Chapter 1880 - I was Just Cracking a Joke! (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“You want money?” Shen Zhilie asked straightforwardly.

Inwardly, he heaved a sigh of relief. As long as the person dared to contact them, they had a chance of catching him. It would be far scarier if he hadn’t emerged at all.

“Heh heh heh… I’m not stupid. If I asked for money, wouldn’t I be a sitting duck waiting for someone to catch me?” the man laughed. His voice was hoarse and very unpleasant to the ear. It sounded like stone against gravel.

“So what do you want?”

“Ha! I want powder.”

Without a doubt, the man was referring to drugs. “I don’t have anything of the sort,” Shen Zhilie rejected him with righteous indignation. “If you’re asking for money, I can give it to you, as long as you never harass us again in the future. But if you’re asking for powder, get it yourself. That’s not at all an option for us.”

“No?” The man took a deep breath. His voice sounded as if it were about to go bad. “I guess I’ll just have to go after your girlfriend, Dr. Shen.”

Shen Zhilie’s brows knitted together tightly. With a cold laugh, he said, “Will you even get the chance to?”

The man kept quiet on the other end of the line.

“I’m with my girlfriend all the time. Whatever you want to do to her, you’ll have to go through me first. And I have the police on my side. Who on earth do you think you are?” His words carried a challenge and a hint of mockery.

The exchange was making Ye Qianqain feel very frightened. She nudged Shen Zhilie gently, her eyes unable to mask her nervousness. Shen Zhilie shook his head at her to tell her not to worry.

The man scoffed, but before he could say a word, Shen Zhilie said, “What it’ll come down to is whether you’re able to hold out longer than I can. Since you’ve called me, it goes to show that you’re already desperate. Wanted notices are posted all over, and your photograph has been made public. Therefore, you’re beginning to panic. The only option you have left for easing your pain is to beg me for my help.”

It’s an irrefutable fact that addicts are incredibly scary. Even scarier is an addict who’s desperate.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link; each word Shen Zhilie said hit the man’s sore spot.