SUZIE WONG (The na of the nightclub).
The music of lost defeat, couples entangled, the scent of alcohol and ambiguity, spread everywhere.
On the second floor, it was still the sa old seat as before.
Lu Hao gently swirled the drink in his hand, watching Xu Pei who sat across from him.
"Miss Xu, very punctual."
Xu Pei did not give him a warm reception; right after sitting down, she imdiately took out a cheque from her bag, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards him, "Take it."
Lu Hao bent down, picked up the cheque, and glanced at the amount.
"200,000? Miss Xu, you must be mistaken."
"This is just the deposit. After the job is done, I will pay you the rest," Xu Pei said.
"Deposit?" Lu Hao chuckled darkly, "I think you’ve made another mistake!"
The gaze of Xu Pei fell upon his lips, which curled into a sinister smile, "What do you an?!"
Lu Hao tossed the cheque back on the table and answered with a smile, "I want five million."
"Hmph!" Xu Pei scoffed and then, with a sneer, she picked up the cheque from the table, "You can jump off a building right now, or I can burn five hundred million in ghost money for you."
Unperturbed, Lu Hao took sothing out of his pocket, placed it on the table, and cocked his chin at her. It was a small recorder with headphones attached, which under the disjointed light, shimred with an unusual glow.
"Listen to its content and perhaps you will find that five million isn’t such a large sum after all."
Xu Pei looked at him and still with suspicion, she took the headphones and plugged them into her ears, while Lu Hao turned on the device.
Imdiately, her voice sounded in the headphones.
...
"Three days have passed, and it seems I have yet to see any results."
"Miss Xu Pei, impatience won’t get you hot tofu to eat. Moreover, I haven’t been doing nothing. Do you know what Leng Zimo has been up to these past two days?"
...
It was a recording of her phone conversation with him.
A look of shock appeared in Xu Pei’s eyes as she grabbed the tiny recorder in her hand sharply and demanded in a strong voice, "Lu Hao, what is this supposed to an?"
Lu Hao laughed out loud, "Nothing much, just wanted to share a little secret between Miss Xu Pei and . Of course, if Miss Xu Pei doesn’t fancy that, perhaps I could share it with President Leng instead."
"You..." Xu Pei clenched her teeth in anger, "are you threatening ?"
"Miss Xu is very clever, aren’t you?" Lu Hao wore an extrely shaless grin, "That’s right, I am threatening you. I guess you wouldn’t want President Leng to find out about what you’ve been doing, would you? Otherwise, ah... just imagine the consequences if Lord Emperor Leng, our domineering and assertive friend, found out that his good friend Miss Xu Pei has been secretly pulling strings to prevent him from marrying the woman he likes."
"Enough!" Xu Pei harshly pulled off the headphones and threw the recorder into her glass, "Lu Hao, to threaten with such amateurish tactics, you still have a long way to go!"
"Is that so?" Lu Hao looked at the recorder fizzling in the cup, "Well, I’m not that foolish. I still have a backup and..."
He gestured with a hook of his finger, and Qiangzi, who was seated not far away, imdiately ran over with a DSLR cara in his arms.
"Miss Xu is so pretty, she must be very photogenic, right?" Lu Hao asked Qiangzi with a smile.
"Absolutely!" Qiangzi chuckled and began to speak, "Miss Xu, I’ve taken several close-up shots of you. Don’t believe it? Take a look?"
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End here.
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