The guy was scared witless, before the fight even started, he threw up his hands in surrender, dropping to his knees with a thud in front of Xu Fei, kowtowing nonstop.
“Sir, please have mercy and let me go, I’m just a poor working stiff, and this morning they were already getting ready to load your jade Arhats onto a truck, I hope you can catch up in time!”
Hearing this, Xu Fei lost any interest in wasting more time on the security captain and strode straight into the company’s interior.
Once inside, Xu Fei realised the place was a world of its own.
The Hardware Insurance Company’s building was a hybrid of factory and office space, so the interior felt exceptionally vast, making anyone standing there seem tiny by comparison.
The five tough bodyguards had just been taken down by Xu Fei in one fell swoop, and Captain Li of the security team had surrendered without a fight.
So when Xu Fei stepped in, despite the huge interior space, it was practically deserted.
He glanced around, saw nothing worth lingering over in the lobby, and immediately headed toward the back.
At that moment, the rear exit of the Hardware Insurance Company was bustling with activity.
Among them was a pot-bellied middle-aged man, sweating profusely and looking anxious.
“Factory Chief Sun, how come you still haven’t sorted out these little jade Arhats?”
The speaker was Peng Yifeng, the boss of the Hardware Insurance Company.
He handled the business side of things, while Factory Chief Sun was the main person in charge of producing all sorts of security equipment within the company.
Peng Yifeng might look like the company’s boss, but in truth, he was a scheming crook.
In the insurance industry, Peng Yifeng had plenty of competitors, many with companies far larger than his, yet none of their bosses raked in as much profit as he did.
The reason? Peng Yifeng had long been working with his underlings in a classic good-cop-bad-cop scam, pulling off shady deals left and right.
Normally, he kept the company running smoothly, conducting security training on one hand while overseeing the factory’s production of various security devices like safes and coded locks on the other.
But whenever a client placing an order had something particularly valuable, Peng Yifeng’s crooked mind would kick into gear.
He’d frequently arrange for his people to pose as thieves or bandits, staging a little play.
Then he’d tell the client their item was “lost,” and though the clients would fume, Peng Yifeng’s acting was always top-notch, he’d play along perfectly, helping them file claims with insurers.
In the end, the clients had no recourse, leaving Peng Yifeng with his pockets stuffed full.
Having pulled this stunt many times before, Peng Yifeng considered himself an old hand at it.
When he first received Lin Qingxue’s order and saw the photos of the jade Arhats, his mind immediately started spinning with a detailed plan.
And when his underlings sent back live footage, Peng Yifeng was floored.
Even after years of shady dealings and seeing countless rare treasures in people’s hands, he reckoned these three jade Arhats were among the most precious he’d ever laid eyes on.
In his mind, Peng Yifeng was dead-set on claiming the jade Arhats for himself!
That’s why he’d later arranged for his people to retrieve them, intending to keep them.
But what was giving Peng Yifeng a headache now was this, why had his employees managed to snag the jade Arhats so easily, only for things to go wrong once they were in his hands?
