Chapter 3910: Concealing the truth

"Young Master, if I go with you, they won't be planning to ambush you, will they?" Uncle Hu asked worriedly.

"Probably not. The place they arranged to meet me is in a huge shopping mall. There are so many people on the ground there, it's impossible for them to make a move. They're doing this because they're afraid I'll do something," I analyzed.

"Then I'll go," Little Fatty chimed in.

"They only contacted me, so don't worry, I'll be fine. But I'm worried about something else. They might be trying to lure me away. Once I leave, they might come after Mr. Zhou and his family. You all stay here. I'll contact the local special investigation team later and have them send some people over to protect Mr. Zhou's family."

Having been through so much, I'm now incredibly shrewd and meticulous; I have to be thorough in every aspect to prevent the other party from taking advantage of any loopholes.

It was almost 2 o'clock, and there was still more than an hour until the agreed time.

I first called Huang Tao and asked him to send some people to keep an eye on the area around Boss Zhou's villa before I dared to go to the appointment.

After everything was ready, I asked Boss Zhou to arrange a driver to take me to the entrance of the mall. When I arrived, it was around 2:50. I strolled over to the coffee shop by myself.

Upon entering, I saw a person wearing sunglasses, a mask, and a baseball cap sitting in a corner of the cafe.

When I looked at him, he was looking at me too, and waved at me, signaling me to come over.

I walked over to the person opposite me and sat down.

"Young Master Wu, it's an honor to meet you..." The man was wrapped up very tightly, so you couldn't tell what he looked like, but judging from his tone of voice, he should be a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties.

"Enough with the nonsense. What do you want to talk to me about?" I cut to the chase, not wanting to waste time with the other person.

At that moment, the waiter brought over two cups of coffee and placed them in front of us.

"Young Master Wu, I don't know what you like to drink, so I ordered you an iced Americano." The man pushed the coffee in front of me.

I definitely won't drink it; who knows what tricks they might pull?

I just stared at him without saying a word, waiting for him to speak. My first priority was to overwhelm him with my presence.

“Young Master Wu, then I’ll be frank. I hope you will stop interfering in the Zhou family’s affairs. Once you and your men leave Hong Kong, we will naturally release Ma Yuanwang. What do you think?” the middle-aged man said with a smile.

"I want to know, who exactly did the Zhou family offend, and why are you so determined to kill them?" I looked at him.

“Young Master Wu, I don’t know anything about this matter either. I was just sent here by someone to talk to you. It’s just a matter of passing on a message. As for what kind of relationship you have, I don’t know and I don’t want to know. The less I know, the longer I live,” the man said again.

"You're quite clever, but wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to just leave like this?" I smiled at the person.

“Young Master Wu, I understand. I know the rules. We’re all just trying to make money. It’s not shameful…” The middle-aged man smiled, picked up a box from beside him, and handed it to me.

“Young Master Wu, there are ten million Hong Kong dollars in here. Once you leave Hong Kong Island, this money is yours, and we will naturally let Ma Yuanwang go,” the middle-aged man said with a smile.

I glanced at the suitcase on the ground and said with a smile, "You're quite generous. It seems like the other party has some deep-seated grudge against Boss Zhou to spend so much money."

“Young Master Wu, you don’t need to try to trick me. I don’t know anything. Take the money and we’ll be even. I can go back and report.” The middle-aged man said again.

"What if I don't take the money?" I looked at him again.

“Young Master Wu, if you don’t pay up, Ma Yuanwang will die, and you won’t be able to leave Hong Kong alive either. That’s what my employer told me. All I can say is that my employer has a lot of power and influence; he’s someone you can’t afford to offend,” the man said again.

I laughed out loud, then reached out and picked up the suitcase: "Okay, deal. I'll be back first thing tomorrow morning."

"Young Master Wu, let's go as soon as possible. There's a flight to Yanbei around 9 PM tonight. We've already checked, and there are still plenty of tickets available. Would you like us to book a ticket for you?" the man said with a smile.

"No need, I'm leaving Hong Kong Island tonight." With that, I picked up the suitcase full of money, turned around and left the coffee shop, getting straight into the car that had been waiting outside.

As soon as I got in the car, I told the driver to hurry back to Boss Zhou's house. At the same time, I took out my phone and sent a text message to the slovenly Taoist priest, asking him if he had set off yet.

The disheveled Taoist priest said he was on his way to the airport.

I told him not to rush to the airport yet, but to do something very urgent for me. I asked him to take my photo to Li Mubai, the man who makes human skin masks, and to have him make a human skin mask based on my appearance. I told him to be quick, and that the quality didn't need to be great, just something that looked similar to me from a distance.

The disheveled Taoist priest was a little confused: "Old Wu, what kind of trouble are you up to now? This is the first time I've ever heard of someone making a human skin mask by comparing it to their own face."

"Never mind all that, just do as I say. Once you've got the human skin mask sorted out, come to Hong Kong Island and meet me there as soon as possible."

The slovenly Taoist priest told me again that he was afraid there wouldn't be enough time. Making the human skin mask would take time, and he also had to catch a flight. He estimated that he wouldn't arrive in Hong Kong until tomorrow.

What he said made sense, and the slovenly Taoist suggested that Kasang handle the matter since he was quick.

So I had the slovenly Taoist contact Kasang and ask him to find Li Mubai to make a human skin mask. As long as the human skin mask was made, Kasang could deliver it to me before dark.

I've already come up with a plan for why I made this human skin mask.

When Kasang delivers the human skin mask, I will put it on the face of one of Boss Zhou's drivers, making him look like me, and then he will go back to Yanbei with Uncle Hu and Little Fatty.

I looked at the driver; he was about the same size as me, and even our hairstyles were almost identical.

This tactic is called "deceiving the heavens to cross the sea".

I stayed at Boss Zhou's house, waiting for the slovenly Taoist priest and Kasang to arrive, and then secretly tracked down Ma Yuanwang's whereabouts, heading straight to his lair.

We're quite professional at this kind of double-crossing.

Before I even made a move, they sent me ten million. It seems the person who's going to mess with Boss Zhou must be incredibly wealthy. They think they can just send me away with ten million? That's incredibly disrespectful. If I don't make a small fortune to take back with me, my trip to Hong Kong will have been for nothing.

After returning to Boss Zhou's house, I immediately asked Uncle Hu to book tickets for the four of us to return to Yanbei, including Master Zhou.