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"You may have misunderstood."

Upon hearing that, the Pig-head man scratched his sweaty armpit and said nonchalantly, "Whatever, your relationship with them has nothing to do with me."

"I just want money!"

"You give me the money! Everything else is negotiable!"

As he spoke, the Pig-head man gestured with his knife near Hua Jian's neck, then fiercely asked, "Do you even have any money?"

Seeing that the Pig-head man seemed genuinely interested only in money, Hua Jian heaved a sigh of relief and quickly pleaded, "Big brother, big brother. Don't get agitated. I have it. I have it."

He said, "On my various cards, combined, there's over 3 million Lini. You can go to my house to get it, I'll tell you the password, you can take it all."

Upon hearing Hua Jian's words, the Pig-head man fiercely said, "Are you trying to trap me! Whether it's withdrawals or transfers, the bank will have a record! Isn't this exposing my identity?!"

Seeing the Pig-head man react this way, Hua Jian quickly pleaded again and then said, "Then, at another private residence of mine, I also have some cash and Precious Metals hidden."

"Together, they're about 2 million Lini! 1 million at each location."

"Big brother, if you want it, I can give you all of it!"

The Pig-head man glanced at him suspiciously and said, "Really?"

Hua Jian nodded hurriedly.

The Pig-head man grunted and said, "Forget about your house then. It's too risky. Tell me about that other private residence."

Hua Jian dared not hide anything, quickly giving away the private residence's address, and the locations where the cash and Precious Metals were hidden, detailing everything clearly.

After recording the address of Hua Jian's external treasury, the Pig-head man once again picked up the butcher's knife and gestured towards Hua Jian's neck.

Hua Jian was terrified, "Big brother! How can you go back on your word like this!"

Pig-head man, seeing that Hua Jian was afraid of dying, bluntly said, "The money you're giving is too little! Just 1 million Lini! It's not enough for the risks I'm taking!"

"More money is needed!"

Hua Jian said, "But I've given you everything I can, the money in the cards and at my house, you don't want them!"

Pig-head man said, "I don't care. As long as I don't get enough money, I'll slaughter you!"

Hua Jian: .....

Hua Jian couldn't help but ask, "Then what should I do?"

Pig-head man's butcher knife hovered over Hua Jian's neck, "Think for yourself! Is there anything else worth money? Like an Extraordinary Artifact, materials that can be sold..."

Before he could finish, Hua Jian involuntarily said, "But you've already taken all the Extraordinary Artifacts I had on me!"

Pig-head man: .....

"What you had on you are my spoils of war! What you give additionally, those are for your ransom! Disaster Creatures! Intelligence! Anything valuable that can sell in the black market! It's all possible!"

"As long as I earn enough money, I might spare you."

Although Hua Jian highly doubted whether the Pig-head man would keep his promise, he was currently in a dire situation, like a fish on the chopping block. So after hesitating for a while, he said, "If you exchange for enough money, will you really spare me?"

Pig-head man's knife pointed upright, "Do you have a choice?"

Hua Jian's body shivered, he hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then I can provide you with some intelligence that many forces want and could definitely exchange for a lot of money."

"But, I will only tell you half of the intelligence."

"Once you've had someone verify the value and received a deposit..."

"I'll write down the other half in a code."

"Then you release me, or you let me send a coded message to a trusted person."

"At that time, they will bring the codebook to you to exchange for me."

"We'll exchange the book for the person. Does that work for you?"

Upon hearing Hua Jian's words, the Pig-head man hesitated clearly.

After a moment, he said, "Fine!"

"But if you dare to deceive me! I'll certainly not let you go! I can kidnap you once, I can do it a second time!"

Seeing the Pig-head man say this, Hua Jian couldn't help but feel resentful internally. Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire

He had never suffered such an indignity his whole life!

Although he was unclear about the real intentions of the Pig-head man and suspected that the man wasn't really after the money but rather the intelligence,

he had no choice, given the circumstances. If he wanted to delay and survive, he at least had to reveal some secrets to buy a chance to live.

Only then would he have enough time to wait for rescue by the Jiang Family or the Security Bureau.

And then counterstrike against this desperate criminal who dared to kidnap him!

Therefore, he quickly said, "Don't worry! I won't deceive you! And when I return, I also won't do anything to retaliate against you!"

Upon hearing Hua Jian's words, the Pig-head man laughed loudly and said, "That doesn't matter. Feel free to retaliate. Anyway, I'll take the money and leave Emerald City. I won't come back!"

"Besides, you haven't seen my face, you don't even know how to find me!"

Although the Pig-head man was well-disguised and his words had no loopholes, seeming like a genuine criminal relying on kidnapping executives for money, Hua Jian still didn't believe him.

Therefore, he tentatively said, "The intelligence I'm talking about is related to the Flower Morning Festival in Emerald City."

"This intelligence, all parties want it."

"It's extremely valuable!"

"And I happen to know some exclusive, very significant intelligence about the Flower Morning Festival..."

The Pig-head man made an inquiring "Oh?" and said noncommittally, "Is it really as valuable as you say?"

"Let's hear it."

Since the Pig-head man wore a mask, Hua Jian couldn't gauge his true intentions, so he could only probe by divulging some real and some false bits of the Flower Morning Festival's intelligence,@@novelbin@@

keeping the other part as a bargaining chip.

In the meantime, the Pig-head man asked several questions, which Hua Jian also answered half-truthfully.

Thus, the two of them talked for more than half an hour.

Afterwards, Hua Jian stopped the information he was about to say, then looked towards the Pig-head man and said, "I've told you all the first half of the intelligence."

"You can take this information and verify it with some forces."

"Or simply put it up for sale in the black market."

"Anyone with a certain investigation into the Flower Morning Festival will understand the authenticity and value of my intelligence."

"Selling it for three to five hundred million, or even up to a thousand million Lini is definitely not a problem!"

Upon hearing Hua Jian's words, the Pig-head man silently nodded.

Then he picked up the butcher knife in hand, mercilessly stabbing it into Hua Jian's heart!

In the moment blood spurted out, Hua Jian's face was filled with disbelief,

"You... you...... don't you want to know the rest of the intelligence?"