Chapter 4358 — A Good Business
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As a result, even if Wei Zhaotong managed to fob them off this time, he would never dare pull the same trick again to fleece anyone. Otherwise, however slow others might be on the uptake, they would eventually catch on and grow suspicious.
What was more, the escort agencies and clients he had fleeced in the past, seeing what had befallen the Qingtian Escort Agency, might well come to their senses too—and perhaps even band together to settle scores with him, Wei Zhaotong!
Not only had his money road been cut off, but it had brought him such a grave hidden danger besides—and the chief culprit behind it all was that fellow called Ling Yi. If he could let that slide, he would not be called Wei Zhaotong.
Wei Zhaotong and Cheng Qitian waited until evening, until everyone from the Morning Star Academy had settled into the inn, before setting out in eager haste to call upon his distant cousin, Qin Deli.
The Morning Star Academy stood aloof on high. Even as a branch shopkeeper of the Hong Merchant Guild, Wei Zhaotong could only announce himself and then wait obediently outside the inn's main gate until Qin Deli came out.
"Brother Wei, you've come at just the right time—I was about to go looking for you!" Qin Deli was massively built, with the look of a coarse, rough-hewn fellow, and his bearing and movements were open and unrestrained. No one could have guessed that this man was, in fact, just like Wei Zhaotong—a thoroughgoing merchant, and a black-hearted one at that.
"Cousin was looking for me?" Wei Zhaotong was slightly taken aback.
"Mm, there's a matter to discuss. Let's go to your place—easier to talk there," Qin Deli said with a nod.
"Very well. After you, cousin." Wei Zhaotong at once had a carriage readied and returned to the Hong Merchant Guild, introducing Qin Deli along the way: "Cousin, this is the young master of the local Poison Eye Mercenary Corps, Young Master Cheng Qitian."
"I have seen Senior Qin," Cheng Qitian said, not daring to be remiss, and hastily cupped his hands in salute.
Qin Deli gave a slight nod but said nothing. As a purchasing steward of the Morning Star Academy, he was a man whose eyes were fixed high above; let alone a mere Cheng Qitian, even the entire Poison Eye Mercenary Corps was, in his eyes, nothing but a pack of bumpkins who had never seen the world, hardly worth his notice.
Cheng Qitian had never suffered such a cold reception, and his anger flared at once—but he was not so foolish as to challenge a man of that stature, especially when he still counted on him to deal with Ling Yi together. He could only swallow his anger back down.
The three arrived at the Hong Merchant Guild and stepped into the inner hall. Qin Deli not only dismissed the servants but even sent Cheng Qitian, who wanted to follow them in, out of the room before speaking: "Brother Wei, business has come. This time we're docking at Weihu City, and all our supplies are being replenished here, so you know what that means—the usual arrangement."
"Certainly!" Wei Zhaotong was overjoyed. Since being transferred out, he had long been parted from this sort of "good business." Though it was only this once, he could still make a hefty sum from it.
"Remember, cover your tracks cleanly. The partner I found on the Eastern Continent side isn't reliable—it seems someone up there has already caught wind of something. Whatever you do, don't leave any handle for them to grab," Qin Deli warned him solemnly.
"Cousin, have you ever known me to be anything but reliable in handling matters?" Wei Zhaotong pledged, thumping his chest.
"Of course I trust you—otherwise why would I come looking for you?" Qin Deli laughed. Those five years Wei Zhaotong had spent in the Gaolin Sea had also been the years he himself had reaped the most, and their cooperation had been a great pleasure. What a pity things had not gone as hoped. (To be continued..)