Chapter 4347 — An Outright Denial
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"All right, you may leave now." Wei Zhaotong frowned, then regarded Qi Wenmo with a placid expression, cupping his hands in his usual courteous manner and smiling. "Young Master Qi, what brings you here today?"
"What brings me here?" Looking at Wei Zhaotong's composed expression, Qi Wenmo silently cursed him as an old fox and, pointing at the pirate chief beside him, snorted coldly. "Shopkeeper Wei, surely you recognize this man?"
"Oh? And which hero might this be? Could he be a new escort hired by your Qingtian Escort Agency?" Wei Zhaotong feigned surprise, sizing the man up and down, then turned to Qi Wenmo with a look of bafflement, spreading his hands. "Young Master Qi, I have never met this man in my life—how could I possibly know him?"
Hmph, even now, with the truth at his doorstep, the old fox was still putting on an act! Qi Wenmo wasted no more words on him; he suddenly kicked the pirate chief to his knees and sneered, "That filthy business between the two of you—go ahead and tell Shopkeeper Wei all about it, right to his face!"
"Shopkeeper Wei, save me! Please, save me..." The pirate chief had been docile enough until now, but this time he suddenly would not obey—because he feared not only Wei Zhao and Qi Wenmo, but Wei Zhaotong just as much!
If he repeated the whole story to their faces now, even if Wei Zhao and Qi Wenmo let him off, Wei Zhaotong would never spare him. These were all great personages who could summon Nascent Soul-stage enforcers at a whim—he could not afford to offend a single one of them!
"Save you? How amusing. Who do you even think you are to me? Out of nowhere you beg me to save your life?" Wei Zhaotong sneered without cease, not even deigning to look at him directly, and said to Qi Wenmo with a curl of his lip, "Forgive my bluntness, Young Master Qi, but what is the meaning of this? You drag some stranger in from who knows where and let him howl and yelp all over my Hong Chamber of Commerce—is this a monkey show you're putting on for my benefit?"
"Wei Zhaotong, you—" The pirate chief was choked speechless at once. He had turned to Wei Zhaotong for help only because he had no other choice, yet now the man not only stood by and refused to save him, but he had also managed to offend both Wei Zhao and Qi Wenmo. This time he truly would not even know how he died.
"Me? Me what?" Wei Zhaotong gave a derisive laugh, then went on. "Young Master Qi, when I entrusted that shipment to your Qingtian Escort Agency, I warned you again and again that it was life-saving supplies for the Fang family estate, and yet you still lost my convoy. It is truly heartbreaking! But business is business—since you have already compensated me at the original price, I cannot say much more. Besides, our two houses have always enjoyed good relations. So what is this little performance you are putting on for me now, Young Master Qi? And for whose benefit are you staging it?"
Wei Zhao stood to one side, watching coldly, and could not help shaking his head inwardly. Setting everything else aside, the old fellow's hide was truly thick enough. Qi Wenmo was no fool, but before a sly old fox like this, he would probably gain no advantage at all.
Birds of a feather flock together. Setting aside Wei Zhaotong's thoroughly rotten character, the man's own abilities were beyond doubt—otherwise he could never have earned the recognition of a figure like Hong Zhong.
"Shopkeeper Wei, we have come this far—you and I both know the truth of it, so there is no need to keep up the pretense, is there? What is the point?" Qi Wenmo did not fly into a rage. He knew that before an old fox like this, the moment he lost his temper he would have lost; he could only choose to keep sparring with the man.