Chapter 1944 The Art of Pretending

Lu Chengwen explained awkwardly:

"Um...Mr. Canghai, right? Nice to meet you. I think there's a misunderstanding between us..."

"I brought 20 million U.S. dollars here."

Canghai interrupted Lu Chengwen.

His arms rested naturally on the two armrests of the sofa, his wrists hanging naturally, and his long, beautiful fingers tapped the edge of the armrests easily.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Lu Chengwen wasn't fierce, but rather calm. However, within this calmness, there was a threat that bordered on contempt.

"The elders believe that the first thing to do is to redeem the person. But I disagree."

Canghai stared at Lu Chengwen. "I think the Council of Elders should give a strong counterattack in the face of threats from some scoundrels. This time, there's no need to mobilize the power of the Ancient Martial Arts World, nor do we need the Four Great Families to come to support us. I plan to do it myself."

Lu Chengwen looked at him and said, "To be honest, you've been very cool since you entered the room. But you won't be cool for long. Is this the 20 million?"

Lu Chengwen pulled over a stool, sat opposite him, and looked at him sincerely.

"My personal advice to you is to put down the money and take Brother Cangyue back first. This matter should be over. Don't worry, I won't embezzle a single cent of this money, and I have no interest in it! It's just over 300 million Chinese yuan, I will never cause such a big trouble for such a small amount of money. I say this completely to help, especially to help you."

Canghai smiled and asked, "Anything else?"

"Yes." Lu Chengwen said, "If you think that I'm colluding with the kidnapper, or if you think the kidnapper is nothing special and doesn't need a ransom, I fully support your idea!"

"You can take Brother Cangyue and the two boxes of money and leave now. But!"

Lu Chengwen raised a finger and emphasized seriously, "I will not intervene in anything that happens from now on, and I am not responsible. It has nothing to do with me. I was an outsider from beginning to end. That's all."

Canghai smiled and said, "Anything else?"

Lu Chengwen nodded. "And more. The Elders are human too. We all know you're awesome, we know you're remarkable, we know you're incredibly prestigious. But, normally, with your status, shouldn't you be too lazy to act pretentiously? Shouldn't you strive to be approachable, modest, and prudent, demonstrating your gentleness, courtesy, refinement, and high character? Why be so aggressive?"

"That robber... he's not a normal human being. You'd better not mess with him. Take my advice, give him two thousand dollars and make him embarrassed to bother you. It's really a good deal! If this happened to me, I would give him four thousand!"

Canghai's eyes grew colder, and his tone changed from the previous disdain to a cold, insulted anger: "Anything else?"

Lu Chengwen said sincerely, "No more. It's really... I don't know how to tell you that you'll believe it. You may feel very embarrassed, but if you insist on taking on this matter... you will lose face even more in the end, very much. Ask Brother Cangyue, has he ever had face since he encountered the robbers?"

Cang Yue angrily shouted, "Lu Chengwen! You're looking for death!"

Lu Chengwen shook his head, raised his hands and stood up, indicating that he had no other ideas.

"Okay, okay, I've made my point. Whatever you choose is your problem. Just don't blame me in the end."

Lu Chengwen said, "Big Brother, Ritian, let's go. Let them handle the things here on their own."

"Wait a minute."

Canghai said: "Lu Chengwen, did I let you go?"

With just one word, the room suddenly became eerily quiet.

Canghai just sat there, playing with a lighter in his hand.

The sterling silver lighter was constantly shifting positions in his hands. He looked at Lu Chengwen with a calm expression: "Let me ask you, did I let you go?"

Zhao Ritian explained to Lu Chengwen: "Look, you made him stutter because of your anger."

Canghai looked at Zhao Ritian: "I didn't stutter, I was... emphasizing my words."

Zhao Ritian was stunned. "Strengthen your tone? Shouldn't that be as powerful as a bell, as powerful as a galloping horse, and as if thunder from heaven shook the four seas? Look at me!"

Zhao Ritian turned around and pointed at Long Aotian: "Shit-spraying dragon! You've already met your end!"

Long Aotian turned around and didn't look at the two idiots.

"Ah!"

Canghai was so angry that he laughed.

"Is this the style of your pornographic photo scandal?"

"We all have different styles in our pornographic photo scandals. Anyway, please let us go immediately. If we continue to delay, we don't know what the consequences will be."

Canghai said: "You tell me first, who that robber is. If you tell me, one of you three can go."

Long Aotian laughed out loud and couldn't stop.

Canghai narrowed his eyes: "What are you laughing at?"

Long Aotian walked to the dining table, picked up a piece of delicious food and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing while pouring himself a glass of wine.

He turned around, shook his head, and exclaimed: "It tastes really good."

He put down the bottle, walked over with the glass in hand, and said elegantly:

"The Elders' Council, huh? I'm aware of your standing in the underworld, and your style of doing things. Frankly, I used to think Bai Men Ya and Jiang Xiao Hu were all pretentious. But after meeting this bunch of weirdos from the Elders' Council, I realized that you're the ones who really are pretentious."

Canghai said: "You are wrong. For those without strength, that is called showing off. However, when your strength can crush the entire world of antiquities, it is not called showing off, but... a normal display of strength."

Long Aotian put down his wine glass and clapped his hands. "Well said! Then may I ask, since you are so awesome and can dominate the entire world of antiques, why did you come here with two boxes of money? To buy Lu Chengwen's villa?"

The sea was furious!

This is naked humiliation!

Yes, if you are so awesome, why did you get kidnapped and have to pay for ransom? You can't pretend at all!

As a result, before Canghai could say anything, Zhao Ritian "helped him" out of the predicament.

Zhao Ritian corrected Long Aotian: "Lu Chengwen's villa is not that cheap. I asked, and these two boxes are not enough."

Long Aotian looked at Zhao Ritian and said, "I'm talking about those cheap villas built by Lu Chengwen, which are for ordinary small-time local tycoons to live in. Why the hell do you keep correcting me?"

"You didn't explain yourself clearly, why are you glaring at me?"

Long Aotian said, "Stop talking. Haven't you noticed that our auras don't match at all? From now on, I won't say anything when you're showing off, and you won't say anything when I'm showing off! You've ruined my good atmosphere!"

Zhao Ritian pointed at Canghai and said, "I ruined the good mood he had just now."

Lu Chengwen said angrily, "You two get out and start arguing!"

Lu Chengwen walked to the door and said, "Get out! Both of you, get out! Let's fight it out!"

"Okay!" Zhao Ritian grabbed Long Aotian's collar and said, "Let's go! Let's go out and talk!"

"Let's go!" Long Aotian also grabbed Zhao Ritian's collar: "Today I will let you know who is the boss of the Yanzhao Sect!"

Lu Chengwen roared, "Stop practicing your mouth! Go out and practice! I'll go with you!"

Two masters blocked the door.

Canghai stood up: "You... really think you can get away like this?"