The log cabin was renovated and transformed into a luxurious mountain villa equipped with a state-of-the-art heating system, large floor-to-ceiling windows, and opulent furnishings.
They could even buy the entire barren mountain, along with the surrounding valleys.
Create a manor that is entirely your own.
"Can."
Su Wei's voice finally steadied, and that youthful vigor returned to his spine.
He finally straightened his back and stood up straight.
His tone carried an unprecedented ease and confidence.
I will be there on time.
"Okay. Finally, although it's not very normal to say it like this, I wish you a pleasant life. Mr. Su Wei Yang."
The sound of turning pages stopped, seemingly followed by the light touch of a pen on the paper, and then came Jennifer's slightly hesitant voice.
"Dudu"
The call was disconnected.
Su Wei maintained the posture of holding his phone, the off screen reflecting his slightly stiff face.
He put down his phone and looked at the call record that had changed his life.
Four minutes and thirty-two seconds.
These short four and a half minutes completely turned his life around.
Chapter 87 Clearing the Clouds to Reveal the Sun, Wild Laughter in the Wilderness (Bonus Chapter)
"Hello."
A low growl, like muffled thunder.
Black stood on the steps a few meters away.
The old hunter held a rusty logging axe in his hand, pointing it at a piece of birch wood.
He's been looking at it ever since he got off the bus.
From Su Wei's initial tension when answering the phone, to her stiffness midway through, and now her utterly distraught state.
But he didn't ask anything.
He simply swung his arm in a wide arc, and the sharp axe in his hand came crashing down heavily.
Click!
The log cracked open with a snap, sending sawdust flying and revealing a pale yellow core inside.
The sharp sound startled Su Wei awake.
He turned and looked at the old man, who was as silent and unyielding as a rock.
"How?"
Black pulled the axe off the stump with one hand and tossed it into the nearby woodpile. "What phone call made you act like you've lost your mind? Kid, remember, no matter what happens, as long as you're alive, there's hope."
His tone was indifferent, as if he didn't care at all.
But his grey-blue eyes were always watching him.
Su Wei's wildly beating heart suddenly calmed down.
Warm Current, seemingly from nowhere, surged through my entire body.
He relaxed completely, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.
Even though he tried his best to control his expression.
But, three million two hundred and fifty thousand!
This amount changed his life.
Su Wei shook his head, his facial muscles becoming somewhat uncontrollable due to prolonged tension.
He tried to twitch the corners of his mouth, but the expression that came out was even uglier than crying.
"No."
Su Wei took two steps forward, his boots crunching through the snow.
"Good news! Thanks to the efforts of the union, the insurance company has decided to pay out in compensation for that rare and major maritime disaster in Kodiak Town."
Black's face twitched, and his brow twitched.
"They paid compensation? Those damned vampires?"
He doesn't ask about the process, only the result.
Su Wei stopped in front of Black, separated by a pile of freshly chopped firewood, his body still reeking of deer blood.
"Compensation was provided."
He took a few deep breaths, and his facial expression finally returned to normal. "I'm no longer in debt."
He didn't give a specific number.
For someone like Black who views money as a reserve of bullets, ten million and one million make no difference.
In fact, the other party's net worth might be even greater than the compensation he currently faces.
The important thing is the result.
Justice.
Although, it is a matter of due justice.
But now, this is a difficult step.
Black stared at Su Wei's face.
The lingering gloom and anxiety between the young man's brows are gradually dissipating.
Instead, there was a vague sense of ease.
It's like someone who has been carrying a huge boulder for a long time suddenly having their burden removed, and then they stagger and don't know how to take another step.
"Those sons of bitches finally vomited."
Black snorted, pulled the crumpled empty cigarette pack from his pocket, and shook it.
Only the last one.
He held it in his mouth, but didn't light it.
"Now that you've lost money, who are you trying to fool with that mournful look on your face?"
Black stepped forward and patted Su Wei heavily on the shoulder with his large, calloused hand.
Its strength is astonishing.
The shot made Su Wei stagger.
"That's reality, kid."
Black, a cigarette dangling from his lips, spoke in a muffled but powerful voice, "In this damned world, justice may be delayed. Humph!"
He himself seemed to find the statement somewhat laughable, and couldn't help but let out a soft hum.
But the situation had already come to this point, and the words had already been spoken.
Black forced himself to continue, offering words of comfort that he was completely unskilled at.
"But as long as you have evidence, means, or even a gun, it will always come."
"Money in hand, debts paid off, land saved."
"This is fucking a good thing."
Black rarely swears, at least not this frequently.
His hawk-like eyes were fixed on Su Wei. "Since it's a good thing, you should be smiling."
"Laugh?"
Su Wei was stunned.
Next to it was a modified tracked vehicle, with a dead deer frozen solid in the cargo bed, and the air was thick with the smell of blood.
Before me was still a serious old man who took rocks as his standard.
This scene, is it funny?
"Yes, laugh."
Black suddenly leaned closer, his weathered old face displaying a strange expression—an attempt to show joy that he had never done before but was trying.
That refined smile was reserved for those bastards in suits.
"Here, in the wilderness, we will laugh."
Laugh like a madman! Howl like a wolf!
As Black spoke, a sudden grin spread across his face.