Last night, Qiao Ying went to the Wuma Family's turf and beat up some Wuma Family members, even killing several of them. Early next morning, WuMa Lin had another outbreak.
As expected, Teng Yan became his target to vent again.
WuMa Lin was used to scolding others, so when facing Teng Yan, those abusive words just rolled off his tongue, each sentence more vulgar than the last.
"Son of a b*tch, you f*cking mongrel, having a waste like you is simply a disgrace to the Wuma Family." WuMa Lin scolded with increasing fervor.
Yet Teng Yan didn't fight back at all, which made WuMa Lin even more arrogant. Finally when he was tired of scolding, WuMa Lin turned around to pour himself some water.
Teng Yan walked towards him, "Why make such a big fuss, it would be a waste if you got so angry you damaged your health."
WuMa Lin gulped down mouthfuls of water while cursing "waste" and "coward" in his heart.
The next moment, WuMa Lin sensed something was off. He turned around,
And a dagger stabbed right into his heart, before being forcefully pulled back out. Blood spurted everywhere.
WuMa Lin's eyes widened in shock, the cup in his hand shattering on the ground.
"You..." WuMa Lin looked at Teng Yan in disbelief.
Teng Yan raised a hand to wipe off some blood that had splattered onto his face, then brought it to his nose to smell, "Your blood smells as foul as your mouth."
Clutching his profusely bleeding chest, WuMa Lin collapsed to the ground, "Waste... The Wuma Family... will not... let you off..."
"Who saw that I was the one who killed you? Everyone will see it was that Asian girl who killed you instead." Teng Yan crouched down, a faint smile at his lips, "Don't worry, I will make sure the Wuma Family avenges you."
With eyes full of hatred and unwillingness, WuMa Lin uttered "Waste..."
Teng Yan said, "Since you can't speak properly, might as well be mute in your next life." As he spoke, he slowly raised his hand, and then forcefully plunged the dagger into WuMa Lin's mouth.
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Downstairs,
Four people sat facing each other around a square table.
Ye Si was clearly still not done beating someone up, the savageness in his eyes yet to fade. He stared at Qin Hanyue sitting opposite like a knife, seeming as if he would attack Qin Hanyue at any moment.
When their eyes met, even the air smelt of gunpowder.
Qin Hanyue didn't want to get further entangled with him. He looked towards the irritable and sullen-looking Qiao Ying, and said, "Sorry."
He wasn't apologizing for fighting with Ye Si, but for waking her up.
As expected, Qiao Ying didn't respond, her eyes closed and face expressionless.
Ye Si's face turned even colder.
Ye Si had brought back some food with his men earlier.
Cheng Jinyan sat up straight and took a look, then passed some food to Qiao Ying first, "Eat breakfast first, ignore them." He took a bun for himself.
One had just woken up and was in a bad mood, two were jealous and bickering.
Cheng Jinyan ate a bun, finding it bland and tasteless. Reluctantly, he decided to play peacemaker, "Mr Qin, did you sleep here last night?"
Qin Hanyue: "Didn't sleep."
Didn't sleep? What did that mean? Was he too excited having someone beside him to fall asleep, or was it something else?
Perhaps realizing his reply could be misleading, he explained, "I sat in the chair the whole night."
Cheng Jinyan nodded slightly and said to Ye Si, "Hear that?"
But the look in Ye Si's eyes wanting to kill Qin Hanyue still didn't fade.
At this time, Qiao Ying opened her eyes and stood up without a word, walking out.
Qin Hanyue also stood up, wanting to chase after her, but managed to restrain himself after some thought.
Ye Si glared fiercely at Qin Hanyue before following behind Qiao Ying.
Cheng Jinyan chuckled and continued eating his bun.
Qin Hanyue watched as the two left one after another, then sat back down after a while to continue looking at Cheng Jinyan nonchalantly eating his bun.
Noticing his gaze, Cheng Jinyan looked back up at him.
Cheng Jinyan spoke lazily, "Mr Qin, I don't have any romantic feelings for little Ying, no need to look at me like that."
Qin Hanyue averted his eyes.
Seeing him like this, Cheng Jinyan still wanted to say something nice, but was afraid of provoking Ye Si again and couldn't be bothered with this matter. Let Qin Hanyue slowly chase after her himself, Cheng Jinyan thought.
Qin Yan had his fill of food and drink last night, and slept soundly. He came over early this morning to look for Qin Hanyue and saw the run-down building they were in.
He asked softly, "Did you sleep here last night, Young Master?"
The conditions seemed far too harsh. One look at those dark eye circles on Young Master's face...
Qin Hanyue shamelessly stayed put, waiting half an hour before Qiao Ying and Ye Si returned.
Clearly the two had known each other for years, their close relationship was not affected one bit by Qin Hanyue. Ye Si still addressed Qiao Ying affectionately as "Darling" with every sentence.
Meanwhile after going out for a bit, Qiao Ying had woken up fully and her mood was restored.
Just as Qiao Ying and Ye Si reached the building entrance, Ye Si's subordinates who were patrolling the vicinity came running over to report, "People from the Wuma Family are here!"
