“Go! But after you pull this stunt, I think Qiu Shi will definitely go crazy!” DARK said in a deep voice.
"Hmph, that's exactly what we want—to drive him mad. To destroy someone, you must first make them insane! If Qiu Shi doesn't go mad, he won't make mistakes, and his actions won't have any loopholes. Once he has loopholes and makes mistakes, that's when we'll strike back!" Li Yang said, squinting his eyes.
"Hmm! Not bad," Card God praised.
"Thank you for the compliment. If you praise me any more, I'll get arrogant!" Li Yang said boastfully.
"go--"
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Because the evidence was irrefutable, and with testimonies from insiders, Qiu Shi, no matter how unwilling he was, couldn't do anything to Yan Ni, since she was the murderer. Even if he guessed that Li Yang was the mastermind, he couldn't find any fault with Li Yang and couldn't harm him at all. No matter how furious he was, he couldn't bite a hair off Li Yang!
Inside a room at Yongle Manor, Qiu Shi sat on the sofa with a gloomy expression. Fan Xian, Zhu Gan, and Shu Yi, a retired special forces soldier whom Qiu Shi had recently hired, were also in the room.
Shu Yi was a very respectable and distinguished man with an upright posture and a strong military bearing that was immediately apparent. He stood quietly behind Qiu Shi, witnessing everything that had happened that day. He felt a pang of regret for becoming Qiu Shi's bodyguard, but when he thought of his impoverished parents and his comrades who were also struggling financially, he gritted his teeth and endured it.
Chapter 678: You Can't Tame a Scoundrel If You Can't Afford to Lose Your Wife
"I must avenge this! I swear I will not rest until I do!" Qiu Shi slammed his fist hard on the sofa and said fiercely.
"If revenge could be achieved with mere words, the earth would have stopped spinning long ago!" Fan Xian said disdainfully. He continued to berate Qiu Shi, showing him no mercy whatsoever.
Qiu Shi looked up at Fan Xian, a cold smile playing on his lips. He was well aware of Fan Xian's ambition, but having always been the one giving orders, he hadn't had the patience or inclination to suddenly bow down and become someone's subordinate. However, to avenge his father, he might have to give up some of the things he had always insisted on.
"I know that just talking won't do. They'll wait and see. This time, I'll drive tanks and cannons into Baihe and tear it apart. Tomorrow, I'll drive bulldozers into Baihe. If I don't teach them a lesson, they'll get all cocky!" Qiu Shi cursed, spitting as he spoke.
"Is that so? Not a bad idea. But are your men a match for Li Yang's? Even if you had a bulldozer, would you really dare to push someone?" Fan Xian said with a sneer.
“Young Master Fan, we are partners, not rivals, right? Why do you keep picking on me? Why do you keep undermining my morale and boosting the enemy’s ego? Why don’t you think about joining forces with me, and together we can overcome any obstacle and defeat this enemy, Li Yang?” Qiu Shi said, looking at Qiu Shi.
"Did I discourage you? I was just explaining the potential dangers to you so you could be mentally prepared and not panic when things get chaotic!" Fan Xian said calmly.
"I have a lot of experience in demolition. Those people are just greedy, each one of them wants to get rich overnight and make a fortune through this! No way! My money didn't grow on trees. If they want to bleed me dry, I'll bleed them dry first!" Qiu Shi's face turned cold.
Fan Xian curled his lips and looked at Shu Yi, who had been standing ramrod straight since entering the room. He could tell that Shu Yi was a soldier, but he didn't care. He had seen plenty of soldiers, and they were nothing special.
"I can give you some advice. You have almost no capable fighters left, and the only one who could fight was crippled by Li Yang and his men. Moreover, the experts I sent over have all been defeated. If you can't find another expert who can withstand Li Yang, I advise you not to proceed with the demolition. Otherwise, you'll end up wasting a lot of time, money, energy, and effort, and still not accomplishing anything!" Fan Xian said, seemingly out of kindness.
"What suggestion?" Qiu Shi knew he was telling the truth and asked humbly.
"How about I recommend a master to you?" Fan Xian said, glancing at the bamboo pole.
"Who are you talking about?" Fan Xian glanced at the bamboo pole, but its frail appearance, as if it would fall over in the wind, made him uneasy. Shu Yi behind him was much more reliable. One man could take down dozens of strong men. The elite from the country's top special forces were indeed different; he was supposedly a captain back then, but for reasons he didn't want to discuss, he was demobilized. He had a very promising future ahead of him.
Fan Xian suddenly laughed, a mocking laugh, and looked at Qiu Shi, saying, "What's wrong? Boss Qiu, you don't have confidence in him? You think he's no good? Then you can find someone else to give him a try!"
Qiu Shi couldn't help but recall the time when Luo Tian had sent Xing Ming flying with a single move. Back then, he didn't trust Luo Tian or even Fan Xian, but the truth was that Luo Tian was incredibly powerful and had almost killed Li Yang. But could this person do it? He looked like an extremely weak guy, probably not even a match for him; a gust of wind could send him flying.
