Chapter 1126 — Guaranteed to Be Handled
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He was living rather handsomely now. He had both kidneys, which made him, in a manner of speaking, a whole man; every day he ran a business that poured in gold by the dipper. Apart from not yet having won over Gu Mengyao, An Liwen wanted nothing else.
So An Liwen had no intention whatsoever of going up against those experts.
"Very well. You concentrate on running the underground arena; the Helmsman and I will see to the investigation," the Vice Helmsman said.
Hanging up, An Liwen finally let out a breath of relief. It seemed he had successfully shifted the blame off himself. The dead couldn't testify, anyway—he might as well pin every fault on Master Li. True, An Liwen had not objected when Master Li wanted to take Yu Yuanyuan as a concubine, but whose fault was it that Master Li had never troubled himself to look into Yu Yuanyuan's background first?
An Liwen made a phone call and had Little Mule brought in.
"Young Master Wen, you wanted me?" Little Mule asked respectfully.
"Yes. Listen—I've already told the Vice Helmsman about Master Li. Now I want us to get our story straight." An Liwen repeated everything he had said before, then asked: "Got it? If the superiors come asking questions, that is exactly what you say."
"Rest easy, Young Master Wen, I've got it all down," Little Mule said, nodding. Then, with genuine admiration: "You really are something, Young Master Wen! Now whatever expert they send down will be at your command."
"Heh. Of course. How could anyone work my floor without being under my control?" An Liwen thought himself rather clever, too: not only had the superiors let the Master Li business pass, the expert sent next would fall under his control. "Oh, one more thing—go smooth things over on Yu Yuanyuan's side. Tell her and that fellow Goudan that everything before was Master Li's doing alone, and had nothing to do with our underground arena. Master Li is dead; we hope she won't take her anger out on us anymore. You know how to handle it?"
"I understand, Young Master Wen. If need be, I'll throw her some money—it'll certainly get the matter settled." Little Mule knew exactly what An Liwen was after. That Ergoudan was simply too formidable—one punch and Master Li was dead. Men like that could not be crossed. If he came back in a foul mood and picked a quarrel at the arena, how was the underground arena supposed to keep running?
"Good... go see to it." An Liwen waved his hand, signaling that Little Mule could leave.
With all of this settled, An Liwen left the underground arena. Today he planned to pay a call on Gu Pengzhan. Since the last business was over, he had not yet paid him a formal visit. Whatever else was true, the shadow of Gu Mengyao still lingered in his heart.