Chapter 10: Death Countdown, Need to Pay More
Su Qingge's subsequent mocking words were choked back.
Zhang Xuanyao muttered, "If I weren't really short on money, would I bother with you?"
He picked up his teacup and gently blew away the floating tea leaves.
His eyelids lifted slightly, and deep within his eyes, a flash of golden light vanished in an instant.
"Heavenly Eye, activate."
In his vision, Su Qingge's face, originally cold and peerlessly beautiful, was now shrouded in a layer of thick, impenetrable black Qi.
That black Qi was like a maggot attached to bone, tightly coiled around her brow—a typical sign of an unnatural death.
And above her head, the tiline representing her fate was breaking at an alarming speed.
Ti remaining: 00:14:32.
Ti remaining: 00:14:31.
Fourteen minutes.
This female CEO worth billions was about to disappear from this world in fourteen minutes.
Zhang Xuanyao put down the teacup, the playfulness on his face receding slightly.
"President Su, you haven't been sleeping well lately, have you?"
Zhang Xuanyao's voice was flat, "You always dream that you are locked in a black box, bumping into walls everywhere, unable to catch your breath, and waking up in a cold sweat."
Su Qingge's eyes flickered, but she quickly hid it.
"What kind of skill is that? I watched your livestream and know you know a bit of psychology. This symptom is common among high-stress individuals; it's just a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse."
"Is that so?"
Zhang Xuanyao tapped his fingers gently on the table, "Then, do you also feel that the brakes have been a bit soft and the steering wheel a bit heavy lately? Is that also psychological?"
Su Qingge's expression finally changed.
"How did you know?"
This limited-edition sports car was one she had just picked up last week, and it hadn't even passed its break-in period. These subtle driving sensations were known only to her; even the chanic hadn't ntioned them.
"I know more than just that."
Zhang Xuanyao stood up, walked around the stone table, and ca to stand in front of Su Qingge.
He was a head taller than Su Qingge and was now looking down at her.
"I also know that you didn't co to Mount Longhu this ti to expose a fraud, but to hide from soone."
"You are hiding from your fiancé, the Second Young Master of the Zhao Group, Second Young Master. Is that correct?"
Su Qingge's pupils constricted sharply, and she instinctively took a step back, her high heel catching in a crack in the stone, almost twisting her ankle.
"You investigated ?!"
"I don't have the spare ti for that."
Zhang Xuanyao pointed to her wrist.
She was wearing an expensive Patek Philippe there, but on the inside of the watch strap, a faint, dark red aura of blood-evil was seeping out.
"This watch, Second Young Master gave it to you, right?"
Zhang Xuanyao said sothing shocking, "Take it off and throw it away."
"Why? This is..."
"There is sothing hidden inside it." Zhang Xuanyao interrupted her.
"A type of Miao border spirit-attracting talisman. Wearing it for a long ti will make a person ntally dazed and slow to react. When combined with certain man-made 'accidents,' it is simply the perfect murder weapon."
Su Qingge felt it was completely absurd.
"Murder? Second Young Master is my fiancé, we are getting engaged next month, and our two companies are in a critical period of rger. What good would it do him to kill ?"
"Good?"
Zhang Xuanyao sneered, "If you die, the Su Group will be leaderless, and the stock price will plumt. As your fiancé, he would rightfully take over your inheritance and the company. Is this kind of annexation tactic anything new in business warfare?"
"Isn't that just how you prey on an heirless estate?"
The livestream chat room had completely exploded.
【Holy crap! Wealthy family drama?!】
【Fiancé kills wife to seize assets? I know this script well!】
【Great Master, stop talking, or you'll get banned! This is the Su Group and the Zhao Group we're talking about!】
【Is there really sothing in that watch? I don't believe it!】
Su Qingge's face went pale, and her chest heaved violently.
Reason told her this was nonsense, but Zhang Xuanyao's determined gaze made her inexplicably panic.
"Where is the evidence?"
Su Qingge gritted her teeth, "You talk a big ga, but where is the evidence?"
"You want evidence?"
Zhang Xuanyao glanced at the ti on his phone.
Ten minutes left.
"Let's go."
Zhang Xuanyao grabbed Su Qingge's wrist and, ignoring her struggles, dragged her out of the temple.
"Let go! What are you doing!" Su Qingge tried desperately to shake him off, but Zhang Xuanyao's hand was like an iron clamp, completely immovable.
"We're going to look at your car."
Zhang Xuanyao dragged this female CEO worth billions like an unruly elentary school student, striding out of the mountain gate.
The red ferrari sat quietly by the roadside, shimring with the luster of money under the sunlight.
Zhang Xuanyao pointed to the front left tire.
"Squat down and look at the brake line."
Su Qingge panted, tidying up her ssy hair.
"If there's nothing there, Zhang Xuanyao, you're dead today."
She didn't care that her skirt was too short, nor did she care about the dust on the ground; she knelt halfway on the ground, turned on her phone's flashlight, and shone it deep into the wheel hub.
At this sight, she froze completely.
Her phone fell to the ground with a "clatter."
That black brake line had been cut with a very thin Sharp Weapon.
The cut was very concealed, and the depth was perfectly controlled.
It wouldn't be noticeable during normal driving, but as soon as there was heavy braking or long-term downhill driving, the cut would burst completely under high pressure.
And the road from Mount Longhu back to the city happened to be a ten-kiloter-long winding downhill road.
If the brakes failed at that mont...
Su Qingge felt a chill shoot from the soles of her feet straight to her crown, instantly freezing the blood in her entire body.
"Do you see it clearly now?"
Zhang Xuanyao's voice ca from above, devoid of any emotion.
"Based on your driving habits, it would take about five minutes to reach the first sharp turn after heading down the mountain from here."
"There, you would hit the brakes hard for the first ti."
"Then the oil line would burst, and the brakes would fail."
"You would rush through the guardrail at 120 kiloters per hour and fall into a 300-ter-deep valley."
"The car would be destroyed, you would die, and there would be no bones left."
Zhang Xuanyao paused, then added another blow:
"I've even thought of tomorrow's news headline for you.
【Famous female entrepreneur Su Qingge dies in tragic cliff fall after speeding late at night. Fiancé Second Young Master weeps, vows to carry on her legacy and take over the Su Group.】"
Su Qingge slumped to the ground, her eyes, usually so arrogant, now filled with fear and despair.
She tremblingly picked up her phone, wanting to call the police, but found her fingers shaking so much that she couldn't even unlock it.
Just then.
Her phone screen lit up.
A ssage popped up.
Sender: Darling (Second Young Master).
【Qingge, have you reached the mountain? My eyelid has been twitching, and I'm a bit worried about you. Drive slowly on the way down, be safe, and I'll be waiting for you to co back for dinner.】
Looking at this ssage, which she usually found warm and considerate, Su Qingge now only felt like she was seeing a venomous snake flicking its tongue at her.
If Zhang Xuanyao hadn't stopped her, she might already be rushing toward Hell right now, accompanied by this "caring" text ssage.
"Save... save ..."
Su Qingge looked up, her arrogant face now filled with helplessness.
She reached out and grabbed the hem of Zhang Xuanyao's Daoist robe, as if grabbing the last straw of life.
"Great Master, save !"
"I'll give you however much money you want! Please, save !"
Zhang Xuanyao looked down at this female CEO, who had been so overbearing just monts ago, now huddled at his feet like a frightened kitten.
He sighed and crouched down.
"President Su, that 100,000 yuan from earlier only covers the divination, not saving your life."
Zhang Xuanyao held up two fingers and waved them in front of her.
"If you want to step in and help you get through this tribulation..."
"You need to pay more."
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