Ding Qing caught this fleeting emotion, and a cruel, cold smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "Don't worry, Li Zicheng is my brother, and I will protect him. But you... and Chief Jiang behind you, almost ruined him, and almost ruined my plan."
His tone became exceptionally chilling: "So, you need to disappear. Your disappearance will warn Jiang Chenghao that his reach is too long. And your disappearance will completely sever the police's suspicion and connection to Li Zicheng. From now on, Li Zicheng is only a director of Goldmoon, he is my, Ding Qing's, brother. Understand?"
These words were meant for the dying Yin Xinyu, but even more so for himself, to solidify his resolve that he must act this way.
To protect Li Zicheng and to consolidate his own power, he had to eliminate this hidden danger in the cruelest way possible and demonstrate his ruthless determination to the police.
Yin Xinyu seemed to want to say something, but could only cough up a few mouthfuls of blood, her eyes filled with despair and a trace of disbelief. She ultimately became a sacrifice in the power struggle and black dealings.
She also understood that she had been abandoned by Chief Jiang, like a discarded pawn.
Ding Qing released his hand, stood up, and meticulously wiped the bloodstains from his hand with a clean white handkerchief, as if he had touched something extremely filthy.
He waved his hand to the side.
Several subordinates immediately stepped forward, roughly dragging the dying Yin Xinyu towards a man-high green industrial oil drum, which had been prepared in the middle of the warehouse.
Johnny sighed. He was just a hired killer. What did it matter if he felt reluctant?
He took money to eliminate trouble for others, and he was destined to exist between darkness and light.
Outside the warehouse, rain poured down. After about ten minutes, a braking sound was heard.
Li Zicheng walked in from outside, and Johnny's gaze fell on his face.
At this moment, Li Zicheng's face was not looking well; solemnity and anxiety alternated on his face, and his eyes were also somewhat evasive.
However, the moment he walked in and his eyes met Johnny's, he quickly composed himself, but Johnny had already taken everything in.
Li Zicheng walked into the warehouse with a serious expression. This was a special place where he and Ding Qing usually dealt with those who opposed them. Being asked to come here at this time clearly meant it wasn't for anything else.
And at this critical juncture, had something happened?
When he saw Johnny, his heart tightened, and then his gaze fell on Ding Qing, who was sitting inside.
Ding Qing just smiled and looked at him, "Hey, Brother! Go take a look, I've prepared a surprise for you!"
As he spoke, Ding Qing's eyes also glanced behind him.
For some reason, Li Zicheng had a very bad feeling, a sense of threat arose spontaneously.
Sweat slowly seeped out. He wiped his forehead and, under everyone's gaze, walked towards the green oil drum.
Ding Qing's eyes remained on Li Zicheng's face; he watched with an expectant look, seemingly waiting for something.
The atmosphere became heavy. When he arrived beside the oil drum, he reached out and gripped the lid. After a moment of hesitation, he lifted it.
When he clearly saw the person inside the oil drum, a chill instantly ran down his spine.
Curled up inside was his contact, Yin Xinyu!
That is, his public Go teacher!
The moment the lid was opened, Yin Xinyu also tried her best to look up at him, her eyes filled only with sorrow and despair.
"Ah!!"
He was so frightened that he dropped the lid and stumbled backward repeatedly!
"Bababababa!"
Ding Qing laughed loudly. He stood up and clapped his hands; he was very satisfied with Li Zicheng's reaction at this moment.
"Brother, how is it? Do you like this gift?"
Ding Qing walked to Li Zicheng's side and patted his shoulder. Li Zicheng's body trembled.
He knew that if his contact person was exposed and caught, then he himself would surely be next. He even considered how he should plead with Ding Qing to spare his wife, Meizhen.
But Ding Qing's next words made him freeze: "Your Go teacher is actually a police undercover agent! That's a huge surprise! We didn't even discover it for so long, luckily it didn't cause us any losses!"
Li Zicheng was stunned. It had nothing to do with him?
He hadn't been exposed?
But Johnny's lips curled into a smile, "Li Zicheng, oh Li Zicheng, you really have a good big brother."
He didn't say this sentence out loud, but Ding Qing continued, "I didn't expect there to be undercover agents within our gang. I spent a lot of effort to catch them!"
Ding Qing walked to the edge of the oil drum, leaning his left hand on it, and said with a regretful look, "What a pity, this stubborn girl's mouth is very hard. No matter how much she was tortured, she refused to reveal her accomplices!"
Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. So, she hadn't exposed him?
Immediately after, Ding Qing took out a document and handed it to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng took it and saw that it was Yin Xinyu's information, along with a photo of her in a police uniform with Jiang Chenghao.
Li Zicheng's heart tightened again. If Ding Qing could get this information, did it mean he could get others' too?
Cold sweat seeped out once more. He watched Ding Qing's actions, yet also saw Johnny looking at him with deep meaning from the side. His heart turned cold; with this guy around, he had no chance of escaping at all!
But Ding Qing went to Shi Wu's side, placed his hand on his shoulder, and loudly said, "I really don't know what these people are thinking? Why do they all want to be undercover agents? I'm a very good person!"
Shi Wu smiled and echoed, "Yes, these bastards really are..."
But before he could finish his sentence, Ding Qing put his arm around his shoulder and walked forward together, "Li Zicheng, it's not just her. There's another one behind, you should take a look too!"
Ding Qing said as he took off his suit, "That son of a bitch, he really surprised me!"
Unfortunately, at this moment, Li Zicheng dared not look at the next page. He was afraid that the next page would be his own information.
Shi Wu saw Ding Qing throw his suit on the ground and quickly bent down to pick it up.
At this moment, Ding Qing's right hand directly picked up the shovel that was placed to the side and slammed it down hard on Shi Wu's head!
Clang!
A crisp sound rang out, and Shi Wu was knocked to the ground by a shovel.
Li Zicheng was stunned, and Johnny was also stunned. It wasn't Li Zicheng he hit?
Before Shi Wu could speak, Ding Qing's shovel began to strike his head repeatedly. In a short while, Shi Wu was beaten by Ding Qing until his head was covered in blood, lying on the ground, unable to get up in broad daylight.
"This traitorous bastard! I trusted him so much! And this is how he repays me!"
Li Zicheng, trembling uncontrollably, incredulously turned to the next page with a shaky hand, only to find that it wasn't his information, but that of another person—Shi Wu, who had always been by his side!
Ding Qing said, walking towards Johnny, but he quickly changed direction and came before Kim Byung-ok, reaching out and pulling the dagger from his waist.
Kim Byung-ok looked down at his waist, wanting to say something, but stopped.
Ding Qing then returned to Shi Wu's side, grabbed his hair, and dragged him to the side, propping him up there.
"Brother! What's wrong? Are you scared?"
Ding Qing stood up and glanced at him, "These guys have been playing you!"
As he spoke, Ding Qing took the dagger in his hand and began to cut Shi Wu's throat, "Damn it! It's really hard to cut!"
Watching Ding Qing perform a throat-slitting execution in front of everyone, everyone had different thoughts, and Li Zicheng was the first to be affected; it was too impactful!
He was completely stunned!
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