Chapter 161: Sorry about that!

"I think we should negotiate."

Lin Hao crouched in front of his office desk with his hands over his head, his gaze sweeping over the hedgehog grandmother who had been plucked clean on the desk. Suppressing the raging fire of anger in his heart, he forced a fawning smile and spoke.

At this very moment, the young master who once possessed countless riches and whose entertainment city empire spanned three regions seemed to understand a little why his grandmother always said that sometimes, compromise was a strategy of cutting off one's tail to save one's life.

Sometimes, being able to fight really isn't of much use.

Because one day, you will encounter a thug more capable and more vicious than you; even if you don't, your physical functions will eventually decline, leading to weakness and cowardice, and in the end, you will be replaced.

Between his dignity and the hedgehog grandmother, Lin Hao made a compromise in his heart with his own arrogant nature.

"Lin Hao doesn't know where you heroes got that false information, but I can guarantee here that our Hao Ji has never targeted any of you heroes."

"There might be a misunderstanding here, but since you heroes have already come, just take whatever you fancy from my place, Ah Hao. Consider it a greeting gift, and a witness to our long-lasting friendship."

Lin Hao crouched honestly with his hands over his head, recalling the principles the hedgehog grandmother had taught him in the past. After processing them, he began to negotiate with the spirit beast heroes.

The little fox on the office desk pondered for a moment before typing out a line:

【Your suit trousers have split at the crotch, and the red God of Wealth underpants inside are showing.】

Lin Hao raised his head to look at the phone screen, the corner of his eye twitching slightly, but he didn't say anything.

In the past, if anyone dared to speak to him like this, his first reaction would be to shove the speaker's head directly into his crotch and let them get a good look.

You didn't have any, but you like to sneak a peek, right?

Then come closer and get a good look!

"Ying ying—"

After mocking Lin Hao, An Sheng looked at Bai Lang and signaled for him to come over.

【My buddy here wants to play games, so what if he snatched a few of your graphics cards? You earn black-hearted money, so you don't allow my buddy to rob the robbers? You lazybones, are you planning to only allow the officials to set fires while forbidding the commoners from lighting lamps?】

An Sheng had Bai Lang come over to directly confront the big flying ship boss, Lin Hao.

I don't care what your rules were before!

But my buddy doesn't have an ID card and can't work. Now his stomach is growling with hunger. From now on, if you want to pass through the Changle River, you have to prepare meat and fruit for us!

You do tax-free business.

It's reasonable for us to levy taxes, right?

You are black, and we are robbing the robbers; only in this way can wealth circulate and benefit society!

Regarding robbing the robbers, Lord Fuli spouted fox-logic and fallacies with zero psychological pressure.

"Graphics cards..."

Seeing the words "graphics card" on the phone screen, Lin Hao was silent for a moment before revealing a miserable smile: "Ah Hao welcomes you heroes very much, but there really is a misunderstanding between us..."

"Our Hao Ji was indeed preparing to take action to settle another gang, but they are from the opposite shore; they snatched over two thousand of our 5090D cards. If you heroes want to play games, just give me, Ah Hao, a shout, and I will personally come to your door to install the computers for you."

"..."

As Lin Hao's words came out, An Sheng was stunned and looked at Bai Lang to the side.

Bai Lang thought for a moment and barked twice.

Are graphics cards those things wrapped in green packaging, box by box?

We seem to have gotten a few boxes. We heard the poodle say this stuff could be exchanged for two days' worth of food money, so we got them and threw them into the Qing Aodao warehouse, but we haven't cashed them in yet!

Bai Lang also has principles as a boss, just like when he used to steal dried fish in the countryside; eating a few is fine, but if he eats too much at once, he might get beaten with a stick.

He never does things like draining the pond to catch the fish, especially now that he is a boss and has to be responsible for dozens of mouths.

【Then I won't blame you lazybones. I might have really wronged you. However, you still can't escape this beating, because we are preparing to take over the land; you have occupied our downtown territory.】

Lord Fuli thought for a moment, apologized to Lin Hao first, and then wrote another sentence righteously.

Lin Hao took a look and kept saying yes, even half-jokingly saying that Lord Fuli hit well and showed off his prestige.

This sentence was half-true and half-false.

The prestige was real; swinging a one-ton safe to smash things in the parking lot—even if Lin Hao had wanted to drive over and hit them, he wouldn't have dared. No normal sedan could withstand the heavy impact of a safe.

If it weren't the grandmother and himself being beaten, Lin Hao felt he would have taken out his phone to record this scene.

In the past, Lin Hao always thought his own personality was already lazy and domineering enough.

Until he met Lord Fuli.

"I said there was a misunderstanding..." Lin Hao's gaze covertly swept toward the grandmother who had turned into a hamster. In his heart, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Next, he only needed to send away these plagues to save his grandmother.

The issue of the toll fee could be considered settled.

Just pay it! What else could he do if he didn't?

He couldn't withstand the swinging of a safe.

【By the way... what's the deal with your translation speaker?】

The little fox asked with great interest about a new technology he had accidentally seen just now.

Although he was in the building just now, he had seen the golden-edged hedgehog speak human words through a speaker, crazily teasing Bai Lang and spouting all sorts of lewd talk.

An Sheng was very interested in that speaker.

"The translation speaker is programmed through a language comparison table and the golden-edged hedgehog's recordings, and then the golden-edged hedgehog is made to standardize its accent to achieve conversation," Lin Hao said, revealing the essence of the translation speaker.

The essence of this thing is to let the golden-edged hedgehog standardize its own language, record it, and then program a comparison translation software. When the golden-edged hedgehog speaks again according to the standards of its previous recordings, it can achieve the effect of speaking human words.

But this requires a lot of oral practice, and there are even some mistakes and forgetfulness, which then requires modifying the software program.

【You smash it! It sounds like a hassle.】

The little fox mocked in text, then added: 【The safe at the bottom of the building is quite sturdy. Take the things inside out yourselves, then weld a steel pipe onto it and make it into a hammer for me. I'll need it in a while.】

Although the shotgun is handy, it's too arrogant, and the fox has no way to hand-craft bullets.

An Sheng felt the safe was quite good; it complied with the law so he didn't have to worry about Yu Xueqing being investigated, and swinging it to smash thick-skinned spirit beasts could also cause millions of tons of damage.

An Sheng hadn't forgotten that Lin Ying had mentioned that parasite and fungus-infected patient who kept murmuring "Fuli, Fuli" in his mouth. He had likely already started heading toward Jule to find trouble with him.

Although An Sheng didn't know how he had offended him.

But finding a handy weapon to hammer him until he couldn't take care of himself would surely allow him to ask some questions.

The simplest, clearest, and most efficient way to communicate with spirit beasts is to let them know who the boss is.

An Sheng was not a young novice; he had sufficient experience in communicating with spirit beasts.

"Ying ying! Ying ying ying—"

The little fox thought for a moment, wrote a sentence on the phone screen, and then said something to Bai Lang.

【Although I feel it's unlikely, Bai Lang, take some fruit and meat later, and take this guy to Qing Aodao for a trip. Let him see the strength of our orcas to prove that our toll collection is reasonable.】

【Remember to put a sack over his head so he doesn't remember the way.】

After the little fox finished instructing Bai Lang, he showed the phone to Lin Hao:

【Forget about the 308 room on the third floor. Bai Lang will take you to a place later, and we'll have a chat.】

Lin Hao: "..."

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