"You know me best. Of course, the plan has always been there." The masked man sneered. "If I hadn't wanted to keep Zhan Jingting alive to torture him slowly, he and his two sons would have been dead long ago. How could he be so arrogant then!"
"He thinks he's all set after escaping this time? He even thinks he can catch me? What a pipe dream! Don't worry, this time I'll make sure they die a horrible death and avenge our brothers!"
The men were all incredibly excited, shouting, "Boss is awesome!"
"It's late at night, don't attract too much attention," He Songling reminded them. "Keep your voices down."
“Songling is still cautious,” the masked man hooked his arm around his shoulder. “I’m not used to not having you by my side. Don’t leave me again. Let’s wait and see Zhan Jingting die together! When that happens, I will kill all his family members and swallow up the Dijing Group. We will be the uncrowned kings of the capital and even the whole of China!”
He Songling smiled and said, "Come inside. I have something I want to talk to you about in private."
"Okay, let's go!"
The two entered the room, and He Songling closed the door, asking, "Where's Cheng Zaozao?"
The masked man poured a glass of wine. "You've never asked about her before, why are you so concerned today?"
"I was just asking casually because I was afraid my subordinates might be naive and actually hurt her."
"Is that so?" The masked man handed him a wine glass. "Didn't you suggest sending her to be turned into a human pig for people to enjoy?"
He Songling took a sip of wine. "You really did that?"
"Otherwise what?" the masked man retorted. "Am I supposed to keep taking her with me on my journey? That would be a huge burden, and how am I supposed to get revenge on Qiao Wanwan if I keep her around? Turning her into a human pig now will surely cause Qiao Wanwan unbearable pain, and that's the result I want most."
He Songling's expression changed slightly. "After you turned her into a human pig, where did you send her? As far as I know, after Qiao Wanwan received the news, she searched all the nightclubs and bars, but couldn't find her."
The masked man chuckled coldly, "Of course I know Qiao Wanwan will go looking for him after receiving the message. Do you think I'd let her find him so easily? Naturally, I'll hide him first, make Qiao Wanwan anxious, and hopefully drive her crazy!"
He Songling: "..."
"Continue." The masked man's cold eyes looked at He Songling.
"Continue with what?"
"What else could it be? Keep asking around," the masked man said with a sneer. "Didn't you want to find Cheng Zaozao and take her back to Qiao Wanwan?"
He Songling: "..."
How did you know?
"What do you think?" The masked man's voice turned cold. "Since I dare to give you an important position, I must understand everything about you and keep a close eye on you."
"You're spying on me?" He Songling frowned. "You've never trusted me, have you?"
"No, I trust you completely and believe you can work wholeheartedly for me. But trust and surveillance are not contradictory. In other words, only by monitoring you can I better trust you." The masked man fiddled with the lighter in his hand and asked, "Let me ask you, if Cheng Zaozao were here with me today, would you have rescued her without hesitation and exchanged her for your girlfriend?"
He Songling closed his eyes briefly and calmly said, "You think I would betray you, don't you?"
"It's not that I feel that way, it's your actions that give me that feeling."
“Zhan Jingting’s men have been following me in secret. If I wanted to betray you, his men would have already surrounded this place.”
"Is that so?" The masked man sneered. "You really think I'd be completely unprepared? You think I'd be doomed if Zhan Jingting's men came here? Let me tell you, no one who dares to provoke us today will leave here alive!"
He Songling put down his wine glass. "Does that include me?"
"That depends on your performance," the masked man said arrogantly. "But at least you have some conscience and didn't lead anyone here. Otherwise, you wouldn't be leaving here alive today."
"Songling, I actually had expectations of you. I hoped that as soon as you came back, you would be honest with me and let me know that I was more important to you than that woman. But you didn't, and that really disappointed me..."
He Songling took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and quietly smoked it while listening to him continue.
“However, I’m not a heartless person. I’m willing to give you a chance. As long as you promise me that from now on you will no longer care about that woman’s life or death and will follow me wholeheartedly, I can forgive and forget and pretend that nothing happened.” The masked man looked at him. “I’ve finished speaking. Now the choice is yours.”
He Songling took a deep drag on his cigarette and said, "You may have forgotten that when you came to me, you asked me for a favor. I'm different from these people outside. I didn't take any payment from you. We did this together because we had a common goal."
“You initiated this matter, and your organizational skills are better than mine, so I assume that I will follow your arrangements in everything, but that doesn’t mean I will obey you for the rest of my life.”
“I never told you I had a girlfriend because I hoped that after we dealt with Zhan Jingting, we could each go back to our original lives and walk our own paths. I don’t think I want to live in the shadows for the rest of my life.”
“Now, Zhan Jingting has discovered my girlfriend’s existence and is using her to threaten me. I have to find a way to save her, but I never intended to betray you. I have been trying to find a way that satisfies both parties, so that I can save her without hurting you.”
"On the way here, I've been thinking and I've found the only way is to exchange Cheng Zaozao for her. I know this is a loss for you, so I wanted to come and discuss it with you. I hope that in consideration of how hard I've worked to help you deal with Zhan Jingting, you'll hand Cheng Zaozao over to me. From now on, we'll be even, and neither of us will owe the other anything."
"Do you think this is a hotel where you can come and go as you please?" The masked man was clearly angry. "Besides, you didn't tell me the truth as soon as you came back. How am I supposed to know if you were making this up after I've already told you?"
After taking the last drag of his cigarette, He Songling threw the butt on the ground and stomped it out. He smiled faintly and said, "If I had known it would turn out like this, I really should have borrowed a lie detector from Qiao Wanwan to prove my innocence."
"Don't mention Qiao Wanwan to me!" the masked man roared. "You keep talking about Qiao Wanwan, are you planning to defect? Let me tell you, He Songling, I don't tolerate traitors here. Anyone who dares to betray me will never have a peaceful life. Even if a traitor escapes for a while, he won't escape forever."
"Because even if I have to chase him to the ends of the earth, I will definitely kill him... Now I'll ask you one more time, are you willing to give up that woman and stay by my side?"
“I am unwilling.” He Songling refused with neither humility nor arrogance. “I have already said that I help you out of friendship, not to risk my life for you. I have my own life and people I need to protect. I will not give up these and live in the shadows with you for the rest of my life.”
"Fine, that's perfect! You really wanted to betray me!" The masked man laughed instead of getting angry. "Very well, I'll say it again: I won't tolerate betrayal! Since it was your own choice, you'll bear the consequences! Guards!"
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