I sat in the shop until dawn, feeling sleepy but unable to sleep.

I feel like I'm just ignoring Lin Mo like this, it would have been better to let her jump into the river and die directly.

Hu San, that person, can do anything.

With Lin Mo's appearance, even a fool could guess what the outcome would be.

"Knock, knock."

"Wu Ge, are you there?"

I recognized Lin Mo's voice.

I opened the shop door, and she brought me a bowl of vegetarian noodles in a thermos.

"I was afraid you hadn't eaten breakfast, so I cooked some noodles for you."

I took the noodles and ate them heartily, indeed feeling hungry.

As I ate, Lin Mo kept talking.

"Wu Ge, although I have little experience, I have been working in KTV as a hostess and have heard some things about your circle."

"Wang Gang is dead, I will repay his debt, you don't need to help me. I am already very grateful for your assistance."

I put down my chopsticks.

"Can you really repay it?"

"Slowly but surely."

"With loan sharks charging high interest rates, if you repay slowly, you'll never finish in this lifetime. Do you know what it means if you can't repay?"

"I'm not afraid. I'm not even afraid of death, so why fear being alive?"

I chuckled.

"I saved you once, did it enlighten you?"

I finished the last few bites of noodles, changed the subject.

"With Wang Gang treating you like this, why don't you leave?"

"We have a childhood connection, we grew up together. He wasn't like this before, it's only since he started gambling..."

"Alright, I'll think of a solution for this matter, see how I can help you." I said this with a guilty conscience, knowing I was just being polite, afraid she would take it seriously and end up disappointed.

"No need, Wu Ge, I'm already very thankful to you." She finished speaking, packed up the thermos, and left.

Watching her leave, I felt uneasy.

She had just left for a while.

A man came over and knocked on the door. Already in a bad mood, my tone naturally wasn't pleasant.

"Who is it?"

"Oh, Wu Ye, just finished killing someone and already speaking so boldly."

I opened the door and didn't recognize him.

"Don't talk nonsense, who are you?"

"Boss Chen invites you to have a drink." It was Chen Donglai, the one who ran the gambling den.

I didn't bring anyone along, and there were only three people at the dinner table.

"What's the meaning of this, two bosses?" I sat down, saw a full glass of white wine on the table, and without hesitation, downed it.

"Wu Ye, start with the dishes." Hu San squinted his eyes, his tone hard to discern.

"Wu Ye, you're quite bold, coming alone?" Chen Donglai also spoke up.

"Normally, we mind our own business, why wouldn't I dare to come alone." I actually had confidence in coming alone, their purpose was to ask for money, they wouldn't do anything to me on the first meeting.

Moreover, I wasn't a pushover, if they tried anything, it wouldn't end well for them either.

After Hu San took a bite of food, he pointed his chopsticks at me. "Did you kill Wang Gang?"

I neither admitted nor denied it.

He continued, "This guy owed me money, over 600,000. Now that he's dead, I can't let this money go to waste."

"He also owes me, 200,000. Wu Ye, how do we settle this debt?"

I spat out some chili flakes. "What do you mean? Are you asking me for it?"

"Hehe, if someone kills a person, they should be the one to pay."

I laughed and shook my head.

I thought they would go after Lin Mo for the money, but unexpectedly, they came to me first. It seemed they thought I was the juicier target.

"I don't have money."

"Wu Ye, don't joke around. Your business is not small, how could you not have money?"

I stared into Hu San's eyes and said slowly, "I don't have money. If you want to find someone, go ahead."

"Oh, Wu Ye has no money, then we'll have to ask someone else. What's the name of Wang Gang's wife?"

"Lin Mo."

"I heard she's quite pretty, sell her off, by the time she's 50, can she repay the money?"

"The principal amount is about right, but the interest is definitely unpayable."

"Then take on more clients, serve over 30 people a day, and you'll be able to repay it."

"I heard Wu Ye killed Wang Gang, seems like it was because of this Lin Mo, trying to stand up for that woman."

As they bantered back and forth, I didn't interrupt, eating my food while strategizing in my mind.

"Gentlemen, I've finished eating. As for the money, you two figure it out. Thanks for the hospitality, I'm leaving."

After saying this, I prepared to leave.

"Stop! Who said you could leave." Chen Donglai roared, and more than ten henchmen entered from outside.