Wu Mingyu took out a pair of pliers from under the tea table and approached Zhou Wei with a sneer.
"Zhou Wei, I'll ask you one last time. Will you tell me?"
"No!! I..."
Zhou Wei's hands were tied behind his back. He cowered towards the corner like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Only when he was blocked by the cold and hard wall did he finally shout out in despair, "Wu Mingyu, you'll never come to a good end!! I'll leave my money to my son, not you!!"
"Oh!!"
It took Wu Mingyu a long time to remember that Zhou Wei had a son who was sent back to his wife's hometown by his wife.
"It doesn't matter! No one knows you still have money. Your money has already been squandered into my hands!"
Wu Mingyu was telling the truth. As a playboy who squandered money at the high - end clubs like the Noble Feast every day, the money Zhou Wei spent on asking Wu Mingyu out was considered as consumption. Even if Zhou Wei's son hired a lawyer to sue Wu Mingyu, the money couldn't be retrieved.
Wu Mingyu grabbed the bedsheet and casually wiped the blood on Zhou Wei's chin. Then she started to use the pliers to pull out Zhou Wei's teeth.
"Ah!! It hurts..."
One of Zhou Wei's teeth was pried out with a "pop". He howled in pain.
"Will you tell me?"
Wu Mingyu disgustedly threw away the tooth on the pliers. "Transfer the money to my account, and I'll return your phone to you so that you can contact Master Du! How about it?"
Zhou Wei spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed, "I... I must have been blind. You shameless bitch!"
"Are you scolding me?!"
Wu Mingyu was obviously getting impatient. She slapped Zhou Wei twice on both sides of his face. "I can pull out all your teeth for the sake of money!"
Although Zhou Wei was a despicable scumbag, enduring such inhumane abuse seemed to make Zhou Wei's wife waver a bit.
Suddenly, my vision blurred, and I was back in the corridor outside the apartment.
In the dim corridor, only Du Peilin and I were standing against the wall. In front of us, Zhou Wei's wife was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to Du Peilin with disheveled hair.
"Master Du, please..."
The sorrowful look on Zhou Wei's wife's face made me think she was asking Du Peilin to save her husband.
Unexpectedly, she said, "Zhou Wei drank paraquat. He's already on the verge of death. Just let him die! The remaining money can be used to treat my son... and let him receive a good education. He won't be like his father, who only knows how to spend money on women and bully his wife!"
"Ah!"
Du Peilin shook his head helplessly and said, "We made a contract. As long as Wu Mingyu can keep him alive for seven days, I'll be responsible for saving his life."
"That's bad. Wu Mingyu will never let Zhou Wei die."
I remembered the bloody and satisfying scene in the room. Wu Mingyu was forcing Zhou Wei to give her his money. If Zhou Wei couldn't bear the pain and told Wu Mingyu the password, he would be a useless waste even if he was alive. If Zhou Wei really survived for seven days and Wu Mingyu had to hand him over to Du Peilin, Zhou Wei still wouldn't die, and his money would still be divided between Du Peilin and Wu Mingyu!
Either way, Zhou Wei's poor child wouldn't get a single cent of the inheritance.
This scumbag Zhou Wei only remembered he had a son now!!
"... It's really a tough problem!"
Du Peilin pretended to sigh, but his eyes were rolling around.
I knew he had a backup plan, so I didn't ask him anymore. I just quietly listened to the sounds inside the door. There was another howl from Zhou Wei, accompanied by his scolding of Wu Mingyu... and then there was a rustling sound.
Then I heard Wu Mingyu's triumphant laughter. "You should have told me earlier. Then you wouldn't have suffered so much!"
Immediately afterwards, there was a low sobbing sound from Zhou Wei, and the sound of Wu Mingyu's high - heeled shoes came from the room.
"Stay here obediently! I'll go to the ATM to make a couple of transfers and try!"
Zhou Wei's phone didn't have the function of large - amount transfer. Looking at the string of zeros in the mobile banking app that almost dazzled her, Wu Mingyu was so overjoyed that she couldn't wait for a single moment!
Hearing the sound of Wu Mingyu approaching the door, Du Peilin and I tacitly moved to the half - flight of stairs leading to the rooftop.
The sound of the door opening came. Wu Mingyu first looked around to make sure no one was paying attention. Then she carefully locked the door and rushed downstairs in a hurry!
"What should we do now?"
I looked at Du Peilin.
It seemed that Zhou Wei was a coward. After being tortured a little, he confessed everything.
Now it seemed that Zhou Wei's wife's hope of leaving the money to her child would never come true.
"Don't worry, don't worry. Let me make a call first."
Du Peilin looked really like a master, shaking his head. He took out his phone from his pocket, sent a WeChat location, and then made a call. "Zifeng, have you picked up the person?"
"Yeah, yeah, I've picked him up!"
Du Peilin's phone was quite old, and the sound leaked out. I could hear Zhao Zifeng's voice.
"Then take a taxi and come here according to this location!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone and walked to the locked room.
Looking at the old - fashioned mortise lock on the door, Du Peilin smiled. He took out a black wire hairpin from his hair, inserted it into the keyhole, squinted his eyes, and listened intently while fiddling with it. With a soft click, the lock was opened.
"Hey, you're not a thief, are you?"
I had never seen a Taoist priest so proficient in picking locks. It was like his main job.
"I know a little."
Du Peilin had already pushed open the door and made a "please" gesture. I went into the room with Zhou Wei's wife, who was floating halfway in the air.
A stench almost made me vomit.
Just now, I only "saw" the scene inside the room through Zhou Wei's wife's sight. It was far less shocking than the real - life scene with all its colors, smells, and forms.
The small room was full of blood stains and the black, mud - like water vomited by Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei's hands had been untied. He was curled up in the corner like a stray dog, moaning softly.
"Hey, Zhou Wei, what's your plan now?"
Du Peilin kicked Zhou Wei's calf with his foot and asked with a smile, "Do you still want to fly together with Wu Mingyu?"
Hearing Du Peilin's words, Zhou Wei's already scattered eyes suddenly lit up.
"Master Du!! Master Du, save me!"
He opened his mouth. At least three or four teeth were missing. He struggled to get up and hug Du Peilin, but Du Peilin stepped back several steps in a hurry. "Don't move! Don't dirty my pants!"
"Wu Mingyu is a snake - hearted woman. She just wants my money. She won't let me live!"
Zhou Wei didn't dare to lean on Du Peilin anymore. "Master Du, I... I'll give you all the three million. Please save me from this misery..."