Chapter 304: The five debt collectors have a little split

Chapter 304: The five debt collectors have a little split

Lu Chengwen reached the end of the alley and quickly hailed a taxi to escape.

Hua Xuening, seeing that Lu Chengwen had already left, realized there was no point in continuing her conflict with Qi Meishao.

The two of them stopped fighting.

Qi Meishao angrily asked, "Xuening, are you now dead set on being with Lu Chengwen?"

"Yes," Hua Xuening replied firmly.

"You won't turn back?"

"No."

"Then from now on, we stand on opposite sides. Don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Hua Xuening sighed, "Alright then. Actually, I don't want to fight with you all, but now that I belong to my master, if you really want to hurt him, I will absolutely not allow it."

Qi Meishao was so furious that tears welled up in her eyes.

Luo Shiyin said, "Let's go back and tend to the Young Master first."

Qi Meishao gave Luo Shiyin an annoyed glance and turned to leave.

Luo Shiyin looked at Hua Xuening and said, "Xuening, take care of yourself."

Hua Xuening felt reluctant, "Sister Shiyin, the Young Master said he still has plenty of Desire Pills. Come and try them sometime!"

Luo Shiyin felt awkward. "Don't talk nonsense. Go take care of your master. I'm leaving."

...

Fubo hung up the phone, his face filled with confusion as he looked at his four brothers.

"It's over. We… made a huge mistake…"

The group stared at him. "What happened?"

Fubo gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the table. "Damn it! Damn it all to hell!"

Ahu asked, "Big Brother, what exactly is going on?"

Fubo replied, "The strategist just called. He said… the Young Master never used any Face-Swapping Technique. That person was really Lu Chengwen! We've been beating the Young Master to death thinking he was Lu Chengwen!"

Ahu froze for three seconds and then burst into laughter. "Impossible! Haha, Big Brother, you're really funny. Haha, joking at a time like this."

Along added, "Exactly, exactly. How could such a thing happen? If even this could be wrong, what does that make us? Complete idiots? Haha! No way, no way!"

Axiao, however, looked skeptical. "Actually… I always felt that something was off with Lu Chengwen, but… seeing how excited you all were, I didn't dare to speak up."

Ayin opened his eyes angrily and raised his head to shout, "It's fate! Fate, I tell you!"

Fubo said, "My mind's a mess. Let me… sort this out."

Fubo began to calculate for himself:

"We… fought Dragon Aotian several times. On the lawn outside Lu Chengwen's villa, I teamed up with the Sky Net experts to blow up his backside; then at Seven Star Peak, we teamed up and beat him till he cried; later, for the meteorite ice crystal, we ambushed him again and beat him once more. And then…"

Along interjected, "Big Brother, no need to say more. That's already enough."

Fubo raised his head. "We messed up! We really messed up! The Young Master couldn't handle Lu Chengwen and instead… got handled by us!"

Axiao lowered his head. "What now? The Young Master surely won't forgive us, right?"

Ayin coldly replied, "Even if he says he forgives us, would you dare believe him?"

Everyone turned to look at Ayin, their hearts sinking.

Exactly! That was the real issue.

Even if Dragon Aotian, in his magnanimity, declared he wouldn't hold anything against them…

How could they erase the grudge of beating him senseless time and time again?

When he needed them, they risked their lives for him. But now that he didn't need them anymore, what would stop him from exacting revenge later?

The big organization was out of the question now.

Fifty billion! That wasn't a small sum!

A whole fifty billion, handed over to Lu Chengwen…

How could they explain losing such a huge amount of money?

If they returned to the leader, wouldn't he flay them alive?

Fubo was completely dazed. "What do we do now? Everything's gone wrong! Everything's a mess! Now we have no home to return to, no country to serve… We're doomed!"

Ahu glanced at them. "Hey, hey, hey! What are you all thinking? How could we be wrong? That Lu Chengwen is the Young Master! There's no way we're mistaken! Every bit of logic checks out, so how could it be wrong?"

Along patted him on the shoulder regretfully. "Ahu, we… really messed up."

Ahu, agitated, waved his arms. "Impossible! It's absolutely impossible! My logic doesn't fail!"

Fubo stared at him grimly. "The strategist personally called to tell me we were wrong, and you're still clinging to your damned logic?"

Ahu froze. "I… I… Could it be… the strategist made a mistake?"

Fubo stood up. "We can't serve the Young Master anymore. To him, we're just enemies now. If we want to return to the organization, we must find Lu Chengwen!"

Fubo gritted his teeth and said, "Get the money back! That's the only way the organization will take us back."

