Chapter 1583 - 1581: Want Money, Want Life

Yang Guiwen watched Yang Chen carefully, then looked again at the subordinate lying in a pool of blood on the floor, and started to feel a bit uneasy.

"I'm telling you, I know everyone in the Security Office in this district. If you mess with me, it won't end well for you. You need official paperwork to take me away from here, there's absolutely no way you can remove me. I've got permanent residency!" Yang Guiwen said, his voice trembling.

"Oh? That so? Want me to invite their boss over as well?" Yang Chen said with a smile.

Yang Guiwen immediately grew wary and shook his head quickly. "No need to call him. You still won't be able to deal with me!"

Yang Chen chuckled. "Anyway, your lawyer will be here in a bit."

"That's right, we'll wait till the lawyer comes," Yang Guiwen said steadily.

Yang Chen laughed and said, "Since he'll be here soon, let's talk about our business first."

Yang Guiwen shouted angrily, "If he doesn't show up, I won't say a word!"

Yang Chen gave a faint smile, then suddenly swung a slap at him.

Smack!

That slap nearly knocked Yang Guiwen out.

His head spun like crazy, the world was tilting, and golden stars were bursting in front of his eyes.

"You actually hit me!" Yang Guiwen glared at Yang Chen.

Yang Chen pointed at the men around them, then pointed at the weapons in their hands. "Try opening those eyes of yours, all right? The gun barrels are right here. Who do you think I'm afraid of? Who's going to save you? The fact I dare kill people here means I've got special enforcement authority. If you don't talk, I don't mind letting you sample some of the torture methods our ancestors came up with."

Looking into Yang Chen's eyes, full of murderous intent, Yang Guiwen couldn't stop himself from shuddering, fear rising in his heart.

The thick stench of blood all around them started crazily drilling into his nose.

He finally seemed to realize that standing in front of him was a pack of executioners who killed without batting an eye, who didn't give a damn about rules or regulations.

"You can't touch me! If you dare hurt me, you'll regret it. The people behind me will never let you off. Even if you run to the ends of the earth, they'll avenge me!" Yang Guiwen still tried to tough it out.

Yang Chen burst out laughing, waved his hand, and two men immediately walked over and went to work on Yang Guiwen.

About twenty minutes later.

Yang Guiwen was practically on his last breath, having endured the worst pain imaginable.

Just then, a man in pajamas was dragged in after being beaten.

Yang Chen glanced at him, and the man stared back at Yang Chen, his face full of terror.

He had absolutely no idea what was going on, just suddenly kidnapped and brought here.

Yang Chen stepped up, grabbed him by the hair, and yanked him into the room.

The man screamed in panic.

Yang Chen threw him down onto the floor and said to Yang Guiwen, "Is this your lawyer?"

Seeing the man in front of him, Yang Guiwen shook all over with fright.

He hadn't expected Yang Chen and his people to be this vicious, actually dragging his lawyer straight over here.

The lawyer's face was also twisted with fear.

He hadn't thought these people would bring him to Yang Guiwen, and even less expected that Yang Guiwen would be tied up and beaten to a pulp. Plus all those bodies lying in pools of blood nearby—clearly, a war had just gone down here.

The lawyer trembled uncontrollably.

Yang Chen stepped down hard on the lawyer's head, almost scaring his soul out of his body, and the man screamed, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I'll talk! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

When he opened his mouth, it was pure, standard Flame Country speech.

Yang Chen was amused and looked at Yang Guiwen. "Looks like your lawyer's sitting on a lot of dirt about you."

"Damn you!" Yang Guiwen glared at the lawyer and snarled, "If you dare talk, I'll make sure you beg for death! You know how strong the forces behind me are!"

Yang Chen slapped Yang Guiwen across the face. "Shut up!"

Yang Chen sneered. "You don't talk, someone else will. I've already given you your chance."

With that, Yang Chen turned to the lawyer. "You can talk now."

The lawyer blurted out, "I know, I know everything, I know all about him, every single deal, the women he keeps, the crimes he's committed, I know them all."

"Go on," Yang Chen said, lifting his foot off the lawyer, pulling over a chair and sitting down to watch him.

Though terrified, the lawyer still hadn't lost his mind. He hesitated and said, "There's a lot I know, and a lot of evidence too, but you have to guarantee you won't kill me."

Yang Chen smiled at the lawyer. "Relax. As long as you confess honestly and tell me everything you know, I absolutely won't hurt you. And I can promise you this: once you spill about him, you're a witness. Not only won't we harm you, we'll protect you. That way, you won't even need to fear the people behind him. They'll have no way to retaliate against you."

Hearing this, the lawyer finally relaxed completely and nodded. "All right! I'll confess, I'll confess everything!"

Next, under Yang Guiwen's murderous glare, the lawyer confessed everything he knew, practically turning Yang Guiwen inside out, exposing every filthy thing Yang Guiwen had ever done.

You had to admit, over all these years the two of them had worked together very smoothly. Whenever something tricky came up, the lawyer would help him fix it, and in doing so he learned about a lot of his dirty dealings.

He even handled communication with the syndicate on the other side for him.

Yang Guiwen trusted this lawyer deeply—not just because he paid him a lot, but because he could keep the lawyer under control.

The lawyer understood clearly that in his office, his car, his home, there were listening devices and cameras. His every move was under Yang Guiwen's surveillance, so he wasn't afraid of anything leaking out.

That was exactly what ended up making Yang Guiwen fall flat on his face in the lawyer's hands.

"Everything I've mentioned is documented. I've archived it all, it's in the safe at my home. You can go check for yourselves. The code is 0035," the lawyer said.

Yang Chen nodded and glanced at one of his men.

That man immediately went out to relay the information.

There were already people posted on that end, so verifying whether the lawyer was telling the truth would be easy.

In less than ten minutes, word came back.

Just as the lawyer had said, all the evidence was locked up in his safe. Once that stuff was brought out, it was enough to utterly ruin Yang Guiwen and damn him forever.

But to Yang Chen, that didn't mean much. It was only a small piece of the puzzle; his goal was never just to see Yang Guiwen punished according to the law.

He wanted to dig out every last person behind Yang Guiwen.

Yang Chen hung up the phone and looked at Yang Guiwen.

"Now, do you have anything left to say?" Yang Chen asked him.

Yang Guiwen just gnashed his teeth and glared at the lawyer. "I didn't think you'd actually keep the files! You bastard! If I'd known, I should've killed you myself!"

The lawyer snarled back at him, "If it weren't for you, would I have ended up like this? This is all your fault! I wanted to make money, but I also want to stay alive! If I'm dead, what use is all that money you give me?"