Chapter 356 It's completely unclear
These people have been fighting from dusk until nightfall!
The sky has darkened!
Long Aotian just couldn't understand why this was happening.
If everything had gone according to his plan, the people from the Snow City Grand Organization's branch would now be working under him.
The beauties of Snow City's major families would be in his bed, competing for favor.
The funds and largest industries of Snow City would be under his control, and the commercial landscape of Snow City wouldn't be like this today.
Now, everything was in chaos.
All his strength was being wasted on internal conflict. He was fighting to the death with people who were supposed to be bowing before him.
Long Aotian coughed up blood, propping himself up with one hand against the ground. He lifted his head with difficulty and gritted out, "You bunch of... turtle... bastards..."
Among the five of them, two had already fainted.
Only Fu Bo, A Hu, and A Xiao could still move, but they were also heavily injured.
Fu Bo gasped for breath, "Long... Aotian..."
Their voices were hoarse, barely able to make a sound.
In the pitch-black night, only eight eyeballs glared at each other, filled with hatred.
No retreat, no surrender! Absolutely no retreat or surrender!
At that moment, footsteps could be heard approaching from the distance.
Long Aotian turned his head and saw Hua Xue Ning. He immediately called out, "Xue Ning, Xue—"
"No time for that!"
Hua Xue Ning rushed past like the wind.
Long Aotian was in unbearable pain. Then, he saw Lu Chengwen: "Junior Brother, I—"
The moment Lu Chengwen arrived, he stepped right on Long Aotian's hand.
"Ah!"
Long Aotian knelt on the ground, clutching his hand. "You damn bastard!"
Watching Lu Chengwen's departing figure, his voice, though utterly exhausted, was still full of rage. "Lu Chengwen... you fucking..."
Qi Meishao mistook Long Aotian's neck for a rock and used it as a stepping stone to launch herself forward. "Lu Chengwen! Wait for me!"
Long Aotian got up, overwhelmed with grief and fury. "Qi Meishao, I knew you were a backstabber!"
The three others crawled up and slowly approached Long Aotian.
Long Aotian was so depressed he wanted to die. "Meishao, come back and help!"
A Hu said, "Stop shouting. A person must rely on themselves."
...
Back at the villa, Lu Chengwen found Luo Shiyin lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.
Lu Chengwen woke her up.
Luo Shiyin opened her eyes and, seeing everyone around, became incredibly embarrassed. "So annoying! I already said I don't like it that way, but you just had to..."
Then, she quickly explained to Hua Xue Ning and Qi Meishao, "It's not like that... I just couldn't help it, so I had to go along with it a little..."
Qi Meishao was extremely frustrated. "No need to explain! Where are my clothes? What exactly happened?"
Luo Shiyin opened the wardrobe. "Here! Weird, why are you wearing my clothes? And you... wait, could it be... you two..."
Qi Meishao quickly interrupted, "Stop talking nonsense! Nothing happened! It's impossible between us! Hurry up and change back so we can help the Young Master."
"Oh, right, I have a Young Master... That's Long Aotian, right?"
Qi Meishao thought, Lu Chengwen messed you up so badly you're even confused now!
With a mental state like this, how are you supposed to save the Young Master?
"Hurry up and change clothes!" She turned to Lu Chengwen and said, "Get out! No peeking."
Lu Chengwen dragged his feet. "Let me take a look. I already saw anyway."
"I'll chop you down!"
Lu Chengwen laughed, put his arm around Hua Xue Ning, and left.
...
Long Aotian was gravely injured. The three men, hearing Qi Meishao had come looking for Long Aotian, quickly grabbed the unconscious A Yin and A Long and ran away.
In the end, Long Aotian also collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.
Looking up at the starry sky, he began reflecting on life.
...
Luo Shiyin hadn't expected Long Aotian to be this badly injured and was quite shocked.
"Young Master, you're not going to die, are you?"
