Chapter 1221: Conspiring

As early as their first meeting, Dan Tuo already knew how awesome Wang Yan was.

At that time, he saw several people huddled together in the room, trembling and not daring to speak. Later, Uncle Cai asked Yan Baimei, and he also knew the process. The second time was even more exaggerated; more than twenty people all had their wrists shot through by sharp hands. He only heard about it, and he had already imagined the scene of those twenty-plus people huddled together.

He thought about all sorts of things as he followed Shen Xing to the door of the suite upstairs.

Shen Xing stepped forward and pressed the doorbell, and before long, the door opened.

"Hello, Sister-in-law." Shen Xing greeted with a smile.

Su Su, wearing a small suit and looking spirited and capable, nodded and moved out of the way of the doorway.

"Come in."

Shen Xing brought Dan Tuo inside, and they saw Wang Yan in the living room, sitting on a chair, shirtless, revealing a colorful tattoo, crossing his legs, with a cigarette in his mouth, tilting his head to avoid the smoke stinging his eyes, holding a carving knife in his hand, carving a piece of jade.

Sitting next to Wang Yan was that sister-in-law with a sickly beauty, always wearing a white dress.

She was fiddling with a high-intensity flashlight, looking at a pile of jadeite on the table, and didn't even glance at the arrival of Shen Xing and Dan Tuo, just fiddling with the jadeite.

Her movements were gentle, tilting her head for a while, then pushing the jade to her eyes, looking like a mental patient.

Neither Shen Xing nor Dan Tuo looked much, just stood in front of Wang Yan.

"Why are you standing? Xing'er, when did you have this rule?"

Wang Yan blew away the dust scraped off the jadeite and looked up at the two.

Shen Xing laughed: "I'd better stand, it's not very comfortable."

At this time, his face was still pale, even whiter than Zhao Ziying's face.

He had been nervous all along, and the pain had been weakened quite a bit. Now that he saw Wang Yan, he was sure he was safe, and completely relaxed, so the pain began to amplify.

Wang Yan glanced at him, then laughed: "So you got stabbed? Didn't you mention my name?"

While speaking, his gaze had already looked at Dan Tuo.

In an instant, Dan Tuo's hair stood on end, and he felt extremely uncomfortable being stared at by Wang Yan.

Shen Xing hurriedly said: "No, Brother Yan. It's my fault, I didn't want to bother you, and I mentioned you too late. Mainly, I didn't expect Uncle Cai to take action so fast, he didn't even give me a chance to speak. I was stabbed before I said it, and then Uncle Cai had him bandage my wound and sent me back."

"Yes, Mr. Wang, Uncle Cai didn't know beforehand that he was your friend. After he found out, he stopped. And he sent me to represent Daban to express an apology, to avoid Mr. Wang having any misunderstanding."

Dan Tuo took over the conversation.

His words had two points: one was that Uncle Cai gave Wang Yan face, and the other was to compensate a little to resolve this misunderstanding. From now on, everything would be fine for everyone.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile, and this smile instantly made Dan Tuo feel like a spring breeze, as if the person who just had extreme indifference in his eyes and revealed the aura of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood wasn't Wang Yan—he was like two different people.

He said: "If I remember correctly, your name is Dan Tuo, right?"

"Mr. Wang has a really good memory. The one who sent the money that night at the Century Casino was me. I'm really sorry, Mr. Wang, I drove slowly that day and delayed Mr. Wang's time."

Wang Yan laughed: "You've learned this set of Chinese people's ways?"

Dan Tuo said: "What I'm saying to Mr. Wang is the truth. Mr. Wang knows, we people in Sanbianpo have simple folk customs."

Dan Tuo wasn't without wisdom, and not all people in Sanbianpo were so straightforward. If Dan Tuo were a stupid person, he wouldn't have been able to become Uncle Cai's confidant.

Uncle Cai's training of his subordinates was still quite good; this gang in Daban was polite wherever they went.

"Sit down." Wang Yan laughed, picked up the Huazi on the table, and distributed two cigarettes, "Xing'er, tell me from beginning to end what happened."

Shen Xing responded, then endured the pain, his voice trembling, and told Wang Yan the process, without adding oil or vinegar, just telling the truth.

He also really didn't want to add trouble for Wang Yan.

Dan Tuo listened silently, and couldn't help but look at Shen Xing with higher regard. After all, the most difficult thing is to do what you say.

After listening once, Wang Yan nodded and asked: "Do you have any requests?"

