Chapter 684: Chapter 432: Asymmetric Information Gap

Don’t look... I’m not here...

The moment those four words dropped, Zhuge Rong’s pupils suddenly constricted, like needles, goosebumps rose, and he felt a chill wind blowing on his back.

The other party was talking about himself... it was his information!

And it wasn’t just Zhuge Rong’s identity; it included things he did before 1984!

How did the other party know?

What else does he know!?

At this moment, Zhuge Rong’s mind was in chaos, countless thoughts were swirling in his head, and at the same time, there was a sense of... panic in his chest!

"Who are you!?"

Zhuge Rong suddenly narrowed his gaze, his tone harsh, gripping the phone tightly.

Who is the other party?

Why do they know his information?

As this information surfaced in his mind, the next second, Zhuge Rong had an answer.

His face immediately turned ugly, his tone dropped, and he let out two words from his throat.

"Xu Liang!"

The two words fell.

The speaker remained silent for a long time.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Until...

"Haha, Mr. Zhu reacts quite quickly."

On the other end of the phone.

In the hospital, Xu Liang stood up, his face showing a relaxed smile as he slowly spoke into the phone:

"Regarding what I just mentioned... does Mr. Zhu acknowledge it?"

Acknowledge it?

He’s all but stripped Zhuge Rong’s secrets bare, how could he not acknowledge it!?

He went abroad in 1984, theoretically speaking, only a few people should know, let alone the Red Heart Association charity organization, which he operated truly as a charity to cover his tracks.

Even the organization itself didn’t know its boss was Zhuge Rong!

But it was known by the other party...

Deny it?

Denying it is useless!

Xu Liang presented a logical chain, not a single piece of information, so even if he wanted to deny it, it wouldn’t work.

Zhuge Rong’s eyes were unpredictable, gripping the phone harder.

He felt like he had swallowed a fly and dared not react.

There’s no way around it; the other party’s words were too precise, nearly all major events he worked on over twenty years were mentioned, God knows what else the other party knows but hasn’t said...

After a long while... he suppressed his anger and said to Xu Liang:

"Since you know these..."

"Then you should also know my identity!"

"Lawyer Xu, I advise you not to get involved in this matter, if possible... I personally hope for a long-term cooperation with you."

"Someone like you... shouldn’t be doing what those at the bottom do!"

Know the identity?

In the hospital.

Xu Liang raised an eyebrow.

He was merely bluffing, didn’t expect the other party would really fall for it...

So now, Zhuge Rong thinks... he knows the other party’s real identity?

Xu Liang paused briefly.

At that moment, he replied smoothly:

"Heh, Mr. Zhu, don’t you plan to rebut me?"

Those words dropped.

Zhuge Rong felt furious inside, yet he suppressed it.

Provocation... blatant provocation!

More brazen than when he texted them at the beginning, even across the screen, it seemed as if he saw the other party’s mocking face!

"Lawyer Xu is right, I have nothing to say."

Zhuge Rong said sullenly, his right hand tightly clenched with palm flesh embedded in nail grooves.

"Name your price, what do you want!"

This is...

Treating him like negotiating a price?

Xu Liang paused, and suddenly understood.

Indeed, in the other’s eyes, he knows the whole story, even his full identity information...

In this situation, if focusing on the criminal case, the best approach would be to hand the information to the police.

As long as Wang Hai knows, the other is one hundred percent doomed!

But Xu Liang didn’t do that, even closely contacting him for mockery, so it seems like he’s negotiating terms regardless!

If that’s the case... then...

Turn the situation around!

Xu Liang formed a plan internally, signaling Yang Ruoxi to investigate the IP address of the phone caller while casually asking back.

"Mr. Zhu, what can you offer me?"

Since antiquity, whoever names a price first suffers.

With the disadvantage of information asymmetry, Xu Liang wasn’t foolish enough to speak first!

’That damn bumpkin!’

Zhuge Rong cursed inside but didn’t show it, merely stayed silent for a while, finally taking a deep breath, saying sternly:

"Judicial notifications... will be removed shortly, Lawyer Xu can freely lead the firm to enter Upper City."

Xu Liang said, "Not enough."

"I will open commercial channels for you, maintaining the current law firm size for years without worrying about operations," Zhuge Rong added.

"Still not enough."

Xu Liang continued speaking.

’Greedy lion... these hypocritical villains, most shameless when haggling prices!’

Zhuge Rong nearly cursed aloud.

His old identity is gone, meaning it’s difficult to offer resources.

Besides, over twenty years, his "home" gradually declined, strength isn’t what it used to be, judicial notice is the utmost he can achieve, little remains.

Facing Xu Liang’s nearly bone-crushing act now...

"Ten years within, your law firm will reach the red circle!"

Zhuge Rong threw out another offer, resolving to endure once again.

"Still not enough!" Xu Liang said again.

But when those words dropped...

Zhuge Rong clearly snapped, ferocity flickered in his eyes.

And the next second, another voice came by.

In the hospital.

"I want involvement in International Cross Ferry Company’s affair!"

Xu Liang spoke firmly, decisively.

If Wang Chenghua’s two sums, one for Red Heart Association, was actually pocketed by Zhuge Rong.

Then the other 40 million investment...

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