"If you can do it, why can't I?" Gong Changfan looked at Gong Changming sarcastically. "Or do you really think of me as so naive?"
Gong Changfan made a sinister move.
Gong Changming stared intently at him, but in the end, he looked at him as if he could see right through him, and said, "You can't do it. You are the head of the family."
"Is that so? What if I don't become the head of the family?" Gong Changfan revealed his trump card. "Expelling you from the Gong family would make my position as head of the family precarious, but I still decide to continue. Why do you say that?"
Before Gong Changming could reply, he revealed the answer himself, "Of course it's to clear the road for Chengjue. And since I'm clearing the road anyway, why don't I make sure it's spotless?"
"As for whether your hands are clean..." Gong Changfan shrugged. "Times have changed, haven't they?"
A murderous glint appeared in his eyes. "I think it shouldn't be too difficult for me, as the head of the Gong family, to add another nameless corpse to this world."
Gong Changming pursed his lips.
Whether Gong Changfan was trying to scare him or negotiate, this "what's the use" attitude was indeed ruthless.
"Also, Su Ziqing is very important to Chengjue, but do you think she's important to me?" Gong Changfan leaned forward slightly and whispered to Gong Changming, "Do you believe I can kill her and then frame you for it?"
Gong Changming narrowed his eyes.
"Do you want to test how much power the head of the Gong family wields?" Gong Changfan sneered.
A weakness is something that can only pose a threat when it is a weakness.
When it is nothing, it is just a symbol.
For Gong Changfan, Su Ziqing was indeed just a symbol.
Gong Changfan had already said this much, so he stood up, patted Gong Changming on the shoulder, and said, "I'll give you time to think it over. Don't say I'm being ruthless as your younger brother. I'll give you time until tomorrow."
Gong Changming was left alone in the room, and the surveillance cameras in the dark showed that he was unaffected.
Gong Changfan left the room and entered another room. The surveillance footage he saw looked just like that, and his expression became extremely serious.
What he just said to Gong Changming was not just a bluff.
Rather, it is a decision he will make after careful consideration, if things reach that point.
However, as long as things aren't too bad, he hopes to rescue Su Ziqing safely.
It's true that Su Ziqing has suffered an undeserved misfortune. How many times has this happened already?
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Su Ziqing didn't know how she fell asleep; it certainly wasn't because she was tired. When she woke up, she was no longer in that room, but...
On the ship?
It was a very shaky boat, and the hull was rocking so much that it made her feel dizzy.
But her eyes were bound, so she couldn't see her surroundings; all she could smell was a fishy odor.
How much time has passed? Where is she now?
Suddenly, footsteps sounded. Upon hearing them, Su Ziqing immediately closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.
"Wake her up." It was the woman's voice.
Su Ziqing didn't want to suffer for no reason, so upon hearing the woman's words, she obediently acted as if she had just woken up.
With her eyes bound, she couldn't communicate through eye contact, so she moved her feet first, then her hands, making a struggling motion.
Finally, he stared blankly in the woman's direction, asking, "Who are you? What do you want?"
The woman took out her phone, turned on the video recording function, and then said to the woman next to her, "Take off her blindfold and take off her clothes."
Su Ziqing was tied up, her movements were restricted, her hands were tied behind her back to the chair, and her feet were tied to the chair legs.
Upon hearing the words "take off her clothes," Su Ziqing's eyes showed panic. "What are you doing..." Before she could finish the word, the woman with the cold face had already torn off her clothes.
"Check the goods, this is the real Miss Su," the woman filming said in a cold voice.
"This is the first video. If we film a second one, it wouldn't be so polite, and we wouldn't leave a single piece." The woman finished filming.
Then she glanced at Su Ziqing, and left without uttering any harsh words. Her words were recorded for the people watching the video.
Su Ziqing knew that characters who didn't talk much were the truly ruthless ones.
Her heart sank to the bottom. If she wasn't mistaken, that video was meant for Gong Chengjue.
Just as she had guessed, it was used to threaten Gong Chengjue.
"I'm just one of his women, what you're doing won't make a difference," Su Ziqing said calmly.
The woman who had already walked out stopped and turned to glare at Su Ziqing. "Then you'd better pray that you're useful, otherwise, your end will be very miserable, Miss Su."
Miss Su glared at her.
The woman drifted away.
Su Ziqing's clothes were put back on. The woman who had taken off her clothes didn't say a word from beginning to end. What shocked Su Ziqing was that this woman looked like she was from Southeast Asia.
Could it be... that she's no longer in City A? No, she might have already secretly left the country.
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Gong Chengjue received the video, and looking at the person filming it, he could confirm that it was Su Ziqing.
Her forced composure pierced his heart; damn it…
He smashed everything in front of him on the ground, then stood up abruptly and headed to the room where Gong Changming was staying.
He kicked open Gong Changming's door, picked him up, and said, "If your men dare to touch a single hair on her head again, I'll chop you up."
Still half-asleep, Gong Changming remained completely unmoved as Gong Chengjue vented his anger on him.
"Chengjue," Gong Changfan arrived upon hearing the news, "calm down."
"Looks like you've received the first video?" Gong Changming smiled slightly. "Then, you'll receive the second video in six hours, and the third in nine hours..."
He paused deliberately, "The further along you go, the more frequently you receive videos."
Gong Chengjue's eyes were filled with rage, but even if he beat Gong Changming half to death, it wouldn't make a difference.
“As long as my men don’t see me, my previous orders will be effective.” Gong Changming looked at Gong Chengjue. “Actually, you don’t need to be so troubled. Just don’t take that woman seriously.”
After saying that, he looked at Gong Changfan, "Oh, right, I can give you an answer now about what you asked me to consider: I won't consider it."
He slapped away Gong Chengjue's hand that was clutching his clothes, remaining extremely calm. "I'd rather see Gong Chengjue suffer than compromise."
"If I die, you'll never find Su Ziqing in your entire lives." Gong Changming laughed heartily.
Gong Chengjue threw a punch, followed by another, and Gong Changfan did not stop him at all.
Gong Changming was beaten until he bled, and he no longer had any semblance of his wealthy family image.
"Gong Chengjue, I love seeing you like this." Gong Changming continued to tease Gong Chengjue and get angry, even while in pain.
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