Chapter 206 Die
The southern part of the city is mostly water, and has only one mountain, which is Hengshan.
In the early years, a wealthy foreign businessman invested heavily in building the Hengshan Xiaozhu villa complex halfway up Hengshan Mountain. Before the Nanzhu Pagoda was built, it was considered the most magnificent sight in the southern part of the city.
Later, the Fu family rose to prominence, and Fu Hongyuan bought Hengshan Xiaozhu and built the now iconic Nanzhu Pagoda. After Yuan Jing became Mrs. Fu, because of her ordinary background, no one talked about her openly, but she was criticized by many people behind her back.
Upon hearing this, Fu Hongyuan immediately gifted Yuan Jing the townhouse with the best view in Hengshan Xiaozhu, overlooking the entire southern city, and registered it under her name. This silenced the gossip, and no one dared to underestimate the new Mrs. Fu anymore.
Many of Fu Yuhua's memories from her teenage years are related to Hengshan Xiaozhu.
As the car drove onto that familiar winding mountain road, a flood of memories came rushing back.
Every summer vacation, Fu Yuhua, Fu Hongyuan, Yuan Jing, the poker-faced Fu Yushu, and the reluctant Fu Yuqi would all come here to escape the heat.
As the mountain breeze blows at night, Yuan Jing likes to place two deck chairs under the trees, one for her and one for Fu Hongyuan to enjoy the cool shade. Looking down, they see neon lights flashing and lights from thousands of homes, as well as the bustling traffic on the crisscrossing roads; looking up, they see a sky full of stars, with the moon and stars shining brightly, and the Milky Way stretching out in the distance.
The three siblings, Fu Yuhua and Fu Yushu, were a lively girl who loved to drag Fu Yushu around on the lawn, playing many childish games. Fu Yushu would often complain, but he would always give in to her every whim. If she accidentally fell, he would stubbornly apply ointment to her wound, even if it was just a minor scrape. If she got bitten by a mosquito, she couldn't help but scratch, and Fu Yushu would coldly tell her not to do it again next time, while giving her anti-itch cream. The next day, he would still play with her, but before she went wild, he would make her spray mosquito repellent...
Back then, Fu Yuqi wasn't like he is now. He always followed behind Fu Yushu, with a sour face, glaring at Fu Yuhua as if his favorite toy had been snatched away. But every time Fu Yushu took care of him, he would suddenly beam with joy, and when he looked at Fu Yuhua again, he would continue to glare at her, his face changing faster than a face-changing actor on stage.
But life is unpredictable, and looking back, everything has changed.
Fu Yuhua's thoughts didn't wander for long.
Because Fu Yuqi's phone rang.
After the call connected, he immediately turned on speakerphone.
Fu Yushu's voice then rang out from inside the car.
"Fu Yuqi, let her go."
"Release her?" Fu Yuqi suddenly burst into laughter. "Fu Yushu, have you forgotten that I have nothing to do with your Fu family anymore! You said that once I walk out that door, I will no longer be a member of the Fu family. If that's the case, what right do you have to tell me what to do?"
"Don't be reckless."
"Who's courting death is still uncertain! Fu Yushu, let me tell you, Fu Yuhua is in my hands now. If you really care about her, come to Hengshan Xiaozhu tonight before eight o'clock, alone, without any people or weapons."
“Okay, I agree, but I have one condition: you can’t touch her.” Fu Yushu agreed quickly without the slightest hesitation.
Fu Yuqi pulled the chain back a little, and Fu Yuhua coughed violently, desperately pulling the chain around her neck forward with both hands, just hoping to breathe a little more air.
"Did you hear her voice? Fu Yushu, my patience is limited. I only promise you that I won't touch her before eight o'clock, but after that time, or if I find out that you've brought people or things with you, then don't blame me for breaking my promise."
After saying this, Fu Yuqi hung up the phone immediately.
Hearing the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Fu Yushu put away his phone in the car. "Have our people wait at the mountainside viewing platform. I'll go up the rest of the way myself."
Diao Huai immediately became anxious, "Sir, this is too dangerous, it's not appropriate!"
"There's nothing inappropriate about it; I know what I'm doing."
Fu Yushu's voice remained calm, as if there were few things in the world that could cause him to have any emotional fluctuations.
Even now, an unknown danger awaits him.
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As dusk deepened, the late autumn night grew darker than the summer night, and the night wind became even colder.
Fu Yushu, dressed in a dark-colored long robe with a men's trench coat draped over his left arm, got out of the car and walked toward the agreed location.
