Chapter 495: Masks
The two climbed the stairs to the fifth floor, then Lin Tian knocked three times on the door of 503 with two short knocks followed by a long one, and only then did the door open.
The person who opened the door was a man in his thirties, full of ruffian spirit, with a long knife scar on his forehead. He looked like someone you wouldn’t want to mess with.
This was Scar Monkey, the one who had stolen diamonds in the mall before.
"Tian, Brother Yong, you’re here, come in, come in." Scar Monkey smiled and stepped aside.
"Monkey, why is it you?" Wu Yong had been in contact with Pang Yu a lot these days, so he knew Scar Monkey as well.
Scar Monkey pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed one each to the two, and then put one in his own mouth and smiled with a nod: "Let’s talk inside."
Lin Tian nodded and walked in, smiling: "Monkey, have you prepared the things I wanted?"
"They were ready two days ago, just waiting for you to pick them up," said Scar Monkey.
After saying that, he extinguished his cigarette, walked over to a cabinet, and took out a wooden box.
As the wooden box opened, inside were masks, not toys, judging by the looks, made of some special material.
Wu Yong stretched his neck, glanced inside curiously, and asked, "What is this? Looks like face masks, just a bit dry, does it moisturize?"
Lin Tian, with some annoyance, slapped Wu Yong’s nape and said irritably, "Face masks your head, these are masks, human skin masks!"
"What? Human skin masks?" Wu Yong’s eyes widened, "Are you saying these masks are made from a human face?"
Lin Tian opened his mouth, wanted to say something, but temporarily changed his words and spoke to Scar Monkey: "You explain to this big dummy, my IQ is not on the same level as his, communication is difficult between us."
After speaking, Lin Tian extinguished the cigarette in his hand and took a mask out of the box to study it.
Scar Monkey’s face darkened, so my IQ is on the same level as his?
With a complaint in his heart, Scar Monkey explained, "Human skin masks aren’t made of human skin, but a mix of silicone and several other special materials, simply put, they’re for changing faces."
At this moment, Lin Tian had already put the mask on his face and looked in the mirror.
The edges of this mask extended directly to the forehead, ears, chin, and fit tightly to Lin Tian’s face. If not observed closely, it was impossible to tell it was a mask.
Now Lin Tian’s entire face had changed, his eyes became smaller, eyebrows thin and curved, lips thickened, and there were several very distinct wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, it completely resembled a thirty-something, weathered middle-aged man.
Scar Monkey handed over a wig and a pair of black-framed glasses, saying: "Tian, put this on and try."
Lin Tian took them and directly put on the wig, a men’s long hair wig with slanted bangs, half-gray, half-black, completely covering his hair, and finally put on the black-framed glasses.
Looking for the mirror again, the whole person underwent a radical transformation, where’s the heartthrob that girls adored? Now he was a frail bookworm, worn by the years.
Lin Tian turned around, looked at Wu Yong, and asked: "Yongzi, how’s it?"
Wu Yong was stunned, "Are you Tian?"
"Obviously." Lin Tian replied irritably.
"Wow, this is freaking amazing." Wu Yong exclaimed again: "Impressive, really impressive."
Scar Monkey laughed proudly: "Of course it’s impressive, this is my key skill, studied it for Ten Years, and now I’ve made a bit of a name."
"Flattery goes straight to your head, huh?" Wu Yong said, then laughed: "Monkey, how about gifting me a couple?"
Scar Monkey shook his head: "I can’t afford to give these away, and there are none left. Except for my own few, the rest have been bought by Tian."
Lin Tian smiled without saying anything, indeed, all those masks in the wooden box had been bought by Lin Tian.
Actually this happened a few days ago when he was in the hospital, suddenly recalling the scene when Scar Monkey returned to his room after stealing diamonds and took off his mask.
Immediately Lin Tian decided to have a good chat with Scar Monkey, to see if he could get a few masks. After all, at that time, even Lin Tian’s perspective eyes couldn’t spot that human skin mask.
Later, after a phone call with Scar Monkey, Scar Monkey was very surprised, not expecting his face-changing to be discovered by Lin Tian. Then he heard Lin Tian wanted to buy masks. He outright refused, but later Lin Tian offered an enticing price, which he agreed to, selling ten masks in one go.
Lin Tian patted Wu Yong’s shoulder and smiled: "No worries, I’ll give you a couple to take, consider it a gift."
"Thank you, Tian. You’re so good to me, I feel like offering myself to you." Wu Yong smiled, eyes squinting into crescents.
"No need to offer yourself, just pay up." Lin Tian’s lips curled into a sly smile.
Wu Yong immediately sensed something amiss, cursing: "Damn, I pay, doesn’t that mean I bought them?"
"We’re brothers, what’s there to split between us? Hurry up and pay, don’t say you didn’t bring money, you just said you could transfer online." Lin Tian’s smile grew wider.
Wu Yong’s face sagged down, asking irritably, "How much?"
"One mask is 250,000, ten masks, 2.5 million, just scan the QR code and transfer to me," Scar Monkey’s eyes, calculated and sharp, gleamed with greed.
"How... how much?" Wu Yong was already trembling as he spoke.
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After settling the bill, Lin Tian, still wearing the earlier mask, was in high spirits whistling.
In his pocket were five masks, plus the one on his face, a total of six, made of special material, extremely resilient, even if crumpled into a ball and stuffed into a pocket, it unfolds back to its original form when needed.
Lin Tian wouldn’t mind having more of such good items, if not used in the future, he could sell one for 500,000. Moreover, he didn’t pay for it.
Wu Yong followed behind Lin Tian, grumbling, it hurt him, that was 2.15 million.
Though he was a big shot now, he had many brothers under him that needed to be supported, 2.5 million wasn’t a small amount for him right now.
Finally, he argued with Lin Tian to take four out of ten masks.
The two went downstairs and swapped for another car, this was Scar Monkey’s car.
The two changed their faces, then changed cars, ensuring they wouldn’t be tracked by anyone anymore. Future actions could be more secretive.
Without the Wang Family’s people tracking, Wu Yong navigated from the passenger seat, and Lin Tian swiftly drove into a neighborhood.