Chapter 1096: So they are friends?
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "I have a question I want to ask."
"What?" Chen Zetao and Karl looked at Xiao Peng together.
Xiao Peng asked, "Karl defrauded 4 billion German marks back then, right?"
Chen Zetao snorted coldly: "More than 4 billion!"
Xiao Peng asked, "Then the question is: How could he remember you when he had swindled so much money? One and a half million is a drop in the bucket compared to four billion, right? But Karl recognized you the moment he saw you just now. Your relationship shouldn't be that simple, right?"
Now it was Chen Zetao's turn to be embarrassed.
Seeing Xiao Peng looking at him, Chen Zetao reluctantly explained, "We used to be friends. He did me a favor once. Back then, he boasted loudly about being the 'new giant of German mechanical engineering,' right? 1995 was his peak period. He was the one who helped arrange the German tunnel boring machine that was shipped to China in 1996."
It wouldn't have mattered if he hadn't mentioned this, but when he did, Carl got anxious: "You keep saying I lied to you! How many times did I reject your purchase request? You even got down on your knees and begged me to sell it to you, but did I ever sell it to you? And you, on the other hand, went to our board of directors and made a scene, threatening to sue my company for racial discrimination and accusing us of undermining the friendship between our two countries. I had no choice but to sell it to you!"
"Puff!" Xiao Peng turned to look at Chen Zetao: "Brother Chen, you still have moments like this?"
Chen Zetao was also a little embarrassed and muttered, "Who made him so clever at that time? If his tricks weren't so clever, how could he have defrauded so much money? I was young at the time, and I was eager to get new technology for the country, so..."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng smiled but said nothing.
He had already seen that the two of them must have had a good relationship many years ago, otherwise Karl would not have repeatedly rejected Chen Zetao. Later, the two of them fell out because of this matter.
The question is who can be blamed for this?
One doesn't want to lie, and the other forces you to lie to me.
Scammers are certainly despicable, but the reason all scams succeed is basically because of greed. If you weren't greedy, how could you fall for it?
Chen Zetao's behavior is also, in a sense, "greedy." Otherwise, why would he remain silent now?
So Xiao Peng decisively shut up, and the atmosphere in the room became even more awkward. The only sound left was the puff of Xiao Peng's cigarette.
After a while, the first person to break the awkward atmosphere was Chen Zetao. He snorted coldly and said in a nonchalant tone, "How's Susanne?"
Xiao Peng's ears perked up. Susanne? A woman's name. Sounds like there's some gossip!
Karl got angry instead: “How dare you ask? She’s dead!”
"Dead?" Chen Zetao said in shock.
Karl nodded: “He died the year after I was released from prison.”
"How did she die?" Chen Zetao asked hurriedly.
"It was endometrial cancer. The doctor asked her to receive treatment, but she insisted on giving birth to the child, thus missing the best time for treatment," said Carl.
Chen Zetao was stunned: "Child? Whose child?"
Xiao Peng's ears were almost used as wires, and the little flame of gossip was burning more and more vigorously.
Karl asked Chen Zetao, "Whose are you talking about?"
"Where is the child?" Chen Zetao jumped up.
Karl rolled his eyes at him: “Dead!”
"Huh?" Chen Zetao felt his vision go dark after hearing this and sat back on the sofa. This scared Xiao Peng. He hurried to see if Chen Zetao was okay, but Chen Zetao came to his senses again and asked, "How did he die?"
Karl snorted coldly: "How dare you ask? You left Susanne without even saying a word! And Susanne is risking her life to give birth to a child for you! How dare you hit me? I'm his biological brother!"
After saying that, Karl threw the egg in his hand aside and punched Chen Zetao in the face with his backhand.
After the punch, Chen Zetao and Karl wailed together: Chen Zetao covered his face, Karl covered his hands. Xiao Peng looked at it and decisively turned his head away, pretending he saw nothing.
If these two people said there was no story, Xiao Peng would never believe it even if he was beaten to death.
Based on their conversation, Xiao Peng had pretty much figured it out. It seemed like Chen Zetao was having an affair with Karl's sister... It was best to pretend ignorance about things like this. The two of you are over a hundred years old combined, and you're still acting like a pair of old scoundrels, throwing punches and kicks at each other. Isn't that unsightly?
There was a fruit plate next to him, so Xiao Peng simply picked up an apple and started eating it.
Chen Zetao and Karl were still staring at each other when they heard the sound of someone chewing an apple. They both looked at Xiao Peng.
"Don't worry about me, just keep going!" Xiao Peng said, holding up the apple. "The apple is good!"
"Hey, Brother Xiao, I'm beaten!" said Chen Zetao.
Xiao Peng said, "It's hard for a judge to judge family affairs, isn't it? So, this is your family affair, isn't it? Don't worry, based on my judgment of your two skills, it would be very difficult for you to kill each other."
Chen Zetao and Karl were both angry.
"What do you mean? You're saying we're old? Even though I'm old, I'm still in great shape!"
"Who are you looking down on, kid?" Carl said, "When I was young, I wouldn't be afraid of five of you! Humph, forget about our youth, I can handle three of you now!"
Before Xiao Peng could say anything, Chen Zetao turned and said, "Karl, will you die if you don't brag? Thirty of you combined are no match for him! So you can't beat anyone! I don't know who let those three little hooligans knock out two of your teeth."
"Yeah! You were brave, but you were too soft-hearted and let those three hooligans get away. And then you got stabbed!"
"Who is it because of? How dare you say that?"
"Why should I be embarrassed? I don't know who started out trying to be tough, but when he saw Suzanne, he just stayed at my house and refused to leave!"
“Crack!”
The two turned their heads away with dark faces. Xiao Peng took another bite of the apple. Seeing them looking at him, Xiao Peng waved his hands desperately: "Don't stop, keep going!"
Karl suddenly said: "I know why I feel so close to this kid. He really looks like you when you were young."
Chen Zetao was slightly pleased with himself after hearing this. Just as he was about to speak, Karl continued, "You're just as shameless! You'd rather die than suffer any loss and try your best to take advantage of me. You just drove away in my car without even saying a word."
"Puff!" Xiao Peng spit out, "Karl, did I offend you? Do you know that you've killed a person?"
"Human life?" Carl was stunned after hearing this.
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "Did you call the police to deal with those guys that day?"
Carl was shocked when he heard this: "The police killed someone?"
Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines. What kind of image do the police have in your eyes?
"It wasn't the police who killed anyone. It was the guy who yelled at you the other day who killed someone. The girl who was killed was also in that group of people that day."
After Xiao Peng explained the whole story, he pointed at Karl and said, "In the final analysis, you are the culprit of this murder!"
Karl was silent for a moment, then turned to Chen Zetao and said, "I think this kid is as shameless as you, right?"
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