The bald - headed man instantly understood his meaning. His face turned as pale as paper, and his whole body trembled like a leaf in the autumn wind.
Choose one? Choose one what? Choose one to die?!
He looked at the once - subordinate, the yellow - haired man who was now like a pile of mud. A flicker of struggle flashed across his eyes.
But it was just a split - second.
The will to survive overwhelmed everything.
Without the slightest hesitation!
The bald - headed man suddenly grabbed the dagger on the ground. His movement was so fast that it was hard to believe he was a seriously injured man.
He crawled and stumbled towards the yellow - haired man.
Under the yellow - haired man's suddenly widened eyes, filled with extreme fear and disbelief, he raised the dagger and stabbed it hard into his belly!
"Ughh——!!!"
The yellow - haired man let out a shrill scream that was hardly human. His body twitched violently.
The bald - headed man seemed to be in a frenzy. He turned a deaf ear to the screams. There was only cruelty and madness in his eyes, willing to do anything to survive.
Amid the screams, he pulled out the dagger and stabbed it in several more times!
"Puff! Puff!"
The sound of the blade entering the flesh was especially clear and terrifying in the silent factory building.
The warm blood splashed all over the bald - headed man's face and body, but he was completely oblivious.
It wasn't until the yellow - haired man passed out completely, lying there like a real pile of rotten meat.
Then he loosened the dagger as if he had lost all his strength. He slumped to the ground, gasping for breath with a blank look in his eyes.
The other hooligans were already scared out of their wits. Some even fainted directly.
The rest were so frightened that they soiled themselves. They cowered and didn't even dare to look.
Pei Jiangmu watched all this indifferently. There was no expression on his face, as if he had just watched a boring play.
He gently waved his hand.
Immediately, someone stepped forward and dragged these hooligans, along with the unconscious yellow - haired man, away like dead dogs.
They would receive "proper" medical treatment.
They would be ensured to suffer the maximum pain without dying easily.
Then, they would be "sent" intact to the police station, along with a detailed account of their crimes and clear evidence pointing to Wu Qian.
Not long after, the door of the factory building was opened again.
A fashionable - dressed woman with a messy makeup and dried blood at the corner of her mouth was pushed in. It was Wu Qian.
It was obvious that she had also suffered a lot. Her eyes were panicked.
But when she saw Pei Jiangmu sitting on the chair, she was first stunned, as if she hadn't expected it to be him.
Then she forced a show of angry bravado.
"It's you! How dare you kidnap me?! Do you know whose person I am?!! President Du won't let you go!"
She shrieked, trying to intimidate the other side with Du Feng's name.
She had seen this man in the Du family's villa. He accompanied Meng Ruochao back to get her luggage.
At that time, he was introduced as a part - time clerk in the store.
A mere clerk dared to treat her like this. He was really overestimating himself.
However, before her voice died away——
"Slap!"
A very loud slap landed hard on her face.
The force was so great that she fell directly to the ground. Half of her cheek was instantly swollen, and her ears were buzzing.
The black - clothed man who had struck her was expressionless, his voice cold: "How dare you shout at Young Master Pei like that?"
Wu Qian was stunned.
She covered her face, looked up, shocked at Pei Jiangmu, then at the men around with cold auras who were obviously not ordinary bodyguards.
Finally, she realized that this young man in front of her was probably far from what she had imagined, just a gigolo kept by Meng Ruochao.
Pei Jiangmu didn't even have the interest to ask questions.
Qi Yu stepped forward, looking down at her condescendingly.
"Tell us exactly what you know about instigating the hooligans to destroy [Fuyunxuan] and hurt Miss Meng."
Under the extreme fear and the deterrence of that slap, Wu Qian's psychological defense instantly collapsed.
She didn't dare to hide anything.
Crying, she told how Du Feng had ordered her to find someone to teach Meng Ruochao a lesson.
How he had told her to only destroy the store but not hurt anyone.
And how she had contacted the hooligans. She told it all in detail.
"Master Pei, I really told them not to hurt Miss Meng! I really did!"
"It was those hooligans who didn't follow the rules! It's not my fault! Please spare me..."
She sobbed and begged pitifully.
Pei Jiangmu ignored her cries.
He slowly stood up. His shiny red - soled leather shoes stepped on the dusty concrete floor, making clear "tap, tap" sounds, like the countdown of death.
He walked up to Wu Qian and stopped.
Then, under Wu Qian's terrified gaze.
He raised his foot and slowly, but with great force, stepped on Wu Qian's face with his expensive leather shoes.
"Um..." Wu Qian's face was firmly crushed on the rough ground. Humiliation and pain made her let out a muffled whimper.
Pei Jiangmu leaned forward slightly, looking down at her.
There was still no emotion in his dark eyes, only a cold void.
As if he were examining an inanimate object.
"It was you who took her to the hospital to check the abortion records back then, wasn't it?"
His voice was soft, but it drilled into Wu Qian's ears like a poisonous snake. "I remember warning you at that time."
Wu Qian's eyes widened suddenly, as if a thunderbolt had exploded in her mind!
So it was him!
Back then, she had followed Du Feng's order. Taking Meng Ruochao to the hospital to find the surgical records was a pretext. The real purpose was to let her have a repair operation.
She had tried to wash away the so - called "stain" on Meng Ruochao in this way.
However, due to Meng Ruochao's strong opposition, it had ended up in nothing.
Not long after, she had received an anonymous warning, telling her to resign immediately and leave Du Feng, or else she would bear the consequences.
She had thought it was a rival in the company who was jealous of her promotion...
She never expected that behind it all was this seemingly innocent Pei Jiangmu.
"So... it was you..."
She murmured, her eyes filled with horror and dread.
Pei Jiangmu had no interest in wasting words with her.
The sole of his shoe slowly moved, from her cheek to her arm.
Finally, it accurately stepped on her right hand wearing a precious bracelet.
"It was this hand," his voice was bone - chillingly cold, "that transferred the money to them, wasn't it?"
Before his voice faded, he suddenly exerted force on his foot!
"Crunch——"
A tooth - aching sound of bone fracture clearly rang out!
"Ahhh——!!!!"
Wu Qian let out a heart - rending scream. Her entire right palm was twisted at a strange angle. The intense pain made her almost faint instantly.
Pei Jiangmu moved his foot away expressionlessly, as if he had just crushed a bug.
He took the disinfectant handkerchief handed by Qi Yu and slowly wiped the sole of his shoe and his fingers. Then he casually threw the handkerchief on the ground.
"Clean it up properly."
He calmly gave the order and turned back to the chair without looking back.
Wu Qian's screams were quickly muffled, just like her fate of being dragged away, disappearing into the shadows of the factory building.