Fu Tianlai's face was grim, but then he saw Fu Ying and Zhou Xuan walk over. Fu Ying's face was much calmer, and she said to Fu Tianlai, "Grandpa, let it go. I have indeed returned safely, and my great-grandfather has been found. Also!"
At this point, Fu Ying turned to Yuriko and said, "Miss Yuriko, we Fu Ying always repay kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge. We are clear about gratitude and grudges. You are guests who have come to help us. Once the matter is completed, I will not shortchange you on the reward. You have also saved my life. Use this favor to buy Ito's life. Grandpa, please let him go!"
Seeing that Fu Ying had spoken, Fu Tianlai simply dropped his knife and said, "Fine, what my granddaughter said is what I said, so I'll spare Ito's life!"
Ito, overjoyed at the bottom of the cliff, quickly said, "Thank you, Mr. Fu! Thank you, Mr. Fu!"
Fu Tianlai snorted and brought the walkie-talkie to his mouth again, saying, "Don't get too excited. Fu Ying has said before that our Fu family has always been about repaying kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge. You may be spared the death penalty, but you will not escape punishment. I have more to say. Do as I say before I pull you up. Otherwise... you can live as a savage in the sinkhole for the rest of your life."
"You...you...what other conditions do you have?" Ito asked in a trembling voice.
“My granddaughter cut off three tendons from your right hand. I’m worried you won’t remember, so I’ll cut off three tendons from your left hand too. That way you’ll remember better!” Fu Tianlai said calmly.
Zhou Xuan remained silent. He truly had no liking for the Japanese and let them be. However, he did sense the imposing and murderous aura emanating from the old man, Fu Tianlai. The head of the Fu family was no ordinary person.
Ito seemed to fall silent at the cliff, and after more than ten seconds, a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered, suddenly came from the walkie-talkie!
After weighing the options, Ito had to make a choice; three fingers were obviously no match for a life.
Yuriko Ono sighed again and said softly, "From now on, I am no longer your junior sister, and you are no longer my senior brother. Take care of yourself!"
Fu Tianlai then instructed the black man to start the pulley and pull Ito up.
Ito's right finger was cut off by Fu Ying, and his left finger was just cut off. In order to verify for Fu Tianlai and the others, they only tied the cut with a strip of cloth and did not dare to do any more bandaging.
Fu Tianlai ignored him. The two white men had already grilled the rabbit meat. Although they didn't understand Chinese, their eyes were sharp. They served the rabbit meat to everyone except Ito. Ito naturally didn't dare to say anything.
The return journey was several times faster because they had brought a lot of luggage and necessities on the way there, but they threw away all the heavy stuff on the way back, even the food. The two white men took the leftover rabbit meat with them. Fu Tianlai didn't quite remember how long it took to get there because they had to clear the road, so it took several days. But on the way back, they simply followed the same route and arrived at the end of the road in less than eight hours. There, four Hummer SUVs were in front of them.
The three henchmen opened the car door, and Fu Ying took a pen from the car, quickly wrote a check for 500,000 and threw it to Ito, coldly saying, "From now on, you will disappear from my sight. I still stand by what I said: if I see you again, it will be your death day!"
Ito picked up the check, wanting to beg for mercy again, but everyone else had already boarded the bus and no one paid him any attention. Even Yuriko silently got on the bus and sat down without saying another word.
The engines of the four cars roared to life, and they sped off onto the highway, disappearing into the dust.
At the end of the road, Ito stood alone, clutching a check and staring blankly into space!
(I highly recommend "The Way of the Commoner Official," a classic work on officialdom by Nan Hua, to my friend who is also quite lonely. It's a must-read for anyone interested in urban officialdom!)
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Volume 1, Chapter 41: Accompany Me to Watch the Stars
There were three people in one car on the way there, a total of twelve people in four cars, but only nine people came back. ()
With many cars and few people, anyone could sit anywhere. After Zhou Xuan came out of the sinkhole, he had always secretly felt that Fu Tianlai was somewhat special to him, so he wanted to sit separately from Fu Ying. However, Fu Ying insisted on sitting in the same car with him. Fu Tianlai invited Baihezi to sit in the same car with him. There were some things he still wanted to ask Baihezi. He knew Fu Ying's temper; if she didn't want to say something, she would never say it.
Li Junjie also wanted to figure it out, so he simply drove them around.
