Free Web NovelChapter 158: Chapter 148: The Necessary Rules! A Sudden Complication
Master Kai watched the news on TV and was genuinely stunned.
Gao Qiang had been a major player in Tianzhou City, nothing like his brother. Yet, who would have thought he would die just like that?
The crucial thing was, his brother was the one who provoked President Lu.
The news reported that Gao Qiang’s car might have exploded due to spontaneous combustion of the fuel tank, but he knew better. It couldn’t be such a coincidence.
This had to be connected to President Lu.
Clearly, President Lu had only shown a sliver of his power, and it had come with such thunderous force.
"Let’s go! We’re going to have some tea with President Lu!" Master Kai instructed Chu Chen as he got up and headed out.
A man like President Lu was someone you needed to get on good terms with.
If he could take out the Gao Brothers so easily, it seemed taking him out wouldn’t be too difficult either.
Naturally, the news broadcast caught the attention of many others.
Seeing that Gao Qiang had been taken out, many people hurriedly sent their men to investigate:
"Find out who the Gao Family has made enemies with recently!"
...
"What kind of beast is this ruthless? Taking out Gao Qiang in a single move. Go find out who it is."
These were either underworld figures or people who operated in the gray areas of the law.
They knew that anyone who could take out Gao Qiang like this had to be a heavy hitter.
This was the kind of person you wanted to befriend, not offend.
Thus, it wasn’t long before Qingfeng Entertainment City appeared on their radar.
These people didn’t care about evidence. They knew without a doubt that there was a connection—or at the very least, a link.
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「Qingfeng Entertainment City」
When Lu Feng arrived at the private office, Yang Ming, Da Fei, and the internal security team were all there.
When they saw Lu Feng walk in, all eyes turned to him, filled with awe.
Although they hadn’t been involved and didn’t know the specifics, they had seen the news. They knew that what happened to the Gao Family was definitely connected to President Lu.
Moreover, the methods used were truly shocking.
Coming from a small place like Youcheng, they had never even imagined such tactics.
Yang Ming, looking at his younger cousin, had his own suspicions.
He had known for a while that his cousin had access to a "channel," and that there were people behind that channel.
It was just that he had never met them, nor had they ever shown their faces.
This time, it must have been their doing. ’My cousin asked me to prepare an untraceable motorcycle,’ he thought. ’It must have been for the people who made the move.’
He hadn’t expected their methods to be so brutal.
They had taken care of the two Gao Brothers in a single strike.
He had done some digging. The Gao Brothers were truly powerful in Tianzhou City. While not on Master Kai’s level, they commanded a network that even Master Kai wouldn’t want to clash with head-on.
And now, just like that, the brothers had been dealt with.
’Now that I think about it, that untraceable motorcycle I prepared... it’s probably vanished from the face of the earth, hasn’t it?’
"Everyone, sit. Let’s have some tea," Lu Feng said, taking a seat at the tea table.
Yang Ming personally brewed the tea and gestured for the others to sit.
After two cups of tea, Master Kai’s laughter rang out. "President Lu, I knew I’d find you here having tea. I’m not interrupting, am I?"
Lu Feng smiled. "You’re too kind, Master Kai. I was just about to contact you myself."
He knew Master Kai would definitely come. After all, the death of the Gao Brothers must have shaken him. They had cooperated before, and now he was sure to come right away to strengthen their ties.
Master Kai also smiled. "President Lu, rest assured, I’ve already pulled some strings on my end. Before, when the Gao Brothers were around, the people they’d contacted would listen. But now they’re dead, and loyalties fade. I’ll make a few calls through my own connections. They won’t press the matter. Your men will be out in a day or two."
"Good. My thanks, Master Kai," Lu Feng said with a smile and a nod.
He could clearly sense the shift in Master Kai’s attitude. ’Before,’ he thought, ’if I hadn’t brought it up, Master Kai would never have taken the initiative to handle this for me.’
But now, he did.
This was the result of slaughtering the Gao Brothers. The tactic of killing the chicken to scare the monkey was working perfectly.
Of course, this wasn’t to say that Master Kai was the monkey.
