Yuan Chengji, cunning and having seen too much of the world, knew instantly that enemies had come knocking. He had too many of them; it didn't matter who it was.
They had chosen this precise moment to end Yuan Chengji's life!
Furthermore, the fact that the masked man could break in and bypass the password lock meant he had already dealt with the bodyguards at the entrance.
Level one danger!
Yuan Chengji shouted, "Keying, go upstairs and escape!"
Yuan Keying also understood the gravity of the situation. Without a word, she dashed towards the second floor. Simultaneously, Yuan Chengji rolled to the side, landing by the coffee table. He pulled out a handgun from a drawer.
He intended to face them head-on.
Too bad!
The Evil Dragon masked man was faster. With a raise of his hand, a flying knife pierced Yuan Chengji's wrist, nailing his hand to the coffee table!
"Ah!!!"
Yuan Chengji screamed in pain, collapsing onto the floor, gritting his teeth.
Seeing this, Yuan Keying forgot to escape. In a few quick steps, she was by Yuan Chengji's side, supporting him.
Father and daughter looked at the approaching masked man in terror.
Trembling.
The night wind blew cold, rustling the living room curtains with a *shishi* sound.
The masked man walked step by step towards Yuan Chengji.
Yuan Chengji gritted his teeth, enduring the pain, "Who, who are you?"
The masked man did not answer.
Yuan Chengji continued, "No matter who you are, if you have a grudge, come at me. Do not touch my daughter. Let my daughter live."
Only then did the masked man speak.
In a deep, resonant voice, he asked, "What poison is Jiang Lan suffering from?"
Yuan Chengji's heart skipped a beat. So, this person was here for Jiang Lan! How could it be so fast?
Jiang Lan had been poisoned yesterday noon, and it hadn't been long since then. Yet, the other party had already tracked down Yuan Chengji. This meant they had already interrogated Ren Jiaying.
To uncover so much in such a short time, the identity of this person was undoubtedly extraordinary.
He looked at the masked man again, trying to see through the mask.
The masked man stepped on the flying knife and pressed down hard, deepening the wound on Yuan Chengji's wrist. Yuan Chengji let out a pig-like scream.
Yuan Keying's heart ached.
She shouted, "Enough! I don't know who you are, but I know you've got the wrong person! My father has nothing to do with Jiang Lan's incident!"
The masked man continued to stare coldly at Yuan Chengji.
Nothing to do with it?
If he hadn't investigated thoroughly, the masked man wouldn't have come.
The masked man looked at Yuan Chengji and said, "Not telling the truth?"
At this moment.
Yuan Chengji burst into laughter.
His laughter stunned everyone. They didn't understand its meaning.
Moments later.
Yuan Chengji gritted his teeth, enduring the pain, and said, "You must have investigated everything before coming to me. Lying is meaningless. Yes, I arranged for someone to poison Jiang Lan!"
What?
Yuan Keying was the most shocked. She never imagined her father had poisoned Jiang Lan. Just moments ago, Yuan Keying had been talking about visiting Jiang Lan!
"How is that possible?" Yuan Keying couldn't believe it.
Yuan Chengji frowned and said, "Nothing is impossible. I hate the Jiang family; I want to eradicate the Jiang family! Jiang Lan is the first target in my eradication of the Jiang family!"
Yuan Keying fell silent.
The feud between the Yuan and Jiang families was deep; Yuan Keying knew this.
Yuan Chengji had always targeted the Jiang family.
She just hadn't expected Yuan Chengji to be so vicious as to use poison on Jiang Lan!
Yuan Chengji continued, "My entire life, I worked for Jiang Dingbian, being his subordinate. Yet, he drove me away for the sake of so-called 'justice'! I hate it, I hate it! Since I could help Jiang Dingbian build the Jiang family, I can also destroy it with my own hands! I will deal with Jiang Lan first, then kill Jiang Mengxin, and finally uproot the entire Jiang family!"
Yuan Chengji's hatred for the Jiang family was too profound.
However, the masked man was not interested in these matters. He merely repeated his question, "What poison is Jiang Lan suffering from?"
Yuan Chengji laughed again, "Do you think I would tell you? Even if you torture me, kill me, I will not let you save Jiang Lan! I want to see the Jiang family die! Even if I cannot eradicate the Jiang family, even if I can only kill one member of the Jiang family, it will be enough! After I die, many others will deal with the Jiang family. I will not be alone!"
This determination to fight the Jiang family to the end, disregarding his own life, was not easily changed.
If he wasn't afraid of death, what was there to fear?
The masked man looked at Yuan Chengji intently for five seconds, realizing he wouldn't get anything from him.
Thus...
"You want to die?"
"I'll grant you that."
The masked man raised his hand, another flying knife in his grip, and plunged it towards Yuan Chengji's neck!
At this very moment.
Yuan Keying threw herself in front of Yuan Chengji.
She intended to die in her father's place.
Yuan Chengji was terrified and shouted, "No!"
Yuan Chengji could die; he could sacrifice anything—money, status, even his life—but the one thing he could not sacrifice was his daughter.
He loved her too much.
The masked man's flying knife stopped, the tip pressing tightly against Yuan Keying's neck, even breaking her skin.
A moment later, Yuan Keying's neck would have been pierced!
Yuan Chengji yelled anxiously, "Keying, get away! This has nothing to do with you; this is between me and the Jiang family! Go, just go!"
Yuan Keying wept, "No, father. If you die, I don't want to live either."
They were indeed staging a scene of filial piety.
The masked man said coldly, "Yuan Chengji, this is not between you and the Jiang family. This is between me and the Yuan family. If you don't reveal what poison it is, I will slaughter the entire Yuan family. Not one will be left."
Not one left, of course, included Yuan Keying!
Yuan Chengji's eyes turned red with urgency, and he roared, "How can you do this? Do you understand the rules of the martial world? Families are not to be harmed, don't you know?"
Oh?
Rules of the martial world?
The masked man said, "You know families are not to be harmed? Then why did your feud with Jiang Dingbian harm the entire Jiang family? You didn't even spare the Jiang family's granddaughter? Yuan Chengji, you are rather hypocritical."
For a moment, Yuan Chengji was speechless, left in awkward silence.
The night was terrifyingly silent.
The masked man slowly stood up, withdrew the flying knife, and then took out a bomb from his embrace, placing it into Yuan Keying's hand and taping it down.
Yuan Chengji cursed, "You son of a bitch, what are you doing to my daughter?!"
The masked man said coldly, "Don't you understand? This is a bomb. If you don't tell me what poison Jiang Lan is suffering from before dawn, I will detonate it. You, and your daughter, will die together."