Chapter 988 Cooperation (1/2)

”Please forgive me for my rudeness, General. I have not shown my dark side so far

because I thought you respected me. Now, however, I see that I was wrong,” said Li Du,

looking back at Remonin without any intention to retreat.

”I have always respected you. I hope to gain your friendship and become your business

partner. But what about you? You have been provoking me!” said Remonin.

Once again, he looked at the lion hunter, his eyes full of resentment.

Apparently, he thought that the lion hunter was careless to have let Li Du in with the

grenade.

The lion hunter was scared to death. He did not expect that Li Du would be so angry,

and most certainly did not expect him to use a grenade.

He had thought that Li Du was a very typical Chinese man, polite, gentlemanlike and a

little cowardly, which was what he had said about Li Du to Remonin.

Facing Remonin's accusing look, he baffled. He could never have thought that Li Du

would smuggle in a grenade.

They did not fly here directly by helicopter. There was an exit inspection process before

that. The South African border customs officials checked them and the helicopter, and

the inspection was strict. However, they did not find the grenade.

Musa took advantage of the chaos to slip out of the guard's grip. He ran behind Li Du,

pulled on his clothes and hid behind him like a child.

The guard wanted to shoot, but Li Du stared straight at him. The guard swallowed and

lowered the muzzle of the gun.

He was afraid that if his bullet happened to hit Li Du, a grenade would explode, and no

one would escape. They would all be buried with the diamonds.

Facing Remonin's anger, Li Du said, ”I would like to cooperate with you, but if you mean

to treat me as a business partner, you have to set aside your warlord style.”

”I'm not a warlord, I'm a tribal general! I didn't have much education, but that doesn't

mean you're allowed to think I'm a savage! Just because we're in Africa, it doesn't mean

that anyone with a gun will be called a warlord!” cried Remonin.

Li Du raised a hand and said, ”OK, sorry. I apologize General. I misunderstood you.”

”Why do you think I want to cooperate with you? Sell diamonds to buy guns and fight

government forces? Am I damn crazy? Can my few hundreds of tribesmen hold off

hundreds of government tanks?” Remonin demanded.

”I want to get money, protect my tribe, improve my tribe's conditions, and at the same

time use my money to get into the politics of Mozambique. That's what I want!” he

concluded indignantly.

Then he repeated, ”I am not a warlord! I am not an anti-government fool!”

The lion hunter stood beside him, looking as if he were in a panic, and muttered, ”How

did this happen? How did we get into this?”

Li Du breathed a sigh of relief and said, ”General. I apologize again. Let's calm down.

Actually, we have now discovered something positive.”

”Positive?” Remonin smiled and the guards held their guns nervously.

Li Du nodded calmly and said, ”Yes, this argument was actually a good thing. We

misunderstood each other before, but now we have cleared things up, and our

relationship can go on in the right way.

”Your tribe is shunned by the mainstream of the country. You want to enter politics, but

you don't have the money, and now that you have happened to find this mine, you want

to find someone to sell your diamonds to, right?”

Remonin thought for a moment and nodded. ”Something like that.”

”Good. I have the money. We can work together,” said Li Du.