Chapter 312

Page One Twenty-One

A Salesman, huh?

I pulled Xiao Hai Tang to one side.

“Hey! Are you planning to send them to jail on false charges? Are you like Qin Hui?”

She glanced at Ju Wanshou with an inscrutable smile.

“I can do that, but there’s no need. Since he wants to fool me, I can fool him too. The Glorious Family is gone; he has lost his organizational backing and cannot judge the truthfulness of my words. Even though… what I say might not be a lie.”

I don’t understand how much power my childhood friend actually has.

“So, how do you plan to deal with these people? Send him to jail?”

Xiao Hai Tang frowned coldly and said, “This is just the beginning. For the harm done to Senior Long Tao, I will make him pay until he is bankrupt.”

Though we couldn’t hear what we were saying, Ju Wanshou, who was being stared at by a high school girl, couldn’t laugh. Perhaps he already had a vague idea of Xiao Hai Tang’s identity.

“Then how do you plan to get the evidence for conviction? He seems very confident, insisting he’s innocent.”

My question went unanswered. Xiao Hai Tang patted my behind to step aside and then sat back down in her office chair.

Was she trying to make me shut up and watch her perform?

Ju Wanshou asked, “So, what’s your goal?”

Xiao Hai Tang replied with a smile, “Haha, of course, I want you all to go to jail!”

Her expression was radiant, like a pleasant greeting from a neighbor under a clear sky. But to Ju Wanshou, it sounded like the Avada Kedavra curse.

It would be strange if he cooperated after hearing such a direct statement!

Is this how she negotiates?

— “High-pressure negotiation tactics, breaking through the opponent’s defenses psychologically, making them fall into a negative mindset of self-preservation, shortage, and loss compensation… then forcing them to compromise… yes, this is a skill you’ll never master in your lifetime.” —

I indeed find it hard to maintain such a strong stance, but everyone has different personalities; there’s no need to criticize me over something like this.

Xiao Hai Tang, despite having nearly perfect attributes except for her bust size, smoothed her chin with one hand, which clearly had no beard, leaning slightly forward with a condescending posture.

When did she put on the brooch given by Senior Shaojie?

“Just say it directly! If you confess to the police yourself, I won’t have to go through so much trouble. Besides, self-reporting can lead to lighter sentencing, which isn’t bad for you. Think about it.”

“Is it really necessary to go this far?”

“Hmph, who came to strike a blow after the incident ended? Do you think I would let you off?”

Looking at Sister Tao, Ju Wanshou spoke humbly, “We didn’t know that Miss could be our backing. If we had known earlier—”

“There’s no ‘if.’ I look down on scum like you. Even if it were a stranger, I would help within my means. There are many people like me. Dissolving the ‘Glorious Family’ wasn’t done by a few individuals but by the power of the internet’s public opinion.”

“If not for that drunkard who messed things up, we wouldn’t have lost the public opinion battle.”

Ju Wanshou glared at Mi Hongqu in the corner, but Sister Tao turned his head back to Xiao Hai Tang by holding his chin.

“The dissolution of the union didn’t teach you a lesson. Instead, it took off the leash around your neck… Go to jail, all of you, trash!”

Ju Wanshou refused to admit it, but when he heard about going to jail, those behind him panicked. Their already fragile defenses crumbled.

“Don’t call the police! This has nothing to do with me!”

“We’re just the remaining logistics team!”

“I’m just a security guard!”

Heavens, they were even more spineless than Yin Tianjie’s group.

“Use that excuse to explain to the police.”

Qiao Jue and Senior Shaojie entered from outside. The latter held a silver USB drive, tossing it in her hand.

“It’s done. The surveillance records have been recovered from the hard drive.”

While Senior Shaojie was speaking, I observed Ju Wanshou’s expression with my peripheral vision. His furrowed brow finally twisted into a knot.

It seemed there was crucial evidence in the surveillance footage.

I pointed at Ju Wanshou and his group and asked, “So, who was the justice hero who dealt with these scoundrels before us?”

Qiao Jue shrugged and replied, “No idea. This office’s surveillance doesn’t have audio, so ask them instead of me.”

I looked at Ju Wanshou again.

“Who beat you up? It’s not a big deal to say who did it now that you’ve been beaten.”

He stared fixedly at the USB drive in Ling Shaojie’s hand, hesitated, and finally confessed.

“I originally planned to hire an expert to deal with you, so I contacted a salesman from the Italian Mafia’s Central China branch through private channels…”

“…Stop! Hold it right there!”

I had to interrupt him. There were too many issues with his statement, and I didn’t know where to start.

“You hired an Italian Mafia salesman? From the Central China branch?”

“Mm-hmm.”

