Chapter 86 - Walking away

"Did you know what you just did there, Wang Ming? It's a felony, a crime, I should put you in prison myself! You should know why you're not in cuffs right now!"

Qiao Meng was shaking in anger. She wasn't just angry at Wang Ming, but also herself, that she couldn't punish the bankers. Sometimes she wanted to do things like Wang Ming did, but if she did, then China would be lawless. As a police officer, she couldn't let things like these happen.

"I know why, because he deserved it. I won't ever find trouble with other people, but they keep coming at me. You know what would happen if I let him go Qiao Meng. He would have harmed other people like he tried to me, I can't let him go when I know he's going to harm someone as soon as I turn my back. Since you couldn't punish him, then I needed to take it into my own hands."

He tried to look at Zhang Zhu for backup, but Zhang Hu just put his arms up. He didn't want to get between the lover's quarrel, it's their problem.

"I know what you're saying, Wang Ming, I understand, but I'm a police officer. I can't condone your actions, it's illegal. I thought I knew you better than this. I will pretend like I never saw what you did, but if I catch you do this one more time, you're going to have my foot down your throat ok?"

Qiao Meng's words made Wang Ming sigh. He felt it she had put up a barrier between them. It seemed like his actions this time messed up his relationship with her. Maybe breaking his bones was too excessive, but he didn't regret it. He understood her standpoint.

He hadn't realized before this, but he's slowly turning into a thug. A thug can't be genuine friends with a police officer.

"Thank you, Miss Qiao. I won't bother you anymore, please take care!"

By calling her for Miss Qiao, he clarified that their relationship had changed. Wang Ming felt like needles were piercing his heart one at a time, but he knew that them being friends would not only be bad for her career but also her mental. After taking a deep breath, Wang Ming walked away.

Since Wang Ming had his back turned to Qiao Meng, he hadn't seen the tears that formed in her eyes when he called her Miss Qiao. He clearly drew a line between them. Their relationship would never be the same ever again. She didn't even know if she would ever see him again. It made her regret what she had said. But she couldn't abandon her path for Wang Ming.

"Won't you chase after him?"

"Don't you like him?"

"Maybe, I don't know. I thought I did. But I don't know anymore."

Zhang Zhu sighed, seeing how the situation played out. He felt incredibly lucky that he had an understanding girlfriend she had been with him through thick and thin. If Qiao Meng had been as understanding as her, then maybe she could have pulled Wang Ming out of that world.

"Please, just give me 5 minutes. I need to go to the toilet."

He knew Qiao Meng was lying. She clearly just wanted to cry.

"Mhm, just take it easy. I'll ready the car."

After Wang Ming waked away from the bank, he just ran to clear his mind. He should have known it was unavoidable. Even though he didn't consider himself a part of the underworld, he still has ties to it, ties he could never break.

Getting a taxi, Wang Ming tried to go to another bank to get a loan. But he kept being declined. None of the banks did as the first bank had done. But no one would grant him his loan even if he showed them his earnings, statements of his earnings.

Some banks called their guards to escort him out, others just refused him and showed him out. He thought it had been because of his clothes, so he had even stopped by a clothing shop to change his clothes, but still no one welcomed him. He felt like someone was playing with him, someone controlled all the banks to f.u.c.k with him.

This had been the 12th bank that had refused him in a row.

"What's the reason? I'm clearly more than qualified to get a loan, I can even only get a 10 million loan."

"I'm sorry, sir. Our bank just doesn't want to grant you a loan for now, please come back another time with another application or try another bank. Thank you!"

Sighing, he left the bank. This was the 12th bank. Now it seemed like the chances are slim that he would get a loan. His hope diminished by each bank he went to. He would have to find another way to get the money, he didn't want to wait anymore. But what could he do? He didn't have any reliable ways to earn 20 million yuan in a short time frame.

Wang Ming had roughly 3 million yuan in his bank, he could earn 20 million yuan in a little over 20 weeks, it's too long. He wanted to expand his business now. He felt threatened by Bo Hou Zhang and he couldn't forget about HouZi gang either. Wang Ming isn't afraid of a frontal attack, it's the sneak attacks which are the hardest to guard against.

He wants to use the money to expand Weng Ping's shop by buying the two adjacent opening two of the shops would turn into a meat shop and restaurant for high-class people, while the last one would be for middle-class people to buy meats. Not only this, he also wants to set up multiple restaurants around Liaoling city and even other cities in China, but first he needed to become the number one of Liaoling city.

But then he remembered something his father had talked about long ago, when they visited one of his friends. They talked about a way to earn a lot of money fast, by stone gambling. You buy a stone cut it open if it's jade inside then you can turn a profit but if it's a normal stone or fractured jade, then you lose your money. He still remembered the conversation because they were discussing the most expensive jade ever sold, which was sold for 150 million yuan.

Of course, Wang Ming didn't believe he could make that much money, but if he could flip 500 thousand yuan to a few million, then it would give him more options. Though since he had never done stone gambling before, nor did he know anything about Jade���s meant he needed backup.

Taking out his phone, Wang Ming called Peng Tong, since Peng Tong had been in the underworld for so long he surely had done a lot of gambling.

"Big Brother! Do you need something or do you just miss me?"

"Of course, I miss you. Let's go on a date, maybe share a kiss or two."

"Nonono, please. I didn't know you liked men, Big Brother. I guess I have to take care of sisters-in-law myself."

After Peng Tong joked about his sisters-in-law, he didn't hear Wang Ming say anything. He almost thought Wang Ming had hung up, but it was just an eerie silence. Even after saying hello a few times, Wang Ming said nothing. Had he gone too far?

"Big Brother, I'm sorry."

Right after he said sorry, he realized that Wang Ming had only been playing with him. As he laughed so loud it made Peng Tong's ear uncomfortable through the phone.

"I love that we can joke with each other, Peng Tong. But I have some business, I hope you can help me with. Have you ever done stone gambling?"

Peng Tong felt the same. He didn't want their relationship to be rigid. Even though he thought his joke was a bit far, as you don't joke about girlfriends and wives. But seeing that Wang Ming didn't care, he felt relieved.

"Multiple times! The Wang Gang even protects some gambling venues. Do you want to try it out, Big Brother?"

"Yes, I need to earn a lot of money. I'm going to gamble 500 thousand I hope I can get at least some profits."

Peng Tong didn't want Wang Ming to gamble, but even after 5 minutes of convincing Wang Ming wouldn't budge so he could only follow Wang Ming.

"Meet me at Valuable Jade's I'll be there."