Outside the Law

Chapter 7

From his periphery, he noticed that the little lackey of the other party standing behind the negotiator was extremely anxious. His hand that was holding the gun kept trembling.　

Luo Yu looked away and slightly smiled at the firearms dealer. He said, "I'm satisfied with the goods, but can we discuss the price some more?"

The translator translated Luo Yu's words for the head dealer. The dealer furrowed his brows and said something back. The translator nodded and relayed to Luo Yu, "We are already offering the lowest price. If you still try to bargain, we'll start to doubt Mr. Luo's sincerity."

Luo Yu didn't remind the other party that they had found him first. He nonchalantly nodded. "Then we'll do this by the regular rules. Deposit first."

The other exhaled in relief. Luo Yu added, "I put the deposit in the safe at the hotel."

The negotiator exchanged glances with the head of the other party. He said, "I'll retrieve it with you."

When they arrived at the hotel, Luo Yu had his bodyguards tackle the negotiator to the ground. He used a metal detector to locate an electronic listening bug on him, then turned on the signal disruption device.　　

"Lao Jue." Luo Yu stepped on his shoulder and eerily loomed above him. "You're f.u.c.king with me?"

This negotiator had worked with Luo Yu several times before, which was a large part of why Luo Yu hadn't been on high alert during this trip to Laos. But he had the habit of bringing as many bodyguards as possible every time he had to travel for work. This, in addition to his sensitive ident.i.ty, made sure that n.o.body in the business dared to touch him. He hadn't felt threatened during this whole fiasco, but did feel that he had wasted a lot of time. He needed to find someone to compensate for that.

At first the negotiator tried to pretend that he didn't know what was going on. After being "treated" by Luo Yu's bodyguards, he finally started being honest. He admitted that the seller had already sold three fourths of the cargo. Their plan was to scam Luo Yu out of the deposit and give him the remaining one fourth.　

Luo Yu laughed after hearing this. He kicked the negotiator and gestured two different numbers with his hands. "Is this sum, the same as this sum?"

The negotiator's expression was horrible as he apologized. Luo Yu glanced at the two bodyguards and they towed him out.　　

Luo Yu sat on the suite's sofa and wondered why his luck had been so terrible recently. He saw the phone by his hand and picked it up. Before he knew what he was doing, he had already called Su Jiawen.　

Su Jiawen answered very quickly. His voice was light. "Mr. Luo."

Luo Yu's mood rose from the depths of the sea with Su Jiawen's tone. He asked Su Jiawen, "You pa.s.sed your defense?"

"How did you know?" Su Jiawen seemed to have stopped in place and was asking in bewilderment.

"I bought your pa.s.s," Luo Yu said.

Su Jiawen was dazed. He didn't know how to respond to that.

"I'm lying," Luo Yu said, "I had Lu Yi ask around."

"Oh......" Su Jiawen answered softly. "Why would you ask around about me?"

Luo Yu turned on the TV and casually flipped through the channels, then lowered the volume. He finally responded, "Cause I was scared you wouldn't pa.s.s."

Someone called Su Jiawen's name on the other end. Su Jiawen suddenly panicked and quietly said goodbye to Luo Yu before hanging up.　

Luo Yu listened to the busy tone coming from the phone before realizing that the voice probably belonged to Jiang Qi.