"No, no!" Shen Xing shook his head repeatedly, he said, "Brother Yan, you know me, I just want to clear up the misunderstanding and let Uncle Cai understand the truth. Now it seems Uncle Cai might be clear. That Ang Tun was also present today, I guess he won't dare to come and trouble me in the future. That's enough, I don't want anything else, I just want to find my uncle."

"I can't manage your uncle, since you don't have any requests, then..."

Wang Yan looked at Dan Tuo, who was smoking silently, "Uncle Cai gave me face and spared Xing'er's life, I'm very happy, but in the end, he still took a knife, there always has to be an explanation.

You people in Daban are acting a bit unreasonable, how can you not let people finish speaking and just stab them with a knife?

I'm not a person who doesn't forgive, Uncle Cai gives me face, and I give him face. How about this, I think this Ang Tun shouldn't live anymore. Kill him, and this matter will be settled.

Everyone is in Sanbianpo, there will always be dealings in the future, let's just treat this as everyone getting to know each other."

Dan Tuo was very happy, but he suppressed it and didn't show it.

He wasn't stupid, of course he saw that Uncle Cai didn't want to kill Ang Tun, and didn't even want to reveal the matter of Ang Tun producing fake wine.

Under such circumstances, no matter how he said it, Uncle Cai wouldn't let him go kill Ang Tun.

However, before he could respond, Shen Xing on the side waved his hands repeatedly.

"Brother Yan, please don't." Shen Xing hurriedly waved his hands, "It's not worth it, really not worth it. I took a knife, it's been several hours now, and I can still jump around, so it certainly didn't hit a vital point. I'll go for a check-up later, drink some medicine, and I'll be fine after resting for a few days.

If you insist on having Uncle Cai kill Ang Tun, Brother Yan, it's not that I'm saying anything, you're not making friends, you're forcing Uncle Cai to turn against you. For such a small matter of mine, you fighting to the death with Uncle Cai is really not worth it, Brother Yan."

Shen Xing said earnestly, "Taking this knife is all my fault, I didn't want to add trouble for you, Brother Yan, at the beginning, but in the end, I took a knife and disturbed you. If I had known, I would have said it when I went over, saving myself from suffering and saving you from misunderstanding with Uncle Cai. Brother Yan, really, let it go."

Shen Xing was truly anxious, he was truly afraid. Uncle Cai took a knife to people as soon as he came up, and had been famous for many years, with deep connections with drug lords and warlords, looking like someone not to be messed with. Wang Yan was even more awesome, single-handedly holding a gun, killing twenty-plus people, and not even blinking when killing, also called ruthless.

He had experienced it personally, he saw corpses that were still warm, breathed the stench of blood, and the disgusting smell of incontinence. After that, in his midnight dreams, he often woke up in a fright.

Just as he said, if Wang Yan really let Uncle Cai kill Ang Tun, then that wasn't making friends, that was aiming to kill Uncle Cai. No matter from which aspect, it wasn't suitable for Wang Yan.

Of course, Shen Xing felt very good, this was a proper good big brother, who really stepped up when there was trouble...

Wang Yan puffed out a mouthful of smoke, looked at the anxious Shen Xing, and then looked at Dan Tuo, who was a bit disappointed but also had a glimmer of hope.

He laughed and said to Dan Tuo: "Give him some medical expenses, after all, he took a knife and was frightened, and give him some compensation for mental distress."

"No problem." Dan Tuo agreed without hesitation, then asked, "Mr. Wang, how much do you think is appropriate?"

"Xing'er?"

Shen Xing habitually wanted to wave his hand to refuse.

Wang Yan said, "You have to take something, otherwise Uncle Cai won't be at ease."

"Then 10,000?" Shen Xing asked Wang Yan.

"US dollars," Wang Yan finalized.

"Then 100,000 red bills, I'll send the cash tomorrow." Dan Tuo didn't even think, directly rounding it up.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile, then asked: "You're not bad, we can be considered to have some fate, are you interested in coming to work for me? Not to mention anything else, it's certainly more stable than being under Uncle Cai, and it's even more impossible for your own younger brother to be killed without any response."

Dan Tuo politely refused: "Thank you for your regard, Mr. Wang, but Uncle Cai treats me very well. If I easily betray Uncle Cai, I'm afraid Mr. Wang wouldn't look up to me either, right?"

"You're seeking another way out, and I didn't ask you to kill Uncle Cai, nor did I ask for the confidential information of your Daban, how is that betrayal?" Wang Yan shook his head amusingly, "Furthermore, does Uncle Cai really treat you well? Your brother worked for him, and now he's been killed. Xing'er ran over to tell him the truth, and he directly used a knife to silence him. This obviously has a problem. Can this still be called treating you very well?"