The other two white people each drove a car, while the black man drove the car that Zhou Xuan and Fu Ying were in. They weren't in a hurry to go back, so they stayed overnight at a hotel in St. Paul the next day and didn't return to New York until the afternoon of the third day.
Li Junjie and Fu Tianlai brought Fu Yushan's remains and ring back to Chinatown. Zhou Xuan continued to live in the villa. After packing her luggage in the villa, Ono Yuriko didn't even stay for a minute longer before taking a flight from New York to Tokyo back to Japan. Before leaving, she accepted a check for 500,000 US dollars from Fu Ying and sincerely thanked Zhou Xuan again.
The huge villa was now empty except for Zhou Xuan and Fu Ying. Fu Ying had never stayed at this villa in Queens before when Zhou Xuan came to New York, but today she only wanted to be with Zhou Xuan.
Perhaps she hadn't quite adjusted to the feeling of escaping from a desperate situation, or perhaps it was something else; she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
In fact, from beginning to end, both of them knew in their hearts that the seed of love had sprouted, but neither of them said it out loud. Fu Ying's expression in the underwater cave was very obvious, but she never said it explicitly.
Zhou Xuan would never say that. He felt it was unrealistic all the time. It wasn't that he didn't like Fu Ying, but blindly liking a girl who wasn't suitable for him was not something he felt he should do.
Night has fallen.
Zhou Xuan sat down alone at the swimming pool outside the villa. The water in the pool was very clear and blue under the lights, but Zhou Xuan couldn't help but feel very sad.
Just a week ago, this villa was bustling with a group of people, but now, he is the only one left of his companions!
Although the Wolf brothers and Elena couldn't understand each other's languages and couldn't communicate with Zhou Xuan, they got along very well. Zhou Xuan still remembered that on the day he arrived, Li Junjie instigated the three of them to have a diving competition with him in the swimming pool. After he won against them, he also earned their respect. The Wolf brothers' straightforward personality made Zhou Xuan feel sad. Elena was also a nice girl.
Even if it's Yuriko, she's actually a very kind person. Zhou Xuan hates the Japanese, but he has to admit that no matter where you are, there are good people as well as bad people. It's the same everywhere in this world.
Although Zhou Xuan hadn't spent much time with them, he had already developed a friendship with them, just like when he returned from the battlefield and thought of his comrades-in-arms.
Fu Ying gently walked over and sat down beside him, resting her head lightly on his shoulder. She hummed in agreement and then whispered, "Zhou Xuan, are you homesick?"
“No!” Zhou Xuan shook his head. “I was thinking about Elena and the Wolf brothers.”
Fu Ying fell silent for a while before saying, "My cousin has a contract with them. If anything goes wrong, there is a second person who will receive the payment. I will take care of this tomorrow."
Zhou Xuan sighed, then said, "Give my one million dollars to the Wolf brothers and Elena's family as a token of my appreciation." After a pause, he added, "You know I'm from the countryside. I have tens of millions in assets, enough for me to live on for a lifetime. But alas, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy back a life when you're dead!"
Fu Ying gave a soft "hmm" again and didn't say anything more.
After a while, Zhou Xuan saw that Fu Ying did not move. He turned his head and saw that Fu Ying had a tear on her eyelashes, her left cheek was covered with tears, and his clothes on his shoulder were wet.
This was completely different from the Fu Ying he had imagined. When Fu Ying first appeared in front of him, Zhou Xuan thought she was a beautiful rich girl who was very spicy, calm and opinionated. You couldn't win an argument with her, let alone fight. Seven or eight hooligans were no match for her. But after that incident in the sinkhole, Zhou Xuan saw another side of her, a gentle girl!
For a moment, I didn't know what to say or how to comfort her.
Zhou Xuan reached into his pocket but found no tissues. He reached out his left hand to wipe Fu Ying's tears, but stopped halfway, gave an embarrassed smile, and withdrew his hand.
Fu Ying tilted her head to look at him. The moonlight and starlight shone on her face, reflecting her tears. It was a hazy and beautiful sight, and Zhou Xuan felt it was unreal.
"Are you very afraid of me? Do you think I'm savage, manly, and cold?" Fu Ying asked him softly, letting her tears fall.
"No, no," Zhou Xuan quickly shook his head, "That's not what I meant, it's just..."
"But what?... I know, my tears are too salty, so you're afraid they'll hurt your hands..."