Chapter 1 The Price of Silence

Although killing Xi Di was unplanned, Fang Senyan calculated in his mind that he hadn't reached the end of the road yet. Xi Di's death was undoubtedly bad news, but the good news was that Hua Shanfei didn't know about it. If a corpse was used properly, the effect would be no less than that of a living person.

Although Qing Ba escaped, his neck was seriously injured after all. There was still a distance from here to the pier. Even if Hua Shanfei got the news and rushed over immediately, the remaining time was enough for him to plan.

After his breathing calmed down slightly, Fang Senyan walked to the nearby bathroom, gulped down a lot of water, washed his face with cold water, and simply cleaned and bandaged the gunshot wound on his stomach. Then he found a few intact and clean clothes inside to change Xi Di's body into. Only then did he laboriously move Xi Di to the passenger seat of the van. After thinking about it, he felt as if he had missed something. He rearranged it before he was satisfied.

When Hua Shanfei was not around, Bai Fenming would take his younger brothers in this van to collect protection money everywhere. Fang Senyan found the key from Bai Fenming's body, and casually picked up the Type 54 pistol and inserted it into his waist, then started the vehicle and drove towards the dock.

Although the wound in his abdomen was still sending bursts of pain, Fang Senyan suddenly felt a kind of instinct awakening in his body. He couldn't help but enjoy and was savoring the feeling he had experienced before—the joy of close-range, flesh-to-flesh combat, the pleasure of life and death being in his grasp, the bloody smell wandering between his mouth and nose, it seemed that the control of death... and the desire, was the goal he should pursue in his life!

At the moment when he killed Xi Di, Fang Senyan actually felt that he was living so fully!

That feeling was better than the moment of ejaculation during sex, better than the smoky intoxication after deeply inhaling marijuana!

"Damn, do I have the potential to be a serial killer?" Fang Senyan shook his head and smiled bitterly, trying his best to throw the idea out of his mind and concentrating on driving the van towards the dock.

The van had just driven fifty meters when Fang Senyan saw Qing Ba's stiff corpse. This guy fell face down in the mud, his curved and stiff fingers dug into the mud beside him. The torrential rain had submerged his mouth and nose. The flesh of the tragic wound on his neck was washed white, and his right hand still maintained the action of covering the wound on his neck. Strictly speaking, Fang Senyan's throat-cutting knife could only be regarded as a serious injury rather than a fatal one. If Qing Ba hadn't been running away in fear, causing a lot of bleeding, he might have been able to save his life.

Seeing Qing Ba's body, Fang Senyan also breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that Hua Shanfei didn't know about the attack on his base yet. Undoubtedly, this was good news for what he was going to do next: a Hua Shanfei who was completely unprepared was more in line with Fang Senyan's interests.

When this familiar white van broke through the rain and fog and sped towards them, screeching to a halt and splashing a large patch of muddy water in front of Hua Shanfei and the others, the surprise in their hearts was conceivable. Fang Senyan parked the car far away, seven or eight meters away. The interior light was deliberately dimmed. He put the fish-killing knife on the neck of Xi Di's corpse and shouted through gritted teeth:

"Hua Shanfei! Do you want Xi Di dead or alive?"

Hua Shanfei's pupils shrank instantly, and he only felt an indescribable anger rising in his heart! In this Siqiao Town, he was almost a local emperor who could do whatever he wanted. When had he ever been threatened? But Hua Shanfei also knew that if Xi Di died here today, his father "Black Ghost Dong" would probably vent his anger on his head! So Hua Shanfei could only suppress his furious subordinates and said loudly:

"What do you want?"

Fang Senyan's chest was also filled with anger, and that crazy, flame-like look reappeared in his eyes, because he saw Uncle Da Si.

Uncle Da Si who was tied up!

Uncle Da Si's face was pale, and he was obviously unconscious. His hands were already bloody, his left hand had been cut off at the wrist, and only three fingers remained on his right hand! Next to him was a half-full bowl of bloody flesh, which contained the fingers of Uncle Da Si that had been cut off piece by piece!

"Hua, Shanfei!" Even though he was mentally prepared, Fang Senyan still had to take a deep breath and repeatedly told himself to calm down in his heart, but his face was twisted at this time, and his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, which already had a bit of violence in them. He raised his thick black eyebrows and sneered:

"You said what I want, Hua Shanfei, you want to kill all the people from Fuyuan, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

At this time, the door of the nearby shed also opened, and Gao Qiang and San Zai, who had been tricked away by Fang Senyan, were also pushed out. Both of them were beaten black and blue and were covered in injuries. After seeing Fang Senyan, they couldn't help but shouted out, with a cry in their voices:

"Brother Yan!"

