Dream Dance Gracefully - Chapter 78 - The Deal

The next day, Li Shaofei was invited out by Wang Qiang.

The location had been chosen, and when Li Shaofei arrived, Wang Qiang greeted him with a wide smile.

“Fei-Ge, you’re here? Come on, let’s go inside first.”

“Okay.”

Immediately, the two entered a private room in the restaurant.

Everything was ready, and Wang Qiang was all set to state his purpose.

“Fei-Ge? What do you think of Xu Meng? I think she’s quite pretty. She’s not only beautiful but also cooks well and is very filial. Don’t you think so, Fei-Ge?” Wang Qiang looked at Li Shaofei with great interest.

He didn’t get straight to the point but instead brought up the topic in a roundabout way, his expression quite annoying.

Li Shaofei picked up his chopsticks, just about to grab some food when he heard Wang Qiang say this.

(What does this mean? He called me over here just to talk about this? He must know about me and Xu Meng, but it sounds like there’s something else behind his words?)

“Wang Qiang, if you have something to say, just say it. This isn’t like you to beat around the bush,” Li Shaofei replied casually as he took a bite.

“Oh, is Fei-Ge in a hurry?” Wang Qiang glanced at Li Shaofei again, then changed the subject: “It seems that Xu Meng is quite important to you, huh?”

Upon hearing this, Li Shaofei put down his chopsticks, looked at Wang Qiang, and his smile faded, staring intently ahead, indicating for Wang Qiang to continue.

“Wow, Fei-Ge? Are you feeling anxious?”

“Wang Qiang,” Li Shaofei said, looking straight at Wang Qiang, “what exactly do you want to say?”

“I want to know, if Xu Meng were to be kidnapped, what would your reaction be?”

“What did you say? Please repeat that,” Li Shaofei realized that the Wang Qiang in front of him was no longer the same as before; perhaps this was Wang Qiang’s true face. However, Li Shaofei suppressed his inner turmoil and tried to remain calm.

“Oh, don’t rush, don’t rush. I’m saying ‘if.’ Just stay calm,” Wang Qiang chuckled, “Isn’t it intriguing? By now, you still haven’t figured out who I am?”

“Wang Qiang.” Li Shaofei reviewed everything in his mind but still couldn’t find any breakthrough. He just felt that Wang Qiang’s actions were sometimes very strange, but he had no idea what Wang Qiang was actually doing.

“Fei-Ge, this title is really quite intriguing.”

“Who are you?” Li Shaofei struggled to ask. He knew that the other person seemed to know everything about him, while he didn’t know anything about them at all, and he felt a strong sense of being toyed with, which was quite unpleasant.

“Let’s put it this way, do you know about those photos?”

As soon as he said that, Li Shaofei remembered the tense days caused by the photos; Chen Tianqi’s family had been very anxious during that time. Fortunately, that period had passed… Could it be?

Could it be?

Li Shaofei looked at Wang Qiang, resentment in his eyes.

“Did you do it?”

Wang Qiang grinned, “I did.”

Wang Qiang readily admitted without hesitation, stating it outright.

Li Shaofei’s expression darkened further. He realized that if it was true, Wang Qiang’s choice to stay by his side as a follower made sense, as he must have had an ulterior motive.

Considering the current situation, Wang Qiang must be from Xu’s Company or the Zeng Family, and he must have come to find me to stop me.

But he didn’t know that the real mastermind was not me, but Chen Tianqi. That’s why Wang Qiang found me. This raised a question-Wang Qiang wouldn’t just come to me to reveal his identity, would he?

“I see. What else do you want to say?” Li Shaofei responded more as a question rather than a statement. He remembered the comments about Xu Meng and kept them in mind, but what could he do? There was nothing he could do. He could only pray that the other party was just joking.

“I’m not asking for much. I just want you to hand over that document. If you do, I’ll let her go. If you don’t, Xu Meng will suffer a lot.”

With a loud “thud!” Li Shaofei slammed his hand on the table.

“Wang Qiang, don’t go too far.”

“As long as you give it to me, I’ll let her go. The decision is in your hands. We have no choice. But I need to remind you, my guys won’t show mercy. If they touch her, that could be quite disastrous, huh?”

Li Shaofei fell silent. Facing such a threat, what could he do? After five minutes of silence, he finally compromised.

“Alright, I’ll hand it over. You let Xu Meng go. But let me make this clear: if she loses even a single hair, I won’t let you off the hook. Now, let her call me.”

At this moment, Li Shaofei was still very clear-headed. He wouldn’t give in until he had confirmation.

Wang Qiang smiled slightly, picked up his phone, and dialed a number.

When the call connected, a female voice came through.

“Shaofei, please help me! I don’t want to be here!”

“Click.” Wang Qiang hung up the phone with a grin, saying, “So, what do you think? Do you believe me now?”

Since it had come to this, there was no choice but to let Chen Tianqi take the fall. Surely Chen Tianqi would agree, right?

“You release her, and I’ll give you the document.”

“Okay…”

“Have your people bring Xu Meng here. I want to see her in person before I hand it over.”

“Sure.”

Wang Qiang dialed the number and made the call…

Half an hour later, the door to the private room opened again, and four people walked in, one of them being Xu Meng.

She wasn’t bound, but she carried a bag over her shoulder and was pushed inside by the three others behind her.

“You see? No matter what, you two can’t escape. It’s better for you to hand it over honestly so we can all get through this easier…”

At this point, Xu Meng still had no idea what was happening. She had been walking along the road when three people surrounded her, then dragged her into a van, with a dagger held against her neck the entire way, until she was brought here. It was only when she saw Li Shaofei that she realized something very bad was going on.