"You think *you* can bring pleasure? Too bad I'm not interested in you at all."
Jiang Xinghai was not a man short on options with won. Even if he were truly desperate, he would never stoop to sleeping with a woman who had tried to harm Shen Lingxue and Su Yanyun!
"Xinghai, wait. Don't hurt her yet."
Just then, Shen Lingxue rushed out, pulling Su Yanyun with her. "Her na is Bao Cuilian, she runs this company. We need her to sign sothing."
"Lingxue, what exactly happened earlier?" Jiang Xinghai asked.
Shen Lingxue let out a deep sigh. "Earlier…"
She gave him a concise summary of what had happened.
"You venomous bitch! To think you could pull sothing so despicable. What's the point of keeping you around?"
After hearing the full story, Jiang Xinghai's hand shot out, clamping around Bao Cuilian's neck and hoisting her into the air.
"No, no, no! I'll sign! I'll take the fifteen million! Just put down and I'll sign right now!" Bao Cuilian was so terrified by Jiang Xinghai's presence that she nearly pissed herself.
"A little too late to be agreeing now, isn't it?"
Jiang Xinghai tightened his grip, on the verge of snapping her neck. "You need to understand sothing. Even without your signature, this place can be ours. It would just require a few tricks, that's all."
"I… I also know sothing! Sothing big!"
Suspended in midair, her face turning crimson, Bao Cuilian used every ounce of her strength to choke out a few words: "Soone… is… targeting… the Shen Family!"
THUD!
Jiang Xinghai dropped Bao Cuilian to the floor. "Let guess. It's either the Mu Family or the Wanyan Family, isn't it?"
"You… You actually knew?" A look of utter despair spread across Bao Cuilian's face.
"Then die." Jiang Xinghai was utterly decisive. He lifted his foot and brought it down.
CRACK!
Bao Cuilian's neck snapped instantly, and she stopped breathing.
"Xinghai, you…" Su Yanyun was the first to react, stumbling back a few steps as she stared at Jiang Xinghai in horror.
This was the first ti she had seen Jiang Xinghai kill soone!
Shen Lingxue, however, was far more composed.
She already knew that Jiang Xinghai was the one who had brought about the downfall of the Wang Family.
Compared to that, killing a single insignificant pest was nothing.
"Yanyun, this world is, and always has been, a place where the strong prey on the weak, whether it's for money or power. Most of the ti it just happens in the shadows, where the rest of the world can't see. There's no need to be so shocked. You have to learn to accept it. Only then can you live freely," Jiang Xinghai said, offering a gentle, reassuring smile.
Shen Lingxue added her own words of comfort, "If you have to bla soone, bla her for being so despicable. She wouldn't have t such an end otherwise."
"You're right. If Xinghai hadn't arrived when he did, we would have suffered a terrible fate." Su Yanyun gulped and nodded thoughtfully.
"It's just… now that Bao Cuilian is dead, the next steps…" Shen Lingxue couldn't help but give a wry smile.
Su Yanyun's face was also clouded with worry. "Yes, it was so hard to find a company like this… I guess we'll have to start from scratch with a new investnt."
"Not necessarily. I'll figure sothing out."
Jiang Xinghai reassured the two won, then got in his car and drove off.
After they got back to the office, the two won returned to the president's office.
Jiang Xinghai, anwhile, sat down in the security office to plan his next move.
One cigarette later.
He dialed Du Jingsong of the Du Family.
With the disappearance of the Wang, Song, and Yu Families, the Du Family beca the sole great Martial Arts family remaining in Jizhou.
Not long ago, Jiang Xinghai had visited the Du Family, where he'd also unexpectedly t his senior, Zhao Linglong.
As soon as the call connected, Jiang Xinghai got straight to the point. "Elder Du, I'm looking to set up a costics company. I've heard ilian is about to be put up for sale and wanted to hear your thoughts."
"Duke Jiang, the ilian costics company appears to be one of the Mu Family's assets," Du Jingsong replied.
'Just as I thought!'
Jiang Xinghai's eyebrows shot up. "I see. That's all, then."
"Duke Jiang, please wait a mont."
Du Jingsong said with a laugh, "My Du Family also has a costics company. If you need one, Mr. Jiang, I can have it transferred into your na imdiately."
"Oh, really?"
Jiang Xinghai gave a slight smile. "But I can't accept a reward I haven't earned. How could I just take your business for free?"
Du Jingsong's tone was one of tactful flattery. "Duke Jiang, to be perfectly honest, I feel I was a poor host during your last late-night visit. If gifting you a costics company would be enough to express my apologies, then my Du Family would be eternally grateful."
"In that case, I'll owe you a favor," Jiang Xinghai said. He never accepted charity.
Du Jingsong was so excited he practically jumped for joy. "Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Jiang!"
He understood that Jiang Xinghai was a peerless talent of his generation. Not only that, he had a deep connection with Zhao Linglong—the Commander of Celestial Net, one of the three greatest assassins in the world.
If the Du Family could earn a favor from Jiang Xinghai, it ant they had successfully latched onto a powerful backer.
"Alright then. Let's set a ti to et tomorrow and discuss the details in person." Jiang Xinghai was about to hang up.
"Duke Jiang, one more thing."
Du Jingsong still had more to say. "Ever since you last visited my ho, Duke Jiang, my two great-granddaughters, Fangfei and Fangqing, haven't been able to stop thinking about you. Ever since you left that night, they've lost all appetite for food or tea. As their great-grandfather, I can't bear to see it. I was wondering if the two of them might have the opportunity to… share so wine and song with you tonight?"
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