LWDC Chapter 191

Chapter 191 – Just Obey

“Captured?”

Ning Fei was genuinely taken aback. “You mean… captured by your organization?”

“It’s not ‘our organization,’ but you’re right.” Duan Yunhong said. “What, do you find the suggestion strange?”

“A little.” Ning Fei replied, “But I’m always patient when listening to Boss Duan’s suggestions. Tell me the reasoning.”

“You don’t understand the style of this organization, so it’s normal you wouldn’t think of this.” Duan Yunhong explained slowly, “The organization’s policy is to treat prisoners well. Moreover, Cheng Lingqi is Liu Fan’s adjutant, a very important position, so treating him well and protecting him is a must. Let me put it this way, if Cheng Lingqi is ever short on penicillin again, the organization will find a way to get it to him first, even if their own supplies are insufficient.”

“…Really?” Ning Fei raised an eyebrow slightly. “There’s an organization like that? I only learned a little from the background information, but you know, that’s mostly from Cheng Lingqi’s perspective. I really didn’t expect you to go this far. A policy of appeasement, huh?”

As he spoke, he poked Duan Yunhong’s chest. Duan Yunhong didn’t correct him, replying directly, “It’s not appeasement, it’s just hoping to unite all forces that can be united, and at least make fewer enemies. Those who are captured are generally treated well, in any case, there won’t be abuse, and certainly not killing at the drop of a hat. For those with value like Cheng Lingqi, they’ll hope he can shine in the organization as well. After all, there’s always a shortage of talent, one more counts as one more.”

Ning Fei said, “But the original owner’s wish is to stay away from the flames of war, can that be achieved?”

“Of course, the organization won’t force him to do anything. He can live like an ordinary person in the towns controlled by the organization. If he wants to be even further away, the organization has many controlled areas in remote mountain areas, he can go feed chickens and walk dogs if he wants, no one will bother him.” Duan Yunhong said, “And his mother, the organization can also take her over. As for his sister, she’s already half a member of the organization, and she’ll become even more important because they want to win him over, so her safety factor will naturally increase.”

“Is this really reliable, Boss Duan? You’re saying it so confidently, I really believe you.” Ning Fei rubbed his chin. “The current Cheng Lingqi isn’t very smart, even if I remind him to be on guard a thousand times, I’m afraid he won’t escape the trap. I was considering methods like faking his death, but that’s a bit of a gamble and hard to control. If your explanation is reliable, then it’s better to let him secretly cooperate to be captured under partially controllable circumstances. Then quietly bring his mother to the organization’s controlled area. I feel like my mission will basically pass.”

“The organization is like this, I’m very sure, I’ve seen it with my own eyes.” Duan Yunhong replied, “I think being actively captured is safer than waiting for Liu Fan to suspect and frame him. After all, Cheng Mengxiao’s relationship with the organization seems unbreakable, and now we have to add the matter of us taking Chen Lili away. Liu Fan is inherently suspicious, so the path of constantly gaining his trust won’t work. Even if he has to fake his death, it’s much simpler to do it in the organization’s territory than under Liu Fan’s nose. Even if Liu Fan suspects, it’ll be difficult for him to verify, right?”

“But how to control this matter to minimize the danger…” Ning Fei lowered his eyes in thought, “Even if Cheng Lingqi is willing to stray into the organization’s firing range, knives and guns have no eyes, so we have to ensure he won’t be accidentally injured…”

“Have you forgotten what we just said?” Duan Yunhong raised his hand and stroked Ning Fei’s forehead. “Cheng Mengxiao is already considered half a member of the organization, and Shen Zejun is basically a member of the organization. As long as they leak Cheng Lingqi’s importance and itinerary information, it’ll form a certain ‘understanding’.”

“What a unique ‘cooperation from within and without’!” Ning Fei clapped his hands and exclaimed, “It really takes you, Boss Duan, to have a ‘local’ to help me think of ideas, it’s different!”

Duan Yunhong reached out and held his hand. “I’ve helped you with such a big favor, shouldn’t you give me some reward?”

“For example?”

“For example, the penalty for the bet about returning the book, let’s call it off?”

“Heh.” Ning Fei raised an eyebrow and slightly curved his lips. “No way.”

*

Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong spent the whole night going over the plan. The next day, they went to talk to Cheng Lingqi face to face.

Poor Cheng Lingqi had originally come aggressively to question Ning Fei, but before he could figure out what was going on with the kid from Pingdu, he was shocked by Ning Fei’s bold plan.

“Huh? Intentionally be captured?!” Cheng Lingqi widened his eyes. “Are you crazy? Won’t that make me die faster?”

“Wrong, being captured actually leaves a chance for survival.” Ning Fei retorted, and then relayed what Duan Yunhong had told him about the style of the other organization.

Cheng Lingqi listened with suspicion. “…Really? This is different from what I know.”

“You’ve always been in this camp, so it’s normal that you don’t understand.” Ning Fei raised an eyebrow. “But just think about it, if they were really no good, would Cheng Mengxiao abandon your relationship as a general’s adjutant and turn to the other side? Shen Zejun is a businessman, if your side had a bright future and the other side was truly inept, would he even be spending his own money to support their activities?”

