Chapter 77 Why? (1/2)

All of a sudden, a thought came to Liu Jingcheng's mind, that a young man would have lived his youth in vain if he was not wild during these his youthful years. Liu Jingcheng was already a man in his fifties who had been through a lot in life and he was surprised to be overpowered by this young man's confidence.

Someone with an attitude of exchanging one's life for another, instead of following the rules, was who the society feared most.

”Don't think that I'll let you off just because you speak those bold words. Why do I have to kill you? In fact I have many other ways of making you feel that you'd rather die,” said Liu Jingcheng. He had to make this statement to save his face. What he initially thought to be a simple job had unexpectedly turned into a tricky situation. He could foresee he was the one to suffer in the end if this went on, however, should he just let him go?

Qin Sheng knew Liu Jingcheng had run out of ideas when he made that statement, so he burst out laughing and said, ”I know the society today goes by the law, but people like you manipulate the politics and the laws of the country using your wealth and power. I've seen people like you putting someone in jail by framing him with some crime he hasn't committed. Unfortunately, with your capabilities, I will be able to come out of the prison in a few days if you do that to me. By then, I will come after you, not in the peaceful manner we are in right now. So I'm giving you one chance.”

Liu Jingcheng became silent and fell into deep thoughts.

”Do you have any idea why I came to see you? If I'm not willing, these men of yours would not be able to bring me over. You may ask them if you don't believe my words, they know better,” Qin Sheng paused and continued, ”I don't want to create any trouble and have others clean up after me. I try to settle my own problems as much as possible.”

At his wit's end, Liu Jingcheng hesitated and did not know how to respond to Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng laughed as he got up from his seat. Pretending to study the potted orchid plant in the room, he suddenly asked, ”Do you know Third Master Wu?”

Having attained his level of status in society, Liu Jingcheng certainly knew who Third Master Wu was.

”I know you can't swallow this if you are forced to stop here, since you are already pent up with rage. How about I give you a way of escape by taking a step back each. I'll go visit your son in the hospital afterwards as an apology. I'll leave it to you how you want to explain to him.” Qin Sheng was obviously willing to take a step back and took the initiative to seek reconciliation, and now it was up to Liu Jingcheng if he agreed to it.

Liu Jingcheng fixed his gaze on Qin Sheng and started to contemplate.

”I'm suggesting this because I respect that you are a father after all, and hopefully you will continue to teach your son properly. It was my fault to have resorted to violence, but it was also because he provoked me with his words. If this had happened two years ago, your son's body would have been thrown into the river for the fish to feed on. In addition, please tell your son not to have wishful thoughts about Han Bing, otherwise I can't guarantee his safety,” Qin Sheng sighed and continued, ”Alright, it's getting late, and I should get going. You think about what I say. You can also get to know more about me through your son or do some research base on whatever resources you have. If after going through all these, you are still set on taking revenge on me, please find someone capable. Even Yang Deng, who is Third Master Wu's assistant was not my match. These men you sent today were a far cry from being able to subdue me.”

Qin Sheng had mentioned Third Master Wu just to dampen Liu Jingcheng's confidence.

At this juncture, Qin Sheng thought the matter had almost come to some kind of an end. His face broke out in a smile as he walked towards the door of the room and patted those men on their shoulder before he stepped out of the room. He thought these men were rather interesting, but they were definitely not cut out for this job.

Liu Jingcheng looked on as Qin Sheng exited from the room and did not try to stop him. He had to come to terms with the fact that this young man was indeed someone with guts. After all, he, being a man with much life experiences, could read people pretty accurately.

The most important thing was Qin Sheng's last few words, which stated that he was not even fearful of Third Master Wu. For this reaon, there was no way Qin Sheng would be intimidated by him.

Finally, Liu Jingcheng sighed and waved to the two burly men from Shandong, indicating that they should leave. He would treat his ordeal as a lesson learnt. Hopefully, his son would learn to stay low-keyed given that there were just so many people with hidden talents around. He, being a low level manager would not be able to cause any waves if he died, and perhaps he would not even know how he died.

Exiting from the teahouse, Qin Sheng called for a taxi to bring him bak to Shilin Huayuan. Along the way, he kept grumbling and mumbling to himself about having the spend 10 over dollars on the taxi fare, thinking Liu Jingcheng could at least send him back.

In the taxi on the way back, Qin Sheng called Xia Ding to tell him that he had settled the conflict with Liu Chengfeng. ”I've just met his father. I'm quite sure the problem is solved,” he reported to Xia Ding.

”How did you do that, Boss?” Xia Ding, who was working overtime in the office, asked curiously.

Qin Sheng half lied and said, ”I used various tactics, including forcing him, appealing to him and deceiving him. I told him I'm an orphan and that I do not have any family, so if he were to put me on a spot, I will kill his entire family. When he heard that, he immediately gave in to me. Then I told him a way of escape so that we each take a step back. I said I would go to the hospital to visit his son, and that he should teach his son properly. If he insisted to take action on me, I warn him not to blame me if his son disappears suddenly, because I've already warned him.”

”Ha ha ha, really?” Xia Ding lifted his legs and rested them on the table and burst out laughing.

Qin Sheng grinned and continued, ”Of course it's true. How else do you think I settled this? I'm a nobody, with no parents and money. All I could do was to go all out.”

”You are really something else, Boss! By intimidating him first, he couldn't do anything to you given his humble background. I will stand up to him if he dares to touch you,” Xia Ding said, not taking the matter to heart.

Reaffirmed and comforted by Xia Ding's words, Qin Sheng said, ”Your reassuring words are all that I need.”

”Oh, did you and Su Qin contact each other these two days? I've a feeling that you two will get back together eventually,” asked Xia Ding purposely, as he started to lit a stick of cigarette. He would have totally misunderstood Su Qin if Qin Sheng had not tried to explain to him the other day. After all, however, they were each other's first love. It would be great if they could be together.

”After dinner with my colleagues last night, we went to the bar, YOUNG, where we bumped into her later on. But she only stayed for a little while before she left.” Qin Sheng thought he should explain to Xia Ding the coincidence the night before.

Xia Ding burst out laughing when he heard what Qin Sheng said. ”You went to YOUNG? Looks like she still thinks about you a lot, otherwise she would not have tone to look for you there.”

”What do you mean?” Qin Sheng was even more puzzled.

Xia Ding purposely beat around the bush by saying, ”I guess you are clueless about who the new boss of YOUNG is?”