Chapter 23: A Gift for You
In an instant, both men swung their right hands downward with force.
The next second, a sharp whistling sound split the air!
At that sound, their faces lit up with wild joy.
Xiao Ye was doomed!
After this, their families would never need to live in fear again.
Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong, the two elderly men, nearly jumped up in excitement.
But suddenly, a voice sounded in front of them, plunging them into an icy abyss.
“What are you two doing?”
They looked up, their eyes filled with unspeakable shock.
Inside the private room, the bullet did not explode Xiao Ye’s head as they had imagined!
But they had clearly heard the sound!
“What… what’s going on?” Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong’s faces instantly turned ashen as they spoke with difficulty.
The infrared beams above Xiao Ye’s head had all vanished.
Just as they gave the order, the people from the Assassin Alliance hadn’t fired!
“Why… why are you still alive?” Situminsheng shouted in disbelief, stumbling back a few steps, his legs trembling uncontrollably!
He could not fathom how, at this critical moment, the Assassin Alliance had failed them!
Everything was ruined!
Behind Xiao Ye, Red Dragon’s gaze was cold and silent. He did not speak.
Instead, he turned and walked out of the private room, returning with a man whose hands and feet were bound, tossing him inside.
The man’s face was full of terror, his mouth stuffed with a rag, able only to emit muffled cries.
“Chen Mike!”
The moment they saw the man, Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong cried out in shock.
It was the leader of the Assassin Alliance!
At this moment, Chen Mike’s face was filled with despair.
These two had brought him nothing but trouble.
He had already met Xiao Ye before and experienced his methods firsthand.
It was he who once knelt before Xiao Ye, begging for the lives of the Assassin Alliance.
That was why Chen Mike feared Xiao Ye so deeply.
Xiao Ye alone was powerful enough to wipe out the entire Assassin Alliance.
If Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong had revealed Xiao Ye’s identity, no matter how many times, Chen Mike would never have dared to mobilize his assassins to confront Xiao Ye!
“How could this happen? How was Chen Mike captured?”
Even now, Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong could hardly believe what was before their eyes.
Chen Mike, leader of the Assassin Alliance, was now tied up and thrown at their feet.
“In the end, you were simply too impatient.”
Xiao Ye spoke calmly, taking the bottle of fine red wine and pouring himself a glass.
“While you were drinking, I had already taken control of all the assassins you arranged.”
Boom!
Xiao Ye’s words struck Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong like a thunderbolt.
They had not expected that their elaborate plan to deal with Xiao Ye had already been discovered!
Earlier, Xiao Ye had summoned his men and captured all the assassins guarding the Jianghai Grand Hotel.
The red dot on Xiao Ye’s forehead just now had been orchestrated by him.
Now, with the assassination exposed, Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong were utterly despairing!
“King Xiao, please spare me! I was tricked into coming, I had no idea the target was you!”
Chen Mike, lying on the ground, desperately wriggled to Xiao Ye’s feet and spoke first.
He did not want to die, especially not at Xiao Ye’s hands.
Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong snapped back to their senses and immediately knelt trembling before Xiao Ye.
“King Xiao, I had nothing to do with this, it was all Situminsheng’s idea!”
“You’re lying! You were the one who approached me to deal with King Xiao in the first place!”
Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong blushed, breaking into a shouting match before Xiao Ye.
As heads of their respective families, neither wished to die!
Suddenly, a loud smack sounded. In the midst of their argument, a slap landed squarely across their faces!
In an instant, the two aging figures were sent flying!
They crashed into the dining table, the solid wood shattering instantly, exploding into splinters!
“Enough noise.”
Xiao Ye withdrew his right hand, his expression as cold as midwinter.
Though Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong had suffered heavy blows, they knew that silence might mean death in the next moment.
“King Xiao, please spare us!”
“King Xiao, if you let me live, I’ll give you the entire Dongfang family!”
Struggling to their feet, the two elderly men, battered and frail, prostrated themselves utterly.
Yet Xiao Ye’s gaze showed not a hint of pity.
He suddenly turned to look at Chen Mike lying on the floor.
“Release him.”
A cold flash passed by, and though no one saw what Red Dragon did, Chen Mike’s bound hands were suddenly freed!
He stood up, stunned, unsure why Xiao Ye had let him go.
Xiao Ye’s icy eyes swept over Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong before he spoke again.
“If you can wipe out both their families, I’ll let you and your assassins leave.”
“On the contrary, if a single member of their families survives, you and your assassins will die.”
Xiao Ye’s words shocked everyone present!
This was a survival game.
And they were the participants.
“All right, you have one minute to prepare. After that, the Assassin Alliance will move out.”
With that, Xiao Ye took out his phone and began timing.
“This… this!”
Situminsheng was incredulous, the pain so intense he could barely speak.
He glanced at Dongfang Furong beside him, seeking confirmation.
Suddenly, Dongfang Furong’s eyes hardened. He shoved Situminsheng aside and bolted for the door.
“Run!”
As Dongfang Furong shouted, Situminsheng felt the hair on his body stand on end and immediately fled after him!
Watching them escape, a cruel smile once again appeared on Xiao Ye’s face.
When the timer stopped, he looked up at Chen Mike, who had been waiting patiently.
“Now, you may act.”
“Thank you, King Xiao, for sparing my life!”
Chen Mike’s eyes were cold as he walked out. Xiao Ye sat in his chair, savoring the red wine.
The vintage was at least fifteen years old.
He sniffed at the rim of the glass, the scent of flowers and fruit wafting up.
He tasted a sip and nodded.
As he finished the wine, Chen Mike returned, dragging two corpses.
“These are my gifts to you, King Xiao!”
The bodies were thrown heavily to the ground—it was Situminsheng and Dongfang Furong!