Chapter 43: Wang Xiao Ming Transfers Money!
“?!”
Wang Xiaoqiang was startled in his heart. He seemed to have thought of something, and his face turned ugly.
Only to see Jiang Shan take out a bunch of button-sized bugs from his pocket, then fling them all onto Wang Xiaoqiang’s face:
“These are the ones you planted in Chen Yue’s room, right? You really think I wouldn’t use Ghost Domain Inspection? Wang Xiaoqiang, you want money, you want power, show some real skills. Relying on these petty tricks will never get you on stage.”
“Suspecting I collaborated with Yang Jian to kill the club’s Ghost Wielders? With your petty tolerance, don’t be the Person in Charge anymore. You couldn’t even run a barbecue shop.”
No sooner had the words fallen than Jiang Shan suddenly struck, kicking the Wang Xiaoqiang in front of him flying, then calmly sat on the sofa and said:
“I thought you were just short-sighted, but it turns out you’re utterly stupid.”
“Next, let’s talk about the Ghost Tree Forest matter. I’ve already investigated why Chen Yue returned to Chen Family Village. You arranged for Chen Yue’s uncle to invite her family back when the Ghost Tree Forest had already erupted, right?”
Wang Xiaoqiang, who was just about to get up, was stunned. He hurriedly opened his mouth to defend himself:
“I did intend to kill you through this incident back then, but…” Wang Xiaoqiang suddenly fell silent.
Jiang Shan’s voice increasingly revealed killing intent, as Black Haze had already permeated the entire manor:
“But… but I survived, so you changed your approach and planned to threaten me with Chen Yue and her daughter?”
“Are you so afraid that I threaten your position? Instead of thinking about how to let the club’s members live longer, you’re all about scheming. You’re not just a little worse than Wang Xiao Ming.”
Wang Xiaoqiang, scolded right to his face, turned red with anger. His expression ferocious, he said:
“Don’t mention him to me! What do you know! You’re just preaching to me here?!”
Jiang Shan lit a cigarette and silently watched the Wang Xiaoqiang in front of him who was about to make a phone call.
“It doesn’t matter who you call on the phone. I’ve already picked up Chen Yue and her daughter. Ye Feng—you ask him if he still dares to come?” Jiang Shan said coldly.
Regarding Wang Xiaoqiang wanting to kill him, this was something Jiang Shan had accidentally discovered before setting off for Huanggang Village Incident, through his conversation with Chen Yue and the information from Jiang Qingwu about Chen Family Village.
The Ghost Tree Forest incident was not as simple as he had initially imagined.
When Wang Xiaoqiang had gathered information for him in less than ten minutes back then, a seed of suspicion had been planted in Jiang Shan’s heart.
Before entering Huanggang Village, he had hired six private detectives to collect nearly a week’s worth of Wang Xiaoqiang’s whereabouts and message records.
After the Huanggang Village Incident ended, through Wang Xiaoqiang’s whereabouts and everyone Wang Xiaoqiang had contacted related to Chen Yue, Jiang Shan pieced together the ins and outs of the matter.
Chen Yue’s appearance in Chen Family Village was not accidental. It was Wang Xiaoqiang wanting to exploit his relationship with Chen Yue, then take the chance to kill him using the Ghost Tree Forest.
Nothing else, just because Jiang Shan threatened Wang Xiaoqiang’s position in the club.
So when Jiang Shan returned to get the box, he had placed Chen Yue and her daughter in Yan Li’s home.
In the end, before Jiang Shan could tear into it, Wang Xiaoqiang had come to question him first.
“A life for a life. Although the ghost in your body is very special, I have plenty of ways to kill you. A fire or a Gold Box can make you deader than dead.”
With that said, the sky-full Black Haze along with Ghost Characters instantly enveloped Wang Xiaoqiang. Even as he glared furiously and struggled desperately to break free, no matter what he did, he couldn’t get up.
Wang Xiaoqiang, with the fierce ghost in his body suppressed, directly collapsed on the ground, his whole body limp like mud.
“Sizzle, sizzle~”
Only to see Jiang Shan dragging a Gold Box and placing it in front of Wang Xiaoqiang. Under Wang Xiaoqiang’s terrified gaze, Jiang Shan balled him into a hemisphere and tossed him into the Gold Box.
