Coming out of Laurentâs mouth, he was a lazy gangster and player.
âHoward, if you open the door, I promise I wonât hit you.â
Howard looked awkwardly at Chen Zhao on the other side of the glass. âThis is your family matter. You guys shouldnât involve me.â
Chen Zhao slammed a fist on the tempered glass. Duangâ
Nothing happened to the glass, but Chen Zhaoâs fist was in great pain. Tempered glass was as hard as iron and this one was more than ten centimeters thick. Even Chen Zhaoâs inhuman power couldnât damage it.
âMr. Chen,â Sharman said. âThese are wild lions. They havenât gone through any taming, so you better agree to leave Fali. Otherwise, youâll end up as their meal.â
Chen Zhao looked at the three men outside. âWhen I come out, Iâll lock you all inside.â
Duangâ
He used more force this time. The entire tempered glass vibrated. The three all retreated in shock.
Just then, the two doors opened.
âSharman, why did you open the door?â
âI got scared.â Sharman had accidentally pressed the remote when heâd gotten scared.
Seeing that the door was open, the lions came out immediately. The lions were already walking toward Chen Zhao.
âOpen the door!â Laurent yelled. âOpen the door!â
This was just a prank. He didnât want Chen Zhao to really die in there. But now, the situation was completely unplanned.
âI canât⌠Thereâs a heat sensor inside that automatically senses if the lions are there. If they are, the door canât be opened.â
Chen Zhao looked at the incoming lion pride and rubbed his forehead. It seemed that he could only face them.
âKids, come here.â
The male lion ran over to Chen Zhao with some wariness. The lion cubs were curious about Chen Zhao. They wanted to run over, but the lioness stopped them.
Chen Zhao waved. âCome here.â
After eating the beast language stone, Chen Zhao had the ability to communicate with wild animals. This didnât mean that he could speak in their language, but that he could understand what they were thinking. The beasts could also understand his words.
Of course, he couldnât communicate with every beast. Some had low intelligence and only had their instincts and wildness.
Lions didnât have low intelligence though. They were even smarter than bears and wouldnât only think of eating. Cats all liked to play.
Of course, they all wished to kill more.
Roar!
The male lion roared at Chen Zhao, but Chen Zhao could tell its emotions from the voice.
âYour mental state isnât well?â
Arghâ
âCome here. Iâll take a look.â
The male lion went over to Chen Zhao and lay down. Chen Zhao also sat on the ground and patted the lionâs fur.
This lion was actually a bit smaller than a brown bear. It wasnât as scary as imagined. Of course, to regular people, the lion was still the killer of the plains.
The three outside the tempered glass gaped.
âSharmanâŚare you sureâŚthat lion is wild? Untamed?â
âOf course⌠This pride was just brought over from Africa. Theyâre hard to tame, so we havenât revealed them fully to the public.â
âThenâŚwhy arenât they attacking Chen?â
âHow would I know?â
âMr. Laurent, you forgot that Chen came tame beasts.â
âUhâŚSharman, is that how you tame beasts?â
âNo way. When a beast trainer starts, they have to tie up the beast and then whip it so itâs scared of the trainer.â
âThen heâŚâ
âI donât know. Iâve never run into a situation like this before.â
Sharman looked at Chen Zhao and the lions surrounding him. They didnât seem to want to attack him at all.
Cats actually all loved to be petted. Chen Zhao was petting the lionâs fur, making it really relaxed.
As for the lionâs mental state, just think of its harem. It had to mate dozens of times per day. It was easy to imagine why it was in a bad state.
Chen Zhao fed it some medicine to recover its energy. As for more, Chen Zhao was powerless too.
The cubs went to Chen Zhao too. They kept jumping up, trying to attract his attention.
âMr. Laurent, what do we do now?â A bit horrified, Howard watched Chen Zhao interact with the lions peacefully.
They were in a very awkward situation. If Chen Zhao died in the lion cage, they would definitely be responsible. But if he didnât die, then they would be the ones dying.
When Chen Zhao wanted to take revenge, he never showed any mercy.
âChen, I think we should have a nice chat,â Laurent called Chen Zhao through the floor-to-ceiling window.
Chen Zhao ignored Laurent. He continued talking to the pride of lions. To be honest, he wanted to take the male lion, but taking it alone wasnât suitable. After all, it had its own family, but Chen Zhao couldnât take them all.
Sharman called the zoo staff. When the staff saw someone with the pride, they were all terrified. They hurriedly changed the electric circuit and Chen Zhao finally came out.
However, Laurent and Howard had already escaped.
Anger simmered inside Chen Zhao. That old Sharman kept apologizing to him, but if apologies worked, then why did people need the police?
âMr. Sharman, if you agree with my conditions, I wonât report you and your zoo. If you donât, trust me. I can make the zoo go bankrupt.â
âWhat conditions?â
âMy condition isâŚâ Chen Zhao whispered in Sharmanâs ears.
âThisâŚâ Sharman looked at him with a troubled expression. âMr. Chen, your request is a bit too much⌠Iâm afraid I canât agree.â
âThen maybe you should get to know my lawyer.â
âMr. Chen, I was tricked by that old b*stard, Laurent. You should go find him.â
âIâll definitely go find him, but no one can escape. Mr. Sharman, have you thought it over? Oh, attempted murder has a sentence of three years, right?â
Chen Zhao didnât live here. He was going to leave Sacramento in a few days. He didnât feel much animosity toward Sharman. After all, he just wanted the best for Fali.
But Chen Zhao would never forgive that old *sshole Laurent. That *sshole dared to do any kind of prank. If he hadnât run so quickly, Chen Zhao really wouldâve tossed him into the lion cage.