School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert-Chapter 476 - 477: Duped

"Yes," Uncle Liu nodded.

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After Lao San left, he tossed the five million in cash into the back seat of the car and drove back. While heading back, he made calls to his buddies. He didn't know Xiao Han's phone number and although he knew the address, he dared not rush back there. So, the only option was to call his buddies, guessing that Xiao Han would contact him through them.

Indeed, Lao San's assumption was right.

The phone was quickly answered, "Did you get the job done, kid?"

On the other end was a lazy voice, rough too—it was clearly not Xiao Han's refined voice. Lao San hesitated for a moment before he asked, "Who's this? Where is Xiao Han? I need to speak to Xiao Han."

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"Oh, it's the same talking to me," Li Dapang yawned and then said, "Xiao Han isn't here right now. If you want to ransom your brother, come to Hanmen Restaurant at the entrance of Fuxing Community. Someone nearby will meet up with you."

"I'll be there soon." The man nodded immediately.

After hanging up, the man floored the gas pedal. The car's speed sharply increased and soon arrived at the gate of Fuxing Community.

It was late at night by then—a dark and windy night where one couldn't see their fingers in front of their faces. It was absolutely eerie.

Li Dapang stood by the roadside. From afar, he saw a black sedan approaching and hurriedly waved. The car stopped, and Lao San, frowning, asked, "Are you… the contact?!"

"Yes," Li Dapang nodded and said, "Your brother is here with me, come this way."

Having said that, Li Dapang turned and walked away.

The man slowly followed by car and soon arrived at the destination. He got out of the car, gripping tightly the Browning in his hand with only three bullets left—bullets for saving his own life.

Upon reaching the entrance, two underlings brought out the man with sunglasses from the cellar.

"Where's the money?" asked Li Dapang.

"Three million!" Lao San had already sorted it out in the car. For ease of carrying, he left several hundred thousand US dollars behind and took two million in cash and a hundred thousand Euros to give to Li Dapang. Li Dapang counted it briefly, hesitating a bit when he saw the foreign currency.

"This is Euros. A total of a hundred thousand, which is equivalent to a million RMB," Lao San sniffed.

"As if I wouldn't know!" Li Dapang retorted irritably.

"Hehe…" The man chuckled and said no more.

Li Dapang counted it again, and after confirming it was correct, he immediately gestured to his brothers to release the man. "You can go now," Li Dapang said.

After being untied, the man with sunglasses looked at Lao San gratefully and said, "Lao San, thank you!"

"Don't mention it, get in the car!" Lao San looked at him.

The two were about to leave.

"Wait!" Li Dapang spoke up.

"What now!" Lao San was startled, his expression growing tense as he coldly remarked, "Are you planning to go back on your word?!"

"Of course not!" Li Dapang shook his head and then said, "It's not about having regrets. I just want to warn you. You better leave Linjiang City quickly. The Jiang family will be after you soon to settle scores."

"We don't need your reminder!" Lao San snapped back and then drove off.

Watching the two disappear into the distance, Li Dapang laughed, "Xiao Han really is something, isn't he? Just like this and he's made hundreds of thousands. Tsk tsk… looks like this really is a quick money-making business."

"Big brother, aren't you tempted too?" a younger thug teased with a smile.

"Shit, do I look like someone who's short of money?" Li Dapang patted his belly.

"Hehe, not really," the thug shook his head and then said, "It's originally because you are short of money."

"Screw you!" Li Dapang spat insultingly.

The two thugs immediately ran off, laughing while they ran. Li Dapang had a good relationship with these brothers. He was not arrogant just because he was wealthy; nor did he put on airs, making him unapproachable.

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The Jiang family's butler Uncle Liu came out late at night to investigate. He was clueless about where to start, so he first went to Xiao Han's house in Fuxing Community to check the situation and see if there was any disturbance at Xiao Han's. If Xiao Han had died there, there would definitely have been a big commotion. However, when he drove to Fuxing Community, he didn't find any disturbance. The residential area seemed very quiet and peaceful.

"Strange, why is there no noise at all?" Uncle Liu frowned. After lingering at the door for a while, he drove to another location. The restaurants at Hanmen were already closed. Only the neon lights at the doors continued to flicker.

At that moment, Uncle Liu did not know what to do. He didn't know how to proceed. After all, he didn't know where Xiao Han had died, Madam Jiang hadn't asked those two guys where they killed Xiao Han, and she didn't specify where to dump the body. Therefore, after driving around Linjiang City, he could only drive back to the Jiang family villa.

