Chapter 1004: Chapter 265: How About 5 Billion in Compensation

Chapter 265: Pay 5 Billion

Sun Hui’s situation wasn’t too bad. After the bones were set and fixed, he just lay on the hospital bed to recuperate. His home wasn’t here, so it was inconvenient to inform his family to come and take care of him. He didn’t notify other friends or colleagues one by one either; before going back to work, he didn’t want others to know he was injured and hospitalized.

Although this was because of Li Yan, he couldn’t stay at the hospital all day to take care of Sun Hui. Even if he did, two big men wouldn’t find it interesting after a while. So, he hired a temporary caretaker to look after Sun Hui in the hospital. Initially, Sun Hui absolutely refused, feeling embarrassed. He’s a dignified man, just with a leg injury, but Li Yan said if he didn’t accept, he would take care of him or contact other friends to take turns. Sun Hui didn’t want to burden them, so he agreed.

Regarding compensation, Li Yan just said he caught that bastard and extorted some money. But because he hit someone and later crashed a car, fearing multiple accident penalties, he ran away. That money, besides medical expenses, also included an extra ten thousand for Sun Hui. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to compensate more, but too much would raise suspicion. Even ten thousand made Sun Hui marvel.

Today’s hit-and-run drivers may not all be scum, but they certainly exhibit their selfish side to the fullest. Regardless of primary responsibility, even after police mediation or court judgment, they usually delay paying. Li Yan managed to get medical expenses and additional compensation; in his view, it must have been obtained by brute force, which is quite an achievement.

He certainly didn’t know that Li Yan didn’t ask the man for money directly but broke one of his hands and a leg to reclaim interest for Sun Hui, considering the assassin wasn’t the mastermind.

With Liu Yunyun’s testimony, Li Yan had basically overcome his psychological hurdle, targeting Liu Yuyang. Meanwhile, Xie Xuanji’s methods eventually pointed to someone at Anxin Investment.

After gathering information, Li Yan also investigated Anxin Investment’s background. It turns out, like his founded investment company, it was a shell company that hadn’t begun any operations. It’s estimated Liu Yuyang established this company to embezzle money, diverting funds from the fund he managed under the guise of investing in Yun Country’s financial market into his own private company. Although relative to a tens of billions fund, it would only be a trivial sum, for individuals, it’s far more substantial than an annual salary, and it’s pure profit without cost.

Li Yan needed to confirm the information and wasn’t interested in Anxin Investment; his own investment company was already established. He would also launder his money through overseas venture capital, without needing to target Liu Yuyang’s small cash stash.

Since the enemy was confirmed, Li Yan didn’t delay; tomorrow was the last day, and he would go back to work the day after. "Springtime Leaked" was about to premiere, and the investment company needed to launch. Without resolving the troubles behind him, he wouldn’t have peace of mind.

For this matter, he didn’t have Xie Xuanji handle it, nor did he go to Anxin Investment’s office. Instead, he went directly to Liu Yuyang’s house at night!

To find out where Liu Yuyang lived, Zhang Yurong or Zhang Tianyi might know, but Li Yan didn’t want them to suspect anything, so he never mentioned it. He had Guan Ziyi help by checking Anxin Investment’s registration details and found Liu Yuyang’s home address using his ID number as the company owner and legal representative.

Liu’s family was doing quite well, with comprehensive security systems and private security guards. But this was easy for Li Yan to bypass. When Liu Yuyang finished bathing and came out, Li Yan was already sitting in his room.

This startled Liu Yuyang, but he was vigilant and didn’t scream; since Li Yan could appear in his bedroom, it meant he probably controlled the entire villa or had the ability to do so. Being in his home, provoking and injuring people would be disastrous.

"Is it you, Li Yan? Why are you here?" Liu Yuyang said calmly, walking over to Li Yan and sitting in another chair. Up close, he observed Li Yan wasn’t holding a gun or knife, which reassured him a bit.

"You must be wondering how many people I’ve brought, whether the guards were knocked out, or if anything happened to your family," Li Yan said with a sarcastic smile, "You are clever and perceptive. If you had screamed just now, perhaps your family might have been hurt."

Liu Yuyang’s face darkened; nobody likes their family being threatened! Even villains have rights!

"What do you want? You wouldn’t come all this way to talk nonsense, would you?"

"Don’t you know?" Li Yan looked at him in surprise. "Didn’t you hire assassins to kill me? Didn’t they act today? Oh, you should know; those assassins claimed they killed me but actually took the money and ran. But I didn’t die."

"I have no idea what you’re talking about," Liu Yuyang said calmly. "I know we have issues, but I don’t want family involved, just like I’ve never targeted yours."

"Heh, are you admitting you’ve targeted me?"

