"He... Is he insane?!" Ye Chen roared furiously.

He had never imagined that Xu Ke would break the deadlock this way.

The expressions on Huang Qi's and Ouyang Shuang's faces turned utterly foul.

From the moment Xu Ke died, everything was lost.

They could already foresee how insane Wong Qifu's retaliation would be.

"Wh-what do we do?" Siao Jia's face was deathly pale, and her legs began to tremble.

Because just as Xu Ke used his life to break the impasse, the Wang Family's reinforcements arrived.

At that moment, the doorway was swarming with imposing figures, each looking fierce and exuding a terrifying aura.

"What now?" Ye Chen ground his teeth. "Run!"

"Trying to run?"

As he rushed to Xu Ke's side to check his condition, Wang Wu's voice, laced with a deep chill, rang out. "Let's see how far you get."

They were surrounded.

Even the small side door of the factory had been blown open; the plant was completely encircled by their men.

Huang Qi's face went deathly pale.

How... How is this possible?!

Then, everyone charged into the fray.

In that instant, the entire abandoned factory filled with thunderous cries of battle.

Xu Ke's decisive suicide had deeply shaken everyone who witnessed it.

This was especially true for the first wave of about twenty reinforcements from the Wang Family.

They had initially thought Xu Ke was nothing but a worthless freeloader, but now they realized they were wrong.

Dead wrong.

How could a man who dared to use his own life to break an impasse be worthless?

In that moment, Xu Ke earned their respect.

Of course, the only ones who respected him were the twenty-odd men who had seen it with their own eyes.

Under the night sky, the battle ended half an hour later.

The fighting left its toll—some dead, some injured, and the rest captured.

Under Wong Qifu's powerful command, the arriving reinforcements were incredibly formidable.

Ouyang Shuang, already injured by Wang Wu, was facing an overwhelmingly one-sided battle. She had no power to change the outcome. Her only option was to escape and regroup.

As for Huang Qi, Ye Chen, Song Zhong, and Siao Jia, they had already been captured by Wang Wu. He kept them alive only because he was waiting for Wong Qifu's orders.

...

"Uncle Wu, everyone has been loaded into the cars," a masked man reported to Wang Wu.

"Good."

Wang Wu nodded, his expression impassive as he gazed at Xu Ke, who lay on a stretcher.

Xu Ke's vital signs had already vanished by the time Wang Wu had rushed to his side.

The accompanying doctor had also confirmed that Xu Ke was dead.

"Why?"

Wang Wu closed his eyes, squeezing the word out from between his teeth.

He hated himself for not making his move earlier. Perhaps, if he had, this could have been avoided.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Miss..." Wang Wu answered.

Wong Qifu had already regained her composure. "Where is Xu Ke?"

Wang Wu was silent for a moment. "He's been pronounced dead..."

"Take him to the hospital. Find the best doctors," Wong Qifu interrupted.

Wang Wu hesitated. "Miss..."

"The hospital," Wong Qifu repeated, her tone heavy.

"Understood."

Wang Wu nodded and turned to the others. "Take Xu Ke to the hospital."

The men hurriedly carried Xu Ke to a vehicle.

"Miss, what should we do with Ye Chen and Huang Qi?" Wang Wu asked, his composure quickly returning.

They still had the Wang Family to run; there was no time to wallow in grief.

"We wait for Xu Ke. If he lives, he decides their fate. If he dies, they'll be buried with him," Wong Qifu said.

Her tone was light, but anyone could hear the murderous intent within it.

"Understood."

Wang Wu nodded.

「In a residential complex in downtown Tianhai City.」

"We've really stirred the hornet's nest," Huang Zhenyang murmured.

He knew that kidnapping Xu Ke carried the risk of Wong Qifu's revenge, but the prize had been too tempting for them to refuse.

As long as they got the money, who cared about Wong Qifu's revenge? Besides, it wasn't like they had killed Xu Ke.

But now everything was different.

Now he was dead.

Not only did they lose the prize, but they also had to face Wong Qifu's wrath.

All for nothing!

"Stirred the hornet's nest?" Hearing this, Huang Sheng merely smiled, a knowing look in his eyes.

Huang Zhenyang looked at Huang Sheng and sighed. "Thankfully, you were farsighted and didn't show yourself. Otherwise, we would've been the ones taking the fall."

Huang Zhenyang was relieved that Huang Qi was the scapegoat. If they had been there, they would have been captured by Wong Qifu just like Huang Qi and would have had to face punishment from within the family.

That would have been a real mess.

But things were different now. Since they hadn't appeared, they could let Huang Qi take all the blame. When the time came, they could claim it was his personal doing and had nothing to do with them. He would have to take responsibility himself. After all, it was Huang Qi who had decided to provoke the Wang Family.

"It's nothing."

Huang Sheng chuckled. "There's nothing wrong with being cautious."

"Sigh, but we still lost out," Huang Zhenyang sighed again.

"No," Huang Sheng shook his head. "We didn't lose."

"We didn't lose?"

Huang Zhenyang was stunned.

"That's right," Huang Sheng said. "At the very least, we used Huang Qi's hand to get Xu Ke killed. We still have something to report to Wong Ting."

Huang Zhenyang's eyes lit up. "You're right!"

Then, he looked at Huang Sheng with deep admiration. "I can't believe you planned for that as well."

"It's a small matter," Huang Sheng replied with a slight smile.

"Fantastic! Let's call Wong Ting right now and claim credit," Huang Zhenyang clapped his hands. "Maybe we can even get his support. Then we won't have to pay such a high price when facing Wong Qifu's fury."

"Good idea."

Then, Huang Sheng looked down at a recording from the factory, at the moment Xu Ke threw his body onto the blade. "Impressive."

"What's impressive?" Huang Zhenyang asked, puzzled as he took out his phone.

"I said Xu Ke is impressive," Huang Sheng clarified.

"Him? What's so impressive about that failure?" Huang Zhenyang scoffed.

Huang Sheng shook his head. "If he hadn't committed suicide, the Wang Family would have surely gone into decline."

"You're exaggerating," Huang Zhenyang said, finding Huang Sheng's words baffling. "He was so worthless he had to kill himself to solve a problem. What does that have to do with the Wang Family's decline?"

"No."

Huang Sheng shook his head again. "If he hadn't died, Wong Qifu would have had to pay a steep price, and her momentum would have been damaged. Tonight, she revealed a flaw."

"But with Xu Ke's death, that flaw has been sealed."

"Xu Ke's suicide didn't just break tonight's deadlock; it also foiled my future plans against Wong Qifu."

Huang Sheng let out a sigh.

"You're overthinking it. It was just a fluke, a case of a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse. He acted on impulse, a reckless brute who couldn't endure humiliation. What good is someone like that?" Huang Zhenyang remained disdainful.

He was furious with Xu Ke.

A bargaining chip that refused to play its part, instead committing suicide and causing the Huang Family's plan to fail. Huang Zhenyang was enraged.

"Perhaps," Huang Sheng said with a faint smile. "In any case, there's no point discussing it further. He's a dead man now."

"If he had been given time to grow, with Wong Qifu's support, he might have become our greatest threat."

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