"You look down on him? Why don't you let the guy behind you give him a try?" Fan Xian said playfully. Others might not know, especially Qiu Shi, who was a complete novice in martial arts, knowing absolutely nothing about it. Little did they know that the bamboo pole had already reached the realm of returning to simplicity, only a hair's breadth away from embracing the elixir. Therefore, unless he activated his internal energy, he looked exactly like an ordinary person, just a plain, lecherous middle-aged man. Moreover, his eyes were always lecherously staring at the buttocks and breasts of pretty girls, drooling. And he was also terribly thin, which made people lose all confidence in him.
Bamboo Pole completely ignored their conversation, wandering around the room while pondering how to get to Yanni and how to have sex with her without anyone noticing.
Qiu Shi examined the bamboo pole again, but still couldn't see anything special about it. However, he was no ordinary person and knew that some people were hiding their true abilities and should not be underestimated.
However, if Shu Yi were to make a move again and something were to happen to him, it would be difficult to find such an excellent bodyguard again. For safety's sake, it's better not to let Shu Yi make a move. Hmm, just give him a task to complete and test his abilities.
"How about this? Let him cripple one of Li Yang's top lieutenants? For example, Tie Dan, Lei Xin, or any one of the Thirteen Protectors?" Qiu Shi suggested.
Fan Xian curled his lip in disdain and said, "Then go and talk to him!" Damn it, if he said that to Zhu Gan, he was sure Zhu Gan would despise him and think he was insulting him. Their relationship would become even more strained in the future. Even now, their relationship was already a bit tense!
Qiu Shi also felt his suggestion was somewhat foolish. Although Li Yang's top lieutenant was formidable, a well-known figure in Jiangdong City, he didn't seem to reach the level of Luo Tian and his group. A super expert like Luo Tian existed to deal with Li Yang. Letting them deal with Li Yang's top lieutenant was indeed humiliating.
"Then how do you think he compares to Luo Tian?" Qiu Shi had no choice but to ask.
"Impressive!" Fan Xian replied without hesitation.
"Really?" Qiu Shi asked uncertainly.
"Nonsense! Why would I lie to you? But if you want to know his strength, I'll tell you another way!" Fan Xian's smile held a more intriguing quality.
"What method?" Qiu Shi also wanted to know a way to test the strength of the bamboo pole without much trouble.
"I've heard that your wife is a famous socialite in Jiangdong City. She's said to have been a top model, with a hot figure. She's only in her early thirties now, sexy, voluptuous, and alluring. How many wives has she been with Mr. Qiu?" Fan Xian's eyes couldn't help but become lewd. He started fantasizing about Qiu Shi's wife. Ever since he saw Qiu Shi's wife, a fire had been burning in his throat. His wife was the kind of woman that made men think of a bed the moment they saw her!
"You don't need to worry about that!" Qiu Shi said dejectedly.
"Hehe... If you let him see your wife even once, I guarantee he'll do whatever you ask him to do from now on. But..." Fan Xian suddenly became mysterious.
"But what?" Qiu Shi sneered.
Chapter 679: Are you flirting with me?
"But you can just sleep at your mistress's tonight. You've basically lost interest in her anyway, spending your nights with your lover anyway. It's a great resource, and you're just wasting it. Let Zhugan do the work for you, and just pretend you don't know anything. That way, you'll appease your wife's resentment and gain a powerful new member. Why not?" Fan Xian said cheekily. He immediately thought his idea was brilliant. If Zhugan could successfully climb into Qiu Shi's wife's bed, wouldn't he also have a chance to get close to her?
Bamboo Pole's interest in women is very short-lived. Even the most attractive woman will get bored after a while and then go looking for a new target. Wouldn't it be amazing to have two men and one woman attacking from both sides?
"Fan Xian, I don't care if you want to be a cuckold, but if you dare to mess with me, you'll regret it!" Qiu Shi's face immediately darkened, and he said in a gloomy tone.
"I'm just giving you a suggestion. But I have a piece of advice for you: if you don't want to be cuckolded, you'd better not let him see your flirtatious wife. Otherwise, I guarantee he'll kill you but still sleep with her!" Fan Xian chuckled lewdly.
"Fan Xian, you need to be mindful of your status!" Qiu Shi was genuinely angry. No man could withstand such a joke.
"Then pretend I didn't say anything!" Fan Xian had deliberately spoken loudly earlier, and Bamboo Pole's martial arts skills were so high that he had already heard everything clearly. So his interest was immediately piqued, and he stopped looking around, walked up to the two of them, and looked at Qiu Shi excitedly, saying, "Your wife is very hot and sexy? And she's only in her thirties?"
Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger. Like a ripe peach, the fiery passion and seductive charm of mature women fascinates him the most, especially those noble ladies who are usually high and mighty. Watching them transform from reserved and proud noble ladies into wanton women shaking their heads and shouting, changing positions under his crotch, their expressions of pain and pleasure fill him with a sense of accomplishment.
"Hmph!" Qiu Shi was almost furious. He snorted coldly and didn't want to pay any attention to the bamboo pole.