Liu Yuyang remained silent; at this point, denial was useless.

"Brother Liu, I have a weakness—I’m too soft-hearted. Being soft-hearted is an illness that needs to be cured! You’ve targeted me before; before New Year’s, you hired two martial arts experts to go after me, but I defeated them. You stayed low after that. Unfortunately, I was too soft-hearted then and didn’t retaliate against you. I didn’t expect you just to keep low, but not reflect, and still plot against me. However, you’re too stingy; even pork is so expensive now, and you only offered twenty thousand to have me killed. What reliable assassin can you find?" Li Yan mocked.

Hearing him say this, Liu Yuyang realized he knew everything, so he stopped pretending and directly asked, "What do you want?"

"What do you think? If someone wanted your life, and you didn’t die, what would you do? Become friends with them? Or kill their whole family?"

Finally, Liu Yuyang couldn’t stay calm anymore; seeing Li Yan’s smile, he felt a chill: "Don’t do anything crazy! Killing is illegal!"

"That’s right; you’re a legal expert, so naturally, you wouldn’t kill but rather hire someone to do it. But I’m a crude person; I like handling things myself, swift and satisfying revenge!"

Liu Yuyang wasn’t sure how things were at home; at this point, he somewhat regretted the room’s soundproofing. If it were poor, people outside could hear the conversation here, as well as any commotion outside. But he wasn’t an ordinary person; he maintained composure and quickly analyzed. Based on his simple inquiries and understanding of Li Yan, he knew Li Yan wasn’t a talent. Previously, at Paradise Group, he relied on Zhang Yurong’s connection to earn a living, and now he’s also relying on Zhang Yurong to rise. Such a person, a freeloader, couldn’t possibly commit murder!

Therefore, he concluded Li Yan was bluffing!

"I don’t know if Freeloader Bro was a thief before; if he were, sneaking into my house wouldn’t be surprising. To say you could openly control my entire family, sorry, my rationality tells me that’s impossible," Liu Yuyang sneered.

Freeloader Bro?

Li Yan laughed instead of getting angry, "Okay, if you say that makes sense. How about we have a proper talk then? I won’t kill your whole family; after all, our feud is ultimately because of Yurong, and primarily because you covet the Zhang family’s assets. Now, at this point, killing your family doesn’t serve any purpose. How about you compensate me for emotional damages?"

Liu Yuyang’s mouth curled disdainfully, cursing silently: spineless! Previously offered you money to leave, you wouldn’t accept, only submissive after suffering!

At this moment, he was convinced his assumption was correct: Li Yan hadn’t accomplished anything at Paradise Group, most likely indeed was a thief before.

"You want money, right? I could have given you much more; I should’ve offered fifty million, didn’t I? Unfortunately, Freeloader Bro didn’t want it! Now I’ve wasted so much time, energy, manpower, resources, and finances—all require money! How much do you want now?"

Liu Yuyang’s voice became steady and arrogant, feeling the momentum between them had shifted. When talking money, he rarely wasn’t in control.

"Five million is too little; five billion is beyond reach. Can you afford fifty billion?" Li Yan answered his own question, "That wouldn’t do either; even if you could afford fifty billion, it would be devastating, perhaps even ruin your family. If your parents were provoked and passed away, that’s no different from killing your family. How about diverting some from that fund you manage, Uthus or something? You’ve already diverted some for yourself; is there fifty billion there?"

Listening to Li Yan’s words, Liu Yuyang was nearly going insane! He felt it was either his ears failing or Li Yan’s nerves going haywire; could he seriously demand fifty billion?

He said nothing, so Li Yan continued, "Brother Liu, don’t be too shocked. I’m not talking about International Coin or anything like that; fifty billion International Coin’s fund isn’t something anyone would let you manage. As long as it’s about fifty billion Cloud Coin, that should suffice. If that’s for buying rice to make porridge, it’ll keep me freeloading till I’ve lost all my teeth."

"Humph! You’re already toothless now!" Liu Yuyang rebuked, "Get out! If you don’t leave, I’ll call people to beat you as a thief till you’re dead!"

"A thief? A lustful thief?" Li Yan lewdly stuck out his tongue, licking his lips, "You really want me to do something lustful to you? That wouldn’t be good, I’m not very interested in men; your sister would be more suitable..."

Liu Yuyang suddenly stood up; ’your sister’... he actually had a sister.

He was furious beyond words but didn’t intend to duel Li Yan. The previous defeat of the martial arts champions, the current failure with the assassins, and the ability to sneak in tonight... these all reasoned—Li Yan’s physical capabilities weren’t simple!

Why fight when it’s easier to let others subdue him first, then intervene, which is safer and more enjoyable? (To be continued, to find out what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. For more Chapters, support the author, support legitimate reading!)