That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1363 Because you're a good person!
When Jin Peng rushed over to find Li Ye, he had a mischievous smile on his face, and his words were full of schadenfreude.

"Xiao Ye, what am I going to do about this? I didn't expect Lu Jingyao to come to my door. If I help Lu Jingyao, I'll definitely offend my sister-in-law."

"But if I don't help Lu Jingyao, what if those three women foolishly go to negotiate with those Russians and get ripped off? You'll definitely resent me then. Why is this so difficult?"

Li Ye was so angry he almost kicked Jin Peng over: "Do it or don't, it's up to you! If you keep using this to make fun of me, I'll really get angry!"

"Hehehehe, don't you dare lay a hand on me! I won't care if you do!"

Jin Peng took a few steps back, rubbing his scalp as he chuckled, "I just thought it was really funny, so I was just joking with you! What a coincidence!"
However, I find Lu Jingyao's younger sister quite pleasing to the eye. I also know Gao Xiaoyan; I was acquainted with her father back in the county town.

"Don't give me that nonsense."

Li Ye interrupted Jin Peng's rambling and said irritably, "Just tell me, what would you do if you didn't know them and this happened to you?"

Jin Peng's expression changed, and he said solemnly, "Then I have to charge you. Although I, Jin Peng, am a chivalrous and righteous man, if I were always a pushover, I wouldn't be able to do anything else. I'd be too busy meddling in all sorts of trivial matters."

Therefore, we must charge a fee to keep greedy and stingy people out.

Li Ye asked in surprise, "Brother Peng, you're still in the security business?"

"How fresh!"

Jin Peng said with a laugh, "We receive so many demobilized soldiers from the mainland every year, we can't just let them do nothing, can we?"

Moreover, we Chinese people value a person's reputation and the influence of others. If you don't have a strong image of martial prowess, I can't build such a large business here in Suzhou!

Since we need to maintain our reputation, we can't go without bloodshed for too long. So I took it upon myself to do some security work. As long as we do a few good jobs each year, our business will be much smoother.”

"Tsk tsk tsk, I must say, Brother Peng, you're a true hero. I'm ashamed of myself, truly ashamed. You handle this yourself! Anyway, Lu Jingyao isn't poor."

Li Ye genuinely admired Jin Peng, so he sincerely praised him a few times.

Jin Peng chuckled and said, "Alright, then I'll make sure they charge the normal rate! I don't want them feeling bad about spending the money and then coming to you to complain about me."

Li Ye couldn't help but raise his foot again: "Don't say things like that to me. If you're so capable, go say them to Xiao Yu and see if she gets angry."

"No, no, no, my sister-in-law has become increasingly arrogant these past two years. I wouldn't dare to argue with her. My future, Jin Peng's future, still depends on your help!"

"Without my consent, she can't possibly promote me."

"Heh heh, you disagree? I don't believe it."

"Holy crap~"

Li Ye was furious, but he had to admit that Jin Peng was absolutely right.

Jin Peng has done a lot for Wen Leyu during this period, and he will definitely repay her in the future.

Li Ye and Jin Peng are brothers, how could he disagree?

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Jin Peng was quite efficient; two days later, he informed Li Ye that the person had been rescued.

"We negotiated a price with them; the ransom was two million pounds, and we also received a reward of 120,000 pounds. As for you... Lu Jingyao lost over two million this time. Seeing how pale she was, I guess she was severely weakened."

Li Ye asked in surprise, "Two million in ransom? You actually paid a ransom? So you took 120,000 in protection money just to help negotiate a price with the kidnappers?" Jin Peng rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "What else could I do? Did you expect me to lead my brothers through a hail of bullets, wipe out the evil kidnappers, and then rescue the good guys unharmed?"
Ono, you're making a movie, okay? A mere £120,000, and you expect me to risk my life? Are we even brothers anymore?

Li Ye rolled his eyes, and after a long while, he muttered, "Is this my fault? Back in the day, you were always bragging about being a chivalrous hero, a loyal and generous man."

"Alright, alright, that's not the martial arts world, that's a novel."

Jin Peng quickly stopped Li Ye from speaking, trying to cover up his past youthful naiveté.

Back when he was a street hustler in Qingshui County, he was of course a generous and righteous leader. But when he actually led a group of brothers to fight for their lives in Su'e, he realized that the underworld was not just about fighting and killing. All sorts of entanglements, helplessness, and compromises were the most basic norms.

If he were like in the movies, resorting to violence at the slightest disagreement, he would have been dead countless times over.

Street thugs only know how to fight and kill; even the ringleaders have to use their brains and employ both soft and hard tactics!
If you don't believe me, look at the male protagonists in action movies. Aren't they all from the bottom of society, like Arthur or someone who's struggling? Once they rise to a certain level, they all start to play tricks.

"I misunderstood, Brother Peng. Let alone £120,000, even if it were £1.2 billion, we wouldn't risk our lives against others."

After correcting his attitude, Li Ye immediately apologized to Jin Peng.

Jin Peng is now a multi-millionaire. It would be absurd for him to get into a fight and get into danger to save Lu Zixue. It would be good enough if he could help Lu Jingyao go and negotiate.

But Jin Peng smiled and said, "If it were 1.2 billion, we might be willing to risk our lives. But what you said makes me feel better. Unlike that Lu Zixue, who turned around and tried to bite back like a mad dog after we brothers helped him save him."

Li Ye's face immediately turned cold: "Bite? What right does he have to bite? Does he have a few extra teeth that he wants us brothers to pull out?"

Li Ye knew what kind of person Lu Zixue was; he was spoiled since childhood and thought everyone would give in to him. But Li Ye didn't expect that after such a big incident as kidnapping, he still hadn't learned his lesson.

But the next moment, Jin Peng clicked his tongue and said, "You know what, that kid really had a rough time this time. When we rescued him, his crotch was full of bruises, his face was swollen and black, and he even had a deep cut on his face."

Jin Peng gestured with his hand to his face, running from the left side of his forehead to the right corner of his mouth. Just thinking about it made him feel creepy.

"Sigh~"

"So miserable?"

"That's right! I've heard of quite a few kidnapping cases over the years, and kidnappers either kill the victim or demand money. This is the first time I've seen someone with a knife cut across their face."

Jin Peng shook his head and said a few words, then suddenly looked at Li Ye and said, "You need to be careful. He can't bite me, so he might bite you instead?"

Li Ye laughed angrily: "What right does he have to bite me? What right does he have to bite me?"

Jin Peng said calmly, "He said you colluded with the kidnappers. Besides, you're a good person! Take a bite if you can, and it doesn't matter if you can't, right?"

Li Ye, tell me the truth, if he really bit you, would you really dare to knock out his teeth?

[This is ridiculous! Good people should be held at gunpoint, right?]

Just as Li Ye was about to get angry, he suddenly saw Jin Peng's sly smile and laughed again.

His sworn brother was using reverse psychology!

After all, Jin Peng and the others had witnessed Li Ye's infatuation with Lu Jingyao, so Jin Peng would never believe Li Ye's claim that he didn't have a "white moonlight complex."

(End of this chapter)