Chapter 721: Adults Must Take Responsibility for Their Actions

"Stop, stop hitting me! Merit, my merit is full!"

Lin Haoran raised his hands tremblingly and said in a shaky voice.

"Full your mother." Zheng Qian paused for a moment, then fiercely smashed his head against the wall again.

One had to know that he was a man with A-rank strength and speed. The act of kicking the wooden door to pieces just now had deeply shocked Lin Haoran. He felt that Zheng Qian was like a monster, which further cemented his belief that he was just a gigolo Xu Shuyun had found.

With such great stamina and fighting ability, he must be some young punk.

He looked down on Xu Shuyun even more in his heart.

Thinking, isn't she just craving his body?

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and a brave man does not suffer immediate losses. He was preparing to offer money to make the other party stop hitting him, and then wait for an opportunity to take revenge. You little bastard, you've smashed my head against the wall more than fifty times just now, I'll remember that.

But just at this moment, Zheng Qian suddenly stopped hitting him, let go of his head, and walked to the side.

"Hmm, you should still be able to think now, right? It sounded loud just now, but it was actually just to make your skull ache; I didn't actually turn you into an idiot. I guess, are you planning to give me money so I'll spare your life?"

Zheng Qian lit a hard-box yebei and said with a smile.

Huh? Does he have mind-reading powers?

Lin Haoran rolled his eyes, having no time to care about his skull that was starting to feel numb.

He also took out a hard-box yebei from his pocket, but just as he was about to light it, Zheng Qian flew over and kicked it away.

"Ah..." Lin Haoran wailed endlessly.

This kick almost broke his wrist!

"You, why are you still hitting me?" He looked at Zheng Qian with a face full of grief and indignation, his voice choked with sobs.

Zheng Qian took a deep drag of his cigarette and said coldly, "What level are you to be smoking the same brand as me?"

Lin Haoran was speechless. Damn it, how many people in all of Yebai smoke this?

Could you really just kill me?

Xu Shuyun wrung her hands together, her jade-like fingers almost turning white from the pressure. The ten thousand-fold grievance in her heart rushed to her chest, making it hard for her to breathe. This immense repression made her feel extremely painful, sad, and she wanted to cry.

She really wanted to turn around and leave, but the thought of the hug from just a moment ago filled her with a lingering, warm feeling.

Alright, then... then I'll stay a little longer.

Let's hear how Zheng Qian explains this.

"The bank over in Indonesia, did you receive the money?" Zheng Qian picked up the phone and asked.

"Received. We specifically utilized the authorization of Qianlu Bank, so the settlement of international business was very fast."

"Good." Hearing the reply, he hung up the phone with satisfaction.

Indonesia? Lin Haoran frowned, suddenly having a vague, very bad feeling.

"Actually, to deal with a little punk, a little piece of trash, a little bottom-feeder like you, I don't need to go to such trouble at all. It's simply using an anti-aircraft gun to shoot a mosquito; you really are too weak. But, if I just beat you up, it wouldn't be very interesting."

"After thinking it over, I decided to let you take on a debt of 2 billion USD first."

"Anyway, it's not much, just to help you learn a lesson."

Lin Haoran: ??????

2 billion USD debt? Not much? I can't even come up with 2 million USD right now.

"Hmm? You..." Lin Haoran stood up, feeling something was wrong. "How do you know about the situation in Indonesia? The bank in Indonesia? You knew I just managed to get 2 billion USD? Who are you? What are you talking about?"

Zheng Qian took a deep drag of his cigarette and glanced at his phone.

[Beep-beep—]

Lin Haoran was startled and hurriedly picked it up.

[It's bad, President Lin! Indonesia says that as soon as the goods were arranged on the ship, they were hijacked by pirates!]

Listening to the voice coming from the other end of the phone, Lin Haoran's mental state instantly exploded, and he hurriedly asked, [Pirates? Damn it, don't kid me! How many US military bases are there around Indonesia? How could there be pirates? What exactly is going on?]

[I don't know! Anyway, they said it was hijacked by pirates! And then they stopped answering the phone!]

Lin Haoran threw his phone to the ground in anger, his whole body trembling.

[Beep-beep—]

Another urgent ringing sound rang out.

[Lin Haoran! We are the staff from the bank just now. We have discovered that you have engaged in fraudulent behavior. You had long pledged your shares to an overseas bank, but you concealed this fact when signing the contract just now. You are required to pay back the money immediately!]

