Chapter 589: Chapter 576: Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkeys!
Whimpering filled the air.
As Jiang Yino watched Chen Tiansheng hand a bottle of transparent liquid to Fei Ge, her entire body began to tremble violently. Her eyes, filled with absolute terror, were like a bursting dam as tears blurred her pretty face. Even though I don’t know what it is, it’s definitely not a vitamin C drink!
"Boss, what... what is this?" Fei Ge asked, his voice trembling as he took the potion from the malevolent-looking Chen Tiansheng.
"Talking too much is not a good habit," Chen Tiansheng said with a detached chuckle, shaking his head. He reached out and tore the tape from Jiang Yino’s mouth.
The moment her mouth was free, Jiang Yino didn’t immediately scream for help. Reason told her it would be useless. After all, if they could bring her to such a desolate place where birds don’t even shit, they had clearly cut off any chance of rescue.
Her tear-filled eyes, full of terror, stared at Chen Tiansheng’s sinister smile. "Let me go, please? I’m begging you, let me go!" she cried.
"Sorry, no can do. I can’t let you go," Chen Tiansheng said, shaking his head with a smile.
"I haven’t done anything to anyone, and I don’t even know you! Why are you doing this? Why? Please, let me go, I beg you!" she choked out between sobs. Then her knees gave way, and she fell to the ground, kneeling heavily before Chen Tiansheng.
It wasn’t that she lacked backbone; she just couldn’t bear to imagine the fate that awaited her at their hands. If it was what she feared, she would rather die!
"There is no why. It’s because your world contains a man named Qin Fan! He cares about you a great deal, doesn’t he? I want to drive him insane. I want him to paint the skies of Jinling red with people’s blood! So, I apologize, Miss Yino, but you’ll have to suffer a little. Don’t worry, you’re just going to perform in a passionate scene with our leading man! It won’t be much. When it’s over, you’ll be free!" Chen Tiansheng said, pinching Jiang Yino’s cheek with a deceptively harmless smile.
Suddenly, he reached out and yanked away a red cloth covering something nearby.
SWISH! A professional camera rig, the kind used by movie directors, was revealed.
Kneeling on the ground, Jiang Yino was completely frozen by Chen Tiansheng’s words. Qin Fan? It’s because of Qin Fan?
"Do you need me to show you what to do? Feed her the potion!" Chen Tiansheng commanded coldly, ignoring the stunned Jiang Yino as he started pressing buttons on the camera. His words were clearly directed at Fei Ge and his men.
"Boss, I’m sorry, but we were only responsible for bringing her here! Anything else is outside the scope of our job. Our client never mentioned this," Fei Ge said, gritting his teeth. He glanced at the clear liquid in his hand, a cold sweat already soaking through his clothes. From the very beginning, he had felt an extreme sense of unease and foreboding from Chen Tiansheng.
"Is that so?" Chen Tiansheng paused, a cold smile playing on his lips. Then he moved. Fei Ge saw only a blur. By the time his vision cleared, Chen Tiansheng was holding Er Zi off the ground by his neck.
"Don’t—!"
CRACK!
The terrified plea had barely left Fei Ge’s mouth when it was followed by the sickening sound. Er Zi’s eyes, which had widened in panic, instantly went slack. His head drooped, his life extinguished.
THUD!
Chen Tiansheng casually tossed Er Zi’s body aside and dusted off his hands as if nothing had happened. "And now?" he asked with that same harmless smile. "Is this within the scope of your job?"
Silence. A dead silence, so profound you could hear a pin drop, broken only by a quiet dripping.
DRIP. DRIP.
A puddle was forming under the soaked crotch of Long-haired’s pants. Even the usually brave Xiao Hei was sweating profusely, beads of cold sweat dripping from his forehead to the floor.
"AHHH!"
"AHHH!"
"AHHH!"
Before Fei Ge could respond, Jiang Yino, her face as white as a sheet, began to scream hysterically.
Dead? Was that man really dead? Strangled to death, just like that? A living, breathing person died right before my eyes?
Shrill screams of despair rose wave after wave. Bound to their chairs, Du Ruanqing and Ou Mingsi, who had also witnessed Er Zi’s death, began to struggle wildly, their bodies shaking with uncontrollable fear. For college students in the prime of their lives, what they were witnessing was a devastating mental blow. A person had been killed, just like that. Was human life truly as insignificant as an ant’s? If Chen Tiansheng had known what they were thinking, he would have undoubtedly nodded with a smile. Yes, human life is no different from an ant’s.
"Still haven’t made up your mind? Fine. Let me help you with that," Chen Tiansheng said coldly. Before he could move again, Fei Ge fell to his knees and howled hysterically, "No! I’ll do it! I’ll do it!"
"Good. A wise man knows when to adapt. Go on," Chen Tiansheng said with a smile, hearing his compliance. He then walked back to the camera and resumed tinkering with it.
Fei Ge’s body trembled violently. He looked at the clear liquid in his hand, no longer caring about anything else. Gritting his teeth, a savage expression contorted his face.
"Pry her mouth open!" he growled hoarsely, scrambling to his feet.
"Yes, Fei Ge!" Xiao Hei yelped in alarm, rushing over to Jiang Yino.
"No! Please, no! No, no, no!" Jiang Yino screamed, her bound hands unable to stop them. A heart-wrenching scream was all she had left.
But for someone like Xiao Hei, sympathy was a foreign concept. The word didn’t exist in his vocabulary. He grabbed Jiang Yino’s cheeks, forcing her mouth open and turning her screams into muffled whimpers. She was utterly powerless to resist.
"My apologies," Fei Ge whispered, his facial muscles twitching as he unscrewed the bottle cap. He then poured the contents—a mere few dozen milliliters of clear liquid—straight into Jiang Yino’s mouth.
"Boss, is it done? Can we go now?" Xiao Hei asked, still holding Jiang Yino’s face as he turned to look at Chen Tiansheng.
"Almost. Take her to the large screen below, untie her, then open the side door and release our Master Chang. Hmm—then your task will be complete," Chen Tiansheng said, starting the camera with a smile.
"Alright!" Upon hearing the instruction, Xiao Hei released his grip on Jiang Yino’s cheeks and sniffled. He hoisted her onto his shoulder and staggered toward the large screen below. He didn’t care about some "Master Chang."
But when Fei Ge heard the name "Master Chang," a chill shot up from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Goddammit, why Master Chang? How could it be Master Chang? Don’t tell me Young Master Bo isn’t after this woman, but wants to target Master Chang instead?
In that instant, Fei Ge’s legs trembled and went weak. He knew who Chang Yuanyi was. If he had known this was the plan, he would have refused the job even if it meant death. Resisting Chen Tiansheng might only get me and my men killed. But if Chang Yuanyi was involved, our entire families would be doomed! Our entire families!
