Chapter 49: Chapter 49 Extortion
"What? Why don't you go rob someone!"
Bald Hui thought he was going to be extorted for a few hundred thousand, and he had already prepared to pay off the nuisance, but then the demand for ten million came out of nowhere, causing him to cry out in shock.
Xia Qiuru was also taken aback by the price Su Chen proposed, just after he had already taken a harsh cut, he went for an even more ruthless demand.
"Ten million is already a small amount," Su Chen curled his lips, looking disdainfully at Bald Hui, "If it weren't for the fact that you're a broke loser, do you really think ten million would be enough?"
"This is extortion!"
Bald Hui said with a mournful expression, ten million? What a joke, wouldn't that cost him his life?
"Make it clear! Who is extorting whom?" Su Chen threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stamped on it fiercely, his indignation palpable, "I'm a law-abiding citizen, and this ten million has a justified basis!"
"Then tell me, what's the basis?"
When Bald Hui heard him claim to be a law-abiding citizen, he almost spat in his face in disdain. Could you be any more shameless?
He really wanted to hear this nonsense justification for the ten million.
"Alright, since you want to know, I'll break it down for you," Su Chen began counting on his fingers, "First of all, there's the loss of work fee. You occupied these two properties, causing delays in our group's schedule. Just that loss alone, asking for five million from you isn't too much, is it?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Qiuru was immediately confused; she had just discussed a figure of over two million with him in the car, but he just doubled it as soon as he began talking.
Even so, shouldn't this money be paid by Bald Hui?
There was no precedent of a nail house being charged for a developer's delay!
Bald Hui had the same thought and was about to rebut when Su Chen held up a second finger:
"Also, you injured our group's colleague, and he may never be able to work again. Asking you to compensate three million isn't too much, right?"
When Bald Hui heard what Su Chen said, a frown immediately appeared on his forehead.
Who is he trying to fool here? It was true that the injured person was hurt by him, but with a year and a half at most needed for recovery, how could it be that he wouldn't be able to work for a lifetime?
But again, before he could argue, Su Chen raised another finger:
"Furthermore, you were planning to misbehave with my colleague here, causing great emotional and mental harm. Asking you for two million in compensation is reasonable, isn't it?"
"Add it all up, and it comes exactly to ten million. Now, prepare to pay."
Having finished speaking, Su Chen pulled up a chair to sit down, as if he was just waiting to collect the money.
"All of this is complete nonsense. Why should I pay for the delays and lost earnings of your project? Moreover, that person's injuries aren't severe at all—how could he possibly be out of work for a lifetime? And I didn't even touch this lady, so why should I pay two million more?"
"What I say goes. How much I say is how much it is. What, you have a problem with that?"
Su Chen had no desire to argue with Bald Hui anymore. At the end of the day, he was just messing with him—extorting him!
"You're completely unreasonable!"
For Bald Hui, ten million was no trifling sum. How could he possibly afford to compensate that amount?
"Fine, since you say I'm unreasonable, I'll show you what that looks like. The price has gone up, now it's twelve million!"
"Dream on, not a chance!" Bald Hui spit out a few words through clenched teeth.
"Fourteen million!" A calm voice flowed from Su Chen's mouth as if nothing was amiss.
"I'd rather die than comply!"
Bald Hui, enduring intense pain, threw back his head with a resigned-to-fate expression.
"Sixteen million!" After half a minute, Su Chen spoke again.
As Su Chen continued to raise the price, Bald Hui simply fell silent; the thought of forking over such an amount was truly more unbearable than death!
"Eighteen million!"
"Twenty million!" When he announced twenty million, Su Chen stood up from his chair and looked at Bald Hui with a faint smile, "Believe me, you'll gladly pay this sum."
"Impossible!"
Bald Hui was already prepared for the worst, for he was after all a local strongman with some backbone.
But Su Chen just shook his head and took out an old cloth bag from his pocket, then spread it on Bald Hui's desk.
In the bag were various silver needles, differing in thickness and length. Su Chen took out five Silver Needles and, holding them between his fingers, walked towards Bald Hui.
Seeing this, Bald Hui couldn't help but shiver inwardly, not knowing what this bastard was up to, yet he had a very bad feeling about it.
Qiuru, equally bewildered, wondered why Su Chen would carry silver needles with him—could he perform acupuncture?
Even if that were the case, what was he doing right now?
"Trust me, soon you'll experience something you've never felt in your life, something you'll never forget."
With these words, Su Chen swiftly inserted a Silver Needle near Bald Hui's fractured knee and flicked it with his finger.
"What on earth are you doing?"
Bald Hui said in terror, and although he hadn't yet felt anything unusual in his body, an instinctive fear had taken hold of him!
Su Chen paid no mind to Bald Hui and struck again like lightning, inserting another Silver Needle into the Baihui acupoint on the top of Bald Hui's head.
This insertion caused Bald Hui to feel an even more intense pain than before, but to avoid showing weakness in front of Su Chen, he continued to bear it silently, though cold sweat was already streaming down his forehead.
Quickly, Su Chen inserted the remaining three Silver Needles into different parts of Bald Hui's body.
"Ahh~~~~!"
As soon as the last Silver Needle went in, Bald Hui let out a sky-piercing scream!
The sound alone was enough to make one's skin crawl, and his roar seemed to vent all the pain in his body, mixed with immense fear!
Bald Hui swore he had never imagined pain could be so excruciating!
The pain was not localized but spread throughout his body, with each nerve ending being incessantly tugged and torn apart!
Although Bald Hui had never gone through childbirth, he was certain that compared to the pain he was feeling now, the pain of childbirth was child's play!
Before long, Bald Hui's snot and tears were streaming down; his face and body flushed red, and the pain caused his entire body to spasm!
Xia Qiuru could hardly bear to watch Bald Hui's suffering; his pitiful screams seemed to come straight from the soul.
Qiuru couldn't help but look at Su Chen—what kind of man was he? What had he done to Bald Hui to make a grown man look like this?