I didn’t know what my face looked like, but it must have been quite unbelievable.

“Mafia? Is this identity reliable? Where did you hire this person from?”

When I asked, Ju Wanshou himself wasn’t sure either. He hesitantly said, “I contacted him through an ad on a pole downstairs. He was impressive and a foreigner, so I didn’t doubt him.”

The Mafia expanding overseas uses ads on poles for promotion.

Oh my God, what kind of world is this?

“Did you really panic and believe any advertisement? Did you really believe that?”

Xiao Hai Tang also found it amusing. She asked, “Let’s assume he’s a Mafia salesman. Then why did he beat you up? Isn’t he the person you hired?”

Ju Wanshou remained silent, and someone behind him answered, “That foreigner slammed the table after hearing the assignment and cursed us as scum in perfect Putonghua. He said he wouldn’t use violence against women and then beat all of us and the Brazilian turtles in the water tank.”

This salesman had principles.

But why beat the turtles?

As Ju Wanshou’s complexion turned more liver-like, Xiao Hai Tang’s ridicule intensified.

“Oh, you couldn’t defeat one person and don’t feel ashamed?”

Perhaps not wanting to appear so foolish, Ju Wanshou argued, “That salesman’s moves were incredible. I didn’t even see him lift his leg before he kicked me out… Can you give me some paper to stop the nosebleed?”

To knock someone out without touching them… Could it be a Stand user?

I took a tissue, tore it in half, and stuffed it into Ju Wanshou’s nose, then looked back at Senior Shaojie.

“Did the surveillance capture the appearance of the Mafia member? Does he have a golden doughnut on his head?”

“No, and genuine Italians have black hair and eyes.”

Black-haired Europeans?

I was stunned. So, I hadn’t transformed into a mixed-race person yesterday, but rather a Roman beauty?

Come to think of it, Master Haliluya did mention that our ancestors escaped from Naples during World War I. That’s in southern Italy, which originally belonged to the Roman Empire… so I am Roman?

Wait, if ancient Romans had black hair, how come the red Saber is blonde?

—”Off-topic, isn’t that irrelevant?”—

Cherry Sauce took control of the body, standing next to Xiao Hai Tang like a loyal adjutant.

“Let’s not worry about that salesman. Anyway, he didn’t do anything bad. The focus now is on you…”

Surprised by the change in tone, Ju Wanshou looked up at “me,” but the invisible pressure made him break out in a cold sweat. Cherry Sauce had activated goddess mode on a regular person.

“…Choose! Will you turn yourself in, or should we call the police?”

Her strategy matched Xiao Hai Tang’s. Since key evidence was hard to find, she wanted to persuade the other party to confess to the police.

Apart from superhuman physical abilities, the goddess body also had a deadly allure to those around her. The appearance of the Goddess of Beautiful Girls was the benchmark for beauty in this world. Though not everyone’s ideal, it was universally considered beautiful, which applied to Ju Wanshou as well.

If Xiao Hai Tang’s high-pressure stance was the stick, then Cherry Sauce was the carrot.

Ju Wanshou asked, “What are you people?”

“We are goddesses.”

Without suppressing her aura, Sister Tao’s divine light shone fully, and faint holy light appeared behind her.

“I came from afar to deliver judgment upon you.”

——————

We hid in the corridor of the office building, watching the local police escort the self-reporting suspects out of the Glorious Family’s office. Because Mi Hongqu stayed behind to clean up, we were able to stay out of it.

“That guy actually surrendered obediently. I truly underestimated Sister Cherry.”

Xiao Hai Tang sighed and then turned to glare at me fiercely, grabbing my neck.

“What was that just now? Refinement? Education? Brainwashing?”

“I don’t have those abilities! I was just showing my charm as a deity! Cough, cough, cough! Don’t choke me! I’ll die!”

As a goddess with only three minutes, I naturally couldn’t match Xiao Hai Tang once I returned to normal. I could only plead for mercy through gritted teeth before passing out.

“Hmph!”

I was released from being lifted off the ground.

“Do you really care so much about losing to me?”

She sneered, “From childhood to now, I’ve never lost to you or Old Zhao. Today, I lost, and even lost on feminine charm.”

“In fact, even if Brother Kai didn’t intervene, your feminine charm had already lost to him.” Qiao Jue added fuel to the fire, but Xiao Hai Tang missed her kick, and the two started bickering in the hallway.

Sister Tao asked, “What do we do now?”

“Once I regain some divine power, I’ll send everyone back to AJ’s place. With these people turning themselves in, the police will surely come to confirm the situation. You’ll need to figure out how to handle it…”

I realized something troublesome.

Since the victim of the violent incident, Long Tao (male), is missing, it might affect the sentencing of Ju Wanshou and his group?