Chapter 404

At seven in the morning, an old man in his seventies, without a stitch of clothing, ran wildly in front of the Xiaoyao Wu.

Li Li Banfeng ran wildly side by side with the old man, with the projector filming synchronously on the side.

"Isn't this the Ghost Hand Sect, Sect Master Xie Xie Juncong?" Li Li Banfeng introduced him comprehensively, his voice very loud.

Xie Xie Juncong laughed dryly and said: "Seventh Master, I didn't expect us to meet here."

"Sect Master Xie Xie Juncong, you are running so fast, is there something urgent?"

"Nothing urgent, just coming out to stretch my muscles."

"Sect Master Xie Xie Juncong, you are wearing so little, is it because the weather is hot?"

"You don't say, the weather today is indeed quite hot!"

"Sect Master Xie Xie Juncong, are you going home? Shall I hire a car to give you a ride?"

"No need to be so polite, I'll just walk back!"

Li Li Banfeng really wanted to give him a ride, straight back to his hometown.

This was the second time; this old thief had stolen from Li Li Banfeng.

But the glove begged Li Li Banfeng repeatedly: "Boss, this person cannot be killed yet. I still have some things I want to pull out from him.

Besides, his cultivation is not low, and if you fight him directly, Boss, you might not necessarily gain an advantage."

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "With you here, are you afraid I won't be able to beat him?"

The glove looked somewhat ashamed: "Boss, I am just a magic treasure. With this body, it's really too unbearable to use. If we talk about skills, he is not as good as me, but if we talk about fighting for our lives, I am really not as good as him.

This old brat definitely won't dare to come to the Xiaoyao Wu again in the future. Today, just consider it taking care of me, and don't hold it against him for now."

Li Li Banfeng agreed to the glove's request, let Xie Xie Juncong go for the time being, took photos from the filmed footage, and sent them directly to the newspaper office.

In the evening, Li Li Banfeng prepared some gifts and went to the Li Furong Zhai with Ma Wu.

Li Furong Zhai was a mountain villa built on Baiwei Linglong Mountain east of Green Water City. From the mountainside to the top, more than half of the hillside was Li Furong Zhai's territory. With over a hundred buildings of various styles, including Western-style houses, pavilions, and towers, Li Li Haoyun's financial resources were evident.

Li Li Banfeng was a bit unclear about Li Li Haoyun's identity. Was he a businessman or a gang leader?

Ma Wu couldn't answer either.

In Puluo Continent, the boundary between the two was not that clear to begin with. All gangs had businesses in their hands, and businessmen were also somewhat involved with gangs.

Li Li Haoyun welcomed them at the foot of the mountain. While they were still far apart, Ma Ma Junyang saw two women standing beside Li Li Haoyun and turned to Li Li Banfeng: "Old Seven, these two women are Li Li Haoyun's wives. When we eat later, don't ask about them."

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "Why would I ask about someone else's wife?"

Ma Wu said: "There's a story here. Li Li Haoyun's wives don't have a very good background. Someone joked with Li Li Haoyun about this, and Li Li Haoyun's face turned really scary when he flipped."

While they were talking, the two sides got closer, exchanged pleasantries, and Li Li Haoyun led everyone along the mountain road up the mountain to the Lychee Garden.

The Lychee Garden was a large garden, but the road was really hard to walk. In the entire Li Furong Zhai, it was considered a relatively secluded place.

There was a large mansion in the garden, and the rest of the place was planted with lychee trees. Unfortunately, this season was not the time to eat lychees.

The host and guests took their seats in the main hall. While they were chatting, a subordinate came to talk to Li Li Haoyun about something, and Li Li Haoyun excused himself for a moment.

Ma Wu took the opportunity to say to Li Li Banfeng: "Inviting us to the Lychee Garden proves that Li Li Haoyun treats us as the most honored of guests. Don't ask about the origin of the Lychee Garden; there's a story here too."

