Chapter 219 Death Escape
"Captain," Xin Que gripped the man's neck tightly, her other hand holding a time bomb whose countdown was about to end, "I'm giving you this advice one last time!"
"You and I are both pawns controlled by the Huo family. No matter who comes to power, we will all end up in a bad way."
"Let's work together to get rid of..."
Xin Que's pupils contracted, and she quickly twisted off the captain's right hand as he reached for the gun.
“Xin Que,” the captain said, beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead. He stared intently into Xin Que’s murderous eyes. “I’m practically your teacher… When you’re scheming against someone, it’s best not to show too much emotion in your eyes.”
"The Huo family's reinforcements are already outside the building. You don't really think you can escape alive, do you?"
Xin Que gritted her teeth and glared at the man who was already at his wit's end. "Fine... if I can't escape, then none of us should live!"
The time on the bomb was completely reset to zero.
As soon as the armed men rushed into the clubhouse, they were knocked to the ground by the massive impact of the explosion and fire.
During the search operation after the explosion, investigators ultimately concluded that Xin Que and the captain were ignited by the incendiary bomb strapped to Xin Que's body, resulting in their mutual destruction.
...
Luo Huayi helped Xin Que slowly emerge from the charred ruins.
"Soon, Huo Fenglin should be here soon..." Xin Que's burns had almost taken half her life, but her top priority was to fake her death while the Huo family was still in the dark and leave quickly.
After the two disappeared back into the shadows of the upper city where no one cared, Xin Que was finally able to catch her breath.
Luo Huayi looked at the burns on Xin Que's arms and legs, the fabric stuck to the blood-red flesh, a shocking sight.
"The memory progress is fast now, it will be repaired in a moment." Xin Que saw that he was at a loss and didn't know where to start, so she simply stopped him.
Luo Huayi remained silent for a while, then went back to his world and found a lot of pure water, which he slowly poured on her burned areas, trying to relieve some of the pain.
Xin Que's breathing remained restrained.
“Xin Que,” Luo Huayi frowned as he recalled the recurring memories he had just witnessed, “the actions of those search personnel were a bit strange.”
"The inspection wasn't thorough; it was as if they were deliberately going easy on us..."
"Are they your people?"
Xin Que shook her head. "At that time, I thought the Huo family was busy cleaning up the mole and neglected to search me. Later I found out that it was Huo Fenglin's idea."
Huo Fenglin wanted to make full use of Xin Que.
Including her vindictiveness.
But by then, Xin Que had already been driven to the brink of despair.
If she wanted to survive, she had no choice but to step onto that single-plank bridge with no turning back.
...
When Huo Fenglin arrived at the mental prison and entered the control room under heavy security escort, the memory fragments on the screen were switching to the raging fire in the clubhouse.
It was during this brutal operation that Xin Que deceived everyone except himself with his insane act of sacrificing himself for the enemy.
After confirming that Xin Que could not possibly leave the club alive, Huo Fenglin advised Huo Chenglong and Huo Tinghua to focus their attention on Lu Wei's matter and urged the Public Security Bureau to withdraw the arrest warrant for Xin Que and change it to "deregistered."
Huo Fenglin stared at the screen as Xin Que's memories surged, and the newly reconstructed scene gradually drew closer to that tragic memory.
He closed his eyes.
His wisest and most reckless move at that time was to secretly help Xin Que fake her death and escape from the club, giving her the opportunity to take revenge herself.
He was quite looking forward to seeing what kind of insane revenge a person who, when driven to the brink of despair, would take his enemies down with him.
Ideally, we should spread this flame of revenge throughout the entire Huo family.
This way, he would have a legitimate opportunity to inherit the Huo family business.
...
After temporarily escaping death by bluffing, Xin Que continued his escape while trying to find a way out of this deadly situation.
At the very least, one must possess something that would make the other party hesitant to execute her directly.
Power struggles within the Huo family?
No, internal strife is a matter for the Huo family's higher-ups, and it's unlikely to be stirred up by a worthless lackey like her.
What weaknesses does the Huo family still have that she can exploit?
Having evaded all the checks, Xin Que saw the interview footage being played on a large screen outside the building.
The multi-city talks have concluded successfully. Recently, Development Director Lu Wei has left Upper East Side and returned to Yucheng…
But Lu Wei's speech was not over.
His desired multi-city economic alliance has not yet been realized, so he has been keen to show his enthusiasm for urban development in the public eye in order to continuously consolidate his power.
In a flash, Xin Que remembered the urgent advice Huo Fenglin and Lu Wei had given her in the car.
Perhaps Huo Fenglin could be the breakthrough point.
...
Huo Fenglin looked at Lu Wei's indignant face in front of the podium from Xin Que's perspective, and a thought struck him.
He recalled Huo Tinghua's ashen face after Xin Que and the suicide squad leader perished together.
But it wasn't because he was dissatisfied with Xin Que, who had been abandoned.
Instead, they were dissatisfied that Lu Wei had returned to Yucheng unharmed.
Huo Tinghua wanted to kill Lu Wei in the least costly and least impactful way, to ruin Lu Wei's economic alliance plan and prevent the monopoly of Shangcheng from being broken by Lu Wei's power.
However, they changed their objective midway, and in their efforts to wipe out Xin Que, they lost almost their entire elite suicide squad. Xin Que's final, crazy actions brought them to the forefront.
As a result, Lu Wei left Shangcheng unharmed.
It seems that only the Huo family suffered losses.
Huo Tinghua was furious that their scheme against Lu Wei had gone down the drain.
This game has only resulted in losses and no gains.
Thinking of the ugly expression on Huo Tinghua's face when he saw Lu Wei land safely in Yucheng, Huo Fenglin sneered.
Huo Fenglin and Lu Wei maintained constant contact; in fact, he kept relaying the Huo family's plans against him to Lu Wei.
Afterwards, Huo Chenglong's position was not shaken much by Xin Que's death.
On the contrary, Huo Tinghua swiftly purged the entire Huo family and promoted a new head of the secret service, providing Huo Chenglong with impenetrable protection.
Huo Tinghua could not allow any danger to threaten his successor.
During this period, Huo Fenglin maintained his playboy persona and remained inactive.
Until Huo Fenglin contacted Lu Wei again.
"Huo Chenglong will be making his first solo appearance at a business association banquet representing the Huo family. This is the best opportunity to assassinate Huo Chenglong."
Lu Wei was eager to push Huo Fenglin to the top to achieve his multi-city economic alliance, so that he could push his black market operations into Shangcheng.
Upon hearing Huo Fenglin's message, he accepted the Huo family's invitation to visit Shangcheng without hesitation.
Huo Fenglin stared intently at the scene on the floating screen where Xin Que had changed her appearance and reappeared in the crowd as a fanatical follower of Lu Wei.
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