Special Expert of Beauty CEO

Chapter 547: Chapter 549: Because You Are Capable

”Hiss... don’t... don’t... don’t scare me...”

Seeing Meng Yao suddenly change her demeanor and speak in a gentle voice, all the while making eyes at Qin Tian, Qin Tian jumped in fright.

Damn, haven’t seen her for a while, and she’s caught some mental illness?

”Meng Yao, you might as well not pretend to be a lady on purpose, I’m not used to it. I think you’re cuter when you’re a bit fierce,” Qin Tian blinked and said.

”Hmph, you’re not romantic at all.” Hearing this, Meng Yao pursed her lips and instantly dropped her affected expression.

She gave Qin Tian another look and tentatively asked, ”Qin Tian, you’re in Beijing... you don’t have anything to do, right?”

Hearing her words, and recalling Meng Yao’s previous attempt at cuteness, Qin Tian immediately caught on.

Eyeing Meng Yao warily, Qin Tian asked, ”What do you want to do?”

”Cut it out, I’m not going to eat you, why so nervous?”

Meng Yao pouted, then moved closer to Qin Tian and said, ”Didn’t you form some sort of Mercenary Team or something? I’ve got a business proposition for you...”

”Yeah, right, I can tell you’re up to no good. Better forget it...”

”Hey, I haven’t even finished talking, don’t reject me just yet.”

Meng Yao stared at Qin Tian in exasperation, continuing, ”I’m here to capture a murderer nicknamed ’Cripple Blade’. This person has Martial Arts skills, is an assassin, and has committed cross-regional murders, killing more than a dozen people in nearly ten years; moreover, all the victims are influential and powerful, so, I suspect he’s a professional assassin...”

”Hey, I’ve already taken my pants off, and you’re telling me all this? Can’t you talk about something that concerns me?” Qin Tian interrupted.

”You’re disgusting!”

Meng Yao grimaced, ”Alright, I’ll talk about what relates to you. I’m currently in charge of investigating this person’s lead in our national major case squad. You can help me track this person, and bring him to justice.”

”And then? You expect me to help just because you asked? Wouldn’t that make me look bad?”

Qin Tian gave Meng Yao a look and then chuckled, ”You know, I’m not exactly someone with a lot of free time. You police do your work, I won’t interfere. Never mind, never mind... Officer Meng, you’re so fierce, why don’t you go catch him? That way, you could make a great achievement.”

Meng Yao felt embarrassed by Qin Tian’s words and couldn’t help but kick at him, fortunately, Qin Tian reacted quickly and dodged.

”I’m asking you for help, not for you to do it for free. Cripple Blade is a nationally wanted criminal. Anyone who can provide leads gets an immediate reward of one hundred thousand; whoever captures him gets five hundred thousand!” Meng Yao said earnestly.

”Wow, five hundred thousand, that’s a lot.”

Seeing Meng Yao’s serious look, Qin Tian couldn’t help but chuckle, saying, ”I won’t even mention my price tag from before, I don’t want to scare you. But your five hundred thousand wouldn’t even fit in the gaps between my teeth—I’d rather spend that time flirting with girls...”

”Flirt, flirt, flirt, flirt your head off!”

Meng Yao was speechless and said, ”That’s just the national reward. If you capture Cripple Blade, apart from the national reward, the local police department offers additional rewards, Xijiang Province is offering two hundred thousand, Zhonghai City is offering five hundred thousand. Add them up, that’s one million and two hundred thousand.”

”Besides, the subordinates and relatives of those murdered have also issued a Bounty Order for Cripple Blade. From what I know, three families have put up rewards of two million, three million, and five million respectively. There are some victims’ families I’m still unclear about, but just think about it—if you could capture Cripple Blade, you’d be able to claim a bounty of ten million just from these three families, plus the one hundred and twenty thousand from the police, totaling eleven million and two hundred thousand... Does that still not tempt you?”

Having said that, Meng Yao thought, with all this money, you’ve got to be tempted now, right?

”Really?” Upon hearing this, Qin Tian was also taken aback, thinking that if these three families were willing to offer a combined reward of ten million for Cripple Blade, then this guy must really have some skills, the people he’d killed before were definitely not ordinary.

Ten million...barely meets Qin Tian’s original worth. This is just Qin Tian’s personal value, though; if he brings his team, then this price is pretty mediocre.

”Of course it’s real, I swear on my name.”

”Yeah, as if you had any reputation to begin with...”

”Qin Tian, you!”

”Heh heh heh, let me think about it.”

Seeing that Meng Yao was about to get angry, Qin Tian quickly changed the subject.

After some thought, Qin Tian let out a long sigh, ”Alas, a phoenix that’s fallen to the ground is not as good as a chicken. Fine, ten million it is, I’ll take the job.”

After speaking, Qin Tian looked at Meng Yao and added, ”First thing’s first, I want to make it clear that I’m not doing this for the 11.2 million bounty. I’m doing it as a favor to you.”

”Hiss... can you be any more hypocritical?”

”Really, Meng Yao, your face is worth 12 million to me.”

”Keep dreaming, you think I don’t know you’re a miser?”

”Cough cough, don’t tell me you don’t believe your face is worth ten million? In that case, how about I give you ten million to go without a face for once, deal?”

”Screw off!”

Seeing Qin Tian cracking jokes, Meng Yao also reached out to playfully hit him, laughing.

”However, think it through, Qin Tian. If you fail to catch the guy, you won’t get a dime, not only will you have wasted time, but you’ll also have to cover your own food and lodging expenses. Of course, if the bad guys kill you, just pretend I never said anything.” Something occurred to Meng Yao, and she still reminded Qin Tian.

”C’mon, Meng Yao, you’ve got quite the hurtful mouth there, don’t you? Offering to help out of the goodness of my heart, and you curse me to die?”

”Just joking, why so serious? Hehe...”

Meng Yao cheerfully appeased Qin Tian and continued, ”I was originally just going to collect information for the investigation, but since you’ve decided to join, I won’t ask the organization for help. Just the two of us on this. Heh heh, if we succeed, you get the money, I get the fame, it’s a win-win.”

Seeing the excitement on Meng Yao’s face, Qin Tian also smiled, ”See, I knew you had something up your sleeve, your little fox tail is showing now, isn’t it? Turns out you want to hog all the credit for yourself.”

”Why can’t I? With you being so capable in a fight, plus my unmatched wit and case-solving abilities, hmph hmph... Hey, why are you looking at me with that judgmental expression?”

”Meng Yao, I think your unrivaled ability is in bragging; don’t you get embarrassed?”

”Hmph, you’ve never seen me solve a case, you wouldn’t understand. I don’t blame you,” Meng Yao snorted dismissively and continued walking.

Qin Tian followed and asked, ”By the way, why are you so interested in working with me on this case?”

Meng Yao replied, ”This is a cold case and a big case that’s more than a decade old. If I crack it, I’ll become famous overnight, hehe. The reason I want to work with you is that you’re capable.”

”Really? So tell me, am I capable during the day or at night?”

”...Vulgar! Disgusting! Get lost!”