Chapter 2314 — Exposed?
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Wei Zhao's brow furrowed slightly, then he said, "All right. Big Feng, is it? I'll remember that."
Hammer smiled faintly and knocked on the door. From within came Big Feng's steady, resonant voice almost at once: "Come in!"
Hammer pushed the door open and gestured for Wei Zhao to go first, then followed behind him into Big Feng's office.
But the moment they stepped through the door, Hammer nearly jumped out of his skin.
A pistol was pressed square against Wei Zhao's forehead! And the man holding it was one of Big Feng's bodyguards, a fellow called Two-Deaf.
"Big Feng, Brother Deaf, what's the meaning of this..." Hammer gazed at Big Feng, who sat behind the desk, and asked in a trembling voice, hesitant.
Wei Zhao, meanwhile, wore a look of utter shock, as though he had no idea what to do. In his heart, however, he was quietly turning things over: what exactly did this Big Feng mean by this? Was he testing him? Or had he given himself away in some matter, prompting the man before him to act as he did?
Before they had entered Big Feng's office, when Hammer knocked on the door, Wei Zhao's jade pendant had begun to emit a warning signal—and that was the reason for his earlier frown!
The warning signal was not strong, but it indicated danger within. In truth, evading Two-Deaf's gun and then turning to finish him off would have been child's play for Wei Zhao. But he did not do so, because he still could not be sure whether Big Feng was testing him or suspecting him.
"Boss Feng, you... this hardly seems like the way to receive a guest, does it?" Wei Zhao seemed to have just recovered from his shock; his expression was one of alarm and anger, though his tone remained somewhat uncertain. "Hammer, what on earth is going on here? Your bar isn't thinking of turning on its own, is it? But I don't mind telling you—this is all the money I've brought, and in my gang I'm nothing but an errand boy. If you mean to shake me down, you've picked the wrong mark!"
"Brother Pao, don't get excited—let me ask first." Hammer hurried to placate Wei Zhao, then turned a pained face to Big Feng. "Big Feng, what is this...? Brother Pao is from an overseas gang, in charge of purchasing white powder. He's a big client!"
"A big client?" A trace of amusement flickered at the corner of Big Feng's mouth. He narrowed his eyes at Wei Zhao and asked, his tone neither warm nor cold, "Go on. Who exactly are you, and what have you come here to do?"
"What do you mean, who exactly am I? Doesn't Hammer know my identity?" Wei Zhao frowned and said angrily. "And it wasn't I who came here to do anything—it was Hammer who brought me. Do you think I'd be here if he hadn't brought me...?"
"Don't play games with me. My patience is limited." Big Feng gave a cold snort, cutting him off, and said blandly, "Don't take everyone for a fool. You're a member of an overseas gang? You've come here to buy drugs? What a coincidence. You think your luck is that good?"
"Big Feng, plain men don't speak in riddles. Forgive me for being blunt—I don't know what you mean. If you don't want to do business, I won't force it; business may fail but goodwill remains. But these muddled words of yours—what exactly do you mean by them?" Wei Zhao said with some displeasure. "I came here for a bit of diversion. Hammer said there was a cheap source of goods here, so I came along to have a look. But the moment I walk in, you point a gun at me. If I'm not welcome, you could simply have kept me out!"
"Silver-tongued sophistry. But do you think I'll believe it?" Big Feng regarded Wei Zhao with mockery and shook his head. "Enough. Since you won't talk, Two-Deaf, see him on his way! Once you're here, you don't leave."
"Click..."
Wei Zhao heard the sound of a round being chambered and knew that Big Feng was not trying to frighten him—he truly meant to kill him! Though Wei Zhao did not know where he had slipped up, he could not sit and wait for death.