Chapter 25: A Detrimental Friend
He snapped his fingers, causing Zhao Guang to misunderstand, thinking Lin Yu wanted money to buy his life. While nervously trying to retrieve money from his bag, it ended up spilling out a heap of photos. Curious, Lin Yu took a look, and to his surprise, they were all clandestine, adult-themed photos, seemingly capturing intimate moments of real people.
"Sir, I didn't bring much cash today, but I have a card. Just name the amount. If not, take the card; it holds over three hundred thousand, and the password is six-six-six," Zhao Guang said, preoccupied with offering both cash and the card.
"I don't need your pathetic money," Lin Yu impatiently dismissed his offering, pulling a cigarette from the pack in his bag. Zhao Guang, suddenly alert, quickly helped light the cigarette.
"Pick up those photos, let me see," Lin Yu deeply inhaled, taking the photos Zhao Guang handed over. After glancing through a few, he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"Zhao Guang, you're quite something. Isn't that fat guy your friend? Why are you sneakily taking his intimate photos in bed? What's the purpose? Amusing yourself when idle?" Lin Yu chuckled, tears welling in his eyes.
This is rather amusing. The male protagonist in these photos of intimacy is none other than the fat guy. Seeing his lascivious and intoxicated appearance, Lin Yu wouldn't believe it was candid if someone swore on it.
Unexpectedly, this fat guy actually befriended such a sly fellow. However, the woman does look quite good, with a great figure. Seeing how intoxicated the fat guy was, it was evident that this seductive woman had him tightly wrapped around her finger.
"This, this isn't what it seems. I've been a bit tight on funds lately, so I thought to extort a little money from him," Zhao Guang awkwardly smiled, blushing like a monkey's backside, seemingly harboring a hint of shame.
"How did you plan to extort him? Is this nouveau riche sensitive about his reputation? Probably not, right?" Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, now quite interested.
"It's not about that. The key is, this fat guy, Li Tianyu, remarried a woman from a wealthy family fifteen years ago. He developed his highway construction and real estate through her family's support. Therefore, he's incredibly secretive. Despite that, he couldn't resist having an affair and these are photos of him with his mistress. I thought, if I threaten to hand these photos to his wife, he'd fear and offer me money, allowing me some financial leeway," Zhao Guang, facing the formidable Lin Yu, dared not conceal anything, revealing his entire plan like a bamboo tube pouring out beans.
"I see," Lin Yu nodded thoughtfully, tapping the photos in his hand. "In that case, give me these photos; I'll take care of them for you."
"No problem, I have plenty of such photos and even recorded videos. If you'd like..." Before Zhao Guang could finish, he was spat upon by Lin Yu.
"Nonsense! Why would I want videos of that fat pig in bed? Are you crazy?" Lin Yu scolded him furiously, leaving Zhao Guang flustered, repeatedly nodding and apologizing. Yet, deep down, he shuddered, perhaps aware of Lin Yu's intentions.
Casting a fleeting glance at the fat guy lying unconscious, Zhao Guang couldn't help but feel remorseful. "I'm sorry, Li Fat, he might be trying to extort you. That's none of my business..."
"Alright, get lost. It's none of your concern. Remember, everything that happened today, forget it. Keep your cronies quiet too. Even regarding these photos, act like you know nothing. If a single word leaks out..." Lin Yu glanced around, picked up a steel pipe discarded by Zhao Guang's lackey, and made a couple of swift taps.
"I'm sorry, sir, please don't hit me again. I'll do anything you say..." Zhao Guang was immediately frightened, thinking Lin Yu wasn't finished venting his anger and would hit him again.
"You're pathetic," Lin Yu sneered, lightly exerting force on the steel pipe, which, under Zhao Guang's stiff gaze, was effortlessly bent and twisted into a spiral.
Handing the twisted pipe to Zhao Guang, Lin Yu chuckled, patting his shoulder. "You should know what I mean, right?"
"I do, I do, sir. Rest assured, from now on, I don't know who you are, I wasn't here today, and I know nothing about those pictures. It has nothing to do with me," Zhao Guang nervously responded, sweat beads trickling down his forehead.
Goodness gracious, that was a high-quality carbon steel pipe. Not only couldn't it be twisted by hand, but even two people with big pliers couldn't bend it. He managed to twist it into a spiral? That would require an immense amount of strength.
"You're smart, go on. Wait, I don't want your useless card. Give me two thousand, I need to buy some clothes and shoes. Consider it your gift to me," Lin Yu motioned for Zhao Guang to hand over some money.
"No problem, no problem," Zhao Guang quickly handed over all the cash and then hurriedly ran off with the steel pipe in hand.
"This kid, despite everything, never dared to strike. Not bad, better than those two fools," Lin Yu casually pocketed the money, watching Zhao Guang's departing figure with a grin.
At this moment, a group at the Haifu Building was utterly bewildered. While they couldn't observe the specifics due to the distance, they witnessed Lin Yu throwing someone for the second time, but it wasn't as shocking as before.
They couldn't discern Lin Yu's actions with the bricks or steel pipe. However, what they clearly saw was Zhao Guang's men fleeing and Zhao Guang bowing and running off.
Confused and uncertain, they couldn't fathom what was happening. At that moment, Lin Yu became increasingly mysterious to them. Some with vivid imaginations even speculated if this gentleman was a gang boss's son, playing a young master disguise in the mortal world. Otherwise, how could he intimidate Zhao Guang and his crew like that, despite their numbers?