Chapter 7: Malnourished Vampire
Not only Fate, but Mahavairocana and Guanyin had also been watching this world.
According to the setting of my date with a vampire, everyone's destiny is pre-arranged, and Lin Bei, as an anomaly, was probably noticed long ago.
It wouldn't change anything whether he contacted Kuang Tianyou or not.
The disadvantages were still unknown, but the advantages were foreseeable; he could immediately find a super bodyguard by his side.
Miao Sir just mentioned that Kuang Tianyou still had a son, which indicated that the world hadn't reset yet.
Many rules still followed the settings of the first part of my date with a vampire; for example, those bitten by Jiang Chen became more evil if they were evil, and more righteous if they were righteous.
Kuang Tianyou and Yamamoto Kazuo were typical examples.
After rubbing his chin, Lin Bei made a call; one Kuang Tianyou wasn't enough, he needed more enforcers.
Since this world was full of malice towards him, he wouldn't play along; he'd just flip the table!
Not long after the call was dialed, it was answered, and an arrogant voice came from the other end of the line.
"I'm Big D, who's looking for me?"
"I'm Lin Bei!"
Hearing the name Lin Bei, Big D felt as if his throat had been choked, and he could no longer be arrogant.
After swallowing, he cautiously asked, "Mr. Lin, how may I help you?"
"Send out all your men to help me find a few people."
"Mr. Lin… for you to ask me, Big D, to do something, shows you think highly of me, but I'm currently busy with the election for the chairman, so in terms of manpower, I'm afraid…"
"Are you refusing me?"
Big D instantly shivered and quickly explained, "No, I mean the efficiency might be a bit slow."
Lin Bei replied in a cold tone, "I'll give you three days. If you can find those people, the position of Wo Luen Shing's chairman will be yours, and no one can take it away. I said so!"
Upon hearing this, Big D immediately became excited.
It was true that Fat Deng, the supreme elder of Wo Luen Shing, controlled the selection of the chairman, but even if given a hundred times the courage, Fat Deng wouldn't dare to oppose Lin Bei.
A triad was nothing more than a dog kept by a rich man; if it wasn't obedient, they would just replace it with an obedient one.
"Mr. Lin, I'll send my subordinates out right away to find people for you. Please tell me the characteristics of the people you're looking for."
"One is named Ma Dalong, a fortune teller, who should be waiting outside a school. Another is named He Yingqiu, who runs an arcade and is a cripple. Also, look for someone named Li Chi, who enjoys horse betting and owes a lot of loan sharks."
"Yes!"
After Big D hung up the phone, he immediately took action.
Not only did he send out all his subordinates, but he also called all the triad bosses he had good relations with, asking them to help with the search.
Big D's wife, seeing his strange behavior, frowned and asked, "You've sent everyone out. Who's going to deal with those uncles? Without their support, it'll be hard to convince Uncle Deng to let you take the position."
Big D said nonchalantly, "Even if they don't support me, they can't stop me from taking the position. The boss has already spoken to back me, so they can't refuse. Just wait and see, this term's chairman, I'm determined to get it!"
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On the other side, after Lin Bei finished his call with Big D, he dialed the number Miao Sir had left.
After a short while, the call connected.
"This is Kowloon Police Station, I'm Kuang Tianyou."
"Kuang Sir, I'm Lin Bei. Is it convenient to meet?"
Kuang Tianyou, hearing Lin Bei introduce himself, couldn't help but be stunned, even after living for nearly a hundred years.
He asked in an uncertain tone, "Mr. Lin of Pan-Asia Group?"
Lin Bei smiled and said, "That's right. I need your help with something. If it's successful, I'll cover all the food you'll need in the future."
Kuang Tianyou immediately frowned. Lin Bei's words undoubtedly hinted that his identity had been exposed.
He felt his actions were secretive, changing his identity every so often and living in a place where no one knew him.
He had lived like this for almost sixty years, so how did he suddenly get exposed?
"Address!"
"Come to my Villa in Repulse Bay. You should know where it is."
Indeed, the addresses of Hong Kong's wealthy were public, but knowing was one thing; being able to get in was another.
After putting down the receiver, Kuang Tianyou turned to a dark-skinned young man and said, "Gao Bao, I'm going out for a bit!"
Gao Bao looked up at the sound, and just as he was about to ask Kuang Tianyou if he wanted to go together, he realized he was already gone.
As a vampire known for his speed, Kuang Tianyou rarely took taxis, relying entirely on his legs to get around.
In those days, surveillance cameras weren't widespread, so there was no need to worry about being caught on camera.
Not long after, he arrived at Lin Bei's Villa.
As a second-generation vampire with Pangu bloodline, Kuang Tianyou, despite being malnourished due to not consuming fresh blood for a long time, was even weaker than the fourth-generation vampires created by Yamamoto Kazuo.
However, he still possessed some basic abilities, such as—the Yin-Yang Eye.
Through this ability, Kuang Tianyou saw the thick resentment swirling above Lin Bei's Villa.
This resentment gave Kuang Tianyou a sense of kinship, yet it was also somewhat different.
With this doubt, Kuang Tianyou walked into the Villa.
Lin Bei had prepared early. After Kuang Tianyou entered, he pushed a wooden box containing two bottles of red wine towards him and said, "Kuang Sir, this is a welcoming gift I prepared for you. Please accept it!"
Kuang Tianyou glanced at the red wine and said expressionlessly, "Since you know my identity, you should be aware that beings like us cannot digest these things."
Lin Bei smiled, picked up a bottle of red wine, opened it in front of Kuang Tianyou, and poured a little into a high-stemmed glass on the table.
The dark red liquid looked very bloody, but it held a fatal attraction for Kuang Tianyou.
The moment Lin Bei opened the bottle, Kuang Tianyou knew that it didn't contain red wine at all, but blood, and very fresh blood at that.
Kuang Tianyou's face turned cold, and he stared at Lin Bei, asking, "Did you kill someone?"
Lin Bei chuckled and said, "With my wealth and status, I don't need to kill anyone to get some blood. Don't worry, I bought this with money, completely voluntarily."
Kuang Tianyou then realized; he was used to being poor, and after living so many years, he hadn't saved much money. Trying to guess Lin Bei's actions with a poor man's mindset was clearly not going to work.
There were many poor people like him in this world, and if they could sell blood for money, he believed many would be willing to do so.
After hearing Lin Bei's words, Kuang Tianyou finally felt at ease, picked up the glass, and eagerly drank the fresh blood he had never tasted before.
Heaven help him, ever since he became a vampire, he had never bitten anyone.
During wartime, he collected blood from dead bodies on the battlefield. In peacetime, he could only steal expired blood from hospitals.
There was no other way; he was afraid that taking fresh blood would affect the hospital's ability to save lives.
Although drinking extracted blood was far less effective than directly biting and sucking blood, for Kuang Tianyou, who had been hungry for almost sixty years, it was already an ultimate indulgence.
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