The middle-aged man, after only a few seconds of hesitation today, took out his phone and dialed a number.
An impatient voice came from the other end.
"You useless piece of trash, why is it so troublesome for you to do something? Speak, what is it now?"
The middle-aged man took a few deep breaths and said through gritted teeth, "I want to hear my parents' voices. If I can hear Er Lao speak before I act, I won't be so lonely on the road to the underworld."
"As long as I hear my parents speak, I will immediately go after Ye Wantong. He has already entered the Chu Group."
"I'll be waiting in ambush in the parking lot. When he comes out, he will surely die."
"But I'm not willing to leave this world just like that. At least let me know that there are people in this world who miss me."
After he finished speaking, his pupils contracted violently with nervousness.
His eyes were filled with endless worry.
The voice on the other end sneered, "You sure have a lot of trivial matters."
"I'm not guarding your parents. If you want to hear their voices, you can call them directly now."
"But I suggest you'd better not make that call, or you might regret it."
With that, the other party hung up the phone directly.
Hearing these words, the middle-aged man's hands trembled violently.
Just as he was about to dial again, his phone rang.
Seeing his parents' phone number, he answered without hesitation and asked nervously, "Dad, how are you?"
However, the voice that came through was not his father's, but a嚣张 and manic utterance.
"I never thought that our famous 'God's Eye' Mr. Qian in the jewelry industry would end up like this."
"Your parents are in my hands. The boss just told me that you want to hear their voices."
"Then I'll let you listen well. Don't regret it."
Soon, screams echoed from the phone.
Mr. Qian's eyes widened in fury, "You beast, stop it! Don't torture my parents. They are already so old and can't withstand your torment. I'll do whatever you want. Please!"
His voice was choked with tears, and the suppressed anger made the blood vessels in his eyes burst, his eyes turning blood red.
However, the phone transmitted rampant laughter.
"Don't feed me that useless nonsense. If Ye Wantong doesn't die, your parents will die. I'll give you half an hour. If I don't hear about Ye Wantong's death, then be prepared to collect your parents' bodies!"
With that, the other party hung up the phone.
Mr. Qian was now penniless, and could even be said to be completely ruined.
With no one to turn to for help, he could only cast a pleading gaze at Lin Xiaotian.
This was his last sliver of hope.
Enduring the agonizing pain of his broken bones, he flipped over and knelt before Lin Xiaotian, then began to kowtow repeatedly.
All words were replaced by the dull thudding sound of his kowtows.
After only a dozen kowtows, blood appeared on Mr. Qian's forehead.
Lin Xiaotian revealed a brilliant smile, "You are indeed very sincere. Since you are begging me like this, I don't mind helping you."
"But I have a condition."
"I believe I can't get the names of the people behind this from you. Perhaps you don't even know them yourself, otherwise, you wouldn't be so helpless and desperate like this."
"But my condition is simple: after I save your parents, I will find those guys and deal with them all."
"At that time, you will become a subordinate employee under this girl."
"Once you join their company, all those rumors will be silenced. I don't want this girl to bear any infamy, as her reputation is indeed not good."
"In the business world, forcing someone to ruin their family is a very serious matter. It will be difficult to find good business partners in the future."
Mr. Qian nodded without hesitation, "No problem. If I promise you, then even if you ask me to work like a horse or be a beast for you for the rest of my life, I'm willing."
"As long as you can save my parents, I'll do anything."
"Besides, by eliminating them, you will also be avenging me and my wife and children."
Lin Xiaotian said with a half-smile, "When you pushed your wife and children down the stairs, were you in a daze?"
"Only after doing it did you realize you regretted it?"
Mr. Qian nodded subconsciously, his eyes filled with endless guilt.
He had even made up his mind that after completely clearing Ye Wantong's name, he would find a place to end his own life. There was no point in living anymore.
Lin Xiaotian chuckled, "This was a very simple hypnotic technique. When I hypnotized you earlier, I sensed that your mental state was not right."
"It's just that the person who hypnotized you was not skilled enough, and could only make you do something excessive once."
"After this, your mental state is on the verge of collapse."
"Even if they wanted to hypnotize you again, it wouldn't work, so they could only use your parents to force you."
Mr. Qian's eyes widened, the red blood vessels in his eyes becoming more intense, and a monstrous killing intent surged within him.
Lin Xiaotian said with a smile, "There are some things I don't need to explain to you, but since I'm telling you, it's because I hope you can assist Ye Wantong well in the future. You were known as 'God's Eye' Mr. Qian, and you were quite famous in the jewelry industry."
"The reason you went bankrupt was also due to persecution. I read about some of your experiences in a magazine before."
"I sympathize with you, but I don't entirely. You yourself made a foolish mistake at a critical moment."
After speaking, Lin Xiaotian walked out with his hands behind his back.
Ye Wantong looked back, her eyes filled with a complex emotion, "Mr. Qian, what was the real cause of this matter? I don't want to know, nor am I interested in understanding."
"But I hope you will work hard for me in the future."
"I won't hold any grudges against you for past events, and I don't just want you to clear my name from slander, but more importantly, I want you to help me develop the company together."
Hearing this, Mr. Qian nodded without hesitation. He struggled to stand up, enduring the pain of his broken bones, and said with utmost sincerity, "As long as Lin Xiaotian can help me save my parents, my life belongs to you."
They drove to Mr. Qian's parents' home.
It was more than ten minutes later.
Mr. Qian's eyes were filled with worry, afraid that his parents had been taken away and were not at home.
Lin Xiaotian smiled and looked at the dozen-story building, then turned and said, "Do you want to come up with me?"