Chapter 378
Ye Tian saw the hesitation in his eyes and knew he was about to start lying, so he said coldly, "Ergou Zheng, I can tell you the truth, your brother didn’t lock you up here to protect you, but because he was afraid you’d run away. You probably know this, even if I don’t say it; to be able to sit on such a huge sum of money for so many years, that kind of person is truly terrifying. Of course, what I say doesn’t really count, since you two are blood brothers and surely understand each other better than I do. I’m just speaking from an outsider’s perspective. But you can take it as a reference. Isn’t that right?"
Watching Ergou Zheng glaring at him, Ye Tian didn’t mind, and continued, "There’s an old saying, brothers settle accounts clearly. Not to mention five million, even over a mere five yuan, there are those who would come to blows. So, don’t trust your brother too much. It’s always better to be cautious in advance than to be flustered when it’s too late. Money is important, but life is even more so."
Ye Tian looked at him, smiled, then stood up and walked out of the room, carefully closing the door behind him without making much noise.
In the room, only Ergou Zheng was left.
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Ye Tian’s intent was not to force Ergou Zheng into confessing; with such trivial matters, whether or not he admitted it didn’t really matter. Ye Tian’s goal was to extract information about the people behind the scene from him. He had a feeling that the people behind this two-hundred-million project that Ergou was involved in were intricately linked to him, and whether this feeling was true or not, he had to investigate it thoroughly.
After this disturbance, it couldn’t be guaranteed that Ergou Zheng would start to turn against Dazhi Zheng, but there was definitely dissatisfaction; otherwise, he wouldn’t have resorted to stealing money. These two brothers, reaching such a level in their relationship, were really a pair of freaks.
As Ye Tian walked, he thought about his strategy, completely unaware of the bicycle following him.
"Hey, punk."
Ye Tian heard it but didn’t turn around, as he remembered no one addressing him by that name.