Snail Senior Brother

Chapter 312 Hired a God for 5000 Yuan

I didn't go to work this afternoon, so I contacted Ning Kaishen. In the past few days, Ning Kaishen had already completed an investment process for Lin's Antique Appraisal here. I made a last-minute appointment to meet at a KTV. When I arrived, Ning Kaishen was already there, singing some nostalgic old songs to pass the time. He looked shy when he saw me enter.

In this regard, Ning Kaishen was quite similar to me; both of us had the severe flaw of being tone-deaf.

"Why are we meeting here?"

"There are people outside eavesdropping on us."

"Who?"

"It's hard to identify them. They were arranged by Gao Ji back then. He arranged those people to monitor my whereabouts. Now, these people are controlled by Senior Sister, serving as her ears and eyes."

Ning Kaishen nodded perfunctorily, and I asked, puzzled, "You don't believe me?"

"No, it has nothing to do with me? I just need to take care of my own business. With the investment funds coming in these past few days, the cooperation between Lin's Antique Appraisal and the local cultural channel has also been put on the agenda. Most importantly, I've also obtained the information. Your wife, Lin Han, establishing Lin's Antique Appraisal here is in collaboration with someone."

"Collaborating with whom? And needing to establish a company?"

"I don't know who the collaboration is with for now. This type of partnership is a business tactic, the most basic method of controlling large capital with small capital."

"Is there such a method?"

"First, register a company, giving yourself absolute controlling ownership. Then, establish a partnership with five million yuan. Use the first registered company as the GP, thus holding a 1% stake and having absolute control..."

Ning Kaishen didn't finish. I interrupted him and said, a little awkwardly, "Can you say something I understand? Get to the point."

"The reason Lin Han bought Gao's enterprise's equity in the mainland is that she used business tactics to secure funds from her partners, and ensured that the ultimate controlling ownership rests with you."

"With me."

"Yes!"

...

I was in Hong Kong for over a month. Lin Han, back in our hometown, enlisted Ke Yingying's help to complete multifaceted financing with her partners. Then they acquired Gao Ji's assets in the mainland. This is what Lin Han wanted to do for me.

Logically speaking, Lin Han absolutely couldn't have known about Gao Ji's plans in the country, nor could she have used such a method to take over Gao Ji's company. However, now that the deed is done, my guess is that Wang Zeyu knew Gao Ji very well and told Lin Han this information. But how could they have so much money to cooperate with Lin Han?

Controlling ownership is feasible, but partnership requires capital. Although Lin Han spent tens of millions, she couldn't have acquired billions in assets solely on her own. Who was she cooperating with? Who could have that much money?

...

Thinking of this, I asked Ning Kaishen with some helplessness, "You really don't know who is cooperating with Lin Han?"

"I don't know."

"Not a single clue."

"There is a slight lead. Lin's Antique Appraisal has an appointment letter, and Ye Qingcheng was involved in the acquisition. Lin Han made her plans at Shenxianke Restaurant, and after arriving in Guangzhou, with Ye Qingcheng's help, she successfully acquired Gao's enterprise's mainland company."

"So, saving Ye Qingcheng takes priority then."

"Yes. When can we find Ye Qingcheng?"

"Tonight should be about right. I need to find two helpers."

"What do you need helpers for?"

"It's likely we'll need to fight. I was thinking of calling my brother-in-law to borrow a couple of special police officers."

Ning Kaishen blinked and said impassively, "If you trust me, I can help you fight."

"You~"

I widened my eyes, looking at Ning Kaishen. Was there anything this guy couldn't do?

...

I don't understand much about finance, but I'm adept at strategizing. In the evening, Zhang Li called me: "Tang Nan, I didn't see you this afternoon, I missed you so much."

When I applied for the job, I used a fake name. With this greeting, Zhang Li directly revealed my identity.

"When did I get exposed?"

"From the day you arrived, I knew it was you. Using a fake name, what a foolish tactic. But I don't care. Since you're here to investigate me, I'll reciprocate by telling you my secret with Liang Feng."

"Liang Feng is just a tool you scouted on the dating app, right?"

"Clever. You found out? Then I'll tell you, Liang Feng is the pervert who killed girls on the dating app."

Liang Feng had psychological issues. He would find prey on dating apps and abuse and kill girls he met online. Once, Liang Feng slipped up. Although his identity wasn't exposed, the news still spread. Everyone knew there was a pervert killing people on dating apps. When everyone began to panic about this news, Zhang Li, acting as potential prey, contacted Liang Feng.

