"That incident is not actually my fault. You just need to let Lu Siyu touch the five-colored stone. She said she would touch it first. If she dies, you don't have to touch it."

Ling Zaitian explained.

Indeed, just as he said, Lin Han could choose not to touch the five-colored stone and let Lu Siyu die alone.

Once Lu Siyu died, everyone knew that the five-colored stone was poisonous, so there was no need for Lin Han to touch it.

In this matter, it can be said that Lin Han was meddling in other people's business.

"Besides, you were originally fighting on behalf of my Ling family, but you surrendered without authorization in order to save my enemy. I certainly cannot allow this. If it were someone else, they would not agree to this either!"

Ling Zaitian's words were well-reasoned and Lin Han listened with great interest.

It seemed that Lin Han was indeed in the wrong, but Lin Han had another idea.

"Is it possible that you expected me to save Lu Siyu? You have investigated me and know what kind of person I am. Even if it is a stranger, I will not stand by and watch him die.

So you know very well that I will touch the five-colored stone. And you have Old Zhong as a backup, so you are already invincible. So, on the one hand, you can let me die, and on the other hand, you can win. This is really killing two birds with one stone!"

"No, I didn't think that much. I just wanted Lu Siyu to die."

Ling Zaitian frowned and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The female assistant had already figured out that Ling Zaitian was lying.

"But how do you know that Lu Siyu must be the first person to touch the five-colored stone? Are you sure she will die before me? What's your basis?"

Lin Han asked curiously.

"Curiosity. Although she has seen many antiques, she has never seen something as legendary as the Five-Colored Stone. She will definitely be very excited. She asked to be the first to touch it. I spent a lot of energy and money to find this Five-Colored Stone."

Ling Zaitian explained again, and what he said made a lot of sense. On that day, Lu Siyu was indeed full of curiosity and excitement about this thing she had never seen before.

But there is a loophole in this lie!

"Then how can you be sure that I won't be excited and compete with her for the right to be the first to touch the treasure? Like her, I have never seen such a legendary thing. I would make the same request as her, wouldn't I?"

"..." Ling Zaitian remained silent and did not continue explaining, because he knew that no matter how he explained, it would be useless. Lin Han had already seen through it and determined that he was lying.

"If you really wanted to kill Lu Siyu, you would have informed me, but you didn't. It's possible that you just wanted to kill me, or it's possible that you don't care whether I live or die. I'm dead if I die."

Ling Zai Tian closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.

"If you don't explain, then it's true. So forget about cooperation. If I cooperate with you, I still have to be wary of you. It's very uncomfortable to feel like I have a thorn in my back."

“Huh~”

Ling Zai Tian took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Well, I was also wrong in this matter. Just state your conditions! No matter what the conditions are, I will agree to them. Money, women, or the title of treasure appraiser, I can give them to you."

"Wait a minute! Do you think I called you because I want to cooperate with you or because I want to be bribed by you? Didn't I just say that?

I called you just to give you an ultimatum. Either you cancel the engagement, or the Ling family will fall. "

Lin Han was speechless. He had said at the beginning that he did not come for money or women. He did not care about these things at all.

Although it would be nice if they did, there is no room for negotiation when it comes to matters of principle.

After hearing this, Ling Zaitian gritted his teeth and could no longer bear it. He suddenly shouted loudly:

"Then do you think I will agree? Now you have made my Ling family so miserable that I will lose a lot of money. Do you want me to pretend that nothing happened and let Lu Siyu go?"

Indeed, if he canceled the engagement now, what would he get? It was just the devastated Ling family, while the Lu family was unscathed.

As a result, the Ling family will definitely not be a match for the Lu family in the future, and will most likely be targeted and eventually fall into decline.

Lin Han took advantage of him and wanted to leave, how could he agree to that?

Moreover, he was not sure whether Lin Han really had the third step or was just trying to scare him.

If he just wanted to scare him, then he would obviously be at a greater loss if he let Lu Siyu go.

With the marriage contract in hand, he could still perish together with the Lu family.

That's why he tried to persuade Lin Han with kind words and bribe him, but if Lin Han refused to budge, then he would be helpless.

"Well, since you have made up your mind, let's end this conversation here! Get ready to watch your Ling family's farewell performance!"

Lin Han also understood what he was thinking. Since he disagreed, there was no need to discuss it further because he would not give in.

"Wait a minute, Lin Han, do you think you can scare me? I was raised to be scared, do you think I will believe that you have a third step plan?"

Ling Zaitian didn't give up and persisted with gritted teeth.

But Lin Han had already hung up the phone and didn't intend to listen to his nonsense. If he didn't agree, there was no need to continue the conversation.

"hateful!"

After Lin Han hung up the phone, Ling Zaitian finally exploded and slammed the phone on the table.

His facial features were distorted and his eyes were wide open with anger, which scared the female assistant beside him. It was the first time for her to see Ling Zaitian lose his composure like this.

"Mr. Ling, what should we do?"

After Ling Zaitian let out a breath and his anger subsided, the female assistant asked weakly.

"We will try to restore our reputation. For those who come with purchase records or invoices, we can only refund their money."

Ling Zaitian thought about it for a moment, then gritted his teeth unwillingly.

He knew very well that this would definitely cause his Ling family to suffer a great loss, but as Lu Siyu said, this kind of thing could be forgiven. As long as they returned the money in full and had a good attitude, others would not care too much.

The female assistant understood that Ling Zaitian was now overwhelmed and that he also needed his own space and time to do some personal things, so she nodded and left.

After seeing the assistant close the door, Ling Zaitian picked up the phone and dialed a number.

There was a murderous gleam in his eyes and his face was cold and gloomy.

"Help me do something!"

"Go ahead!"

“You do this…”

After telling the man what to do, Ling Zaitian hung up the phone, secretly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and cursed Lin Han:

"Lin Han, remember this, I will make you regret being my enemy, and no matter whether you have a third step plan or not, you can't use it!"