Chapter 272: A Man’s Weakest Moment
"I didn’t expect to fail again this time!" Xiaogang slammed his hand on the table in anger, and perhaps because he used too much force, his hand kept trembling.
Including this time, he’s already failed with Lin Tian twice: once with Li and once with a kidnapping.
Although the last kidnapping was successful, it was unclear where the information leaked from, but Bai Shishi was actually rescued by Lin Tian.
Moreover, such a serious matter as kidnapping attracted significant attention from the police, and they seemed determined to solve the case.
This put a lot of pressure on Bai Jiaming...
Originally, he wanted to do this without anyone knowing, but the development of events was exactly the opposite of what he had planned.
After a long silence, Bai Jiaming said word by word, "If this continues, forget about taking over the Xianglong Tea House, we’ll end up ruined ourselves!"
"Mr. Long, I know I wasn’t competent, but please believe in me, give me another chance!" Xiaogang combed through his neatly slicked-back hair, a few strands sticking up, looking quite helpless.
"Look at you now, how can I trust you?" Bai Jiaming stared at Xiaogang, this guy was clearly battered and had no clue.
"So, what now?" Xiaogang countered!
"Why not just kill her?" Bai Jiaming steeled his heart; after all this trouble and money spent, failure was not an option.
"No way!" Xiaogang slammed his large hand onto the table, causing it to buzz and vibrate.
"I initially betrayed Bai Shishi because I liked her!"
"Mr. Long, I hope you haven’t forgotten our initial agreement that I’d help you under the condition that after you become the owner of the Xianglong Tea House, you’d leave Bai Shishi to me!" Xiaogang reminded with a heavy tone.
"Then what do you want to do?" At this point, Bai Jiaming truly couldn’t figure out Xiaogang.
He obviously wanted to possess Bai Shishi, but was unwilling to use too cruel methods. It’s like forcing an emperor to abdicate without waging war, but what emperor would voluntarily abdicate?
"Bai Shishi is not really the key point!" Xiaogang gave Bai Jiaming an implied look.
"That’s true, Lin Tian by Bai Shishi’s side is the real key!"
"Without him, we could do whatever we want!"
Right now, Bai Jiaming was also completely convinced by Lin Tian; if possible, he truly wanted to spend big to recruit Lin Tian.
Xiaogang showed a wicked smile: "So our target is clear now, isn’t it?"
Bai Jiaming nodded in agreement: "As long as we get rid of that Lin Tian, things will become simple!"
"Mr. Long, that sounds simple, but doing it is difficult; how can we easily get rid of Lin Tian?"
Xiaogang began recounting his and Lin Tian’s story from today with tears and snots, full of bitterness.
"This guy is incredibly powerful; if I could’ve killed him, I would’ve done it already. I’m just afraid that even if I die, he won’t!"
Xiaogang sighed, feeling like he was an egg going against a stone, always ending up cracked.
"He’s that formidable?" Bai Jiaming only knew there was a Lin Tian by Bai Shishi’s side but was unaware of his power.
Hearing Xiaogang’s account, he showed a serious expression for the first time, "Seems like I underestimated him a bit?"
"Underestimated? You nearly made a great mistake!"
Xiaogang lit a cigarette and finally spoke the truth, "Right now, I have no solutions at all!"
Bai Jiaming rested his chin on his hand, pondering countermeasures: "This is a bit difficult to handle, huh?"
"Actually, it’s not completely hopeless!" Xiaogang, who was smoking, suddenly had an idea.
Everyone has weaknesses; Lin Tian is strong, but he has a weakness!
"What do you mean?" Bai Jiaming’s deep gaze turned to Xiaogang.
"Lin Tian has a weakness for pretty women!" Xiaogang stroked the small mustache on his chin, beginning to look smug.
"Nonsense, what man doesn’t like beautiful women?"
Bai Jiaming felt like Xiaogang was spouting nonsense that everybody already knew.
"No, no, Mr. Long, you didn’t get my point!"
Xiaogang stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and started a lengthy explanation: "Lin Tian is very strong, but his strength is only against enemies; he’s very gentle with the women around him, and maybe we can exploit that!"
"You mean?" Although Xiaogang’s words were vague, Bai Jiaming quickly grasped the idea: "Find a beautiful woman to get close to him?"
Xiaogang said insidiously, "Exactly, find a beauty to get close to him, then have them sleep together, and take his life when he’s off guard!"
No matter how strong a man is, many have met their demise at a woman’s hands. A man’s weakest moment is in bed; Xiaogang’s idea was both vicious and cunning.
Bai Jiaming pondered for a long time, then clapped in approval: "Not bad! Not bad! This is a good plan!"
"But this beauty won’t be easy to find, and she needs to be skilled enough to handle Lin Tian if anything goes awry..."
Xiaogang didn’t continue, instead making a throat-slitting gesture.
"That’s manageable!"
Bai Jiaming already had a suitable candidate in mind: "But how do we arrange for them to be together?"
"A chance encounter!"
Xiaogang slyly suggested: "We need to set up a fortuitous encounter, have them meet, and ideally stage a dramatic hero saving the beauty, which would make Lin Tian lower his guard!"
Bai Jiaming asked in a deep voice: "But the key is how we lure Lin Tian in?"
Xiaogang’s eyelids shot up with a notion: "These days, someone has been tailing me, wherever I go, someone will surely report to Bai Shishi or Lin Tian immediately!"
Contrary to that news, Bai Jiaming wasn’t pleased but rather cursed in anger: "Someone’s following you and you came to me, are you trying to expose me!"
Regarding the Bai Shishi matter, Bai Jiaming had been extremely cautious, even going so far as to use the alias Mr. Long.
If the Bai Family found out he actually kidnapped his sister to seize the Xianglong Tea House, there would definitely be consequences.
However, Xiaogang, knowing he’s being followed, still came to him, rendering all previous concealments meaningless.
Xiaogang confidently smiled and assured, "Don’t worry, since I dared to come, I’ve surely lost any tails!"
Bai Jiaming nodded: "Alright! I’ll find the woman, you set up the chance encounter!"
"No problem!" Xiaogang nodded enthusiastically.
"Clap! Clap!" Bai Jiaming clapped his hands twice.
The room door opened, and in walked a capable woman with short hair, wearing a white shirt and gray trousers. Though not revealing much, her stunning figure was unmistakable.
Xiaogang, a seasoned frequenter of establishments, had seen nearly a hundred beauties before, yet seeing this woman left him in a daze, nearly drooling...