I lent my brother 500 yuan, and he offered his wife as collateral.

……

Presidential Suite.

Su Linglong walked barefoot on the expensive Persian carpet.

At my feet was a broken cell phone.

The screen was shattered into a spiderweb pattern, but it still stubbornly kept lit.

In the picture, the mutton-fat jade pendant engraved with the character "Su" stands out starkly against the backdrop of a burning wrecked car.

And the message Qin Feng sent—every stroke felt like a slap in the face.

Su Linglong stopped screaming and stopped throwing things.

She was unusually quiet.

This silence was more terrifying than the hysteria just now.

She raised her wrist, looking at the dark blue marks left from wearing the ebony prayer beads for a long time.

He then turned to look at his phone.

In my mind, countless fragments began to be frantically pieced together.

My birthday party two years ago.

Her uncle, Su Tianxiao, who had always been indifferent to her, surprisingly gifted her this string of Buddhist beads that had been "blessed by a high-ranking monk."

He said earnestly, "Linglong, you are a girl, and your body has a lot of yin energy. This bead can calm your nerves and keep you safe."

She believed it.

I wore it for two whole years.

If Qin Feng hadn't pointed it out, she would never have been able to conceive.

Although she is an adopted daughter.

but.

If she has no descendants, the main line of the Su family will be cut off.

Another two weeks ago.

She went to a banquet at a distant relative's old house, and when she returned, she found that her personal jade pendant was missing.

At the time, I thought it was left somewhere and didn't think much of it.

Now, this jade tablet has ended up in the hands of the assassin who tried to kill Qin Feng.

"They cut off my lineage, and then they use my keepsake to kill someone..."

Su Linglong suddenly laughed.

The laughter was low, yet it carried a chilling undertone.

"Uncle, you really know how to kill two birds with one stone!"

If Qin Feng dies, the main branch of the Su family will be branded as "harming the innocent" and may even incur the revenge of some reclusive masters.

If Qin Feng hadn't died, then this blood debt would have been firmly placed on Su Linglong's head.

Regardless of the outcome, the person hiding behind the scenes can reap the benefits cleanly.

"Miss……"

A timid voice broke the silence.

Xiao Cui, the personal maid, carefully approached with a cup of warm water.

She was an old hand who had been with Su Linglong for five years, and she was usually very good at reading people's expressions.

"Miss, please have some water to calm down."

Xiao Cui glanced at the wreckage of the phone on the ground, her eyes flickered for a moment, then she put on an indignant expression:

"That Qin Feng is a complete beast! Not only did he publicly humiliate you, but now he's even stolen your jade pendant and staged this whole thing! We absolutely cannot let this kind of insidious villain get away with it!"

She handed the water glass forward, her tone urgent:

"Ah Da and the others are all here. Why don't we gather all our forces right now and head straight for his villa? Killing this country bumpkin is as easy as crushing an ant!"

Su Linglong did not accept the water cup.

She slowly turned her head, her eyes fixed on Xiao Cui.

"Xiao Cui".

Su Linglong's voice was hoarse, revealing neither joy nor anger: "That day at the banquet at the old house, you were the one carrying my handbag, weren't you?"

"what?"

Xiao Cui was stunned for a moment, and her hand holding the water glass suddenly trembled, causing a few drops of water to splash out.

"Yes...yes, Miss, what's wrong?" Xiao Cui forced a smile, but her eyes began to dart around, and she dared not meet Su Linglong's gaze.

"It's nothing, I was just asking."

Su Linglong smiled slightly, her expression extremely gentle.

next second.

"Bang!"

There were no signs whatsoever.

Su Linglong suddenly reached out, grabbed Xiao Cui's hair, and slammed her head hard onto the marble coffee table in front of her!

The shards of the broken wine glass still remained on the coffee table.

"ah--!!"

Xiao Cui let out a piercing scream as her cheek was cut by shards of glass, and blood mixed with not-yet-dried red wine stains covered half of her face.

"Second Miss! Second Miss, spare my life!"

Xiao Cui struggled desperately, waving her hands wildly and knocking over the water glass.

The shadow bodyguards around were all startled by this sudden turn of events, exchanging bewildered glances with expressions of shock on their faces.

Xiao Cui is the Second Miss's confidante!

Even if she makes a mistake normally, the second young lady will at most scold her a couple of times. What's wrong with her today?

"Spare me?"

Su Linglong pressed down hard on Xiao Cui's head with one hand, while slowly pulling out a wet wipe from the side with the other and wiping her fingers.

"Haven't I treated you well? All those designer clothes, weren't they all gifts from me? Who paid for the house in your hometown?"

Su Linglong's voice was eerily calm, yet it sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

"I've had a dog for five years, and it always wags its tail at me. But you, someone I've raised, are helping outsiders bite my throat?"

"I'm innocent! Miss, I'm truly innocent!"

Xiao Cui cried out, tears and snot mixed with blood streaming down her face: "I have been loyal to you to the core, heaven and earth can bear witness! How could I possibly betray you?"

"Is it still going on?"

Su Linglong's eyes turned cold, and she stopped talking nonsense.

She turned to look at Ah Da, the head of the bodyguards, who was standing in the shadows.

Search her body.

Ah Da was shocked.

