"What did you say?" Meng Wei's ears were injured too, with only a jumble of rag scraps haphazardly pressed against them to stop the bleeding, so he thought he might have misheard.
"I need to see that the girl is safe before I'll consider transferring the money." Su Bai's expression was as calm as ever, just as it had been when he turned Meng Wei down a week earlier. "So please take me to wherever she is now, whether it's the abandoned warehouse in the next district or somewhere else. I have to see for myself that the girl named Qiu Lei is all right."
"You're going to save her? Spend everything you own to save someone you've only known for a few days?" Meng Wei's expression instantly twisted beyond recognition. "A brat without the slightest work experience? An outsider whose background you don't even know?"
"I only said I'd consider it." Su Bai looked up at Meng Wei. "If you've made up your mind, we can leave now."
"Don't you know you won't get a chance to consider anything once you're there? They're all there." For some reason, Meng Wei's face was filled with resentment and bitterness. "Forget considering it. If you so much as hesitate, those bastards might torture that girl right in front of you."
"Thanks for the warning."
"I'm not warning you!" Meng Wei let out a long breath, unable to shake his anger. "I really don't understand. We both worked for you, so why would you want to save that stupid little girl who doesn't know a thing, but not care whether I live or die? Just because she spent a few more days at the shop than I did?"
Despite saying that, Meng Wei walked behind Su Bai's wheelchair and began pushing him toward