Chapter 379: Cheng Yuan’s Scheme
Manager Wang was killed even after announcing who he was?
The security guards trembled in fear.
THUD! THUD!
The guards dropped to their knees and began kowtowing relentlessly. "Boss, we’re just regular guards following orders! Please, spare our lives!"
Cheng Yuan activated his Double Pupil and looked at the guards. He could see a significant amount of Evil Qi hovering over their heads, a clear sign they had committed many wicked acts.
Cheng Yuan asked coldly, "Tell me, who touched my Ruoxi?"
The guards exchanged glances. The two who had just grabbed Lin Ruoxi immediately tried to pin the blame on their dead colleagues.
"It was those two."
Liu Qingcheng, who was standing nearby, ruthlessly exposed their lie. "You’re lying! You two were the ones who grabbed Ruoxi! I saw it with my own eyes!"
Cheng Yuan raised his hand and pointed at the two culprits. "If you want to live, kill them."
The eyes of the guards who hadn’t touched Lin Ruoxi flickered as they turned to look at their two colleagues with dangerous expressions.
The two men were aghast. "We’re brothers from the same company!" one of them shouted. "Don’t fall for his tricks! If we all attack him together, we might have a chance!"
But unfortunately for them, the others were completely unmoved.
"Liu Yao, don’t blame us for being ruthless. Even Manager Wang is dead! It wouldn’t matter if there were twice as many of us! It’s better for you two to die! On this day next year, we’ll be sure to burn some extra joss paper for you."
The guards pounced on their two colleagues with savage ferocity.
They were all from the same company and had similar levels of strength. Five against two, it was an absolute slaughter.
Soon, the two guards were beaten to the ground, their faces a bloody mess.
Wang Jing knew this situation wasn’t going to end peacefully. While the guards were fighting amongst themselves, he quietly got to his feet and pulled open a hidden compartment in the liquor cabinet.
A handgun lay quietly inside the hidden compartment.
With his Double Pupil active, the entire suite was under Cheng Yuan’s control; of course he noticed Wang Jing’s subtle movements.
Cheng Yuan concealed a Silver Needle in his hand. If Wang Jing dared to pick up that gun, he would end his life without a second thought.
The moment his hand touched the cold steel of the grip, Wang Jing’s confidence returned. He felt he had taken back control of the situation.
Without hesitation, Wang Jing clicked off the safety and raised the pistol.
BANG!
Wang Jing fired a shot at the ceiling. The suite was so well soundproofed that it didn’t alert anyone outside.
It did, however, give Lin Ruoxi, Liu Qingcheng, and the security guards a terrible fright.
Lin Ruoxi and Liu Qingcheng instinctively clung to each other, staring in terror at the smoking barrel of the gun.
The guards stopped their beating, looking at Wang Jing with dumbfounded expressions.
Wang Jing unloaded on them. "You useless pieces of crap! A whole group of you, terrified of one man? Stop fighting! I said, stop!!"
The guards scrambled to a halt. The two who had been on the receiving end of the beating saw their chance to survive. "Director Wang! Quick, shoot him! Kill him!" they screamed.
Wang Jing slowly turned the gun, aiming the dark, hollow barrel at Cheng Yuan. "Kid," he said coldly, "get on your knees, now! Or I’ll blow your damn head off!"
Cheng Yuan’s eyes went cold, and he instinctively prepared to throw the Silver Needle.
But he stopped himself halfway through the motion.
A flash of inspiration struck Cheng Yuan. ’This is the perfect opportunity to get back together with Lin Ruoxi!’
’If I take a bullet for Lin Ruoxi and get ’seriously injured,’ that’s sure to move her, right?’
Cheng Yuan stared at Wang Jing, his face expressionless. "You don’t actually think you can hit a Grandmaster, do you? Not unless you’re a Grandmaster yourself!"
WHOOSH! Cheng Yuan’s body blurred. He snatched Wang Rui’s corpse, held it up in front of him like a shield, and started walking quickly toward Wang Jing.
Wang Jing’s expression changed drastically. He hadn’t expected Cheng Yuan to be so shameless as to use a corpse for a shield!
’I can’t let him get close, or I’m dead for sure!’
Wang Jing’s mind raced. Then, he saw Lin Ruoxi and Liu Qingcheng, huddled together and trembling.
His eyes darted to them, and a plan formed in his mind.
WHOOSH!
Wang Jing swung the gun around and aimed it at Lin Ruoxi. "Kid!" he roared, "Take one more step and I’ll kill your woman!"
Cheng Yuan inwardly sighed in relief. He had deliberately walked slowly, worried Wang Jing wouldn’t be smart enough to think of this.
’Otherwise, my plan would have been ruined!’
Cheng Yuan feigned a look of terror, as if his hands were tied. "Okay!" he yelled frantically. "I won’t move! Just don’t shoot!!"
Seeing how much Cheng Yuan cared for Lin Ruoxi gave Wang Jing a surge of confidence. He decided to press his advantage. "Drop the corpse! Now! Or I’ll shoot!"
Before Cheng Yuan could answer, Lin Ruoxi screamed, "Cheng Yuan, don’t fall for it! Don’t listen to him! If you drop that body, he’ll kill you without a second thought! And if you’re dead, Qingcheng and I will be at his mercy! I’d rather he kill me! Just promise you’ll avenge me!"
"You fucking bitch! Shut your mouth! You think I won’t shoot?" Wang Jing snarled. "Kid, you have three seconds! Drop the body! Or I’ll turn your woman into Swiss cheese!"
As he spoke, Wang Jing’s finger tightened on the trigger, taking up the slack.
Cheng Yuan knew perfectly well that Wang Jing had no real intention of killing Lin Ruoxi; it was just a threat.
’But that wasn’t what he wanted.’
’Wang Jing *had* to shoot at Lin Ruoxi.’
’Otherwise, how could he play the hero and save the damsel in distress?’
Cheng Yuan secretly activated his Double Pupil’s Mystical Object Ability, applying a tiny bit of extra force to Wang Jing’s trigger finger.
Wang Jing’s face paled. ’What’s going on? My finger... I can’t control it!’
The next second.
BANG!
The gun fired!
"NO!!!"
Cheng Yuan looked like he was panicking, but he was already prepared. He threw the corpse forward, blocking the first shot.
Then, like a moth drawn to a flame, Cheng Yuan dove toward Lin Ruoxi, stretching out his arms to shield her.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Wang Jing’s finger was completely out of his control. He fired a second, then a third shot, emptying the entire magazine in one frantic burst.
Wang Jing was a terrible shot, but at such close range and with so many bullets flying, several of them were bound to hit their mark—and they found it in Cheng Yuan.
Cheng Yuan’s body reacted instinctively, rapidly gathering a thick layer of True Essence at the points of impact.
The first bullet to hit him was stopped by the incredibly dense True Essence. It barely scraped his skin, not even breaking the outer layer.
This made Cheng Yuan very unsatisfied.
’My constitution is too strong, and my True Essence is too abundant. This low-powered handgun of Wang Jing’s can’t even break through my defenses!’
’A wound this superficial isn’t nearly enough to make Lin Ruoxi come back to me!’
’I need to up the drama!’
Cheng Yuan quickly dispersed the True Essence protecting his body.
THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!
Cheng Yuan’s body convulsed. Three bloody holes appeared on him, and blood began to gush out.