But before he could speak, Guo Liangzhi keenly realized something: he had no idea what Han Xiaohu’s name was and didn’t know how to introduce him to his subordinate.
Just as a slightly helpless expression appeared on his face, Wang Shuquan, who had been standing stiffly off to the side, noticed Guo Liangzhi’s predicament. He quickly pulled himself together, stumbled over to his boss’s side, and whispered a reminder.
“Chairman Guo, the superhuman holding us here… his name is Han Xiaohu.”
“Han Xiaohu? How do you know his name? Do you know him?”
Hearing his boss’s question and sensing his suspicion, Wang Shuquan couldn’t help but inwardly sigh. He then answered his boss.
“Chairman Guo, I swear to you, before today, I had never met this man Han Xiaohu.”
“If you’d never met him before today, then how do you know his name?”
After hearing Wang Shuquan’s answer, Guo Liangzhi immediately frowned and pressed him further.
In response, Wang Shuquan glanced at Han Xiaohu not far away. Although he was well aware that at this distance, Han Xiaohu could hear every word he and his boss said, no matter how softly they spoke, he confirmed that the other man showed no intention of stopping him. So, he began to explain to his boss.
“Chairman Guo, here’s how it actually happened…”
After Wang Shuquan explained for a bit, Guo Liangzhi finally understood why his assistant knew Han Xiaohu’s name and why this man called Han Xiaohu harbored such dislike for him and his people. Thankfully, he was just a superhuman after money. Otherwise, he really might have ended up dead here today, with nothing left, just as Han Xiaohu had said.
“I truly never imagined that you and I, Mr. Han, would have such a connection. I just don’t know whether to call it my misfortune or my stroke of luck.”
After learning the whole story, Guo Liangzhi continued walking over to Han Xiaohu and spoke respectfully.
In response to this polite talk directed at him, Han Xiaohu didn’t bother with a reply. He simply waved a hand and said, “Enough nonsense. Hurry up and give me the money. I’m getting impatient.”
Hearing this, Guo Liangzhi naturally didn’t dare keep hold of the black briefcase containing the five hundred thousand in used cash any longer and hastily handed it over to Han Xiaohu.
Taking the black briefcase, Han Xiaohu opened it. He looked at the neat stacks of red hundred-yuan bills, noting they weren’t brand-new sequential notes but rather clearly used, non-sequential ones. Confirming there was no issue, a satisfied expression crossed his face, and he closed the briefcase.
Seeing Han Xiaohu stow the black briefcase away, Guo Liangzhi, who had been wound tight with anxiety, terrified that the man wouldn’t accept the money and spare him, instantly breathed a sigh of relief. He then resumed his ingratiating manner and said to Han Xiaohu, “Alright then, Mr. Han. Now that you have the money you wanted, I suppose you’ll be leaving?”
Hearing Guo Liangzhi’s words, Han Xiaohu suddenly shook his head. “Mr. Guo, although I’ve now received the money I wanted, there are still two more things I’d like to take from you.”
“???”
Hearing Han Xiaohu’s words, Guo Liangzhi, who had thought that getting the five hundred thousand in cash would make the man leave, couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. He cursed inwardly: This guy is really a greedy bastard.
Although he was extremely unhappy, the reality was that the other held all the power. Not wanting to provoke Han Xiaohu, Guo Liangzhi could only ask as calmly as possible, “May I ask what two things you still want from me, Mr. Han?”
Hearing this, and unsure how to judge the value of the next two things he intended to take, Han Xiaohu thought for a moment. Then, looking at Guo Liangzhi before him, a faint smile appeared on his face as he said, “I also want to take… your life, and your brother’s. Those two worthless dog lives of yours.”
“What?! You took my money, and now you want my life too? That’s unreasonable!”
Hearing Han Xiaohu’s words, Guo Liangzhi, who had thought paying the money would let him escape unscathed, was stunned for a moment. Then, in a tone of disbelief, he spoke to Han Xiaohu.
In response, Han Xiaohu merely smiled slightly before answering, “Mr. Guo, when did I ever say I would spare your life? Please don’t be so presumptuous, alright?”
Having said that, Han Xiaohu immediately began to channel the supernatural power within him, intending to settle things completely with Guo Liangzhi and his brother, Guo Liangming, right here.
Seeing this and realizing Han Xiaohu was about to make his move, Guo Liangzhi sensed the deadly danger. His eyes widened in fear.
Then, without a thought for the others in his office, Guo Liangzhi unhesitatingly bolted, trying to escape from the room.
Seeing this, Han Xiaohu, who had already decided to finish him off here, naturally couldn’t just watch him leave. In the next instant, he reached out a hand and unleashed his supernatural power towards the fleeing man.
Just as Han Xiaohu’s power was closing in on Guo Liangzhi, about to take effect and turn him into an ice sculpture, a melodious song suddenly began to play within the chairman’s office, reaching the ears of everyone present.
Before Han Xiaohu could even process what this sudden song was, his mind grew instantly hazy under its influence, and along with it, his control over his supernatural power became noticeably less precise.
As a result, the power that should have struck Guo Liangzhi and turned him into an ice sculpture merely grazed him, freezing one of his arms as it struck the floor beside him.
“Young man, although I fully understand that you want to bring some fairness for the poor and exploited people of this world, which is why you wish to end the lives of these damn bloodsuckers and their ilk… if you really kill someone here today, you will have no turning back. There will be no going back on this path.”
Manifesting her form beside the computer, Jizi Ge—an electronic songstress under Yan Qi’s control, immensely popular online—glanced at Han Xiaohu, who was still dazed by the effects of her song.
Recalling the scenes she had witnessed earlier via surveillance and the information she had gathered about him through her investigation, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of pity. Then she spoke these words to him and simultaneously stopped singing.