He didn't dare ask any more questions, strode forward, grabbed Xiao Cui's arm, ignored her screams and struggles, and roughly groped inside her skirt.

A few seconds later.

Ah Da stopped moving.

Slowly, he pulled an old Nokia keypad phone from that hidden pocket.

This type of phone cannot be located and has a long battery life, making it a favorite tool for people who do dirty work.

"Give me."

Su Linglong reached out her hand.

Ah Da handed over the phone with both hands. The screen was still lit up, displaying a text message that had been edited but not yet sent.

The recipient's name is a string of random characters.

The content consists of only one short line:

The second young lady is furious, convinced that Qin Feng was behind it; her plan to use someone else as a scapegoat has succeeded.

The proof is like a mountain!

All the Shadow Guard members present gasped in shock, staring incredulously at Xiao Cui on the ground.

original.

The second young lady's every move, even her every emotional fluctuation, was under the surveillance of the collateral branches of the Su family.

The so-called "loyal servant" was nothing more than a spies planted by Su Tianxiao, always ready to deliver a fatal blow to his master.

"Good, very good."

Su Linglong looked at the text message and laughed until tears almost streamed down her face: "A 'borrowing a knife' plan? You want to use Qin Feng to kill me, then use me to fight Qin Feng, and finally let your collateral branches reap the benefits?"

"Are you treating me like a fool?"

The moment Xiao Cui saw the phone, she felt as if her bones had been removed, and she collapsed to the ground.

All excuses pale in comparison to the evidence.

"Miss, I...I was forced into it..." Xiao Cui trembled as she tried to hug Su Linglong's leg. "The master threatened me with my brother's future...I didn't want to..."

"That's your problem, what does it have to do with me?"

Su Linglong kicked Xiao Cui's hand away.

She turned and walked toward a cabinet in the corner.

That was the place she used to store that string of dark wood prayer beads.

Even knowing it was an evil object, she didn't throw it away.

This is the moment we've been waiting for.

Su Linglong took out the box made of golden nanmu wood and opened it.

A nauseating, fishy stench wafted over.

That's the smell of fermenting corpse oil.

She picked up the string of beads that were still seeping black liquid and walked back to the coffee table.

"Go, pour me a glass of water," Su Linglong said to A'da.

Ah Da poured another glass of water and placed it on the table.

Su Linglong flipped her wrist.

"Thump."

She threw the prayer beads into the water glass.

The once clear water was instantly stained as black as ink.

White smoke rose, carrying a pungent stench, and the water in the cup seemed to be boiling, bubbling and spewing black bubbles.

"Since this bead was a gift from my uncle, it must be a good thing."

Su Linglong picked up the glass of black water, squatted down, and looked at Xiao Cui, whose face was full of fear.

Her eyes were so gentle they seemed to be overflowing with tenderness, yet her actions were cruel to the point of being appalling.

"I've enjoyed it for two years, now it's your turn."

"Drink it for me."

Xiao Cui was terrified, shaking her head frantically and shrinking back: "No! I won't drink! I won't drink!!"

"It's not up to you."

Su Linglong grabbed Xiao Cui's chin and forcefully dislocated it.

With a "click".

Dislocation of the mandible.

Xiao Cui's mouth was forced open, but she couldn't make a sound, only letting out terrified gasps of "Hehe".

"drink!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Linglong poured the cup of black water mixed with corpse oil, resentment, and deadly poison directly down Xiao Cui's throat!

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

Black water enters the throat.

Xiao Cui's eyes suddenly bulged outwards, and her whole face turned a purplish-red.

She clutched her throat and rolled violently on the floor, which was covered in shards of glass, her fingernails scratching bloody marks into the floor.

The pain was like swallowing a lump of burning coal, or like countless insects tearing at your esophagus.

The audience was silent.

The bodyguards felt their scalps tingle and their legs tremble as they watched this scene.

This is the consequence of betraying Miss Su.

Ten minutes later.

Xiao Cui stopped moving, curled up in the corner like a dead dog, with only faint undulations proving she was still alive.

Su Linglong stood up, took the hot towel handed to her by A-Da, and carefully wiped each of her fingers, as if she wanted to wipe away all the bad luck.

The madness in her eyes completely disappeared.

He adopted a chilling calmness, displaying the shrewdness and ruthlessness befitting the heir of the Su family.

"Ah Da."

Su Linglong threw the towel at Xiao Cui without even glancing at her.

"exist."

Ah Da immediately bowed, his attitude becoming even more respectful than before.

"We don't need to worry about Qin Feng for now."

Su Linglong walked to the window, looked at the dark, rainy night outside, and said in a chilling voice:

"That kid is tough, and incredibly cunning. Going after him now will only do them what they want."

"Let him live a couple more days."

"Our goals have changed now."

Su Linglong whirled around: "Tell the family to gather all available liquid funds! Whether it's through collateral or loans, I want to see 5 billion yuan sitting in the account by dawn tomorrow!"

Ah Da was taken aback: "Miss, so much money...you want it?"

"Black Market Auction in the Western Suburbs"

Su Linglong narrowed her eyes and said through gritted teeth:

"I won't give you what the collateral branches want."

"Didn't you want the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus? We won't give it to them even if it's destroyed!"