Chapter 586: The Thing I Hate Most Is Betrayal
Chapter 586: The Thing I Hate Most Is Betrayal
Lei Jiang bowed politely to Wu Simiao, showing respect. Such small gestures always left a good impression. Then he bent closer to Chen Chaofa and whispered a few words about the situation in Hexi.
Chen Chaofa’s expression immediately darkened. Lowering his eyes, he walked out, leading Lei Jiang into a secluded corner to question him in detail.
“So, from the look of things, this Fatty in Hexi really does have wood-type ability users under his hand.”
Chen Chaofa was a peculiar man. He didn’t seem particularly greedy for the wood-type ability users themselves. What upset him was that Peng Yu had been killed. Peng Yu was his man. Whether he valued him before or not, the fact remained: Peng Yu belonged to him.
That alone showed how fiercely protective Chen Chaofa was of what was his.
Yet at the same time, he had casually taken women from his subordinates, proving how arrogant he was—believing that within his own domain, he could do whatever he pleased.
Physically, Chen Chaofa was slightly leaner than Lei Jiang, with a small head, around forty years of age.
When his eyes locked on Lei Jiang and Lei Jiang nodded firmly in return, a vein throbbed on Chen Chaofa’s forehead. With some impatience, he said to Lei Jiang: “Since Zhou Zheng and his people can’t be trusted, kill them. The thing I hate most is betrayal. Also, find a way to get all of those wood-type ability users into our hands.” Then, glancing around to make sure no one was listening, Chen Chaofa added, “This needs to be handled quickly. If we can’t secure them, kill them all. I’ve already contacted the Jinmen Base. In the coming days they’ll send troops to take over this place. Before things spiral completely out of control, we need to get out of here.”
Yaoyang Base was already rotten to the core. Chen Chaofa had originally come to discuss a merger with Wu Simiao, but he had no intention of staying long. If not for Lei Jiang recruiting followers for him, he would have only made a short stop at Yaoyang before heading north.
Most of the Chen family were in Jinmen. With General Chen’s influence, their power there was overwhelming. Why stay here and freeze to death alongside Wu Simiao?
True, Jinmen Base was just as cold, but that was Chen Chaofa’s own territory. There, he moved like a fish in water. At the very least, things like Zhou Zheng singlehandedly concealing matters from the entire leadership would never happen.
The Jinmen side would dispatch a military aircraft to fetch him, along with armed forces to take over Yaoyang Base. The aircraft was large, but it couldn’t possibly take everyone. That was why Chen Chaofa hadn’t announced it openly, only instructing Lei Jiang to be prepared.
As they spoke, the decorative iron tree beside them quietly grew taller. By the time their conversation finished, the iron tree had already reached shoulder height.
But plants grew silently, and neither of the men noticed when the iron tree had shot up so high.
After finishing his words, Chen Chaofa returned to the private room to continue eating and drinking with Wu Simiao, leaving Lei Jiang standing in silence, thinking about how to seize the wood-type ability users from Fatty’s group.
“Ka-ka…”
A faint sound, like bones grinding together, broke the quiet.
Alone in the remote corner of the hotel, Lei Jiang felt a shadow fall across his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw the leaf of the iron tree, resting lightly upon him.