Hua Shanfei looked at Fang Senyan with poisonous eyes. At this time, it was raining heavily, and the lights in the van were quite dim. He only thought that Xi Di had been knocked unconscious. He didn't expect Fang Senyan to dare to come to the meeting alone with a corpse. Hua Shanfei had been fighting for so many years and had been crawling and rolling in the bloody storm. He knew that Fang Senyan would definitely not let this matter go today, and his bottom line must be to ensure the safety of the people from Fuyuan. So he waved his hand decisively and asked his subordinates to gather the captured people from Fuyuan together, then put knives to their throats and surrounded them, so as to put pressure on Fang Senyan.

Faced with such a stalemate, Fang Senyan narrowed his eyes, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips. On the surface, he put the knife on the corpse's neck, but his right foot kept kicking Xi Di's corpse underneath. From a distance, it looked like he was coughing and panting violently. Then Fang Senyan shouted loudly:

"Hua Shanfei, Xi Di's right chest was stabbed by me. It looks like his lung was injured. Now he is out of breath. If you deliberately delay and kill him here, do you think Black Ghost Dong will give you a chance to explain?"

Hua Shanfei was expressionless, but the knuckles of his right hand holding the watermelon knife had turned white, which showed that the rage in his heart was definitely not weak, but his voice remained unchanged, and he still said coldly:

"Then stop fucking talking nonsense and state your conditions!"

Fang Senyan took a deep look at Uncle Da Si in the distance, as if he wanted to engrave his old and haggard face in his heart. Then he said decisively:

"You let them go, I'll stay, and I'll hand over the person as soon as they're safe."

Hua Shanfei laughed in anger:

"Do you think I'm a fool? As soon as they leave, you'll drive away! Who am I going to find?"

Fang Senyan said very simply:

"I can get out of the car, right?"

Hua Shanfei's face changed several times, but Fang Senyan deliberately kicked Xi Di at this time, causing his corpse to tremble violently. Then he slightly pressed the blade against Xi Di's neck, making him look like he was lying on the dashboard pretending to be unconscious. This series of actions undoubtedly increased the psychological pressure on Hua Shanfei, and he said viciously:

"Okay!"

Then he waved his hand at his subordinates and said:

"Let them get out of here!"

Hua Shanfei's subordinates cursed and made a circle, allowing the people from Fuyuan who had been captured to stagger out. Fang Senyan also covered his abdomen with his left hand, staggering out of the car, leaning against the front of the car panting, his lower body blocked by the car door. A cold light flashed in Hua Shanfei's eyes, and he winked at his subordinates who were carrying guns, but he saw Fang Senyan take out the snatched Type 54 pistol from his arms, aimed at Xi Di lying on the dashboard from more than two meters away. This action immediately made Hua Shanfei hesitate and dare not act rashly.

The people from Fuyuan who were released escaped from the disaster, supporting the semi-conscious Uncle Da Si and rushed towards Fang Senyan. Fang Senyan was in a hurry, because if they got close, they would probably find that Xi Di was already a cold corpse. In this way, it would be difficult to hide the truth in their expressions. Besides, although this van could fit seven or eight people from Fuyuan, its speed was slow. It was conceivable that there was more than one car in Siqiao Town. Undoubtedly, Hua Shanfei would chase after them. If they gathered together at this time, then they would almost certainly die!

"Don't come here! Get on the Fuyuan!" Fang Senyan shouted at the crew members more than twenty meters away. After hearing Fang Senyan's shout, the expression on Hua Shanfei's face suddenly stiffened! Just as Fang Senyan thought, if they ran by car, Hua Shanfei, who was also a local tyrant, was 100% sure of catching them back. But at this time, the aftermath of the typhoon was still there. If they got on the Fuyuan and went out to sea, it would be really troublesome to chase a fishing boat in this vast sea, braving the wind and heavy rain.

But the people from Fuyuan seemed to have been numbed by the previous experience, or were still immersed in fear, and were still moving towards this side sluggishly! Fang Senyan gritted his teeth and fired a shot into the sky! The crisp sound of the gunshot made them tremble, and Fang Senyan shouted again:

"Don't come here! Get on the Fuyuan!"

This time, they obviously heard Fang Senyan's words and hesitated, but at this time, San Zai shouted with a cry:

"I'm not going! Brother Yan, we'll die together!"

His shout immediately made the others understand and echoed him. Fang Senyan was so anxious that his eyes went dark for a while, and he couldn't wait to drag San Zai over and slap him a few times for his seemingly righteous but stupid behavior! If he hadn't been here to hold back Hua Shanfei, how could they have escaped? Besides, Xi Di, the most important bargaining chip, was actually a dead man? But Fang Senyan couldn't say anything more for a while. Hua Shanfei was also cunning. If Fang Senyan said anything extra, he might see through something!