"Earlier, were you just leading us in circles?"

With pale faces, they looked at Xiaobei, and shouted frantically...

They had felt that the road was very, very long before.

But they didn’t think much about it then. Now, hearing Xiaobei’s words, they realize they had been completely fooled before...

Feeling their anger, Xiaobei squinted and casually retorted, "Yes, why? Do you have an issue with that?"

"No!"

They hesitated for a second and quickly shook their heads.

Even though they were really furious, they didn’t dare show it.

Once bitten by a snake, they’re now afraid of ropes for ten years!

That’s their current situation...

For the moment, they didn’t dare oppose Xiaobei and the others.

Because they didn’t dare oppose, they had to bury their dissatisfaction deep inside.

Xiaobei knew they were too angry to speak, so he didn’t linger on the topic and directly changed the subject, "Since you have no objections, let’s talk about the rescue fee now!"

"Rescue fee? What do you mean?"

Seeing their bewildered expressions, Xiaobei’s face turned cold, "What? Are you playing dumb with me? I pulled you out from that dangerous place, and you weren’t planning to pay? Even when a car breaks down on the road, there’s a rescue fee. Not to mention, I saved three living people."

Hearing Xiaobei speak so loudly, Lin Ya and others knew Xiaobei wanted them to pay for what they did earlier.

They found Xiaobei’s actions reasonable.

So they had no intention of intervening, just stood quietly aside watching.

They knew Cao Meng was the kind of person with thick skin.

Letting him go now wouldn’t teach him a lesson.

Therefore, for future peace, it’s necessary to let him learn a lesson, to know that some people should never be provoked.

"How much do you want?"

Knowing he was now in a passive position, Cao Meng was prepared to give in.

Looking at Cao Meng, Xiaobei started calculating in his mind. Soon, Xiaobei gently said, "How much? You’re all people with status, asking for too little doesn’t match your status, asking for too much feels like extortion. How about each of you give me ten million?"

"You...how much did you say?"

They were stunned and stared at Xiaobei.

Before, when they asked Xiaobei to name a price, they thought Xiaobei wouldn’t be too excessive, maybe at most ten or eighty thousand.

But he came out with an utterly unacceptable figure.

"Ten million, huh? What? You don’t think you’re worth ten million? If so, then you’re too absurd because, in my mind, you’re absolutely formidable existence. Saying ten million feels like not doing justice to your status."

...

Lin Ya and others heard Xiaobei’s flattering words and chuckled lightly...

They knew Xiaobei was now killing them with praise.

"We indeed exceed ten million, to be accurate, our value can’t be measured by money."

"Since that’s the case, then pay up, thirty million, just transfer it to my account directly."

Looking at Xiaobei, Cao Meng shouted directly, "But that doesn’t mean I’m willing to give you thirty million. This is raising the price on the spot, this is extortion."

"Oh? Are you saying you disagree?"

In a low voice, Xiaobei asked, with an icy air spreading from him.

As the chill spread, they felt their whole bodies stiffen.

Just as they were about to say something, they felt the surrounding area start to fill with pure white mist once again.

"Damn!"

They shouted fearfully...

At this moment, they were really terrified, because in an instant, they recalled the fear dominated by the white mist earlier.

"We agree, we agree!"

Cao Meng shouted quickly.

Money is indeed good, but life is better...

Right now, they’re only fish in a barrel, no point in dwelling on it.

"Agree? Would’ve been better if you had done that earlier! Now transfer sixty million over."

"Sixty million? Wasn’t it thirty million just a moment ago?"

"It’s doubled now, if you continue to hesitate, it may double again or even super double."

"No more doubling, no super doubling, I’ll transfer the money right away!"

After saying this, Cao Meng looked at his two subordinates and coldly said: "What are you dawdling for, hurry up and prepare the money."

"But... we don’t have that much money!"

"Exactly!"

The two of them had long decided; they absolutely wouldn’t pay.

All these years, they’d been taking money from Cao Meng all the time, hence they had their own small cash reserves...

However, they weren’t planning to open their little reserves, naturally, nor were they going to hand out a dime.

They felt this whole situation was purely caused by Cao Meng, so now it was only fair for him to cough up his share of the money.

"I know you don’t have much money, just bring out all you’ve got, if it’s not enough, I’ll cover the rest."

Cao Meng also climbed up from the bottom, although now he’s the Family Head, he’s still particularly concerned about money.

For that reason, asking him to shell out sixty million is really like asking for his life.

He knew he must produce it now, so he could only squeeze them crazily, as long as they handed over a portion, he could fork out less.

He knew these two had gained quite a bit from him, so they certainly could take out a significant amount of money now.

...

They’d known all along that Cao Meng would say this directly, they exchanged a glance, and with a troubled face, they spoke: "Family Head, we also want to contribute, but we really don’t have any money!"

"Exactly!"

Hearing their explanation, Cao Meng frantically roared, "No money? Not even a penny? Do you take me for an idiot?"

"Family Head, we really don’t have much money, but since you’ve asked so much, naturally we won’t give nothing!"

"Right!"

While speaking, the two reached into their pockets, soon pulling out crumpled one hundred yuan bills.

"Family Head, this is our food allowance for the month, we’ll give it to you!"

"Right, we’ll go hungry for a few days and won’t die from it."

Hearing them speak so dryly, his eyelids twitched violently, and soon he hysterically roared, "Are you two messing with me? You’re just handing over one hundred yuan each now? And call it food money?"

He was about to go crazy!

He truly was about to go crazy...

In his eyes, these two were purely messing with him.

"Family Head, we also know this money is too little, but there’s really no choice, that’s all we have!"

"Yes, Family Head, those who can do more, so you take out a little more!"

"You... you..."

Cao Meng was so furious he couldn’t speak...