BXBX NOVEL Chapter 976: Invest
It was a cold night, so there were only a few people around. However, there were two black cars parked in the southeast corner of the building, and there was a faint red glow inside. It seemed that the occupant was smoking.
"I noticed them when I was surveying the surroundings today. I don\'t know exactly when they arrived," Li Lu reported to Anna in a low voice.
"Did you see their faces? Are they your colleagues?" Anna asked, putting down the binoculars.
"Shadows can only communicate with HQ through a single point of contact, and they are trained entirely by that point of contact. It is impossible to identify the shadows through their faces. However, I\'m sure they weren\'t sent here by HQ.
"I also don\'t think they\'re shadows. If they were shadows, they wouldn\'t be so sloppy at following their target."
If they\'re not from the IMF, then who\'s interested in me?
Anna pondered over it for a few seconds before saying, "Mask, go over there and take a look. If they\'re just ordinary people, then bring them over here."
The clown snapped its fingers, and its figure squeezed out of the window as if it were made out of putty. Then, it silently made its way toward the car.The glowing red dot in the car flickered a few times before disappearing completely. Moments later, there was knocking on the door. When the door was opened, the clown\'s figure appeared, and it was carrying a tattooed burly man on its shoulders.
The bulge at the back of the burly man\'s waist told everyone that he was carrying a firearm.
Once he was bound, a knife was ruthlessly stabbed into his right thigh. The burly man attempted to scream, but a towel immediately stifled it.
"Who sent you?" Anna asked casually while slowly twisting the knife in her right hand.
The towel was removed, and the man, with snot and tears all over his face, spilled everything like a broken dam.
"It was Boss Wang! Boss Wang told us to come here! Ah! Don\'t…! Don\'t twist it, aaargh! My leg!"
"Boss Wang? Which Boss Wang?"
"Wang Jianshe! Aargh! I really just came here to earn some money!" the burly man exclaimed.
Anna frowned slightly at the revelation. She reached out and patted the burly man down, eventually finding a flip phone. Opening the list of contacts, a number labeled "Boss Wang" appeared before Anna.
Anna held the phone\'s screen in front of the burly man and asked, "Is this the one?"
The burly man nodded frantically in response.
Anna immediately called the number.
"Hello? How are things going there?" Wang Jianshe asked, sounding a bit tired.
"Hello there, Boss Wang. It hasn\'t been long since we parted ways, but you\'re already missing me?" Anna asked softly into the phone.
The other end of the line was silent for a few seconds before Wang Jianshe shattered it. The cat was out of the bag, so there was no point in feigning ignorance.
"There are some things I want to discuss with you face to face. Come to my house," Wang Jianshe said.
"Haha, you\'re the one seeking me out, so you should come to my place instead. And you\'d better think carefully on your way here—think about how you\'re going to explain to me why you sent people to monitor me. I despise ingrates the most."
Anna did not bother waiting for Wang Jianshe\'s reply and immediately ended the call.
On that day, no one slept except for Gao Zhiming; they all waited for Wang Jianshe. At 3 a.m., the doorbell finally rang. The locked door was opened, and Wang Jianshe\'s figure was revealed. His expression was solemn as he stood by himself at the entrance.
Ignoring everyone\'s vigilant gazes, he walked up to Anna and looked her straight in the eye. "I learned some things from that brat. You actually haven\'t lied to me before. I was too hasty."
Anna smiled at him. "So what?"
"So you and Wang Sheng had ended up offending a powerful organization? Are they going to look for Wang Sheng?" Wang Jianshe asked, cutting straight to the heart of the matter. His son was still in trouble.
"Maybe," Anna replied, looking completely nonchalant. She wasn\'t running a shop here, so there were no warranties nor after-sales service.
"If you feel like you got the short end of the stick in this deal, then there\'s nothing I can do. The deal is done, and what\'s done is done."
Wang Jianshe wasn\'t angry to hear that as he replied, "I\'m not here to kick up a fuss. I just want to ask one question: the so-called immortality that you promised… is it true?"
"Oh?" Anna was a bit surprised to hear that. "So you want to join our congregation to become immortal?"
"No, I have no plans of doing that. I plan to invest," Wang Jianshe remarked. He was already involved, so avoiding the issue wasn\'t going to solve it. Since there was a problem, he was planning on facing it head-on to analyze and resolve it.
"Invest?" The others in the room couldn\'t wrap their heads around it. They had truly never thought about it before.
"That so-called IMF is hunting you down, and I\'m sure it\'s difficult to keep hiding from them. My investment can help you solve that problem. I have money, and you happen to have something money can\'t buy.
"I scratch your back; you scratch mine. It\'s a win-win."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
When looking for a business partner, Wang Jianshe knew that character was paramount. Upon hearing of Anna\'s kindness toward Gao Zhiming, Wang Jianshe judged that Anna wasn\'t a murderous madwoman; hence, it was worth a try.
They stood to gain more by directly working with Anna rather than joining the mysterious, secretive organization against her. At the very least, Anna hadn\'t screwed him over in their previous deal.
And the fact that she managed to rescue his son from a prison somewhere in a vast desert was enough proof of her prowess.
"An investment. Interesting. Alright, I agree. Come back here another day with Wang Sheng, then," Anna remarked. She was tempted. Wang Jianshe\'s investment would be a huge help. The man himself wasn\'t useful, but his money was, and very much so.
Wang Jianshe\'s face, which had been as steady as a mountain, changed abruptly. "That is not happening! It seems that I have to make one thing clear here. This is a private partnership between you and me. Wang Sheng will not be involved."
Wang Jianshe was confident that he could profit from working with her and could extricate himself from her in a crisis. However, his son was a different story. Wang Sheng was too dumb. If he got involved, he\'d become nothing but a pawn.
"Oh? Alright then. Since you\'ve become one of us, then I have something I\'d like you to help me with," Anna said. She bit the empty ring on her slender finger and pulled it out gently.
Then, she opened her right palm, presenting the empty diamond ring to Wang Jianshe. "I sold the diamonds on this ring. I want you to find them and fill this ring up with those diamonds."
"Is there anything special about this ring?" Wang Jianshe asked. He accepted the ring and stared solemnly at it.
"Mmhm, it\'s very useful. It\'s an important weapon. With it, we\'ll be much safer."
Wang Jianshe nodded slightly at that and put the ring into his pocket. "I understand. It\'s too late today, so I\'ll prepare a safer residence for you tomorrow. We also need to discuss the specifics going forward."