Dan Tuo shook his head and asked: "How does Mr. Wang see this matter?"

"It's very obvious, Uncle Cai knows the truth, Ang Tun is mixing fake wine, he can't escape this matter. I heard you sell to the mountains, the price is several times, even ten times higher. For those people in the mountains, tobacco and alcohol are necessities. You are doing border water, how big the profit of mixing fake wine is, you know better than me. Not to be polite, it's even more profitable than shipping goods in Sanbianpo."

Drugs are expensive because of low production and difficult transportation. Of course, even in Sanbianpo, it's not cheap, but relatively speaking, it's certainly much cheaper. Compared to the expensive fake foreign wine Ang Tun makes, it's really not as good.

Dan Tuo certainly knew better than Wang Yan, he knew the specific prices after all, recalled today's events, and Uncle Cai's attitude, and in his heart, he was 80% in agreement with Wang Yan's statement, and was surprised by Wang Yan's insight.

He had always thought Wang Yan was a reckless man...

It was also because Wang Yan's deeds didn't use brains, all were single-handedly fighting fiercely, the label was inevitably a bit heavy, people who hadn't met him just thought he was a lunatic who didn't fear death and could fight, it was a stereotype.

Seeing Dan Tuo nodding seriously, Wang Yan asked with a smile: "How about I have someone kill Ang Tun, and you come to me."

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, but no need, Ang Tun can't run, I won't let him go, it's just a matter of time."

Wang Yan laughed, didn't invite him again, then picked up the jadeite on the table and started carving with the knife again.

So Shen Xing said: "Then Brother Yan, you're busy, we'll leave first."

"You're injured, you need to rest well, go downstairs to get the key, and sleep in a room yourself. There are plenty of rooms, no need to squeeze with Jiwei." Wang Yan blew gently on the stone dust.

"Yes, thank you Brother Yan."

"Goodbye, Mr. Wang." Dan Tuo bowed politely.

"I won't see you out."

Wang Yan waved his hand, and Shen Xing and Dan Tuo walked out.

"I don't think that Dan Tuo is anything good either." Seeing the two leave and closing the door, Zhao Ziying, who was still like a fool, spoke.

"I don't think you're anything good either."

Before Wang Yan could speak, Su Su retorted to Zhao Ziying, saying, "You hurry up and go to sleep."

"I slept too much, I can't sleep. How about we sleep together?" The "we" Zhao Ziying said, but she threw herself directly to Wang Yan's side.

Wang Yan glanced at her: "You are weak and sick, with deep-rooted poison, better not think about useless things. If you can't sleep, go and close your eyes, if you can't close your eyes, I'll point at you and let you sleep until dawn."

"Boring!" Zhao Ziying slapped Wang Yan, then rubbed and got up to leave, returning to her own room.

Su Su lit a cigarette herself and sat on the sofa: "You don't want to start a business with this Uncle Cai, do you?"

"How is that possible." Wang Yan shook his head, "Shen Xing, the victim, has no claim, and I currently have no conflict with Uncle Cai, it's not time to start a business yet."

"That means you will start a business in the future!"

Wang Yan laughed: "Sanbianpo isn't small, but it isn't big either, and interests are intertwined. Currently, except for Chen Hao and Sang Kang, we have no conflict with others, but if we want to develop and grow, want to have greater power and more money, that's just a matter of time.

Uncle Cai is in Daban, only a few dozen kilometers away from Xiao Mo Nong, and Xiao Mo Nong is a port connecting to the country, this place has a large flow of people and many sources of wealth. What is our purpose?"

"Control the Sihai Hotel, receive Fourth Master's legacy? Grow bigger and stronger?"

"This is the process, the purpose is to control Xiao Mo Nong, how this small city develops, how the people live, we have the final say."

"You're truly crazy."

Su Su was speechless, she only knew Wang Yan's style of acting like a fierce bandit, but it was the first time she heard Wang Yan's plan for the future.

She thought for a moment and said, "If you do this, the federal government won't let us go, the government army has hundreds of thousands of people, and their cannons can blow us into ashes."

"Silly." Wang Yan shook his head amusingly, "Must there be a bright announcement that Xiao Mo Nong is mine from now on, come for a land-splitting autonomy, and attract the federal government's crackdown? Like those warlords and autonomous armed forces, being driven into the mountains by the government army? Why can't we be people of the federal government? Why can't the government army be used by me? Can't we secretly control the actual power of Xiao Mo Nong?"

