After Fu Ying went into the water, Fu Tianlai was completely lost. This only son of the Fu family had been the apple of their eye since birth. Unfortunately, Fu Ying's father was also an only child. Because Fu Ying's mother suffered a birth injury after giving birth to her, she could no longer have children. Therefore, if Fu Ying's father did not remarry, the Fu family would not have any more children.
Logically speaking, for a family like theirs, having multiple wives and concubines outside the marriage is no big deal. In fact, he even wanted Fu Ying's father to find a mistress outside the marriage, as long as she could have children and add a member to the Fu family, it would be a good thing. But Fu Ying's father insisted on only having his wife and refused to find anyone else.
Fu Tianlai had no choice but to dote on Fu Ying even more. Although Johnny and Li Junjie were his blood relatives and his own grandsons, according to Chinese custom, grandsons were still considered a distant relative!
Fu Tianlai panicked the moment Fu Ying entered the water. He had known about the dangers of the underwater cave for decades. His uncle, Fu Yushan, had gone down into it and died. After that, he had asked people to go down into the water four times, and each time they had never returned. The dangers involved were self-evident. In his mind, asking people to go down into the water was always just to fulfill his filial duty to his father, but he didn't think it was actually possible. Therefore, he resolutely refused to allow Li Junjie and Fu Ying to go down into the water.
What annoyed him was that Fu Ying secretly went into the water when he wasn't paying attention. This made Fu Tianlai both angry and anxious. If something happened to Fu Ying, the Fu family's huge business would be lost, and all the hard work his uncle, father, and he had done all their lives would be for nothing!
Li Junjie wanted to go into the water to check on Fu Ying's life or death, but how could Fu Tianlai agree? Although he was more heartbroken for his granddaughter, his grandson was also his grandson. Going into the water would be tantamount to suicide. How could he lose one and then lose another?
Li Junjie was certainly aware that there were definitely great dangers underwater. The specially made nylon rope had been broken, so there must be something unimaginable happening underwater. He was naturally terrified, but there was nothing he could do.
Fu Tianlai stayed by the shore of the water cave for a day and a night, and Li Junjie also stayed with him for a day and a night. Both of them were convinced that Fu Ying and the others who went down there had no hope of survival. They thought this in their hearts, but they refused to say it out loud.
Fu Tianlai could not accept this fact. In just one day and one night, he looked as if he had aged twenty years, becoming frail and weak.
Li Junjie thought he would stay with his grandfather for another day and then send him back no matter what. At this moment, he also regretted not listening to his grandfather and that he should not have come here. He knew before that no one who went down had ever come out. Why did he have to experience the danger himself before he believed it?
My cousin is definitely gone!
While they waited in despair, they never expected that Ito would suddenly emerge from the water, followed by Fu Ying!
It's truly a blessing from God!
After resting for about ten minutes, Zhou Xuan secretly regulated his breathing. The icy energy in his pills had recovered by 20%, and he felt warm again. Only then did he say to Fu Ying, "Miss Fu, please take the package off my back!"
Fu Ying then remembered something, quickly loosened her coat, took the undergarment wrapped around Zhou Xuan's shoulder, and then took the ring from the skeletal remains in the cave from her own finger. She handed the ring to Fu Tianlai and asked, "Grandpa, look at this ring, isn't it Grandfather's? I think it's exactly the same as the one Grandfather gave you!"
Fu Tianlai was taken aback. He took the ring from Fu Ying, examined it for a long time, then took off the one he was wearing on his own finger. He compared the two rings for a while, nodded, and said, "They're exactly the same. Yes, they must belong to your great-grandfather. You found them in the water cave."
At this moment, Fu Tianlai and Li Junjie had many questions for Fu Ying and the others. They were eager to know what was happening underwater, but they didn't know where to begin because there were too many questions to ask!
Fu Ying thought for a moment, intending to answer, but then suddenly remembered something else. Her face darkened, and anger flashed across her face. She drew a dagger from Li Junjie's waist and rushed towards Ito, who was lying on the ground.
Ito's physical strength was completely exhausted, and with the loss of the gem, the depletion of his physical and mental energy left him with no strength left.
Fu Ying rushed over and slashed at Ito's right wrist with a single stroke. Ito was shocked and tried to pull his hand back, but he was too weak and his limbs were not very agile. In addition, the monster had bitten through his diving suit in the water, and the cold water had not yet completely removed the chill.
Fu Ying's knife instantly severed Ito's right index, middle, and ring fingers, causing blood to gush out immediately!
Fu Ying snorted, threw away the dagger, and said coldly, "Ito, we repay kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge. I, Fu Ying, am a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. When we return to New York, I will pay you another 500,000 US dollars, and you will disappear immediately. If I see you again in the future, it will be your death day. You know the reputation of the Fu family in Chinatown!"
