“Don’t ask me anything!”
“I know what you want to ask, but it’s useless to ask. I can’t give you the answer you want!”
Qin Tianhu seemed to know what Chu Fan wanted to ask, and his response instantly ignited an unprovoked fury in Chu Fan’s eyes.
What do you mean, you can’t give me the answer I want?
It’s not that you can’t, it’s that you don’t want to, right?
*Swish…*
Chu Fan suddenly got up, his figure flashed, and he flew over the stone table, grabbing Qin Tianhu by the neck and pressing him against the wall.
Even with his throat choked, Qin Tianhu’s expression didn’t change at all.
He said calmly, “Don’t waste your energy. Your moves are useless against me!”
“I’m not afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of your threats?”
His words were calm, but his attitude was resolutely firm.
Chu Fan was at a loss.
They were both powerful individuals with extraordinary senses. He knew Qin Tianhu wasn’t bluffing.
Moreover, since the other party wasn’t an ordinary person, he couldn’t resort to force.
Realizing that interrogation would be futile, Chu Fan had no choice but to let go and walk back to the stone table to sit down.
Qin Tianhu chuckled, walked back to the stone table, and sat down, sipping his tea as if nothing had happened.
After a moment of silence, Chu Fan asked helplessly, “Is this interesting?”
“You’d rather take those things to your grave than help me?”
Since force wouldn’t achieve his goal, Chu Fan resorted to gentler tactics, planning to appeal to emotions and try to break through Qin Tianhu’s resolve.
Qin Tianhu frowned slightly, put down his teacup, and stared at Chu Fan, saying, “It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s just that telling you won’t do you any good, understand!”
“Some things are not good to know!”
“I don’t want to tell you because it’s for your own good!”
Here again?
Anger surged in Chu Fan once more.
He hated hearing such words the most recently.
When he had asked Chu Qingtian earlier, he had used a similar tone, basically saying that knowing wouldn’t benefit him.
Did they really think they had the right to lecture him just because they were older?
Qin Tianhu sensed Chu Fan’s anger, but his expression didn’t change much.
“Perhaps, when I’m dead, you’ll get some information!”
“But that’s only if I’m dead!”
“Once I’m dead, even if I tell you something, no one will be able to find me for trouble, right?”
These were all considerations for the future.
A Grandmaster, even though severely injured, wouldn’t die so easily.
In fact, with proper recuperation, he could live for another three to five, or even six to eight years.
Three to five, or six to eight years, was too long for Chu Fan to wait.
Taking a deep breath to suppress all his anger, Chu Fan stood up and left.
Since continuing to stay here wouldn’t yield the information he desired, he decided not to waste any more time.
Qin Tianhu’s expression remained unchanged. He continued to calmly drink his tea, enjoying the fleeting moments.
Treasure Pavilion.
Cui Fu’s hanging heart gradually settled as he saw Chu Fan enter.
He had known that Chu Fan was going to meet Qin Tianhu, whom he had been searching for, from the person who had informed him earlier.
Regarding Qin Tianhu, although Cui Fu had never met him, he had heard of him. He knew that anyone who shared the same generation as the current Qin family head and had very little information available publicly, making them difficult to investigate, must be a very dangerous individual.
He had genuinely worried that Chu Fan would never return from this meeting, or would return as severely injured as before.
“What, you didn’t see him?”
Since Chu Fan appeared to have not engaged in any combat, Cui Fu instinctively assumed he probably hadn’t met Qin Tianhu.
“I saw him!”
Chu Fan walked over and sat on the lounge chair.
He saw him but didn’t fight?
This turn of events clearly didn’t follow the normal progression. Cui Fu immediately approached the lounge chair and asked curiously, “Since you saw him, you let him go?”
Chu Fan smiled helplessly and replied, “No need to kill him. He’s already close to death…”
Hearing the detailed account, Cui Fu didn’t know what to say, only that life was unpredictable.
Who would have thought that a situation where meeting meant certain death would now be one where even if Chu Fan wanted to act, he wouldn’t have the inclination?
What was even more preposterous was that they were even related!
…
The next day.
Chu Fan suddenly received a message from Li Kuangshan, stating that his affairs were almost settled and asking when Chu Fan’s side could deploy.
Since he had been waiting for this matter, Chu Fan naturally responded that they could move at any time.
Li Kuangshan calculated, then stated that they would rest for one night and depart early the next morning.
With the arrangement made, Chu Fan also left the Treasure Pavilion, preparing to return to his residence to pack some belongings.
His phone rang.
Seeing it was an unknown number, Chu Fan hesitated but still answered it.
On the other end of the line, Qin Tianhu’s voice could be heard.
“He’s dead!”
Chu Fan frowned and asked, “When?”
“Just discovered. It was in the courtyard where you met him yesterday. Do you want to come and take a look?”
Chu Fan was truly surprised by this development.
He knew Qin Tianhu didn’t have long to live, but he hadn’t expected him to die the day after they had met.
He had died too quickly!
Suicide?
Chu Fan considered it and found it unlikely.
His body was already broken, and death was only a matter of time. There was no need for him to commit suicide; if he waited a little longer, he wouldn’t even be able to cling to life.
As for dying from a relapse of his injuries.
This reason was also quickly dismissed.
Chu Fan had been in close proximity to Qin Tianhu yesterday, and without even needing to exert much of his senses, he knew that although Qin Tianhu’s injuries were severe, they had been suppressed. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to face him with a smile.
With both reasons dismissed, only one remained: murder?
After a slight hesitation, Chu Fan decided to go to the scene to see exactly what had happened.
Although his killing intent towards Qin Tianhu had been extremely strong before yesterday, to the point where he wished he could kill him the moment they met, after yesterday’s encounter, his killing intent had significantly diminished, even vanishing completely.
Upon suddenly hearing the news of his death, Chu Fan didn’t know why, but a trace of sadness appeared in his heart.
The small courtyard had already been cordoned off by Qin family guards.
Qin Tianhu sat in the position Chu Fan had occupied yesterday, waiting quietly, knowing Chu Fan was coming.
As Chu Fan entered the courtyard, Qin Tianhu immediately got up and led him inside the house.
The interior furnishings were still simple. In the center of the main hall, on the lounge chair, Qin Tianhu lay with his eyes closed, appearing as if he were asleep.
Chu Fan walked closer, observed carefully for a moment, then turned to Qin Tianhu and asked, “Did he leave any final instructions?”
Qin Tianhu shook his head.
Chu Fan continued, “There should be surveillance cameras around. Please check them and see who was walking nearby last night!”
Hearing the request to check surveillance cameras, Qin Tianhu’s expression changed slightly, and he asked, “He didn’t die from a relapse of his injuries?”
As the saying goes, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Given Qin Tianhu’s strength, Qin Tianhu found it hard to imagine him dying at the hands of another.
“No!”
Chu Fan’s tone was resolute.
At the same moment, a strong sense of crisis suddenly appeared in his heart.