"Understood, Brother Chen!"
Zhang Qiang and Zhou Bing nodded, took the money, and left.
The remaining few ruffians were uneasy; their knives were gone, and seeing how ruthless Chen Jianghewas, they had long been nervous, each of them nervously looking at Chen Jianghe, not knowing how Chen Jianghe would deal with them.
"Each of you gets two thousand; I'll give an extra thousand to those who are injured. Take the money, gather your people, and go!"
The ruffians hadn't expected Chen Jianghe to give them money too.
Two thousand yuan was what they would earn following Li Jindi for two or three months.
"Thank you, Brother Chen, thank you, Brother Chen!"
The ruffians gratefully nodded to Chen Jianghe; even those injured by Chen Jianghe didn't hold much resentment. When you're out in the streets, it's either you cut me or I cut you, and if you lose, you have to accept it.
They lost, and Chen Jianghe still gave them money; that was generous enough.
"Jianghe, why did you give them money?"
Once those ruffians left, Zhang Peng asked, puzzled.
"When you're out in the streets, being too stingy leads to Li Jindi's fate. I gave them money because I don't want them to suddenly have nothing to do, become desperate, commit crimes, and get caught. Once they're caught, today's events might be exposed by them!"
Chen Jianghe said indifferently, "We're going to make big money in the future, so spending a little money is no big deal!"
To put it bluntly, it was about buying people's loyalty with a little money.
A group of small-time thugs, with their boss finished, wouldn't think about seeking revenge on Chen Jianghe anymore.
"What about Zhang Qiang and Zhou Bing? Why did you promise them work? They could betray Li Jinditoday, and they might betray us tomorrow!" Zhang Peng nodded, feeling that Chen Jianghe's words made sense. Anyway, this money was Li Jindi's, so spending a little was fine.
What he didn't understand was why Chen Jianghewould give Zhang Qiang and Zhou Bing work.
"All the ruffians on the street are the same; few are truly loyal. We need to get the game arcade up and running, and first, we need people. There's no difference between finding them or finding others. I have a plan; those two will just be storekeepers, and I won't trust them too much!"
Chen Jianghe handed the remaining thirty thousand yuan to Zhang Peng, "Dapeng, take this money. Go back and let your younger siblings study hard!"
"Jianghe, I can't take this money, it's too much!"
Zhang Peng quickly refused; he had never seen so much money in his life and felt his whole body trembling just holding it.
"Take it. You're my brother. In the future, as long as I, Chen Jianghe, have food, you won't be without it. Take this money for now, and Lie Huo Game Arcade will have ten percent of its shares for you!"
Chen Jianghe, without explanation, forcefully stuffed the money into Zhang Peng's arms.
"Jianghe, from now on, my life, Zhang Peng's life, is yours!"
Zhang Peng's eyes were red, and he gripped Chen Jianghe's arm tightly.
"Good, us brothers will carve out a place for ourselves in Peng City!"
Chen Jianghe nodded firmly.
The two then began to dispose of Shao Wan and Li Jindi's bodies. Their bodies had to be handled properly. If the bodies couldn't be found, even if a case was opened in the future, without evidence, what could anyone do?
"Jianghe, how should we deal with the bodies?"
Zhang Peng looked at the two bodies, still a little startled.
"Throw them into the Shen River. Once the bodies decompose, it'll all be over!"
Chen Jianghe said in a deep voice.
"Okay!"
Zhang Peng found two old tarpaulins from the self-built building, and together with Chen Jianghe, they wrapped Shao Wan and Li Jindi's bodies, stuffed many stones inside, and then loaded them into the minivan.
The two drove the minivan all the way to the Shen River Bridge. Taking advantage of no one being around, they directly threw Li Jindi's body down. Chen Jianghe watched the body sink into the water and quickly drove away.
This body would be carried by the Shen River's water into the sea, possibly never to see the light of day again.
Afterward, Chen Jianghe drove the car, going further and further into secluded areas, until they reached a desolate seaside cliff. Together with Zhang Peng, they carried Shao Wan's body and threw it off the cliff.
The dark cliff below was like a gaping monster, devouring everything.
"Let's go!"
Chen Jianghe glanced back, then turned and got into the car.
At the current temperature, the bodies would decompose quickly, and the fish in the sea would accelerate the disappearance of the bodies. A few days later, it would be very difficult for these two bodies to leave any evidence.
With a body, it's a murder case.
Without a body, at most, it's a missing person's case.
In the vast Peng City, nearly a thousand people 'disappear' every year.
"Finally, Li Jindi is dealt with!"
After disposing of Shao Wan's body, Zhang Pengcollapsed in the minivan, his eyes blank. Tonight was Zhang Peng's first time dealing with a body. Apart from feeling a bit nauseous at first, he seemed to have no strong feelings now.
"Are you badly hurt?"
Chen Jianghe drove the car and glanced at Zhang Peng. Only now did they have time to care about their own wounds.
Zhang Peng was slashed twice; the wounds weren't deep, just superficial.
Chen Jianghe was also slashed once; the injury wasn't severe, but the wound was a bit long and might need stitches.
"It's fine, just a flesh wound. Jianghe, you're still bleeding. Let's go to Aunt Liu's place, have her treat the wound, and settle the bill at the same time!"
Zhang Peng suggested.
"Mm!"
Chen Jianghe nodded slightly and drove the minivan to the unlicensed clinic.
The lights in the clinic were already out. Zhang Pengwent and knocked on the door, and after a long time, the lights in the clinic finally came on.
"It's you two again, what do you want?"
The beautiful young woman's figure appeared behind the barred gate, frowning as she looked at the two.
"Auntie, we're here to pay, and my brother was slashed. Can you help take a look!" Zhang Pengquickly took out two hundred yuan and handed it through the gap in the bars.
"Come in!"
The beautiful young woman took the money, only kept one bill, and opened the door to let the two in.
Chen Jianghe saw the beautiful woman tuck something into her pocket, like a scalpel.
"Sit there!"
The beautiful young woman pointed to a chair, telling Chen Jianghe to take off his clothes. Upstairs, the seventeen or eighteen-year-old beautiful girl, wearing pajamas, secretly peeked downstairs, but was glared at by the beautiful young woman and quickly retreated.
"The wound is a bit deep, it needs a few stitches, still fifty!"
The beautiful young woman's face was cold, and her brow furrowed when she saw the wound on Chen Jianghe's back.
"Mm, thank you for your trouble!"
Chen Jianghe took out the money and placed it on the table.
"I've already taken the money!"
The beautiful young woman had already taken a hundred from Zhang Peng earlier.
"My brother is also injured, please take a look at him too!"
Chen Jianghe said, then felt his back wound become cool, as she began to disinfect, clean, and stitch.
Before long, the beautiful woman had stitched the wound.
"Your turn!"
After treating Chen Jianghe's wound, the beautiful young woman put the stitching needle into alcohol to sterilize it and began to treat Zhang Peng's wound. Zhang Peng had two wounds on him; one needed stitches, the other didn't.
After a simple treatment, the beautiful woman quickly finished treating Zhang Peng's wounds too.
"Fifty from last time, plus a hundred this time, total one hundred fifty, here's your fifty change!" After treating the wounds, the beautiful woman's face held a faint coldness as she gave Chen Jianghe fifty yuan.
"Aunt Liu, your skill is truly amazing!"
Zhang Peng, with a fawning smile, still tried to cozy up to her.
"You two hurry up and leave, I'm closing!"
The beautiful woman, with a cold face, directly ushered them out.
Just then, the roar of a motorcycle suddenly came from outside.