For a moment...
Young Ninth Master thought of how he had just offended Qin Jiang, tried to beat Qin Jiang's sister, and even left harsh words before leaving. What consequences would his father face falling into Qin Jiang's hands!
It goes without saying...
They had heard too many legends about Qin Jiang: destroying Hua Sheng, dealing with Long Fei, beating Tiger Might...
He hadn't held back at all: Long Fei's Uncle Long had been turned into a human kite in the air, and Tiger Might's entire family had been wiped out.
When it came to his own father...
No...
Such a thing must never happen!
Young Ninth Master gritted his teeth and said, "A man takes responsibility for his own actions! I must never implicate my father. I'm going to find Qin Jiang! I'll beg him not to make things difficult for my father; take it out on me if you have any grievances—"
Then his gaze swept over the many subordinates around him, "Are you coming with me..."
Subordinates:...
Go?
What for?
Go beg Qin Jiang to spare Ninth Master...
Heh...
Wasn't that purely being out of one's mind?
They didn't have any particularly deep bond with Ninth Master, and the reason they hung out with Young Ninth Master was for future development.
But was there any future left now?
Black Dragon Group had already fought their way into Yaowu Group's estate...
Yaowu was done for...
Ninth Master was done for...
Young Ninth Master was nothing more than a fart!
If they went with him to beg Qin Jiang, wouldn't they be courting their own deaths and asking for trouble?
Thinking of this, those subordinates chimed in one after another:
"Um! I suddenly remembered I have some urgent matters... I'll be leaving first..."
"Ninth Master treated me with immense kindness, I'll go out and use my connections to see if I can save Ninth Master..."
"Right! Count me in... I'll also find a way to save Ninth Master..."
Without hesitation, these subordinates bolted away one by one.
Nonsense!
Young Ninth Master was already a tiger trapped in the flatlands!
How could they not kick a man while he was down?
What was most important in the underworld:
Breaching trust and abandoning loyalty, deceiving superiors and subordinates alike!
Betraying the boss, taking care of the sister-in-law!
They certainly wouldn't go throw their lives away with Young Ninth Master...
Young Ninth Master:...
He never expected that these brothers who shouted about living and dying together with him every day would change their tune so quickly...
How could he know that true life-and-death camaraderie wasn't just shouted with the mouth; these second-generation heirs had many men under them, but they didn't share any genuine life-and-death bonds.
They simply couldn't compare to the first generation!
Besides, these second-generation heirs were born with arrogance; they truly treated their subordinates like beasts of burden, so how could the subordinates treat them as true big brothers?
To put it bluntly:
It was nothing more than mutual utilization!
The camaraderie was pitifully scarce!
It was completely incomparable to someone like Qin Jiang, who genuinely treated his subordinates well, valued loyalty, and bound them with massive benefits. Soon, only two subordinates remained without leaving.
Young Ninth Master was deeply moved, "A-Long, A-Hu! Why aren't you leaving..."
A-Long: "What is Young Ninth Master saying? You were the one who took us in back then! Without Young Ninth Master, there wouldn't be us these past years. How could we leave at such a critical moment of crisis?"
A-Hu: "Ditto!"
Young Ninth Master was moved to tears:
"Good brothers! For a lifetime!"
"As long as we get through this crisis! You will be my life-and-death brothers, and we will swear brotherhood right here."
A-Long: "Brothers for a lifetime! But now is not the time to talk about this. The priority now is to save Ninth Master..."
Young Ninth Master: "Right! Save my dad! And my sister! I'm going to find Qin Jiang right now, and make him take it out on me instead of making things difficult for my dad and my sister!"
A-Long: "Young Ninth Master! We cannot pin all our hopes on Qin Jiang alone; we must adopt a multi-pronged approach..."
Young Ninth Master: "What do you mean..."
A-Long: "You are going to beg Qin Jiang, but whether Qin Jiang will agree or not remains unknown. We must apply external pressure on him."
Young Ninth Master: "How do we apply it?"
A-Long: "Find people higher up... Have someone from higher up in Lin Province step in to give Qin Jiang a heads-up; he will inevitably be three parts wary... At that time, coupled with Young Ninth Master going to beg him, he will have both face and substance, and no reason not to release them..."
Young Ninth Master: "That makes sense... Who should we find..."
A-Long: "The deputy captain of the Lin Province Criminal Investigation Corps is my cousin-uncle's direct brother-in-law. I can try to look for him..."
Young Ninth Master: "That's great... A-Long!"
A-Long: "However..."
Young Ninth Master: "However what..."
A-Long: "You also know that people definitely won't make a move for nothing in matters like this; it requires greasing palms..."
Young Ninth Master: "Ah... I understand! It's only right..." He quickly patted his body, only to realize that his large-sum bank card had already been left at the banquet just now to apologize to Qin Qing, and he didn't actually have much cash under his name, so he could only take out an ordinary bank card: "There's a little over a hundred thousand in this card..."
A-Long: "I'm afraid that's not enough..."
Young Ninth Master also knew it wasn't enough. With such a big matter, who would help with just a little money: "How about this, you go to my house. Behind the bookshelf in my father's bedroom, there is a safe containing two million in cash, gold bars worth several million... and several sets of valuable property deeds. You can use these money to grease palms, and the houses can be mortgaged. As long as my father and my sister can be rescued, it doesn't matter even if it's all spent..."
"The password is:..."
He directly leaked his bottom line...
A-Long: "Alright! We'll get right on it..."
He quickly left with A-Hu...
Just after leaving to a certain corner not far away.
A-Hu: "Brother! When did we have a relative in criminal investigation? How come I didn't know?"
A-Long: "Of course you didn't know, because there isn't one at all..."
A-Hu: "Ah? Then why did you..."
A-Long: "If I didn't say that, how could I know the location and password of the safe at home?"
A-Hu: "Brother! You mean..."
A-Long: "We've worked our lives out for him for so many years, and he falls just like that. Shouldn't we collect some interest?"
"The money in the safe is the interest! We'll take that money and fly far away,"
A-Hu: "Cash plus gold bars alone is several million! Especially those houses which are villas, we're rich..."
A-Long: "What are you thinking? There's no time to deal with those houses; just take the cash and gold bars and leave..."
A-Hu: "Brother, I'll listen to you..."
A-Long: "There's no time to lose, we can't delay, otherwise someone else might beat us to it..."
A-Hu: "Alrighty..."
The two quickly disappeared...
In place, Young Ninth Master anxiously ran toward the hotel. He had always been pampered and lacked much handling capability. Encountering such a thorny matter, he had long lost his composure.
Second-generation heirs like this inherently lacked capability...
Inside the hotel!
Guests were merry, and the banquet was coming to an end: Qin Jiang and the others exchanged brief pleasantries with Qin Qing and rose to leave. Immediately, whether it was the Xu Family or all the guests in the hall, they stood up to see them off...
Just as they stepped out the door!
An unexpected change suddenly occurred!
They saw...