Li Li Banfeng naturally wouldn't ask about the origin of a garden, but according to Ma Wu's description, Li Li Haoyun had too many rules, which made Li Li Banfeng somewhat disgusted.

If Li Li Haoyun was really a pretentious person, Li Li Banfeng would get up and leave. But when Li Li Haoyun returned and they continued chatting, Li Li Banfeng found that he was a quite casual person, not like he had so many problems.

Maybe he was hiding deep now and might explode at any moment.

After a while, the wine and dishes were served, and they were very sumptuous.

Li Li Haoyun called several women to boil wine and serve food for the two, serving them very thoroughly.

Ma Wu had seen this kind of scene many times, but cultivation couldn't be delayed. After drinking two glasses of wine, he had already started to get his hands on them.

Li Li Banfeng had no interest in the women beside him and didn't want to talk much with Li Li Haoyun either.

Seeing that Li Li Banfeng wasn't very enthusiastic, Li Li Haoyun laughed: "Seventh Master, do you think my business is unclean, and therefore look down on me?"

Li Li Banfeng smiled slightly: "That depends on what kind of business you do."

Li Li Haoyun looked at the girls beside him and said: "The girls of Li Furong Zhai come and go freely. Those who want to make money here, I accept; those who want to find another way out, I don't stop them and even give them travel expenses. I think my business is quite clean."

Li Li Banfeng nodded slightly. If business was done this way, there was indeed no problem.

Li Li Haoyun continued: "To tell you the truth, my parents did this. They passed away early and handed the family business to me. The business at that time really made me dislike it, so I changed professions."

Ma Wu was startled. Li Li Haoyun had taken the initiative to mention his past; he really didn't treat Li Qi as an outsider.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "What profession did you change to?"

Li Li Haoyun laughed: "Doing business. I sold all my parents' businesses and reopened a shop, selling antiques and calligraphy and paintings. I lost money.

Then I sold cloth and dyes. I lost money.

Then I sold rice, flour, and grain. I still lost money.

With the last bit of money left, I ran to this mountain to grow lychees. To this day, I still keep the Lychee Garden; this is the place."

Was this the reason he didn't want others to ask about the Lychee Garden?

"But selling lychees isn't shameful, right?"

"It's not shameful, but I lost money selling lychees too. I lost everything except the lychees, and didn't even have money for food.

My name is Li Li Haoyun. People who knew me at that time called me 'Lychee Yun.' Calling me that once or twice wouldn't matter, but being ridiculed like that all the time really made me angry."

So that was the reason. He didn't like others asking about the Lychee Garden.

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "After you lost money selling lychees, did you change to any other trade?"

Li Li Haoyun shook his head: "I wanted to change, but I couldn't. My money was all lost. I had two maids beside me who had served me since childhood. I gave them my last bit of savings and told them to go back to their hometown, but they wouldn't listen.

They sold themselves to save capital for me. I didn't dare to spend this money recklessly. I couldn't lose money again, and I couldn't afford to lose it. I could only pick up my old trade and do this business again.

After I turned things around, the first thing I did was marry these two maids and bring them home as wives. Some people said their backgrounds weren't good. I couldn't control what they said behind my back, but if they said it to my face, I would flip.

You can look down on me, but you can't look down on my wives. That's my only problem."

While speaking, Li Li Haoyun smiled and raised his wine glass.

Li Li Banfeng raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

This was the first glass of wine Li Li Banfeng had drunk.

The atmosphere eased in an instant, and Li Li Banfeng continued to ask: "Boss Li, since you are good at this business, why did you change professions in the first place?"

Li Li Haoyun sighed: "Seventh Master, you don't know. The business my parents did was a bit different from mine. Their business wasn't clean. The girls in their hands were all bought from human traffickers.

Once a girl was bought, it was for a lifetime. When they were useful, they were used to make money; when they weren't useful, they were sold to others.

