Chapter 4354 — A Conspiracy in the Shadows
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The grudge between the Qingtian Escort Agency and the Poison Eye Mercenary Corps—above all the feud between those two young masters, Qi Wenmo and Cheng Qitian—was something any local you stopped on the streets of Weihu City could talk about for three days and nights. It was known to one and all.
"Haha, Manager Wei has it right. Qi Wenmo and I are indeed sworn enemies—the kind whose hatred runs so deep that one of us must die, that only one of us can live!" Cheng Qitian laughed aloud.
At this Wei Zhaotong did not know whether to laugh or cry. One of you must die, only one of you can live—isn't it always you who has the last laugh? Everyone knows that the moment Young Master Cheng runs into Qi Wenmo he comes off the loser. Is this confidence, or plain stupidity…
"Then what exactly does Young Master Cheng wish to do, coming here this time?" Wei Zhaotong's expression had eased somewhat. The enemy of my enemy is my friend—even a specimen like Cheng Qitian understood that principle, and naturally he understood it too.
"Very simple. I want to join hands with Manager Wei and hatch a plan—to give that Qingtian Escort Agency another good screwing!" Cheng Qitian said with gusto.
Every time he had clashed with the Qingtian Escort Agency before, he had come off the worse at Qi Wenmo's hands; meeting them head-on was plainly a dead end. But this latest affair had given him an idea. To deal with the Qingtian Escort Agency and Qi Wenmo—and that Ling Yi into the bargain—he need not confront them openly at all. He could do just as Wei Zhaotong had done, and scheme in the shadows to strike a dirty blow!
"Oh?" Wei Zhaotong's eyes lit up at once, his interest roused. "Come, come, Young Master Cheng, into the inner hall. Let us discuss this properly."
By now, Wei Zhaotong's desire to bring down the Qingtian Escort Agency was greater even than Cheng Qitian's. Though he had fobbed off this latest affair for the moment, the other side still held solid living witnesses in their grasp, and that was no small hidden danger to him. If those witnesses fell into the hands of the Hong Shadow Group, it would mean real trouble.
It was only a pity that although the Hong Clan Trading Company wielded no small power in the Weihu Sea, it was, after all, a house of business. Even the skilled retainers stationed here had as their bounden duty only the guarding of the Hong Clan Trading Company. Wei Zhaotong might be the branch manager, but he could not lightly command them, still less send them to do deeds that could not bear the light of day.
And Wei Zhaotong himself was too conspicuous a target; every move he made drew watching eyes. If he wished to do a little tampering with his own hands, the difficulty was no small matter. Who would have thought Cheng Qitian would deliver himself to his door?
Behind this Young Master Cheng stood the Poison Eye Mercenary Corps—a local snake if ever there was one—and for striking a dirty blow in the shadows, they were the perfect partners!
The two had never had any friendship between them, yet in this way they came to feel something like kindred spirits, as though they had met too late, and at once could not wait to withdraw into the inner hall for a thorough talk.
From afternoon until evening they schemed a full three hours, and only then did they emerge beaming, Wei Zhaotong himself seeing his guest out with every courtesy. Cheng Qitian went home well satisfied.
Over the next few days, Wei Zhao had expected that after the storm that had passed, there would be follow-up moves from either Wei Zhaotong's side or Cheng Qitian's. Yet to his surprise, the days that followed were utterly calm, without the slightest sign of anything amiss.
Since the other side did not come looking for trouble, Wei Zhao could hardly go knocking on their door himself; he was content to enjoy the respite. (To be continued) R655