71: Chapter 71: Capturing Chu Shaojie isn't enough! The Chu family must be wiped out!

Chu Shaojie lay prone on the rough asphalt, his hands clutching Miss Shen's high heels.

"Miss Shen! Ancestor Shen! Please let me off the hook. Tell me how much money you want, and I'll have my dad wire it to you!" Chu Shaojie was crying with snot and tears streaming down his face, completely devoid of the arrogant aura of the number one playboy of Jiangcheng from the past.

Shen Nianwei frowned in disgust, raised her leg, and kicked Chu Shaojie squarely in the shoulder.

"Get lost." Shen Nianwei straightened the hem of her trench coat.

Two burly men from the Shen Family Dark Hall immediately stepped forward, grabbing Chu Shaojie by the arms on both sides and dragging him toward the trunk like a dead dog.

Just then, several blinding high beams suddenly lit up on the other end of the viaduct.

The screeching sound of tires gripping the pavement pierced the night sky.

Five black Audi A8s lined up, accelerators floored, speeding toward the Shen Family convoy before coming to a steady stop several dozen meters away, effectively blocking the other exit of the viaduct.

The car doors opened in unison.

Qin Tianming, wearing a black overcoat, stepped out of the middle car.

He was followed by dozens of Qin Family bodyguards, all dressed in identical black suits.

"Miss Shen, standing out here in the cold in the middle of the night—aren't you afraid of catching a cold?" Qin Tianming walked closer and glanced at the struggling Chu Shaojie on the ground.

Shen Nianwei turned around, her expression turning completely cold.

"You move quite fast, Qin Tianming." Shen Nianwei took a step forward in her high heels.

Qin Tianming smiled and pointed at Chu Shaojie on the ground: "I need to take this kid with me."

Shen Nianwei refused directly: "On what grounds? We, the Shen Family, intercepted him. Are you planning to swoop in and steal the fruit of our labor, Qin Tianming?"

Qin Tianming wiped the smile off his face and said in a heavier tone: "Miss Shen, let's speak plainly. I don't know how much lifespan your Old Master Shen has gained, but my father only has one year left, and every day counts. We must complete this mission today, the Qin Family."

Qin Tianming paused for a moment, then threw out a bargaining chip: "As long as you agree, the Qin Family won't take a single cent of the assets from Changsheng Real Estate; we'll give it all to you."

Shen Nianwei looked at Qin Tianming as if he were an idiot.

"Qin Tianming, do you think our Shen Family is short on that kind of money?" Shen Nianwei retorted.

Qin Tianming's face darkened.

Chu Shaojie was listening from the side, completely confused.

One year of lifespan? That person?

What is all this about!

However, he understood one thing: Changsheng Real Estate was being used as a bargaining chip.

"Uncle Qin! Miss Shen! Please don't ruin your friendship over me!" Chu Shaojie shouted while struggling. "My dad is taking money to Xin Island right now! As long as you let me go, I'll take charge of the Changsheng assets and split them in half between the two of you!"

Qin Tianming walked over and backhanded him with a crisp slap, striking Chu Shaojie directly in the face.

Slap!

Chu Shaojie's mouth split open from the blow, and he spat out teeth mixed with blood.

"Changsheng?" Qin Tianming shook his hand. "That pile of scrap metal? How dare you bring that up to embarrass yourself at a time like this? Shut up!"

Qin Tianming looked back at Shen Nianwei.

"Miss Shen, I have to take this person today, no matter what." Qin Tianming raised his hand.

The Qin Family bodyguards immediately stepped forward, reaching into the insides of their suits.

The men from the Shen Family Dark Hall were not to be outdone, gripping their collapsible batons and machetes tightly.

Both sides were on the verge of a clash.

Shen Nianwei did not back down: "Qin Tianming, just try moving a muscle. If we have a brawl here today and things get out of hand, nobody will be able to clean up the mess. When 'that person' holds us accountable, can the Qin Family bear the consequences?"

Qin Tianming paused.

He really didn't dare to gamble on that.