They persuaded the obedient girls, and beat the disobedient ones. There were twelve whips hanging in the house, and every whip was stained with blood.

There was a girl who was particularly strong-willed and was beaten half to death but still wouldn't submit. But my mother had a way. She had medicine, top-quality medicine.

She would apply the medicine to the girl first, and then serve her food and drink, taking care of her every day, even taking care of her when she went to the latrine.

After a few days, the girl recovered. Guess what happened?

This girl treated my mother as her savior. Whatever my mother said, she listened to, and she told everyone that my mother had saved her.

But how could she forget who had beaten her like that in the first place?

Seventh Master, this trick is useful, especially useful. So many people have been deceived like this, deceived willingly. You say, isn't this infuriating?"

Ma Wu was startled, discovering that Li Li Haoyun's words had a hidden meaning.

Li Li Banfeng picked up his wine glass and drank it in one gulp again.

The next night, Liao Liao Zihui came to the Xiaoyao Wu, left his driver and bodyguards downstairs, and went to the private room alone for the banquet.

Both sides took their seats, and Liao Liao Zihui spread his hands: "I came in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts. I hope you two don't mind."

Ma Wu laughed: "No need to be so polite."

Li Qi nodded: "I do mind quite a bit."

Liao Liao Zihui was startled: "Is this blaming me for losing my manners?"

Li Qi asked back: "Don't you think you lost your manners?"

Liao Liao Zihui laughed: "If you put it that way, I really did bring a gift for you two."

"Then take it out and let's see?"

Liao Liao Zihui took out a document: "From today on, the freight for the business under your command will be reduced to the original price."

Ma Wu was very happy to hear this; the biggest obstacle in business had been solved.

He was just about to raise his glass to toast, but was stopped by Li Li Banfeng.

"Commissioner Liao, what kind of gift do you call this?"

Liao Liao Zihui was stunned for a long time.

He wanted to change his strategy toward Li Qi and had taken the initiative to make concessions, but he hadn't expected Li Qi to have this attitude.

"Freight reduced to the original price, are you still not satisfied?" The smile on Liao Liao Zihui's face disappeared.

Li Li Banfeng laughed: "Original price, it's still the original price. What advantage have we gained?"

Liao Liao Zihui frowned: "What I gave you before wasn't the original price."

Li Li Banfeng was calm and composed: "That proves that what you did before was wrong."

"Do we have to count the previous matters one by one?"

"Let's count and see. My arithmetic is quite good; I should be able to count correctly."

Liao Liao Zihui's cheeks twitched a few times: "I don't want to mention the previous matters anymore. I came with sincerity; I really want to calm things down."

Li Li Banfeng remained calm: "If you feel that calming things down makes you suffer a loss, we don't have to calm them down."

Ma Wu didn't dare to say a word; the atmosphere before him made him unable to breathe.

Liao Liao Zihui took a deep breath and said: "What do you want?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "Freight reduced by half."

Liao Liao Zihui laughed: "Do you think this is possible to achieve?"

Li Li Banfeng also laughed: "I think it's very possible."

Liao Liao Zihui was silent for a long time, shook his head, and said: "You are making things difficult for me. I can't do this."

Li Li Banfeng said earnestly: "In the face of difficulties, you cannot retreat. You must exert subjective initiative. If you don't try, how do you know you can't do it?"

Liao Liao Zihui gritted his teeth and got up to leave.

The sound of a steam car starting up echoed outside the window; Liao Liao Zihui had left.

Ma Wu knew he couldn't persuade Li Li Banfeng, but he still couldn't help but say: "Old Seven, this matter might really be difficult for him. Cutting freight in half, he definitely can't make the decision."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "If he were to lower the freight for the entire Puluo Continent by half, he indeed couldn't do it. But lowering it by half for just us, he should have this ability."

Ma Wu sighed: "How are we going to get along with them in the future?"

Li Li Banfeng laughed: "He has to learn to get used to it; this is just the beginning."

(End of chapter)