"Take your damn money and go to hell with it!" Da Xiong, enduring the pain from his body, tightened his grip on the man's neck.
The man felt like he was suffocating and quickly raised the price again: "Eight hundred thousand, I'll give you all my money! As long as you let me go."
"Do you think I'd let you go after catching you? Cao Qing!" Da Xiong directly called out the man's real name.
This assassin was the murderer of Da Xiong's wife and their unborn child!
This was why Da Xiong was so emotional upon seeing the man, even risking his life.
"Who are you?!" Cao Qing's expression stiffened, showing surprise.
As an assassin, he usually used nicknames or aliases. He hadn't heard someone call him by his real name in a long time.
"Who am I, don't you know? When you killed my wife, you never thought you'd fall into my hands."
"You, you're that woman's husband?!" Cao Qing finally came to his senses.
"That's right, go to hell!" With that, Da Xiong tightened his grip again.
Cao Qing's face instantly turned from red to purple, clearly unable to breathe. His limbs flailed with all his might, trying to push away Da Xiong's thick arms.
But how could his strength match an enraged Da Xiong? After a few moments, his movements weakened, his vision darkened, and he was clearly nearing his end.
"Da Xiong, stop. We still need to find the mastermind from him," Chen Fan's voice suddenly rang out.
Da Xiong froze. He truly wanted to end the murderer of his wife.
However, to find the real culprit, Da Xiong had to slowly loosen his arm.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
Released from the grip on his neck, the man coughed violently, as if trying to expel his own lungs.
After a long while, the man gradually recovered, collapsing onto the ground, gasping for breath. His vision also slowly cleared.
Chen Fan had already arrived beside the man, a silver needle appearing in his hand, which he directly inserted into the man's cervical spine.
Instantly, the man felt his entire body go numb, his limbs completely out of his control.
"You, what did you do to me?!" the man asked Chen Fan with fear in his eyes.
Chen Fan, however, ignored the man and went directly to Da Xiong's side.
He examined Da Xiong's injuries and found only external wounds, which brought him some relief. The only serious injury was to his abdomen, but it hadn't penetrated any internal organs, otherwise, Da Xiong would be in much greater danger.
"Mr. Chen, I'm fine," Da Xiong said, standing up from the ground despite the pain.
Chen Fan took out silver needles and inserted them into several acupoints on Da Xiong to stop the bleeding, then patted his shoulder.
Da Xiong managed a weak smile and, enduring the pain, painfully moved to Cao Qing's side: "Tell me, who hired you to kill my wife and child?"
Cao Qing knew he couldn't escape, and a cold sneer appeared on his lips: "We have rules in our line of work, a code of honor. If you want to know the employer's information from me, you might as well kill me."
"Rules? Honor? Killing a pregnant woman is your rule? Harming an unborn child is your honor?" Chen Fan felt disgusted by Cao Qing's sanctimonious words.
Cao Qing scoffed: "I'm an assassin, do you think it's funny talking to me about this?"
Then, with a resolute expression, he added: "Kill me, I won't tell you who my employer is."
"Kid, do you really think I wouldn't dare to act?!" Da Xiong roared, stepping on Cao Qing's face. He wished he could stomp Cao Qing's head into the ground.
A look of disdain flickered in Cao Qing's eyes, completely unfazed by Da Xiong's threat.
Chen Fan stopped Da Xiong and crouched in front of Cao Qing: "I have at least a hundred ways to make you talk, do you believe me?"
Cao Qing sneered: "Oh really? Do you think I'm a pushover? Trying to scare me? You still..."
Before Cao Qing could finish speaking, Chen Fan's silver needle had already pierced his Adam's apple.
"Aba, aba!" Cao Qing instantly lost his voice, his eyes widening in shock as he looked at Chen Fan.
"If you want to talk, blink your eyes. Otherwise, I won't stop," Chen Fan said, inserting another silver needle into Cao Qing's body.
"Aba, aba!"
For a moment, Cao Qing felt as if his body was being gnawed by thousands of ants, an unbearable itch.
Even as an assassin, tears welled up in his eyes.
He desperately wanted to tell Chen Fan to just kill him, but he couldn't utter a single word, not even a scream.
"It seems you're still not planning to talk." Chen Fan inserted a few more silver needles into acupoints that could amplify Cao Qing's sensory nerves by dozens of times.
In an instant, Cao Qing felt his soul ascend, his eyes wide open, almost passing out.
But Chen Fan wouldn't let him faint. With another series of insertions, he made Cao Qing's mind incredibly clear.
Finally, Cao Qing could no longer endure this inhumane torture and frantically blinked his eyes at Chen Fan.
Seeing this, Chen Fan then pulled out the silver needles from Cao Qing's body.
"I'll talk, I'll talk! I'll tell you everything! Please stop torturing me," Cao Qing's willpower had completely collapsed.
"Speak, who hired you to kill my wife and child?" Da Xiong asked coldly, suppressing his own pain.
"It was, it was Xiao, Xiao Ran." Cao Qing uttered a name.
"What? Xiao Ran?!" Chen Fan was taken aback. This was a completely unexpected outcome.
He had considered Liu Qianze, even Scarface, but never Xiao Ran.
Not to mention whether Xiao Ran had the capability. Although he was the son of the vice-dean, how could he have the money to hire an assassin?
Moreover, they had attended the same school. No matter how ruthless Xiao Ran was, he wouldn't have the guts to kill someone!
"What did you say? Xiao Ran?" Da Xiong was also somewhat surprised.
"Yes, it was him. I just called him. Although he used a temporary number, he would definitely answer if I called. You can call and listen to his voice to know," Cao Qing said.
Chen Fan was stunned. He knew that Cao Qing wouldn't dare to lie to them at this point.
"I should have realized it was him. Before we crippled him, he resisted and hit my wife with his car. I should have known it was him!"
"Xiao Ran, I will kill you!" Da Xiong clenched his fists and swore.
Chen Fan picked up the man's phone from the ground.
He opened the phone and glanced at the number inside, but Chen Fan did not dial it.
At this moment, a group of people rushed out of the bar and into the parking lot, led by Brother Hu.
"Mr. Chen, Brother Xiong!" Brother Hu exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Da Xiong covered in blood.
"Da Xiong, you decide whether to kill him or hand him over to the police," Chen Fan asked Da Xiong.
Looking at Brother Hu and his group rushing over, and then at Cao Qing on the ground, Da Xiong fell silent.
If he killed him, it would be difficult to deal with Xiao Ran. Even if he broke into the hospital to finish off Xiao Ran, he would be arrested and might even implicate his brothers.