Sneaky

Sneaky

"Pretty tough, aren't you? Aren't you afraid I'll shoot you dead?"

Su Ming asked indifferently.

"Dare you? You're illegally carrying a firearm, which is a crime in itself. If you kill me, you can spend the rest of your life in prison!"

Wang Qiang said viciously.

After hearing Wang Qiang's words, Su Ming replied calmly.

"Sorry, but you've got one thing wrong. I'm not illegally carrying a firearm. I have a gun license!"

"How is that possible?"

When Wang Qiang heard Su Ming's words, an incredulous look appeared in his eyes. He knew how difficult it was to obtain a gun license. This guy actually had one?

In fact, Su Ming's gun license had been arranged by the Su family. He had asked for it as a birthday gift for the old man.

Unfortunately, he didn't actually have a gun. Su Yuan mainly refused to buy him one because he was afraid Su Ming would hurt himself.

"Nothing's impossible. And look at this."

Su Ming pulled his phone from his pocket with his left hand, then tapped a button. An audio recording began to play.

"How about it? I'll kill you today!"

As Wang Qiang listened to the recording, his face instantly turned deathly pale.

"Tell me, with this recording, plus all of you surrounding me with clubs, would I be justified in self-defense? Could I shoot you dead on the spot?"

Su Ming asked coldly.

Cold sweat kept pouring from Wang Qiang's forehead, and a trace of fear appeared on his face. Even so, he gritted his teeth and said,

"You can't kill me. You'll be in trouble if you do. The prosecutor might not believe you!"

"Do you think the prosecutor will believe me, a student, or you gangsters and scum?"

Su Ming ruthlessly extinguished the last sliver of Wang Qiang's hope.

Wang Qiang immediately lost his earlier bravado and could only give in.

"Then what do you want?"

"Nothing much. Tell me who ordered you to do this."

Su Ming stared at Wang Qiang as he asked.

Wang Qiang said irritably,

"You're asking something you already know. Of course it was Zhang Tai who ordered us to cripple you."

"Very good. If you want to live, you'd better help me testify against Zhang Tai."

After hearing Wang Qiang's reply, Su Ming revealed a faint smile.

Wang Qiang's expression changed slightly, and he immediately answered,

"Impossible. There's no way I'm helping you testify against him."

Wang Qiang knew better than anyone what Zhang Tai's family was like. Dealing with a small fry like him would be incredibly easy for them.

"That's not up to you anymore. Take a look."

Su Ming pressed his phone again and directly played a video. In it, Wang Qiang said,

"You're asking something you already know. Of course it was Zhang Tai who ordered us to cripple you."

"You—you recorded it? You did that on purpose! How can you be so sneaky?"

Wang Qiang looked at Su Ming in utter horror. He had never expected this deadbeat shut-in to be so devious, deliberately digging a pit for him to fall into.

Su Ming calmly threatened him.

"I have both an audio recording and a video now. Should I use the first one to accuse you of attempted murder, or should I bring out the second one and have you help me implicate Zhang Tai?"

Wang Qiang and the others were instantly rendered speechless. They couldn't say a word for a long while.

Leaning against the wall, Su Ming looked at them with a smile.

"No rush. I'll give you some time. Take your time thinking!"

Wang Qiang and the others grew even more conflicted. No matter which path lay before them, it led nowhere good.

About half an hour later, a sudden burst of hurried footsteps rang out. Wang Qiang and the others turned to look.

They saw Su Yuan rushing over with a group of security guards from the garbage dump.

"Son! Son!"

Su Yuan shouted nervously.

Seeing Su Yuan running toward him, Su Ming put away his gun and glanced at the time displayed on his phone.

He wasn't surprised by Su Yuan's arrival. The timing was about as expected, and he had even arrived a little early.

Su Ming had actually noticed long ago that he was being followed. Although he had a gun, he had still sent Su Yuan a message at the first opportunity and made a backup plan in case something went wrong.

Every gangster present looked ashen. They knew they couldn't escape today, so they obediently squatted down.

At that moment, Su Yuan rushed up to Su Ming, hurriedly feeling his arms and legs as he asked anxiously,

"Son, are you hurt anywhere?"

"I'm fine. Father, you don't need to be so nervous. But come with me—I have something to tell you. Have your people keep an eye on them."

Su Ming spoke calmly to Su Yuan.

"Hu Jia, keep an eye on them. Whoever dares to run, break their legs. I'll deal with them later. They must have a death wish, daring to bully my son."

Su Yuan angrily instructed Hu Jia.

To be honest, Su Yuan was furious. He had only one precious son, yet these people kept causing trouble for him every day. Were they trying to drive his son to his death?

"Yes, Master!"

Hu Jia hurriedly replied when he saw Su Yuan's anger.

After making the arrangements, Su Yuan went aside with Su Ming and asked,

"Son, go ahead."

"Father, these people are only hired muscle. The true culprit is our school's local tyrant, Zhang Tai."

"Good! So he was the one bullying you. Son, I'll send all these people to the Security Bureau right now, then have him arrested!"

"Father, listen to me first. I mean that after sending these people to the Security Bureau, you shouldn't accuse him immediately, and you shouldn't have anyone arrest him either."

Su Ming hurriedly stopped his father.

"Huh? Why not?"

Su Yuan was completely confused.

Looking at Su Yuan's bewildered expression, Su Ming couldn't help sighing. His father truly wasn't very clever, so he patiently explained,

"Father, there's no use accusing and arresting him right now. Although I have video evidence and can get Wang Qiang to implicate him, Zhang Tai's family has powerful connections. Everyone in the school knows that. Most likely, they'll turn a major issue into a minor one and a minor one into nothing. That wouldn't accomplish much."

"But we can't just let this go."

Su Yuan couldn't swallow his anger either.

"I'm not letting it go. I mean, send these people to a Security Bureau you're familiar with and have them detained there. Then, on the day of the City Exam, have someone arrest him! By then, even if he has connections reaching the heavens, as long as he's delayed for a few hours and misses the City Exam, he'll be completely finished."

Su Ming spoke as if he were describing the most ordinary thing in the world.

"I understand. As expected of my son—you really are clever. I know what to do now."

After hearing Su Ming's explanation, Su Yuan immediately understood.

"Remember, you must use the connections you trust most to handle this."

Su Ming took out his phone, sent the recordings and video to Su Yuan, and reminded him again.

Su Ming hadn't forgotten what happened the last time Zhang Tai sent people to ambush him. It wasn't that he didn't intend to retaliate; he simply hadn't found the right opportunity.

Now that Zhang Tai had delivered himself to his door, Su Ming naturally intended to ruin him completely.

Missing the City Exam was an extremely serious matter. For one thing, Zhang Tai had a chance of applying to Imperial Court Academy. Missing the City Exam would be the same as ruining his future.