There were too many questions hanging in the air, from the appearance of the monsters in Zhuo River to the completion of the latest reincarnation ritual of the Golden Carp, decades had passed.
The Daoist sects and the demon race had also been planning for decades, their schemes undoubtedly foolproof.
Qin Yexuan recalled the three riddles.
Two of the riddles had been solved, but the third, neither human nor not human, offered not a single clue.
As for the others, seeing the dejected Sun Yongan, they didn't know how to deal with him.
This man was utterly wicked, devoid of humanity, his sins beyond description.
“Qinglu, Madam, what do you think we should do with him?” Qin Yexuan asked.
Li Fengzhi stared at the man for a very long time, then suddenly covered her face and wept, “Qinglu, my son, help your mother to rest nearby. I never want to see this man again!”
Sun Qinglu wiped away his tears and quickly helped his mother to the adjacent room.
The red thread on the infant's feet had been cut, and the vicious scissors were now burning in Qin Yexuan’s hand.
Black ashes swirled in all directions. Qin Yexuan gently waved his sleeve, and the ashes dissipated.
Liu Yaxin hugged the twins, calling out to them urgently.
The twins wailed loudly, as if they were hungry.
“Teacher Wang, please escort her and her sons to this address. I’ve arranged for people there. They can help them leave Chaoge City immediately. Any later, and this city will be impossible to exit.”
Liu Yaxin was immensely grateful. She knelt and kowtowed with the children in her arms.
Qin Yexuan asked indifferently, “Do you need money?”
“No, I don’t. I have savings, and my family is not short of money.”
“After you return, will your parents be able to accept this?”
“My mom and dad are not stubborn people. They will definitely grow up healthy and well.”
At this moment, Sun Qinglu ran in and sincerely handed a card to Liu Yaxin. “This is from my mother. I don’t know how much is on it, but please, Auntie, accept it. They are, after all, my younger siblings. I will visit you when I have time.”
This matter concluded with everyone happy.
Wang Jiaqian took Liu Yaxin into a black minivan waiting outside, and they departed discreetly.
Qin Yexuan picked up Sun Yongan and went to the backyard.
Sun Yongan's expression was vacant.
He suddenly began to tremble. “You, what do you want to do? They’ve all forgiven me. You, you can’t do anything to me!”
Qin Yexuan chuckled. “Do you think you still have the right to live in this world?”
Sun Yongan struggled. “No, I can’t die. I still have grand ambitions to fulfill, many things I haven’t done, I…”
*Bang!*
Qin Yexuan formed the Vajra Mudra and struck directly down.
Sun Yongan collapsed.
Qin Yexuan's face was filled with disdain. “If you were to live, it would be an insult to me!”
Outside, Jun Mengyao’s people had already prepared and were beginning to clean up the scene.
However, the matter was not entirely over.
Qin Yexuan went to Li Fengzhi’s resting room.
Li Fengzhi’s lips trembled. “He…”
This “he” referred to Sun Yongan.
Qin Yexuan smiled subtly. “He will never appear before Madam again.”
They were all intelligent people. Li Fengzhi let out a sigh of relief and silently recited something, seemingly a scripture for comforting the departed.
After she calmed down, Qin Yexuan said in a low voice, “Madam, please release the news immediately that you need someone to bury something on the spot, and that you are willing to offer a reward of one million for the task!”
Li Fengzhi frowned. “Just say that? Isn’t that too strange?”
Qin Yexuan smiled. “It doesn’t matter. Just prepare a box for them to bury. You don’t need to say what’s inside. They will fill in the blanks themselves.”
This message was targeted at all the staff hired by the Sun family.
Including drivers, nannies, cooks, gardeners…
Li Fengzhi now trusted Qin Yexuan implicitly and immediately sent out the message, summoning the resting staff to the mansion.
These subordinates, who had always benefited from the Sun family’s generosity, especially Madam’s kindness, gathered together, looking at the cardboard box placed not far away.
Beside the cardboard box was a baby blanket, which seemed to have bloodstains on it.
Everyone was shocked and exchanged glances, their minds racing with speculation.
They were well aware of the Sun family’s recent events and had naturally guessed the “inside story.”
Young Master Sun had kept a mistress outside who gave birth to twins, and then Madam discovered it and killed them. Now Madam didn’t know what to do, so she was paying someone to dispose of the infants’ bodies.
Indeed, such disgusting affairs were common in wealthy families.
However, the one million reward was truly irresistible.
“What should we do? Let’s discuss it. First of all, for Madam’s sake, no matter how it’s handled in the end, no one is to leak anything.” The old nanny, who was in charge of household affairs, took on a commanding role, becoming the de facto leader.
Right, the most difficult part of this was finding someone willing to do it, and the primary problem was finding a suitable burial site.
The crowd remained silent for a long time.
Suddenly, the young driver, Xu, said in a deep voice, “The vegetable garden in Baiyang Alley, south of the city.”
Everyone looked at him, and many nodded. “That place is suitable.”
Driver Xu blinked. “Twenty years ago, it was an orphanage. Later, it was converted into a pet cemetery. Then, it was rented by a black-hearted abortion clinic. As far as I know, many fetuses were buried there.”
It was the perfect place.
Someone asked, “Driver Xu seems very familiar with the situation there. Why don’t you do it?”
Driver Xu repeatedly waved his hands. “I’m young, and I’m terrified. I really don’t dare to do such a thing.”
Finally, the nearly seventy-year-old gardener stepped forward. “I’m not doing this for money, but to repay Madam for taking me in.”
His righteous demeanor commanded everyone’s respect.
However, when he met Li Fengzhi later, the old man extended three fingers and waved them.
Li Fengzhi immediately nodded. “Three million, alright.”
The old man rubbed his hands, fiddling with his trouser pockets, then revealed a set of rotten teeth stained yellow by smoking. “Oh, Madam, your Sun family is the wealthiest. For a family like yours to handle such a matter, a few million is hardly interesting.”
Li Fengzhi was stunned.
How did this usually honest Master Zhao turn into this?
Qin Yexuan smiled. “How much do you want?”
The old man became agitated, again fumbling in his pockets. After a long while, he took out a cigarette, took a deep puff, and then stomped his foot. “Madam, such a deed will bring retribution, after all, it’s two children. I want thirty million, to retire at home!”
Li Fengzhi sighed. “Alright.”
Old man Zhao was finally satisfied. He secretly pocketed a bottle of Sun Yongan’s Maotai wine, then, humming a tune while drinking, he took the cardboard box and headed straight for Baiyang Alley in the south of the city.
Li Fengzhi watched the car leave, feeling very sad. “I never thought that even the honest Master Zhao would change so much in the face of money.”
Qin Yexuan smiled. “Does Madam think thirty million will appease him?”
“Ah!”
Li Fengzhi was bewildered. “Does he want even more?”
Qin Yexuan said faintly, “He was rubbing his trouser pockets just now. That wasn’t nervousness, but because he had his phone recording our conversation. He’s recorded everything we said.”
“What?”
Li Fengzhi was shocked. “He wants to use this recording to threaten me forever?”
“Yes. The Sun family is the wealthiest. Thirty million won’t satisfy this old man. He will continuously extort you using the recording,” Qin Yexuan scoffed. “So, I’m not surprised he’s dead at all.”