Huo Wendong was stunned.
In broad daylight, under the clear sky, they were just robbing him out in the open!?
Huo Wendong grabbed Lu Chengwen. "Lu Chengwen, either get the Luminous Pearl back for me, or give me my money back! You set me up and cheated me. Don't think I'm so easy to fool!"
Lu Chengwen said, "Wendong, calm down."
"How am I supposed to calm down? I knew this deal went too smoothly. It wasn't a fake, and you didn't haggle over the price. There had to be something wrong! But I never expected you, Lu Chengwen, to learn how to rob people! You used to be sly, treacherous, full of schemes, and rotten to the core... but at least you had some respect for contracts! And now? You've learned to rob people!"
Lu Chengwen brushed Huo Wendong's hand away. "I robbed you!? If I robbed you, then where's the Luminous Pearl? Tell me! If I robbed you, shouldn't I have the Luminous Pearl?"
At that moment, something shot out from the inner room. Lu Chengwen caught it in one hand.
He looked closely. It was the Luminous Pearl!
Lu Chengwen looked at the Luminous Pearl, then at Huo Wendong.
Huo Wendong looked at the Luminous Pearl, then at Lu Chengwen.
Huo Wendong held out his hand. "Well, Cheng Wen? Give it to me?"
Lu Chengwen said, "Give you what?"
"The Luminous Pearl! Don't you get it? It's back! Get your facts straight!"
Lu Chengwen said, "Your Luminous Pearl was already stolen!"
"Isn't it in your hand!?"
"The one in my hand was entrusted to me for safekeeping by Senior Li Dabai!"
"Oh, so his name is Li Dabai? I don't care what he's called. Isn't that the Luminous Pearl I just sold?"
"Your Luminous Pearl was stolen.