Ever since Wei Shengnan met me, she has never been nice to me and has always acted arrogantly.
After I retorted, her lips trembled slightly, and she squinted at me: "Duan Shenxing, you need to understand your purpose in coming abroad. You took money from the Wei family and are doing things for them!"
"I did take money from the Wei family, but that was for going down into the demon monk's tomb. I didn't sell the person to your family. There's no need for me to be so subservient, is there?"
I pointed to the corridor leading to the back hall and looked at Wei Shengnan provocatively: "If you're not satisfied, you can go and talk to Zhou Zhicheng yourself and see if he'll tell you about Song Laosan's affair."
Wei Shengnan was a tough guy and didn't buy into my act: "We're both looking for the demon monk's tomb, and you're wasting our time. Don't you want to know about Duan Jinyan?"
"All I wanted was information. If your Wei family wouldn't tell me, I could ask around! You're doing this to save someone. I can wait, but can your grandmother wait?"
When I saw that she was actually threatening me, I gave her a flippant smile: "Besides, if we delay for another day, I can get 20,000 yuan from your Wei family for free. Why not?"
"Duan Shenxing, don't go too far!"
Enraged, Wei Shengnan took a half step back with her right leg and clenched her fist, ready to strike.
I'm not afraid of this girl who's about my age, but if I fight her, I reckon Xu Hu and the others around her will definitely join in beating me up, and my monkey is completely useless in that situation.
I did this simply to express my attitude to her. Seeing that the time was right, I smiled and said, "Song Laosan faked the pig slaughter, but Zhou Zhicheng saw through it and handed him over to the local gang. He has agreed to return the man and is currently on the phone with the gang. After finding out the location, he will take us to pick him up."
When Wei Shengnan heard that the person had been found, she breathed a slight sigh of relief: "I'm sorry."
I was completely bewildered by the sudden apology: "What did you say?"
Wei Shengnan looked at me seriously: "I had some issues with my attitude towards you before. The fact that you were able to get Zhou Zhicheng to talk shows that you have some ability. Please help me with my grandmother's matter."
"You're too kind. As Grandpa Wei said, we all come from the same source and should support each other."
Previously, I had always been trying to get closer to her, but now that Wei Shengnan had taken the initiative to apologize to me, I felt a little uncomfortable: "We are a team, and Grandpa Wei also said that this matter requires the combined efforts of the four departments. If you really consider me one of your own, you have to share information with me. Going into the tomb is a dangerous job, and I don't want to be like an idiot and not get any information."
Wei Shengnan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but I have the right to keep important intelligence and family secrets to myself."
After we finalized the terms, Zhou Zhicheng came out and said, "We've got the address. I'll take you there to pick up the person."
...
Song Laosan was imprisoned in a cold storage room in a warehouse area.
The first time I saw him, the scene was quite comical.
Song Laosan is older than both me and Wei Shengnan. He's over thirty years old this year. He has a well-proportioned figure and an ordinary appearance, but his eyes give off a shrewd feeling.
When the two Indian men dragged him into the room, he was only wearing a pair of bright red briefs. His body was hunched over like a shrimp, his lips were purple, and he was trembling constantly.
The moment Song Laosan entered, he saw Zhou Zhicheng and shouted, "Master Zhou! You've finally come! I know I was wrong, please forgive me! These past few days they've locked me in the ice cellar, forced me to drink cold water, and I was so cold I was practically peeing, and my underwear was frozen to my testicles!"
Upon hearing such vulgar words, Wei Shengnan showed a look of disgust and turned her face away.
Although Zhou Zhicheng had made a deal with me, he had a very bad impression of Song Laosan. He glared at him and cursed, "You bastard, how dare you ask me to save you? I trusted you so much, and you lied to me. Do you even deserve to be called a human being?"
"Yes, yes, yes! I'm not human. No matter what, please get me out of here first. From now on, you'll be my second parents. Can I call you Dad?"
Old Song wailed shamelessly, "My Song family only has one son left, and I don't even have an heir yet. If the parts that shouldn't be frozen get damaged, what's the point of me living? Old Zhou, please forgive me this time, considering how much money I've made for you in the past! I'll compensate you for the losses, okay?"
"snort!"
Zhou Zhicheng snorted coldly, pointed at me and said, "You're lucky, kid. Someone did save you today, but it wasn't me; it was Mr. Duan."
"Mr. Duan?"
Only then did Song Laosan notice me. He stared at me for a moment, then smiled and said, "You really do look like Second Uncle! Brother, you're from Fengtian, right?"
...
Zhou Zhicheng disliked Song Laosan very much and really didn't want to see him. After releasing the man, he said goodbye to me and left directly.
In a small restaurant near the warehouse area, Song Laosan sat at the table wolfing down his curry rice, choking and staring wide-eyed.
"Dude, slow down! You're practically waving your chopsticks around like crazy. Nobody's going to take them from you!"
When the monkey saw Song Laosan's appearance, it grinned and said, "When I went to the zoo to watch the tigers fight for food, they weren't as fierce as you are now."
While gnawing on a chicken leg, Song Laosan muttered, "You know nothing! I was captured for three days and didn't eat a single thing. I could only drink cold water in a room filled with large blocks of ice. If it weren't for my iron will, I would have frozen to death long ago!"
"You fabricated evidence and deceived people; you deserved it!"
Wei Shengnan pulled Song Laosan's plate away: "We came to see you, not to invite you to dinner."
"Hey! What's going on? I can talk even when I'm eating!"
Old Song pulled the plate back and continued to wolf down his food: "But it's really strange. Your Wei family and the Duan family have such a deep hatred, yet you were able to get together with a descendant of the Duan family... Strange, this is really strange!"
Wei Shengnan was genuinely surprised when Song Laosan exposed her identity: "I've never met you before, nor have I ever spoken to you. How did you know I'm a member of the Wei family?"
"That's easy. Duan Jinyan committed such a huge crime back then that he's a sinner against the Four Gates for all time! How could the Duan family possibly mention this to their descendants? I reckon he hadn't even heard of the Four Gates before you found Brother Duan, so how could he possibly come all the way abroad to find me?"
Song Laosan spat out a bone: "Among the four families, only the fourth generation of the Wei family is a young girl. He is a member of the Duan family, so you are naturally a member of the Wei family! But let me give you a piece of advice: don't be so impulsive as a little girl. Learn more from Brother Duan. Look how steady he is."
The Song family lineage is responsible for distribution and logistics among the four branches, and they need to frequently contact people both inside and outside the circle.
Old Song has a keen eye and is good at dealing with people. With just a few words, he has already taken the lead. He is indeed a shrewd person.
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