Lan Mu jumped straight out the window and left the apartment building as quickly as he could.
It was just past ten at night. Lan Mu hid in an alley, changed back into a human, and put on the men's clothes Duan Jie had brought.
Duan Jie was tall, so Lan Mu could barely fit into the outfit.
He was dressed in casual men's clothing but barefoot, making him look especially strange when he walked out of the alley.
Lan Mu felt around in his pockets and found only a little over ten yuan in loose change. Apparently, that handsome woman had brought only enough money for a cab ride home.
"Thanks..."
Lan Mu took the money to a convenience store and called Cheng Ming.
He had instructed Bai Ze that once he arrived in the Magic City, he should first get hold of all his private funds, then go to Lan Cheng Studio and casually discuss some business.
Lan Mu had specifically told him to pay upfront, easing the studio's financial crisis.
Under normal circumstances, clients would at most pay a deposit. The remaining balance could only be collected after the job was finished.
After arriving in the Magic City, Bai Ze spent three days transferring all the secret funds he had stored in China into a new account under his own name. He suddenly had several million on hand.
Then he went to Lan Cheng Studio to "give them money." Without doing anything at all, he paid in full. Cheng Ming smiled on the surface, but inwardly cursed the other party as a ****.
After chatting with Cheng Ming for a few sentences, Lan Mu brought up that sucker.
Cheng Ming laughed loudly. "He really is a sucker! Huh? Brother Mu, how did you know?"
Lan Mu said,