Chapter 566 — Making a Deal
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After all, the Fire Wolf Gang was in no way weaker than the family of the figure behind Young Master Bing. If it truly came to a confrontation, it was impossible to say who would win.
"Young Master An, you misunderstand me!" Li Cihua was frustrated. What kind of mess was this? Who knew how Zhong Yongliang had managed to provoke An Liwen, and now here he was playing peacemaker. Yet the matter was not easy to mediate. He and An Liwen got along well, and there was no need to ruin their relationship over a Zhong Yongliang. He had no choice but to ask, "Young Master An, what exactly is the grudge between you and Zhong Yongliang, that you had to go this far?"
"I don't mind telling you," An Liwen said. He had never intended to hide it, and he repeated to Li Cihua the recording he had heard from Wei Zhao. "He kidnapped my childhood sweetheart. You think I'd let him off?"
"That much is true. Zhong Yongliang did go too far," Li Cihua sighed. If it really was as An Liwen said, then teaching Zhong Yongliang a lesson was hardly unjustified—only now that the conflict had arisen, it would be difficult to smooth things over. "We still have to give Zhong Fabai an explanation. I say we hand Wei Zhao over. That brat was plainly trying to stir you up, to use your hand to get rid of Zhong Yongliang! He is Gu Mengyao's personal guard, so naturally he would not allow a bomb like Zhong Yongliang to remain at Gu Mengyao's side."
"I know that, but Wei Zhao is my informant. Handing him over like this—that does not sit well, does it?" An Liwen said mildly.
"I will give up another tenth of our business. Will you give Zhong Fabai an explanation?" Li Cihua gritted his teeth. Zhong Fabai was still genuinely useful now and could not be slighted for the time being, so Li Cihua had no choice but to resort to this.
"It is settled, then. Have Zhong Fabai call me." An Liwen laughed inwardly. What did it matter to him whether Wei Zhao lived or died? This was merely a way of squeezing Li Cihua a little. Once he learned that Wei Zhao was nothing but a personal guard, An Liwen had never truly taken him seriously; he had only meant to use him to glean a bit of news about Gu Mengyao.
Before long, Zhong Fabai's call came through, and he demanded bluntly, "Young Master An, may I ask how my son offended you, that you should strike so ruthlessly?"
It seemed Li Cihua had not said much—only told Zhong Fabai that An Liwen was responsible, and left the specifics for him to ask about himself. And Zhong Fabai had of course heard of An Liwen's reputation: once one of the Four Young Masters of Songshan, now the man who called the shots for the An family in Songshan City, with the Fire Wolf Gang standing behind him.
So Zhong Fabai did not dare shout and bluster. He suppressed his anger and asked An Liwen the reason for his attack.
An Liwen had already struck a deal with Li Cihua, so he was naturally in no hurry now, and he laid out the reasons he had moved against Zhong Yongliang. Who was An Liwen? One of the Four Young Masters of Songshan, a personage of considerable standing, whose name rang far louder than Zhong Fabai's own.
So when An Liwen put it that way, Zhong Fabai truly had no temper left to show. His own son had kidnapped the man's childhood sweetheart and uttered all those vicious threats. Anyone would be angry at that—let alone one of the Four Young Masters of Songshan.