Free Web NovelChapter 605: Chapter 587: Then, let me be your woman!_6
In the Presidential Suite, Jiang Yino’s pretty face flushed as Qin Fan carried her inside in his arms, her eyes still closed.
A single man and a single woman, alone in a hotel room... It was something she had never even dared to imagine before. But now, she was the one who had suggested it. As for why she had made such a crazy decision, she herself didn’t know. Perhaps it was some inexplicable whim or a sudden impulse, but she had no time to think about it now. Her mind was in a blank, chaotic state.
Her heart, like a frantic deer, pounded wildly, and even the delicate body clinging to Qin Fan trembled slightly.
"Yinuo!" Qin Fan called out affectionately, stopping in the suite’s luxurious living room.
"Mm! I’ll go take a shower first!" Jiang Yino replied, opening her eyes. Her face was burning hot as she slipped out of Qin Fan’s embrace, not daring to look at him as she hurried into the bathroom.
Watching her figure disappear into the bathroom, Qin Fan felt his throat go inexplicably dry.
He was a man. A man in his prime. In this situation—a lone man and woman in a hotel suite—it would be bullshit to say he didn’t have any ideas. But this was also because of Jiang Yino’s invitation. Otherwise, if she had been asleep, he really might not have harbored such wicked thoughts.
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
Wicked thoughts ran rampant in his mind. When the sound of water spraying from the showerhead reached him from the bathroom, Qin Fan shuddered. His breathing grew ragged as his heart pounded. Despite having been with countless women during his centuries on the Cangqiong Continent, at this moment, he couldn’t avoid the fluttery excitement of a novice.
Letting out a deep breath, Qin Fan turned away from the bathroom and walked toward the suite’s balcony.
Standing high on the twentieth-something floor, he faced the cold wind and gazed toward the great compound that symbolized the pinnacle of power in Jinling. A cold look instantly settled on his face.
Just then, his phone began to vibrate violently in his pocket.
BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!
Without much thought, Qin Fan slowly took it out. Seeing the name ’Hua Xiaotian’ on the screen, he swiped to answer and said bluntly, "Speak!"
"Master Qin, is there any room for maneuver?" Hua Xiaotian asked in a low, tense voice, not beating around the bush.
"Are you calling to plead for the Bo Family?" Qin Fan sneered.
"Master Qin, I know I have no right to plead! But the current stability in Jinling was hard-won, and the Bo Family’s ancestors made many great contributions. For these reasons, I truly hope you can be magnanimous!" Hua Xiaotian said, his voice lacking confidence.
He knew Qin Fan’s character well. In all of Qin Fan’s past deeds, he had never seen a shred of mercy. Therefore, pleading for the Bo Family under these circumstances was terrifying; he was afraid of infuriating Qin Fan. But he had no choice. As the Director of the Guardian Institute, he could have feigned ignorance, but once Qin Fan announced his intentions to the world, he could no longer sit idly by.
"Hua Xiaotian, is this the first day you’ve known me?" Qin Fan’s sneer turned playful as he asked mockingly.
"Master Qin!" Hua Xiaotian ground out through gritted teeth.
"Give me one reason to be magnanimous. Don’t give me any crap about the ’bigger picture.’ Just one reason, from my perspective!" Qin Fan demanded.
On the other end of the line, Hua Xiaotian opened his mouth to speak, but ultimately, he was speechless.
From Qin Fan’s perspective, there simply was no reason!
Silence stretched over the line, and Qin Fan let it.
Thirty seconds passed. Then a minute. Then two.
Hua Xiaotian still couldn’t find a single reason that would make Qin Fan relent.
"None, huh? That proves you aren’t completely stupid, Hua Xiaotian! Tell the Bo Family to get their necks ready. After midnight, I, Qin Fan, will not leave a single one alive! If your Guardian Institute wants to protect them, fine. Do as you please! But I won’t be showing you any courtesies. Anyone who stands in my way will die!" Qin Fan spat out the arrogant words with a sneer before ending the call.
「On a high-rise rooftop somewhere in Jinling.」
Hua Xiaotian’s hand, still holding his phone, dropped dejectedly to his side. His face was shrouded in gloom as he shook his head helplessly.
"Director Hua, what did he say?" one of Hua Xiaotian’s trusted subordinates asked nervously from half a meter behind him.
"He said, ’Anyone who stands in my way will die!’" Hua Xiaotian said with a self-deprecating shake of his head. He turned to face his subordinate, who wore a look of horror, and added, "Relay my orders! Everyone in the Guardian Institute is to withdraw from Jinling immediately! Since we can’t change it, we’ll run from it! At least we can have the hollow comfort of self-deception!"
As he spoke, his sorrowful face was filled with bitterness. He recalled what his master, Qi Lian the Demi Immortal, had once told him: the current Guardian Institute was nothing but a pile of dogshit. Only now did he truly understand the depth of those words.
Without lingering any longer, Hua Xiaotian turned and walked away.
He had been a witness when the Du Family was slaughtered and the Qiao Family was exterminated. As the Director of the Guardian Institute, he could only watch helplessly as Qin Fan exacted his vengeance. And now, with the Bo Family facing their impending nightmare, he was still just as powerless to change anything. This directorship... I’m so incompetent, such a failure! freewebnøvel.com
With a silent, self-mocking sigh, he paid no more attention to the trusted subordinate behind him. In the blink of an eye, Hua Xiaotian’s figure vanished from the rooftop.
「On the balcony of the Presidential Suite.」
