None More Venomous Than a Woman

The boss is already suspicious. He might find out in a few days. I can't wait-I need to find a way to kill him. Besides, with him above me, how am I supposed to get ahead?

The problem is how to kill him! Gu Sheng was stumped.

Ah Sin always took several underlings with him when he went out. Gu Sheng had no chance at all.

Even if he got a chance, he couldn't do it himself. If word got out, he would have nowhere left to go on Hong Kong Island. Hongxing's tens of thousands of underlings would all be out hunting him.

Where could he flee abroad these days? Taiwan or Thailand? The gangs on Hong Kong Island had connections in both places. They might not be powerful there, but they were powerful enough to deal with him.

Wait, I'm a cop... My superiors only told me to gather evidence of Ah Sin's crimes. Ah Sin doesn't touch drugs, so there's nothing serious I can pin on him.

Even if I find some petty charge and get him locked up for a few days, it won't do a damn thing. He can still have other people investigate. If they find out, I'm dead the moment he gets out.

That bitch is really stupid... No, she's using me as her knife! Gu Sheng had only just transmigrated when this mess landed on him, leaving his thoughts in turmoil. Only now did it suddenly dawn on him.

What she had said was a mixture of truth and lies. She really didn't want to stay with Ah Sin anymore. He had beaten her more than a few times over the years.

It might also be true that Ah Sin was suspicious, though he probably only suspected she was having an affair.

The bitch had come today to force him into killing Ah Sin.

Otherwise, why would she dare come out to get her hair done when she knew Ah Sin was suspicious? Wasn't she afraid of being dumped in the sea?

Once he killed Ah Sin, she would grab the money and run. Whether he lived or died? Why would she give a shit?

Running away together? What a load of crap.

Ruthless. None more venomous than a woman, all right. The more Gu Sheng thought about it, the more convinced he became.

I need to keep her calm. The boss has to die, but I can't leave his wife alive either. This woman is too ruthless. Gu Sheng did know why she had chosen him.

For one thing, he was handsome. For another, he had a nickname: Quick-Blade Sheng.

After mulling it over for a long while, Gu Sheng went downstairs and sat to one side, watching the boss's wife get her hair done.

The people in the salon showed neither concern nor curiosity about the two of them having spent so long upstairs. Even if they were curious, they wouldn't show it.

Celebrities often came here to get their hair done. The staff knew how to keep their mouths shut.

Another hour passed before Gu Sheng spotted Big-Eyed Hua peering in from outside. Judging by his glowing expression, that tea must have been pretty good.

The two of them took the boss's wife home. Gu Sheng told Big-Eyed Hua to wait outside and followed her into the stairwell.

"How much money do you have on hand? I'll go find someone," Gu Sheng said.

"How much do you need?" Her eyes lit up. She certainly couldn't approach anyone herself, and she had no contacts anyway.

"At least a hundred thousand," Gu Sheng said, steeling himself.

"All right. When do you need it?"

"The sooner the better, obviously." Gu Sheng regretted his figure. From how readily she had agreed, a hundred thousand clearly wasn't much to her.

"At least a hundred thousand. No telling whether that'll be enough. Give me whatever you can. I'll go to Kowloon Walled City and find someone."

"I have over two hundred thousand. I'll give you all of it. But don't think you can take the money and run..."

"Am I that kind of person? Besides, where could I run?" Gu Sheng snapped.

"Wait here a moment." She went inside and returned shortly with a paper bag, handing it to Gu Sheng. "The sooner the better."

"Don't worry." Gu Sheng reached inside and felt around. There were several thick kraft-paper envelopes in the bag.

As Gu Sheng headed downstairs, he loaded the money straight into the Wheel. The cash vanished, and 200000 appeared beneath the Wheel.

Gu Sheng stuffed the remaining twenty thousand into his pocket. Money gave a man courage, after all. How could a man get by without any?

The moment he stepped outside, he tossed the paper bag into a trash can.

"Big-Eyed Hua, let's go." Gu Sheng called to Big-Eyed Hua, who was squatting nearby, and headed off.

"Sheng, where are we going?"

"Where are the girls... Forget it. Let's find somewhere to eat, then go home and rest."

He wanted to hurry up and eat, then go home and draw a prize. Who knew what he might get?

They hadn't gone far before Gu Sheng spotted someone squatting by the road, skinny as a bamboo pole, with long hair.

"Kit? What are you doing here?" Big-Eyed Hua hurried to greet him.

The man was Long-Haired Kit, one of Ah Sin's trusted men. Though he wasn't as formidable as King Boxer Yung, Mad Dog, or Chui Gai, he was still a minor leader.

"Brother Xin sent me to bring his wife a few things. Is she back yet?" Long-Haired Kit looked perfectly at ease.

Gu Sheng suspected Long-Haired Kit might actually be here to keep an eye on the boss's wife. He had no idea when Kit had started following them.

Gu Sheng studied Long-Haired Kit carefully. Only after seeing nothing unusual in his expression did he say, "We just took her upstairs. She's up there now."

With that, he left with Big-Eyed Hua.

Long-Haired Kit watched them leave, then went upstairs a little later.

The moment she opened the door to his knock, Long-Haired Kit pulled her into his arms.

"What did that kid say?"

"He just took over two hundred thousand from me. Said he was going to Kowloon Walled City to find someone to kill your boss. He won't run off with the money, will he?"

"Where could he run?" Long-Haired Kit said disdainfully. "Thailand? Taiwan? Unless he runs all the way to Africa, we can dig him out wherever he goes."

"Just in case, I'll tell Sister Ha to keep an eye out. If he really dares to run, I'll chop him up right away. But that kid's a horny idiot. With what you told him, he'll most likely find a way to kill Brother Xin."

"Once Brother Xin's dead, I'll kill him to avenge Brother Xin and take over fair and square. Then you'll still be the boss's wife..."

"Aren't you afraid people will talk?" She smiled, her cheeks flushed.

"Well, the boss will be dead. If I take care of his wife for him, who wouldn't give me a thumbs-up and say I'm a loyal man?" Long-Haired Kit chuckled.

After the two of them fooled around for a while, Long-Haired Kit hurried away.

Meanwhile, Gu Sheng and Big-Eyed Hua grabbed a quick bite outside. Then Gu Sheng sent Big-Eyed Hua away and headed home himself.

"Go back and wait downstairs at the boss's place. Page me if anything happens."

Gu Sheng also had a pager clipped to his waist. They weren't cheap these days, and Big-Eyed Hua had envied it for a long time.

He lived in a rundown old building in Yuen Long. His home measured a hundred and sixty square feet, barely fifteen square meters, and had been left to him by his parents.

Over a decade earlier, his father had swum to Yuen Long first. After working for a few years, he sent word back, and his mother brought Gu Sheng over illegally too. Later, both parents worked in a textile factory, where they died in a fire.

Gu Sheng opened the door and rubbed his nose in disgust at the rubbish strewn across the floor. The body's previous owner had been filthy.

Picking his way unevenly through the dump, he lay straight down on the bed and opened the Wheel.

Draw a Time Bomb! Gu Sheng silently urged.

That would be the easiest thing to use. All he needed was a chance to plant it under the car.

As for how much trouble it would cause... why should he give a shit?

He hadn't bought it. The police could investigate until the end of time and still never trace it back to him.