nycdaug Chapter 428 Killing is not as good as destroying the spirit! Defeat magic with magic!
Chapter 428 Killing is not as good as destroying the spirit! Defeat magic with magic!
"He's a despicable, shameless bastard!"
"Knowing we're afraid the video will be exposed, they keep escalating their actions."
Xiao Ya was furious.
She had tolerated Fang Tiankui's repeated attempts to extort money from her.
He threatened her to help him secure engineering projects for Huilong Group, or he would have to pay her five million.
This was too much for her to bear, so she confessed everything to Zhao Ruilong.
Zhao Ruilong smiled calmly.
She gently raised her hand and smoothed Xiao Ya's messy hair.
"Don't be angry. It's not worth getting angry with a scoundrel like him!"
"Otherwise, you'll be so angry you'll die, while he'll still be alive and well!"
Xiao Ya said, feeling very aggrieved:
"I can't help but be angry about this!"
"I asked him to help me renovate my new house, it's not like I didn't pay him!"
"He actually installed a security camera to secretly film me, and then used the footage of us to blackmail me..."
"OK OK!"
Zhao Ruilong reached out and pulled Xiao Ya into his arms, saying slowly and deliberately:
"Don't be angry, leave this to me!"
Xiao Ya turned her head and asked urgently, "What do you plan to do?"
What do you think?
Zhao Ruilong asked with a smile.
"I guess……"
Xiao Ya gently bit her red lips, her beautiful eyes fixed on Zhao Ruilong.
She knew all too well what Zhao Ruilong's identity was and how capable he was.
Putting aside everything else, there was his investment and inspection trip to Xirong.
Not only was the newly appointed Xirong Vice Mayor Fu Wenbing accompanied him every day, but other leaders also surrounded him.
During the inspection, Zou Kangyong, the top official of Sichuan Province, met and hosted banquets for Zhao Ruilong on more than one occasion.
In Xiao Ya's eyes, Zhao Ruilong was no longer just a top-level powerful figure; he was also a financial tycoon.
Even a small investment from him is enough to reshape the economic development landscape of a region.
It's just that Zhao Ruilong keeps a low profile and doesn't want too much media coverage; otherwise, he would have been famous worldwide long ago and replaced Gates of the United States as the undisputed richest man in the world.
of course.
This low profile also brought trouble.
Sure enough, that despicable Fang Tiankui claimed to have watched the video many times but still couldn't recognize the male lead, Zhao Ruilong.
Otherwise, if he knew that the person being secretly photographed was Zhao Ruilong, and also knew how powerful Zhao Ruilong's background was.
Even if you gave him a hundred lives, he wouldn't dare to extort money repeatedly, wanting money while still wanting to do business.
So……
How will the incredibly wealthy and powerful Zhao Ruilong deal with the self-righteous and cunning Fang Tiankui?
Xiao Ya had thought about this problem before.
She felt that Zhao Ruilong didn't need to take action himself.
Make a random phone call, and plenty of people will make Fang Tiankui disappear without a trace.
Before he disappears from the face of the earth, he will inevitably be subjected to severe torture to force him to reveal where all the CDs are hidden.
Just in case, it's estimated that those close to him will also have to disappear.
After all, the dead don't talk nonsense or do wrong things.
In a country with over a billion people, tens of thousands of people go missing every year.
Not to mention those who die from accidents such as car crashes, drowning, poisoning, or sudden illnesses.
Since tens of millions of people die every year, that's an average of 30,000 to 40,000 deaths per day.
So many Fang Tiankui family members are nothing compared to this.
"You haven't thought about it yet?"
Zhao Ruilong got up, sat against the headboard, and lit a cigarette.
"I'm guessing... you're not planning to silence me, are you?"
Xiao Ya asked timidly.
Although she had long wished she could kill Fang Tiankui, she was still a little terrified of actually killing him to silence him.
"Quiet?"
Zhao Ruilong smiled coldly.
"Are you kidding me?"
"Although I have the ability, it would indeed be very easy for me to destroy him."
“I could even make him die before he sees the sun tomorrow if I call him now.”
"And it's clean and efficient, ensuring that no matter how much they investigate, they won't find the truth!"
"But the question is, if you kill him, will you really feel relieved and at ease?"
Xiao Ya frowned, thought for a moment, and then shook her head slightly.
"Of course you won't!"
After taking a puff of his cigarette, Zhao Ruilong began to speak in a slow and deliberate manner:
"We are not inherently evil or heartless villains."
"The education we received from childhood to adulthood and the moral values we formed do not allow us to do heinous crimes."
"If we really want to avoid being repeatedly blackmailed by him and to avoid the video being exposed, we should kill him and even his whole family."
"Then your life is over. You are a good person, but you did murder. You will live in the shadows forever."
"Unless you turn to the dark side and become a villain, you will constantly worry and fear that you will be brought to justice once your deeds are exposed!"
Xiao Ya nodded emphatically.
She had thought about this problem before.
Killing Fang Tiankui is easy, but what happens after that?
Even if you didn't kill the person yourself, it was still caused by your own actions.
For the rest of my life, I will inevitably think that Fang Tiankui was despicable and shameless, but his crimes did not warrant death.
Such blatant disregard for human life, even if they never face legal repercussions, aren't they afraid of being punished while alive and going to hell after death?
"If you don't kill him to silence him, what are your plans to do with him?"