Qi Meishao scolded, "Shut your crow's mouth! Help the Young Master back!"
"Back where?"
Qi Meishao said, "Where else? The Young Master is so badly hurt, we'll take him to Lu Chengwen's place first."
"But weren't we here to settle the score with him? How can we just go like that?"
"They're senior and junior brothers. Let's not talk about settling scores right now! Seriously!"
"Oh, oh, okay, okay. Let's go back."
Long Aotian, weak as he was, walked into the hall, only to hear Lu Chengwen groaning.
Lu Chengwen was sprawled out on the sofa while Hua Xue Ning massaged him.
"To the left, to the left... Ahh, so good! Mmm, mmm."
"Master, do you need me to use more strength?"
"No, no, a little gentler is fine... Phew... Damn, today was just too miserable... I'm exhausted, completely worn out..."
Lu Chengwen wiped his tears. "To end up like this, there's no justice left in this world..."
Hua Xue Ning was also distressed. "Master, don't be sad. There's no mountain of fire that can't be crossed."
Lu Chengwen turned around. "Ah, Big Brother!"
Long Aotian looked at Lu Chengwen, furious to the core. "Lu Chengwen!"
Lu Chengwen sat up. "Big Brother, we're sworn brothers. Why did you send Miss Shiyin to kill me?"
"I didn't send her to kill you! Just to teach you a small lesson!"
Long Aotian turned his head and glared at Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao. "The two of you against Lu Chengwen alone—how did it take so long!? What the hell were you doing? And all that running back and forth earlier—what was that about? Especially you, Luo Shiyin! You didn't even show up from start to finish! Where the hell did you go?"
"Don't blame her."
Lu Chengwen sat up while Hua Xue Ning draped a robe over his shoulders.
"She was poisoned by me."
"What poison?"
Luo Shiyin hurriedly said, "Lu Chengwen is inhuman! He actually..."
Lu Chengwen said, "Luo Shiyin, you'd better behave yourself. I only spared you because you're under my big brother! If you ever try to come after me again, I won't let you off."
Long Aotian nodded. "Then, what's going on with you, Qi Meishao?"
"Huh? Me?" Qi Meishao said, "I… I came in and saw Lu Chengwen was… was…"
Lu Chengwen said, "Big brother, even if Luo Shiyin wasn't here to kill me, Qi Meishao was holding a sword to cut me down. You saw that, right?"
"Uh…" Long Aotian turned back to Qi Meishao and asked, "Yeah, what was that about? Running back and forth, trying to kill my junior brother—what's going on? Explain yourself!"
"I… I thought Sister Shiyin had been poisoned to death by him! So I was heartbroken, devastated, and couldn't control my emotions… I just wanted to cut him down."
"You're from the Upper Four Gates, my junior brother is from the Middle Four Gates, and you couldn't cut him down?"
Qi Meishao was fuming. "That day, E Lai was supposedly from the Heaven Four Gates, wasn't he? And he still didn't manage to cut him down!"
Long Aotian waved his hand. "E Lai wasn't that high up. Then why did you all come running back afterward? I called out to you so many times—did you hear me or not?"
"Huh? I… I…"
Long Aotian's eyes turned sharp. The seed of suspicion had already been planted.
Luo Shiyin had fallen into Lu Chengwen's scheme and was poisoned, so her absence could be explained.
But Qi Meishao—she wasn't poisoned, she wasn't injured, and yet she was running back and forth in front of him multiple times, looking at him as if he were thin air.
His pants were soaked red, and she didn't even lend a hand. Instead, she was playing cat-and-mouse with Lu Chengwen…
Qi Meishao felt so wronged that she was about to cry. The more anxious she got, the harder it was to explain herself.
There were things here that absolutely couldn't be said. Not a single word.
Now it wasn't just about Luo Shiyin anymore. Even she herself was…
She couldn't explain!
If everything came out into the open, no one would get out of this unscathed. A fight would break out immediately.
