Chapter 401 The Mastermind
"But what can we do?"
Looking at the four people kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, Zhong Nianyao raised an evil smile at the corner of her mouth, "Your behavior makes me very angry, so now I don't want anything but your lives."
As soon as these words were spoken, the blood drained from the faces of the four people kneeling on the ground, leaving them with a deathly pale expression.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, the bald man looked up and said, "Auntie, please let us go! Actually, kidnapping you was not our idea. We were just instigated by someone."
"That's right, that's not our idea." The scarred man beside him had long lost his previous ferocity. He looked like a stray dog. "We were just being used. Otherwise, we wouldn't know anything about your upper-class affairs!"
"Oh, really?" Zhong Nianyao tilted her head and smiled, "Then who is it?"
"It was that illegitimate son of the Li family," the bald man said hurriedly. "He was the one who instigated us to find a way to kidnap and kill you. Not only would we be able to extort a large sum of money from the Zhong family, but after the matter was settled, he would also give us another five million and find a way to send us abroad."
They were all gang members originally, and they had done a lot of murders, robberies, kidnappings and extortions. So one more crime wouldn't make a big difference, and one less crime wouldn't make a big difference either.
Moreover, the Zhong family was so wealthy, and the 200 million ransom, along with the 5 million reward offered by Li Jingming, was indeed very attractive. However, the most attractive thing was the possibility of leaving here and starting a new life abroad. They had long since grown tired of the life of fighting and killing on the road. However, given their status, leaving the country was difficult.
Li Jingming promised them that as long as Zhong Nianyao was dealt with, he would send them all abroad in the shortest possible time. Then they could take the money and live freely abroad.
After hearing the bald man's confession about Li Jingming, Zhong Nianyao's eyes flashed with deep thought, but her face remained silent. "Haha, when he asked you to deal with me, didn't he tell you about my abilities?"
"No, no, we really don't know anything," the man with dyed yellow hair who had been playing dead nearby quickly begged for mercy. "Auntie, if we knew you had such extraordinary abilities, even if we had a hundred times the courage, we wouldn't dare to set our sights on you!"
Not only him, the other three people were also extremely regretful at this moment. If they had known that Zhong Nianyao was not a human being, how could they dare to do such a thing! Now, let alone going abroad to start a new life, whether they can leave this warehouse alive is unknown.
They now seemed to hate Li Jingming, the culprit, to death. If Li Jingming stood in front of them at this moment, they would definitely be killed without hesitation.
"What a pity! You have already set your sights on me." Zhong Nianyao curled her lips and sneered, "You have provoked me, and I am very angry now!"
She thought of many people who might want to kill her, but she had never thought it would be Li Jingming. There was no major conflict of interest between her and Li Jingming.
However, at this point, she also believed that these desperate criminals in front of her did not have the courage to lie to her, so the mastermind behind the scenes must be Li Jingming.
She was curious about what Li Jingming's purpose was. Was it because of Chu Yixue?
No matter why Li Jingming did this, she had no intention of letting him go. Now that he wanted her life, if she didn't fight back, wouldn't it be too cowardly of her to fight him? However, Li Jingming's matter was in the future, and now she had to deal with these four people in front of her.
Zhong Nianyao glanced at the four people who were still kneeling on the ground, her eyes rolled around, as if she had thought of something, and the mischievous smile on her face became more and more obvious.
The four people kneeling on the ground did not feel relieved at all when they saw the smile on Zhong Nianyao's face. An ominous premonition surged from the bottom of their hearts, as if something very bad was about to happen.
Zhong Nianyao's next words also confirmed their guess.
"You've killed a lot of people, haven't you?" Zhong Nianyao looked at the four people kneeling there. Seeing that they were about to refute her, she continued to interrupt them, "There's no need for you to deny it. I can see it."
Suddenly, the four of them fell silent like quails, still kneeling there, trembling a little.
"Normally, after killing so many people, it's normal for there to be ghosts seeking revenge. But you've been safe and sound all this time. Do you know why?"
Without waiting for the four to answer, Zhong Nianyao continued, "The evil spirits on you are too strong, so those wronged souls have no way to get close to you. However, this does not mean that they are gone, they are always lingering around you!"
Listening to Zhong Nianyao's words, the four people didn't show any joy on their faces. Instead, they couldn't help but shudder. Thinking of the invisible and intangible ghosts surrounding them at any time, they couldn't help but feel a chill rising from the soles of their feet.
Zhong Nianyao blinked and said with a smile, "Why don't I show you guys?"
After saying that, without waiting for their consent, Zhong Nian Yao took out a piece of talisman paper and threw it at the four people.
The talisman paper spontaneously combusted in mid-air without any fire, and the talisman fire flew towards the four people.
The four of them nearly screamed when they saw this. Fortunately, the flames died out before they even reached them.
However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the situation before them made them scream.
Because around them, there were many eerie ghosts, some of which were even beheaded and limbless. The almost visible black aura of those ghosts and the constant screams made the empty warehouse seem even more eerie.
They have already recognized that many of these people are people they have harmed before.
Seeing the four grown men screaming like uneducated shrews, Zhong Nianyao couldn't help but frown and growled, "Shut up, everyone. Otherwise, I'll let these ghosts tear you apart."
As soon as they heard Zhong Nian Yao's words, the few people who were still screaming immediately shut their mouths and dared not make any sound, for fear that they would anger Zhong Nian Yao and die here and be eaten by these ghosts.
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