Upon returning to the Jiangs', Uncle Liu found that Madam Jiang had already gone to sleep. He couldn't disturb Madam Jiang's sleep over this matter. So, he just had to honestly roll into bed and sleep.

The next morning, early.

Uncle Liu reported the situation to Madam Jiang.

Madam Jiang pondered for a long time, frowning, she said, "Old Liu, you are really confused. If they wanted to kill someone, how would they kill indoors? If I'm not mistaken, it must have been an ambush on the way, and then dumping the body in the wilderness, understand?"

"But..." Uncle Liu hesitated.

"Keep an eye on Xiao Han's movements," said Madam Jiang with a smile. "There should be some activity today. Pay close attention."

"Um!" Uncle Liu nodded.

After breakfast, Uncle Liu hurriedly left the Jiang family villa. He then started to stake out at the entrance of Fuxing Community.

However, as soon as Uncle Liu's car stopped at the entrance, he was stunned. Because he saw Xiao Han walking out from within the community. Completely unharmed and looking spirited. Uncle Liu was taken aback. Xiao Han's appearance was impossible for him to forget, nor would he forget it. The members of the Jiang family almost hated Xiao Han to the bone, so he definitely could not forget Xiao Han's face.

"It's over, we've been duped, we've been duped," seeing this, Uncle Liu, scared, hurriedly pulled out his phone.

A call was made.

Madam Jiang at first did not believe it, because her certainty of Xiao Han's death stemmed from last night's transaction with the party, as she clearly saw their bodies covered in blood, and they had been injured in several places. If Xiao Han hadn't died, how could the third man have been injured? Most importantly, if Xiao Han hadn't died, how could the third man have safely left? Xiao Han would definitely have called the police, and the third man would not have had the mood to come ask her for money.

"Old Liu, are you sure you didn't see wrong?!" Madam Jiang hurriedly asked, as she was in a meeting in the office, deliberately lowering her voice.

"Madam, I'm sure, absolutely sure!" urgently, Uncle Liu shook his head and said, "How could this be wrong? It's definitely right."

"Hmm," Madam Jiang thought for a moment and said, "You observe closely first, if you confirm that Xiao Han is not dead, contact the other party immediately."

"Okay," Uncle Liu promptly nodded.

So far, that seemed to be the only thing they could do.

When Uncle Liu saw Xiao Han and Big Fatty meeting together, he immediately confirmed that Xiao Han hadn't died. Furthermore, Madam Jiang had been duped. To try and recover the loss, Uncle Liu immediately began contacting those two river pirates, but at this very moment, there was no way their phones would be reachable.

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Meida Group Headquarters. General Manager's office.

Bang!

A crisp sound, as Madam Jiang grabbed a teacup from her desk and violently smashed it to the ground. The teacup immediately shattered into several pieces. Broken into countless fragments. Madam Jiang appeared extremely angry, she roared, "Bastards, those doomed bastards, how dare they deceive me, how dare they deceive me."

"Madam, do not get angry, it's not good for your health," Uncle Liu quickly comforted her.

"Old Liu, tell me, what should we do about this!" Madam Jiang said, her face pale, trembling all over.

"Shall we call the police?" Uncle Liu suggested.

"You really are confused," snapped Madam Jiang, then she said, "Can we call the police? Can we call the police now? Have you thought about it? What will we say? That we hired someone to kill, and then the person didn't kill and ran off with our money?"

"Uh..." Uncle Liu paused, awkwardly saying, "Besides this, what can we do?"

"We can only bite the bullet," Madam Jiang never expected herself, a shrewd person, to suffer a setback on this matter. She was so mad she nearly tore her hair out. Anger almost leading her to skin those two men alive.

It wasn't about the loss of five million RMB, but rather feeling as though she had been insulted. Five million RMB was but a drop in the ocean for her. Being deceived was what truly made her feel extremely annoyed and furious.

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Soon, the New Year would arrive.

Auntie Zhou went to Xiao Han's home first thing in the morning. Xiao Han had asked Mother Xiao to contact Auntie Zhou last night, mentioning there was something important he needed to discuss. In the Fuxing Community, Xiao Han was considered a promising young man, so Auntie Zhou placed considerable importance on his words.

"Xiao Han, my boy, what's the matter?" Auntie Zhou wore a black coat, a scarf tied around her neck, and had put on some rouge and lipstick. At her age, not only did it fail to add any charm, it rather gave a frightening impression.

When Auntie Zhou entered the Xiao's house, she appeared quite casual, taking a seat on the sofa.