"So you want to start this business..."

"Whether it succeeds or not is another matter, let's work hard in this direction." Wang Yan put down the jadeite in his hand, got up and hugged Su Su, "Let's go, it's getting late, let's wash up and sleep."

So Zhao Ziying tossed and turned and couldn't sleep...

Wang Yan recruiting Dan Tuo was also just talk. If he agreed, it was better; if not, forget it.

Dan Tuo certainly wasn't stupid, he knew the severity of it. If Wang Yan really took action, Ang Tun was just a small ant, that was aiming directly at Uncle Cai.

So his hope, disappointment, etc., were just subconscious reactions, and he had no way to stop Wang Yan. Even without Shen Xing stopping him, if Ang Tun died, he would be happy, but if Uncle Cai was killed by Wang Yan, or fought with Wang Yan to both sides suffering, he wouldn't feel good either.

Dan Tuo was a good person, and he was also somewhat blindly loyal to Uncle Cai, he was just so contradictory.

Shen Xing sent Dan Tuo out of the hotel.

Dan Tuo said: "I will send the cash to you tomorrow morning."

"No rush, no rush." Shen Xing waved his hands repeatedly, "Anyway, Brother Yan won't know if I don't say it."

"Can't deceive Mr. Wang, this money must be given to you." Dan Tuo shook his head and said, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, you'd better not lie to Mr. Wang, otherwise you will die very miserably."

"If there's nothing, why would I lie to Brother Yan? I can't even say a few words to him now." Shen Xing shook his head, then said, "Dan Tuo, we can be considered friends, can you help me inquire about news of my uncle?"

Dan Tuo didn't refuse: "If there is news, I will tell you, I'm leaving."

"Alright, drive slowly on the road." Shen Xing carried a relieved, tired smile, watching Dan Tuo get in the car and leave.

He was indeed relieved, his wound felt more and more painful, there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and his back was even soaked with sweat.

After seeing Dan Tuo off, Shen Xing took the room card and opened a room himself, and before long, he fell into a deep sleep, only frowning from time to time, he was tired on one side, and painful on the other...

The next day, Dan Tuo really came to send the money.

Seeing the weak Shen Xing, he asked with concern: "How is it, are you okay?"

"Brother Yan found a doctor this morning, took me to check, no problem, won't die." Shen Xing asked, "How is it? What did Uncle Cai say?"

Dan Tuo shook his head: "Ang Tun cannot be touched."

"Then it must be just like what Brother Yan said, there must be a problem inside. Uncle Cai is a bit unreasonable, it's not that I'm saying anything, Dan Tuo, why don't you come to Brother Yan, he treats his subordinates much better."

Dan Tuo shook his head: "You rest well, I'm leaving."

"I'll see you off."

"Just rest."

Shen Xing said: "I'm uncomfortable from lying down, I have to move around."

Just as he left the hotel and walked toward the car, Shen Xing, who was moving slowly, stopped his steps and stared fixedly in one direction.

"What's wrong?" Dan Tuo asked, and looked in the direction of Shen Xing's gaze.

He only saw a rogue-like person dodging his gaze, pretending to be passing by, and leaving in a hurry.

"That's Ang Tun's subordinate, I've seen him." Shen Xing's words were heavy, he realized that he seemed to have not escaped danger yet.

Dan Tuo was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "The bitter fruit has come, if I were you, I would go find Mr. Wang immediately."

Shen Xing glanced at him: "You want to borrow a knife to kill someone? Don't think about good things. I said yesterday, if Brother Yan killed Ang Tun, that would be clashing with Uncle Cai, you don't know how fierce Brother Yan is, right? If a conflict really arises, I don't know if Uncle Cai will die, but you'll have a hard time surviving. You're still laughing? That's the enemy who killed your own younger brother!"

Dan Tuo said: "Let's join forces, Ang Tun killed my brother, but he didn't intend to let you go either. I'll find you a gun, you go directly and kill Ang Tun, we'll both have our revenge. And you have Mr. Wang as a backer, and it's your private action, Uncle Cai won't target you, nor will he clash with Mr. Wang."

"You think too beautifully, at worst I'll just stay in the hotel and not go out."

"Not looking for your uncle anymore?"

Shen Xing paused, then waved his hand: "Walk slowly, won't see you off."

Watching Shen Xing slowly return to the hotel, Dan Tuo felt he should come back to find Shen Xing, because Shen Xing taking action was really convenient... ===== CHAPTER 1224 =====