Chapter 216: Style Issue
“How big is your operation?” Ma Qitong asked.
“No, what exactly does your family do?”
At this time, Chang Ning naturally had to pretend not to know Ma Qitong’s family background.
Otherwise, the logic wouldn’t hold up.
Normal people, knowing the other side isn’t on the straight and narrow, would avoid them like the plague—how could they go chasing after them?
Chang Ning followed her words and probed further.
Everyone was acting; it was just a matter of who acted more convincingly.
But Chang Ning and Ma Qitong were different—nothing he said was true, while Ma Qitong was at least half honest and half fake.
Except for sensitive news, she didn’t hide anything from Chang Ning that could be shared.
Chang Ning, knowing the plot, could clearly distinguish this.
“Do you still take business?” Ma Qitong asked in a low voice.
He was really afraid Ma Qitong would get hot-headed and pull her family into placing an order with him.
Her Ma Family might dare to buy, but Chang Ning wouldn’t dare to sell!
He Captain would really blow his head off.
“Our family’s business—my family doesn’t let me get involved, and I’m not interested anyway.”
Hearing this, Chang Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
No need for him to rack his brains for an excuse to refuse.
But Ma Qitong’s next words nearly made him choke on his saliva.
“I want you guys to take out that pretty boy who’s been sticking to me today!” Ma Qitong said viciously.
Chang Ning thought, good grief, as expected of Ma Shichang’s daughter—even if she didn’t participate in the family business, she was still different from ordinary women; she opened her mouth demanding a life.
Though, the man who could get so close to Ma Qitong obviously didn’t come from a simple background either, but it wasn’t his place to handle it.
It had to go through legal trial first, then let the police execute.
“I say, Tongtong…”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Chang Ning realized he’d slipped up.
They’d only met today; calling her that wasn’t appropriate.
“I’ll just call you Tongtong for now.”
“It’s fine, I like it.
Call me that from now on.”
Ma Qitong’s eyes curved, and she said with a beaming smile.
At this point, even Chang Ning, as dense as he was, sensed something off.
Oh no! Could she have fallen for me?
That doesn’t make sense—we just met today.
Obviously, Chang Ning had forgotten about the time he casually rescued a drunken girl while eating at a roadside stall with Tong Junyi.
“Alright, Tongtong.
We may do illegal things, but we’re honest businesspeople who never touch killing.”
Chang Ning said.
He would never actively harm anyone’s life.
If he casually took lives, Dog Head Old Gao would have eliminated him long ago.
Wolf Fang wouldn’t recruit unstable personalities as special forces soldiers; he’d be sent back to Night Tiger to farm and raise pigs.
“One million!”
Ma Qitong held up her index finger and said.
Actually, she didn’t know the jianghu rates for hiring killers; she just figured a life was worth a lot.
“This isn’t about money.”
Chang Ning was starting to get a headache.
“I get it, you think it’s too little?”
With that, Ma Qitong pulled out a bank card like magic.
“I’ve got money. As long as you make that clingy guy disappear, take whatever’s in the card—tell me if it’s not enough!”
Seeing Ma Qitong dead set on getting rid of that gentle man, Chang Ning actually felt sorry for him.
In your eyes, she shines brilliantly; in hers, you’re dim and dull.
“Listen!”
Chang Ning looked at Ma Qitong with a serious tone.
“Since your family doesn’t want you involved in the business, it means they want you to live cleanly in this world.
You think hiring a killer now is appropriate?”
Ma Qitong had never seen Chang Ning like this; his words left her flustered for a moment.
“No, I just want him gone from my sight.”
The real reason was to keep you from misunderstanding!
That was what Ma Qitong thought to herself.
“You can just tell him to leave, but don’t harm his life.
Or let your family handle it.
No matter what, your family are the only ones in this world who truly love you.
If you ask, I bet they won’t refuse.”
Chang Ning advised.
He didn’t want his involvement to drag Ma Qitong into a dark world.
Weird—there didn’t seem to be anything like this in the original plot; why did it go off the rails with me?
Chang Ning wondered to himself.
“Alright, we’ve gotten pretty deep for just meeting today.
We’re just passersby who crossed paths—we’re not on the same path.
Hurry back to your room, sleep it off, and forget this ever happened.”
Chang Ning said, noting that the appointed time with Xiao Zhuang and Lao Pao was almost here.
If they saw a woman in his room in the middle of the night, he wouldn’t be able to explain it.
“Where are you going?”
Ma Qitong was smart; seeing Chang Ning fully dressed, clearly not having slept.
She guessed he was heading out.
“Where I’m going is none of your business!”
Chang Ning snapped; they were going to destroy the Blue Team’s supply transfer center—bringing Ma Qitong would be inconvenient and risky for exposure.
What would she think seeing them attack the military?
It would contradict everything he’d said before.
Would a small-scale arms dealer have the guts to sneak attack the army?
So Ma Qitong would definitely get suspicious.
To minimize trouble, best not to let her tag along.
“Just take it as my final request—we’re parting tomorrow anyway.
Let me see how you do a rendezvous?”
Ma Qitong pouted, her eyes red-rimmed.
This girl had been completely bewildered by Chang Ning.
Seeing this, Chang Ning had no reason to refuse.
With Ma Qitong looking like she’d cling if he didn’t agree, Chang Ning was at a loss.
“Knock knock knock~”
Just as the two were at a standoff, there was a knock at the door.
Though Chang Ning guessed it was Xiao Zhuang and Lao Pao outside, he still asked.
“Who is it?”
“It’s me.”
It was Xiao Zhuang speaking.
Confirming the identity, Chang Ning opened the door.
Perfect—now he had a reason to refuse letting Ma Qitong come along.
After entering, the two saw there was someone else in the house.
That figure was clearly a woman—could Chang Ning have called special service?
Xiao Zhuang looked at Chang Ning with a weird grin.
Lao Pao’s face instantly darkened.
If you’d snuck around quietly, no one would know, and I wouldn’t say anything.
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