Entangled: Crisscross - Chapter 110

Four hours ago.

“Miss Zhang? Why are you blocking my way?” Lawyer Liu had already a dark look on his face. “I never thought that you would be this bold to try and block me.” He sneered. He had clients and enemies more powerful than this woman, but none of them dared to act this way.

“Lawyer Liu… May I invite you for a coffee?”

The smile on Zhang Ying’s face only made him more irritated. “No.”

“Lawyer Liu, please don’t take this the wrong way. I was just…”

“Take this the wrong way? Miss Zhang, I am a foreigner in this region, and you and your bodyguards are trying to block my way. Are you going to kill this lowly foreigner?”

“Lawyer Liu… please there is no need to be afraid.”

“Huh? You think I am scared of you?” This old man has seen a lot of death in his career. How could he be scared of a little girl like this dumb Zhang? If anything, he was shivering because he felt insulted! He felt angry. He raised his hand and almost immediately, the man standing next to Zhang Ying fell. A bullet hole was in his head.

Zhang Ying let out a gasp. “You— ”

“You think I am scared of you, Miss Zhang?”

“Lawyer Liu…” Clearly, the lawyer’s actions made Zhang Ying scared. Her face lost its color, her hands clenched as she tried to stop it from trembling. “I just want to talk. There is no need to resort to any violence.”

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the older man’s face. No matter where he was, he always has bodyguards following him around and guarding his residence all the time. And these people weren’t just mere bodyguards. These were well-trained assassins that were used to spying and killing people. The primary mission is to keep him safe. One hand signal and they would kill anyone that would pose a threat to the lawyer.

“If you want to talk, you would have sent me a proper invitation and not have your men block me!” Lawyer Liu hissed. He is really getting angry! “Leave!”

“Lawyer Liu… just hear what I wanted to say.”

He squinted at the foolish woman. He couldn’t help but wonder what was she up to.

“If you are reluctant to talk to me as an acquaintance, then… I am willing to pay an hour of your time. I could pay you tenfold. Just hear me out.”

“I see…” Lawyer Liu nodded. She was even willing to pay tenfold? This… is really making him wonder about this b*tch’s schemes. He handed her a piece of paper. “Send the money to my account now. My hourly rate is ten thousand in USD.”

“That— ”

“What? You can’t afford that?”

“Of course, I can.” Zhang Ying smiled. She accepted the piece of paper and handed him a card in exchange. “I won’t let you get inside my car. I don’t want you to misunderstand anything. Please come to that address. I already booked a personal space for us to talk privately. I will be there in a few minutes.”

“Hmph.” Lawyer Liu accepted the car and immediately started driving towards the location. It took him about five minutes to reach the restaurant. Just as Zhang Ying said, she already booked a private room for them. When he got inside the room, Zhang Ying was already there, waiting for him.

“Lawyer Liu…” A gentle smile appeared on Zhang Ying’s face. If Lawyer Liu didn’t know what kind of woman she is, he would have thought that it was a sincere smile. “Please have some tea.”

“No need. I won’t drink anything from the likes of you.”

“Lawyer Liu… how come you hate me so much? I don’t remember offending Lawyer Liu before. Can you please make this junior understand why you are acting like this?”

“What junior?” Lawyer Liu loved scheming, and he loved scheming people like Chris and Sera. But those two were both clear and upfront with what they want. Unlike them, Zhang Ying was the exact opposite. She was the kind of woman that would laugh at you today and stab you the next day.

She is someone who used and betrayed her own mother. A person like this can never be trusted. Moreover, he already knew everything that this woman did to Sera because Chris told him everything! Those things… were things that can never be forgiven!

The sweet smile on Zhang Ying’s face only made him more irritated. He wanted to tear that smile off this woman’s face.

“Speak… what do you want?” he demanded.

“I want you to abandon Sera Zhang.”

“Excuse me?” he raised an eyebrow. He wanted to make sure that he heard the right thing. Was this woman… crazy? Maybe she hit her head or something?

“And work for me,” Zhang Ying added. “I can double your pay, triple it if you want. I just need you to disappear from Sera’s life.”

“And why would I do that?”

“Because… I can give you everything that you want. Women, money, fame. I can give it to you. These are things that my foolish sister couldn’t afford.”

The lawyer’s eyes turned cold. “And if I say no?”

“That wasn’t exactly a question, Lawyer Liu. It was an order.”

“Hah?” Lawyer Liu was speechless. Did she just… “Hahahaha!” Lawyer Liu couldn’t stop the laughter anymore. How could she be this stupid? She was actually planning to order an international lawyer feared by a lot of people? “Miss Zhang… let me tell you something. I have been a lawyer for more than ten years.”

“I already know that, Lawyer Liu. I have your background with me.”

“Then do you know who my clients are?”

“That — Some of them.”

“No… I meant not the official ones.” The smile on Zhang Ying’s face vanished. Does this woman think that he only had clients from big corporations? No, his clients were from all over the world. These are people feared by other nations! Criminals, terrorists. He was someone who knows them well. “I know people that could wipe out your family in one night.”

“That— ”

“And that wasn’t a question either.” Lawyer Liu said. “Ah, I honestly thought that you would have a little bit of brain in you. I am very disappointed.”

“You— ”

“There must be a reason why you think you can just order me around? Let me guess? Blackmail? What do you have this time?” There was a flash of confusion in the woman’s eyes, but she quickly hid it as she handed him a folder. “Oh? A letter?”

“Of your indecent acts.”

“Indecent? Oh?? You want to ask them to disbar me? What? Hahaha…” Again, he couldn’t stop himself from laughing when he started reading the paper. “Hahaha…. You actually thought that I am sleeping with Miss Sera Zhang?” Ah… of all the things that she could accuse me. She was actually accusing him of something that would never happen? What is this? How could someone like this exist?

“Stop laughing! Sera had no brains. How could she think of the schemes to ruin my family? Clearly, it was because she had you! Now, why would someone like you help someone like her? Lawyer Liu… I am allowing you to abandon her and work for me. Or the world will know of your indecent affairs. I know you are working with a lot of popular people. What would they think if they know that you liked to sleep with your clients?”

“Ah… all these efforts…” Lawyer Liu was already shaking his head. “Last night… I was playing a game that I recently discovered on my laptop. It’s called Plants Versus Zombies.” He smiled. “I started wondering what would happen if zombies like that exist. It would be scary for people like me who would have… delicious brains. As for you… they would surely ignore you.” Seeing the woman paled, he added. “You don’t have brains.”

“You- How dare you!? Do you think I am just scaring you?”

“Who told you that a mere complaint could scare me?” Lawyer Liu smirked before he leaned forward. “Why don’t you try it, Miss Zhang? Why don’t you try to submit it.”

Seeing Zhang Ying’s face turned uglier and uglier, he laughed. “I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. Did you really think something like this would work on someone like me? Sleeping with clients? Did you think my clients would think about my sexual life, Miss Zhang? They hired me not because of my body. It’s because of my capability. It’s because… I always win.”

“That-”

“You just earned another enemy, Miss Zhang. You better watch yourself. Your bodyguard earlier got lucky because he died without pain. I doubt he even noticed that he is already dead. But you… If you keep this up… you might not be as lucky.”

“Are you threatening?” Zhang Ying hissed. “Do you-”

“No. I am warning you. The next time you do something like this to me. You will die…. miserable death. Did you know that even your future mother-in-law wouldn’t dare do this to me?”