mtl008 Chapter 98 Bounty for a Head
Chapter 98 Bounty for a Head
The assistant only felt a dark shadow flash before his eyes.
Shen Qi swiftly dodged, quickly retrieving his phone. His hands, veins bulging, braced themselves on the dark desk. With his eyes closed, he managed to squeeze out a single sentence with great difficulty.
"Get out and close the door."
The assistant was very perceptive; he immediately put down the folder, didn't say another word, and walked out decisively.
The hourglass on the dark black tabletop dripped sand slowly, time ticking forward with each passing grain of sand.
Shen Qi squeezed his wrist hard. He only felt the pain when he realized it was real, but he still couldn't control his trembling arm.
He struggled to touch the cold phone, and without the slightest hesitation, immediately dialed the number.
—Dududu.
Finally, just as the call was about to end, it was connected.
Shen Qi put one hand on his hip, his gaze unfocused, staring at a certain point. Slowly, he covered his burning eyes, his emotions beyond words. He spoke quickly, but his voice remained soft, tender, and patient towards Chu Li.
"Ali, can you tell me what happened?"
Chu Li didn't answer him directly, but calmly said, "Don't you think I'm having a fit of hysteria?"
Shen Qisong loosened his hand covering his eyes, and he had already skillfully mocked himself, "How could that be? In my entire life, I don't think I've ever seen anyone more sentimental and ruthless than Ali."
She never pitied him.
Chu Li ignored him and continued talking to himself, "Today I met a girl in Hejia Lane. She looks just like me when I was young, but she has a much more passionate personality than me. She's a lovely girl."
Shen Qi's voice was hoarse. He suppressed his emotions and almost at the same time Chu Li spoke, he took out a spare phone from the drawer and asked his confidant to investigate.
Clearly, Chu Li knew him all too well.
Almost at the same time he sent the message, Chu Li said, "You can do your investigation, but don't disturb her life."
Chu Li's voice was cold, like an icicle frozen on a frosty winter day, piercing straight into a man's heart.
"Shen Qi, neither of us is qualified right now."
The man sat there quietly like a wax figure. After a long while, he finally found his voice, as if saying to himself, "I know."
He remained silent for a long time, then let out a long sigh.
Soon, he turned his attention back to his wife, and in just one day, everything seemed to start to look up. He was in a rare mood, with a sense of joy and a nameless happiness.
The man, now middle-aged, had a wrinkle around his eye, but he remained handsome and dashing.
He leaned casually against his office chair, his voice soothing, "Ali, I'm really happy today."
There seemed to be a moment of silence on the other end.
Finally, a sentence slowly flowed from the phone.
She said in a light tone, "I'm very happy too."
……
Today seems to be a good day.
The sky was bright and sunny, a blue that seemed to have been washed clean by white clouds, and a gentle breeze caressed our faces.
Jiang Ci, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, sat behind a dark table, reviewing documents with a blank expression. Holding a fountain pen, his sharp eyes swept over the documents one after another, casually circling the loopholes with his pen.
The silence was broken by the melodious sound of a piano on the telephone.
Jiang Ci answered the call, and the voice on the other end said, "Sir, someone is secretly investigating Madam's identity. In addition, it was discovered today that someone is hiring people to kill on the black market abroad."
Jiang Ci's eyes narrowed, and a chill spread through him.
"Whose life are you buying?"
The subordinate opposite him was sweating profusely, clearly not expecting anyone to so openly offer a bounty on the lady's head. He paused, his voice growing heavy.
"The bounty is on your behalf, Madam, and...you."
With a 'thud',
The pen was thrown onto the table with a dull thud.
Jiang Ci instantly flew into a rage. He said fiercely, "Have you found out who it is? Which mercenary isn't afraid of death to take this job?"
The person on the other end quickly said, "Boss, no one has accepted your bounty yet. Madam's bounty is an S-rank mission, so please withdraw this mission for now."
Jiang Ci strode to the door, frowned upon hearing this,
"who is it?"
"This is another matter I need to report. Today seems rather unusual. At 12:23 PM, the Shen family secretly investigated the Madam. Almost at the same time, the foreign Madam, although not reaching the double S level, was still on the list, with a bounty of up to 30 million US dollars. At 12:50 PM, the bounty expired and was bought by someone from the dark web for three times the price."
Jiang Ci's face was gloomy, the light casting a shadow on his face. "The Shen family has made a move."
He succinctly drew his conclusion.
"Yes, and because the Shen family is investigating Madam, I've also taken the opportunity to investigate the Shen family. Madam Shen met Madam outside today, and they left shortly afterward. But afterwards, Madam Shen's bodyguards may have received a mission to secretly conduct DNA testing at a hospital funded by the Shen family."
The subordinate seemed somewhat ashamed and said, "The Shen family's bodyguards are on high alert, and the identification inside doesn't even have a name on it."
He didn't jump to conclusions; he reported everything that happened to his boss, leaving the rest to the boss to decide.
A glint of light flashed in Jiang Ci's dark eyes.
He said, "I understand, thank you for your hard work."
The subordinate seemed hesitant, and spoke just before Jiang Ci was about to hang up.
"Boss, don't you want to buy out your bounty?"
Jiang Ci glanced casually at the flawless sky; it seemed like it was about to rain.
Tsk, what kind of weather is this?
"No need, no one will answer."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Jiang Ci walked steadily to his office chair, clasped his hands in front of his abdomen, and closed his eyes in deep thought.
……
The Shen family has a lot to do today.
The servants of the Shen family were busy helping the lady move things. To put it simply, they were moving several large boxes filled with all sorts of books, all of which Chu Li liked to read.
Shen Lu, who had been feeling depressed at home for the past few days, immediately fluttered to Chu Li's side like a butterfly when her mother returned.
As always, she clung to Chu Li's arm and acted coquettishly, "Mom, how are you feeling? You seem to have lost weight these past few days."
Chu Li smiled faintly and patted her arm.
"It's alright, everything is as usual. I heard that the Yuan family's child isn't doing well, you've been wronged."
Upon hearing this, Shen Lu felt even more aggrieved. She said indignantly, "Mom, you have no idea, I was standing right behind them, listening to that scumbag couple flirting. It made me so angry! How could I have been so blind to fall for someone like him!"
Chu Li said calmly, "Didn't you want to marry him all of a sudden?"
Shen Lu went to great lengths to marry the youngest son of the Yuan family, including a hunger strike, crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide. In the end, when she ran away from home, Chu Li was not surprised at all.
That child is so heartless.