Perfect Encounter - Chapter 58.1

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Chapter 58.1

“I just came out from the Lord Governor’s place. If Boss Liu is willing, I do not mind accompanying you on another trip.” No one asked her to sit, so An Ruochen found herself a chair and sat down.

Liu Ze stared at her, not saying anything.

An Ruochen looked back at him and said, “I won’t beat around the bush with Boss Liu. The thing is, General Long will be back soon. I should have waited for the General to return and leave the matter for him to decide. But I am afraid that Boss Liu does not have the life to wait for the General.” Her words, of course, were a bluff. She did not know when Big Long will return. That is why she was anxious. But she couldn’t let others know about her anxiety.

Liu Ze also sat down: “I don’t understand what Miss An is talking about.”

“When I had made a deal with the Xu Matchmaker, she also pretended like Boss Liu, saying she didn’t understand what I was talking about. Later she died.”

Liu Ze’s face was expressionless.

An Ruochen looked at him and said: “What I said to the Xu Matchmaker in the beginning, I will repeat it with Boss Liu now. I know you are associated with the spies, helping them with their work. If you are willing to help the General to capture them, he can protect Boss Liu’s life.”

Liu Ze shook his head: “Miss must have misunderstood some things.”

“It’s okay for me to misunderstand you because I won’t kill you. But if Mr. Xie misunderstands, he will kill you.”

Liu Ze laughed: “I told you there was a misunderstanding. I don’t know Mr. Xie.”

“Then do you know Li Xiu’er? She’s alive.”

“I don’t know any Li Xiu’er either.” Liu Ze rubbed the corner of his forehead, “I’m busy with my wife’s funeral these days. I don’t know what’s happening outside. Is there something that made Miss An misunderstand?”

“I do have quite a lot of misunderstandings.” An Ruochen said, “For example, I misunderstood that your wife didn’t die.”

Liu Ze’s hand that rubbed the corner of his forehead paused.

“For example, I misunderstood that your wife wanted to expose your evil deeds, so you had to fake her death in order to prevent Mr. Xie from actually killing her.”

Liu Ze put his hand down, raised his head, and said coldly, “Miss An’s joke is way out of line.”

An Ruochen shook her head and smiled calmly: “I know all these because the suicide note is fake, the cause of death is fake, and because your wife treats her daughter like her life. How could she kill her? But you can’t find her, can you? She already reported the case, so you can’t close it at the government’s end. If your wife is still alive, you could not explain it to Mr. Xie. You simply combined their deaths, forged a suicide note, and tried to cover everything up by saying that she was crazy. Unfortunately, it failed.”

“I think Miss An is crazy too.”

“Your daughter is in my hands.”

Liu Ze’s face finally changed.

“Li Xiu’er is also in my hands.”

Liu Ze did not say anything.

“I guess these things will make Mr. Xie very unhappy.” An Ruochen said, “But maybe I misunderstood again. I misunderstood that Mr. Xie asked you to kill Li Xiu’er to show your loyalty. I misunderstood because, to shut one’s mouth, it is enough to kill one person. Even if you pretend to be a robber, you do not have to drag the whole street of people into it. That’s how Mr. Xie killed Old Chen from Ping Hu East Lane. This time, you burned down the whole street, killed many people, and robbed many households simply to cover up the fact that you did not manage to kill the target person. You did this to convince Mr. Xie. With a body burned to this degree, who knows if it was Li Xiu’er.”

Liu Ze quietly clenched his fist.

“If Mr. Xie knows you are not doing a good job and deceive him, do you think he will let you go? Or like this, I will report to the authorities that Zhao Jiahua is not dead, and let the authorities examine your house. Whatever you have in mind, I can ruin it all. If you still want to live peacefully and be the boss of your restaurant, you must do as I say.”

Liu Ze sneered, “Miss An has a big mouth.”

An Ruochen smiled: “I dare to come here. Naturally, I have prepared. Before, I had to deal with you for half a day because I had no evidence. Now I hold leverage over you and evidence in my hand. I have the upper hand. Listen carefully. If I can’t get out of this house, the military will come in to arrest and execute your whole family. If I do walk out, Mr. Xie will know you have betrayed him. He will also find killers to execute you immediately. See, it’s a big problem! It seems like you have to die no matter what you do.”

Liu Ze pursed his lips. His heart had to admit that An Ruochen was right.

An Ruochen looked at him and added: “But you still have one more option. I can walk out of this house frustrated and sad, indignant for being unable to find anything out, for seeing your wife’s remains but being unable to do anything about it, and feeling ashamed for the General. And you, you can hang up your bells and ask Mr. Xie for a meeting. Give him to me, and you’ll be safe.”

Liu Ze’s eyes rolled, and his brain spun fast.

“After the Xu Matchmaker listened to my advice, she said she’ll consider it. It took too long for her to consider, and as a result, I didn’t even get to know which way she wanted to go in the end.”

Liu Ze naturally knew which road the Xu Matchmaker took, the death road, which he wanted to avoid.

“Mr. Xie is a paranoid person.” An Ruochen reminded him lightly.

This much Liu Ze knew. Therefore, An Ruochen setting him up on this path was really a difficult move. She turned out to be trickier than he thought. He underestimated her. He had already planned everything, but she was one step ahead.

Liu Ze was silent for a long time before speaking, “I don’t know Mr. Xie.”

“Then, who do you know?”

“In my place, his surname is Min. I call him Young Master Min.”

An Ruochen’s brain “buzzed,” remembering that in the Zhaofu Restaurant, she had passed by the “Young Master Min,” who had returned to buy the Eight Treasure Duck. Is that him?

“He was in his twenties or thirties, with a gentle demeanor, decent features, without much character, a tall, sturdy figure.”

“That’s right.”

An Ruochen sucked in a breath. It was actually right. She brushed against him, and he just waltzed right before her eyes.

“What’s his full name?”

“Don’t know.”

“Where does he live?”

“Don’t know.”

Liu Ze looked at the doubt in An Ruochen’s eyes and said, “I really don’t know. It’s always him who comes to me. I once had someone follow him, but he shook him off.”

“What do you do for him?”

“Scouting for information, searching for candidates, and circulating money.”

“Using the restaurant and the gambling house?”

“Yes.”

“How long ago did you start?”

“Almost four years ago.”

“How did you start?”

“If I survive long enough to see General Long, I will tell him myself. Let me meet General Long if you want to know more.”

An Ruochen stared at Liu Ze. She knew this was the bargain Liu Ze offered. If she wanted information, she should guarantee his safety first. If he could see General Long alive, it would mean that neither Mr. Xie nor Young Master Min would be able to kill him.