The night was as dark as ink. Qin Zheng's heartbeat felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand. He could neither breathe nor struggle, and he clenched the telephone receiver tightly to his ear.
"Qin Zheng, your woman is in my hands now."
On the phone, Ning Jingqiu's voice was low and aged, each word sounding like it was being squeezed out from between his teeth: "If you want her to be safe and sound, exchange all the projects you have for her."
Qin Zheng closed his eyes tightly.
Then, in a calm and composed voice, he said, "Uncle Ning, this is not what you call morality."
"Morality?"
Ning Jinqiu laughed heartily.
“I told you long ago, letting me go is like releasing a tiger back into the mountains. What is morality anyway? Besides, I released your son and daughter. Isn’t that enough to show morality? In the business world, there’s deceit and treachery, and battles are fought without bloodshed. Morality is judged by money. Whoever has the ability is the most moral person!”
Qin Zheng: "Don't be impulsive. I can give you money, as much as you want."
"money?"
Ning Jingqiu sneered: "I, Ning Jingqiu, have never lacked money. What I want is power!"
"Qin Zheng, I want all the projects you have, or you'll never see your woman again."
Bang! A loud noise came from the phone.
Qin Zheng's brow furrowed. "Don't touch her."
"ha……"
He was met with Ning Jingqiu's cold laugh.
Ning Jingqiu's tone was nonchalant, like a cat playing with a mouse, condescendingly saying, "Don't worry, I'm a very moral person and I wouldn't hit a woman. Besides, I only want the project you have, I'm not interested in your woman. You're a smart person, you should understand what I mean, right?"
Qin Zheng's voice trembled slightly, "Ning Jinqiu..."
*Smack*
Ning Jingqiu hung up the phone.
Ye Yun was roughly abducted by Ning Jingqiu like a chick and put into a black car parked by the roadside.
The atmosphere inside the car was oppressive and suffocating. Ning Jingqiu's eyes were as sinister and ruthless as an old snake, and his fingers tapped lightly on the steering wheel, as if tapping on Ye Yun's fragile nerves.
"Mrs. Qin, tell me, are you more important, or is that project he's working on more important?"
Ye Yun snorted coldly.
She was too lazy to answer.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Qiangzi holding her hostage. She narrowed her eyes, her gaze filled with deep disgust: "Uncle Ning, you've been a pawn planted among us for quite some time now."
Ning Jingqiu also snorted coldly, "You don't really think Qiangzi is a person who's all brawn and no brains, do you?"
Ye Yun said, "I misjudged you."
Ning Jingqiu also said, "You and Qin Zheng are good in every way, except that you are soft-hearted. Take my advice: the business world is like a battlefield, and the biggest enemy is a soft heart. If you are soft-hearted, you will die!"
Ye Yun: "..."
The black car sped through the night and arrived at a dock. Ning Jingqiu got out of the car, and Qiangzi also dragged Ye Yun out of the car and threw her onto a giant ship.
"Mrs. Qin, guess where I'm taking you?"
Ning Jingqiu stood on the deck, smoking and holding onto the railing, his black trench coat rustling in the sea breeze.
Ye Yun looked away in disgust.
Ning Jingqiu grabbed her chin, forcing her to look directly at his face, and said while exhaling smoke, "I'm going to take you to the high seas. You know, on the high seas, murder is not illegal."
Ye Yun's brow twitched.
"If you really kill me, Qin Zheng will not let you go."
“I believe Qin Zheng will come to save you,” Ning Jingqiu said immediately, his smile arrogant. “Do you think I’ll give him the chance to avenge you then?”
Ye Yun was furious. "You're despicable!"
"I didn't touch your daughter and son. You and Qin Zheng are both adults. In this adult game, you lost. What despicable thing is there for me to do?"
Ning Jingqiu laughed again after he finished speaking.
The cold wind blew the hair on his forehead, and the cigarette in his hand flickered, like half of his face melting into the darkness.
The large ship slowly set sail.
Time seemed to slow down dramatically at that moment, each second feeling like torture.
Ning Jingqiu dialed Qin Zheng's number again.
"Qin Zheng, I'm waiting for you here." Ning Jingqiu's voice echoed in the night sky, carrying a hint of provocation and arrogance.
Ye Yun coldly observed everything before her.
Standing in the damp, cold sea breeze, she gazed at the city receding further and further into the distance, her thin figure gradually blending into the darkness...
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