Lin Haoran was instantly covered in cold sweat with anxiety.

He had indeed done that.

But... just now, in his haste to get money, he had concealed this news, thinking he could get a bit more money. Moreover, the president of this Yebai Commercial Bank had a pretty good relationship with him, and he thought there shouldn't be a problem, and it wasn't like he wasn't going to pay the money back!

But now his goods were gone, and the money was gone, how could he pay it back?

Pay with his life?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly tried to explain, [That, listen to me, I know your President Huang, I'll come and talk to him!]

Staff: [It was President Huang who ordered it! You have three days to pay it back, otherwise just wait to go inside!]

After speaking, the other party hung up the phone directly.

Three days!?

Where the hell am I going to get 2 billion USD?

He frantically called President Huang, but it was turned off! Even WeChat had blocked him! Lin Haoran was impotently furious on the spot. This moment made him tear up a bit. How many years of friendship, how could he block him just like that?

Are you really going to drive a brother to his death?

Suddenly, he noticed Zheng Qian's gloating eyes.

"You... you, do you know something? Who, who the hell are you?" Lin Haoran asked tremblingly.

"You finally realized the source of the problem, very good. You might have heard my name; I am Zheng Qian. You say, of all people to provoke, why did you have to provoke my woman? What were you thinking? Is it that you think you've lived too long?"

Zheng Qian flicked the ash off his cigarette and said lightly.

Who is your woman!?

Xu Shuyun felt even more aggrieved. At best... I'm just one of your women. No, today I must make Zheng Qian give me an explanation. Heaven knows what kind of mood she was in when she arrived in Shanghu that day and found out about these things.

[Thump—]

Lin Haoran knelt directly on the ground. Now he really believed that he was Zheng Qian.

He was not a fool. In Yebai, only Zheng Qian could set up such a trap with such ease.

"Master, I was wrong." Lin Haoran looked like a defeated rooster, lowering his arrogant head.

"Get lost, who is your master? I don't have an unfilial descendant like you."

Zheng Qian poured wine into the glass Xu Shuyun had used, took a sip, and then said, "For the sake of you admitting your mistake quite readily, I'll point out a clear path for you. It can exempt you from the death penalty, and I won't sue you either."

Lin Haoran's eyes lit up, and hope was rekindled in his heart. "Master, I don't need to pay back the money?"

"Go to hell with 'don't need to pay back the money'."

Zheng Qian really wanted to give him a big kick to help him sober up.

Well, although the money was already in his own pocket, and he didn't intend to ship the goods.

The situation in Indonesia was arranged by him. Lin Haoran could certainly initiate an international lawsuit, but that would require going to Indonesia. And such cross-border lawsuits have a very long cycle; dragging it out could drag him to death.

"Including you, there are a few other shareholders who have pledged their shares. You find a way to buy the shares from the other shareholders, re-pledge them to the bank, and fill in the amount you reported falsely and concealed. That will satisfy the 2 billion pledge condition."

Hearing this, Lin Haoran became excited.

That's right, this is indeed a clear path.

Compared to paying the bank 2 billion USD directly, buying the shares from other shareholders would be much cheaper.

But just as he was preparing to get up and start taking action, Zheng Qian stopped him.

"I haven't finished speaking yet. After paying back the money, you must go to the Red Rose bar and perform a striptease for a month. You can wear a mask. At that time, I will record your performance and sell it to overseas countries that do not prohibit such films."

"You must not have the money to pay the interest now, right? These earnings will be used to pay off the interest."

"Whenever you pay it off, you can leave Red Rose."

"If it's never enough, you'll need to go back and continue performing."

Lin Haoran looked at Zheng Qian's eyes.

He knew that Zheng Qian was serious, incomparably serious.

"If you hadn't intended to force yourself on Yunyun just now, I wouldn't have thought of making you so miserable. We are all adults; whatever you do, you must take responsibility. Am I right?"

After speaking, Zheng Qian didn't want to see Lin Haoran anymore, grabbed his hair, and threw him outside the hallway.

The security guard and driver waiting outside carried Lin Haoran out of the restaurant with one hand.

"My dear, I will give you an explanation."

Zheng Qian's gaze faded from coldness and sternness, filled with the most extreme affection in Yebai.