No one has lived here for a long time, but because servants have been cleaning and gardeners have been maintaining it regularly, the lawn is still flat and there are no messy traces of overgrown weeds. However, the lights in the villa are only turned on sporadically, and the shadows of the trees sway with the dim light, making it look particularly cold and desolate.
Fu Yushu's shadow was stretched, shortened, and stretched again, sometimes blending into the night, sometimes reappearing, and soon he arrived at the agreed place.
This is the best vantage point for viewing the entire villa complex.
But at this moment, no one was in the mood to appreciate the scenery.
Fu Yuhua was bound with rope, her mouth covered with black duct tape. Fu Yuqi sat on the platform behind her, holding a dagger to her neck. There were four other people beside him.
Fu Yuhua didn't expect Fu Yushu to actually come.
She shook her head frantically at Fu Yushu, hoping he would understand her hint and stay away.
In the evening, Fu Yuqi was right next to her, making phone calls to summon a lot of people. In addition to the four bodyguards who were clearly present, there were more than a dozen people hiding in the shadows.
Fu Yushu was all alone, which was exactly what he wanted to do.
However, no matter how much Fu Yuhua reminded him, Fu Yushu ignored her and continued walking towards Fu Yuqi.
"stop!"
Fu Yuqi stopped Fu Yushu, then gave a wink to the people around him. Immediately, someone stepped forward and said, "Mr. Fu, I'm sorry, please raise your hands. We need to search you."
Fu Yushu showed no impatience and cooperated perfectly by raising his hands above his head, allowing these people to search him.
There was nothing else besides the phone.
"Throw his phone over here!" Fu Yuqi said.
Now, Fu Yushu truly had nothing left.
"What will it take to release her?" Fu Yushu looked past Fu Yuhua and at Fu Yuqi.
"Release her? Fu Yushu, you can't really be that naive, can you?! You believe everything I say? Aren't you the head of the Fu family? Aren't you the smartest person in Nancheng? How could you be so incredibly foolish!"
As he said this, Fu Yuqi gestured to the people around him, "Hold them down!"
Fu Yushu is quite skilled; he has to be on guard.
Two people immediately came up, grabbed Fu Yushu's arms from the left and right, and pushed him forward, even kicking Fu Yushu in the back of the knee.
Fu Yushu did not resist and was forced to bend over and kneel down with a thud.
Looking down at his brother, who had been bossing him around that afternoon, Fu Yuqi felt a surge of pleasure at his current disheveled state.
"Fu Yushu, you never thought this would happen, did you? You've come to this point!"
"I never think about things that are meaningless."
Fu Yushu knelt, but remained neither humble nor arrogant. When he looked up at Fu Yuqi, he did not feel as embarrassed as he had imagined.
That feeling of frustration, like punching cotton, came back again.
"Stubborn to the end? Very well, beat him up!"
Fu Yuqi's eyes were fierce. The people who were listening to him paused for a moment, and then they attacked Fu Yushu.
The fists and feet struck, each blow landing squarely, yet Fu Yushu endured them without uttering a sound. In the end, no one knew where he was injured, but blood seeped from the corner of his lip, and he collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
Fu Yuhua saw this and couldn't help but struggle. A cut appeared on her neck, and blood seeped out, staining the V-neck of her white sweater red, but she didn't care at all.
Previously unaware of the truth, her hatred for Fu Yushu grew and spread. But now that she knows what happened, the complex emotions buried by hatred are swept over her by the visual impact at this moment, causing her heart to ache silently.
How could someone so proud do such a thing for her...?
When Fu Yushu fell to the ground, Fu Yuqi finally called for a stop and told the bodyguards to step back.
“Fu Yushu, the way you look right now really makes you look like a dog.”
Fu Yuqi looked at her brother, who was curled up on the ground clutching his stomach, the dagger still pressed against Fu Yuhua's neck, her eyes filled with sorrow.
"It's laughable that I used to always look up to you, always wanting to become someone like you. Every compliment, every recognition from you, would make me happy for days. Every expectation, every request from you, I tried my best to fulfill. But no matter how hard I tried, you only ever saw that bitch Fu Yuhua. Before she was born, you were never like this..."
“Fu Yushu, you betrayed our brotherhood, I will not kill you. But Fu Yuhua, she stole my only brother, today, she must die! Brother, don’t blame me for being heartless, blame Fu Hongyuan for bringing her to the Fu family, blame her for being born into the wrong family.”
At this point, Fu Yuqi's expression hardened. She pulled the dagger back a little and then suddenly stabbed it towards Fu Yuhua's carotid artery!
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