Published at 13th of January 2020 8:31 am

Chapter 72: Not Going Anywhere! I Am Staying with My Darling

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Translator: Sumi Wang

Editted by White Whale

“Your IQ? Probably only 20. Do it secretly somewhere outside the company. There are so many people come and go, in case anyone leaked the secret out, it’s bad for you. Also, your client is coming here to sign a contract with you, the deal is off once the client sees it. Just keep him breathing and ask someone to do it right away. Otherwise we can’t straighten out loopholes in the story and make it plausible. When sending him to the police station, you all have to tell the exact same story to the police. Just explain that you were so irritated that you two had a big fight, that’s why he was badly hurt. And describe the girl’s status as miserable as possible. It’s a very simple thing.”

“Sure, I’ll do it now.”

“Come back as soon as you instruct your men how to do it.”

Xing Biao followed whatever Su Mo said and raised “four hands” in approval of Su Mo’s plan. He was back in five minutes. “I asked them to take him out of here and soon we’ll get a verbal confession. I sent someone to the hospital to see the girl’s doctor. Everything was well arranged.”

Su Mo nodded and continued, “You go to the bathroom to tidy up your clothes. You are the boss – don’t look like a gangster. Who will do business with a rascal like you? Also, ask everyone in your company to dress properly, make a plan and decorate the lobby to look decent. People would feel like they’ve entered an underworld headquarters when stepping in. If you want to grow your business and make it prosper, the facade is of great importance. They are gangsters, but they would certainly look good when they have their hair cut and wear formal clothes. What’s more, divide these people into groups according to their ability and recruit some more people according to the business needs and train them. The domestic security company is still a new industry. Since you started the company, then you have to do it well. You could only gain good reputation and attract more clients when it’s organized and decent.”

‘Ah guess your useless brain couldn’t remember all what I said. I’ll write a plan for you and you can re-organize your company accordingly,’ Sumo thought

Xing Biao scratched his head and said, “Darling, I’ve always wanted to make more money for you. Now I changed my mind. You can become super rich yourself with your superb intelligence and I’ll depend on you to support me in the future.”

Su Mo extinguished his cigarette. “Since you’ve realized it, then do as I said. Again, don’t do too many illegal things. Even if you do, don’t get caught.. Use your brain and stop yelling about killing or punching all the time.”

“Yes, my darling, my lord and master.”

“Don’t sweet-talk me. Go tidy up your clothes.”

Xing Biao happily left. Su Mo smiled and thought, ‘My husband, of course, has to be successful. To stand by my side with pride, he should make me feel proud instead of disgracing me. It’s a good thing that he is obedient and listen to my advice.’

A married couple is like one; Honor one and you honor them both, and injure one and you injure them both. So Su Mo wanted to help Xing Biao become more powerful.

Xing Biao really made himself look like an elite this time – his clothes were tidied up, his hair was groomed neatly, the blood and dirt on his hands were washed off and his shoes were shining. Su Mo felt very satisfied. After all, it was best to dress formally when signing a contract with a client.

Fearing that he would see something improper for a bachelor, Little Stammer knocked on the door to get permission before he went in. “Brother Biao, people from the jewelry company are here.”

“Ask Bai Hua to come here.”

Su Mo was the legal counsel, Bai Hua was the strategist and Xing Biao the boss. There were also three people from the jewelry company – the project manager who came yesterday, the lawyer, in addition there was a man wearing a dark blue suit.

“This is our boss, Gu Yang.”

That man spoke even less than Su Mo, and nodded to them as a greeting.

Bai Hua spoke eloquently, explaining the four options including emergency plan he had prepared. He was the master on the conference table, who can clearly answer every question they raised. Gu Yang didn’t say anything, just looking at the plan and frowning.

The lawyer began to negotiate with Su Mo on some items of the contract, but Su Mo didn’t yield an inch and wouldn’t modify one single item. He even raised the price by 30% which was also non-negotiable.

The two parties had a fierce battle of tongue. The conference table is like a battlefield where those who are more eloquent would win.

