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Chapter 2039 Something bad has happened!

The air in the hall was like cotton wool soaked in water, so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

Scarface sat in the main seat, the slanted scar under his left eye glowing light brown in the light.

Liu Balang held the teacup, his fingertips touching the warm porcelain wall, but he had no intention of drinking.

He knew that Scarface was waiting for him to speak, but when the words came to his lips, he always felt a lack of confidence.

Just now he said that he wanted to borrow a few people to guard the mansion. As soon as he finished speaking, the scarred man raised his eyebrows, and the suspicion in his eyes was like a needle piercing people.

"Master Liu," Scarface spoke first, his voice hoarse as if it had been ground by sand and gravel, "What on earth happened in your mansion?"

Liu Balang's Adam's apple moved, and he put the teacup on the table. The bottom of the cup hit the table, making a slight sound.

"It's nothing serious. There are just not many people in the mansion recently, so I want to find a few more reliable people to watch over it to prevent anything from getting lost."

"Lost something?" Scarface repeated, stopping his tapping on the table and leaning forward slightly. "With the Liu family's reputation in the city, what kind of security guard can't they hire?

Besides, with your family's financial resources, even hiring ten or eight people from the escort agency would be a piece of cake. Is it really necessary for you to take a boat all the way to my water fort?"

These words hit Liu Balang's sore spot. He subconsciously wanted to touch the wound on his face, but he felt a little embarrassed, so he raised his fingers and then dropped them again.

“It’s not very convenient for people in the city.”

"Inconvenient?" Scarface pressed on. "How inconvenient is that? Do you think the people in the city are unreliable, or is it that the people in the city can't know about your affairs?"

Liu Balang was a little annoyed by the question. He hadn't thought of how to explain it - he couldn't say that he suspected someone was targeting him and he didn't even dare to trust the spies in the city, so he had to come to this remote water fort to seek help.

If this were to be said, regardless of whether Scarface believed it or not, it would be a joke if it got out. His Liu family couldn't even settle such a small matter.

He opened his mouth, trying to find an excuse, but after searching his brain, he could only squeeze out a few hesitant words: "It's just... I just feel that the people in the Water Village are more honest, clean, and efficient."

Scarface looked at him like this and became even more suspicious.

He leaned back in his chair, and the scar on his face looked even darker.

"Master Liu, it's not that I don't give you face, it's just that I don't have enough manpower here."

Liu Balang was stunned. He didn't expect him to refuse directly. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Scarface continue, "The group of people we sent out to deliver goods a few days ago haven't returned yet. Only half of the people left in the village are left.

We have to stand guard day and night, and we are all exhausted. We can hardly take care of the affairs of our own village. How can we have extra manpower and energy to guard your mansion?"

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Liu Balang's head.

He used to think that borrowing a few hands was nothing - he had been giving Scarface a lot of benefits on a daily basis, including during festivals and holidays, and the extra share he gave him every time he shipped goods from the Water Stronghold. The total amount was not a small amount.

He thought that if he asked, even if Scarface didn't agree immediately, he would at least consider it carefully and give a definite answer. He didn't expect to be rejected outright.

His anger suddenly rose, his face darkened, and his tone became a little colder: "Boss, I usually treat you well, right? I just want to borrow a few people, why are you so reluctant?"

Scarface felt unhappy when he saw his gloomy face.

What annoyed him most were these merchants who, relying on their wealth, thought everyone had to revolve around them.

He sneered, his voice tinged with sarcasm. "Master Liu, you can't say that. The people in my water stronghold are not something you can borrow whenever you want. This is a place where I rely on my brothers to work hard to make a living. It's not your family's guardhouse. You can't just transfer people whenever you want."

"You!" Liu Balang was choked and his chest heaved.

No matter how dissatisfied you are, you can't make things too awkward at this moment. The goal is to borrow the person back.

There have been a lot of strange things happening in the mansion recently. First, the warehouse was empty, and then there were conflicts with Jiulang one after another. He has suffered more injuries recently than in the past 30 years of his life.

He suspected that he was being targeted and was afraid that there were spies among the people in the city. That's why he thought of coming to the Water Fort to borrow people - the Water Fort was far away from the city and had no connection with the forces in the city, so it was relatively safe.

But he couldn't say these words to Scarface, so he could only hold his anger in his heart.

In a patch of water plants near the warehouse, Yan Ruyu's lips curled up slightly, and her eyes were full of smiles.

She watched as many people ran out of the warehouse, some holding sticks, some holding knives, in a chaotic scene.

The voices on the water bridge were getting louder and louder, and she was calculating in her mind - she had painstakingly arranged this drama, and was just waiting to see Scarface and Liu Balang fight each other.

It's about to begin.

Scarface and Liu Balang were both unhappy, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense. The two of them glared at each other, and anger was surging in the air, almost about to burn.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Then, a man in shorts stumbled in, his hair a mess, his face full of panic, his voice distorted: "Boss, no...something bad has happened! Something terrible has happened!"

Scarface stood up suddenly, his brows knitted into knots: "What are you panicking about? What happened?"

The man leaned against the door frame, bent over and gasping for breath. After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Warehouse... Warehouse, the warehouse was robbed!"

"The warehouse was robbed?" Scarface's voice suddenly rose, and the scars on his face seemed to be tightened. He stretched out his hand and swept the tea set on the table to the ground. The porcelain cups and plates were smashed to pieces, and the fragments splashed at Liu Balang's feet.

"How is this possible? The warehouse is so heavily guarded, how could it be robbed? Were they caught?"

The man was still panting, his face as white as a sheet. He kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hands. His lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence: "We didn't...we didn't catch him. We..."

Scarface took two steps forward, grabbed the man by the collar, and lifted him up, his eyes filled with anger: "What's going on? Explain it to me! Where are the people guarding the warehouse? Are they dead? Did they let people steal the things?"

The man was lifted off the ground on his toes, his neck was squeezed uncomfortably, and he stuttered even more: "Look... the guards said they have been guarding inside the warehouse the whole time, but... but the things in the warehouse are gone, and they don't know what happened..."

Scarface saw that he couldn't make any sense, and his anger grew even stronger. He pushed him to the ground and said, "Useless person! Lead the way! I'll go take a look!"

The man got up from the ground, not daring to delay, and followed Scarface, covering his chest, and walked out in a panic.

The two men walked one in front and one behind, without even looking at Liu Balang, and left him in the hall.