.

He Zuming staying by my side is very dangerous.

I must also try every means to protect him.

What he said is correct.

I raised my wine cup,

took a sip of wine,

"Mr. He, what you said is right, but you should know that you can't go back to Zaocheng anymore, Kong Shi also knows your information; if you leave me, where could you go?"

"Haha, Jianqiang, I have a place, you don't need to worry about this."

"Even if I go back to Zaocheng, what can they do to us? I don't know much about you; we just met by chance, you rented a house using my identity, and I know nothing else. If they kill me, they'll just add another sin to their record."

"I originally like a wandering life,"

"Following you, Jianqiang, these days I've also eaten and stayed in good places."

"I'm satisfied."

"Jianqiang, I'll leave quietly on my own, not taking a vehicle, just wandering like this; whenever I return to Zaocheng, I'll go back then, and dying outside would be fine—where I die is where I'll be buried,"

"That saves trouble. Hahaha, I've studied Feng Shui all my life; imperial tombs have taken all the best Feng Shui in the world, yet did they end well?"

"Actually, what I most want to tell you is that Feng Shui is just human nature; as long as human nature is good, any burial place is good Feng Shui."

He Zuming raised his wine cup and laughed.

He Zuming is truly an optimistic person; he has already become indifferent to life and death.

I can understand his heart,

His leaving me is not because he worries about his own danger, but because he fears becoming a burden to me.

I said to He Zuming: "Mr. He, if you really want to leave, wait a moment for Ding Li to come; he'll bring you a large sum of money and then send you to Huaihai City. It's not far from Zaocheng, and then I can pick you up again."

He Zuming shook his head,

"Jianqiang, you still don't understand me. If I were after money, I wouldn't help you."

"Wealth is merely an external thing."

"I really don't need it, and I don't want you to give it to me."

"You don't need to look for me either."

"I'm still a person wandering around; I can not only check out Feng Shui but also enjoy freedom."

"If we meet again, that will be our fate."

"If we don't meet, then we'll end here."

"After your matter succeeds, maybe I'll wait for you in Zaocheng."

"Come, let's finish this cup, and then I'll leave." He Zuming raised his wine cup.

"Mr. He, are you really leaving in such a hurry?" I asked.

"It's time to go; actually, after I introduced you to Wen Han, I wanted to leave you."

"Jianqiang, come, cheers." He Zuming clinked his cup against mine.

Then he tilted his neck back and drank the wine into his stomach.