Chapter 166 Aren't You Just Asking for It?

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"You guys sure know how to play, still daring to send someone to kill me. If I weren't so lucky and rich, I would have really been in trouble this time!" "They sent someone to kill you?" Lee Ji-eun finally realized the gravity of the situation beside him. No wonder Zhang Menglong had come back; there was such a layer to their relationship! Lee Ji-eun had followed Zhang Menglong the whole way up. Zhang Menglong was radiating an intense coldness that could seize a person's soul. Although his face showed no signs of anger, Lee Ji-eun could feel that Zhang Menglong was suppressing his emotions. Explore more at empire Moreover, for the first time in her life, Lee Ji-eun witnessed something that her worldview could not explain or understand. Today was a very special gathering in Qingqiu Country, and the hotel was under incredibly strict lockdown. Anyone entering the hotel went through a severe screening, and at the stairwell of this floor, there were armed soldiers guarding, not even a mosquito could get through. When Zhang Menglong arrived, he did indeed face resistance, but before those people could even speak, or even come into contact with Zhang Menglong, they collapsed to the ground as if asleep; that's how they were able to reach this place despite the heavy guard. "Oppa, you haven't been hurt, right?" Lee Ji-eun asked, concerned for Zhang Menglong's well-being. "Do I look like I'm hurt?" Zhang Menglong said coldly, "If I were hurt, even if it were just a single hair from my head, there would be no need for Qingqiu Country to continue existing on the world map!" As Zhang Menglong uttered these words, it seemed as if he was merely stating a fact in perfect calmness—people of the Zhang Family, above all prohibitions! "It's good you're alright!" Lee Ji-eun was relieved to hear Zhang Menglong was unharmed. She could somewhat guess that Zhang Menglong had come back for revenge! "By the way, I can tell you that the assassin you found was pretty good," Zhang Menglong said mockingly, "As soon as he spoke, my phone nearly got fully charged, he was like an Asian power station, a human Pikachu, but then he got beaten up by my bodyguard and nearly met his maker on the spot!" Quan Zhenggui's mouth twitched slightly. He had learned from Su Zhihe that the person sent by the Wind Nest Organization to assassinate Zhang Menglong was incredibly mysterious, yet they had all failed to kill him! And now Zhang Menglong was still very much alive, the best evidence against his recent claim. "Us Huaxia people have a saying, 'return the favor with the method received.' You sought to have me killed, so naturally, I have to return a generous gift to you. However, Su Zhihe's life is barely worth 10 US dollars at best, which I think is a loss for me!" "Bang!" A blast resonated. The hand of a person who looked like a Qingqiu Country official suddenly exploded in a burst of blood, a recording pen bomb. "Don't dream of leaving behind any evidence," Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "Otherwise, I can't guarantee it won't explode while it's still in your trousers!" "He has those kinds of people around him too!" Quan Zhenggui suddenly realized, and then he felt an overwhelming fear. Those people, completely beyond worldly restraint, were willing to serve as Zhang Menglong's bodyguards. How much had Zhang Menglong paid for their services? But one thing was certain, tonight's banquet could very well turn into a bloody storm. "It's Arabic!" A nameless official immediately approached, "I understand their language, let me speak!" The two exchanged a series of rapid-fire dialogues, as the official's expression grew increasingly grim, his tone more and more agitated, but in the end, he looked helpless. "Minister Choi, how much of our country's oil is imported from the Arab world?" "About sixty percent," Choi Shin-hyun replied, suddenly fearful of a terrible possibility. "That was the energy minister from the Arab world. They said, starting tomorrow, they will stop selling us oil, indefinitely..." "What?" Quan Zhenggui could no longer sit still, "Why? Did he give a reason?" "This..." "Speak!" "He said, because he's in a bad mood, so he cut us off." "What kind of ridiculous reason is that?" Quan Zhenggui nearly threw something in frustration. Could the Middle East oil countries be any more whimsical? Is exporting oil now subject to mood swings? But Quan Zhenggui knew very well that this wasn't the real reason. The actual reason must have to do with the phone call Zhang Menglong had just made! He could actually control the oil exports of Middle Eastern countries! How vast was his energy? "We concede!" Quan Zhenggui sighed. If this were a straightforward fight, Zhang Menglong could crush them with money, and if it were underhanded, they had already lost miserably today. At this point, there was no other choice but to compromise. "State your terms!" "Ah, I wasn't even pursuing it anymore; just let me go back to my country quietly. Why did you have to degrade yourselves?" Zhang Menglong shook his head as if disappointed, "That guy cosplaying Thor caused a ruckus on my plane and destroyed things worth 800 million US dollars. You've got to compensate for that, right?" "Compensate!" Quan Zhenggui gritted his teeth. 800 million US dollars was not that much after all; their US dollar reserves were quite substantial. "What about compensation for emotional distress?" "Compensate!" "Well then, let's round it up. Compensate me 800 billion US dollars and we'll call it even!"

Chapter 166 Aren't You Just Asking for It?

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