Chapter 65 Really Hard Work_2
"Buzz... buzz... buzz..."
It wasn't long before Luo Mingshan's phone started ringing; he glanced at the screen and then handed the phone to Liu Chao, "It's for you! Take the call!"
"For me?" This time Liu Chao reacted. He hesitantly took the phone and pressed the answer button, "Hello... ah..." After hearing just one sentence, his complexion changed, turning ashen, then pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Yes, yes, I understand... I know..."
After hanging up, the look Liu Chao cast at Luo Mingshan changed to one of panic and dread. Clearly the phone call had put considerable pressure on him. The caller was Liu Chao's biggest backer, who told Liu Chao that if he didn't want to end up in jail he should honestly answer Luo Mingshan's questions. Liu Chao could tell that the person he depended on for survival was very wary of Luo Mingshan.
"Can you talk now?" Luo Mingshan asked indifferently.
"Okay, I'll talk," Liu Chao said with a bitter smile, "That batch of jade has already been sold by me."
"Sold? To whom?" Luo Mingshan hurriedly pressed.
"To a Huaxia man named Pang Yunde, who is also into smuggling. We met the year before last and have done business a few times." Liu Chao revealed the truth in full detail.
"Where is this Pang Yunde now?"
"He's gone back to Huaxia. After getting hold of that batch of jade, he left by ship; he must have entered Huaxia by now."
"You should be able to contact him, right?"
"...Yes..."
"Then call him now and tell him you regret it, that you want to buy back that batch of jade."
"Impossible, he won't do a return."
"How do you know he won't do a return?!" Luo Mingshan glared, "Call him now!"
"Oh, okay, I'll call," Liu Chao capitulated under Luo Mingshan's coercion and began to dial Pang Deyun.
"Wait." Gao Fei held Liu Chao's hand, "When the call gets through, tell him you've got another batch of jade you want to sell to him and ask him to make time to come over."
Liu Chao paused, then nodded, "I understand."
"Call," Gao Fei released Liu Chao's hand.
Liu Chao deftly dialed a string of numbers. The phone rang for a long time before being answered, "Hello, this is Liu Chao... My phone broke, so I'm calling from a friend's... Here's the thing, I've got another batch of top-grade jade that I want to sell to you... Make some time to come over, will you?... As for the price...
we can talk when we meet... Alright, I'll wait for you to come over, okay, that's it then."
"How did it go? What did that Pang Yunde say?" Gao Fei inquired.
"He believed it! Said he'll come to Myanmar in a few days," Liu Chao reported.
"Good, he took the bait." A sharp glint flashed in Gao Fei's eyes. As long as Pang Yunde showed up, the rest would be easy to handle.
...
Three days later, in the evening.
A steamer was speeding through the ocean.
Two men were standing at the bow, Gao Fei and Liu Chao. Their trip to sea this time was to catch Pang Yunde. Luo Mingshan and Shen Caidie had also wanted to join, but Gao Fei had rejected them for their own good, not wanting to risk their safety.
"Are you sure that Pang Yunde will show up?" Gao Fei asked gravely.
"He'll definitely come," Liu Chao said with certainty, nodding, "I've done business with Pang Yunde several times; he's a man of his word and never goes back on his promises... Look, there's a ship coming up ahead. If I'm not mistaken, that should be Pang Deyun's ship," he said, pointing straight ahead.
Gao Fei looked up and indeed saw a cargo ship approaching about tens of meters away. He activated his Clairvoyance and saw that there were quite a few people standing on the ship, all of them robust men.
When the approaching cargo ship drew near, Liu Chao said, "That's right, it's Pang Yunde's ship."
A few minutes later, the two ships were side by side.
"Hahaha... Old friend, we meet again. What good stuff have you brought me this time?" A man clad in a black suit stepped out from the opposite ship.
"Brother Pang, I've gathered some more Jade for you, all of them high-grade," Liu Chao shouted, "Come over and take a look, give me an estimate."
"Sure, I'm coming over." Pang Yunde leapt nimbly onto Liu Chao's ship, his movements quick, clearly a trained fighter: "Where are those pieces of Jade? Show me quickly! The ones you sold me the other day were just fantastic, especially that piece of Six-color Jadeite, truly Supreme Grade among the Supreme Grade, I'm telling you... Ah... Ouch...
what are you doing..." Just a few steps forward, Pang Yunde was suddenly held down by a stranger, and no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't break free from the stranger's hold.
"Hey, let go of our boss!"
"Let go!"
"Hurry up and let go!"
Pang Yunde's subordinates were all desperately rushing over, shouting as they came.
Gao Fei took a coin from his pocket, flicked his wrist, and threw it, "Swish swish swish swish..." Dozens of coins spread out across the sky, turning into sharp gusts assaulting Pang Yunde's men.
"Thud thud thud..."
"Aaah aaah..."
"Plonk..."
In the blink of an eye, all of Pang Yunde's dozens of men were lying on the deck... some clutching their arms and wailing, some clutching their legs and wailing, and others clutching their heads and wailing... without exception, these men had all lost their ability to fight.
"Hiss..."
Pang Yunde gasped in shock. He had spent a fortune to hire these men, who were especially tough fighters, and now they had all been knocked down by one person. This... this was simply unbelievable.
"You... you...," Pang Yunde's look at Gao Fei was filled with fear and unease, "Who the heck are you... Why are you capturing me... I don't seem to have offended you..."
"The batch of Jade Liu Chao sold to you a few days ago is mine," Gao Fei stated flatly.
"Ah!" Pang Yunde was instantly stunned.
"Now, I'm giving you a chance to live. Return that batch of Jade to me, and I will let you go. Otherwise, hmm hmm, I will chop you to pieces and throw you into the sea to feed the fish," Gao Fei said with a chilling tone.
Pang Yunde shuddered. He could feel an intense killing intent emanating from Gao Fei and knew that Gao Fei was dead serious. If he didn't return the Jade, Gao Fei would truly kill him!
Damnit! Liu Chao, how dare you double-cross me, you just wait, once I'm out of this bind, I will definitely settle the score with you! Pang Yunde mentally placed the blame on Liu Chao.
"That batch of Jade has been shipped to Huaxia," Pang Yunde said honestly.
"Where in Huaxia?"
"In my home. All that Jade is stored in a safe, you have to input my fingerprint to open the safe."
"So, you are the only one who can open the safe?"
"Yes."
"Alright then, I'll go to Huaxia with you now! Listen, if you dare to play any tricks on me, I will make sure you die a most gruesome death, very gruesome!" Gao Fei said with a grim face.
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