Chapter 631

Luo Xi's movement paused for a moment; he slowly placed the wine bottle in his hand on the table before him, then looked at Luo Wen.

"Of course, I will do my best to keep your life safe from Ning Chen's hands," Luo Xi said.

Luo Wen was just about to sigh with relief when he heard Luo Xi continue speaking.

"However, I do not have a hundred percent certainty; that kid Ning Chen's power is too terrifying. Even I am not necessarily able to oppose him," Luo Xi said unhurriedly.

Luo Wen held his breath: "So?"

"So I will mobilize half of the Long Hu Gang to try my best to save you, but you must also agree to one condition of mine."

Luo Wen frowned, feeling the gun in his pocket without showing any emotion: "What condition?"

"After you die, transfer the position of the Gulf Family's leader to me."

Luo Wen bit his back molar, restraining himself from pulling out the pistol: "So, you do not want to cooperate with me?"

"Brother, where did your mind go?"

Luo Xi chuckled lightly; as he leaned back, the Long Hu pattern covering his entire arm was inadvertently revealed.

"I will naturally do my utmost to protect you, but I am not certain I can definitely keep you safe. However, if you happen to die, it is better to give the Gulf Family to me than to let it go to someone else; at least we are blood relatives."

So he was waiting for him right here.

Luo Xi sneered, but he did not agree or refuse so quickly.

He knew the pros and cons involved; if he unfortunately met his end, the entire Gulf Family could not be without a leader.

Originally, Luo Wen had not selected an heir so early, after all, he was not yet very old.

But now that Ning Chen had set his sights on him, to prepare for the worst, this matter could no longer be delayed.

Thinking of this, Luo Wen gave a smile that did not reach his eyes: "Brother, it seems you have been planning this for a long time."

Luo Xi raised an eyebrow: "I am not that idle; there are still many matters within the Long Hu Gang that need my handling. The reason I came to find you is also to hope you can give me a choice that satisfies me."

Luo Wen fell silent for a moment, finally saying: "It is not that I cannot agree to you, but the Gulf Family commands several thousand people up and down; I must hand it over to a leader I can trust."

"You still do not trust me?" Luo Xi sneered. "People say a father's debts must be paid by the son; after you die, does it burden you to give your Gulf Family to me? Since it is going to benefit an outsider anyway, it is better to give it to me, your own elder brother; what do you think?"

Luo Wen said irritably: "Let's talk about this matter later!"

Immediately, he stood up, pushed the wine glass on the table backward, no longer looking at Luo Xi sitting on the sofa, but walked straight to the door with long strides.

Luo Xi was not in a hurry either; he slowly stroked the large gold ring on his finger, and when Luo Wen reached the door, he said: "My patience is not abundant; I give you one minute to consider. You can choose to agree or refuse. Once you walk out of this door, there is no need to maintain the cooperative relationship between us anymore."

Three seconds later.

Luo Xi watched with satisfaction as Luo Xi's figure paused; he also stood up, walked to Luo Wen's side, and said.

"I do not want to cooperate with someone I cannot trust, but since you are my own younger brother, I can give you one chance."

A trace of ruthlessness flashed across Luo Wen's face; his thumb slowly rubbed the gun at his waist.

If he shot Luo Wen dead, there would be none of these complicated matters. Heirs, contracts, all would become empty talk.

But once Luo Xi was killed, Luo Wen would inevitably pay for his impulsiveness; what the Gulf Family would face afterwards would be the entire Long Hu Gang's mad retaliation.

Luo Xi saw Luo Wen's movement; he smiled: "What, want to kill me? Think clearly; before acting, think carefully whether you have the confidence to do so."

Luo Wen lowered his hand.

Slowly turning around to face Luo Xi: "Tell me, besides transferring the Gulf Family to you after my death, are there any other conditions? Although I can negotiate with you, it does not mean I can accept your conditions unconditionally."

Hearing this, Luo Xi returned to the sofa with satisfaction, took a piece of paper from the briefcase on the sofa.

He even thoughtfully placed a signing pen in front of Luo Wen, saying: "If you are not at ease, we can draft a contract; I have listed all the conditions on it; you can take a careful look."

Luo Wen narrowed his eyes.

So this was something he had planned long ago; in this way, he had already fallen into the trap he had designed.

Luo Wen picked up the paper on the table and glanced at it roughly.

The contract had three conditions in total, none of which were the unfavorable conditions Luo Wen had imagined.

But this did not mean the contract was completely safe; Luo Wen picked up the signing pen on the table and looked at Luo Xi: "Do not let me find you are playing tricks."

Luo Xi was stunned for a moment, then grinned: "You do not need to think of me as so vicious; we are at least blood brothers. Moreover, to make you feel at ease, the conditions are written clearly on the contract; what else do you suspect?"

Holding the signing pen, Luo Wen signed his name on the paper with swift strokes.