Half-sealed lid, leave a gap.
If fully sealed, don’t give Wang Xiaoqiang any chance to come back from the dead.
After doing all this, Jiang Shan opened his mobile phone, found a number, and dialed it. After a long time, the call finally connected:
“Hello, Wang Xiao Ming? It’s Jiang Shan. Your brother wanted to kill me, but I counter-killed him. I’m a sentimental guy—give your former boss a chance to live. If you want him alive, let’s talk now about how much your little brother’s life is worth.”
“If you don’t want him alive, just hang up. I guarantee he’ll die painlessly.”
Jiang Shan’s sudden call plunged Wang Xiao Ming, who was still researching the Ghost Coffin in the lab, into silence. Although he didn’t know what had happened, he still calmly asked:
“What do you want?”
“One Ghost Candle.” Jiang Shan said.
“I can’t give that. Ghost Candle is a strategic item. I have no right to apply to the higher-ups for my private matters.” Wang Xiao Ming refused outright.
Because of Wang Xiao Ming’s special status, Headquarters would allocate him one Ghost Candle quota and have Li Jun protect him at all times.
But this didn’t mean the ownership of the Ghost Candle was in Wang Xiao Ming’s hands. He only had usage rights, not disposal rights.
Wang Xiao Ming had seen Jiang Shan’s file and knew he had joined his brother’s club.
Regarding Wang Xiaoqiang wanting to kill Jiang Shan, Wang Xiao Ming was not surprised at all. He knew his brother’s character better than anyone—anything he did was normal.
It was just that, in Wang Xiao Ming’s view, winning over Jiang Shan was what Wang Xiaoqiang should have done most. Why did Wang Xiaoqiang want to kill Jiang Shan?
“Sigh.” Wang Xiao Ming sighed silently in his heart. He knew Jiang Shan’s personality, so he had no doubt that Jiang Shan would kill Wang Xiaoqiang.
Thus, Wang Xiao Ming said: “I’m just a researcher. I know you don’t lack money and have successfully controlled two ghosts, so I can only give you some of my personal items.”
“Elaborate.”
Originally, Jiang Shan had planned to make a transaction with Wang Xiaoqiang to exchange for the Withered Finger in Wang Xiao Ming’s hands.
But when he learned that Wang Xiaoqiang had planned to pit him in the Ghost Tree Forest back then, Jiang Shan already had a plan in mind.
Use that finger to exchange for Wang Xiaoqiang’s life—Wang Xiao Ming wouldn’t refuse.
Jiang Shan wasn’t worried about these “buy-life” people seeking revenge later. As long as they were people he allowed to spend money to buy their lives, they posed almost no threat to him.
Not just Wang Xiaoqiang—even the group’s Ghost Wielders in the club, or even Yang Jian now—Jiang Shan’s attitude toward him was the same.
“I can give you one White Ghost Candle. Its effect is to attract the fierce ghosts around you.”
“No.” Before Wang Xiao Ming could finish, Jiang Shan interrupted him.
Wang Xiao Ming said again: “One Ghost Finger that can restrict Ghost Domain.”
“These things you mentioned have no value in my eyes. I don’t see your sincerity. I want the method to make Ghost Candle,” Jiang Shan said coldly.
Although Wang Xiao Ming had already stated the conditions he wanted, if he accepted the Withered Finger so purposefully, it would be hard for Wang Xiao Ming not to suspect.
So Jiang Shan proposed a condition that Wang Xiao Ming absolutely couldn’t accept, just to dispel any doubts in Wang Xiao Ming’s mind as much as possible.
As for why Wang Xiao Ming absolutely couldn’t accept it, because the Ghost Coffin information was a top confidential matter concerning whether Headquarters could end the supernatural.
Even if he watched Wang Xiaoqiang die right in front of him, Wang Xiao Ming would never reveal Ghost Coffin information to a civilian Ghost Wielder like Jiang Shan.
“I can’t agree to the method for making Ghost Candle. Pick one: White Ghost Candle or Ghost Finger. I can give it to you in my personal capacity. This is my final concession. If these don’t work, I’ll have Headquarters issue a warrant for you. You’ll pay with your life for my brother.”
Wang Xiao Ming’s tone was flat, without a trace of emotion, as if the person he was now trying to save wasn’t his brother, but a stranger.
