Free Web NovelChapter 599: Chapter 586: After the Hour of the Rat, the Bo Family Will Perish!
"You don’t recognize me?" Mr. Wang furrowed his brows in disbelief after a few seconds of stunned silence.
"No. Should I?" Qin Fan asked with an amused, playful smirk.
"Hmm, fair enough! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wang Anshi, and I am from Beijing!" Mr. Wang said, holding back a flicker of indignation.
Beijing? Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi—!
Only after hearing the name did it suddenly click for Qin Fan. After all, that name was a relic from a distant past, and that wasn’t even counting his five hundred years on the Cangqiong Continent. Even in his previous life, the man known as Old Wang had already retired by the time Qin Fan was in high school. Given the sheer gap in years, it was understandable that his memory would fail him for a moment.
"Ahem, Mr. Wang, my apologies! I thought it was a prank call and never expected it would be you. I’m sorry!" Although his words conveyed an apologetic tone, Qin Fan’s expression was completely unruffled, showing no sign of shock.
True, Old Wang’s status was enough to intimidate legions of people anywhere, but it did nothing to faze Qin Fan. On the Cangqiong Continent, monarchs and emperors had all vied for his favor. With that kind of life experience, it would be an overstatement to say he was shaken by a mere phone call from Wang Anshi.
Hearing the apology in Qin Fan’s dry cough, Mr. Wang finally allowed the simmering anger in his heart to cool. Even if Qin Fan’s power was heaven-defying, he was still a common citizen. If he were truly so provocative and mocking, it would imply that he didn’t consider Huaxia his home. In that case, Wang Anshi would have to seriously re-evaluate the threat he posed. Fortunately, those words of apology eased his tension.
Accepting Qin Fan’s apology, Mr. Wang nodded. "Alright, let’s cut to the chase. Young friend Qin, you should know why I’m calling, right?"
"The Bo Family?" Qin Fan raised an eyebrow and replied with a cold smirk, completely unsurprised.
"Yes!"
"After midnight, the Bo Family will be annihilated!" Qin Fan stated resolutely, his tone ironclad.
"The Bo Family is willing to pay any price! Just state your terms. As long as it’s within their power, they won’t refuse anything!" Old Wang said, shaking his head with a crestfallen sigh.
"I said, after midnight, the Bo Family will be annihilated! If you’re calling about the Bo Family, then that is my only answer. It is final and will not change!" Qin Fan’s voice turned slightly colder.
"Is there truly no room for negotiation? If this can be resolved peacefully, we will owe you a favor!" Mr. Wang said through gritted teeth. This concession was already beyond his bottom line. It was tantamount to handing Bo Xianmin’s get-out-of-death-free card over to Qin Fan.
However, regarding this metaphorical "get-out-of-death-free card," Qin Fan just gave a slow, dismissive smile. "Do you think I need it?"
His question left Wang Anshi speechless.
Need it? Does Qin Fan need it?
At this thought, Mr. Wang rubbed his temples bitterly and said in resignation, "Name your conditions. You can ask for anything, so long as this feud can be resolved peacefully!"
"I will say it one last time. After midnight, the Bo Family will be annihilated! Annihilated!" Suppressing his rising impatience, Qin Fan, a man who had always been decisive, enunciated each word with piercing force.
This was his bottom line. The one and only.
It could not be changed.
It would not be changed!
Without waiting for Wang Anshi’s reply, he continued, "Mr. Wang, I respect and admire you! You have your concerns, but I have my own principles! Since Bo Qiudong dared to cross my bottom line, he must pay the price for courting death! I don’t deny my own reckless actions, but think about it: of all those who have died by my hand these past days, which of them was an innocent soul?"
Hearing Qin Fan’s justification, which operated outside the established rules, Wang Anshi did not respond immediately. Instead, he let silence hang on the line for more than ten seconds as his thoughts raced.
Finally, he forced the words out through gritted teeth, "Every grievance has its source, and every debt has its debtor. Isn’t one Bo Qiudong enough?" ƒгeewёbnovel.com
"If it’s just Bo Qiudong, then that’s no price at all! When a son is not taught, it is the father’s failing. When the teaching is not strict, it is the mother’s wrongdoing! Bo Qiudong is the principal; they are the interest! The three members of the Bo Family will not escape their fated death!"
As he finished speaking, before Wang Anshi could reply, Qin Fan heard a sound from the bathroom.
Yinuo is coming out!
He spoke hurriedly into the phone, "That’s all. Goodbye!"
With that, he hung up. Qin Fan deftly slipped the phone back into his pocket, a smile forming on his lips as he turned around. Just then, Jiang Yino, wrapped in a bathrobe, walked out of the bathroom.
"Yino!" Qin Fan chuckled softly as their eyes met, and he began walking toward her.
"Mm," Jiang Yino responded, standing frozen with a nervous flush on her face. She seemed to have forgotten the terror she experienced in the old theater.
But Qin Fan knew she hadn’t forgotten. Instead, she had selectively buried it deep within her heart. If she can’t overcome this mental block and dispel this shadow, it could haunt her for the rest of her life as a recurring nightmare!
"Qin Fan, you should go take a shower too!" Seeing him draw closer, Jiang Yino panicked. She quickly averted her gaze and spoke in a trembling voice.
"Okay!"
He didn’t make a move on her, knowing that what she needed most right now was emotional space. So, instead of stopping as he had originally planned, he gave a smiling acknowledgment, brushed past her, and walked straight into the bathroom.
When the rustling sound of clothes being removed came from the not-so-soundproof bathroom, Jiang Yino’s body shivered. The flush on her face spread all the way to her ears.
"What’s happening to me? What’s going on! What’s going on!" she whispered softly.
The next moment, her face burning, she dashed to the luxurious king-sized bed. Lying down on her side, she pulled the soft velvet quilt completely over her head.
In the darkness under the covers, her breathing grew more and more rapid. Though she tried to force herself not to think about what happened in the old cinema, the images came flooding back, sweeping violently through her mind.
The flush on her cheeks faded, replaced by a stark pallor. Underneath the bathrobe, her body began to tremble uncontrollably once more, and tears of pure fear streamed from her eyes.
"Qin Fan, Qin Fan, Qin Fan, where are you?"
As if her psychological defenses had been completely breached by the onslaught of memories, Jiang Yino could no longer bear it.
Suddenly, she flung the covers off and let out a terrified scream.
Her slender frame shot upright into a sitting position on the bed. She curled into a ball, wrapping her arms around her bent knees, her violently shivering body a clear testament to the psychological trauma she was reliving.