After signing, Luo Wen did not rashly hand the paper to Luo Xi, but asked.

"Are you sure that during this period, you will dispatch half of the Long Hu Gang to protect me personally within the Gulf Family?"

Luo Xi nodded very naturally: "These are conditions written on the contract; since it is for the sake of the entire Gulf Family, I will definitely do my utmost to keep you safe."

Only then did Luo Wen hand the paper to him, then turned and left.

Luo Xi hummed a tune and placed the contract flat inside the briefcase.

And on Ning Chen's side.

Ning Chen knew he had to clock in as soon as possible; during this time when he was busy handling the mercenary group, he had not performed the clock-in task for a long time, and at the same time, he could feel Si Shiya's aura becoming weaker and weaker.

And the next clock-in location is—

Alice's Wonderland.

Legend has it that this wonderland is situated at the northernmost point of the Earth; when the aurora borealis appears, the scenery below will be stained with the beautiful green aurora from the sky.

It is called Alice's Wonderland because the scenery there is truly like a wonderland; after all, there is ice and snow, as well as aurora and starry sky.

After the system issued this task, Ning Chen briefly stayed on that interface, staring at the five characters "Alice's Wonderland" for a long time without moving.

He still remembered that before they parted, one night Si Shiya pulled him, wanting him to tell a bedtime story.

Ning Chen had never heard any fairy tales since childhood, but he found a fairy tale book in a storage box.

—Wandering in Wonderland.

475. Pursuit

That night Si Shiya appeared unusually excited, while Ning Chen held the book in his hands and read the entire story aloud.

Ning Chen himself was already somewhat sleepy, but Si Shiya propped her chin, her eyes bright, and told him: "If possible, I also want to wander in Wonderland to play."

Ning Chen dismissed the remark as a playful joke from his girlfriend, whose childlike innocence had not faded.

Only now did he realize that every place he had checked in at bore too many traces of Si Shiya.

But Alice's Wonderland was very, very far from where he currently was.

However, this time the system provided him with specialized transportation: a private helicopter.

It would take about four or five hours to drive from here to where the helicopter was stationed; during this time, Ning Chen had to ensure his location remained absolutely hidden.

Otherwise, if the helicopter were spotted, everything that followed would be extremely difficult to handle.

The RV was too conspicuous; moreover, Ning Chen had once appeared before members of the Gulf Family in this very RV. Even just to reduce trouble, he would not choose to continue driving it.

Fortunately, Ning Chen did not lack transportation. From private helicopters down to RVs and motorcycles, he had almost everything one could need.

So Ning Chen parked the RV in a desolate small town. The RV standing alone in the wilderness looked somewhat out of place, but Ning Chen did not care; he directly took a motorcycle out of his Myriad Fusion Backpack.

Motorcycles were a money-draining pursuit. Although Ning Chen was interested, for various reasons he had never put this hobby into practice.

He pulled himself from his thoughts, flipped onto the bike, and inserted the key into the motorcycle.

Once the motorcycle was moving, its top speed was about the same as Ning Chen's RV.

Although the motorcycle Ning Chen was driving was already quite unremarkable, in such a barren and treacherous environment, it was still easy to be noticed.

Although Ning Chen sensed with his divine consciousness that there were quite a few people in this area, this road was the only passage.

As a result, many people in the nearby small village saw Ning Chen riding past the village.

This matter would naturally be easily discovered by the Gulf Family, especially since they regarded Ning Chen as a thorn in their eye and a splinter in their flesh.

So the people of the Gulf Family immediately reported it to those above them.

When Luo Wen heard this news, he coldly sneered without any courtesy: "What is Ning Chen trying to do again?"

After Luo Wen finished speaking, he extinguished the cigarette in his hand, turned to look at his subordinate, and said: "I do not care what Ning Chen intends to do, but you must find out Ning Chen's whereabouts. I need to know where he is going next so we can set up an ambush or interception."

Luo Xi was right on one point: Ning Chen must be dealt with as soon as possible; otherwise, leaving this young man alive would become an endless source of trouble.

The subordinate received the order and immediately sent people to track him. The Gulf Family's influence was vast; their people were scattered in every corner of the country, so tracking a person was not difficult.

Thus, the people under Luo Wen's command located Ning Chen's position without spending much time.

Luo Wen looked at the small red dot moving constantly on the screen and frowned: "What is his mode of transportation?"

"It is a motorcycle."

Upon hearing this, Luo Wen snorted: "Quite fast, actually. Never mind; you do not need to intercept him for now. I want to see what this young man's ultimate goal is. But be sure to send more people to follow him; he must not slip away from under our noses."

Ning Chen gradually felt something was wrong.

Normally, the place he was currently driving through was the foot of a very remote mountain; the surrounding area contained at most only some obscure, unknown small villages.

But why did he sense that the number of people approaching him from the surroundings was increasing more and more?