Chapter 475: Chapter 471: The Banquet at Hongmen
"Go!" Sophie waved her hand dismissively.
"Sophie, I’m here today to discuss something serious with you!"
"Hehe, you have serious business? Don’t tell me it’s about marriage?" Sophie chuckled lightly.
"Tch, am I that lowbrow?" Lin Mu said, feeling a twinge.
"Well, just say what you have to say!"
"Last night on my way home, someone tried to assassinate me, and they used a sniper rifle!" said Lin Mu.
"What? Someone tried to assassinate you, and they used a sniper rifle?" Sophie frowned, looking surprised.
"Yeah, that’s right. Who do you think granted me such an honor, going so far as to use a sniper rifle to kill me?" Lin Mu asked.
"Chen Shiwei?"
"Hehe, I don’t think it’s likely to be Chen Shiwei. What do you think?" Lin Mu said.
Sophie nodded, "I also don’t think it’s likely to be Chen Shiwei. It’s said that Chen Shiwei has two top fighters, Jinge and Luo the Mute. If he really wanted to kill you, he could have just sent those two. It shouldn’t be a problem for the two of them to handle you!"
What Sophie said matched Lin Mu’s thoughts. He had seen Jinge’s skills, equal to his own, and the other strongman, Luo the Mute, was Jinge’s gold medal partner, so his skills wouldn’t be weak either!
If just one of them wanted to kill Lin Mu, it wouldn’t be easy, but if they both went all out, Lin Mu really wouldn’t be able to handle two such peerless experts!
So if Chen Shiwei really wanted to kill Lin Mu, he could have just used Jinge and Luo the Mute. There was no need to use a sniper rifle, which would attract police attention and make future actions difficult. Just for this reason, Lin Mu thought it shouldn’t be Chen Shiwei.
"Since it’s unlikely to be Chen Shiwei, who do you think hates me enough to want to use a sniper rifle to take me out? And they knew about my skills being formidable, so they didn’t even show up and directly targeted me from afar!" Lin Mu wondered aloud.
Sophie glanced at Lin Mu and said, "Could it be that you sullied some family’s daughter, and now they’re out for revenge?"
"Uh... damn, Sophie, since when did you start making jokes like that?" Lin Mu felt a twinge again, finding it hard to imagine such a joke coming from Sophie, a woman with queenly vibes. If it came from someone like Qi Manlin, a shrew, that would be more understandable!
"Heh, I’ve said before, being close to red makes you red, being close to ink makes you black. I learned it from you, demon!" Sophie laughed.
"Uh..." Lin Mu was speechless.
"Alright, I won’t joke with you anymore. I’ll help you investigate this matter as soon as possible," Sophie said.
"That’s good. This concerns my life, so please be thorough!"
"Tch, relax, I don’t want you dead just yet!" Sophie waved her hand dismissively.
"Oh, what do you mean ’just yet’? It sounds like I’m destined to die by your hand one day!"
"Hmph, just so you know, so don’t provoke me!"
Lin Mu was left speechless again. Sophie made a call to arrange for Su Xiaowan to handle the matter. Sometimes, things that the police can’t accomplish, Sophie can, so Lin Mu felt very confident in having Sophie help with the investigation.
Under Sophie’s instructions, Su Xiaowan quickly arranged for the intelligence department of Su’s Great Enterprise to investigate. As for how they would investigate, Lin Mu had no idea, but with Su’s Great Enterprise being such a large family, with deep economic and political resources, they surely had their own methods!
However, investigating this matter would definitely be challenging, with a feeling of having no starting point. First, they hadn’t even seen what the opponent looked like, and second, they didn’t know their motive. By the afternoon, Su Xiaowan’s investigation yielded no results, but Chen Shiwei called.
Chen Shiwei separately called Lin Mu and Sophie, and what he said was essentially the same, inviting them to a gathering at Chang’an Grand Hotel. When they received the call, Lin Mu and Sophie were together, so they exchanged a look and agreed. At this moment, what was Chen Shiwei’s purpose in inviting them?
Nevertheless, Lin Mu was somewhat surprised by Chen Shiwei’s invitation. Under these circumstances, Chen Shiwei shouldn’t be acting with this attitude, and Lin Mu found it difficult to comprehend Chen Shiwei’s moves!
"Sophie, why do you think Chen Shiwei is inviting us to a gathering at this time?" Lin Mu asked after hanging up the phone.
"Hehe, a Hongmen Banquet, perhaps!" Sophie said.
"Oh? A Hongmen Banquet?" Lin Mu asked.
Sophie nodded, "That’s right. Now that Han Si Hai’s forces are no longer present in Wancheng, your position naturally replaced Han Si Hai’s, making you one of the three major forces in Wancheng. That’s not surprising in itself. However, our relationship surely makes Chen Shiwei uneasy. He’s definitely on guard against us, afraid we’ll join forces to take him out. It was previously a three-pronged situation, with each side holding the other in check. Now, although there are still three major forces, our relationship makes Chen Shiwei uncomfortable. So this invitation is definitely about the distribution of economic benefits!"
"You mean Chen Shiwei wants to redistribute the economic power in Wancheng?" Lin Mu asked.
"If my guess is correct, that’s what Chen Shiwei is thinking. He’s a smart person. He absolutely cannot afford to get into conflict with us in this situation. No matter whether he falls out with you or me, offending either side means offending both of us. Chen Shiwei isn’t stupid, so he’s naturally not going to force us to unite against him!" Sophie analyzed.
"Hehe, looking at it this way, it certainly seems like the assassin isn’t Chen Shiwei, then?" Lin Mu laughed.
"We’ll find out soon enough. Even if we can’t figure out who the assassin is, with Su’s Great Enterprise’s information capabilities, we can find out whether it was Chen Shiwei’s doing!" Sophie said.
"Hehe, tonight should be interesting!" Lin Mu grinned, showing a smile full of intrigue.
"For safety, we should take some people with us. After all, being on Chen Family’s turf, Chen Shiwei surely won’t suffer a loss. Any demands he makes will inevitably conflict with ours. If the conflict can be resolved, that’s fine, but if it can’t be, there will definitely be a confrontation, and I’m sure Chen Shiwei is prepared for that!" Sophie reminded.
Lin Mu looked at Sophie, this queen of the Wancheng Mall, thinking far more extensively than ordinary people, always considering things in advance!
"That’s no problem. Tonight, I’ll have Earth Wolf wait for us in the car!" Lin Mu nodded.
"Alright, let’s do that for now." Sophie nodded.