Secret Buyer-Chapter 48: The White Glove

Dragon Boat City Fourth District, Peace Hotel.

"The Green Gang’s targeting is getting more serious."

Lu Mingzhu gently tapped the redwood table, glancing at everyone present:

"I know, this is not Jiangzhou, and we don’t hold the dominant position here, but if there are difficulties, we overcome them."

A bald middle-aged man raised his hand: 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Manager, the Source Point Research Institute has confirmed that this time, they’re only recruiting one researcher in Dragon Boat City. Currently, there are three candidates."

"One is our own Zhang Lingzhi, another is Green Gang’s candidate Chen Sijiu, and the remaining one isn’t worth noting, Zhang Xiaoxi, with no background."

Lu Mingzhu acknowledged with a sound:

"Pay attention to Zhang Lingzhi’s safety issues."

The bald middle-aged man asked:

"Should we take the initiative?"

"No, our foundation in Dragon Boat City is too shallow." Lu Mingzhu calmly said: "The Green Gang may be waiting for us to make a move, Chen Sijiu can’t be touched, and as for Zhang Xiaoxi, the Green Gang will handle it themselves."

After a pause, she shifted her focus:

"One last thing, the fourth boss from Jiangzhou is arriving in Dragon Boat City today. Make sure everyone is ready and no mistakes are made."

The bald middle-aged man curiously asked:

"Fourth boss? How come we haven’t heard of him before?"

Lu Mingzhu smiled:

"A new small boss, just a First-Refined Martial Artist, of course, weak as he may be, but we must still show respect, do you understand?"

"Understood!" the management answered in unison.

’Ring ring!’ At this moment, Lu Mingzhu’s phone rang.

The call connected.

"Lost him?"

She frowned:

"Too many people outside the station... Why do we even have you? Afraid of being noticed if too close? Huh, go receive the family punishment, incompetence, twenty red sticks, cut twice."

After hanging up, the phone buzzed again within two minutes.

She picked it up and looked, her eyebrows adjusting, her tone becoming respectful, but her expression unchanged.

"Fourth boss, we’ve been waiting for your call for a long time."

"Yes, alright, no problem, I’ll arrange it immediately."

She put down the phone.

"That was quite quick." After making brief arrangements, Lu Mingzhu leaned back in her chair, not paying much attention.

Although they’re all small cities, Jiangzhou is the peak of small cities, while Dragon Boat City is at the bottom.

Small in scale, with excellent public security, the Underworld is not as dangerous as Jiangzhou, nor are there as many experts.

But managing to start from scratch and secure the place of Peace Hotel in Dragon Boat City, Lu Mingzhu’s own ability is considered outstanding.

Regarding this newly appointed so-called fourth boss...

A First-Refined, not even as good as the third boss’s child, just needs to be humored and handled casually.

Not long after.

From outside the empty meeting room door, a series of footsteps sounded again, Lu Mingzhu leisurely straightened her clothes, calmly stood up, and put on a humble and gentle smile.

The meeting room door opened, and a seemingly expected, delicate, and gentle young man walked in, his eyes filled with naivety and stupidity.

Like those students from Dragon Boat University.

"Fourth boss." Lu Mingzhu twisted her waist and stepped forward, extending her hand: "I am Lu Mingzhu, the person in charge of Peace Hotel in Dragon Boat City."

The young man extended his hand for a brief touch and then quickly withdrew, Lu Mingzhu’s eyes smiled even more, still a shy fledgling?

Soon after, she watched as the fourth boss turned around and extended the hand he had shaken with her.

A Great Demon walked in and meticulously wiped the youth’s hand with a pale blue handkerchief.

Lu Mingzhu was somewhat dazzled.

Even among the last batch of goods purchased, the most beautiful and attractive, who is now the captain of the Public Security Bureau’s Night’s bedmate, couldn’t compare to a tenth of this ’monster.’

Behind the monster was an unconscious guy, with his head covered, making his appearance unclear.

Zhang Fusheng retracted his hand and turned back, boldly sizing up the beautiful woman.

The latter remained unperturbed.

He simply instructed:

"Arrange a house with a dungeon for me in the Fifth District, how much of the hotel’s Star Beast meat is in stock?"

"Star Beast meat?" Lu Mingzhu responded without thinking: "This thing, the hotel has little demand, it’s all for a few guests who favor it, we usually have about an ounce of Iron-Horned Giant Rhino meat."

"Bring it to me, and prepare ten kilograms of gold bars," Zhang Fusheng directed.

No one moved.

Only when Lu Mingzhu nodded did someone run out, and shortly afterward brought in a sealed bag of Star Beast meat and a handbag containing ten gold bars, each weighing a kilogram.

The Federation’s gold price is one hundred per gram, ten kilograms of gold bars is just over a million.

Lu Mingzhu smiled:

"Fourth boss, any other requests, we will do our utmost to provide."

She couldn’t help but glance at the fairy-like girl behind the fourth boss.

Zhang Fusheng weighed the Star Beast meat and spoke kindly:

"When leaving the station, someone followed me, can you find out who it was?"

Lu Mingzhu was taken aback:

"Such a thing happened? Rest assured, Fourth boss, we will do our best to track them down... Jiu, contact the Public Security Bureau immediately and retrieve the surveillance near the west station."

"Yes, Manager."

Zhang Fusheng calmly watched the two perform their routine.

Upon entering the hotel, his Spiritual Will sensed those two people who had monitored and spied at the station earlier.

Zhang Fusheng gestured with his hand.

