Chapter 396: Discuss Cooperation

After I finished speaking, Wen Han let out a long sigh, and his look at me changed.

Then he spoke softly: "Zhao Jianqiang, you're a few years older than me, so I should call you Brother Jianqiang. What you have in your hands is really surprising."

Not only is Zhou Fuhai in your hands, but also Shen Honghong,

Do you know how urgently the Zhou family is looking for these two people?

Moreover, whether dead or alive, providing information about them will earn you five million cash.

To be honest, I've also been secretly looking for these two people.

I even pray every day that they don't fall into the Zhou family's hands.

Brother Jianqiang, although we've only just met, we feel like old friends.

and we get along well,

we should have a good talk."

I heard Wen Han call me Brother Jianqiang,

I felt pleased inside, but I said: "Mr. Wen, please don't call me Brother Jianqiang; I'm just a rustic country bumpkin, forced to come to Sijiucheng to seek a patron.

You are my patron.

It's better if you call me Zhao Jianqiang. Let's discuss the matter of these two people properly."

"No, you must call me Brother Jianqiang. Let's discuss properly what to do with these two people." Wen Han said in an unrefusable tone.

"Mr. Wen..."

"Just call me Wen Han."

"No, I'd rather call you Mr. Wen. Mr. Wen, tell me your opinion—what do you plan to do with these two people?"

"These two people, I think, are like this: Zhou Fuhai and Shen Honghong have no guarantee of safety right now; we should immediately protect them."

"If you send people to protect them, it's basically giving the Zhou family information, letting them know these two are in your hands. I think that would be less safe."

Zhou Fuhai is already mentally unclear in the psychiatric hospital, but his phone and computer are in my hands,

plus I know where Shen Honghong is hiding.

All the secrets are in my hands.

"I don't want to casually reveal this evidence; I'm afraid that if I do it too early, it will get them into trouble." I watched Wen Han take a puff of his cigarette.

"Is that so? I understand your meaning—that you want to use these two people to overthrow the Zhou family, so you won't easily hand over such important evidence.

"Are you worried about the strength of our Wen family?" Wen Han asked.

"No, Mr. Wen, I'm not worried about your family's strength. I'm worried about your determination. Because you and I are different—I have an enormous, irreconcilable hatred for the Zhou family, Liu Shiru, and Kong Shi. This hatred is a matter of life and death.

"What you have between you is perhaps just the unpleasantness of fighting crickets."

"Such hatred could be settled by a single word from the elders or a drinking session."

"I will hand over the evidence to you,

but do you really have the resolve to overthrow the Zhou family?"

Upon hearing me ask that,

Wen Han laughed heartily and said,

"Brother Jianqiang, you don't know this—don't look at the surface calm; underneath, there are surging undercurrents.

"In Sijiucheng, people are either friends, bound together by shared interests—when one prospers, all prosper,

or enemies, where harm to one means harm to all. There is no middle path.

"Can you understand what I mean?"

"The Zhou family is your enemy." I asked deliberately.

"Yes, that's right, they are enemies. The Zhou family dreams of crushing our Wen family, leaving us without a place to die. Didn't you see their plans in Zhou Fuhai's computer?

"Likewise, we want to make the Zhou family die even more miserably.

"In Sijiucheng, there is basically no room for negotiation.

"Either you kill me, or I kill you.

"Brother Jianqiang, there are some things I also don't want you to know too much about.

"Put it this way, the Zhou family is my enemy and also your enemy.

"It is our common enemy.

"This is the foundation of our cooperation.

"Only by overthrowing the Zhou family will you, Brother Jianqiang, have your day to rise.

"If you don't rely on our strength and rely only on yourself, frankly, overthrowing the Zhou family for you would be harder than climbing to heaven.

"You came to Sijiucheng to find a patron,

"our Wen family is that patron—we've already found it, and our cooperation will be as natural as water flowing into a channel."

"Mr. Wen, I want to ask you: is the conflict between your family and the Zhou family hidden or out in the open?"

"Hidden. What's up?"

"I understand, Mr. Wen, give me a moment to think. This came too suddenly; let me calm down. Anyway, I can't run away, and I have nowhere to go. The evidence remains in my hands.

I can only rely on you.

but please let me think a bit."

"It seems you have doubts about us."

"I'm not doubting; I'm just quietly thinking."

"Then tomorrow night, you come with me to a place to meet a person; by then you'll know whether I'm telling the truth." Wen Han looked at me and said.

I said: "Okay, then tomorrow night. I'll go with you. By then I'll give you an accurate answer."

"You can't stay at this hotel; you must leave immediately." Wen Han said.

I've already made my plans, Mr. Wen—can I take those two fellow villagers of mine together? Otherwise, they here are also easily caught by Liu Shiru.

Alright, this is out of respect for you. I'll speak directly to you: Liu Shiru simply can't catch those two.

Alright, everything that needed to be discussed today has been discussed.

I should also be leaving,

After you pack up your things, just leave directly.

That boss will leave a car for you.

"You go directly to the Fight Fun Hall." Wen Han arranged.

"Alright. I'll now pack up, wake those two, and take them with me." I said.

At this moment, Wen Han stood up,

He nodded at me, then pushed open the room's door and left.

The butler and that boss, seeing Wen Han come out, hurriedly gathered their things and followed behind him.

Wen Han said to that boss: 'Leave a car for Zhao Jianqiang.'

"Alright, Second Master Wen." The boss hastily bowed and said.

The butler opened the door,

Wen Han led them away.

The butler, as he was about to leave,

"Mr. Zhao, you must leave this hotel before six a. m.; otherwise, if anything happens, we won't be responsible. Your whereabouts have already been discovered."

The butler said that and left. Even the butler is Wen Han's man.

It seems we must be careful everywhere in Sijiucheng.

After they left, I picked up my phone,

The time was already 5 o'clock. I still had an hour.

I first lit a cigarette and started smoking.

My mind began to think about what Wen Han had just said,

This time Wen Han suddenly came to visit,

bringing that boss over, seeing their tools in their hands,

my heart rose—turns out they intended to kill and silence.

Wen Han had me go to the Fight Fun Hall,

and then have all the other people in the house—like He Zuming, Ding Li, Lao Wai, and the like—dealt with.

That is, anyone who knows about the USB drive must disappear.

I still have use value, so Wen Han didn't target me, but once used, I too will disappear—just like Qiu Xi, who vanished into thin air.

I broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, He Zuming has left this place.

I'd say, He Zuming left so decisively for a reason.

He just couldn't say it outright. This kind of danger I have to face alone; he doesn't want to be involved anymore.

This Wen Han looks gentle on the outside, but his heart is even more ruthless.

He just said, living in Sijiucheng is unavoidable,

meaning we must face life-and-death struggle every day; they must survive in the struggle.

Why is their life so decadent,

using eating, drinking, and entertainment to numb themselves—aside from a few spoiled heirs' habits, it's also because they have no hope for the future.

Live one day, enjoy one day; no one knows who will leave early.

Here there is even less human feeling, less worldly wisdom, more cold-bloodedness, more danger.

I took a puff of cigarette, gazing at the dark outside, feeling emotional.