Lin Shuai Nan shrugged, acting as if it was all in a day's work.
"That's how it is when you do business with these profit-driven fellows. Besides, this matter is of great importance, and their interests are all intertwined. If we want to understand the inside story, we naturally have to pay some price."
Yang Fei's mouth twitched, and he shot Lin Shuai Nan a glare.
"I'm the one paying the price! My salary is so small, and you still have the nerve to ask me to treat them to a meal just now, and even let them see that cultivation technique worth thirty million? Aren't you afraid the information we get will be false!"
Lin Shuai Nan chuckled. This guy was a real money-grubber.
The money for the meal just now was all from Yang Fei's pocket. The gifts, the networking, all of it was paid for by Yang Fei.
Yang Fei had truly bled a lot of money today.
"Heh heh, I say, Brother Fei, you're being a bit narrow-minded. This is just the beginning. Can I, Lin Shuai Nan, haggle with you over such a small amount? Besides, this is all to help you complete your mission. You can get reimbursed by Big Brother later!"
Lin Shuai Nan said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Yang Fei was speechless. He could indeed ask Ling Feng for reimbursement for the expenses incurred to complete the mission.
However, he didn't have the thick skin to ask Ling Feng for money. It was a bit awkward to bring it up.
"I say, Brother Fei, you're still not getting it. What's there to be shy about? If you want money, you have to be shameless. If you want to be shameless, you won't have money!"
Lin Shuai Nan started the car and glanced at Yang Fei through the rearview mirror, lecturing him on business principles.
Yang Fei's mouth twitched. He understood what Lin Shuai Nan meant, but he still felt a bit annoyed.
"Is there no one who can be both rich and respectable?"
"Yes, look at my Big Brother. He's both rich and respectable. But if my Big Brother's face were so valuable, would you let my Big Brother personally handle such a small matter? We definitely need to handle these things properly. Besides, after we take down these guys, we'll definitely make a lot of money. Don't worry about this little bit of money. Consider it an investment!"
Lin Shuai Nan shrugged and replied cheerfully.
Yang Fei gave Lin Shuai Nan a big glare. Although he didn't say a word, his meaning was perfectly clear.
I'll just treat it as if you're talking nonsense!
Soon, the two returned to Ling Feng's residence.
"Understood?"
Ling Feng asked casually, putting down the book in his hand, preparing to go out.
"Yes, we've understood everything and made arrangements. There are quite a few people behind this matter, and many of them are businessmen who were previously members of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce. Now they are..."
"Acting brazenly!"
Lin Shuai Nan interrupted Yang Fei before he could finish.
Ling Feng glanced at Lin Shuai Nan. "Did you handle the connections for this?"
Lin Shuai Nan immediately beamed with a smile. "Heh heh, of course, it was me. Big Brother, if there's anything like this in the future, just hand it over to me, and I'll definitely handle it perfectly!"
These words infuriated Yang Fei standing beside him.
But before Yang Fei could explain anything, Ling Feng turned his gaze to Yang Fei. "How much did this kid cheat you out of? I asked you to find him to spend money on errands. You paid out of your own pocket? Are you out of your mind?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Fei's eyes widened.
So, Ling Feng had asked him to find Lin Shuai Nan earlier precisely to let Lin Shuai Nan cheat him out of money.
The result was that Yang Fei's comprehension was too poor, and he was instead cheated by Lin Shuai Nan!
In his embarrassment and anger, Yang Fei could only glare furiously at Lin Shuai Nan.
Lin Shuai Nan, on the other hand, looked away, whistling as if the matter between the two of them had nothing to do with him.
"How many specific individuals have been identified?"
Ling Feng pressed Lin Shuai Nan for details, intending to let them resolve their financial dispute later.
However, it was likely that Yang Fei would end up at a disadvantage.
The current Yang Fei couldn't defeat Lin Shuai Nan in a fight, nor could he match him in schemes and tricks. He was truly being completely outmatched!
Lin Shuai Nan quickly reported the situation, listing the names and backgrounds of several individuals.
Ling Feng's eyes narrowed slightly.
"After the Li family was driven out of Kyoto, the Zhao family emerged. After the Zhao family, now a Lin family has appeared. Shuai Nan, what's your connection to this Lin family? Don't tell me you're backing them?"
Lin Shuai Nan shivered under Ling Feng's gaze and immediately shook his head like a rattle drum.
"No, absolutely not! Big Brother, this Lin family has nothing to do with me, not even distantly. Moreover, they've risen so quickly, and someone has already become a vice-chairman in the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce. They made their fortune through these shady pirated cultivation techniques! Other people are basically all connected to the Lin family, and now they're all in the same boat! We invested tens of millions this time. This kind of cash capital is basically thrown in and can't be retrieved. Not everyone can afford it!"
Ling Feng paused his actions upon hearing this, then shook his head at Lin Shuai Nan and Yang Fei.
"You were too careless. You fell into their trap."
"What?"
Lin Shuai Nan scratched the back of his head, bewildered.
Yang Fei, however, immediately looked out the window, his eyes widening, and angrily shouted, "Bastards, these bastards have the nerve to follow us here!"
"Follow us?"
Lin Shuai Nan suddenly realized. "Damn it, I spent money and got played? Isn't this making me, Lin Shuai Nan, lose face and ruin my mood? Damn it, let's kill them!"
Shouting, Lin Shuai Nan was about to rush out.
But Ling Feng directly stopped the two of them, his expression chillingly cold, and said, "You want to fight here?"
Lin Shuai Nan and Yang Fei both shivered, instantly snapping back to reality.
This was Ling Feng's home, how could they possibly fight here?
Several of the elder sisters-in-law were pregnant. If any of them were disturbed, it would be something neither Lin Shuai Nan nor Yang Fei could bear the responsibility for!
"I'll lure them away!"
Yang Fei gritted his teeth and said.
He darted out, and as Yang Fei drove away, the approaching cars indeed chased after Yang Fei.
But as those two cars left, another car slowly drove over and stopped at the villa entrance, looking up at the villa.
Lin Shuai Nan naturally saw the person below clearly!
"It's this guy, that brat from the Lin family, named Lin Zhuo. We just met with him. I didn't expect him to see through us and set up a trap within a trap!"
Lin Shuai Nan cursed in shame and anger, about to go down and deal with him.
Ling Feng, however, stared at the arrogant fellow below and shook his head disdainfully. "An idiot like this wouldn't have the intelligence you're talking about. Someone is guiding him from behind. That's good. Let him lead us to the person behind it, and we can also resolve the auction matter!"
With that, Ling Feng's figure flickered and disappeared.
Lin Shuai Nan came back to his senses and quickly followed.
He saw that Ling Feng had already pinned Lin Zhuo, who was about to enter the villa, under his foot.
Lin Zhuo's face was contorted and deformed, his eyes wide open, still somewhat bewildered, completely unaware of how he had been pinned down!