Chapter 962: An Accidental Death
by xennovel“Young Master Xu, talking like this takes all the fun out of it.”
The smile on Ye Shilong’s face gradually faded as he looked deeply at Xu Shaochen.
“I’ve always talked like this. People follow my rhythm, and I think it’s fine.”
Xu Shaochen was noncommittal.
Ye Shilong frowned slightly: “Are you always so confident?”
“Depends on who I’m talking to. When it’s you, I feel pretty confident.”
Xu Shaochen looked seriously at Ye Shilong.
Ye Shilong was restrained, held back by his father’s status. It was inevitable he couldn’t act freely.
His every move didn’t just concern himself; it could also affect his father.
Because of this, Xu Shaochen never saw him as a threat.
Now, Xu Shaochen was officially stepping onto the stage.
The final outcome of this struggle would ultimately be a negotiation of interests, leading to a compromise and reaching some kind of balance.
It would never really escalate to the point of mutual destruction.
“Then let’s give it a try.”
As soon as Ye Shilong finished speaking, he got up and left.
Before the compromise, they had to fight. Contest what was worth contesting.
After all, only by showing strength can you gain the upper hand in later negotiations.
“Wait.”
Xu Shaochen called out to Ye Shilong.
Ye Shilong stopped and turned back, looking at Xu Shaochen: “What, have you changed your mind?”
“I just wanted to remind you, remember to cover the bill when you leave. After all, you said you were treating me.” Xu Shaochen smiled slightly.
Ye Shilong’s mouth twitched slightly before he quickened his pace.
“Hey, handsome! Mind if I sit opposite you?”
Just after Ye Shilong left, a provocatively dressed woman sat directly across from Xu Shaochen.
It was obvious that she was another gaudy seductress trying to lure Xu Shaochen into bed.
But soon, Xu Shaochen realized he was wrong.
This woman just came over to freeload some food.
Xu Shaochen asked, “Do you have a boyfriend?”
“Yes.” The woman nodded.
Xu Shaochen asked again, “Is he stingy?”
He thought to himself, if her boyfriend wasn’t stingy, such a fine girl wouldn’t come to freeload, right?
The woman blinked in confusion, her face turning a little red as she stammered, “He… sometimes, I guess? Depends on the situation.”
Seeing this, Xu Shaochen sighed, looking at her shy appearance. One could only imagine how stingy her boyfriend was.
No wonder she had fallen to the point of freeloading.
“In what situations is he stingy?” Xu Shaochen couldn’t help but ask. He wanted to see just how cheap this guy could be.
The woman’s face turned even redder as she shyly glanced at Xu Shaochen, “Well… why are you asking such private questions? Mostly at home, but sometimes even at hotels.”
Xu Shaochen: “……………”
Did she misunderstand something? This conversation was completely off the rails.
It felt like I just got run over by a car at full speed, it’s like they even lost the steering wheel.
Xu Shaochen tugged at the corner of his mouth, “Take your time eating. My friend already covered the bill.”
With that, he stood up and left.
“Hey, handsome! Leave your number!”
The woman shouted after him in a hurry—she wasn’t just here for the food. She had noticed the car keys in Xu Shaochen’s hand.
Deng Tianwen had arranged a BMW 8-series for Xu Shaochen as his mode of transport.
……………
Two days later.
Great Wilderness Province, Changfei City.
Around noon.
Xu Zhou, as usual, got off work and drove towards the villa that Huo Shen had arranged for him.
These past few days made him quite content with his life.
Although Huo Shen was a ruthless, uneducated brute,
he treated him with great care.
Not only did he provide him with a car and a house, but he also set him up with a beautiful woman at home.
This made Xu Zhou grow thinner every day, but he didn’t mind—he couldn’t wait to rush home after work every day.
After giving up on the stock market, he realized there were things more fun than stock trading.
Thinking of the gorgeous beauty waiting at home, Xu Zhou couldn’t help but hum a little tune.
As for Xu Shaochen and the thirty million, he had been worried at first, but by now, that was long forgotten.
The more he got to know Huo Shen, the more he understood how powerful his influence was in the Great Wilderness.
For Xu Shaochen to come here and take him away was like a fool’s dream.
“What the hell is going on?!”
Suddenly, he slammed on the brakes and cursed.
A car had stopped at the intersection ahead, and two men in work uniforms were setting up roadwork signs and lifting a manhole cover.
Looking in the rearview mirror, he saw a long line of cars behind him. There was no way to pass, and nowhere to turn around.
After a moment’s hesitation, Xu Zhou opened the car door and approached the workers.
He wanted to ask how long it would take.
“Hey there, guys…”
“Thud—”
Xu Zhou had just approached them and begun to speak when one of the workers suddenly lunged, stabbing him in the abdomen.
“You… ha… ha…”
Covering his stomach, Xu Zhou stared at them, trying to speak, but no clear words came out.
“Mr. Xu asked me to pass along his regards. That three thousand should be enough for a nice plot of land in the cemetery.”
The worker’s voice was low as he pulled out the knife and stabbed again without any expression.
Xu Zhou’s eyes widened, but soon his pupils dilated and became lifeless.
The two workers calmly supported Xu Zhou’s corpse, placing him back into his car.
They closed the door, returned to collect their signs, and drove away without a hint of panic.
Traffic quickly resumed, and no one paid any attention to the car parked on the side of the road. At most, they just drove around it.
It wasn’t until a traffic cop arrived later to check the broken intersection camera that they discovered the body inside the car.
As for why the camera was broken, it had obviously been tampered with in advance.
“Crash—”
In the Great Wilderness Group’s chairman’s office.
Huo Shen angrily swept everything off his desk, smashing a large pile of items to the floor with a loud crash.
The few executives and secretaries in the office trembled with fear.
“Damn it! Killing my people on my turf—do they really take me for a joke?!”
Huo Shen roared in anger, his face flushed, spitting as he spoke.
Just a couple days ago, he had reassured Xu Zhou that not even Xu Shaochen could touch him in the Great Wilderness.
And yet, Xu Zhou was now dead.
It was as if someone had slapped him across the face, and his face had swollen from the blow.
With his personality, how could he endure such an insult?
Born under disgraceful circumstances, Huo Shen’s heart was already sensitive, making him even more prone to anger.
Xu Shaochen’s actions made him feel belittled—humiliated!