Peerless Bodyguard of a Stunning Beauty-Chapter 94 - 80: Love Flower, Forgetfulness Grass, Memory-Loss Water, and Soul-Reviving Pill_2

Chapter 94: Chapter 80: Love Flower, Forgetfulness Grass, Memory-Loss Water, and Soul-Reviving Pill_2

Hearing this, Zhao Rong was about to decline the offer, but the Chairman pressed on. "Zhao Rong, if you don’t take this money, then we can’t be brothers anymore."

Zhao Rong was stunned. The Chairman, a man of immense prestige and noble status, was calling him a brother. Me, a poor loser, on equal footing with the Chairman? How did I get here?

Zhao Rong hadn’t wanted to accept the money, but given the Chairman’s insistence, he felt he had no other choice.

When the nearby assistant saw the Chairman give Zhao Rong such a huge sum of money for his silence, he was ecstatic. If the Chairman can give Zhao Rong that much, then as one of the parties involved, shouldn’t I get a huge payout too? Once I get my hands on that money, the first thing I’ll do is curse out Zhao Rong. I’ll tell him I only stuck with him for his money, not because I actually liked him. Now that I’m rich, I’m strong enough to be a boss myself and have my own underlings! Next, I’ll take a fat stack of cash and slap Yu Lan right in the face with it... That’ll teach you to look down on me, to despise me for being poor, to only have eyes for that richer bastard Zhao Rong. Now I have money, and I’m going to use it to crush you!

While the assistant was lost in his pipe dreams, the Chairman whispered worriedly to Zhao Rong, "I trust you to keep my secret, Zhao Rong. But I don’t trust that kid. He won’t be as tight-lipped as you, will he?"

After a moment’s thought, Zhao Rong replied, "Chairman, the assistant likes to be clever and take small advantages, but... his character is decent enough. If you give him some hush money, I’m sure he’ll keep the secret."

Zhao Rong was a good person and felt that if he was getting paid, the assistant should get something too.

Despite Zhao Rong’s assurance, the Chairman remained unconvinced. "I’m worried, Zhao Rong," he said, his voice low. "I’m afraid that kid is insatiable. I’m worried that once he has leverage on me, he’ll just keep extorting and blackmailing me. So, I’m thinking..."

Listening to the Chairman’s words and seeing his expression, Zhao Rong felt a chill. No way... Surely the Chairman wouldn’t kill the assistant just to keep him from talking, would he?

Just as this fear gripped Zhao Rong, the assistant sauntered over with a sly grin. "Chairman," he said, "since you gave Zhao Rong a Swiss bank deposit... you should at least give me one from your Standard Chartered account, right?"

Hearing this, the Chairman’s blood ran cold. Damn it, I was right. This kid is exactly the greedy, shameless type I feared. I haven’t even offered him hush money, and he’s already demanding it! In terms of character, he’s the complete opposite of Zhao Rong. I had to force the money on Zhao Rong, who only accepted reluctantly. But this one? He’s demanding payment before I’ve even made an offer. If I give him a huge sum today, what’s to stop him from coming back for more after he’s spent it all? He has leverage over me, after all. If he asks, I’ll have to pay. If I don’t, and he exposes what happened today... I’ll be utterly ruined! The more he thought, the more his fear grew.

The Chairman forced a smile and feigned cooperation. "Don’t be anxious, my friend. Of course I’ll give you a large sum of money. I was just trying to decide... should I give you the deposit from my Swiss bank account, or the one from Standard Chartered?"

The assistant’s face split into a wide, greedy grin. "Chairman, I don’t care which bank it is! As long as I get the money so I can live a life of debauchery and excess, I’m happy!" As he spoke, he was already lost in visions of a lavish lifestyle.

Listening to this, the Chairman pulled Zhao Rong aside again. "You see, Zhao Rong? This kid is unreliable."

Zhao Rong looked at the Chairman with alarm. "Chairman... are you saying you want to... get rid of him?"

The Chairman shook his head. "I don’t actually want to take a life. I just want him to forget this ever happened... Or at least, to be unable to remember meeting me in the guesthouse in this alley."

Zhao Rong scratched the back of his head. How could I make him lose his memory? Suddenly, an idea struck him. "Chairman, I have a way," he said. "It will just cost some money for herbs so I can refine an Oblivion Elixir..." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Hearing the name "Oblivion Elixir," the Chairman was taken aback. "An elixir like that... can it really make the assistant forget about... finding me at the guesthouse?"

Recalling the alchemy manual the Sect Leader Mage had given him, Zhao Rong said with confidence, "No problem. As long as he takes this Oblivion Elixir, I guarantee he will forget everything that happened today."

The Chairman was overjoyed. "Just tell me what herbs you need. No matter how precious, I’ll get them for you."

Zhao Rong recited the formula from the alchemy manual. "I need Love Flowers, Forgetfulness Grass, Memory-Loss Water, and a Soul-Returning Elixir."

The Chairman immediately called his secretary, instructing him to buy the materials from the city’s apothecaries with the utmost speed and deliver them at once.

Once the ingredients were being procured, the Chairman asked Zhao Rong, looking puzzled, "Zhao Rong, the assistant isn’t a fool. Will he really take this Oblivion Elixir you make?"

Zhao Rong just smiled. "If we want him to forget, he won’t have a choice." With that, he approached the assistant.

When the assistant saw Zhao Rong and the Chairman walking toward him, he thought gleefully, Yes! The Chairman must have agreed with Zhao Rong to give me half of that Swiss bank account. As soon as I have that money, I can finally look down on Zhao Rong, humiliate Yu Lan, and then take off and travel the world...

Before he could finish his beautiful daydream, Zhao Rong was upon him. He raised his right arm and said, "Assistant, this is for your own good. Forgive me."

With those words, Zhao Rong chopped the side of the assistant’s neck. The assistant’s eyes rolled back, and he collapsed, unconscious.

Seeing the assistant fall, Zhao Rong thought, Don’t blame me for this. If I don’t knock you out and make you take this Oblivion Elixir, the Chairman would have almost certainly killed you to protect his reputation.

When the Chairman saw Zhao Rong knock out the assistant, he walked over with a pleased expression. "Excellent, Zhao Rong. Since we’ve already knocked him out, why don’t we just dump him in the sea to feed the sharks? That saves you the trouble of refining an elixir, doesn’t it?"