Niu Bi silently followed. He saw Qingli walk to the end of the alley, knock on the door of a house with a picture pasted on the door, and a pretty woman with her hair in a flowing style opened the door and then closed it.
Niu Bi waited outside for more than ten minutes and heard a series of "uh-huh" sounds coming from inside the house. A moment later, the door opened and Qing Li came out.
Instead of returning the way he came, Qingli headed towards the riverbank and gradually walked down the embankment.
"What is he doing down the river embankment? Well, it's good that there's no one around; it's the perfect time to make a move!"
Niu Bi hid at the corner of the embankment, looking left and right but no one was passing by. Just then, he saw Qing Li walk by and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Brother, I've finally found you."
"Boss Niu, what are you doing here?! You... what do you want with me?" Qing Li frowned and asked warily when he saw Niu Bi appear.
Although Qingli had some doubts, he didn't care. Having been around for many years, he naturally wouldn't be afraid of Mr. Niu, a mere businessman.
"Here's the thing, I was wrong last time. Now I want to apologize to Boss Jin in person and pay the protection fee. Do you think you could take me to see him?" Niu Bi said sincerely.
After speaking, Niu Bi handed over three silver dollars. "Brother, I won't let you work for nothing, please help me out!"
Seeing that Niu Bi had become so cooperative and offered up the silver dollars, Qing Li immediately lowered his guard, took the silver dollars and weighed them in his hand, saying, "If you had thought of this earlier, nothing would have happened. Boss Jin's place isn't far from here, come with me."
"I touched it, boss lady. Her legs were like white lotus roots, the more I touched them, the more I liked it, oh my, the more I touched them, the more I liked it..."
Qingli walked ahead humming "Eighteen Touches," his heart filled with contempt.
They were so arrogant back then, but now they're all kneeling and licking my boots.
“Brother, this is my first time meeting Boss Jin and I don’t know what to say. You’d better give me some pointers. This is a new gadget I brought back from overseas. I’m giving it to you now, so don’t refuse!” Niu Bi followed behind Qing Li, took out a small X8 stun gun, and handed it to him.
"Oh? Is this a new product from overseas?"
Qingli looked at the black stick and stopped singing. He knew that Boss Niu was in the trading business, so it was normal for him to have novelties.
He didn't pay any attention at the moment and reached out to take the stun gun. "Boss Niu, your thinking has improved quite quickly. Well then, thank you!"
The instant Qingli's hand touched the stun gun, a cold glint flashed in Niu Bi's eyes.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!
Slap! Slap!
A flash of lightning.
The sound carried far, but since no one was around, Niu Bi was quite relieved.
"you......"
Qingli was shocked. He felt a tremendous force coming from Boss Niu's hand, and his whole body went numb. He couldn't muster any strength and fell to the ground.
"Brother, come inside with me!"
Niu Bi extended the X8 stun gun forward again, and Qing Li's body was instantly crackling with electricity.
Niu Bi used an electric baton to knock Qing Li unconscious with one hand, and with the other hand, taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, he opened the portal.
A portal, invisible to everyone except Niu Bi, appeared. Niu Bi grabbed Qing Li, who was slumped on the ground, and dragged him through the portal, throwing him into the hall.
The riverbank was quiet, and no one could tell what had just happened.
In the hall, more than a dozen ropes had already been prepared. Niu Bi took one out and, taking advantage of Qing Li's sore and numb body, tied him up.
Niu Bi returned to the river embankment to check, and after confirming that nothing had been missed, he returned to reality, moved the broken sofa from the living room, crossed his legs, looked at Qingli who was slumped on the ground, and said nothing.
"Looks like they're going to use some kind of torture device like the tiger bench to extract a confession, one of the four most brutal tortures after another!"
Niu Bi sat there looking at Qing Li, who was tied up like a rice dumpling, and muttered to himself.
He thought about it and felt that this was not good, so he tied Qingli to one of the pillars in the Hall of Overlords.
Qingli shook his head, gradually regaining his senses. He glanced at Niu Bi, then at the imposing hall, and said in fear, "Mr. Niu... what... what do you want?"
What do you think?
Niu Bi sat on the sofa and said slowly, "Don't tell me you didn't burn down my trading company. Speak, or we can have an extra serving of fish from the Huangpu River today!"
Niu Bi wasn't just joking. If Qing Li was stubborn, the Huangpu River was right in front of them, so they could just feed the fish there.
Upon hearing Niu Bi's words, a chill rose from Qing Li's heart.
This is an attempt to silence them!
Mr. Niu looked so refined and gentle that I thought he was easy to bully, but I never expected him to be so dangerous.
"Mr. Niu, no, Boss Niu, your business really isn't...no, no...it's all Boss Jin's orders. We're just following orders!" Qing Li turned pale with fright and hurriedly said.
"Boss Jin made me collect such a high protection fee purely to find a reason to attack Xu Wenqiang through you. It really has nothing to do with me!"
"It was all Jin's doing, please, Boss Niu, let me off the hook!"
"You bastard, Boss Jin! You deliberately raised the protection fee to hurt Xu Wenqiang?"
Niu Bi was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, but then he immediately understood. Xu Wenqiang's kissing activities had seriously damaged Boss Jin's interests. In order to strike at Xu Wenqiang, Boss Jin knew he wouldn't give so much protection money, but he still insisted on collecting so much.
In other words, the burning of his own business was inevitable.
Thinking of this song, Niu Bi's anger intensified even more!
"Yes, Boss Niu, I've already told you everything, please just let me go like a fart." Qing Li's eyes were filled with terror as he begged for mercy repeatedly, where was the arrogance he had when collecting protection money that day?
"Tell me everything about Boss Jin, from his residence and itinerary to where he goes every day and how much wealth he has, or you'll suffer a fate worse than death!" Niu Bi said in an icy voice.