Chapter 11: The Limited Edition Death Talisman
"Two million."
Zhang Xuanyao held up two fingers, leaving no room for negotiation.
Su Qingge didn't even hesitate for a second.
She snatched her phone from her platinum bag and tapped frantically on the screen.
She didn't care about money at all right now.
As long as she could survive, let alone two million, she would throw away twenty million without blinking an eye.
Zhang Xuanyao picked up the phone and glanced at the text ssage.
【Your bank card ending in 5664 has received a deposit of 2,000,000 Yuan.】
【Current balance: 2,000,003.5 Yuan.】
Zhang Xuanyao nodded in satisfaction.
The money for renovations was secured.
He could even buy so imported dog food for the stray dog in the backyard.
"The money has been transferred!" Su Qingge gripped Zhang Xuanyao's sleeve tightly, her knuckles turning white. "Save ! As long as you ensure I don't die, the Su family will beco the biggest sponsor of Qingfeng Temple!"
"Let go, you're going to rip my sleeve."
Zhang Xuanyao brushed her hand away with disdain, his gaze landing on the exquisite watch on her left wrist.
Patek Philippe Ref. 7118.
Rose gold case, diamond-encrusted bezel.
Priceless.
But in Zhang Xuanyao's Heavenly Eye, the watch was continuously emitting a nauseating black-red Evil Qi, which was drilling into her veins along her pulse.
"Take it off."
Su Qingge paused, instinctively shielding her wrist. "This is an engagent gift from Second Young Master, a limited edition worldwide..."
"A limited edition death talisman."
Zhang Xuanyao didn't waste words and clamped onto her wrist.
With a slight application of force.
"Click."
A slight snapping sound ca from the watch strap connection.
Zhang Xuanyao roughly ripped off the watch worth hundreds of thousands.
He pulled a thin wire he usually used for picking his teeth from his Daoist robe's sleeve and pried fiercely at the gap in the watch's back cover.
Pop!
The precision chanical back cover popped off and landed in the dirt.
Su Qingge was about to scream, but the sound caught in her throat.
Inside the watch face, where there should have been precision gears and hairsprings, a dark yellow talisman paper folded into a triangle was stuffed inside.
The talisman was marked with twisted patterns in a dark red liquid, emitting a strong, fishy stench.
It was the sll of corpse oil.
"Ugh—"
Su Qingge couldn't help it and began to dry heave, clutching her chest.
The sll was too overpowering.
And she had been wearing this thing against her wrist for three whole months!
Although the viewers in the livestream couldn't sll it, the high-definition cara was pointed right at the talisman, and everyone could clearly see the eerie red spots on it.
【Holy crap! There really is sothing!】
【What is that thing? It looks so disgusting!】
【Is this the legendary Miao border Evil Qi-attracting talisman? The fiancé is really out for blood!】
【It's terrifying when you think about it! Wearing this every day, it's hard not to die!】
【Is this what a wealthy family is like? Using such thods just to fight for the family inheritance?】
Zhang Xuanyao picked up the talisman with two fingers.
"Sizzle!"
As soon as his fingertips touched the talisman, a faint purple electric arc flashed.
The talisman seed to have t its nesis; it instantly ignited, emitted a puff of black smoke, and turned to ash in the blink of an eye.
The heavy feeling that had been weighing on Su Qingge's heart miraculously eased significantly as the black smoke dissipated.
Su Qingge stared blankly at the ashes on the ground, then looked at her bare wrist.
Her last shred of hope was completely shattered.
Second Young Master really wanted to kill her.
The man who showered her with care every day, even testing the temperature of her water, was truly plotting to take her life.
"Believe it now?"
Zhang Xuanyao tossed the ruined luxury watch into the bushes nearby.
Su Qingge couldn't stop trembling, tears welling up in her eyes, but she bit her lip hard to keep from sobbing out loud.
"I... He was my first love. I trusted him so much, and he actually wanted to harm ."
"What kind of intelligence is that? A romantic fool can beco a CEO? Unbelievable."
