Chapter 44

Chapter 44

After all, Long Aotian was the type who repaid every slight.

Even insulting him once would have to be paid back with a slap.

Let alone Wu Xiaojiu’s outrageous betrayal.

If Long Aotian found out he was still alive, wouldn’t he cut his own foreskin and twitch in fury just to vent that hatred?

The thought made Wu Xiaojiu shudder.

He quietly tried to slip out through the emergency exit.

But before he could even move, the figure in the Rolls-Royce looked over.

[Fuck, did he see me?]

Wu Xiaojiu recoiled in terror, covering his face with his hand.

[At this angle and this distance, if Long Aotian isn’t blind, there’s no way he doesn’t see me.]

System shouted in his mind, and Wu Xiaojiu was drenched in sweat.

The person he least wanted to face right now was Bo Suihan.

He had run straight into him, and he was scared half to death.

“What are you standing around for? Hurry up and bring him over here!” came an angry roar from outside, followed by a rush of footsteps. Wu Xiaojiu’s heart sank. It was over.

His luck was terrible. Bo Suihan had really caught him.

Wu Xiaojiu hunched over and tried to run back, but a hand suddenly clapped down on his shoulder. In the next instant, his body slammed into someone’s chest.

“Don’t move.”

A voice, both familiar and unfamiliar, sounded above him.

Wu Xiaojiu parted the fingers covering his face and peeked through the gap.

“Why do you look like this? You’re a complete mess, and you’re shaking too. Are you afraid of that man at the entrance?”

Wang Xiao?

That face was familiar, but it wasn’t the one he had expected.

The spark of hope in Wu Xiaojiu’s heart surged back to life. He pointed at the other person in disbelief, but before he could speak, his mouth was covered.

“I know you’ve got a lot of questions. Let’s get out of here first, then I’ll explain slowly.”

The noisy footsteps from earlier swept past them. When Wu Xiaojiu looked back, the man in the Maybach was lazily playing on his phone.

The bodyguards he had sent out were there to welcome the person on the stretcher.

After the person and the stretcher were loaded into the Maybach, the sealed airport was opened up again, and more than a dozen Maybachs sped away.

Not a single person paid attention to Wu Xiaojiu.

Only then did he feel how awkward his earlier panic had been. Wang Xiao took his hand and led him north.

The two of them escaped into a café.

“You have no idea. After your fake death, the domestic situation really turned chaotic. A string of things happened. First, all nine of Bo Suihan’s masters came down the mountain,” Wang Xiao said with a look of utter despair.

“I really didn’t know he actually had nine masters. I thought he was bragging. But those nine people were right there in front of me, like immortals. And the worst part is, they’re all legendary figures from the turn of the millennium!”

“Get to the point,” Wu Xiaojiu said helplessly, looking at Wang Xiao’s expression.

“The point is, because Bo Suihan knew you were still alive, he used that Dragon King Token he’d mentioned before to summon a hundred thousand troops from Qianshan Island.”

“A hundred thousand troops, fully equipped and in order. Do you know what that means? Forget finding someone. With that force, Bo Suihan could practically crown himself king in the mountains.”

“I think Bo Suihan really hates you to the bone. Coming back to the country now is just asking for trouble. Wu Xiaojiu, you’d be better off laying low in Eastern Europe for a while. Besides, back then, his masters saved you and had a death row inmate’s body thrown into the sea. Even though it wasn’t recovered, some fisherman nearby caught it on camera.

“Everyone thought you were dead, and the Wu Family even held a funeral for you. If you come back now, it’s basically like returning from the dead and shocking everyone. Here, I’ll give you 100,000. Go back to Eastern Europe.”
Wu Xiaojiu scratched his head. This situation was indeed tricky-his family thought he was dead, but those who hated him knew he was still alive.
It was truly dangerous.
“But my family is here, and I can’t survive in a foreign country. Wang Xiao, how about I crash at your place for a while?”
Wang Xiao averted his eyes and clicked his tongue.
“Young master, I’m really not kidding with you. Bo Suihan’s influence now can be said to cover the skies with one hand in this country and this city. You see, normally, even closing the airport requires scheduling for ordinary people, but he can do it just like that.
Right now, families like the Su Family and Liu Family are all his underlings. Bo Suihan gets whatever he wants-wind and rain at his command. If he wants to kill you, it’s as easy as crushing an ant.
You’d better leave.”
Wu Xiaojiu shook his head stubbornly. He had only just managed to return to the country, sticking around like a mangy dog clinging on.
If he had to leave again, he couldn’t take it.
[Host, we’re doomed! The Affection Points for Long Aotian are plummeting, from 100 down to 50!]
The situation was still tense when suddenly a ‘ding’ sounded in his mind.
Wu Xiaojiu’s left eyelid had been twitching incessantly; hearing this, he shot to his feet.
Oh no!
What now? According to Wang Xiao, Bo Suihan hated him to the bone.
But now the Affection Points had dropped to the 50-point threshold.
If he didn’t go win back Bo Suihan’s favor soon, the Wu Family would surely suffer.
Wu Xiaojiu sighed, downed the coffee in front of him in one gulp.
After a moment of silence, he raised his eyes.
“Can you take me to Bo Suihan?”
“My ancestor!”
Wang Xiao also stood up abruptly at these words.
His face was as filled with anxiety as Wu Xiaojiu’s.
But seeing the other’s earnest expression, not joking in the slightest, this detective suddenly found himself at a loss.
“You really want to go?”
Wu Xiaojiu nodded. In fact, although he had been avoiding Bo Suihan, the two shared a deep history, so some part of him still wanted to meet him.
But that earlier incident had almost cost lives.
Wu Xiaojiu could never get past that hurdle in his heart. Now this drop in Affection Points finally gave him an excuse.
Wang Xiao had no choice.
He could only listen to him. He flagged down a taxi on the road and told the driver to go to Baijinghui Grand Hotel.
“I heard a big shot from the Bo Family has arrived, and Bo Suihan is paying high attention. Actually, he never attends any social events-banquets, cocktail parties, none of them. People in the circle call him pretentious, but today, for some reason, he’s breaking his norm.”
Unconsciously, Wu Xiaojiu recalled the figure being carried onto a stretcher.
Unable to stop his wandering thoughts, Wu Xiaojiu got into the car.
The car’s radio was connected to the city’s main station.
It was broadcasting.
Content related precisely to Baijinghui.
Three months ago, there was no hotel called Baijinghui at all.
Normally, social events were held at entertainment venues under the Liu Family. In these few months since he’d left, the city had undergone a massive reshuffle.
Most of the previously prominent families with names people would recognize had fallen.
Now, the entertainment industry was run by the Feng Family under Bo Suihan.
One could say that trade, entertainment venues, antique auctions-
all of them, as long as they were high-cost commercial industries,
were entirely monopolized by Bo Suihan alone.
The Bo Family now was not only not inferior to before, but even seemed to be on the rise.
And all of this was the result of Bo Suihan’s hard work over these months.
Bo Suihan, the commercial emperor.