476 The Secret About the Past 94 (1/2)
”Seems like you're asking to be dealt with the hard way.” An Xiaoning whipped out a dagger and continued, ”If you still choose to remain tight-lipped, I'm going to have to skin you alive and stab you to death. Do you know what it feels like to be in a living hell?”
The leader began shivering from head to toe, clearly frightened and traumatized.
”Could you please spare my life? My three brothers are already dead. My wife, children, and parents are all waiting for me to come home. I don't want to die,” he pleaded with a trembling voice.
”Then hurry and come clean.”
”I really don't know the identity of the person behind it. It was a man, though. He first gave me a deposit sum and an address along with some photos. He said I would be given another five million dollars once the task is completed.”
”I guess you won't shed a tear until you see your coffin. Do you really think I'd believe what you just said?”
”I was speaking nothing but the truth. How would I dare to lie to you at this point?” The leader was terrorized beyond limits.
An Xiaoning turned to the captain of the boat and asked, ”Are you in cahoots with them?”
”No, no. They hired me to maneuver the ferry at an agreed-upon price of 50 thousand dollars. Yet, they died after I received only 20 thousand dollars.”
An Xiaoning looked away and warned them, ”You'd better hush. Otherwise, I'm going to kill you.”
She then gave Gu Dongcheng a call, which went through very quickly. She turned on the voice recording function and said casually, ”Hello, is this Elder Brother?”
”...”
”We still have to stay here for a little while longer. Are Father and Mother alright at home?”
”…”
”That's good. I was just casually asking, everything's fine. I'm hanging up then.”
”…”
She then played the voice recording and squatted down beside the leader. ”Listen to the recording. Is this the voice of the person who hired you?”
The leader shook his head and answered, ”No.”
Maybe it was Gu Dongcheng's subordinate then. An Xiaoning thought to herself, extremely convinced that Gu Dongcheng was the culprit.
She paused the recording and stood up straight before instructing her bodyguards, ”Throw him down from the helicopter.”
”Young Madam, please spare my life, please!”
An Xiaoning ignored him and took a seat.
Soon, a sudden shriek could be heard coming from afar.
He must have died from such a high fall. Not to mention, he was already heavily injured after being shot by a gun repeatedly.
At this juncture, as long as it was within her means, An Xiaoning would never spare the life of anyone who tries to harm or kill her.
The captain froze in terror and remained as still as a statue.
An Xiaoning felt a huge sense of relief. She looked out of the window and said to the pilot, ”You did a good job this time. You'll be handsomely rewarded when we're back.”
”Young Madam, it's only my duty.”