Xing Biao gave the decision-making power to Su Mo and would only sign the contract with Su Mo’s permission. The lawyer and the project manager from the jewelry company waited for Gu Yang’s decision.

Bai Hua patted his chest and said, “Even if there is a robbery, we have three squads of security personnel, and the third squad covers as far as three kilometers in radius. The robbers absolutely cannot run away.”

Gu Yang said something for the first time. “If there are several robbers, say ten, how many of your men are deployed within a radius of three kilometers? Will they be able to catch all the robbers? The scope is large and you have only a few security personnel, so there will be an issue. Your emergency plan is useless during this situation.”

What he said hit the nail on the head. The eloquent Bai Hua finally got choked and couldn’t say anything.

Gu Yang showed a poker face all the time, looking at Bai Hua. “The price is up to you if I’m satisfied with the emergency plan.”

“Bai Hua, make a new emergency plan,” said Xing Biao.

“I have a suggestion, Mr. Bai. We may exchange our ideas.”

Xing Biao nodded to Bai Hua. Bai Hua touched his mouth, and felt a bit angry. Gu Yang’s words had denied all his hard work. He glared at the poker-faced Gu Yang, whom lowered his head and said nothing.

“Sign it. Keep the terms and prices as they are.”

Hearing Gu Yang’s approval, the project manager signed the contract. Everything went smoothly.

“Meet me tonight and give me your cell phone number.” Gu Yang asked Bai Hua for his phone number before leaving. Even if Bai Hua was not so happy, he wouldn’t offend the client Gu Yang by refusing him.

When everyone left, Bai Hua tore his proposals.

“I’m going back to work then,” said Su Mo.

“Darling, we’ve signed a big deal. Let’s eat out tonight to celebrate.”

“I need to work overtime today to write the indictment, so I can’t eat out. I’ll just eat something casual at home.”

“Then shall we have noodles?”

Su Mo glanced at his watch and nodded without thinking too much. He thought, ‘Whatever food is okay. I need to hurry back to the lawyer’s office.’

“Do what I told you immediately and give ‘that’ to me. I’ll also write an indictment for it.”

“Don’t get yourself too busy.”

Su Mo rolled his eyes and thought, ‘Seems Xing Biao never regards me as a man, but rather the fragile and delicate Sister Lin Daiyu.’

As soon as he got back to the lawyer’s office, Su Mo began to write the indictment. If he submitted the necessary documents within ten days after the first sentence trial, and the second sentence trial would be held within a month. So, once the indictment was submitted, there wouldn’t be much time left.

This was his first case being a certified lawyer and Su Mo took it very seriously. He would definitely do his best.

Everyone else was off work, yet Su Mo was still busy doing his work. Xing Biao had called several times to ask whether he was on his way home. “Come home. Dinner is ready.”

Cui Xun thought it was too much for Su Mo and urged him to get off work right away. “You two are newly married. Just go home and have dinner with your husband. Even if you are anxious, you have to allow yourself some time to finish this. It doesn’t matter if you need one more day to complete it.”

Su Mo then packed his things and went back home. He heard Xing Biao talking over the phone in the kitchen.

“Mother, the meat is not mushy yet. …I added star anise and it smells good. Does he like to eat greasy meat or lean meat? …Oh, he likes to eat lean meat, then I’ll stew lean meat next time. Mom, my chopsticks could stick into the meat – is it almost done?”

Xing Biao heard the sound of the door opening and stretched out his head to see. “Darling, you’re back. Mom, he’s back home. … Yes, he sleeps well at night. … He’s been busy these days. We’ll come home to visit you both when he finishes the case. … Sure, all right. Would you like to come here and stay for a few days?”

Su Mo was speechless and realized that Xing Biao did a better job pleasing Mother than he did.

“Mother, what kind of food does he not like to eat? …Parsley? Oh, anything else? …Ah, he doesn’t like scallions. … I know. I’m not putting it into the pot when cooking. I’m also afraid that he won’t eat it.”

Su Mo found it unbearable to hear their conversation and grabbed the phone. “Just do your cooking.”

