Chapter 670 - Ren Xiaosu makes his move (1/2)

Su Lei had wanted to take his parents’ memorial tablets and leave right after. But when he got back home, he realized it was too late.

It seemed that some of the bandits in town had already discussed how to deal with his gang before their return.

Just as Su Lei had guessed, the bandits started plotting as soon as he left town. If Su Lei did not manage to get the business deal done, everyone would just go on with their lives as usual. If the deal were successful, they would want in as well. If Su Lei were unwilling to share, they would kill him and force Wang Ergou to tell them everything that he knew.

Wang Ergou was a very spineless person. As long as they scared him a little, he would spill the beans.

Whatever it was that the rich investor from the grasslands wanted, or the time and place of the next transaction, they could find out all that from Wang Ergou.

This was also the reason why they immediately noticed Wang Ergou did not come back with them. However, they did not expect Su Lei to be even more ruthless than they had imagined. He actually killed Wang Ergou in advance!

This caught everyone by surprise. It was also why a few groups of bandits had surrounded the place where Su Lei and his gang were staying. They did not make a move yet as they were still discussing what to do.

Su Lei was definitely going to be killed. If they let him off today, it would be the same as letting the tiger back into the mountains. If such a ruthless person did not die, they would not be able to sleep well.

The crux of the problem was that they did not want to give up on this business opportunity either. They were eyeing this trade route with the grasslands since it would definitely earn them a lot of money.

The most important thing right now was how were they going to kill Su Lei and steal his business deal.

With Su Lei’s return, everyone in the town had completely forgotten about Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin.

In the evening, Ren Xiaosu prepared the money and was waiting for the refugees to voluntarily send some food over. However, no one came by.

“They’ve even given up on a target who’s stupid and rich? What are these refugees thinking?” Ren Xiaosu pondered things. “Something big is probably going to happen in this town. It should be related to Su Lei, right? I guess they’re still bandits, after all. Their hearts get stirred up in the presence of a fortune.”

“So are we going to do anything about it?” Yang Xiaojin asked as though she were waiting for Ren Xiaosu to decide.

“Of course we are.” Ren Xiaosu grinned and said, “We definitely have to!”

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As night fell, Su Lei took Cui Qiang and his fellow men out to guard their residence’s yard. Everyone was really tense as they silently gripped their weapons.

Some of the higher-ranked people were armed with improvised guns, while the others made do with bone knives or whatever iron weapons they could get their hands on.

White bone knives near their waists, it added a sense of gravity to the bandits in the yard.

Su Lei said, “I’m sorry, my brothers. This was all because I insisted on making a trip back here.”

His men did not say anything. Su Lei’s gang might not be that united, as after all, they were still just bandits and could not be compared to military troops.

Some of the men were also blaming Su Lei in their heads, but no one would possibly open their mouths to criticize him at such a time.

Cui Qiang was sitting by a dirt wall next to the yard’s door and wiping the improvised gun in his hand until the steel barrel shone.

Their improvised guns were all single shot only, so they had to reload every time they fired the weapon once. There were too many people watching them on the outside, so Cui Qiang knew that in a fight to the death, their gang would definitely be at a disadvantage.

Someone whispered, “Boss, why don’t we just hand over the business deal to them? They have so many people, and a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are stacked against him. We can look for other business opportunities, but we only have one life.”

Su Lei was about to say something.

But just as this person finished speaking, Cui Qiang shot to his feet and jumped in front of him. As he moved, Cui Qiang pulled out a dagger from his waistband and stabbed it ruthlessly into the neck of the person who spoke.