Chapter 93: Who Is Threatening Whom

“If you’re not paying, then what are you talking about? Get lost.”

Chen Meng looked at Zhang Hao, and whatever faint anticipation he had felt a moment ago vanished completely.

“You dare tell me to get lost?” Zhang Hao snapped angrily. “Do you even know who I am? Say that again and I’ll kill you.”

As he spoke, he actually pulled a pistol from his waist and pressed it against Chen Meng’s forehead. “Kid, still acting tough? Still so cocky? Still so arrogant? In Jiangzhou, there isn’t a single person who dares not give Zhang Hao face. You’re the first. Today I’m going to make you—”

He had not even finished before he felt two cold, black gun barrels pressing against his left and right temples.

Chen Meng said calmly, “And what exactly were you going to make me do? Go on, I’m listening. You really think you’re the only one with a gun? Stop pretending.”

Zhang Hao swallowed hard, dumbfounded. “You’ve got a gun too? Aren’t you Tang Wenjing’s classmate? Then you should be a high school student too! High schools aren’t supposed to let students carry guns now.”

Chen Meng smiled. “If you can carry one, why can’t I? Mine is licensed, though yours probably isn’t. To be honest, people like you are exactly the kind I look down on—no air of a rich heir at all, and not even the intelligence a high school student ought to have. Just a spoiled brat who’s lived too comfortably for too long and never been properly beaten down by reality.”

“How dare you talk about me like that?” Zhang Hao said furiously, with a hint of grievance. “Do you know what my parents do? Do you know what happens when you anger me? Chen Meng, you’re not someone you can afford to offend. If you know what’s good for you, put down your gun now and kneel to apologize. I might still forgive you.”

“So all you know how to do is threaten people? I have to say, even your threats are pretty amateurish. I don’t know if all rich heirs are like you, but I think I could start a training class for second-generation rich kids and maybe even make some money.”

Chen Meng withdrew one of his guns and spoke lightly.

Watching how relaxed Chen Meng remained, Zhang Hao grew even more panicked.

Before, this method had worked on plenty of classmates. Everyone had treated him with deference, and no one had dared oppose him. But today, it seemed useless.

“So your parents are impressive, huh? Then do you know who’s backing me?” Chen Meng asked after a moment, his tone suddenly grave.

“Who’s backing you?” Zhang Hao blurted out.

“You don’t even know who’s backing me and you still dare threaten me? Someone like you wouldn’t even last three episodes in a TV drama.”

Chen Meng let out a cold laugh. “You want to know my background? Fine, I’ll tell you. The current district chief of the East District, Han Hao—that’s my uncle. The head of the Jiangzhou Law Enforcement Bureau, Wu Tengkong—that’s my—forget it, you’re not worthy of knowing. Major General Hong Qing, who came out of Jiangzhou, is my senior brother. You could say the entire Jiangzhou Law Enforcement Bureau is practically run by my family. I may still just be a high school student, but I’ve already taken the advancement serum and I’m now an enforcer with the bureau. Just for pointing a gun at me, if I shoot you dead, I won’t have to bear any responsibility at all.”

“Han Hao, Wu Tengkong, Hong Qing?” Zhang Hao shuddered instinctively at those three names, but he still did not believe it. “You’re lying. My father speaks with Director Wu and District Chief Han very politely when he sees them, and as for Hong Qing, my father isn’t even qualified to meet him. How could a high school student like you possibly know them?”

“You still don’t believe me? Fine, first feel my strength.”

With that, Chen Meng grabbed Zhang Hao’s hand.

“It hurts, it hurts!”

“This kind of strength should belong only to a Divine-Body lifeform.”

“You really are a Divine-Body lifeform.”

Zhang Hao drew in a sharp breath. For a high school student to have become a Divine-Body lifeform, even if he were stupid, he knew there had to be something far from ordinary behind it.

Without connections, without a channel, how could anyone leap ahead of everyone else and become a Divine-Body lifeform while still in high school?

At that moment, Chen Meng took out his phone and logged into the Law Enforcement Bureau app. “You know what this is, right? Only enforcers can log in here.”

“I know this. This is the law enforcement app only enforcers can access. You really are an enforcer... And where did you get 1,300 merits?” Zhang Hao said in shock as he looked at the information on the screen.

“Oh, so you actually know what it is. Then I don’t need to explain it further.” Chen Meng smiled. He had originally only had 500 merits; the extra 800 were the reward from the recent operation against the Huang family, and the bureau had only just settled and credited those merit points to his account yesterday.

“Come on, listen to this call.”

Chen Meng dialed Han Hao’s number. “Uncle, if you’re still alive, say something.”

“What are you bothering me for now? Don’t call me for nothing. I just took office in the East District, and I’ve got a mountain of work.” Han Hao replied casually.

“No big deal. Just calling to see if you’re still alive.”

Without waiting for Han Hao to say anything else, Chen Meng hurriedly hung up.

“You little punk, are you insane?” Han Hao cursed, but the dead tone on the other end left him speechless for a long moment.

“Did you hear that voice? Familiar, isn’t it? Lately, there have even been several TV stations and radio broadcasts carrying my uncle’s speeches.”

Chen Meng smiled faintly.

“H-Han Hao really is your uncle?” Zhang Hao murmured, his legs already shaking.

He felt that this time he had truly provoked someone he should never have crossed. What kind of background had to be behind this? It was enough to cover the sky over Jiangzhou with one hand. Yet he had actually picked a fight with someone like that.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered his father’s warning: keep your eyes sharp and don’t offend people you shouldn’t. Some people may look ordinary, but behind them could be a heaven-shaking background.

“Wu Tengkong and my senior brother Hong Qing are both fairly busy. I can’t just call them whenever I feel like it, but what happened just now is already enough to prove my background. So, kid, what exactly are you, and you still want to fight me? Believe it or not, even if I kill you, nothing will happen to me.”

Chen Meng sneered, turning the threat back on him.

“I, I...” Zhang Hao was so frightened he could barely speak. “Brother, please let me go. I’ll never dare again.”

“I can let you go. First, drive me home.”

With that, Chen Meng got straight into the passenger seat, still muttering inwardly. As if nobody else had a background. You dare threaten me? So what if your parents are impressive—are they more impressive than the Law Enforcement Bureau head, a district chief, or a military major general? You were practically asking for a beating.

On the way, Zhang Hao was much more obedient.

“Brother Meng, I never imagined your background was so enormous. If I’d known, I would never have dared to come looking for trouble with you. To be honest, I don’t even really like Tang Wenjing. The main reason is that my family thinks if I marry her, it would help the family business.”

Zhang Hao carefully explained himself, and fearing Chen Meng might not believe him, he even added with a sneer, “Girls like Tang Wenjing—no curves, no chest at all—she’s just not my type.”

“Mm. Even if your background is big, there will always be someone with a bigger one. In the future, you’d better keep a low profile. After all, even someone with a background as strong as mine doesn’t dare advertise it casually outside.”

Chen Meng spoke with solemn sincerity, and Zhang Hao, after what he had experienced today, felt deeply moved as well.

“Oh, right. What does your family do?” Chen Meng asked casually after thinking about it.

“We’re in real estate development. The Kaiyuan Real Estate Company belongs to my family. I’m sure it doesn’t even catch Brother Meng’s eye.”

As Zhang Hao answered, he noticed that Chen Meng remained utterly calm, as if the name of such a large company hadn’t even registered.

He really is a big shot. Even hearing that our family owns such a huge real estate company doesn’t move him in the slightest.

Zhang Hao became even more cautious in his heart. Someone like this was truly not someone he could afford to offend.