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Volume One: The First Signs of Growth, Chapter Forty: The Rules of the Fu Family
Fu Tianlai was overjoyed that his granddaughter had escaped safely and that he had miraculously recovered Fu Yushan's remains. Although the four who escaped all seemed to have many hidden secrets, as long as Fu Ying was alright, everything else could be resolved gradually.
Although Fu Tianlai mainly inherited the family business, he had a high business talent from a young age and was ruthless, so Fu Ai's business became even larger under his management.
In reality, how many people at the pinnacle of power or wealth are not ruthless? Without ruthless methods, one cannot obtain extraordinary wealth. How many of the world's richest people are truly clean?
Fu Ying angrily chopped off several of Ito's fingers. Fu Tianlai saw this and, although he didn't show it, it didn't mean he would let it go. As the head of the Fu family, Fu Tianlai had little kindness to outsiders, except for his excessive doting on Fu Ying.
Fu Tianlai immediately instructed Li Junjie to contact the white man on the cliff top, pack the necessary luggage, and throw away everything else, thinking that he would never come to this godforsaken place again in his life.
Li Junjie fastened his seatbelt and notified his men to start the pulley. He went up first, and then Fu Tianlai arranged for Fu Ying to go up second. Fu Ying pointed at Zhou Xuan and said, "I'll go up with Zhou Xuan!"
Fu Ying's straightforward and undisguised approach made Zhou Xuan blush and feel extremely embarrassed.
Fu Tianlai didn't seem to mind, waving his hand and saying, "Alright, let's go up then."
After saying that, Zhou Xuan personally fastened Fu Ying's safety belt, and then followed behind Fu Ying and fastened his own safety belt. There were two ropes, one for safety and fixation, and the other, which was longer, was connected to a pulley. In fact, there were three ropes on the cliff, but the one on the pulley was a complete circle from the top of the cliff to the bottom. The pulley was rotated in a loop to pull people to the top of the cliff.
After the black man used the walkie-talkie to instruct the people on the cliff top to start the pulley, the rope slowly rose. Fu Ying bent over, reached out and grabbed Zhou Xuan's hand, holding it tightly and refusing to let go.
Fu Tianlai then fastened his seatbelt and instructed the black man to let Ono Yuriko come up before he went up. Ito was scheduled to be last. Ito looked at Fu Tianlai's gloomy eyes and felt a little scared, but he didn't dare to confront him at this time. He had weapons underwater, but now the other side had more people and guns. How could he argue? He could only obediently remain silent.
When Fu Tianlai went up, he made sure the black man handed the walkie-talkie to Ito at the end. Once he reached the top of the cliff, the two white men were already roasting the wild rabbits they had hunted.
Fu Tianlai gestured to Li Junjie to lead Fu Ying and the others to the bonfire where the meat was roasting. It was about a hundred meters away from the edge of the cliff, and the edge was not visible.
Fu Tianlai, holding the walkie-talkie, said grimly, "Ito, can you hear me?"
There was a three or four-second pause on the walkie-talkie, then Ito's broken Mandarin came through in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Fu, I...I heard you!"
“Ito, let me put it this way,” Fu Tianlai said coldly, “I, Fu Tianlai, am a man who doesn’t tolerate any nonsense. I won’t ask what Fu Ying did underwater, but she’s so angry, she must know it’s not a good thing. According to my usual character, I don’t usually kill my family’s enemies, but torture them and let them die slowly in pain!”
Ito was clearly nervous; he was still at the bottom of the cliff. He stammered, "Mr...Mr. Fu, I think you...you've misunderstood something...I...I..."
"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, everyone knows the truth!" Fu Tianlai said calmly. "But today, seeing that my granddaughter has returned safely and the remains of the Fu family's ancestors have been found, I have no intention of killing anyone on such a joyous day. I will only cut these ropes, and you can live out your days in this sinkhole and enjoy your savage life!"
Ito was immediately terrified and hurriedly begged for mercy, "Mr. Fu... please spare me, please, let me go..."
Fu Tianlai ignored him with a gloomy face, picked up his dagger and was about to cut the rope. After cutting the safety rope, Ito was already begging for mercy with a sob in his voice.
"Mr. Fu, please spare me! Just let me go, and I'll do anything you ask!"
Fu Tianlai snorted and was about to throw the walkie-talkie off the cliff when a woman's voice suddenly said to him, "Mr. Fu, please spare my senior brother. We don't need the reward; just consider it as buying his life back!"
Fu Tianlai turned around and saw that it was Ono Yuriko.
Yuriko looked at Fu Tianlai with a sorrowful expression. Ito, who was at the bottom of the cliff, heard Yuriko's voice through the walkie-talkie and quickly said, "Yuriko, junior sister, junior sister, please beg Mr. Fu! Yes, yes... we don't need the reward!"
Fu Tianlai snorted and said coldly, "Then tell me, what did Ito do to Fu Ying?"
Yuriko paused for a moment, then sighed and said slowly, "Mr. Fu, Miss Fu will naturally explain this to you later. I won't say anything. Considering that Miss Fu has returned alive and well, please be lenient."