Lu Chengwen and Jiang Yuanzheng moved away from the banquet, circling beneath the eaves to a corner where they could talk in private.
Jiang Shang quietly shifted closer, watching them coldly without betraying a thing.
A rich man who had humiliated him and a son who loved money more than life—what were these two bastards plotting?
Jiang Yuanzheng said, "You did this?"
Lu Chengwen smiled. "What do you think? Spectacular, right?"
Jiang Yuanzheng laughed. "You're fucking something else. You can even mobilize Old Man Wu now?"
"It's all the same, really. Everyone has a weakness. Once you seize it, you can stir their emotions. Li Dabai cares most about saving face. Just look at the way he made his entrance—he wanted to be the prettiest guy in the whole place. So I shattered his Dao Heart. Hehehe. Sure enough, the guy cracked."
Jiang Yuanzheng nodded. "I was worried that, just to save your own skin, you'd be hoping my father died at that Dead Rat's hands."
"To be honest, Fourth Uncle, I did think about it. I was scared!"
Lu Chengwen sighed. "But that wouldn't work. He's Yuan Shu's father, and besides... the Jiang Family can't do without him right now."
"Huh? That's your reason?"
"It's very important," Lu Chengwen said. "If the Jiang Family were handed over to you, it'd be finished."
"Hey, what the hell do you—"
"Fourth Uncle." Lu Chengwen cut him off. "Your talent is making money. The Jiang Family needs someone to steer the ship, and it also needs someone to make money. Those are two legs, and you're one of them. The left leg's job can't be done by the right leg. I don't mean anything else by it."
"Now that's more like it."
Li Dabai said, "The old man will probably still want