187: acting

While Qin Shou was dealing with Zhao Zheng, Gu Ling, still wearing her split crotch pants, had once again escaped Zhao Zheng's villa, her heart still pounding with fear.

Of course, her escape was due to Qin Shou not bothering to deal with her.

Qin Shou lifted Zhao Zheng like a small chicken and flew out of Zhao Zheng's villa.

When Zhao Zheng vaguely woke up, he found himself tied up and thrown into a room in an abandoned, unfinished building. Zhao Zheng looked around but didn't see the person who had captured him.

As Zhao Zheng was wondering, he suddenly heard a somewhat low voice from the next room.

"Hey, Young Master Bai, I've already caught the person. When will your money be transferred? I'm telling you, Zhao Zheng's house has two masters, and they even have guns. I almost got injured, so this job needs more money."

"Damn you, Bai family! I've worked for you for so many years, and this is how you treat me?"

Zhao Zheng was furious when he heard this, realizing that Bai Junchen had sent someone to kill him to silence him.

"Young Master Bai, don't worry. As soon as the money is in place, I'll act immediately," the voice from the next room continued.

"Hahaha, easy, easy. Once the job is done, I'll take a photo and send it to you."

"Alright, Young Master Bai is straightforward. I'll get to it now."

After saying this, the room next door fell silent.

A moment later, Zhao Zheng saw a black-clad, masked figure emerge from the adjacent room.

Zhao Zheng saw this person approach him, and without a word, raise his palm, which whistled as it descended towards his head, intending to finish him off.

"Please spare my life, Big Brother."

Zhao Zheng was terrified at the sight and quickly begged for mercy.

"Hehe, spare you? If I spare you, this job of mine would be for nothing," Qin Shou's palm hovered an inch from Zhao Zheng's forehead, and he sneered.

"Big Brother, whatever the Bai family offered you, I, Zhao Zheng, am willing to give double," a cold sweat trickled down Zhao Zheng's forehead.

Qin Shou shook his head: "Hehe, double isn't enough. You know the Bai family's influence. If I let you go, I'd also be in danger. Double the money isn't worth me taking that risk. I want everything you have."

Zhao Zheng hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and said firmly, "Big Brother, alright. As long as you let me go, all my cash and assets, I will hand them all over."

Zhao Zheng knew clearly that as long as he lived, he wouldn't lack opportunities. He had operated for so many years and still had some assets overseas. As long as he could survive, he wasn't afraid of not having a chance to rise again.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou withdrew his palm and nodded, "Alright, first transfer all the cash to me so I can see your sincerity. Otherwise? I don't mind acting now."

"Big Brother, you wouldn't take the money and then kill me, would you? Can I transfer half the money to you first, and then once I'm safe, I'll transfer the rest?" A hint of hesitation flashed across Zhao Zheng's face.

"Do you think you're in a position to negotiate with me right now?"

Qin Shou's expression turned cold, and he activated his skill [Aura of Hegemony], a terrifying killing intent surging forth.

Zhao Zheng trembled with fear, no longer daring to negotiate, and immediately begged for mercy, "Even if you want me to transfer money to you, you'll have to untie me first."

"Hehe, that's true. I doubt you'd dare to play tricks."

The power gap between Qin Shou and Zhao Zheng was immense, so Qin Shou wasn't afraid of Zhao Zheng escaping. He directly untied the ropes binding Zhao Zheng.

Untied by Qin Shou, Zhao Zheng dared not make any extra movements. He had witnessed Qin Shou's formidable power firsthand and couldn't even entertain the thought of resisting.

Zhao Zheng prepared to take out his phone to transfer money to Qin Shou, but after fumbling around for a long time, he couldn't find it. He then remembered that he had smashed his phone in a fit of anger earlier.

Zhao Zheng looked at Qin Shou with a fawning smile, his voice trembling, "Hehe, um, Big Brother, I think I smashed my phone myself."

"Are you messing with me?!"

Qin Shou's face showed anger, and he raised his palm again, pretending to strike, which scared Zhao Zheng into quickly kneeling and begging for mercy, "Big Brother, please take me back. There's another phone at home. As long as I get the SIM card, I can transfer money. And there's a lot of cash at home too, I'll give it all to you, Big Brother."

"Hmph, fine. I'll take you back first. If you dare to play any more tricks, you'll die a very miserable death."

With that, Qin Shou picked up Zhao Zheng and rushed back towards Zhao Zheng's house.

Zhao Zheng, held in Qin Shou's hand, only felt the wind whistling past his ears and the streetscapes flashing by rapidly. Qin Shou's running speed was even faster than driving, and his stamina was immense, making Zhao Zheng even more in awe of him.

In just a moment, Qin Shou had already returned to Zhao Zheng's villa with him.

Zhao Zheng's villa had already been riddled with bullet holes from rifle fire, and it took him a long time to finally find his broken phone.

Zhao Zheng took out the SIM card, put it into a new phone, and Qin Shou gave Zhao Zheng an account, directly having him transfer over twenty million.

After transferring the money, Zhao Zheng looked several years older. He pleaded, "Big Brother, this is all my worldly possessions. The remaining cash and gold are in the safe, along with the deeds to my nightclub and some stocks and bonds. You can take them all, Big Brother, but can you leave me some travel expenses? I'm in such a state now, with the Bai family and the Police all looking for me. I need some money to escape."

Qin Shou agreed, "Don't worry, I keep my word. After I take the money, I will naturally let you go. Go open the safe."

Zhao Zheng nodded, not daring to say more. Under Qin Shou's watchful eye, he went to a room on the second floor and then, in front of Qin Shou, opened the safe door.

Qin Shou saw it packed full of red banknotes and a pile of gold and silver jewelry. Qin Shou estimated the total value to be no less than ten million.

"Brother, the money is all inside. I'll just take a few thousand yuan for travel expenses. And those documents, Big Brother, they probably aren't useful to you. Can I take them?"

"Documents? What are these documents?" Qin Shou immediately became interested, realizing these might be what he truly wanted.

Zhao Zheng dared not conceal anything and quickly explained, "Big Brother, as you know, I work for Young Master Bai, and I'm not a fool, so I always kept a backup. Many of these documents are incriminating evidence of the Bai family's illicit activities. I thought that if I ever got caught, I would hand them all over to the Police, which might get me a reduced sentence."

Qin Shou sneered, "You can take ten thousand yuan to escape, but I'll take these criminal evidences of the Bai family."

"This—!" A flicker of hesitation crossed Zhao Zheng's face.

Qin Shou saw Zhao Zheng's reaction and said coldly, "First, you are not in a position to negotiate right now. This is an order, not a discussion.

Second, do you think handing these evidences to the Police will save your life? To tell you the truth, Bai Jingming of the Bai family is the municipal party secretary of City. Once you are caught, bringing these evidences will only allow them to kill you with peace of mind, because once you die, and the evidences are destroyed by them, the Bai family will have no worries at all.

On the contrary, if these evidences are not found on you, the Bai family will be hesitant to act, fearing that you have given the evidences to others. If you die, someone will take the evidences and report the Bai family to the Discipline Inspection Commission, and you will actually be safer."