775 Wealth (2/2)
”You may also designate someone you deem trustworthy to do it for you.”
”It's viable,” Xiao Fengchai took back the momentum. ”But in any case, my second brother's safety is of the utmost importance. Do you have any plans about that?”
Meng Mingshu fell silent – this was the issue he cared about the most.
”If Second Young Master Meng is willing to join the Dragon Army, he will undoubtedly be under the best protection. And if he wants to stay in Jade City, I'll make sure he has nothing to do with this 'loan,' and thus Golden Roc Castle will protect him.”
”Why would Golden Roc Castle still protect me after I lose have my money?” Meng Mingshu couldn't understand.
”They will,” Golden Roc Castle said positively. ”What Golden Roc Castle wants is money, and without money, there would be no need for them to kill the members of the Meng family. Besides, only by keeping you alive can Golden Roc Castle take back the Meng family's wealth.”
Meng Mingshu pondered his words for a while. The Dragon King was good at beguiling people. Although his words sounded reasonable, they might not necessarily come true. ”I want to stay in Jade City and let… Fengchai be in charge of the Meng family's money.”
Golden Roc Castle's status still looked secure, so Meng Mingshu didn't necessarily want to draw the lines and choose a side too early, and he had to prepare himself for both eventualities.
”I'm a woman,” Xiao Fengchai reminded him blandly.
”What's wrong with women? There are plenty of women working for Dragon King now, aren't there? And there's even an army of female soldiers. If they can do it, you can do it too.”
”We can talk about this later.” Xiao Fengchai was obviously not very interested. ”I'm enjoying a pretty cozy life in Jade City. Why would I go mix with a bunch of stinky men in the army camp? Let's get back to the main business topic. How do you plan on receiving this 'loan' without Golden Roc Castle suspecting my second brother?”
Meng Mingshu had already forgotten Xiao Fengchai's warning and he immediately said, ”Actually we have some previous experience with this. I can give him detailed information of all the shops and banks in various locations, and all Dragon King has to do is send his men to rob them. Those within Jade City are the most difficult to rob, and unfortunately they are also the richest.”
Gu Shenwei had also come up with an idea. ”Robbing them is one option, but there's also another way. The fake Meng Yuzun has been in a violent temper for the past half a year, and he's made a lot of enemies…”
Meng Mingshu said resentfully, ”Golden Roc Castle has been making a lot of preparations for their plan to eliminate our family. If things keep going this way, all the members of the Meng family will wind up dead and nobody will show any compassion to us anymore.”
”So if one or two traitors show up at this point, it wouldn't be much of a surprise, would it?”
Light dawned on Meng Mingshu.
The negotiation continued on even though there weren't any topics of much importance left. So after an hour or so, Gu Shenwei stood up, ready to leave. Xiao Fengchai gently said, ”You should go back as well, second brother. And if you want me to make financial decisions for you, you'll have to keep me at a distance from now on so that Golden Roc Castle won't suspect you.”
Meng Mingshu was reluctant to part with her. ”We don't have to start so soon, do we?”
Xiao Fengchai glanced at the ”Dragon King's envoy” who was still present. ”We don't have much time left. If we had known that things would turn out this way, we would have kept quarreling.”
Gu Shenwei left first, and then he met Nie Zeng outside.
After a short while, Meng Mingshu opened the gate and walked out into the street. Anger was etched deeply into his face, and he defiantly strode towards another prostitute's home. All the servants who were waiting at the gate understood that the two enemies who had just reconciled were now quarreling again.
Gu Shenwei waited a long time. After the hustle and bustle of the Pleasure Alley subsided, he went back to Xiao Fengchai's home.
Xiao Fengchai was sitting in her bedroom, hands supporting her head, blankly staring at the dancing flames. Indifferent to the man who had sneaked in again, she talked as if she were talking to herself. ”Things never go the way people want them to. If only the Dragon King were a few years older or I were a few years younger.”
Gu Shenwei knew that he had been recognized, so he didn't deny it. ”Why?”
”In that case you wouldn't feel that I'm too old, and I would be eligible to compete with a young girl like Tenth Gongzi.” Xiao Fengchai turned her head and looked at him, with an expression so ambivalent he couldn't tell whether she was smiling or not.
”I prefer the Xiao Fengchai of the Royal Court.”
Back then, Xiao Fengchai was stern and inviolable, yet now she had become someone completely different. ”Ha-ha, the Royal Court is way too unfamiliar to me so I can't exert my charm even when I have it, but this place is my home…”
”You're the most seductive woman I've ever seen.”
”Dragon King is overpraising me.”
”Yet you're just a person.”
”I'm far less important when compared to 'supremacy.'”
Gu Shenwei nodded.
”I understand. I just feel regretful. Despite meeting so many people, none of them could be deemed a hero. However, the Dragon King is a true hero.”
Gu Shenwei had to admit that this woman could easily please anyone she wanted to. ”You already have Meng Mingshu. I believe that should be enough.”
”Him?” Xiao Fengchai showed a slightly contemptuous look on her face, ”You believe that 'supremacy' is more important than women, but I don't have a view as broad as yours. As a whore, I believe that money is more important than men.”
”How much do you want?” Gu Shenwei asked.
”The usual. Twenty percent.” Xiao Fengchai put away the seductive look on her face. ”I'll help the Dragon King take all the wealth of Meng family, and all I want is just twenty percent of it.”
”A deal between a 'hero' and a 'whore,'” Gu Shenwei commented in a slightly sarcastic tone.
”The 'hero' wouldn't reject, would he?” Xiao Fengchai smiled back in response.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
Gu Shenwei had never thought himself as a hero – he was someone who sought vengeance by hook or by crook.
After leaving the small building again, Gu Shenwei and Nie Zeng quickly returned to Lu Qiying's courtyard. Three days had passed, and the men he had sent were waiting for him, ready to give the first inroad report.