Along asked worriedly, "Do you think Lu Chengwen will give the money back?"

Fubo grabbed him by the collar and roared, "If he doesn't give it back, I'll beat him to death! Just like we beat the Young Master to death!"

The five of them once again stood at the gates of Lu Chengwen's villa.

Fubo frowned and was about to head straight for the door when Ah Hu pulled him back.

"Boss!"

"What now?"

"When we meet Lu Chengwen, let's keep it polite. We're asking for a favor, after all."

Fubo looked at him incredulously. "Are you crazy? He scammed us! He stole our money!"

"He also gave each of us a billion! We've taken his money; we can't just act all high and mighty."

Fubo was about to lose it. "That was OUR money!"

Ah Hu replied, "Boss, this is where you're getting things mixed up."

"How am I mixed up?"

Ah Hu patiently explained, "That money wasn't ours; it belonged to the organization. The organization told us to hand it over to the Young Master!"

"Exactly! So, what's wrong with demanding it back from that punk?"

Ah Hu said, "Boss, you see, the money technically belongs to the organization, right?"

"Yes."

"When we handed it to Lu Chengwen, it became his money, correct?"

"Huh?"

"And then Lu Chengwen took a portion and gave each of us a billion. That portion became ours, didn't it?"

"I…"

"So, technically speaking, we gave Lu Chengwen fifty billion. Then he took from his own pocket and gave us a billion each!"

Fubo felt his head spinning and turned to look at Ah Long.

Ah Long was counting on his fingers and then raised his head. "Boss, it seems like Ah Hu's got a point."

Ah Xiao chimed in, "I don't understand anymore. Isn't this just one lump of money? How did it suddenly get so complicated?"

Ah Hu said, "It's one lump of money, but the process of giving and receiving changes its nature."

Fubo waved his hand. "I don't care! If he doesn't give it back, I'll kill him!"

Ah Hu replied, "Boss, what's the point of killing him? If he doesn't return the money, even if you kill him, we still can't report back successfully!"

Ah Yin, who had been silent, couldn't take it anymore. "What are you all doing? Let's just barge in, beat Lu Chengwen up, and if he doesn't give the money, chop off his fingers!"

Ah Hu got angry too. "Can you stop being so impulsive? Use your brain for once, will you?"

Ah Yin's eyes widened. "Use my brain?"

"Yes!" Ah Hu said. "This whole mess started because of you. If you were just a little smarter, would we even be in this situation?"

Ah Yin was furious. "I'm going in!"

Fubo grabbed Ah Yin firmly and said seriously, "Don't be rash. I think Ah Hu has a point."

Ah Yin's eyes widened further. "He has a point? Are we talking about logic again?"

"Ugh!" Fubo said, "First of all, we all agree that this mistake was made collectively by the five of us, right?"

Ah Hu was the first to raise his hand. "I agree!"

Ah Long also raised his hand. "I… I agree too."

Ah Xiao reluctantly raised his hand. "Yes, we all made this mistake."

Fubo looked at Ah Yin. "And you?"

Ah Yin was so angry he could barely speak. Gritting his teeth, he turned his head away. "Fine."

"Good! What Ah Hu just said—although it almost gave me a headache—actually makes some sense."

Ah Yin almost choked. "Boss, could you explain that clearly?"

"What I mean is that we're here to get the money back, but we can't just recklessly rush in and demand it."

"Then what do we do?" Ah Yin asked. "Kneel down, light his cigarettes, and beg him to return it?"

"What kind of nonsense is that!?" Fubo snapped. "What I'm saying is that our ultimate goal isn't to kill Lu Chengwen. It's to successfully get the money back! Killing him or chopping him up comes after. The main objective is the money!"

Ah Hu nodded. "Boss has the right idea."

Fubo said, "Listen to me! Once we go in, we have to use a mix of soft and hard tactics."

"Boss," Ah Xiao hesitated, "Could you just tell us what to do directly? It's getting too complicated. This whole situation is already way over my head."

Fubo replied, "We'll split into two teams. One team plays the 'bad cop,' scaring Lu Chengwen out of his wits. The other team plays the 'good cop,' stepping in at the critical moment to mediate and persuade him to return the money."

Ah Hu raised his hand enthusiastically. "I'll be the good cop!"

Ah Yin glared at him, thinking to himself, That's the only role you're fit for.

Meanwhile, inside the villa, Lu Chengwen had already received an alert. Watching the five of them arguing on the security screen, he immediately sent a message to Dangkou Heavenly King, telling him to rush to his house right away.