Chapter 164 — Who's Stupid, Who's Naive?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"If you don't believe me, you can try..." Li Cihua waved a hand. "Evidence — there is no evidence! Words alone prove nothing, and I leave no evidence of any kind behind. Wei Zhao, I have to say that you are very stupid and very naive. At our level, in the struggles between men like us, the only ones ever dragged out into the open are the small fry. You think the police don't know what I do? No — they know. They know better than you do! But they cannot touch me. Why? Because the people behind me are people they cannot afford to offend, and they have no evidence sufficient to touch me!"
"You mean that if I kill you, and the police have no evidence, then you die for nothing all the same?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Your analogy is rather amusing, but I can tell you this: if you really did kill me, and you were clever enough to leave behind no evidence at all, then so long as Gu Pengzhan stands behind you, no one could do a thing to you either." Li Cihua said. "That is the rule of struggle in high society. No one will be the first to break the rules."
"Heh, I understand." Wei Zhao nodded, cursing inwardly: you fool, and still you sit there smiling so happily? Killing you would be child's play to me. But since you have said as much, I cannot kill you — once you are dead, the one behind you certainly will not let the matter rest. What Wei Zhao was weighing now was the larger picture. Until Gu Pengzhan launched an all-out offensive, Wei Zhao would not act rashly either. Striking at one or two important figures on the other side to give warning was acceptable, but killing them... that was a little premature.
"So long as you understand that much, then I won't waste words or beat around the bush either." Li Cihua said. "As the saying goes, the wise man adapts himself to the times. I trust Mr. Lin is now clear on this: if we wish to kill you, it is in fact an easy thing. While you live, Gu Pengzhan may still have some use for you; but once you are dead, do you think he would step forward for the sake of a mere bodyguard — or even for his own daughter's kept man? If he knew about you and his daughter, he would be wishing you dead sooner rather than later."
Wei Zhao watched the spittle fly from Li Cihua's lips and felt contempt in his heart. The man's mind was too filthy; he had imagined the relationship between Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao as something sordid and complicated. Did I look like a man who sneaks in to steal the young miss?
Looking at Li Cihua, so sure he knew the inside story, Wei Zhao found him pitiable, lamentable, and a thorough fool besides.
People of that sort, who believe they have seen the truth while knowing nothing at all, are the stupidest of the stupid.
"What is it you want to say?" Wei Zhao did not refute Li Cihua's words. Let him misunderstand however he liked. Since the man had misread the relationship between Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao, so much the better: it would give Wei Zhao all the more justification when he moved against him later. You touch my woman, I touch your whole family.
"Work with us." Li Cihua uttered the words with great confidence.
"Work with you?" This time Wei Zhao was rather taken aback; he had not expected Li Cihua to say such a thing.
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