“Mo, you get off work? Are you tired? Don’t bully Biao all the time. He cooks for you yet he has to listen to your command.”

“I didn’t bully him.”

“Are you sleeping well? Is the bed comfortable for you?”

Su Mo answered perfunctorily, saying “yes”, “good”, and “right” while watching Xing Biao cook. He thought, ‘Maybe mothers in the world are the same, always worry about their children even if they are married, fearing that they would not be well treated by their husbands. They always have so much to worry about.’

Mother SU asked, “Does Xing Biao treat you well?”

Su Mo answered, “Yeah. We’re good. Don’t worry.”

“That’s great. Your father and I are relieved. Go eat your dinner. Eat more.”

As soon as Su Mo hang up the phone, Xing Biao dragged him to sit down to have dinner together. Su Mo picked up a piece of meat and Xing Biao eagerly waited for his comments. This was his first time to cook Braised Pork in Brown Sauce and he hoped that it was delicious.

Su Mo chewed and said, “Not bad.”

Xing Biao then grinned. “As I said, there is nothing that I can’t do. Next time, I’ll cook Braised Prawns for you.” He happily ate a piece of meat but spitted it out immediately with a disgusted look. He grabbed the glass and drank a lot of water.

Su Mo didn’t look at him and continued to eat.

“Gosh, it’s so salty and you can still eat it?”

“People who don’t cook don’t have the right to find fault with the food. Otherwise I’ll have to do the cooking, but the food I cook would be lethal.” Su Mo ate the pork as pickles and then ate more rice to neutralize the taste. “For the safety of life, it’s okay to eat salty food.”

Xing Biao felt bad and thought, ‘Su Mo helps me to make money, to re-organize the company, to revenge for my staff, but what have I done to him? Cooking so dreadfully salty food for him?’ So he suggested, “Should I sign up for a cooking class?”

“Do you have nothing else to do?”

“But…”

“Put less salt when you cook next time. It’s okay. Eat it.”

“Tell me, should I close all the windows now? What if you become a bat from eating too salty food and fly away? Where would I go to chase you?”

“Eating won’t stop you from saying such nonsense.”

Xing Biao grinned. He was very happy that Su Mo didn’t criticize him and continued to eat the food. It doesn’t matter if it was delicious or not; the most important thing was Su Mo’s tolerance, crucial for a harmonious couple life.

After dinner, Xing Biao did the washing and Su Mo hurried into the study to finish his work.

Xing Biao gave the verbal confession to Su Mo and said that the man, along with his associates who committed the crime together had been escorted to the police station.

“You can leave me alone. I might be sleeping a bit late today. You can go to bed first.”

“Hurry up and try to go to bed early. I’ll watch movies while waiting for you.”

The study finally came in handy. Su Mo was super busy, finding information from the books, formulating the evidence he had found, and typing them down in the indictment.

Xing Biao’s older brother called and invited him out. “Old Xing, haven’t seen you lately. Let’s go out to drink.”

“I just got married and I’m not going out. My wife is at home. I’m not going anywhere.” Xing Biao refused while peeling an apple.

“Yo, Lawyer Su won’t let you?”

“Bullshit. My wife has confidence in me and he won’t mind it if I do go out. I’m just unwilling to leave him alone at home and go out to have fun myself. That is not what a true man should do.”

“Going on the club is what a true man should do. You don’t play around after marriage? Let me tell you something, old Xing, there are some new pimps in the club where we frequently visited. I heard that they are of high quality and all virgin.”

“My darling is the only one who can sexually arouse me. No one else could.” answered Xing Biao, removing the apple’s core, cutting them into small pieces, and placing them on a plate.

“Even if you don’t want to do anything disloyal to your wife, we could still drink and play cards. Come on.”

“My darling is working late today. I will stay at home with him.”

“He’s working late, so it’s perfect for you to go out.”

“Fuck off. I’m telling you, I’m not going anywhere when my wife is home. I have to go. You all have fun and put it on my bill. Bye for now.” Xing Biao ended the call.

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