Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 172: Contract signed

"He survived?!" Shao Chen yelled over the phone and asked, "HOW?! Did you do your job properly?"

"It had nothing to do with my job. I followed everything down to the T. It was you who didn't tell me he was such a strong cultivator." The person on the phone with Shao Chen said.

"I told you he was a cultivator!" Shao Chen argued.

"Not such a strong one." The man countered before he added, "You told me he was at the Qi Gathering realm but even Qi empowerment realm masters couldn't have survived that attack let alone come out with a scratch."

Shao Chen remained silent. There was no answer there. It was obvious that the hired gun was lying because Shao Chen couldn't have been wronged when he gauged the strength of Wei Jun.

"I didn't make a mistake. It is you who didn't get the job done. You can forget about the payment." Shao Chen said and cut the call.

"What?! He--" The man was about to complain when the connection got cut. As for Shao Chen, he sat down in his chair, thinking back to whether he really was mistaken or not.

He was sure he wasn't but he wasn't so conceited enough to think he couldn't have made a mistake.

'But he still shouldn't have survived. Unless someone else interfered.' Shao Chen thought and redid his analysis.

He picked up the phone and dialed the earlier number again. The call went through and Shao Chen was the first to speak.

"Look, it is possible that both of us made a mistake. How about you strike again and I will see what I can do about your payment." Shao Chen said.

"…"

"I know you're dissatisfied but I won't do it again." Shao Chen said.

"…"

"Look, I know you're mad, but I'm sure we can work things out." Shao Chen said once again thinking that the private hire was showing attitude.

"…"

Once again, no reply came. Shao Chen was getting angry by the second but he managed to hold his anger back and said one last time, "Look, I made a mistake. No need to escalate this matter any further. If you don't do my job, I go to someone else. Then you lose the money you're owed as well."

"..." Once again silence but this time, the call was ended before Shao Chen could yell in anger.

"What the?!" Shao Chen yelled in anger and tried the phone again only to be shifted to the operator that the contact wasn't active anymore.

"How dare he!" Shao Chen yelled.

On the other side, inside a dilapidated apartment, a figure in the dark put down the phone and looked at the man lying on the floor with his throat slit.

The figure knelt down and planted a pen near the body and then left the apartment without changing anything.

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"You look happy." Xia Lu said as she entered Wei Jun's apartment.

"I am happy." Wei Jun said as he pulled out the contract sent by Yue Peng.

"What is this?" Xia Lu said as she took the contract unceremoniously and checked the contents. She didn't understand any of it but one thing she understood.

Yue Peng.

The name of a girl. A beautiful one. One she was familiar with. Her expression turned to frost as she asked, "So you only do business with women?"

Wei Jun stopped whatever he was doing and said, not sure of his answer, "No?"

"Oh, really?" Xia Lu asked.

"Yes." Wei Jun replied.

"When are you meeting her?" Xia Lu asked.

"Today." Wei Jun replied.

"Then you wouldn't mind if I follow along, right?" Xia Lu asked.

Wei Jun didn't utter a word. He was a bit afraid too. Involuntarily, he ended up nodding in answer to which Xia Lu smiled and said, "Great. See you then."

[Way to go, host]

'Shut up.' Wei Jun could only say that because he didn't know how to reply. After all, it was quite a new feeling to him.

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Yue Peng looked at Wei Jun with her eyebrow corked. And then she looked at the woman standing next to him with a smile on her face. She had met the woman before so she was aware of her.

What she didn't know was the fact that both of them were dating. She had heard the rumors but always thought of them to be bollocks. After all, why would Xia Lu be in a relationship with a man who had assaulted her in the past?

She looked at Wei Jun once again to see him sitting there, unbothered but she could see the embarrassed expression underneath that façade.

It was clear who took out the garbage in that relationship, metaphorically.

"Does she have to be here?" Yue Peng asked. She and Xia Lu were not friends. They just knew of each other, nothing more. "Even if she is your girlfriend, I don't think it is ethical for her to be here?"

"Are you going to talk about eloping?" Xia Lu asked.

"No!" Yue Peng was offended by that question.

"Then it doesn't matter whether I am here or not. I wouldn't be able to understand much anyway." Xia Lu said. Read new chapters at m_v-l'e|-NovelBin.net

Yue Peng didn't reply but instead turned her head to Wei Jun and said, "Are you going to do something about your girlfriend?"

"Yes, honey. Are you going to do something about me?" Xia Lu also turned to Wei Jun and asked.

As for Wei Jun, he had a serious expression on his face that troubled both of the girls and in all that seriousness, he said, "Lemon."

"…"

"What?" Both of the girls asked.

"I see lemons in front of my eyes." Wei Jun once again said.

Yue Peng was speechless while Xia Lu subtly smiled.

[I think you've gone insane, host]

[Or whipped]

'Shut up. I really do see lemons.' Wei Jun said in his defense.

"Haa… Whatever. I'm doing nothing but wasting my time." Yue Peng said before she handed Wei Jun the contract and stated her terms.

"You and I will be equal partners." Yue Peng said but before she could continue, Xia Lu yelled, "Partners?"

Silence. Yue Peng and Wei Jun both looked at her without saying a word.

"If you cannot remain quiet, then leave." Yue Peng said annoyingly.

Xia Lu didn't bother with her and turned to Wei Jun and asked, "What does she mean by partners?"

"It means we both make decisions." Wei Jun said.

"Like being in a marriage?" Xia Lu picked up the wrong meaning of the sentence.

Wei Jun opened his mouth to say something but he couldn't find the right words to do so. Before he could come up with an explanation, Xia Lu said, "No good. Put my name in there instead of yours. I refuse to you both getting married. Let it be me instead."

'Then wouldn't you and her be getting married?' Wei Jun thought inwardly but chose not to say a word.

[One could imagine both of them married]

[Especially in bed]

[Would be quite a sight]

'Shut up,' Wei Jun shot the system down but couldn't help but imagine the scene. He shook his head because his thoughts were heading in a dangerous direction.

"If… she said another word…" Yue Peng looked at Wei Jun, fed up with Xia Lu's antics, and said, "No deal."

"I think… I think you should calm down. Nothing is happening." Wei Jun said to Xia Lu, placating her a bit which worked a little when she saw that she was hindering Wei Jun's work.

"Fine." Xia Lu said.

Wei Jun turned to Yue Peng and said, "Sorry. You can continue."

Yue Peng gave him a stink eye but continued, "You and I will equally share the business but I will call the shots primarily."

"Your opinion would be more important than any other but the final decision would lie on me." Xia Lu said before she handed him a file and said, "Everything else is in there."

In other words, that term was what she cared about the most. Everything else was secondary.

Wei Jun read the file and when he saw there was nothing wrong with it, he nodded and signed it. The second contract was also compared and seeing no inconsistencies, both the parties signed it as well.

One file was kept by Yue Peng while Wei Jun took one. As Yue Peng was about to stand up, Wei Jun said while handing a piece of paper over, "To our new partnership. May it not end until the end of time."

[Cheezy]

Yue Peng skeptically took the paper and looked at its contents. When she saw it, her eyes widened to the limit.

"This…" Yue Peng said as she looked at Wei Jun who smiled and answered her wordless question, "A little investment. After all, it is now half my business as well."

Yue Peng didn't say anything. She didn't have the right words to. She wanted to say thanks but she didn't know how to.

She was just lost at Wei Jun's behavior. And she also doubted his motives. After all, no one gives away five hundred million yuan as an investment.