Chapter 15 - 13: Threats and Promises
"Wha-what?" The other person immediately started cursing, leaving Yin Shuyao stunned.
Li Wu pushed his tongue against his bruised, swollen face, hissing like an angry lion: "Your cousin brought bodyguards, one took down five, not even breaking a sweat. All our brothers got injured. How are you going to compensate us?"
"Impossible!" Yin Shuyao denied instantly without thinking, "I watched her leave my house alone. Maybe you’ve mistaken her for someone else?"
Li Wu sneered coldly, his voice icy like a venomous snake: "Mistake someone, yes, but not her. There aren’t many women more beautiful than Miss Yin by a hundredfold."
"You!" Yin Shuyao was so furious she stared daggers at him.
This wasn’t the time to argue over this; she urgently needed to clarify something: "Did you succeed or not?"
"My teeth were nearly knocked out—what do you think?" Just thinking about it burned him up inside. He lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled his words with the smoke, "Let’s give you a discount: five hundred thousand, hush money plus medical expenses. One cent less, and I’ll tell everyone that Miss Yin sent me to rape her own cousin."
He was short on cash lately, so why not take advantage of the opportunity?
"You’re robbing me!" Yin Shuyao’s vision darkened, a tightness clogging her chest, her voice dropping, "Li Wu, you’d better keep your mouth shut on this. If it gets out, it won’t be good for you either."
Li Wu had dropped out of school early, hustling in all sorts of filthy places, having seen every storm imaginable. How could he be easily threatened? He said indifferently, "I’m just an accomplice, and it was an attempt. At most, I’d be in jail for a while, but Miss Yin’s reputation wouldn’t be as forgiving."
Yin Shuyao bit her lip in hatred, almost wanting to spit blood.
Li Wu never dared to behave like this before.