Chapter 774: Chapter 759: The Spine-Chilling Grand Gift (Part 2)
"Hey, Qiao Shan, brother, what I just said was a slip of the tongue, this Factory, yours or mine, it should be everyone’s. Didn’t we agree back then to take down Liu Fugui together? Since that’s the case, we’re like brothers. Blame me for speaking incorrectly." Spring Xiu endured patiently, carefully dealing with the situation. But Qiao Shan obviously wasn’t buying it. He said coldly, "The Factory is everyone’s? Still TMD family brothers? Spring Xiu, I see you like calling people idiots and fools all day, but you’re not that smart yourself! Don’t you understand that two tigers can’t share one mountain?"
At this, even a fool could understand what Qiao Shan meant, so Spring Xiu hurriedly said, "No, no, no, Qiao Shan, brother, the Factory is yours. All my people, vehicles, they can all be yours. I hope you can spare me for the sake of our past friendship; I promise I will stay far, far away and never return!"
"Hmph! Stop TMD saying useless things to me, whether you live or die depends all on how well you cooperate."
"Cooperate, I will definitely cooperate. Qiao Shan, whatever you need me to do, just say the word!" In just a few minutes, Spring Xiu had become like a dog that lost its home, completely devoid of the previously arrogant and commanding attitude.
"Tell me, how many men do you actually have left and where are they? Are there any still in the Factory? This is your last chance; don’t try any tricks with me."
Spring Xiu was pressed down on the sofa with his head down the entire time, so he couldn’t clearly see how many people Qiao Shan actually brought along.
Originally, he planned to scare his opponent by inflating the numbers, making them retreat knowing the odds.
But now he had completely given up. Not to mention being controlled by someone else and under constant threat of death.
Just from his captured underlings, if he made up something now, it’d be easy for them to rat him out. So Spring Xiu wisely chose to tell the truth. No other option, he had to do it to survive.
"Brother Qiao Shan, I only have five brothers, two got stuck on the roadside outskirts because their car broke down. The rest, including me, three of us are all in the Factory."
"Oh, really? And one more upstairs?"
"Brother Qiao Shan, given the current situation, would I joke with you? The one upstairs I sent to look for food and drink. I assume you’ve also checked the Factory; almost all the doors and windows are locked. So I had no choice but to send someone to check each area. Today we have been dealing with Liu Fugui all day, and the brothers haven’t even eaten yet."
Qiao Shan remained unmoved by Spring Xiu’s sob story. So far, he was focused on interrogating Spring Xiu and had overlooked an important issue: the scream from upstairs.
"You, and you! Both of you, go upstairs and catch that stray rat. Be careful, try to capture him alive! I still TMD have questions to ask him."
The "rat" that Qiao Shan referred to was now slumped on the ground, breathing heavily. Just a few minutes ago, he had calmed down and prepared to gather supplies, but upon entering the office’s guest lounge, he was startled by a shadow caught in his flashlight’s beam.
It wasn’t just that. Because that person remained seated with their head bowed, the subordinate calmed down, thinking the person was just deep asleep and hadn’t noticed his arrival. Though startled, his subordinate mentally cursed the person’s slow reaction.
Once reassured, the subordinate quietly moved in front of the sleeping person. Even when this close, the person showed no signs of waking.
Admitting to himself the person’s pig-like drowsiness, the subordinate smiled as he aimed the Steel Blade at the person’s face, but the moment the blade made contact, the "sleeper" toppled to the left like a freshly finished clay statue. Almost instinctively, the subordinate moved his flashlight to where the person had slumped.
"Ah!" Several corpses were piled up against the wall. If this were during daylight, it might not have instilled such fear, but in the dark oppressive environment, the northern wind occasionally slapping the windows with eerie knocks, everything contributed to enhancing the "surprise" He Lei had carefully prepared for Spring Xiu.
Time flowed like the snowflakes drifting outside. Slowly regaining his senses, the shocked subordinate fetched the flashlight he dropped and bravely moved its beam over to the pile of corpses.
The aftermath was different from the initial ambush; this time, prepared, the subordinate’s expression improved. However, as the beam spread, his face gradually tightened again.
"Yang Buwei, that’s Yang Buwei and..."
The subordinate scrambled up from the ground. He now had no reservations, flipping through every corpse, each one showing familiar faces: "Who the hell did this TMD!"
He Lei, the subordinate’s mind immediately conjured the image of the rough strongman. They had been tricked; they must have been fooled by this bastard.
This guy took advantage of the conflict between them and Liu Fugui, eliminating Yang Buwei’s group responsible for securing the Factory, then pretended to tip them off, sending them to the villa for a deadly showdown, only to reap the benefits. Damn TMD scoundrel.
Understanding the situation shocked the subordinate, fearing that the conversation he overheard between that guy and Spring Xiu also served...
This is bad, the subordinate fled like the wind, quickly running downstairs.
The urgent footsteps of the subordinate echoed loudly in the stairwell, prompting Qiao Shan’s group, who were just about to go upstairs, to retreat to the shadows, waiting for the right moment to capture their target.
Pretending to snore while awake is a greatly uncomfortable task, but Spring Xiu had no choice: he had to comply fully with Qiao Shan’s demands and feign deep sleep to save himself.
His snores effectively misled the approaching subordinate, who originally maintained some level of caution. Now, he cursed Spring Xiu silently, feeling nothing else.
Unaware, there were dozens of eyes locked on him from the dark shadows of the lobby, just waiting for him to step into the ambush laid out for him.
"Spring... Spring Brother, there’s bad news, Brother Yang and they..."
"What happened to them?" The cold gun barrel slowly pressed against the subordinate’s temple, prompting an instinctive shout: "Who is it!"
"Don’t move! Move, and TMD I’ll shoot you!"
Swish, swish, swish - several figures emerged from the darkness. The Steel Blade in the subordinate’s hand was seized away before he could even lift it.
"Stop, don’t move, listen to Brother Qiao Shan!" Spring Xiu was brought to his feet by Qiao Shan. Seeing this, the subordinate lost any will to resist, yielding obediently.
"I ask you, what was that TMD idiotic shouting about just now?"
"It was, it was because there’s been a death, Brother Yang and the others are all dead."
"Just that TMD reason?"
"Yes!"
"Useless trash!" Qiao Shan kicked him: "You’d better not TMD bullshit me. If my men go up there and find anything different, hmm... I’ll give you one last chance. Is there anyone else of yours up there?" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to visit qidian.com to vote for recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