After all, Master Kai couldn’t be the only one who had figured out what happened to the Gao Family. Tianzhou City was a big place, filled with all sorts of people.
At the very least, now that these people knew what happened to Gao Qiang, they wouldn’t dare cause trouble for him in the future. They would be wary of him. This was the kind of reputation he was building.
Master Kai ended up spending the entire afternoon drinking tea at Qingfeng Entertainment City before he finally left.
「Two days passed, just as Master Kai had said.」
Inside Qingfeng Entertainment City, Lu Feng was already seated at the tea table, brewing tea.
He was waiting for Yang Ming to return. Yang Ming had gone to pick up Ah Pao and Chen Bo from custody.
These days, he no longer needed to handle such things personally. Sending Yang Ming with a few cars and a group of men was a sufficient display of prestige.
Besides, given his current status, Ah Pao and Chen Bo were the ones who needed to come see him.
That was the new hierarchy.
’I need to get used to this change in status,’ he thought.
Yang Ming returned quickly, but his expression was grim. The figures of Ah Pao and Chen Bo were nowhere to be seen behind him.
Seeing this, Lu Feng had a bad feeling. It seemed something had gone wrong.
Lu Feng immediately asked, "Where are they?"
Yang Ming frowned. "Something’s changed. Ah Pao and Chen Bo are still in custody. They said they need to ’cooperate with the investigation.’ I couldn’t even see them."
"How could that be?" Lu Feng frowned. "Didn’t Master Kai pull some strings?"
As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and dialed Master Kai’s number.
The call connected, and Master Kai’s voice came through. "President Lu, are your men out?"
Lu Feng’s brow furrowed. "Master Kai, it seems there’s been a complication. My men are still inside!"
"How is that possible?" Master Kai was clearly baffled. "President Lu, wait a moment. I’ll look into it."
Lu Feng hung up and sat back down at the tea table to wait for Master Kai’s news.
This sudden complication was truly infuriating.
A moment later, Lu Feng’s phone rang. He answered immediately. "Master Kai, what’s the situation?"
Master Kai quickly explained, "President Lu, there has indeed been a development. It’s Gao Qiang’s backer. There’s a Mr. Chen, one of the most powerful men in Tianzhou City. Apparently, he thought very highly of Gao Qiang and invested a lot of effort in supporting him. With what’s happened to Gao Qiang, he probably suspects you’re involved and is deliberately targeting you."
This made Lu Feng frown.
He had thought that by dealing with the Gao Brothers, the matter would be over. After all, loyalties fade when a person is gone; no one usually sticks their neck out for a dead man.
Who knew that someone actually would.
’I never expected Gao Qiang to have a connection like this.’
"President Lu, don’t worry. I’m already contacting people to try and get in touch with this Mr. Chen," Master Kai said, then hastily hung up and began tasking people with making the connection.
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「Tianzhou City」
In an office, a bald-headed man watched the TV news with a grim expression.
It was still running news about Gao Qiang.
If anyone of importance from Tianzhou City saw him, they would immediately recognize him as Mr. Chen, a man of immense power.
He had single-handedly propped up Gao Qiang, and Gao Qiang was indispensable for an upcoming project. But who would have thought that Gao Qiang would be killed?
He had investigated. The people from Qingfeng Entertainment City were naturally the prime suspects.
"Truly infuriating!" Mr. Chen sighed heavily.
Just then, his phone rang.
He glanced at the number before answering.
After listening to the voice on the other end, he said coldly, "Zhao Kai, people on the streets might call you Master Kai, but don’t forget how you got that reputation. I don’t need to give you any face."
"Besides, some things can’t just be forgotten so easily. When something like this happens, someone has to pay the price for the matter to be truly over."
On the other end of the line, Master Kai held his phone, listening to the dial tone. He couldn’t help but sigh.
’This can’t be resolved peacefully,’ he thought.
It was just as the man had said. In the outside world, he was Master Kai, a man with many connections. But those very connections all stemmed from official figures like Mr. Chen.
Even though he had connections high up in the banks, this Mr. Chen truly didn’t need to give him any face. The man’s power was just too immense.
