"Hehe, really?" Gu Manyun laughed, then said coldly, "I don't believe there are such kind-hearted people in this world. If you and Huang San have no conflict of interest, I don't believe you would help her."
"Before coming to the police station to find out what happened, I really didn't know who Huang San was, and I really wanted to help her," Ye Xingchen said seriously. "But after coming here, I know who is behind him, so it seems that I can't just stay out of this matter."
"The Huang family's backers are the Liang family. You can't be unaware of the Liang family of Jinling, can you?" Gu Manyun said coldly.
"If you make a move against Huang Shih-hao, you're bound to run into the Liang family. Aren't you afraid?" Ye Xingchen retorted.
"Hehe... What am I afraid of?" Gu Manyun laughed: "Qingyue is my niece, I am her family. Now that she has been violated and humiliated to death by Huang Shihao, it is not too much for me to fight Huang San to the death. Moreover, I am prepared to fight to the death."
"But you're different. You're an outsider. Even if you want to help Qingwan, you wouldn't risk your life for it. So what are you after?"
"What do you think I'm after?" Ye Xingchen retorted.
“You have a conflict of interest with the Liang family or Huang San, and the conflict is very serious,” Gu Manyun said. “It has reached the point of no return.”
"You're right, it's a fight to the death," Ye Xingchen smiled. "But I won't give up until they're dead."
"You're very confident." Gu Manyun glanced at Ye Xingchen with surprise. She didn't particularly like confident men; she thought they were too pretentious.
"Isn't confidence a good thing?" Ye Xingchen said leisurely. "We can cooperate."
"What do you have to offer?" Gu Manyun sneered. "My Fengwu Chamber of Commerce is one of the three major underground forces in Jinling. Do you have enough leverage to cooperate with me?"
"One of the three major underground forces in Jinling?" Ye Xingchen's eyes lit up, and he nodded, saying, "That's enough, more than enough."
"What is enough?" Gu Manyun asked, puzzled.
“You are qualified to cooperate with me.” Ye Xingchen nodded repeatedly.
"..." Gu Manyun stared at Ye Xingchen. To be honest, if she weren't concerned about her image, she would have slapped Ye Xingchen's fairly handsome face right now.
How could someone be so shameless? This is truly the kind of shamelessness she has ever shown in her life.
Although her status and position were not the strongest among the three major forces, she was at least a prominent figure in the underworld of Jinling.
Ye Xingchen actually said she was qualified to cooperate with him? Who is he?
"What right do you have to say such things? What advantages do you have against the Huang family, or even the behemoth Liang family behind them? What do you have to fight them with?" Gu Manyun said through gritted teeth.
"I once single-handedly slaughtered an entire city. Doesn't that count as capital?" Ye Xingchen said leisurely. "I have the blood of 30,000 lives on my hands. Doesn't that count as capital?"
In an instant, Ye Xingchen's murderous aura suddenly erupted, and the enormous aura even formed a small black vortex in front of him.
The vortex contained countless faces, and cries of agony and pain emanated from it. In an instant, the temperature within a hundred feet radius plummeted, transforming the area into a living hell.
Gu Manyun looked horrified. She staggered back two steps, and then looked at Ye Xingchen with a completely different expression.
That's a look of utter disbelief.
She once visited a 120-year-old executioner, the kind used in the Qing Dynasty palace, who had beheaded 108 people in his lifetime.
The fierce and menacing aura emanating from him inspired fear in those who looked upon him.
The fact that he has taken hundreds of lives is already horrifying.
But Ye Xingchen's murderous aura directly encompassed a radius of a hundred feet around him? How many lives did he have on his hands?
She immediately put away her underestimation of Ye Xingchen and began to seriously examine him.
"What's your name?" Gu Manyun asked.
"Ye Xingchen," Ye Xingchen said calmly.
"Out-of-towner?" Gu Manyun asked.
“Yes, I’m from out of town,” Ye Xingchen said. “I don’t know anyone in Jinling, and I have no connections there.”
"What grudge do you have against the Liang family?" Gu Manyun asked again.
"It's not really a grudge, it's a bit complicated," Ye Xingchen said. "I need to know a secret, a secret that the Liang family doesn't know, but the people behind them do."
“But they certainly won’t tell me unless I slaughter them all… The Liang family is a force they’ve built up in the secular world, so… the Liang family must be destroyed first.”
“Okay, I believe you.” Gu Manyun nodded and extended her hand: “Gu Manyun.”
"Ye Xingchen." The two shook hands, and it was as if they had gotten to know each other again.
However, Ye Xingchen held onto Gu Manyun's hand tightly, and his fingertips traced into Gu Manyun's palm, giving it a gentle squeeze.
“You…” Gu Manyun raised her head, her almond-shaped eyes filled with murderous intent, already showing a hint of anger.
"Strange, very strange," Ye Xingchen murmured. "The number nine and seven of the Life Palace are unknown. This is a destiny chart indicating the White Tiger entering the evil influence. Why is there a change in the Life Palace at this time? This is the sign of meeting a good match and a noble person. Congratulations, congratulations."
"What do you mean?" Gu Manyun was already getting angry.
“You’re a jinx to your husbands…” Ye Xingchen looked at Gu Manyun, glanced at her slender waist, and then followed her waist down. This woman was a white tiger.
Gu Manyun felt a chill run down her spine. She was known as the Black Widow of Hexi, and was said to have a tough fate. A fortune teller once said that she was a jinx to her husbands.
So on her wedding night, her husband, who was twenty years her senior, died. Her husband was a famous financial tycoon, and the incident caused quite a stir at the time.
Although she inherited a huge fortune from her ex-husband, and although she has a breathtakingly beautiful face and a devilish figure, everyone keeps their distance from her.
Ye Xingchen has now directly revealed her deepest pain to her face, which has both shocked and angered her.
"However, it seems that fate has changed now." Ye Xingchen slowly shook his head.
"Really? Then tell me, what variables?" Gu Manyun composed herself and tried to calm her emotions.
"You will meet a benefactor in your life and choose a good spouse." Ye Xingchen said, "This benefactor is your good spouse."
"Hehe, then tell me, who is the benefactor?" Gu Manyun laughed, she didn't believe Ye Xingchen's nonsense.
"It's so close yet so far," Ye Xingchen said earnestly.
"You?" Gu Manyun's eyes widened suddenly, looking as if she had seen a ghost.
"Yes, it's me." Ye Xingchen nodded seriously, his earnest demeanor leaving no room for doubt that he was telling the truth.
"Little brother, if it weren't for the fact that you helped Qingwan, you'd be dead tonight." Gu Manyun glared fiercely at Ye Xingchen, then turned and left.
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