Divine Lucky Star
Chapter 323 - Chapter 323 Chapter 323 Young Master

Chapter 323: Chapter 323 “Young Master! Chapter 323: Chapter 323 “Young Master! “Brother Biao, huh?” Wang Hao made himself at home without waiting for an invitation, plopping down on the sofa and kicking up his legs, not even bothering to look at him, just raking his eyes around the room with mockery, “I hear you owe my friend here a million and haven’t paid up?”

“Oh? Who would’ve thought this guy would actually call for backup?” Jin Debiao stood up, walked over to the couch next to Wang Hao, and sat down, then took out a pack of soft Tianhua cigarettes and asked, “Smoke?”

The price of a soft Tianhua was roughly equivalent to the soft Zhonghuas before Wang Hao had ‘Crossed.’ They were considered premium cigarettes as well, but Wang Hao didn’t even take one. Instead, he pulled out a pack of True Dragon Prosperity from his pocket and said with a laugh, “I only smoke these.”

Upon seeing the cigarettes that Wang Hao had produced, Jin Debiao was momentarily stunned.

True Dragon Prosperity, with its seven milligrams of tar content, was known for a product style of rich flavor with low tar. Its vented filter, created using laser drilling, effectively reduced the content of harmful substances in the smoke; the high-tech threading in the mouthpiece contributed to flavor enhancement and harm reduction.

The key was the price, the market rate was two thousand per carton!

“Little brother’s got style,” Jin Debiao quickly slapped on a smile and said, “How should I address you?”

“People in the underworld call me Brother Hao,” Wang Hao chuckled, lit a cigarette, then took a drag and said, “But I prefer those close to me to call me the Young Master.”

“Brother Hao, huh,” Jin Debiao lit a cigarette for himself and said, “Honestly, it’s not like I don’t want to repay the money; the problem is that the funds haven’t been approved from up above. Without the approval from above, what can I use to pay you? Isn’t that the truth?”

“That’s not my problem,” Wang Hao just laughed and said, “All I know is that debts must be repaid. Now that the project is finished, you have to pay up. Whether or not your superiors have approved it, that’s your business, not my friend’s business, understand?”

“Kid!” Jin Debiao’s eyes narrowed the moment he heard Wang Hao’s response. “I, Brother Biao, have been on the streets for years, and no one from either the underworld or the law has ever denied me face. You’re clearly looking for trouble today!”

With that said, he pressed a button in his hand, and soon the office door burst open, allowing more than a dozen people to storm in, each wielding a weapon, necks clad in chains and arms covered in tattoos, looking ferocious and menacing.

Now that his own men had arrived, Jin Debiao suddenly had full confidence and sneered, “Kid, you don’t toast, you get forced to drink! And let me tell you frankly, I just won’t pay up, what can you do about it? Calling yourself Young Master, you don’t even have all your hair yet, pah!”

As if to back up Jin Debiao’s words, the toughs behind him arrogantly brandished the weapons in their hands.

Faced with so many people, Brother Da Wei had already become so frightened that his legs were shaking.

He was, after all, just a regular citizen, not accustomed to such grand spectacles, and his first instinct was to grab Wang Hao and make a run for it.

But before he could say anything, Wang Hao was the one to speak up first.

“Very well, so you’ve decided to play dirty with me, right?” Wang Hao said with a smile, “I love this blatant banditry. It’s thrilling.” He casually tapped a few buttons on his phone without saying anything, then continued to smoke with his legs propped up, showing no signs of urgency.

Even those roughnecks hadn’t seen this kind of display before; without an order from their boss, they dared not act.

Jin Debiao, unable to fathom the reach of Wang Hao’s connections, hesitated to actually cross Wang Hao. For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was incredibly tense.

About ten minutes later, a rumble of car engines suddenly came from downstairs, prompting Jin Debiao to leap to the window. With just one glance down, his face turned white!

There was a line of no less than ten black Jaguar cars, neatly pulling into the company courtyard.

Soon after, a group of men in black suits and sunglasses smoothly disembarked, clearly well-trained and in a different league from his makeshift muscle.

The group charged into the building and headed straight for the general manager’s office. Upon entering, they surrounded Jin Debiao’s gang, and then those men in black all bowed at once to Wang Hao–

“Young Master!”

With a “thud,” Jin Debiao’s face turned ashen, and he collapsed to the ground in a frightened heap.

