Chapter 97: Three Soul Questions, Piercing the Heart

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Three Soul Questions, Piercing the Heart

With a THUD, Zhang Yu dropped to his knees before Ye Feng. His voice trembled as he cried out:

"Zhang Yu pays his respects to the Lord Patrol Inspector! This lowly one was blind and failed to recognize greatness. I have offended you, Lord Inspector. I beg for your forgiveness!"

Hearing this, the garrison soldiers behind him all knelt in unison and spoke respectfully:

"We pay our respects to the Lord Patrol Inspector."

"You’re a Patrol Inspector!" Lin Bao stared at Ye Feng and couldn’t help but shriek. The next moment, his face had gone deathly pale.

The War Department’s Patrol Inspectors were its highest supervisory authority. Within the War Department, they were considered three ranks higher than any officer they met and held the authority to execute first and report later!

Forget a minor commander like Zhang Yu; even those of much higher rank had to kneel obediently before a Patrol Inspector.

He had thought Ye Feng was just relying on Yuan Long’s influence to act so domineeringly in Jiangcheng. He never imagined Ye Feng possessed such a terrifying identity.

Just then, Ye Feng reached out, took the pistol from Zhang Yu’s hand, and spun it three times. He looked at Zhang Yu and spoke calmly:

"Let me ask you, did the War Department grant you this authority so you could abuse it for personal gain?

Let me ask you again, as a mere commander, you dare to kill someone without distinguishing right from wrong, just because you feel like it?

Let me ask you, who gave you the nerve? Who gave you the audacity?"

Zhang Yu trembled in fear, begging ceaselessly, "Lord Patrol Inspector, I was wrong! I’ll never do it again!"

Ye Feng shook his head. "Still thinking there’s a ’next time’? You’re overthinking it. You don’t have a future!" ℴℴ𝘮

With that, he abruptly pressed the pistol in his hand to Zhang Yu’s forehead and pulled the trigger.

A muffled BANG echoed as a hole was blown through Zhang Yu’s head. He fell backward, twitched a few times, and then went still.

Seeing how utterly domineering Ye Feng was—killing a War Department commander without a second thought—Lin Bao could no longer bear it. He staggered before Ye Feng, fell to his knees with a THUD, and began to kowtow relentlessly.

Ye Feng bent down, looked at Lin Bao, and said calmly, "So it was you who wanted to stop me from taking over the Lin Group?"

Lin Bao kowtowed like a chicken pecking at rice. "My lord, I was wrong! I’ll never dare to again! I’m willing to offer up the Lin Group with both hands."

Ye Feng asked again, "And it was you who wanted to play hardball, to have me shot on sight?"

"I was wrong! It was me who was blind and failed to recognize greatness! I offended you!"

"And it was you who wanted to ’take care of’ my woman and make her a bride every day?"

Three soul-crushing questions, each one aimed to break his spirit. Each question was sharper than the last, each one striking deeper into his very soul.

Sensing Ye Feng’s killing intent grow thicker, Lin Bao was so terrified he wet his pants. He kowtowed and begged for mercy:

"My lord, I was wrong! I’ll never try anything with President Wang again! Please, spare me just this once! Spare me!"

Ye Feng shook his head and sighed. "If you had only provoked me, I might have let you go. But you shouldn’t have provoked my woman. You touched my reverse scale!"

With that, he raised the pistol, aimed it at Lin Bao, and pulled the trigger.

A muffled BANG echoed. Lin Bao fell backward, twitched a few times, and then went still.

Behind them, all the members of the Lin family were so scared they wet their pants. They kowtowed ceaselessly to Ye Feng, begging, "My lord, we’ll never dare to provoke you again! We beg you to be merciful and spare us!"

Ye Feng ignored them completely. He put his arm around Wang Luyao, turned, and walked away. His calm voice drifted back from behind him:

"Squad Leader Cui, I’ll leave the cleanup to you. Take over all assets of the Lin Group within one day. If anyone still objects, or if there’s any tough case you can’t handle, bring them to me. If you can’t find a way, I, Ye Feng, will."

After speaking, he spun around, swept his gaze over the Lin family members, and said, word by word, "I’d like to see just how tough their bones really are."

Everyone was so terrified they lost control of their bowels, groveling on the floor. Not a single person dared to look up and meet Ye Feng’s gaze.

Only then did Ye Feng put his arm around Wang Luyao again and stride away.

The two of them drove back to Angel Apparel and entered Wang Luyao’s office.

Wang Luyao immediately closed the door, pulled Ye Feng into the private suite, and threw her arms around him. Then, she closed her eyes, puckered her red lips, and leaned toward him.

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Be good. The sun hasn’t set yet!"

Clinging to Ye Feng, Wang Luyao pouted coquettishly. "I don’t care. I’ve been missing you."

Ye Feng laughed heartily. "Baby, I’ll satisfy any request you have, no questions asked. If you want it, you’ll get it!"

With that, he swept Wang Luyao up by the waist, turned to the bed, laid her down, and gently pressed down on top of her.

...

An unknown amount of time passed before the room finally fell quiet.

Wang Luyao lay in the crook of Ye Feng’s arm, her face a picture of bliss.

Just then, Ye Feng’s phone rang. He glanced at it and answered. Xiao Gang’s urgent voice came through:

"Ye Feng, where are you? You have to come back quickly! Yufei..."

Ye Feng hung up the phone immediately.

He knew Xiao Gang wanted to set him up with Xiao Yufei, but now that he had found the woman he loved, he couldn’t get entangled with Xiao Yufei again.

The only thing still connecting him to the Xiao family was the Jade Pendant. The day he got it back, he would sever all ties with them completely.

But then, his phone rang again. Ye Feng picked it up, annoyed, and was about to hang up when he saw it was Lan Yazhi’s number. He answered it at once.

Before he could speak, Lan Yazhi’s urgent voice came from the phone: "Ye Feng, you have to come back quickly! Yufei is sick."

He could refuse anyone else from the Xiao family, but he couldn’t refuse the kind and understanding Aunt Lan.

So, Ye Feng nodded. "Aunt Lan, I’m on my way back now."

He finished the call, got up, and looked at Wang Luyao. "Luyao, Yufei is sick. I have to go back."

"Okay, you should go quickly," Wang Luyao said, nodding understandingly. Ye Feng kissed her on her smooth forehead, then got up, dressed quickly, and left, driving toward the Xiao family estate.