Zhang Li, the landlady, was originally just a tool, but by chance, she had come to see herself as a schemer. And Zhang Li naively believed that a schemer must have tools, so she decided to scout for her own and chose Liang Feng.

After meeting on the dating app, Liang Feng didn't kill Zhang Li. Instead, he became infatuated with Gao Li, successfully becoming the sharp, gleaming blade in Zhang Li's hand. This bolstered Zhang Li's confidence in her self-perceived role as a schemer.

I wasn't particularly surprised to hear Zhang Li directly admit Liang Feng was the pervert who killed girls. I just chuckled and said to Zhang Li, "What are you doing? Are we going to be honest with each other tonight?"

"I know you've already started planning to deal with me, but this time, you won't win by luck. I'm telling you, your good brother Ding Tai is in my hands. If you want to save him, come to my place and let's talk. You know where I live."

After saying that, Zhang Li hung up without hesitation.

"Where to?"

"The place she mentioned, it should be the dilapidated residential area where I took her home yesterday."

"Ding Tai was captured by them."

"Yes!"

"When do we execute the plan?"

Ning Kaishen's question stunned me. However, I quickly recovered and said to him, "No rush. Let them see me go to the place she mentioned, then we'll act."

...

About an hour later, I received a call from Xiao Zi'an, and only then did I ask Ning Kaishen to go out with me. When we arrived, Ning Kaishen glanced at the area and chuckled, "This is a villa district, it can hardly be called a dilapidated residential area."

I didn't answer Ning Kaishen's remark. I took out my phone and called Zhang Li: "Are you there?"

"You've been loitering downstairs for an hour, come up."

"Your people are watching me?"

"It spoils the fun if I say that."

I hung up and led Ning Kaishen to the entrance of a villa. I asked Ning Kaishen, "Brother, can you pick locks?"

"No."

"That's good. Finally, there's something you can't do. I almost thought you could do everything."

I knocked on the door. A bodyguard opened it and asked me, "Who are you looking for?"

I didn't speak and just walked inside. The bodyguard tried to stop me, but Ning Kaishen intervened. In just a few moves, the bodyguard grunted and slid down the wall to the ground.

Walking into the house, I saw Zhang Li with a very poor complexion and jokingly said, "Are you feeling unwell? Your complexion is so bad."

"You were just over there, how did you suddenly get here?"

I didn't answer Zhang Li's question but walked towards the胖子. There were two bodyguards in the room. One was knocked out by Ning Kaishen, and the other rushed towards me. Before he could get close, he was kicked away by Ning Kaishen mid-way. Hiring a divine being for 5,000 a month, capable of both civil and martial arts. This bodyguard was no match for Ning Kaishen either. While he was dealing with the bodyguard, I rescued the胖子, first removing the sock stuffed into his mouth, and then loosening the ropes binding him.

During this time, the胖子 exclaimed, "When we send them to the police later, I'll take off my sock and stuff it into that woman's mouth."

Hearing the胖子 say this, I couldn't help but laugh, "What? Does that sock smell?"

"Extremely foul."

I turned to look at Zhang Li, who looked dejected, and asked with a smile, "The bodyguard's sock."

"Yes!"

"So much fabric, why use a sock? Doesn't that create enmity? To be honest, my brother Pang's feet don't smell great either, do they?"

...

"How exactly did you break through the situation?"

"Cao Qian should have recruited you. Cao Qian is very intelligent. She knows you are unwilling to be mere tools, so she elevates you by calling you schemers. In reality, you are not very familiar with schemers. A schemer is not just about planning, but also about a certain realm. One very powerful realm is 'All things in the world are not owned, all things in the world are used by me.' This tactic is very profound. In terms of your understanding, it's a high-level form of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. When Da Huang was being resuscitated in the operating room, there weren't many people around, so I discovered a problem: someone was monitoring me in public. To avoid being detected, these people don't go into private spaces. Therefore, I left a note for my sister-in-law by Da Huang's hospital bed."

Zhang Li's eyes widened. "What that woman said was false?"

"The胖子 is right. Over the years, we brothers have shared fortunes and hardships together. We've long been inseparable. My sister-in-law is an open-minded person. She might resent me for Da Huang's injury, but she would never say such a thing because she understands her husband better than anyone. In her husband's heart, we are brothers bound by life and death."

The胖子 added from the side, "I am the brother, you are the brother-in-law."

I looked at him. He pursed his lips, smiling faintly.

"So, you found me through those informants."

"No. If I used those informants to search for you, Cao Qian would have already notified you to escape. To catch you, I have a plan, would you like to hear it?"