Ye Si was already in a terrible mood. Unable to beat up Qin Hanyue, this was perfect timing for the Wuma Family to send people here seeking death. Ye Si strode forward and opened the door to receive them himself.
But contrary to expectations, the people from Wuma Family had not come to take revenge.
"Our Family Head, WuMa Yan, wishes to invite you over to chat."
Cheng Jinyan raised an eyebrow, "What kind of scheme is this now? A banquet at Hongmen?"
Qiao Ying also raised an eyebrow slightly. WuMa Yan? Wasn't it Teng Yan just now?
The people from Wuma Family looked towards Qiao Ying and said, "Our Family Head said he knows where the person you are looking for is."
Afterwards,
they came to the Wuma Family's turf.
Teng Yan welcomed them smiling, "Welcome everyone—Mr Qin? You came too, what a coincidence. Arkenlin sure is especially lively this year."
WuMa Yan? Teng Yan? Qin Hanyue didn't expect it would be an acquaintance. Wasn't he the adopted son of Wei Qingyuan?
Qin Hanyue couldn't help but glance at Qiao Ying. He wondered why when Qiao Ying killed Wei Qingyuan, she didn't take down this person as well.
"Please sit," Teng Yan invited them to sit and ordered his men to serve them the best tea, fruits and pastries.
Just a few days ago Teng Yan was still completely oppressed by WuMa Lin without any say at all, but now he acted like the Head of the Family.
As Qiao Ying always handled matters extremely decisively, she guessed either WuMa Lin had been called back by the Wuma Family, or killed by Teng Yan.
Of course, the life and death of irrelevant people was none of her concern.
Qiao Ying asked coldly, "Where's the person?"
Teng Yan smiled faintly, "I wish to speak to you alone, may I?"
The moment he said that, Teng Yan sensed two unfriendly gazes land on him.
Ye Si had the haughty aura of a young master, with a pair of charming, captivating peach blossom eyes that should look affectionately at anyone. But this Young Master looked at everyone as if they were trash, especially now, his eyes full of disdain.
"You have two minutes to speak. If not, I'll kill you."
Yet Teng Yan paid him no heed, just laughed softly, "Mr Ye, I have long heard of your great name, truly seeing you surpasses the tales. "
Ye Si: "You have one and a half minutes left."
Seeing no other choice, Teng Yan frankly told Qiao Ying, "Previously, Red Heart K came to Arkenlin, to the turf of the drug lord next door. As for why, I'm not very clear."
Qiao Ying said, "That's not what you said earlier."
Teng Yan: "At that time, I didn't recall it but I'm telling the truth now. The Black Spade A you're looking for, very likely is there."
Ye Si: "Just this useless nonsense?"
Qiao Ying: "You've wasted an hour of my time."
Teng Yan: "I'm very sorry for not being of much help. If you need me for anything, I'm willing to do my best to assist. I hope I can become friends with you."
Ye Si scoffed, "Friends? As if you're qualified."
Ye Si stood up, "Brat, you sure know when to humble yourself and when to remain stubborn. You burnt down your Wuma Family's auction house, killed so many Wuma Family members, yet can still politely serve tea to your enemy. Your Wuma Family sure has an interesting company culture."
Faced with Ye Si's cold ridicule, Teng Yan was unruffled. "They say friendship comes from fighting."
Ye Si replied, "What a pity, I prefer genuine scoundrels over hypocrites."
"As long as I remain in Arkenlin, it's best your Wuma Family walks a few more blocks to avoid me. If anyone dares block my path, I won't just destroy the Wuma Family branch here, I'll raze your entire Wuma Family to the ground."
Having said that, Ye Si placed an arm over Qiao Ying's shoulder, "Let's leave darling."
As Qiao Ying's back view receded, Teng Yan called out, "Miss Qiao, I can provide manpower to help you search for people free of charge, please look for me anytime."
Qin Hanyue, who was the last to leave, halted in his footsteps upon hearing this.
He turned back to look at Teng Yan, only to see Teng Yan gazing meaningfully at Qiao Ying's departing figure. Qin Hanyue's eyes darkened ominously.
On the way back,
Ye Si said to Qiao Ying, "Darling, why don't we take action tonight? I'll go overturn that drug lord's turf and you go blow up that arms dealer's turf. Making such a huge commotion, I refuse to believe the boss behind the scenes won't show himself. Can't wait to get out of this dump, darling let's return to Country M for a vacation after we settle this."
Qin Yan stumbled and nearly fell.
Blow what up? Their turf?
Just who was this Black Spade A that such hostile methods were being used to flush him out? There wasn't anyone by that codename at their turf!
Qin Yan thought about the last time when Qiao Ying blew up the cruise ship. It was just one cruise ship on the moat in the city center, yet she dared to use so many explosives.
This time in Arkenlin, there were also two more people, Ye Si and Cheng Jinyan, to help set fire. Their military supplies could easily blow everything into ashes.
"Young Master Qin," Qin Yan said anxiously.
However, Qin Hanyue showed no reaction and did not intend to reveal his identity either. He just looked at Qiao Ying and Ye Si walking side by side in front.
That night, more than a dozen explosions startled the entire Arkenlin!
