Lazily yours

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Chapter 117: Blackmail and Business

"You wanted us to work for you?" Rue scoffed. She couldn't help herself. The man in front of them looked just like a sheltered young master. How could he speak about something so nonsense?

"Yes. That is right." Shen Qui nodded. He sat comfortably on one of the working chairs inside the small studio apartment. He looked at the scowling Rue and his twin brother Ronan Chu. These two were not really famous criminals, but both of them were good at computers. 

A little part of Shen Qui was actually doubting this decision. After all, these two people don't really have a good track record of working with other people. However, Lyca assured him that he was talented enough to recruit them.

"You think the gun in your waist was enough to convince us that you are someone powerful?" Ronan asked. "We don't work well with other people Mr. Q. I suggest you leave now."

"Well… I am planning to recruit a group of criminals like you to work for me."

"I said… we can't work for you!" Ronan hissed. "Leave now."

Shen Qui's lips pressed into a thin line. He looked at Ronan then to Rue. "Do you really want to stay in a place like this forever? Then move the next month because you can't earn enough to pay for the rent?"

"You— "

"If you are here to insult the way we leave then, just leave us alone," Rue uttered.

"I can give you money."

"And so was every people who offered us a job." But it always fails. Those people would only harbor bad intentions of his twin sister, and they would be forced to leave and run away. "I won't work, Mr. Q."

Shen Qui smiled and nodded. "How about the kids that you are helping each month? Once I call the police and tell them that the stolen money was donated into their orphanage… what do you think will happen to those kids?" He lifted an eyebrow.

"This is blackmail!" Rue uttered.

"Oh. No…" Shaking his head, Shen Qui added. "This is business."

"You— " Ronan narrowed his eyes as a long stretch of silence filled the atmosphere. "Do you think we can work well together after you blackmail us?" How could he let someone like Mr. Q get close to his sister? Ronan was a man, and he knew that most men would soon like his sister. If this person would— His gaze darkened as he met Rue's gaze.

Seeing the two look at each other, Shen Qui smiled and opened his phone. "Hello… is this the police— "He didn't continue his words when he saw Rue pull a knife and threw it on his way. Shen Qui beamed then moved his body, letting the knife miss him by a few inches. Then he removed his gun and pointed it at the woman.

The same smile was on Shen Qui's face as he ended the call. "I see… so you want to play it that way."

"You think we are afraid— "

*BANG*

Shen Qui pulled the trigger. There was no hesitation in his gaze.

Rue's loud scream followed, her hand covered her left ear, face paling as she glared at Shen Qui. "Don't ever point a knife at me, lady." Shen Qui said. His tone was calm, gentle even, but the sinister glint in his eyes was too apparent, it made the twins feel as if a predator was in front of them.

"Are you fucking crazy?" Ronan immediately approached his sister, anger apparent in his eyes.

"The bullet grazed her ears." Shen Qui said. "It wasn't enough to kill her."