Zhao Ruilong smiled faintly.
If it were Zhao Ruilong from the original drama, he would have killed him outright in this situation.
Just like Ding Yizhen, who fled abroad, he was shot dead.
This resulted in him being charged with intentional homicide in the original series.
Now that I've traveled through time, I've painstakingly built this up over so long.
How could a mere Fang Tiankui be accused of murder?
Besides, even if the video is leaked, what's the big deal?
He's surrounded by beautiful women, and his friends and family know that.
The video was exposed and seen by countless people; friends and family will only laugh at him for being so careless.
And countless men will surely envy themselves for being healthy and blessed.
To be served gently like an emperor by a stunning beauty like Xiao Ya.
Just like the world before the time travel.
Before I had made money and become wealthy, I saw various scandals exposed online.
I never felt that the male protagonists were shameful; on the contrary, I envied their good fortune and wished I could take their place.
Later, he worked incredibly hard to make money, all so that he could no longer endure loneliness and could enjoy the happiness of being rich.
Moreover, once those videos are exposed, as long as they are not public officials or public figures, they will not be affected at all. There are new things happening on the internet every day, and people will forget about them in a few days.
He was neither a government official nor a big star, and he hadn't even registered his marriage with Lu Yike. He was unmarried, and even if his relationship with Xiao Ya was a bit crazy, it was all legal and reasonable.
For a moment, I even felt a little grateful to Fang Tiankui.
Since I transmigrated here, I've enjoyed a lot, but I've never taken any photos or documented them.
Because we know that women in this era are still relatively conservative in their thinking.
So out of respect, even if they are rich and powerful, they dare not refuse once a request is made.
Even when facing the outgoing and enthusiastic Chen Yang in private, Zhao Ruilong never mentioned filming for future reference.
So Fang Tiankui did something he had wanted to do for a long time but had never done.
If he were to expose the video, it wouldn't have much of an impact on him; on the contrary, it would make Xiao Ya stick with him for life.
and so……
Zhao Ruilong never even considered killing someone over such a trivial matter.
Defying fate and changing one's destiny is one's core task and sole objective.
If Xiao Ya hadn't been so annoyed and upset by this matter, she wouldn't have bothered with it at all.
"For the healthy and long-term development of the national economy, and for the well-being of hundreds of millions of people, I have been promoting the improvement of the legal system and the construction of a society governed by the rule of law."
"How can I shout for fairness and the rule of law, and demand that everyone abide by the law, only to abuse my power for personal gain, bully others, and commit murder to cover up wrongdoing?"
"Besides, once this kind of thing is done, no matter how clean and efficient it is, it will always be a hidden danger. At the very least, I cannot guarantee that the person who works for me will always be loyal."
After taking a drag of his cigarette, Zhao Ruilong exhaled a long puff of smoke and continued:
"I prefer to destroy someone's spirit rather than kill them!"
"Isn't Fang Tiankui very arrogant, thinking he's particularly good at scheming? Then let's scheme against him instead!"
Xiao Ya frowned slightly.
"How can we outmaneuver him? He has the video recordings, and we have no idea how many discs he copied or how many places he hid them."
Zhao Ruilong turned his head and asked in return, "What is the core purpose of his actions?"
"The goal, of course, is to get rich!"
Xiao Ya answered without hesitation.
“He knows I have limited income and can’t extort much money from me.”
"That's why he wanted me to help him manage the project, and even offered me a 30% profit share as a lure!"
Zhao Ruilong laughed and said, "In the end, isn't he just a greedy and somewhat clever little man?"
"Since he's so obsessed with money, what if we make him lose everything instead of making a fortune? What do you think he'll do then?"
Xiao Ya laughed and said, "That guy, who thinks he's incredibly clever and cunning, will definitely be furious!"
Zhao Ruilong then asked, "If he gets so angry that he goes crazy, do you think he can still threaten you?"
Xiao Ya shook her head decisively.
"Of course not, and I won't feel guilty at all. I'll just think he deserved it!"
"But now that he has the video, he holds the initiative. How should we outmaneuver him?"
"Should I find evidence that he secretly installed surveillance cameras to blackmail me, and then use that evidence to blackmail him?"
Zhao Ruilong smiled, shook his head, and turned to flick away the cigarette ash.
"If your approach doesn't work, he'll just tell you to call the police immediately."
"From the first time he successfully extorted money from you, he was certain that you wouldn't dare to report it to the police, afraid of being exposed!"
"So we need to turn the tables on him and take advantage of his desire to get rich, and turn the tables on him!"
"Just follow the plan?"
Xiao Ya frowned and said, "You mean, we're going to give him a big project, but then rip him off on the project itself?"
Zhao Ruilong let out a long sigh of relief.
"He was originally just a small decoration company owner. He was already very lucky to be able to participate in the decoration of our Xirong Huilong Hotel."
“If he behaves well, we still have plenty of renovation projects in Xirong. We can share some with him, which would be enough for him to make a lot of money.”
"In the end, instead of taking the right path, he went astray. He even dared to dream of taking on big projects with a small company. Wasn't he afraid that his ambitions were too high and his fate too fragile?"
"Since he is so greedy and overconfident that he has come to extort money from us, it is certainly necessary for us to make him outsmart us and jump into the fire himself!"
Xiao Ya, who is quite intelligent, naturally understood things very quickly.