208: Chapter 207 Two People 208: Chapter 207 Two People At the wine tasting event, Liu Hun not only successfully renewed his contract with Hu Group but also beca a shareholder, worth over a hundred million RMB!
However, the board of directors of Hu Group still required Liu Hun to ensure the safety of the investnt environnt, a reminder he hardly needed after the water snake incident; he had already intended to deal with the problematic individuals of Qingshui Ditch.
He knew that ever since Huang Yang planned to invest in Qingshui Ditch, the poisonous snake incident occurred, which was definitely related to Huang Yang.
Now was a critical mont for Liu Hun to flex his muscles and gradually expand pathways to the outside world, so he couldn’t tolerate any slip-ups in his own backyard.
Qingshui Ditch was not only adjacent to Wanbao Village but also upstream of the village’s water source; any issues there would spell trouble.
After much thought, Liu Hun imdiately had an idea!
As Wanbao Village and the nearby villages flourished, the whole Taiping Town seed more vibrant.
Once Liu Hun’s funds were in place, the main roads connecting to the outside world began to unfold, presenting a prosperous scene throughout Taiping Town.
At a teahouse in Taiping Town, brothers Sun Xing and Sun Ke were cracking lon seeds and watching the comings and goings of won downstairs; they would leer with a sleazy smile at the pretty ones and curse the ugly ones as if they were a personal nuisance.
“Excuse …”
While the brothers were chatting, a strange man appeared before them.
Sun Ke spat out a lon seed shell with a “ptooey” and glanced at the newcor.
Dressed in a suit with a briefcase under his arm, it was clear he was a businessman.
With the rise of Wanbao Village, the arrival of such people in Taiping Town had increased, and Sun Ke could easily make this judgnt.
“What’s up?
Sothing you need?” Sun Ke asked the man in the suit.
The man in the suit smiled and said, “Here’s my business card.
I’m from Yuhua City and would like to do so business here.”
“What what…
Fang, big brother!
How do you read this character?” Sun Ke handed the business card to Sun Xing to ask.
Sun Xing gave Sun Ke a sidelong glance, snatched the business card, and said, “Xiao Fang, why not do business in your big city?
Why co to our little town?”
“It’s obvious, isn’t it!
It’s all because of Wanbao Village,” Sun Ke said, tossing a seed into his mouth.
“Shut your mouth!” Sun Xing gave Sun Ke a stern look, then turned to Xiao Fang with a smile and asked, “Mr.
Xiao, what kind of business do you want to do?”
Xiao Fang looked around carefully, then sat down with a smile and said to Sun Xing, “Brother, I’ve heard there’s a village here that breeds snakes.
I’d like to buy so.
Could you possibly point in the right direction?”
Sun Xing, with a crafty glance, said cautiously, “Are you kidding ?
You can’t buy snakes in the big city of Yuhua and have to co all this way?”
Xiao Fang chuckled lowly and said, “The snakes I want to buy are…
poisonous snakes!”
“Hey!
Then you’ve co to the right people, us brothers…
Ow!” Sun Ke was about to chi in when Sun Xing knocked him on the head.
Sun Xing, much shrewder than Sun Ke, knocked his finger against his brother’s head to silence him before turning to Xiao Fang and asking, “You…
what do you want poisonous snakes for?”
“That’s none of your business, just know I have my uses for them,” Xiao Fang said to Sun Xing.
Of course, he wasn’t there to buy them for eating; he was “fishing” on behalf of Liu Hun.
“No!
I don’t know where you can find the snakes you’re looking for, and I definitely don’t have any!
You should ask sowhere else!” Sun Xing rejected Xiao Fang imdiately, all the while occasionally glancing at his expression.
Xiao Fang smiled knowingly and did not intend to just leave; instead, he carefully placed his bag on the table, unzipped it in front of the brothers, and said, “Wonder if you two could help out?”
Under the great power of RMB, everything else is fragile and insignificant.
This saying is the truth!
As soon as Sun Xing and Sun Ke saw the bag of money, estimating it to be at least a good hundred thousand or so, Sun Ke imdiately said to Sun Xing, “Big brother!
Why not take this business that’s co knocking at our door?
This…
this is all money!”
Sun Ke’s words left nothing to the imagination; Sun Xing appeared sowhat reluctant on the surface, but his heart had already been conquered by the money.
Staring at the bag, he asked Xiao Fang, “Mr.
Xiao, since you’re so sincere, let’s be friends!”
Xiao Fang was pleased inside and said to the brothers, “How about this?
This evening, I’ll have a van waiting here for you two.
You bring a bag of snakes, and we can see what the quality is like.
Does that work?”
“That’s no problem at all!
It’s a deal!” Sun Ke answered imdiately, not wanting to let the money slip away.
Sun Xing nodded in agreent.
The two brothers returned to the village to discuss for a while.
Although Huang Yang had warned them to notify him in advance of anything, greed ultimately prevailed over caution.
They decided to make the money behind Huang Yang’s back, so with a bag of poisonous snakes in tow, they ca down to the teahouse that evening.
