Tang Boqi Escapes with His Life? (Continued)

Song Tianyao slowly walked out of the kitchen, glanced down at Huang Liu who was still watching Brother Xiong and Ning Zikun play chess, and annoyed, lightly kicked Huang Liu's butt. "Didn't I tell you, Brother Six, to tell him I wasn't here?"

Huang Liu squatted on the ground without looking up, saying, "I told you, that guy said he'd wait outside. Boss, you don't allow me to hit people randomly. Should I drag him outside and beat him up now...?"

"Billy Zai, coming to visit my factory so late? Trying to make a comeback in the wig industry?" After seeing Sister Xiong push a bicycle out, Song Tianyao left Huang Liu to continue watching the game of chess, waved to Tang Boqi outside the gate, and asked with a smile.

Tang Boqi stared at Song Tianyao and slowly walked over, step by step. "When you said you were waiting for me that night, were you waiting for me to die?"

"Hey, we're such good friends, don't say things like that to scare me. I let you get back to United States safely last time, which shows I consider you a friend." Song Tianyao took out a cigarette, offered one to Tang Boqi, and said with a forced smile.

Tang Boqi did not accept Song Tianyao's cigarette, but stared coldly at Song Tianyao and said, word by word:

"Studwell knows, the Lin Family knows, and you know that there's something wrong with today's stock price. The rise amidst the fall indicates that someone was simultaneously selling off heavily while Studwell and I were propping up the market. You did it, but Studwell didn't tell me the truth, and no one from the Lin Family told me either. Moreover, Studwell is even preparing to give me more money to operate. This is clearly intended to make me bear all the consequences when they finally cash out and leave."

"Clap clap clap." Song Tianyao clapped his hands after putting the cigarettes back in the pack. "Impressive, Billy Zai. Looks like you learned your lesson last time. It's true what they say, 'A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.' Look at you, after losing once, it's much harder for anyone to harm you now. But what does it have to do with me? If the Lin Family wants you to take the blame, go settle the score with the Lin Family."

Song Tianyao pretended not to care, but he was quite disappointed. Tang Boqi, a sunny and cheerful guy, had already figured things out. It seemed that there would be fewer and fewer idiots in the future. Experience was indeed very important. Lin Xiaokang probably didn't have Tang Boqi's level of vigilance. In fact, both Lin Xiaokang and Tang Boqi were talented young people, but they lost out in terms of ruthlessness and experience.

When young and impetuous, they feel they have boundless ambition and are like tigers that can swallow a thousand miles. They unconsciously and unintentionally underestimate their opponents, yet they still like to get involved in games that the opponents themselves cannot afford. Perhaps if you put these two on a slightly lower level, they would be called young talents, and in a decade or so, they would be newly rich. But in this game, Tang Boqi and Lin Xiaokang only deserve one adjective: ambitious but incompetent.

Song Tianyao has been planning for so long, and even with Pedro Lobo's approval, he has only shown some attitude in the stock market so far. He is not in a hurry to make a big splash. Instead, he has been slowly pushing things forward and putting pressure on the Lin Family. He hopes that when the Lin Family is pushed to the limit and suddenly rebounds, they will make a mistake so that he can seize the right opportunity to make a move.

Tang Boqi and Lin Xiaokang acted rashly; it's no wonder they were defeated.

Originally, Song Tianyao had hoped that Tang Boqi and Lin Xiaokang would both die. If Tang Boqi died, his United States identity could be used to his advantage. Now it seems that such a hope is no longer possible.

"I bet if I hadn't come to see you tonight, tomorrow Studwell would have suddenly dumped his shares and cashed out, leaving me to bear the brunt of the shareholders' anger and pinning the blame for manipulating the stock price on me," Tang Boqi said coldly.

"It'll be worse than that. You'll jump off a building, and the Lin Family will make your suicide look perfectly reasonable. They'll then pin everything on you, a dead man." After confirming that the pretty boy in front of him couldn't possibly die at the hands of the Lin Family, Song Tianyao stopped joking and smiled disdainfully at Tang Boqi.

Tang Boqi was taken aback. Whether it was his dealings with Song Tianyao or his interactions with the Lin Family, he had seen his share of open and covert tactics, but these were all business maneuvers. Now, Song Tianyao was saying that if he hadn't acted quickly, he would have lost his life. He was somewhat incredulous. "I'm United States, the Lin Family..."

"If the Lin Family won't do it, I'll help them. This is Hong Kong, not United States." Song Tianyao flicked his cigarette ash and said casually, "Have you eaten yet...? How about we have dinner together? Then I'll have Brother Six take you back to the United States consulate, or to see your fierce girlfriend?"

Lou Fengyun pushed open the door to the office in the distance, brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, glanced at Tang Boqi, smiled at him, and then said to Song Tianyao, "A-Yao, Uncle Xiao from Tai Wo Street called and said he's finished the task you assigned him."

Song Tianyao was taken aback for a moment, then said to Lou Fengyun, "I understand. Please tell Uncle Xiao and the others that they've worked hard, and have Xinniang make you a cup of ginger and brown sugar water."

Lou Fengyun's pretty face flushed slightly. She glared at Song Tianyao reproachfully, then turned and went back to her office. With outsiders present, he had made a fool of himself by interjecting a casual remark while discussing serious matters.

After Lou Fengyun returned to her office, Song Tianyao Tang Boqi took two steps closer to Tang Boqi and whispered in his ear, "You're lucky you escaped with your life before tonight. Lin Xiaokang wasn't so lucky. You should thank me for teaching you a lesson back then, otherwise I wouldn't have just been waiting for you to die, I would have said that the Lin Family wouldn't let you die, and I would have been waiting to make my move to kill you."

Tang Boqi took a step back in disbelief, his eyes widening as he stared at Song Tianyao in shock. "You betrayed... you treacherously..."

He mumbled several words, but none of them felt quite right; he didn't know how to express what was on his mind at that moment.

"You should say it was my doing, Billy Zai. You're just a bit more vigilant than before, but you're still the same as with the wig business back then—you can't guess what I'm thinking until you reveal your last card." Song Tianyao glanced at the seat next to him. "You can't go back to the Lin Family. If you want to go back to United States, I'll have someone put you on a plane safely. The Lin Family won't bother you in United States. If you want to stay in Hong Kong to watch this game, the only front-row seat left is next to me. If you want to watch the game, I'll give you a seat so you can see clearly."