Chapter 758 - 707: I’ve Noted Down This Account! (3)
If this were before I was severely injured, stopping Su Aiyu would have been a simple flick of the wrist. But now, seeing her suicidal attack about to reach its irreversible conclusion, I’m powerless to stop it. It’s true that a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. As a master of the Gang Realm, as long as I can still breathe, I’m leagues beyond any ordinary person, let alone anyone below the Transformation Realm. But the distance... it’s just too close! I’m too close to do anything to change what’s about to happen.
Su Aiyu sneered, a surge of vengeful pleasure washing over her. He’s within my grasp! I can already see that complacent fool, Qin Fan, subdued beneath my hand!
But before her satisfaction could last even a moment, just as her fingers were about to touch Qin Fan, his hand shot out.
It moved at the speed of light. No one could follow its motion. Even Su Aiyu only registered a flash before her eyes. The last half-finger of distance between them vanished, and her entire body was suddenly lifted into the air!
"Did I not fucking tell you? Stop provoking me! Again and again... do you really think I don’t dare to kill you, or that I’m just reluctant?"
Lifting Su Aiyu high with a single hand, Qin Fan’s voice was laced with chilling intent and surging anger. At this moment, true murderous intent began to rise within him.
The matter with Hua Xiaotian isn’t even resolved, and now this tigress is targeting me at every turn. His patience was wearing thin.
Her face turned ashen under Qin Fan’s grip. Feeling the undisguised murderous intent in his eyes, Su Aiyu finally felt fear. In my dilating pupils, I can see it... my own death from suffocation! He was right. He dared to kill He Haolin without a second thought, so why would he hesitate to kill me? As she began to suffocate, regret flooded her. I should have called the Beijing police immediately. I shouldn’t have recklessly attacked without my service weapon, knowing I was no match for him.
The scene shocked the surrounding bystanders. They stared at the horrifying spectacle, at Su Aiyu’s face, so pale in the winter sun that it was completely drained of blood. The few who had been about to film with their phones quickly and nervously put them away.
No one wanted to get dragged into this disaster. Who knew if that unrestrained man would attack them for filming him? Even if the possibility was slim, no one dared to take the risk.
Qin Fan’s eyes, glinting with a cold light, stared at Su Aiyu’s suffocating form. Then, he suddenly eased his grip, holding her at the very edge of death but still unwilling to let her go so easily. Honestly, after all this, I really want to eliminate this persistent pest for good. It’s a good thing we’re on Earth, where things haven’t escalated to life-or-death stakes. If this were the Cangqiong Continent, she would have been dead long ago.
"Master Qin, please show mercy!" Hua Xiaotian shouted in a panic, staggering toward them. This girl looks familiar, but I can’t quite place whose daughter she is. Still, for me to recognize her at all, she can’t be from an ordinary family, can she? He desperately wanted to avoid another incident like the one with the Bo Family at Jinling Mansion.
"If there is a next time, not even the Heavenly King himself can save you!" Qin Fan roared, showing no tenderness for the fairer sex.
Just as Su Aiyu felt her lungs burning for air, Qin Fan hurled her to the ground.
THUD!
She cried out in agony.
"Get lost," Qin Fan said, his face a mask of indifference as he looked down at her. "From now on, disappear from my sight."
At the same time, Hua Xiaotian was studying Su Aiyu’s features more carefully. After a few seconds of frowning in concentration, his eyes widened in realization. "You’re from the Su Family?" he shouted. "Old Su’s granddaughter?"
"You know my grandfather?" Su Aiyu gasped, enduring the pain that felt like her entire body was about to fall apart. Hearing Hua Xiaotian’s words, she froze and cried out in shock.
"Alright, there’s nothing for you here! Go, quickly!" Hua Xiaotian waved his hands frantically, his heart pounding. He let out a silent sigh of relief, feeling a profound sense of having dodged a bullet. If the girl from the Su Family had actually died at Qin Fan’s hands, all of Huaxia would have descended into utter chaos! An incident with the Bo Family of Jinling might be containable. But if the Su Family’s girl also fell victim to Qin Fan, the Forbidden City would be left with no other choice!
"Qin Fan, I will remember this!" Su Aiyu was no fool. Seeing the sheer panic on Hua Xiaotian’s face, she knew she couldn’t stay a moment longer. After spitting out her threat, she hastily limped away on an ankle she had twisted in the fall.
"Thank you for your mercy, Master Qin!" Hua Xiaotian murmured as Su Aiyu left, his eyelids twitching as he breathed a quiet sigh of relief.
My thanks for his mercy... was that for Su Aiyu, or for myself? At this moment, even I’m not sure.
"Go back and tell them: From now on, we are even. Huaxia owes me nothing, and I owe Huaxia nothing. Our debt is paid, and our ties are severed!
"The next time you dare to play dirty behind my back, I will let the Forbidden City drown in a storm of blood! I will tear this world’s order apart, or my name isn’t Qin Fan!
"And another thing. If you want to sanction me, you’re welcome to try at any time. I’ll be waiting. I’ll deal with every single one of you, whether you come at me openly or strike from the shadows. But if you dare to touch my friends or family, then a storm of slaughter will be what washes away your sins!
"In my eyes, no order in this world can shackle me. Except for my loved ones, all other beings are mere ants! Don’t even think about testing the limits of my mercy!"
As he spoke, his voice chilling with derision, Qin Fan slowly slid his hands back into his pockets. Then, leaving Hua Xiaotian stunned and speechless, he began to walk away. He didn’t hail a taxi, instead strolling leisurely into the distance, a solitary figure followed by countless astonished gazes.
After a moment, Hua Xiaotian came back to his senses. His first instinct was to chase after that departing figure, but his foot froze the moment he lifted it. Those words... they were an undeniable declaration of severing all ties. A severance aimed not only at the Forbidden City, but also at me, the one who now bears the title of betrayer. Recalling those resolute vows of blood and slaughter, I can’t help but tremble. Qin Fan has the right to say such things, and more frighteningly, he has the power to make them a reality! With words that tear down all pretenses, an invisible alarm must already be sounding within the Forbidden City! I had thought I might die at his hands today, but I never expected him to make this kind of declaration!
We’re in deep trouble now. His thoughts finally settled. Hua Xiaotian, who seemed to have aged years in an instant, looked up at the sky and sighed. Was this a blessing or a curse? Was what happened right, or was it wrong? The incident is over, for the most part. But as for where we stand now... I can no longer tell. I’m completely at a loss.
COUGH, COUGH!
A dry hack escaped him, and he instinctively covered his mouth. When he pulled his hand away and looked, he saw flecks of blood staining his palm.