Li Qianfan once again profoundly appreciated the benefit of having a super hacker at his beck and call.
"Should I listen to Sister Wujiang and play the role of Xu Xian for a change?"
After ending his call with Bai Ziyan, Li Qianfan tapped his chin with his left hand, muttering to himself, "After all, that snake has too big an appetite. It demands a hundred million yuan in reward for helping investigate a nobody. If I were to become a snake charmer like Xu Xian, wouldn't that save a lot of money?"
A seed of a foul, poisonous weed—
At that moment, deep within Li Qianfan's heart, it quietly began to sprout!
Before ending their call, Grandma Zhao had told Li Qianfan that Mr. Zhao would call him soon.
But Li Qianfan didn't think Mr. Zhao would call him.
Because Mr. Zhao's perspective on things was far superior to Grandma Zhao's!
Even though Mr. Chen had sworn that Li Qianfan was the one who sent people to severely injure Ma Hongtu, Mr. Zhao didn't believe Li Qianfan would do such a thing.
Mr. Zhao also had no need to specifically call Li Qianfan to verify this matter.
Grandma Zhao acted on his behalf—
Did he really think Mr. Zhao couldn't figure out that Grandma Zhao, who "eavesdropped" on his calls, would immediately "tip off" Li Qianfan?
They were all seasoned old foxes.
But Li Qianfan needed to make a call.
The fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Eight-thirty in the morning.
A flowing pavilion at the foot of a mountain in the provincial capital.
At just past two in the morning, Ms. Jiao, who could no longer sleep on her side like a normal girl and had to continue squatting to sleep, was working on a proposal in her study when her phone rang.
She picked it up and placed it by her ear.
Her voice, as soft and charming as flowing water, said, "Little brother, can you stay at the Flowing Pavilion tonight? Without you by my side, I could only squat and sleep last night. Sigh, it's too tiring."
"Tonight is not possible. I have to return to Sijiu before dark."
After giving his clear answer, Li Qianfan changed the subject, "I know that as soon as you returned from Black Water Forest, you arranged for people to infiltrate Sijiu again. Hurry up and give me a list of three people. I will have Du Junlin personally go and capture those small fry. This will also serve to accumulate more credentials for her to eventually succeed Su Nan Guanyin."
Huh?!
Jiao Yin was taken aback.
When she spoke again, her voice was no longer flowing and charming, "Li Qianfan, the sun is already high. Why are you still not awake?"
Li Qianfan replied, "I am very clear-headed."
Jiao Yin asked sternly, "On what grounds do you want me to hand over my people?"
Li Qianfan replied indifferently, "It's already giving you face that I haven't asked you to hand over the person who crippled Ma Hongtu."
Jiao Yin bit her lip slightly and feigned ignorance, "What Ma Hongtu?"
Li Qianfan said, "Four heads!"
Jiao Yin frowned, "What four heads?"
"Five heads!"
Li Qianfan's voice was icy, "If you continue to play dumb, I will directly double the number of heads! Anyway, you have as many as 3688 heads in the Eastern Land that can be chopped off."
"You—"
Jiao Yin shot up, "I did that for your own good! I simply couldn't stand by and watch the father of my child be bullied by some insignificant nobody. When did a wife helping her husband vent his anger not only fail to be praised but also suffer a backlash?"
Li Qianfan slowly said, "Ten."
As soon as he uttered the word "ten," Jiao Yin interrupted him with a sharp voice, "Five! Five! I admit it! Li Qianfan, you cold-blooded little beast! It's a good thing my throat is inflamed for you again!"
"Give me the list in five minutes."
After Li Qianfan finished speaking, a beep sounded from Jiao Yin's phone.
Jiao Yin was so angry she trembled all over.
"Little beast, damnable little beast!"
She could no longer control herself and violently threw her phone to the ground.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, the phone instantly shattered into pieces.
She then slumped onto the chair.
Actually.
Before she decided to send people to "help" Li Qianfan cripple Ma Hongtu, she had considered that he might be angry.
But Jiao Yin had also come up with various excuses to prevaricate.
However—
Jiao Yin never dreamed that after Li Qianfan called her, he wouldn't argue with her at all, but would directly demand the heads of her dark web members!
Arrogant.
Overbearing.
Unreasonable.
Yet Jiao Yin dared not confront him head-on.
If she did—
Who knew if that kid would just barge in and completely fall out with her?
The thousands of dark web members infiltrated in the Eastern Land were not solely led by Jiao Yin, the Third President.
Perhaps the Chief President of the dark web was already plotting how to get rid of Jiao Yin and have the Fifth President succeed her.
