Chapter 278
Chapter 278
“Li Yang! Professor Guan helped with part of it too!”
With all the culprits identified, Zhang Bei let Heizi off for the time being.
Song Xin shuddered at Heizi writhing on the ground nearby.
At his age, watching from the sidelines was quite enough!
As for what happened to everyone else?
What did that have to do with him?
Hadn’t he only come to eat some fruit and relax?
Water gun in hand, Zhang Bei eagerly headed out of the jungle.
He had confiscated both Heizi’s and his master’s radios.
His appearance would certainly give the others a wonderful surprise!
Meanwhile, our king of troublemakers, Li Yang, was quietly preparing the next stage of the plan.
It was also the most crucial: use the antidote as a carrot and a bath in Itching Solution as a stick to bring his boss to heel.
Once Zhang Bei was forced to submit, wouldn’t they be able to do whatever they pleased?
Li Yang never dreamed that the two most important people in his plan would defect without a moment’s hesitation.
Worse, his elaborate scheme had contained a flaw from the very beginning.
He had indeed neutralized Zhang Bei’s fighting skills, but none of that mattered if Boss Zhang could cut his way out of the enormous net.
Page after page of humiliating conditions emerged from the printer in front of him.
Li Yang gazed at them in bliss.
Even now, he hadn’t noticed how long the radio had been silent.
Time flew. Carrying a stack of printouts, Li Yang pushed open the door.
The scene outside sent a chill through him.
Zhang Bei stood there holding a water gun, a smile on his face.
A large wooden tub beside him was filled with Itching Solution.
Its inventor, Professor Guan, was soaking in it, naked from the waist up.
Li Yang’s face fell at the terrible sight.
“Boss, could I choose a more dignified way to die?”
Zhang Bei rubbed his chin. “Who else was involved? Give me all their names, and I’ll consider reducing your punishment.”
Li Yang gritted his teeth. He was doomed either way, so he might as well drag someone else down with him.
“Qingqing! It was her idea!”
Zhang Bei narrowed his eyes. He strongly suspected Li Yang was stretching the truth.
But did Boss Zhang need evidence to torment someone?
He handed Li Yang the water gun.
“Take out your own teammate. I’ll watch.”
Li Yang’s already pale face lost another shade of color.
He had only just escaped those two women’s clutches alive. Going back now would be walking straight into the firing line.
But Zhang Bei’s repeated glances at the tub extinguished any thought of resistance.
Qingqing was crouching in a corner, scrubbing her face with an exfoliating cloth.
The stuff might be a glossy black, but her persistent efforts were managing to wash it off.
Unfortunately, quite a lot of dark pigment had penetrated her skin, leaving Little Dark Girl darker still.
Li Yang approached her cautiously.
“Sister Qingqing, I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine. It’ll wash off in a couple of days.”
She had already given him a thrashing. Qingqing wasn’t truly angry anymore.
“No, that’s not what I mean.”
“Hm?”
Qingqing turned belatedly, just as Li Yang began firing the water gun at her again and again.
He emptied a full half of its contents onto her.
Green liquid dripped from the hem of her clothes.
“What is this?”
Li Yang sighed and glanced at Boss Zhang, watching the show a short distance away.
“I’m really sorry. It’s only ten minutes. Just bear with it.”
With that, he quietly walked toward the newly prepared tub.
As the inventor, Professor Guan had been sentenced to three minutes.
As the planner, Li Yang faced five, even after his punishment had been reduced.
Without Qingqing sharing the burden, it would have been at least ten!
Only now did Qingqing feel her skin begin to itch.
Then she looked at the two men soaking in green liquid nearby.
“Li Yang, you bleeping bleep! Bleep, bleep, bleep!”
Li Yang struggled to endure the itching in his tub, already trembling despite himself.
At Qingqing’s furious roar, all he could do was sigh.
What else could he do? He was desperate too!
Trade ten minutes of Qingqing’s suffering for five minutes off his own? Anyone would take that deal!
Besides, wasn’t the boss just pocketing the difference as the middleman?
Having dealt with the ringleaders, Zhang Bei turned to the remaining pawns.
First up was Cha Bing, trembling in a corner.
“Choose how you want to die.”
Cha Bing nearly burst into tears at the sight of the large wooden tub.
He had two options. The first was to soak in it for ten minutes.
The second was to take out his teammates and shave five minutes off his sentence.
After lengthy consideration, Cha Bing made an eminently correct decision.
Take out his teammates!
They were his own men, after all. Surely they could make a little sacrifice for their captain?
He accepted the water gun from his boss and hurried toward his team’s hiding place.
Divide your enemies from within: it is always the most effective way to defeat them. – Lu Ah Q
Zhang Bei could have broken through by force.
But how could that compare with the ease of his current approach?
The entire group had collapsed from within. Oh, and Qingqing had been caught up in it too.
Zhang Bei arranged his usual four-piece set beside the tubs, sipping tea while he watched everyone suffer.
Now this was the good life!
Meanwhile, far away in a foreign country, Meng Chuan shook hands with the man in front of him.
“We’ll sign the detailed agreement after the global conference ends.”
“Thank you, Secretary Meng!”
“I’ll leave you to your work. I have to make a trip to Japan.”
“Of course. Don’t let me keep you!”
Meng Chuan left the meeting room and took in the dark circles under his assistant’s eyes.
“Is the plane ready? The conference in Japan starts in three hours.”
“It’s ready. We can take off right away.”
Meng Chuan nodded and got into the car to the airport with his junior secretary.
As he watched the scenery pass outside, tears gathered at the corners of his eyes.
Why? Why hadn’t he hesitated before signing that contract?
With a quiet sigh, he opened his laptop.
That blackhearted, utterly shameless, grave-robbing bastard of a boss had approved the plan to turn Werewolf into a film.
He would have to find time to look through suitable scripts.
There was no need to hire actors. Meng Chuan had already drawn up his cast list.
The leading man would naturally be their delusional young hero. The second male lead would be the lucky No. 11.
With those two, making a commercial film would be no problem at all!
After today’s conference in Japan ended, he would have five hours to sleep.
Tomorrow he had another three hours free. He could arrange for someone to approach them about it then.
For him now, spare time was rather like his boss’s conscience.
No amount of squeezing would produce any.
As the sun sank in the west, Zhang Bei returned to Dingyang City with a group of thoroughly tormented visitors.
He had barely stepped off the plane when someone he hadn’t expected appeared before him.
Professor Li stood outside the airport, his face full of resentment, with his rather slow-witted assistant beside him.