Chapter 685: Chapter 685: Russian Roulette
The man never expected that despite having made an example of others, someone would still dare to resist them!
"Bastard!"
Furious and embarrassed, the man grabbed Rong Ling by the collar, intending to push him to the ground. However, no matter how hard he tried, Rong Ling remained standing, unmoved.
He was too tall, standing nearly one meter ninety; the man, being only one meter sixty-five, simply couldn’t budge him!
Frustrated, the man drew his gun, about to pull the trigger on Rong Ling.
Li Yufei swiftly intercepted his gun and frowned, saying, "Aren’t you after money? All my money is here. Don’t touch him."
The man looked at Li Yufei, "You think I don’t dare to kill? I’ve already taken more than ten lives. Killing him is just one more! Who told him to be unruly and dare lay hands on me!"
Li Yufei: "Yes, you certainly dare to kill. I don’t doubt your words. But isn’t money more important than life to you? If you kill him, what will you gain? Nothing."
The man glared viciously at Rong Ling, "Hand over everything valuable on you!"
Rong Ling silently threw his bag to him, "Everything I have is in here."
The man reluctantly holstered his gun and began rifling through Rong Ling’s bag.
His bag mostly contained documents, nothing of significant value, yet the man found the first-class ticket that Rong Ling had placed in the bag.
Someone living in first-class couldn’t scrape together more than 1000 US Dollars!?
The man, enraged, said, "What else are you hiding!? Be honest and hand everything over quickly!"
Rong Ling: "I’m afraid I’ll disappoint you. All the valuable items on me amount to this much."
The man: "You damn liar! You’re in first class and you only have this much money on you!? You think we’re easy to fool?"
Rong Ling replied, "Believe it or not, it’s up to you!"
The man gritted his teeth, itching to pull the trigger on him!
Just then, Sang Qin walked over, coldly asking, "What’s going on?"
The man immediately complained to him as he looked at him, "Boss! This guy’s being stingy. He’s in first class, yet he only handed over less than a thousand US Dollars!"
Sang Qin looked skeptically at Rong Ling.
Rong Ling said, "The ticket wasn’t booked by me, it was booked by my advisor. I’m just a student abroad, I don’t have much of value."
Sang Qin sneered, walked up to Rong Ling, reached out, and smoothed the slightly wrinkled collar of his shirt, "Are you saying your life isn’t worth even a thousand US Dollars?"
There was a murderous intent in his eyes.
Rong Ling knitted his sharp eyebrows subtly, aware that this man before him was a lawless killer who shouldn’t be provoked lightly, but he still answered candidly, "I already told you, those things are all the valuable items I have on me."
Sang Qin said, "Then I must ask you to die."
Li Yufei, seeing his murderous intent, immediately spoke up, "How much money do you want? I’ll pay for him."
Sang Qin looked at Li Yufei.
He had noticed this woman earlier.
In her white gauze dress, with her hair simply tied in a bun and just two strands of hair hanging over her forehead, she exuded an extraordinary elegance, clearly a woman of high status.
He walked up to her and casually asked, "How much was found on her?"
His subordinate replied, "Boss, we found over a hundred thousand US Dollars on her."
Sang Qin told Li Yufei, "Your money can only buy your own life. His life requires a different price to be bought."
Li Yufei: "I have it. No matter how much you want, I have it."
Sang Qin: "When you say you have it, are you referring to the hundred thousand in cash?"
Li Yufei: "I have other accounts with money, but to transfer accounts, I need the internet."
Sang Qin’s mouth twitched angrily, and he slapped her hard across the face, gripping her forehead tightly, "You’re playing with me, aren’t you? You want me to give you internet access to call for help, is that it?!"
Rong Ling’s expression tightened, "Let her go!"
Before he could shield her, Sang Qin choked Li Yufei by the throat, while pressing a gun to her temple at the same time.
Rong Ling felt as if cold water had been poured over him, not daring to make a move.
Sang Qin looked at Rong Ling, "If you move one more step, I’ll shoot."
Rong Ling dared not move again.
Sang Qin looked at Li Yufei but found her calmly assessing him at the same time.
He thought she would cry, cause a scene, or beg for mercy, but she did none of that.
She simply studied him quietly.
He hated this piercing scrutiny!
Li Yufei assessed him for a long time, noticing the man’s grip tightening around her throat, a flash of pain in her eyes, a trickle of blood at the corner of her mouth, yet her gaze remained tenacious, "Aren’t you after money? Let’s discuss a business deal. I’ll pay you to buy back my life and his, it’s that simple. I’m in your hands, what are you afraid of? I’m not afraid to die, are you?"
Sang Qin was taken aback.
This woman seemed not to be an ordinary person.
Any other woman at this critical moment would have curled up in fear, paralyzed by terror, yet she remained composed enough to negotiate!
This woman’s will was extraordinarily strong.
Sang Qin said, "Then, in your mind, how much is his life worth?"
Li Yufei: "You name the price."
Sang Qin said, "Listen carefully, you say how much you think it’s worth. If it matches my price, I’ll agree with you, giving you a chance to pay for his life. If the price you name doesn’t meet my expectations, then he’ll have to die."
He was forcing her to name a price.
Li Yufei immediately calmed down.
To her, money was insignificant; after all, she had plenty. In her mind, nothing compared to life, money was of course trivial.
But for Sang Qin to force her to price Rong Ling’s life was to her a gamble.
If she priced too low, far below his expectations, he would definitely shoot Rong Ling without hesitation.
Yet, if she priced too high, revealing her wealth, it might attract disaster instead.
Imagine if she suddenly quoted tens of billions. If the man knew her actual wealth, he would surely find ways to drain her assets.
At that point, neither she nor Rong Ling might leave alive.
Li Yufei pursed her lips, thought for a long while, and said, "Fifty million... US Dollars."
Everyone gasped in shock!
Li Yufei said, "If you’re willing to give us a way out, I’ll offer you a hundred million US Dollars in cash. Whatever terms you require for the payment, I can meet them."
The number she offered was particularly clever, not too far from what the man expected.
Sang Qin asked with an intriguing smile, "You’re so worried about him, what is your relationship?"
Li Yufei: "He’s my boyfriend."
Sang Qin made an ambiguous "Oh" and smiled, "Alright, let’s play a game to lighten the mood."
Li Yufei: "What kind of game?"
Sang Qin enunciated each word, "Russian Roulette."