Luo Shiyin spoke up, "Young Master, you know about Meishao's situation. Her old wounds haven't healed yet, so… she was lacking strength."
As she spoke, she shot Long Aotian a meaningful look.
Long Aotian nodded, indicating that he understood.
Lu Chengwen looked at Long Aotian. "Big brother, we agreed to do business together and make money. Why are you trying to kill me?"
Long Aotian stared at Lu Chengwen. "I should be asking you that, my good junior brother. I invested hundreds of billions, yet all I see are three old men playing cards. You and Xu Xuejiao—are you two playing me for a fool?"
Lu Chengwen chuckled. "You think three old men working means they're fooling you?"
"You tell me."
"Alright then, starting tomorrow, full-scale construction begins."
"Really?" Long Aotian's expression softened. "That's all I wanted to hear."
Long Aotian looked at Qi Meishao. "What have you been up to these past few days? Such a small matter, yet look at today—it's turned into a huge mess!"
Lu Chengwen added, "Tomorrow, let's add another old man—let them play mahjong."
"Lu Chengwen, screw you!"
"Screw you!" Lu Chengwen snapped.
"You dare curse at me!?" Long Aotian couldn't believe his ears.
"Why wouldn't I dare? How many times now? How many times have you come here to start fights? Were those guys all your people!?"
Long Aotian was getting worked up. "Lu Chengwen! You're really full of nonsense! They kept saying they wanted to work with you and take me down! Look at my pants!"
Lu Chengwen said, "Before you arrived, their target was me! The one they wanted to kill was me! They demanded 150 billion from me—you heard it loud and clear!"
Long Aotian: "Then why did they beat me up afterward!?"
"You already had bad blood with them—don't pin it on me!"
"Then what's the deal between you and them? Did they give you the money?"
"They did," Lu Chengwen admitted without hesitation. "It's all been invested into the Chengwen District project. No taking it back now."
Long Aotian was about to get up and fight.
Lu Chengwen said, "You stay put! That money has nothing to do with you!"
"What did you say?"
"Was that your money?"
"That was money meant for me!"
"Did you get it?"
"If you hadn't interfered, they definitely would have given it to me!"
"What do you mean? Are you saying this is my fault?"
Long Aotian's eyes widened. "What else!? You think this is a joke!?"
Luo Shiyin leaned in close to Long Aotian. "Young Master, falling out with him now is not in our favor. You're already out of fighting strength, but Hua Xuening… she's as fast as lightning. And Lu Chengwen—you know he's the Ancient Ape God."
Long Aotian glanced at Luo Shiyin, and she nodded at him.
Luo Shiyin said, "Forget about past grudges and relationships—let's talk about interests."
Long Aotian nodded. "Junior Brother, let's not talk about the past. It's too complicated to explain. Let's focus on the present. Right now, how do we resolve these issues?"
"What issues?"
"The amusement city!" Long Aotian emphasized angrily. "The amusement city project—are you and Xu Xuejiao scamming me!?"
Lu Chengwen narrowed his eyes. "Big brother, Xu Xuejiao is my girlfriend. It's completely normal for her to fight for my interests. What's with your attitude? Are you saying… Xu Xuejiao is actually your woman?"
Lu Chengwen immediately got furious. "You planted a spy by my side!?"
Long Aotian froze. "Uh… no, no… I mean… it's just… I already cut things off with Xu Xuejiao a long time ago. They can all vouch for that! Ask them!"
Luo Shiyin remained silent. Qi Meishao kept her head down.
Long Aotian gritted his teeth. "Say something."
Luo Shiyin spoke. "I can confirm that my Young Master and Miss Xu Xuejiao have no relationship. She is not a spy."
Long Aotian: "Hear that?"
Just then, the door swung open, and a sweet voice called out, "Chengwen-ge, hotpot for dinner! Hotpot! Hotpot! Hotpot! Hotpot…"