After a pause, Ning Fei came up with an idea. “Perhaps you can give them a call to confirm if what I’m saying is true.”

“Are you stupid? They wouldn’t directly admit they’re on that side to me.”

“You’re the stupid one, I didn’t ask you to force them to reveal their position, you just need to ask them indirectly about their impression of that organization. If you can’t even do that, you’re even less likely to survive under Liu Fan.” Ning Fei raised an eyebrow. “You can also reveal in the phone call that you’re in a difficult situation right now, and that you may soon be doing something dangerous… In short, let Cheng Mengxiao and the others remind the organization over there to prepare. With advance preparation, the safety factor will be higher.”

Cheng Lingqi said, “Don’t talk like this plan is already being implemented!”

Seeing that he still looked unconvinced, Ning Fei’s relaxed expression gradually faded, and his tone turned cold. “Let me say this, you didn’t think I was here to be your friend, your strategist, or your psychologist, right?”

Cheng Lingqi was taken aback. “…What?”

“I’m still in the ‘suggestion’ stage, but I suggest you don’t make me advance to the ‘forced implementation’ stage.” Ning Fei stared into his eyes and said slowly, “You haven’t forgotten why I appeared in front of you, have you? It’s because your probability of completing the mission alone is too low, so I was sent to collect the debt. The means of collecting the debt isn’t gently giving you suggestions, waiting for you to choose, and then fully assisting your decision.

“Instead, it’s finding a way to achieve the goal, directly pushing you onto that path, and reaching the end of the mission.

“This is the meaning of ‘debt collection’.”

By the end of his speech, he had completely suppressed Cheng Lingqi in terms of aura, completely lacking the feeling of friendly communication from before. Cheng Lingqi even felt that Ning Fei looked inexplicably more terrifying than Liu Fan. But out of a man’s nature, Cheng Lingqi was still unwilling to be suddenly suppressed by Ning Fei, and couldn’t help but retort, “So confident? Does your debt collection method guarantee 100% success?”

“I don’t know about others.” Ning Fei smiled slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes. “But in my case, it’s basically 100% successful.”

“‘Basically’?” Cheng Lingqi seized the loophole in his words. “So you’ve failed before? How did you fail? And why are you ordering me around like this?”

“Failure…” Ning Fei paused slightly, and suddenly revealed a malicious smile. “It’s because I accidentally killed a transmigrator.”

Cheng Lingqi: ?!?!!?!

“Then you’re still telling me to go die?!” The adjutant almost jumped up. “Isn’t this a situation that will kill me!”

“It wasn’t because of my debt repayment plan that he died.” Ning Fei still maintained his composure, saying something even more frightening. “It was to punish him a little, I used a little trick. I didn’t expect him to completely disregard my punishment, and insisted on acting as usual while under the punishment, and then he died in his own ‘bad luck’.”

“Punishment?” Cheng Lingqi frowned. “Why don’t I know you have any means of punishment… You wouldn’t secretly punish me, would you?”

Ning Fei smiled. “Of course I wouldn’t secretly punish you, if you don’t know I’m punishing you, then your suffering is meaningless.”

“Then what kind of punishment methods do you have? It wouldn’t be some abusive private torture, would it?”

“Ha, I wouldn’t bother doing something so tiring.” Ning Fei lowered his eyes and smiled. “The means of punishment – is to take away part of the luck that the original owner temporarily lent you.”

“Original owner…what? Luck?” Cheng Lingqi was still confused. “What is that?”

“In terms you can understand, you can think of it as a kind of luck.” Ning Fei said meaningfully, “When your luck is particularly bad, you may encounter unlucky things, your health deteriorates, and even the people around you start to decline. What extreme situations can a person encounter when they’re at their unluckiest… You can use your imagination.”

Cheng Lingqi “tsk”ed. “The unluckiest, isn’t that choking on water and being hit by an advertisement board while walking on the road? The transmigrator you’re talking about, isn’t that what happened to him?”

“Ha, in the extreme case, it’s like that. But I’ll be more careful now, and try not to kill the transmigrator, otherwise my performance will be zeroed out, and it wouldn’t be worth it…” Ning Fei smiled and looked at Cheng Lingqi. “How about it, do you want to try if you’re unlucky, if you’ll also curse Liu Fan to death?”

“…No need!” Cheng Lingqi immediately interrupted. “Cursing him to death, the premise is that I also die from bad luck!”

“Who knows…” Ning Fei smiled, leaned back in his chair, and looked at him. “Then, Adjutant Cheng, I’ve explained everything clearly, are you willing to cooperate?”

“Do I have the right to choose other answers?” Cheng Lingqi couldn’t help but scratch his head hard, his brow furrowed, and he leaned towards Ning Fei.

“Okay, I can listen to you and be captured.”

“But can you guarantee that you’ll save my life?”

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Hahaha, guess what the penalty for the bet is~