Chapter 448 A Difficult Choice
Zhao Ritian said: "Stop playing mysterious! Lu Chengwen, if you can say it today, I'll call you Dad from now on! Say it! If you can't say it, you'll call me Grandpa from now on!"
Jiang Xiaohou got excited: "Quick, say it, say it, I'm excited!"
Lu Chengwen leaned closer to Jiang Xiaohou: "Big Sister, it's very simple! That old lady, she had six fingers since childhood, six fingers on both hands. Without the thumb, it's exactly ten fingers!"
"Ahahaha..." Jiang Xiaohou laughed so hard she fell backwards onto the ground, clutching her stomach, laughing non-stop.
"Too funny! Hahaha! Six fingers on both hands, ahahaha... Killing me! That's exactly ten rings! Hahaha, life-and-death game... ahahaha... Zhao Ritian... hahaha, you're finished! Ahahaha..."
Zhao Ritian was stunned, looking at Long Aotian.
Long Aotian looked at him and shook his head: "I told you to be more conservative. You were too impulsive just now."
Jiang Xiaohou leaped up, shoved a long knife into Lu Chengwen's hand. Those eyes behind the mask shone brightly, her voice lowered but unable to conceal the excitement: "Life-and-death game. He's yours."
Lu Chengwen looked down at the knife: "Uh..."
"What? Not used to knives? Rope? Sword? Hammer? Poison..."
"No no no, weren't you just looking for fun! You were very happy just now!" Lu Chengwen said: "The 'Stripping the Mandarin Jacket' routine, it's just for laughs. No one's ever died listening to crosstalk. Leave some livelihood for this profession."
Jiang Xiaohou tilted her head like a small animal, perplexed, carefully looking at Lu Chengwen.
Lu Chengwen swallowed.
[This woman is a lunatic, definitely a lunatic.]
[This behavior isn't even human anymore. Her state as a human seems to have degenerated; she really resembles a fox.]
Jiang Xiaohou smiled: "You won't kill him? They all wanted to kill you just now."
Lu Chengwen said: "Big Sister, look at the two of them. Already beaten into bloody pulps by Third Brother. Besides, they also contributed to the effect of the joke just now, right? Weren't you very happy just now? Right?"
"So, hey! As long as we're happy, it's fine!"
"We're good brothers, loyal! I happily told jokes, they happily cooperated..."
Third Brother nearby became unhappy: "Grandson, speak with conscience. Were they happy?"
"They'll be happy when they recall it!" Lu Chengwen leaned closer to Jiang Xiaohou, boldly pulling her arm:
"You, Your Highness, are magnanimous. Just treat the three of us like farts and let us go. We three brothers will think of your kindness every day when we pick up our rice bowls, thanking you for your generosity, your elegance. How wonderful!"
Zhao Ritian turned back to look at Long Aotian: "Your junior brother is more refined than you."
Long Aotian rolled his eyes at him, saying nothing.
Jiang Xiaohou sneered: "I understand. Not only do you not want to kill, but you also want to save people. Even though these two people might kill you, you don't want to kill them, is that right?"
Jiang Xiaohou slowly walked closer to Lu Chengwen. Lu Chengwen felt an unprecedented pressure, slowly retreating, stammering: "It's just... telling 'Stripping the Mandarin Jacket', not worth dying over..."
"I've seen plenty of rotten good people like you. They usually die very miserably."
Lu Chengwen panicked internally.
[This woman is crazy. Is she going to kill me?]
[That Third San is too strong. Beating the Tian Si Men was like hitting disobedient kindergarten kids. Resistance is useless!]
Lu Chengwen retreated backwards: "No... I just... feel it's not worth it, really not worth it..."
Jiang Xiaohou continued closing in: "If you don't kill them, I'll kill you. How about that?"
Lu Chengwen's legs gave way, his knees hit a chair, and he fell directly onto it.
Jiang Xiaohou instantly lifted her thigh, stepping on the back of the chair, pinning Lu Chengwen firmly against the chair back, unable to move.
Simultaneously, a long knife was unsheathed, passed along the inner side of her thigh, and rested horizontally against Lu Chengwen's neck.
"Indecisive."
"Kind face, lewd heart."
"Consumed by greed, yet loves to fish for fame."
"Lu Chengwen, I've seen too much trash like you."
Lu Chengwen looked at the snow-white thigh beside him: "Big Sister, you're exposed."
"Is it nice to look at?"
Lu Chengwen was completely stunned.
This woman is definitely sick!
"G-good-looking, number one under heaven."
Jiang Xiaohou smiled, leaned close to Lu Chengwen's ear, and whispered softly: "I want to kill you now. Did you hear them plead for you? They don't dare. They hope my attention is on you. They hope you make mistakes, cause trouble, anger me. They are thinking about how to escape themselves..."
"So... will you kill Zhao Ritian or not?"
Lu Chengwen looked at Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian.
"What exactly do you want? Might as well say it. Can money solve it?"
Jiang Xiaohou's blade edge pressed against Lu Chengwen's chin, lifting it upwards.
"Sure, one trillion."
Lu Chengwen said gloomily: "Big Sister, even if you smash my bones, I can't scrape together one trillion. Even if I could, transferring such a large sum requires very complex procedures, and many departments would intervene for supervision. Let's talk about something more realistic."
