Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 248

Chapter 248: Entanglement
Chapter 248

“They want to meet me?” Wei Jun asked as he sat in his office. Lin Ruan, who was visiting him nodded and said, “I don’t know how you did it, but because of you going after those stocks, you’re now a prime suspect.”

“I was the one who killed her,” Wei Jun easily admitted. Lin Ruan remained silent before she said, “I don’t know how you did it, but because of you going after those stocks, you’re now the prime suspect.”

The meaning behind that was clear. She didn’t hear it. She didn’t want any part in this. And she didn’t want to be the reason someone got to Wei Jun as well.

Wei Jun silently appreciated that and said, “I need you to actively involve yourself in that business.”

“Are you sure? The Ruan Enterprises don’t deal in pharmaceuticals.” Lin Ruan asked as she clarified the purpose of her question.

“It’s fine.” Wei Jun said before he added, “We’ll do great. It’s an enormous sum and with such an investment and everything prepared, we can easily do business in that industry by the end of the week.”

Everything was ready.

Yi Rang’s company was the same, only the leadership had changed in a way. Lin Ruan also knew why Wei Jun was going so fast. He didn’t want the competitors of the same industry to catch up.

Just like how Yi Rang was providing quality pharmaceuticals to the empire, the Ruan company would be doing the same now in her stead.

“How will we explain it to Grandfather?” Lin Ruan asked.

“He doesn’t have to know.” Wei Jun replied.

“That wouldn’t be possible.” Lin Ruan argued, “If we want to make it public, then we will have to let the board know.”

“We will be making it public, just not who’s running it.” Wei Jun replied.

“What do you mean?” Lin Ruan asked.

“I hear the underworld of Yuan Yin City is in great turmoil.” Wei Jun said.

“Are you out of your mind?” Lin Ruan didn’t need to be a genius to understand what Wei Jun meant as he said it to the point.

“If we go by that route, then it isn’t medicine but drugs.” Lin Ruan worriedly said which made Wei Jun chuckle. It was true and the common name of pharmaceutical medicine was drugs.

Many of the medicines could be used as high-quality drugs, considering how they were used. In the underworld, how they would be used was obvious.

“You don’t have to worry about that.” Wei Jun said before he added, “We will be cleaning the funds through that.”

“What do you mean?” Lin Ruan asked.

“We’ll be selling drugs, all right, just not to the others but to ourselves.” Wei Jun replied.

“I don’t get it.” Lin Ruan said.

“Where did we get the funds to operate those drugs? That would be the main question Sun Ruan will ask.” Wei Jun said before he added, “However, if we’re buying them and then selling them through our companies with our own money, then we have a proper paper trail.”

“Meanwhile the money we used to buy those drugs comes back into our pockets.” Lin Ruan finally understood what Wei Jun was trying to say.

“But even that would be problematic.” Lin Ruan said.

If caught, they could still be riled into the drug conspiracy. Lin Ruan wasn’t sure what to do about that.

“Then we don’t go in as cultivators.” Wei Jun replied before he added, “We simply choose a representative who’s a mortal. Mortal cases would be handled by the police. Police is easy to buy or deal with.”

Clearly, Wei Jun had thought this out thoroughly. There wasn’t a single point Lin Ruan could point out that could cause them trouble. They had a way of dealing with Sun Ruan, a way of dealing with the authorities, and finally, a way of expanding their own personal pockets outside of Sun Ruan’s influence.

Lin Ruan had to admit. It was a foolproof plan.

“There’s just one problem, though.” Lin Ruan said.

“I know. Though they would be dealt with shortly.” Wei Jun said, his assurance accompanied by confidence which calmed Lin Ruan down and she left to put the plan in motion before it was too late.

~~

Once Lin Ruan left, Wei Jun turned his attention to the blinking screen with seriousness all over his face. He was confident all right, but he wasn’t completely out of worry.

