Chapter 2999

"Old Jin, what's going on with this dinner today?" After sitting down, Zhang Biao asked Money Leopard, who was confused.

Money Leopard's head was also a mess. He looked at Zhang Biao, confused, smiled awkwardly, shook his head, and said: "Bureau Chief Zhang, I don't know what's going on either. It was that kid Zhao Desan who called me, saying he had something to discuss and asked me to arrange a dinner here to wait for him. I didn't expect him to invite you, Bureau Chief, as well?"

Zhang Biao frowned, looking at Money Leopard with suspicion, and said: "This is strange. That kid suddenly arranged such a dinner, what does he want to do?" Zhang Biao hadn't dealt with Zhao Desan many times, but he had already learned of this kid's cunning and craftiness. He didn't know what kind of tricks this kid was trying to pull by suddenly doing this.

Money Leopard also shook his head in confusion, but he vaguely felt that today's banquet must have an unfavorable side for him. With an awkward expression, he shook his head and said: "I don't know what tricks that kid Zhao Desan is trying to play by inviting you, Bureau Chief Zhang, here today."

"Old Jin, did you and that kid have some conflict? That's why that kid also invited me here to preside over it for you?" Zhang Biao asked Money Leopard, guessing.

"No... no." Money Leopard denied with an awkward expression. In front of his backer, Money Leopard didn't look like an underworld boss at all. That fawning, low-down appearance was more like a slave's face. However, this old guy's behavior of being good at changing faces and tucking his tail was correct. It was precisely because this old fox had mastered the principle of saying what people want to hear that he had been able to stand firm in the Xijing underworld for twenty years and wash himself clean to get the title of entrepreneur. It wasn't just Money Leopard; all the big shots in the Xijing underworld who had a little fame and achievement were like this. Even the most arrogant and fierce characters generally wouldn't openly oppose police personnel. The crushing force of the state's violent apparatus would make many arrogant guys disappear, let alone in the trend of society where the legal system was becoming more and more sound and strict. If one wanted to stand firm in the underworld, one had to know how to tuck one's tail in dealings with these national civil servants.

As someone who had dealt with Zhao Desan, Zhang Biao had personally experienced this guy's cunning. Being invited to dinner by him today, and with Money Leopard present, Zhang Biao felt even more that the meaning of today's dinner wasn't simple. Although Money Leopard kept saying that he hadn't had any conflict with Zhao Desan, as a police officer, Zhang Biao had already detected some conflict between the two from the subtle changes in Money Leopard's facial expressions. Therefore, Zhang Biao looked at Money Leopard with a piercing gaze and said: "Old Jin, I think the purpose of Zhao Desan's dinner today isn't that simple. It's impossible that there's no conflict or grudge between you two, right?"

"Bureau Chief Zhang, there really isn't. I don't have any dealings with that kid, so what grudge could I have?" Money Leopard smiled awkwardly and denied Zhang Biao's guess.

Zhang Biao chuckled, changed the question, and asked tactfully: "Old Jin, do you know about the smashing of the 'Night Paris' bar?"

"I... I know. I heard it from my people too." Being suddenly asked about this by Zhang Biao, Money Leopard's expression became extremely unnatural, but he didn't deny it. If he didn't even know about such a big thing, wouldn't he be suspected by Zhang Biao? So he nodded, pretending to be calm.