Brother Xiong bent over, hands on knees, his face flushed like two pieces of pig liver.

Half of it was from the slap Chen Wei just gave him, the other half was from his anger.

It took him over a minute to calm down and regulate his breathing.

"Damn it, you guys are forcing my hand! If I don't deal with you, my surname won't be Xiong!" Brother Xiong swore furiously and immediately took out his phone to make a call.

Inside the room, Shi Feng stared at Qi Yun in confusion. "We offered them 2,500, why won't they sell?"

Qi Yun smiled lightly at him, speaking in a calm tone: "Honestly, I'm telling you the truth. Although I got a bargain on that Buddha Head, I didn't buy it just to make money."

Shi Feng smacked his lips and gave him a sideways glance. "Seriously? You really believe in Buddha now?"

"Not really." Qi Yun shook his head, "You'll know when we get back. I could tell you now, but you wouldn't believe it."

"Alright then." Shi Feng sighed and continued, "Tomorrow I'll let Lao Wai pick out the goods, then we'll head straight back."

"The way they're acting seems pretty determined. We might end up with trouble since this is their turf after all."

...

On the other side, Brother Xiong stormed back to his car.

No longer pretending to be cool with a cigar, he asked his guy for a cigarette, taking a few deep drags to suppress the anger piled up inside.

He hadn't even finished the cigarette when the phone in his pocket rang.

"Boss, we found the place."

Brother Xiong's eyes were cold and he spoke in a deep voice, "Send me the location!"

Just as he hung up, a message from his guy popped up on his phone.

Brother Xiong tossed the cigarette butt out the window and instructed the driver, "To Jiyuan Street!"

"Okay." The guy responded promptly, starting the car, and the two cars parked beside them followed suit.

...

Puxin District, Jiyuan Street, in a certain upscale apartment complex.

Lao Wai, who had just fallen asleep, heard a knock on the door coming from outside.

"So late, who's that?" His wife, lying next to him, grumbled.

Lao Wai turned on the bedside lamp and irritably got out of bed, "You go ahead and sleep, I'll check it out."

"Knock knock knock!"

"Who's there!" Lao Wai shouted towards the door.

A young man's voice replied from outside, "Property management! Somebody downstairs claims there's a dance party going on, disturbing the peace! We're here to check."

Peeking through the peephole, Lao Wai saw only a young man in a security uniform outside. He reached to open the door, replying, "Must be a mistake, my place..."

But before he could finish, the door was slammed open.

Lao Wai stumbled backward, his back hitting the shoe cabinet in the entryway hard, making him take a sharp breath from the pain.

Before he could react, several large men charged inside, including Brother Xiong, whom he had seen not too long ago, lumbers in at the back.

At this moment, Lao Wai's wife heard the commotion from the bedroom, running out, barely dressed in pajamas and without her slippers.

Seeing the scene, she immediately turned pale with fear, pointing shakily at Brother Xiong and his crew, stammering, "W-what do you want?"

Brother Xiong shot her a glance and ordered one of his guys, "Take her phone, lock her up in the bedroom."

The guy promptly approached Lao Wai's wife, "Hand over your phone!"

Lao Wai's wife, sensing danger, cooperated readily, retrieving her phone from the room, "Please don't do anything rash, anything you like in the house, take it, just don't hurt us."

Brother Xiong scoffed, "You're quite cooperative, eh?" Then he crouched down, patting Lao Wai's face with an icy tone, "I hope you can be as cooperative as your wife."

Lao Wai glanced at him, then called to his wife, "It's okay, go back inside."

His wife, who often helped him with business matters, was not the type to scream and shout, and she calmly nodded before turning around to go back to the bedroom and locking the door.

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