Mr. Lin wanted people who could get things done; if they fought here and caused trouble, attracting unnecessary attention, it would cross the bottom line of the Extraordinary Club.

Qin Tianming took a deep breath.

"Shen Nianwei, since you caught him first, I won't snatch him." Qin Tianming pointed at Chu Shaojie. "But the mission requirements are very clear: he is to be brought back secretly 'after the Chu Family is destroyed.' Right now, that old geezer Chairman Chu Changfeng is still at the company transferring assets, and Changsheng isn't completely dead yet. Are you planning to hand in your assignment early?"

Shen Nianwei furrowed her brows.

This was indeed a loophole.

The primary prerequisite for the mission issued by Mr. Lin was the destruction of the Chu Family.

Of course, to an existence like Mr. Lin, the Chu Family was nothing. Perhaps when Mr. Lin issued the mission, he just mentioned it out of habit, without really caring whether the Chu Family lived or died.

But the problem was, it didn't matter what Mr. Lin thought; what mattered was that they had to carry out the mission requirements exactly!

If Mr. Lin really wanted the Chu Family dead, and they ended up leaving them half-dead, that would be incompetence!

Getting kicked out of the Extraordinary Club would be getting off lightly; if they ended up with the same fate as Wang Jianshu and the Chu Family, it would be too late to regret it!

Just as the two were at a stalemate, Shen Nianwei listened to something, then took out her phone and put it on speaker.

"Tianming, it's your Uncle Shen." Shen Changshan spoke directly from the other end of the phone.

Qin Tianming snorted coldly: "Old Master Shen, I trust you've been well. I wonder what advice you have for me?"

"I wouldn't call it advice. However, the Shen Family cannot give up this person." Shen Changshan stated his position directly. "Who would complain about having an extra year of lifespan? However, you were right just now, Tianming. Chairman Chu Changfeng isn't dead yet. Bringing the person to Mr. Lin now would indeed be against the rules."

Shen Changshan proposed: "How about this? Shen Nianwei will take the person and lock him up first. Our two families will compete based on our own abilities; whoever drives Chairman Chu Changfeng into a dead end first gets the credit for the mission. Whoever succeeds can take the person to collect the reward. How about that?"

Qin Tianming calculated rapidly in his mind.

Snatching the person now was too risky.

If they followed Shen Changshan's proposal and competed to see who could finish off Chairman Chu Changfeng first, the Qin Family still had a chance.

"Fine, we'll do as Old Master Shen says." Qin Tianming agreed. "Chu Shaojie can stay with your Shen Family for now, but if anything goes wrong in the meantime, I will hold you accountable."

Shen Nianwei hung up the phone immediately.

"Take him away!"

The two burly men from the Dark Hall took out adhesive tape, sealed Chu Shaojie's mouth, shoved him into the trunk, and slammed the door shut.

The Shen Family convoy started up quickly, bypassed the Qin Family's cars, and drove toward the Shen Family estate.

Watching the taillights of the Shen Family convoy disappear into the night, Qin Tianming immediately opened the car door and sat in the back seat.

"Mr. Qin, where are we going now?" the driver asked, turning around.

"To the headquarters of Changsheng Real Estate!" Qin Tianming said urgently. "Hurry! Get there as fast as you can! We absolutely cannot let Chairman Chu Changfeng get away!"

At the same time.

In the study on the second floor of Yunding Mansion.

Zhou Ye sat in front of the computer, looking at the captured surveillance footage of the viaduct on the screen, and rubbed his chin.

"Boss, those two families have quite the rapport; they actually didn't fight." Zhou Ye was a bit surprised.

"Fighting would have been more troublesome; it seems Shen Nianwei and Qin Tianming aren't completely stupid." Lin Zhe leaned back on the sofa and said casually, "Any movement from Chairman Chu Changfeng?"

Zhou Ye's fingers flew across the keyboard: "I've already taken over the security system and internal network of the Changsheng Real Estate headquarters. That old guy is hiding in the top-floor office, planning to transfer the remaining few hundred million in cash from the books to an account in the Cayman Islands."

"Intercept it." Lin Zhe said only three words.

"Understood."