“I’ve told you everything I can.”If the System Agreement hadn’t explicitly warned him against disclosure, Cheng Fei would gladly have handed over the entire System at this point.
After considering everything, he was certain the System had screwed him.
He suddenly remembered the long list of liability disclaimers in the initial agreement.
So this was what they had been preparing for.
“Tch.”
“One of the types of people I hate most is someone incapable of reading the situation.”
“The type who refuses to give up until they see their own coffin.”
Lin Xuanqi frowned.
“One final chance.”
“Tell me who instructed you.”
“How did they contact you?”
“What exactly did they say?”
“Explain everything.”
“You’re way too suspicious.”
“I already said no one sent me.”
“I never harmed you.”
“I even saved you.”
“You could at least trust me a little.”
Cheng Fei spoke while rapidly considering possible solutions.
The grand hall fell completely silent.
Lin Xuanqi narrowed her eyes.
“Do you think I’m afraid to kill someone?”
“Are you joking?”
Cheng Fei felt cold.
“This is Academy City.”
“If you kill someone, there’s no way you get away with it.”
“You think I need to run?”
Contempt curled Lin Xuanqi’s lips.
“The Academy Security Department isn’t owned by your family.”
“If I return and report you, you’d at least have trouble.”
Lin Xuanqi laughed.
“Report me?”
“Sure.”
“Do it right now.”
“Then give me my phone back.”
Cheng Fei calmly answered.
“Return his phone.”
Lin Xuanqi nodded lightly.
One of the guards immediately returned the phone they had confiscated.
Cheng Fei took it.
He stared at Lin Xuanqi for several seconds, then dialed Academy City’s dedicated emergency number.
At this point, the only option was to try.
Lin Xuanqi watched him.
Then she glanced toward the twin-tailed girl who had stood nearby since arriving.
The girl walked away and made a call.
She quietly gave several instructions.
Meanwhile, Cheng Fei’s emergency call connected.
Before he could say a word—
The line disconnected.
He called again.
Same result.
Lin Xuanqi sat with one leg crossed and casually watched him.
Cheng Fei fell silent.
For a moment, the patterns across the floor seemed to twist like living things.
They wrapped around his throat.
He couldn’t make a sound.
Slowly, he lowered the phone and looked toward the smiling Lin Xuanqi on the sofa.
Apparently this woman wasn’t bluffing.
“Find it unbelievable?”
“Here’s some useful knowledge.”
Lin Xuanqi spoke softly.
“Academy City’s Security Department answers directly to the Academy City Board of Directors.”
“In other words, the Security Department is fundamentally a private organization.”
“Do I need to explain further?”
Cheng Fei frowned.
“You…”
Someone capable of influencing Academy City to this degree belonged to a completely different world from the current Cheng Fei.
He suspected meeting her at all was thanks to his magnificent 3 Luck.
Lin Xuanqi sighed.
“See?”
“If you’d just been honest earlier, everything would’ve been easier.”
“Now you understand your situation?”
“Unfortunately, I’ve lost interest in you.”
The last trace of emotion disappeared from her face.
Her eyelids lowered.
“Dispose of him.”
The words fell coldly.
The black-suited men moved.
Cheng Fei had originally planned to dump all his points into attributes and take Lin Xuanqi hostage.
Then a sudden gunshot shattered that idea.
Birds in the trees outside the palace were startled into flight.
The twin-tailed girl held a handgun steady.
Her unblinking gaze remained fixed on Cheng Fei.
“Don’t move.”
Cheng Fei, who had just taken one step forward, instinctively looked down.
A small smoking crater had appeared in the floor beside his foot.
This did not seem like a problem that increasing a few attributes could solve.
The guards swarmed him and restrained him.
“Take him to feed the fish.”
Lin Xuanqi rubbed between her brows as though delivering a final sentence.
The boy was dragged from the palace.
Lin Xuanqi watched him disappear.
Expressionless, she turned to leave.
Then her phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, she fell silent for a moment.
She answered and replaced her expression with an ambiguous smile.
“Hello?”
“Who is this?”
The person on the other end said something.
“You’ve got to be joking.”
Lin Xuanqi’s smile vanished.
She frowned and spoke coldly.
“You say he’s innocent, so he’s innocent?”
“Why should I believe you?”
The caller hung up directly.
Lin Xuanqi stared at the screen.
Her eyes flickered.
…
Inside a car driving toward the coast, Cheng Fei sat surrounded by men in black.
He had been tied tightly enough that movement was impossible.
The twin-tailed girl sat in the passenger seat, idly spinning her handgun.
Suddenly, a girlish ringtone sounded from her pocket.
She answered.
“Okay.”
“Understood.”
Then she hung up.
“Stop the car.”
The vehicle braked sharply at the roadside.
Under Cheng Fei’s confused gaze, the guards dragged him out and placed him on a rocky coastline.
The twin-tailed girl remained as cold as ever.
She approached him.
First she slipped the pistol beneath her skirt.
Then she produced a knife from the same place and moved behind him.
The next moment—
His hands came free.
Then his feet.
“Why?”
Cheng Fei stared.
“Miss is feeling merciful.”
The girl casually discarded the severed rope.
Without looking at him, she turned away.
Once all the guards entered the vehicle, the car drove toward the nearby highway.
Only Cheng Fei remained standing there, completely confused.
Gentle sea wind stirred the strands of black hair across his forehead.
It almost seemed to whisper into his ears.
Before leaving, the twin-tailed girl had dropped his phone beside him.
It now began ringing.
Cheng Fei seemed to understand something.
He picked up the phone, whose screen had somehow gained a crack.
Seeing the caller, he shook his head.
“Hello, Sister Ling.”
“You still have the nerve to say hello?!”
“Where did you disappear to?”
“You didn’t come in and didn’t even request leave!”
“I worked myself to death today!”
Cheng Fei smiled.
Even he could feel how stiff it was.
“I…
had an accident.”
“I probably won’t be working there anymore.”
“Tell the owner for me.”
“Huh?”
“You’re quitting?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m quitting…”
The boy ended the call and exhaled.
Step by step, he began walking toward the road whose destination he didn’t know.
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