Jiang Xiaohou said: "Then there's no way."
Jiang Xiaohou sheathed the knife with a swish: "Take him inside."
Lu Chengwen was dazedly led by Third San to another room.
Lu Chengwen wasn't a rotten good person.
Rather, he didn't want to follow Jiang Xiaohou's line of thought.
Firstly, killing Zhao Ritian under these circumstances was too inhumane.
Secondly, Jiang Xiaohou's strength was superb; if she wanted to kill, she could do it just by moving her lips.
She was clearly toying with these few people.
He had to figure out her thinking, find a way to break through.
Whether Zhao Ritian or Long Aotian, they couldn't die at this time.
Brought to a room, the large door pushed open, Lu Chengwen instantly froze.
His own subordinates, Long Aotian's subordinates, even Che Ji, Dang Kou, and Chu Bai... were all here.
Zhuge Xiaohua, Luo Shiyin, even Xu Xuejiao and Zhang Shen'er were also there.
The few girls weren't injured much, looked fine, and immediately stood up upon seeing Lu Chengwen.
Luo Shiyin said excitedly: "My lord, are you alright?"
Xu Xuejiao also walked over gravely: "What exactly is going on? How are you? Is it serious?"
Lu Chengwen suppressed the shock and panic in his heart, immediately smiling: "It's fine! How could anything happen to me? Just performed 'Stripping the Mandarin Jacket'. Let me tell you, that routine is quite difficult. How are you guys?"
Lu Chengwen leaned closer to Xu Xuejiao and the others: "Rest assured, the situation is already under my control. I will rescue you all out as soon as possible..."
Third San returned outside.
Jiang Xiaohou walked to the window, removed her mask, her face cold as frost, looking into the distance.
"Your Highness."
Jiang Xiaohou turned around: "You saw?"
"Yes."
"How was it?"
"He is very calm, comforting the girls."
A cold smile lifted the corner of Jiang Xiaohou's mouth: "Lu Chengwen can't be invulnerable. I don't believe there's such a good person in this world. The better he pretends, the more excited I become."
Jiang Xiaohou gritted her teeth, a fierce ruthlessness showing in her eyes: "I want to force out his evil side! His selfish side! His greedy side! All of it! I want him unable to pretend anymore. I want to see, behind the mask, what kind of person he truly is!"
Third San nodded: "Very easy, same as usual."
"No!" Jiang Xiaohou smiled: "Don't underestimate him. His deceptiveness is very strong. Different from the hypocrites we've captured before. Be prepared."
"Yes."
Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian had their major acupuncture points sealed, stumbling into the warehouse. Seeing a warehouse full of people, they were both stunned.
Lu Chengwen turned around, saw Third San move over a chair. Jiang Xiaohou sat down slowly, crossing her legs.
"Begin."
Third San said calmly: "Lu Chengwen, you told three jokes just now, you can exchange three people out. But... for every three people you exchange out, you must choose to kill three people here. You don't need to do it, I will."
"You have another choice: leave by yourself. You can make this decision at any time. Alright, you have one minute."
Lu Chengwen panicked, glancing back.
Almost everyone here was his own people.
Turning back: "Hahaha! Big Sister, actually I know many more jokes. I also know 'Sheep Climbing a Tree,' 'Selling Fabric Scraps,' 'Announcing Dish Names'..."
Jiang Xiaohou said: "Not in the mood for jokes now. More interested in seeing how you choose."
Third San announced loudly: "Fifty seconds remaining."
Lu Chengwen laughed hehe non-stop: "Aiya, look what this is for? Not worth it, really not worth it. I haven't offended any of you, right? How about this, I make a call, have someone drive over, we set up hot pot right here, sing karaoke, how about it? This environment! This situation! Eating hot pot while singing songs, super cool!"
Third San announced loudly: "Thirty-five seconds remaining."
"Don't..." Lu Chengwen said: "Always doing this killing routine, it's too bloody!"
"How about this! These few women, I'll criticize them well when we get back. These men, I'll scold them well when we get back!"
Lu Chengwen pointed at them: "Too outrageous! Hmph!"
Third San announced loudly: "Twenty seconds remaining."
Lu Chengwen beaded with sweat: "If you want to kill, kill me! Damn it, is there no end!? There are nearly twenty people here, kill them all! Give them all to you to kill! If I even frown, I won't be called Lu Chengwen!"
Swish—!
Xu Xuejiao immediately screamed.
Lu Chengwen pulled her into his arms, watched Dang Kou's head roll to his feet, looked up in horror at the woman outside.
Lu Chengwen understood this was a deterrent.
They were telling him they weren't playing games; everything was real.
Third San announced loudly: "Nine seconds remaining."
Lu Chengwen gritted his teeth, face beaded with sweat: "Are you definitely keeping your word!? Right!? Those let go are let go, no more trouble?!"
Third San announced loudly: "Five seconds."
Lu Chengwen roared furiously at Jiang Xiaohou: "Speak! Are you mute!?"
Third San: "Three, two..."
"Xu Xuejiao!"
Lu Chengwen roared furiously: "Let Xu Xuejiao go first!"