“Brother Biao, is it?” Wang Hao, grinning, crouched down to look at Jin Debiao, “I’ve heard you’re big in both the underworld and the legal world. I’d love to see you show me how that’s done. How about giving me a performance right now?”

“You… don’t mess around!” Jin Debiao, sweating bullets, exclaimed, “This project is under the management of the vice mayor’s secretary! I have connections!”

Upon hearing this, Brother Da Wei was suddenly startled!

He hadn’t expected Jin Debiao to have such a powerful backer! When he was doing the job, he only knew it was the newly built office building for the Bureau of Statistics, but he never imagined that the project was backed by the deputy mayor’s secretary!

“Deputy mayor’s secretary?” Wang Hao frowned and pondered for a moment, “I didn’t expect you to have such strong connections…”

Seeing Wang Hao hesitating, Jin Debiao immediately felt proud again and boldly boasted, “That’s right, you dare mess with us and see what happens?”

“This is troublesome,” Wang Hao stroked his chin, and then turned to Brother Da Wei, “Da Wei, you didn’t tell me about this before.”

“This… I didn’t know either,” Brother Da Wei said anxiously, his forehead sweating profusely, “I got the job from Brother Biao, I had no idea who was in charge above us!”

“Yeah, that is a bit troublesome,” Wang Hao thought for a while, then took out his phone: “Tell me, which deputy mayor’s secretary is it?”

“This…” Jin Debiao glanced at Wang Hao, unsure if he genuinely intended to make the call or was just posturing, but then he decided to bluff and blurted out, “It’s Secretary Su Jianyi of Deputy Mayor Su!”

“Su Jianyi?” Wang Hao opened his phone contacts, quickly found the number for Secretary Little Lin of Su Jianyi’s office, and held it in front of Jin Debiao, “Is this your guy?”

Holy shit, this guy actually knows him!

Jin Debiao collapsed at the sight of the phone number!

If the higher-ups found out that he’d been embezzling project funds, his days would be over, and he might even end up in jail!

“Brother Hao, no no no, my lord, I was wrong, my lord!” Jin Debiao sat on the ground begging for mercy, “Please don’t make that call, everything is negotiable, I’ll pay, isn’t money enough?!”

“How’s that?” Wang Hao said with a grin, “It’s not that big a deal, I’m just thinking about making a call to check on the situation, and look at you, scared to this extent.”

“My lord, I didn’t know you were friends with the secretary, otherwise even if I had ten times the courage I wouldn’t dare do this!” Jin Debiao was truly panicked now. He knew exactly who Secretary Lin was. He had thought no one would find out, and even if someone did, who could easily go to the deputy mayor’s secretary to demand an explanation?

But to his surprise, he had really kicked an iron plate this time!

“Now you regret it?” Wang Hao snorted coldly, “It seems my friend’s arm got hurt a bit, which hand did the hitting?”

“It was… it was my men who did it, not me!” Jin Debiao desperately tried to shirk responsibility, “It really wasn’t me!”

“Just say which hand did it,” Wang Hao didn’t hesitate this time, “Name one and I’ll break that one. If you don’t tell me, I’ll break both. Your choice.”

Cold sweat the size of soy beans streamed down Jin Debiao’s forehead, plopping to the ground. As the black-clothed bodyguard approached, he hurriedly said, “The left hand, it was the left hand!”

Brother Da Wei was injured, and Wang Hao was the most distressed! This was the brother who had taken care of him since he was a child, and he would not let this assault slide, so he gave the order directly: “Break his left hand.”

The black-clothed bodyguard stepped forward and, with a lightning-fast kick, struck Jin Debiao’s left arm!

With a heavy and forceful kick, Jin Debiao was sent flying, his arm snapped with a crack, obviously twisted at a grotesque angle!

“Ah–!!” Jin Debiao screamed in pain. Wang Hao narrowed his eyes and said, “Alright, now let’s talk properly. It’s a total of 1.06 million, right? Transfer it to his account this instant, and don’t you dare short me a single penny, or your other arm gets it too, got it?!”

“How… how can I transfer money now,” Jin Debiao cried out in pain, “My arm is broken…”

“Isn’t your right hand still fine?” Wang Hao beckoned, and immediately, a black-clothed man stepped forward with a POS machine…

Jin Debiao’s gang of thugs felt a chill–my god, they actually carried this thing with them!

“Come on, don’t be shy,” Wang Hao said cheerily, puffing on a cigarette, “I know you’ve got money in your account.”

Jin Debiao was on the verge of tears–now it was too late to even think about running away!