"If I had known this little beast was so unforgiving, why did I send people to provoke him in the first place? I'm truly an idiot. Li Qianfan, I'll curse you ten thousand times!"
The more Ms. Jiao spoke, the more wronged and angry she became. She grabbed the desk with both hands, intending to flip it over.
But she restrained herself.
She immediately opened a drawer and took out a new phone.
Within the time limit Li Qianfan had given her, at 4 minutes and 51 seconds, the unusually charming Jiao Yin called him.
She named five of her subordinates in Sijiu and their hidden locations.
Finally.
Ms. Jiao pouted coquettishly, "Little brother, since I've been so good, hurry and kiss me."
This,
Could be arranged!
Mwah—
Li Qianfan kissed the phone.
But Ms. Jiao said, "Little brother, another kiss. The lips I can kiss are not just this one that can speak."
"Scram!"
Li Qianfan ended the call decisively, then inexplicably felt a ripple in his heart. He quickly and softly cursed her as a bitch.
Why did he force Jiao Yin with such an overbearing attitude, one that could even lead to a complete breakdown at any moment?
The reason was simple.
Li Qianfan wanted to use this incident to make Jiao Yin hurt badly!
Only by hurting this jade white frog would she carefully consider the consequences of her actions, whether she could bear them, or if they were worth it, when she plotted against Li Qianfan in the future.
Li Qianfan was certain.
For a long time to come, Jiao Yin would not dare to target him or cause trouble at will.
Ring, ring, ring.
The phone rang.
It was Du Yaoyao calling, whom Li Qianfan was about to contact.
The day Li Qianfan left the Flowing Pavilion, he went to the Zhizhi Club.
After he and Du Yaoyao and Bai Ziyan divided the spoils in the room, he kicked Du Yaoyao, who always wanted to cling to him, back to Sijiu.
He then went to Qingyun alone.
Sigh.
The blockhead who never knew what love was before, now that he had an epiphany, had developed a considerable passion for it, tasting its sweetness.
Truly a headache!
"Qianfan, what's going on with that post?"
Du Junlin was always direct when it came to business. "Oh, right. Have you seen the post I'm talking about?"
"Isn't it the post about some man making Her Majesty Empress Su have a child for him? Tsk."
Li Qianfan sneered and said, "Of course I saw it. And after paying a hundred million in service fees, I asked Bai Ziyan to thoroughly investigate this matter for me."
"What, a hundred million!?"
Du Yaoyao's voice immediately rose several decibels. "You prodigal son! Give me five million. No, give me fifty million, and I could have handled it for you. Yet you spent a hundred million! Was your head squeezed by a door?"
Li Qianfan's head began to ache again.
Du Junlin not only blossomed like a blockhead, but more importantly, she seemed to be becoming increasingly greedy, even showing signs of wanting to control his finances.
This was not a good sign!
Li Qianfan said, "Alright, I'll give you fifty million. Can you find out the mastermind behind that post within a day?"
Du Junlin fell silent.
She could kill if asked to.
But she truly didn't possess Bai Ziyan's increasingly monstrous hacking skills.
Killing?
Right!!
Du Junlin thought of something and quickly said, "After you find out who's causing trouble, you'll definitely have to kill a few people, right? Leave this job to me. I won't ask for much, just the same price as Bai Ziyan."
Li Qianfan—
May the ancestors of the Li family bless him, it was fortunate that Li Qianfan hadn't married this violent woman as his legal wife!
What did she mean by "not asking for much"?
A hundred million, and that wasn't much!?
But then again, with a little dogleg like Yaoyao to help with the killing, Li Qianfan wouldn't be involved in karma, remaining a great benevolent person.
Namo Amitabha—
"Yaoyao, since you love doing business with me so much, let's cooperate right now."
Li Qianfan thought for a moment and said, "I'll give you a list of five dark web members in Sijiu, and you give me five million in information fees. Do we have a deal?"
Beep.
The call ended.
"She really is a moneygrubber."
Li Qianfan chuckled, shook his head, and holding his phone, began editing the list of five people and their addresses, preparing to send them to Yaoyao on WeChat.
As soon as he finished sending it.
His phone chimed.
Five million yuan had arrived in his mobile banking!
Oh.
Du Yaoyao actually sent the money?
Li Qianfan was quite surprised when Du Yaoyao's name popped up on his screen again, cheerfully flashing.
"Five million is pocket change for me."
Du Yaoyao's voice was very arrogant. "Anyway, if I run out of money, I'll ask you for it."
Li Qianfan—
He coughed dryly and asked in a low voice, "What is the current state of the great Empress Su?"