[The wheel of fate has been put in motion]

[Your actions have initiated a chain of events that have brought about the current situation in existence]

[Main Quest IV has been initiated forcefully]

[Xiaofei Rin]

[Description: Your actions have brought consequences that no one could have perceived

A protagonist who was supposed to encounter your adventures in the future has come a lot sooner

Kill her and strike another strong hit to the fate of this world]

[Task: Kill Xiaofei Ring]

[Reward(s)

#1: System update

#2: An S Tier skill

#3: Inventory update

#4: Shop level update

#5: All stats +10]

[Punishment: Death]

[Time limit: One month]

Not only did he have to deal with two protagonists now, he had to do it faster than ever. All others had a certain time limit but this was the first one that had the time limit of a month.

‘I guess in one month she will be able to get to me.’ Wei Jun mused. She was currently investigating him. There wasn’t an impossibility that she wouldn’t find anything on him or somehow get to him.

Wei Jun himself knew that there was no perfect crime. There was a great chance the police would find him, sooner or later, it was bound to happen. What depended then was how well Wei Jun was prepared.

However, Wei Jun was familiar with the ridiculous luck of the protagonists. Shao Chen managed to escape Yan Rong and Run Long managed to escape Lao Chen even when both of them stood no reasonable and logical chance.

He had a feeling with the ridiculous luck of this girl, she would somehow find something on Wei Jun. And even if she didn’t, there were still many political ways to get rid of him, and Sun Ruan, worried about his own status, wouldn’t think twice before throwing Wei Jun under the bus.

‘Who is she?’ Wei Jun asked.

There was no information about the third protagonist. There wasn’t any about this one as well but this one didn’t seem as special as the third one. He figured this one was a novel.

[It is]

The system reply confirmed his assumptions.

[It’s a reverse harem novel]

‘What’s that?’ Wei Jun seriously asked, unfamiliar with the term.

[You don’t know what harem is, host?]

‘I didn’t know what fictional novels were a few months ago.’ Wei Jun retorted.

[True]

[Harem novels are where one man and several women are in a happy relationship]

[In the reverse harem, there would be one female, and…]

‘Multiple males?’ Wei Jun ended the sentence.

[Yes, it’s a popular genre nowadays]

‘So what?’ Wei Jun asked.

[Eh?]

[I just thought I’d tell you]

‘I don’t care if it’s multiple women or multiple men, all I want is the one who’s my target.’ Wei Jun replied, uninterested in the genre of the novel.

[I forgot how uninterested you were in everything]

The system realized its mistake before it steered the conversation in the direction Wei Jun wanted.

[The level-up condition for this novel is quite easy]

‘What is it?’ Wei Jun asked.

[Kill all the male leads]

[Kill the male leads that help make her strong]

Wei Jun simply nodded to that impactful information. He didn’t understand why the system was being so dramatic but he didn’t care nor did he bother to humor the system.

He hurriedly pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

“Yes, boss?” Mark Wilson giddily spoke.

“Boss?” Wei Jun was taken aback.

“The elixir you gave worked like a charm. From now on, you’re my boss.” Mark Wilson happily spoke.

Wei Jun remembered giving Mark Wilson the body cleaning pill. It must not have worked perfectly since he doubted it did much for the vessels so maybe Mark Wilson had come with the wrong diagnosis.

“I have a task for you.” Wei Jun said.

“As long as you pay the price, dear customer.” Mark Wilson seriously spoke.

Wei Jun narrowed his eyes at the sudden change in attitude and titles, but he didn’t care. He simply replied, “I have something that will be beneficial to the person you’re giving those elixirs to.”

That was all Mark Wilson needed to hear and replied, “Just tell me the name. I will even find out how they wipe their a*ses.”

Wei Jun told him the heroine’s name and the men around her. He told Mark Wilson to find out what he could about her and then deal with it from there.

“Don’t worry about it. Although she’s from the CSF which would make things a little tricky, but that wouldn’t be much of a problem since in the end, she is a public figure. It’ll be easy to figure out her background. Her life in the CSF would be a little hard to investigate, but I’ll pull some strings.” Mark Wilson replied.

With the assurance from Mark Wilson, Wei Jun ended the call after setting a meeting for the next day where he would deliver the marrow and blood cleansing pills.

After that, he decided to take another approach to this matter as well. A political approach. And who better to ask than the one person who would do anything for him? Even betray her current organization.

“Hello, darling,” Yan Rong seductively spoke.

“Let’s meet. I got a task for you.” Wei Jun straightforwardly said.

“Anything you say, darling.”