Chapter 18: The Tiger's Den
Today is an extraordinary day for Hugio. He gave all the employees a holiday in advance, and in the office at this time, in addition to himself, there was an old man and the old man's assistants.
The old man sat across from Hugio and leisurely poured himself tea. He is quite skillful in making tea, and only takes the first three times of each tea leaf and discards it, the first brew to raise the pot, the second brew to taste, and the third brew to wash the tea bowl.
"Take it." After washing the tea bowls more than a dozen times, the old man said to the assistants.
A female assistant helped the old man up, and the other two male assistants wrapped the tea set and put it in a delicate wooden box.
Hugio glanced at his watch, the hour hand pointed to four o'clock in the afternoon, and Bai Yao had not yet arrived.
The air conditioner kept the room temperature at 24 degrees, but small beads of sweat oozed from Hugio's forehead.
The old man put his hand on Hugio's shoulder and said softly, "Let's go." ”
Just two words, like a thousand powers, pressed Hugio to the ground. For a moment, the air in the office seemed to have been suddenly drained, and it was impossible to breathe.
Hugio can also be regarded as a hero, and he couldn't say a word for a long time at this time.
"Mr. Hu, why are you sitting on the ground?"
Following the voice, a man with a mouse mask was standing in the doorway, although he could not see his face, but Hugio could tell from the sound that it was Bai Jin.
Everyone looked at Bai Yao in surprise, and no one knew when he appeared. The most surprising thing was that the two male assistants of the old man had already stretched out their hands to the back of the waist for the first time, presumably there were murder weapons for self-defense.
The old man looked at the mask on Bai Yao's face, showed a gloomy expression, and turned to Hu Geo: "Your friend is so pompous." ”
Bai Jin knew that this was meant for herself, so she didn't answer, but pointed at the old man's female assistant with her finger: "You already knew that I was coming, right?" ”
The female assistant looked at Bai Yu coldly, unmoved.
"Since you're here, sit down." The old man did not ask the female assistant why he did not report it, but went back to the sofa and sat down.
As if he had been granted amnesty, Hugio hurriedly pulled Bai Yao to sit opposite the old man.
"Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Hong, the vice president of Red Star Group. Hong Lao, he is Bai Jiao, I told you, my former subordinate, and at the same time, he has another identity, that is, the famous mouse. Although Hu Geo was introduced to Hong Lao, his eyes glanced at the female assistant beside him from time to time. Although the female assistant was as cold as ice and wrapped herself tightly, she could not hide her graceful curves at all.
Seeing this, the old man deliberately cleared his throat, and Hu Geo immediately fell silent, retracted his gaze, and only dared to stare at the toe of his shoes.
All this was seen by Bai Yao, and he immediately understood.
"Isn't Mr. Mouse ready to show his true colors?" Hong Lao has always been obsessed with Bai Yao's mask.
"It's rude." Although Bai Yao said so, he had no intention of taking off his mask.
Hong Lao's eyebrows were raised, and his murderous aura suddenly rose.
Hu Geo hurriedly stabbed Bai Yao twice with his elbow, Bai Jin pretended not to understand, and stared at the old man with his eyes hooked. Although he was calm and relaxed on the surface, Hong Lao's strong killing intent had already provoked Bai Yao's cold hair to stand on end, and he was in a cold sweat.
He still forced his composure because he couldn't talk about what he was going to talk about next if he didn't get a chance to talk on an equal footing. Therefore, Bai Yao must not give in, as long as he looks away for a millisecond, he will be weakened by one percent in momentum.
Less than ten seconds had passed, and Bai Yao was already sweating profusely and could barely support it. Hong Lao is worthy of being a person who is used to seeing big scenes, extreme pressure is his forte, and when both sides want to compete for the initiative, the competition is excellent psychological quality.
He slowly reached into the pocket of his jacket, as if to pick something up.
With just one movement, Bai Yao felt the pressure exponentially and unconsciously clenched his fists.
Looking at Bai Yao's alert appearance, Hong Lao took out a cigar from his pocket and laughed haha.
"Don't be so nervous, young man." Hong Lao was obviously very satisfied with the result of the alignment just now.
Bai Yao forced out a smile, and suddenly put his hand into his jacket pocket.
The male assistant on the side immediately put his hand on his back waist and blocked in front of Hong Lao.
As if he didn't see it, Bai Yao slowly took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and said to the assistant in the tone of Elder Hong: "Young man, don't be so nervous. ”
Hong Lao glared at his assistant and asked them to step back.
In two rounds, no one took advantage, which was already the best result for Bai Jin.
In just a few minutes, Hu Geo's cognition of Bai Yao has been completely refreshed. In his impression, Bai Jin has always been a little white rabbit with very low emotional intelligence, and he never thought that he would one day be able to fight back and forth with the high-level of Red Star.
Although Hong Lao was also surprised that Bai Yao dared to rebel against his army, after all, he crawled out of the pile of dead people, and this kind of scene had been experienced thousands of times in his long life.
The old man lit his cigar and said quietly, "I heard that as long as Mr. Mouse is willing, he can get anything in the world." ”
"It's just a little trick to carve insects." Bai Jin said this in his mouth, but he thought in his heart that he finally got to the point and didn't need to test each other anymore.
"Mr. Mouse is humble. I still know something about your deeds. ”
"So, what advice does Elder Hong have?"
"Can you show us that?"
"I'm afraid not." Bai Jin flatly refused, he had already used the ability in the early hours of the morning, and even if he agreed at this time, there was nothing he could do.
"It doesn't matter." Hu Jiao saw that Bai Yao had no respect for Hong Lao, and was about to have a seizure, but Hong Lao stretched out his hand to stop him.
"The Red Star Group has a big business, will there be anything you want but can't get?"
"Yes, I want you to help us find someone." Hong Lao took a photo from the female assistant and handed it to Bai Jin.
"Who is he?"
"You don't have to know."
"I'd like to start by asking a question, what do you know about rats?" Bai Jin decided to probe the details of the other party.
"It's about the same as everyone else."
"And do you know cats?"
"Cats? What cat are you talking about? Everyone present was stunned.
From this moment's reaction, Bai Yu was sure of one thing, that is, among the people present, there was no cat, and they didn't even think that in addition to the mouse, there was another cat's ability.
Knowing that there was no cat among the other party, Bai Jin's hanging heart was put down. The only advantage of Bai Yao is the poor information. If the mouse lies to the cat, it will die instantly, and if the cat is among them, Bai Jia can only raise his hand in surrender.
Since you have something to ask me for, let me take advantage of it. Bai Yao had already made a calculation in his heart.
Hugio first lost his breath and asked, "What do you mean by cat?" ”
"Mice and cats are natural opponents, and since they have the ability of mice, they naturally have the ability of another cat."
"So, what kind of abilities do cats have?"
"I don't know, I don't know what cats are capable of, and I don't know who cats are, but I know he must exist." Bai Yao spread his hands.
"What does this have to do with our cooperation?" Hong Lao saw Bai Yao's intentions and asked deliberately.
"Because this is my condition, I will help you find someone, and you will help me find a cat."
"Why do you think we'll accept this condition?"
Bai Yao pointed to the photo in his hand: "Because we all have things that we want but can't get." ”
"Looking for a needle in a haystack, maybe it's easier for us to find someone on our own than to help you find a cat." Hong Lao was noncommittal.
"Not necessarily, if you can find a mouse, you can find a cat."
"You mean?"
"Cat, it's on the island."