Happy Little Farmer
Chapter 646

Chapter 646: Chapter 646

The situation was perilous.

Yang Fan was facing two adversaries alone, and the corridor behind him was a dead end, leaving no space for maneuvering.

But Yang Fan’s mindset was steady.

Even somewhat composed.

After the fight he just had, he had a pretty good grasp of the situation.

These fellows, even armed with knives, weren’t necessarily stronger than him.

It’s just that these guys lived by the blade, engaging in illegal activities, their strikes were harsher and bolder than his. Other than that, these two guys didn’t have much advantage over him.

After retreating a couple of steps, Yang Fan didn’t rush to attack again but pretended to be terrified and fearful, showing weakness to provoke the two men into attacking first.

The two opponents, one on his left and one on his right, blocked all his escape routes, making it unwise for him to attack first.

They would expose more flaws and opportunities by attacking first.

"Why do you want to kill me? Can you give me a reason?" Yang Fan asked, tense and panicking.

The masked man on the right cut a piece of cloth from his shirt to bind his own wound, while sneering, "Want to know the reason? Kid, just stab yourself, commit suicide, and then I’ll tell you the reason."

"If I’m dead, even with ears, I won’t be able to hear your reasons," Yang Fan said.

"No worries, you can just cut yourself first," the masked man said viciously, "As long as you make that cut, I will definitely tell you the reason, and also tell you what it’s about, and why they want us to kill you ourselves, even including which of your organs to take back to prove you’re dead, I’ll tell you all."

Yang Fan showed a troubled expression, and with a mournful face, he said, "But... it’s really painful."

The masked man immediately became unbalanced, glaring with ferocity, "Damn it, you know it hurts too! I find you quite interesting, kid. You know getting stabbed hurts, but when you were chopping at me, you didn’t hesitate at all."

"Big brother, I had no choice. You guys are trying to kill me, should I just wash my neck and wait for it? I definitely had to fight back. Sorry, I know it must have hurt, but it was really necessary at the time, anyone would do the same," Yang Fan said apologetically.

"Not fighting back means death, even knowing it’s wrong, I had no choice."

"Stop your nonsense, just cut yourself now, and after you do, I’ll tell you!" the masked man yelled angrily.

"This is... really painful," Yang Fan said with difficulty, "Brothers, how about this, I still have some savings, I could pay you to spare my life, and also offer a deal for selling your information? How about that?"

"I heard just now, you are hired by someone, anyway, it’s all about making money, who pays you shouldn’t matter."

The masked man sneered, "How much money do you have, kid? Can you even come up with two hundred thousand?"

"Two hundred thousand?" Yang Fan was surprised, "My life is only worth two hundred thousand?"

"It’s two hundred thousand for each of us!" the masked man shouted, "We’ve figured you out long ago, kid. Don’t talk about two hundred thousand, even ten thousand might be tough for you to come up with, right?"

Yang Fan: ...

It seems their intelligence work isn’t all that great.

He not only has two hundred thousand, but he has several amounts of two hundred thousand.

"I can try my best to gather it for you two big brothers," Yang Fan made a pained expression and gritted his teeth as he said.

"Gather? How did you even grow up like this? Don’t you have any EQ at all?" the masked man complained angrily. "Our previous employer gave each of us two hundred thousand to take your life. If you keep giving us two hundred thousand, why would we risk being hunted down by our original employer to agree to your terms?"

"Besides that, we would also lose our reputation. Do you know what’s most important when you’re in the underworld? Reputation. Without reputation, we’re no different from reptiles. If we turn tail now, definitely no one will hire us again in the future."

"You figure it out yourself. How much money do you have to pay to make up for our huge loss?"

Yang Fan nodded awkwardly, "This... it does seem quite troublesome. How about you two big brothers name a price? As long as I can gather it, I can agree."

"I’m really confused right now; even if I die, I still want to know who exactly wants to kill me."

At that moment, the masked man on the left extended his left hand, fingers spread, and said, "Five hundred thousand, each person. As long as you can gather this amount, not only will we let you go, but we’ll also tell you who wants to kill you."

"Five hundred thousand, adding up to two million, indeed that’s a lot," Yang Fan muttered to himself, though his voice was loud enough to ensure that both masked men could hear him.

The two men exchanged glances, a sinister smile flashing across their eyes.

Just then, Yang Fan suddenly asked: "Big brothers, you wouldn’t still harm me after taking the money, right? It’s not that I’m suspicious, but I have heard of cases where people betray both sides for money, I can’t help but be a bit more cautious about you two big brothers, I hope you understand."

"Kid, you proposed this condition yourself. If you don’t trust us, then let’s not waste words, you can keep your life," the masked man on the right scolded displeasedly.

Yang Fan quickly waved his hands, "I was just asking casually, why are you guys getting so worked up? I’ll gather it, I’ll gather!"

"Then hurry up and gather; our time is very limited, the offer won’t last forever," the masked man on the right shouted.

Yang Fan nodded repeatedly, "Don’t worry, don’t worry, it definitely won’t take much time."

Saying this, he tucked the short knife under his armpit and took out his cell phone to pretend to start fiddling with it.

"What are you messaging over there?" the masked man on the right suddenly shouted.

Yang Fan nodded, "Yep, I’m greeting each contact in my phonebook, trying to see what I can arrange. You know, generally, former classmates and friends don’t easily lend money, so I’ll give it a try, maybe it can speed up the borrowing process."

"When it comes to borrowing money from relatives and real friends, I definitely need to make a phone call. If I don’t make a call, make up a reason, they might think something happened to me. It’s better to explain things clearly so that the money is easier to borrow."

The masked men laughed "Heh, you seem rather familiar with this, looks like you haven’t borrowed money only a few times before, huh?"

"Indeed not just a few times," Yang Fan said with a bitter smile. "You guys have investigated me, you should know I haven’t been living well, borrowing money has been inevitable. Just when things were looking a bit better, suddenly this happens, and now I have to get into debt on a large scale again, ah, life is tough."