Sure enough, a white van arrived after a short while, pulled up in front of the brothers, and as soon as the door opened, several sturdy mbers of the opera troupe jumped out, threw Sun Xing and Sun Ke into the van, closed the door, and the van zood away towards the provincial road.
“Long ti no see!”
The two dazed figures finally ca to their senses and upon closer look—Liu Hun!
Sun Ke began to uncontrollably shake his legs from instinct, with Sun Xing’s face twitching like he’d touched a live wire.
It took a good mont before he could stamr out a clear sentence, “Boss…
Boss Guan, what…
what do you need?”
“You guys should be very clear about the kind of person I am, right?” Liu Hun asked the two brothers with a smile on his face.
Others might not dare to say, but the Sun brothers knew full well about Liu Hun’s thods and frantically nodded in agreent.
“Since you’re clear about that, I won’t waste words.
I’ll ask once, and you’ll answer once, got it?” Liu Hun continued with an innocent look on his face.
Seeing the two nod again, Liu Hun then asked, “Is this sack here full of venomous snakes?”
“Yes, yes, yes…” the brothers replied without hesitation.
“Are you breeding these creatures in Qingshui Gully?” Liu Hun prodded further.
“Yes, yes, yes…” the brothers continued to respond.
Liu Hun nodded, satisfied that for the mont the two didn’t seem to be playing any tricks.
He then asked, “Who told you to breed them?”
“Huang…
Huang Yang, Boss Bai!
It…
it was him who had us do the breeding.” Sun Xing quickly replied, glancing at his brother beside him, who clearly couldn’t speak anymore.
Just as expected, it was this guy, Liu Hun thought to himself.
Then he asked, “The last ti the chairman of Hu Group ca to inspect, was it you who released the venomous snakes into the river?”
“Boss Guan, spare our lives!
Boss Guan, please spare us!
We…
we were forced by Huang Yang!
It wasn’t…
it wasn’t voluntary!” Sun Xing begged for rcy and for his life from Liu Hun, his teeth chattering.
Liu Hun gave the brothers a slight smile and said, “Tell honestly, how much money did Huang Yang give you two?
What else has he been up to in Qingshui Gully?
What are his future plans?”
To have survived a hundred and twenty kinds of torture under Liu Hun was already a miracle for Sun Ke, but now, just seeing Liu Hun caused an automatic physical reaction, his entire body trembling and unable to speak, leaving Sun Xing to answer.
“He…
he had us do the job and then…
then promised to give us two million RMB.” Sun Xing didn’t dare lie to Liu Hun.
“Very good!
Continue with the second question!” Liu Hun nodded to Sun Xing.
“Huang…
Boss Bai, he also…
also kept so weird stuff in our village.
There were…
there were pangolins…
monkeys and other creatures.” Sun Xing replied honestly to Liu Hun.
“What does Huang Yang want with these creatures?” Liu Hun asked Sun Xing, figuring Huang Yang wasn’t likely to start a zoo in Qingshui Gully.
“I…
I don’t know…
really don’t know!
He said, we’ll understand when the ti cos.” Sun Xing wiped sweat from his forehead as he spoke to Liu Hun.
Liu Hun looked at the sorry state of the Sun brothers and knew they definitely wouldn’t dare lie to him, so he yelled to the driver, “Stop the car!”
After the van stopped, Liu Hun casually opened the van door.
Outside was a desolate stretch on the provincial road, covered with weeds as tall as a person.
“Right now, you brothers have two choices in front of you.
The first!” Liu Hun said as he opened the sack the brothers had brought, filled with dark venomous snakes, and added, “You two take a bite each, and then I’ll throw you out here.
Do you think anyone could find your bodies?
If the police do find you, succumbing to venom in the wilderness, who would link it back to Liu Hun?”
“No, no, no, no…
Boss Guan!
Dad!
Dear dad!
The second choice!
I choose the second one!” Sun Xing’s face instantly turned ashen.
He thought it over and realized what Liu Hun had said was entirely feasible—bitten by venomous snakes in the wilderness, who would hold Liu Hun accountable.
“The second!
Continue to stay by Huang Yang’s side as an undercover informant, report any developnts to at once, and when needed, you two will have to step up,” Liu Hun stated, fixing his gaze on the Sun brothers.
Sun Ke was terrified into silence while Sun Xing hurriedly nodded in agreent.
“Listen well, you two!” Liu Hun said, grasping both brothers’ faces in his hands and moving in close, “The two million RMB from Huang Yang, I’ll give you every single cent.
Working for Liu Hun, I’ll help the villagers of Qingshui Gully to walk the straight path and beco wealthy, and you two won’t be short of benefits!
If you dare to double-cross , to pay lip service while going against behind my back, I assure you that you’ll live in this world in agony!
Do you understand?”
“Understood!
Understood!” Sun Xing quickly nodded along pulling Sun Ke with him.
They not only saved their skins but would also get every penny they were promised.
Liu Hun nodded in satisfaction and told the driver, “Back to Taiping Town!”
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