"Alright, I’ll give you a little. So, how much? A few hundred?"
"Drop dead!" Qi Manlin was so anxious she almost jumped up. She gestured with her hand, "70-30 split!"
"Damn, 70-30 split? You just open your mouth and you want two million? Why not just rob a bank?"
"Wrong!" Qi Manlin smiled sinisterly, "When I say 70-30, I mean I get 70, you get 30!"
Lin Mu, upon hearing this, opened his mouth so wide it seemed like his eyes and nose had no place on his face.
Lin Mu truly wished he were dead at this point. He might as well just hang himself with a long noodle. Almost crying, he said, "Oh my God, Chief Qi, you want five million? Are you trying to drain my blood?"
"Why are you in such a rush? This money isn’t even yours; didn’t you extort it from someone else? Alright, seeing how pitiful you look, I’ll take a step back, let’s split it equally. Three million is fine. But let me tell you, without my help, could you have gotten this money? Without my informational clues, you wouldn’t be getting a single dime. Stop yapping and hand over the money!" Qi Manlin stretched out her hand for the cash.
"Um... sis, you’re a servant of the people, a good cop, a good official, and you’re even a party member. Party members should have discipline; we can’t be taking bribes!" Lin Mu pretended to speak sincerely.
"Cut the crap. I haven’t accused you of blackmail, and me taking your money isn’t called bribery; this is dog-eat-dog. You bite others, then I bite you. It’s tit for tat!" Qi Manlin said with a stance that showed she wouldn’t give up until she got the money.
"Hey, sis, can you ask for a little less? A hundred thousand, okay? I estimate that being a cop for a lifetime you might not even make a hundred thousand!" Lin Mu negotiated humbly.
"No way, I already gave you a discount. Three million is my bottom line, and I won’t let you off if you don’t give it to me!" Qi Manlin looked at him with determined eyes.
"Then... is there no room for negotiation?"
"Uh, alright then, give me your bank account number, I’ll transfer it to you." Lin Mu said helplessly.
"Hmm, that’s more like it. Men, as soon as they have money, they turn bad. So I’ll keep the money for you for now, and I’ll be taking monthly payments from you too." Qi Manlin said.
"What?!! Monthly payments from me? I say, police flower sis, are you serious? You’re not even my wife; we don’t even have a penny’s connection, and you’re controlling me , might as well marry me." Lin Mu was truly exasperated! This little police flower was driving him to the edge!
"Hmph, I’m here to supervise on behalf of Feifei. Now that you have the Flying Dragon Foot Bath Pavilion and some Sea Security Company or whatever, you should be making quite a bit. I’ll just take a small amount, let’s say one hundred thousand a month!" Qi Manlin said easily, dragging Sophie into the conversation.
"Uh, police flower sis, are you sure you didn’t escape from the Wancheng mental asylum? I’ll need to call and confirm if the asylum forgot to lock the door and you snuck out! Damn, one hundred thousand a month, you think it’s a hundred bucks? Even if I sold my blood and essence, it wouldn’t be enough for you to exploit!" Lin Mu complained.
"Hmph, I’m doing this for Feifei, so no more arguments. If you don’t want to, that’s fine too. I’ll just tell Feifei, and you’ll never have the chance to become a free son-in-law of the Su Family." Qi Manlin said.
"My God!" Lin Mu sighed deeply in frustration, smacking his forehead. Oh, why did God make Lin Mu encounter a woman like Qi Manlin? Maybe I did something terrible in a past life?
Right, I must have slept with her three hundred times in a past life, and now she’s demanding three million—ten thousand per time. Wow, what a high price! But then again, with the ******** graceful figure of the little police flower, ten thousand a go isn’t that pricey!
"Alright, that’s settled for now. I sent the card number to your phone; don’t forget to transfer the money!" Qi Manlin waved and cheerfully left the room, humming a tune.
"Damn, three million!" Lin Mu cursed with a begrudging face. This chick is too wild; she just extorted three million like that. And it’s not over; each month he has to give her a hundred thousand more. This is more control than a wife over her husband!
Lin Mu grumbled as he left the room. He had no choice, even though he was unwilling. Earth Wolf transferred the three million to Qi Manlin.
Fortunately, Lin Mu wasn’t short on cash. The Flying Dragon Foot Bath Pavilion’s business was booming. The money was pouring in, especially around seven or eight in the evening, which was peak business time. Most bosses, after a day of work, needed to relax their tense bodies, and the Foot Bath Pavilion was the best leisure place to do so. It was practically a paradise for the wealthy!
Just having experienced Man Yu’s massage service, it was apparent that with enough money, this place was an absolute paradise!
Lin Mu continued to work busily all afternoon, noticing that he, the general manager, was the only one working, while Zhou Xun, the chairman, had been missing all afternoon. This worried him a bit, so he casually asked a receptionist.
"Ah Hong, have you seen Zhou Dong?"
Ah Hong thought for a moment, then answered, "Zhou Dong said at noon she had something to do and went out, hasn’t returned yet, and I don’t know where she is now!"
"Zhou Dong went out at noon?"
"Yes, Zhou Dong said when she left that she had a small errand and would be back soon, but she hasn’t returned yet!" Ah Hong said.
Lin Mu frowned slightly, sensing something was off, and pulled out his phone to call Zhou Xun.
"Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently switched off..."
"Switched off?" Lin Mu muttered, Zhou Xun’s phone never turns off because of her identity as an advertising star. With her numerous channel commercial activities, and the directors and CEOs in the film industry, she’s heavily socialized. A female actor of her status wouldn’t turn off her phone unless something particularly special happened!
Particularly special? Lin Mu’s heart suddenly tightened, a bad premonition came over him.
Recently, with business booming and making seven million overnight, he had been lost in excitement. Having part of his Human Yang Qi taken by Man Yu, his Seventh Sense seemed to have diminished!
Alas, it seemed like Africa was better. There, in the state of war, all his physical abilities functioned optimally. But once he returned to the city, it felt as if his body had rusted, and the sensitive Seventh Sense had somewhat regressed.