Zhang Xuanyao clicked his tongue.
Anger appeared on Su Qingge's face.
Fear.
And the bone-chilling coldness of being betrayed by soone she slept next to.
"Great Master..." Su Qingge raised her head, her eyes having changed.
No longer panicked, they now held a look of determination and hatred. "I want to make him pay the price."
"That's a matter for the police."
Zhang Xuanyao took the phone that was livestreaming off the brick. "I am only responsible for taking money to resolve disasters."
He walked over to the red ferrari and pulled open the driver's side door.
"Get in."
Su Qingge paused. "Where to? Isn't the car's brake broken?"
"It can be driven even if it's broken, as long as you don't step on the brake."
Zhang Xuanyao sat in the driver's seat, skillfully adjusted the seat, and fastened his seatbelt. "If you don't want to die, get in quickly. Your fiancé is probably staring at the GPS tracker to see if you're dead yet."
Su Qingge gritted her teeth, pulled open the passenger door, and got in.
"Hold on tight."
Zhang Xuanyao held the steering wheel with one hand and held the phone with the other, pointing it forward.
Boom!
The engine roared.
The ferrari, like a red beast, launched from a standstill on the narrow mountain road.
The viewers in the livestream instantly went wild.
【The Great Master can drive a ferrari?!】
【That technique! That cornering! Is this a Daoist or a car god?】
【There's a sharp turn ahead! How can he pass it without brakes?!】
【I want to sit in the Great Master's passenger seat too!】
Zhang Xuanyao didn't step on the brake at all.
A second before entering the turn, he downshifted violently, using engine braking to force a deceleration, then, with the help of the handbrake, the rear of the car traced a heart-stopping arc along the edge of the cliff.
Gravel tumbled into the abyss.
The wheels were even half-hanging in the air.
Su Qingge gripped the grab handle tightly, her face as pale as paper, having forgotten even to scream.
Two minutes later.
The car stopped at a bend in the mountain road with an open view.
Below was a canyon hundreds of ters deep, with only a low guardrail.
Zhang Xuanyao turned off the engine.
"Get out."
The two stood by the guardrail.
The mountain wind howled, blowing Su Qingge's hair into a ss.
Zhang Xuanyao pointed the phone cara at Su Qingge and then gestured to the phone in her hand.
"Call him."
"Now?" Su Qingge took a deep breath, trying to calm her racing heart.
"Yes, put it on speaker."
Zhang Xuanyao leaned against the hood of the ferrari with the expression of soone watching a show. "Tell him your brakes failed, the car is stuck on the edge of the cliff, you're afraid to move, and ask him to co and save you."
Su Qingge dialed the pinned number with trembling fingers.
"Beep... Beep..."
A long wait tone.
Every sound felt like it was drumming on Su Qingge's nerves.
Finally.
The call connected.
"Hello? Qingge?"
It was a warm, magnetic male voice, sounding even a bit doting. "What's wrong? Weren't you driving? Why are you calling at this ti?"
Su Qingge glanced at Zhang Xuanyao.
Zhang Xuanyao made a "crying" gesture.
Su Qingge closed her eyes, and tears instantly welled up.
No acting was needed.
The fear and grievance of this mont were real.
"Second Young Master... Second Young Master, save !"
Su Qingge said with a crying tone, her voice trembling uncontrollably. "The brakes... the brakes are broken! They don't work!"
There was a second of silence on the other end.
An extrely short second.
Imdiately after, Second Young Master's voice rose sharply, full of "anxiety": "What?! How could it be broken? How are you now? Are you hurt? Has the car stopped?"
This series of questions sounded impeccable.
Just like a perfect fiancé worrying about his lover.
But the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the livestream sensed that sothing was wrong.
【This voice... why does it sound a bit excited?】
【So fake! A normal person's first reaction upon hearing the brakes are broken is to ask for the location. Why did he ask if the car stopped first?】
【He's confirming whether Su Qingge is dead or not!】
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