Lu Mingzhu also motioned with her hand, and those accompanying left the meeting room, closing the door.

Only three people remained in the room, along with an unconscious Huang Zhongxiao.

"Fourth boss, do you have anything else..." Lu Mingzhu smiled sweetly, but before she could finish, her throat was grasped by Chen Nuanyu and lightly raised.

She excelled in management and struggles, but her cultivation was not high, just at the Second Refinement level.

One minute, two minutes.

Lu Mingzhu didn’t struggle or call for help, she just let Chen Nuanyu lift her up, her face starting to turn blue,

until Zhang Fusheng made a nasal sound, "Mm," and Chen Nuanyu released her white palm.

The beautiful woman fell to the ground, quickly got up, and lowered her head:

"Fourth Boss, I was wrong. I will voluntarily accept the family punishment later. If the Fourth Boss wants to personally decide the punishment, Mingzhu will kneel to accept it."

Zhang Fusheng, with great interest:

"In this matter, how should it be handled according to the family rules?"

Lu Mingzhu replied without hesitation:

"Severe punishment, live burial. If Fourth Boss shows mercy to spare death, it’s eighty strikes with the red stick, three knives, and six punctures, then cutting off four fingers."

"Oh, then do it like that."

Zhang Fusheng kicked the man beside him wearing a hood, lying unconscious on the ground, Huang Zhongxiao:

"Send him to the house with a dungeon, then send me the address and don’t take off the hood... You go with them."

He glanced at Chen Nuanyu, who nodded back.

Zhang Fusheng looked again at Lu Mingzhu:

"Also, for the next few days, the hotel will unconditionally follow my orders, understood?"

"Yes, Fourth Boss."

Lu Mingzhu responded meticulously.

Zhang Fusheng turned and left.

Until his figure disappeared, Lu Mingzhu kept her head bowed and stood there,

as the person walked away.

The eight waiting managers walked in.

"Send Ms. Chen and this person to the Fifth District, find a house with a dungeon, do not remove the hood."

After Chen Nuanyu and the unconscious person were taken away, Lu Mingzhu finally murmured with her head lowered:

"The Fourth Boss is establishing his authority, but his methods are too immature to achieve results... I didn’t expect he has a Third Refinement demon by his side."

She glanced over the eight managers:

"Bring a knife."

The managers were puzzled, unaware of what had happened in the conference room.

Soon, someone handed over a short knife, and then under the horrified gazes of the eight people, Lu Mingzhu resolutely chopped off the four fingers of her left hand, then crushed the severed fingers underfoot.

"Arrange for someone to execute the family punishment tomorrow. I will receive the eighty red stick strikes, the three knives, and six punctures."

"This... Manager??"

"Go do it."

"Yes."

The managers left one after another, leaving only one confidant.

"Manager, this Fourth Boss has gone a bit too far, hasn’t he??" a confidant spoke in a low voice.

Lu Mingzhu raised her left hand, examining the bleeding wound, and said:

"I overstepped my bounds, deserved the penalty, only have myself to blame for not being careful, and getting caught."

......

Over ten kilometers away.

In a taxi.

Zhang Fusheng, with eyes closed, squinted. This woman, quite ruthless, underestimated her.

He indeed took advantage of the situation, planning to establish authority to make the upcoming tasks smoother, like relentlessly searching for Star Beast meat.

But as Lu Mingzhu said, the methods were too immature.

Even failed to establish authority, instead, revealed some details to others.

Zhang Fusheng tiredly rubbed his brows, his Spiritual Will gradually retracting from the Peace Hotel, sighing with yearning.

He suddenly realized that when it came to ruthlessness, he wasn’t even as decisive as Chen Nuanyu, who could mercilessly kick those manipulated travelers to death, while he instinctively stopped her.

Zhang Fusheng asked himself,

if it’s true as the master said, if he has to eradicate a whole family, he might not really be able to twist a child’s neck.

At least it would be hard to do it with his own hands.

In two lifetimes, not to say life was extravagantly wealthy, but at least both lives counted as harmonious families, frankly speaking, just an ordinary citizen of a peaceful society.

Where did such a malicious mindset and ruthless means come from?

Killing people can be done, but indiscriminate killing is indeed impossible, the mindset hasn’t changed yet... Unless facing some extreme incident, Zhang Fusheng thinks, he can’t achieve a significant mental shift in a short time.

"Maybe I need a... glove?" Zhang Fusheng thought.

Yes, a glove, someone to do the dirty work for him.

After all, out of sight, out of mind.

Although Lu Mingzhu is ruthless enough, whether she’s qualified remains to be seen.

The taxi soon arrived at the Fifth District, estimated to arrive in ten minutes.

He casually sent a message to his cousin.

Zhang Fusheng: I’m outside the district, get ready to open the door for the arrival of the king

Zhang Laxi: Fussy, pick up the courier at Station 1, 220757

Zhang Fusheng: 1

He nicknamed Zhang Xiaoxi as Zhang Laxi.

Not long after, the taxi arrived at Jiayuan District.

"Still have to get a package... Every time I come, they make me run errands, damn it." Zhang Fusheng grumbled, walking into the district, turning left and right, just in time to find the station before it closed at nine o’clock.

Standing in front of Zhang Xiaoxi’s package, Zhang Fusheng fell into silence.

Opened his phone.

"Did you buy a refrigerator?"

Zhang Laxi: The weather is great today!

Zhang Fusheng: Damn it, come down and get it yourself!

’Message sent but rejected.’

Zhang Fusheng: ???