Chen Xiao opened the safe. Inside were over a dozen gold bars, stacks of cash, and more than ten property deeds.
Chen Xiao gathered the property deeds and handed them to Li Ziqing. "See which one is ours."
Li Ziqing flipped through them, her face lighting up with joy. She held one up. "Found it!"
"Excellent. Now, we need to ask him why he captured you."
Chen Xiao beckoned to Jin Qianbao. "Come here!"
Jin Qianbao obediently walked over. Before Chen Xiao could speak, he dropped to his knees with a thud.
"Sir, Madam... spare my life..."
Chen Xiao smiled. This man truly knew how to read the room.
"Can you tell me now why you captured me?"
Li Ziqing's tone was almost unchanged, but the situation had undergone a seismic shift.
"Madam, I'll give you anything you want. Please don't force me. I can't say. If I do, I'll lose my life."
Jin Qianbao sobbed.
"Anything I want? Then I'll take your life."
"..."
"Are you going to talk or not!"
"I can't, I really can't..."
Jin Qianbao was stubborn. It was clear that the person directing him was also a formidable figure.
Jin Qianbao's fear of that person was no less than his fear of Chen Xiao.
"Since you're afraid of death, I'll make you wish you were dead today. Let's see if you'll talk!"
Saying this, Chen Xiao touched a few points on Jin Qianbao's body.
Jin Qianbao cried out in agony. He thought Chen Xiao's touches would leave bloody holes on him.
However, the reality was that Chen Xiao's touches were completely painless.
He looked at Chen Xiao, confused, not knowing what Chen Xiao was doing.
"Wife, I've pressed a few of his vital pressure points. His pain receptors are now amplified a hundredfold. You can handle the rest."
With that, Chen Xiao sat aside and leisurely drank his tea.
Li Ziqing smiled sweetly. "Pain amplified a hundredfold? Then I must try it!"
*Slap—*
Li Ziqing delivered a light slap. Jin Qianbao felt as if he had been hit by a truck. His head buzzed, and he felt like his brain had been knocked out.
"Heh, interesting..."
Seeing Jin Qianbao's reaction, Li Ziqing seemed to have found a new toy. She proceeded to pummel and kick Jin Qianbao.
Jin Qianbao cried out in pain, tears and snot streaming down his face.
Having been in the underworld for so many years, he had been beaten before, even stabbed and shot.
But he had never experienced torment as brutal as this.
Li Zijian, watching from the side, trembled all over, his heart constricting as if it were being squeezed.
"Stop, stop! I yield, I'll talk, I'll tell you everything!"
Jin Qianbao finally couldn't withstand the torment of pain and surrendered with his hands up. "This was ordered by Boss Tang. He only told me to find a way to capture you and hand you over to him. I know nothing else..."
"Boss Tang?"
Li Ziqing frowned, searching her memory for the name. The conclusion was that she had no recollection of him.
She asked, "Who is Boss Tang?"
"Boss Tang's name is Tang Fei."
As if to gain some favor with Li Ziqing, Li Zijian quickly answered, "He's a rising star in the Imperial City in the last two years. He unified the city's underworld and is the undisputed Dark King."
Dark King?!
Hearing this title, Chen Xiao almost spat out the hot tea he had just taken into his mouth.
This was too chuunibyo. The last time he heard such a name was in an anime.
"Where is Tang Fei? Where can I find him?"
Li Ziqing asked Jin Qianbao.
She would not let go of this man who had designs on her so easily.
"I don't know."
Jin Qianbao shook his head. "Boss Tang is different from those traditional big shots. He's very mysterious and has no fixed abode. He doesn't handle many things personally; he's more of a behind-the-scenes manipulator."
"Although I work for him, I've never met him. He always contacts me unilaterally."
"Also, I advise you to leave the Imperial City as soon as possible. Boss Tang may have absolute power in the Imperial City, but his influence is limited to the Imperial City. As long as you return to Jiangcheng, he can't do much to you."
"If you insist on seeking trouble with him, believe me, you will regret it."
Jin Qianbao advised sincerely.
"Are you finished speaking? Do you have anything else to say? For example, last words..."
Li Ziqing said nonchalantly.
"Ah? I've said everything I know. You're still not going to let me go... What do I have to do for you to let me go..."
Jin Qianbao said in despair.
"I gave you thirty seconds earlier. That was your last chance, but you didn't cherish it, so..."
Li Ziqing's meaning was self-evident.
However, Jin Qianbao's anger surged, and malice arose. Seeing that Chen Xiao was some distance away, he suddenly sprang up and lunged at Li Ziqing.
This was his last chance. If he could hold Li Ziqing hostage, he might still have a glimmer of hope...
"Huh? I clearly stood up, why is my vision constantly falling!"
This was Jin Qianbao's last thought. Then, with a *clang*, he completely lost consciousness.
The *clang* was the sound of Jin Qianbao's head hitting the ground.
Until his death, Jin Qianbao never knew what had happened.
But Li Zijian saw it clearly. He watched Jin Qianbao stand up and attempt to harm Li Ziqing.
Then, almost simultaneously, a streak of green energy severed his neck, and his head rolled to the ground.
And all of this was clearly done by Chen Xiao, who was sitting aside drinking tea.
Originally, Li Zijian only thought Chen Xiao was a good fighter.
Now, his perception of Chen Xiao had changed again.
This was an immortal, an immortal who could kill without a trace.
Li Zijian found it difficult to breathe. He felt as if his neck were being choked.
An invisible pressure squeezed his internal organs, making him want to vomit.
"Sister, I was wrong, I know I was wrong. Please, don't kill me..."
"Don't kill me, give me another chance, I don't want to die!"
"For my uncle's sake, spare me this once."
Li Zijian begged, tears streaming down his face.
He suddenly realized that although they shared the same surname, Li Ziqing's Li was clearly not the same Li as his.
Li Ziqing looked indifferently at this useless relative. Her heart was as calm as still water.
"Stand up, wipe your tears. I'm going back to the ancestral home!"