"Gao Hui is not sleeping this late, still preparing bun fillings, she's really working hard," Shen Qiang thought upon seeing the image on the phone video.

But then, Shen Qiang's brows furrowed tightly.

Because from the angle of the video, Shen Qiang could tell in a glance that the phone currently video-calling him was positioned outside the kitchen window, near the top.

The person was peeping!

"Is it the private detective I hired?" Shen Qiang frowned.

And in the moment that thought appeared in his mind, a familiar cold and arrogant voice came through the phone from the video call.

"If you don't want her to die, bring the 'Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra' to 79 Hongchang Road immediately."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang felt his scalp explode.

"Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra? He's blackmailing me? A cultivator!"

"Don't make me wait too long, as you know, I have little patience," the voice on the video call was very cold.

Snapping back to his senses, Shen Qiang instantly realized that although he was indeed worried about Gao Hui, he couldn't show any concern, because the more he showed he cared for her, the less likely the other party would be to let her go.

His voice turning cold, Shen Qiang said in a chilly tone, "Have you lost your mind? Do you think her life is worth the 'Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra'? Stop dreaming, and don't bother me again."

After saying that, Shen Qiang decisively hung up the call.

Then his gaze sharpened.

Speaking of the beautiful married woman, Gao Hui.

Her relationship with Shen Qiang was really complicated.

If it wasn't for saving her initially, Shen Qiang would never have had the chance encounter with the supernatural, and by logic, once he saved her and then her husband, their fate should have ended there.

But unexpectedly, due to a misunderstanding, they became intimately involved.

Although because of the drugs involved, Gao Hui had no memory of such an event.

But Shen Qiang was very aware.

What should he do?

It wasn't just about Gao Hui; even if an ordinary person was under life-threatening danger from a cultivator, Shen Qiang, as a member of the Dragon Group, shouldn't ignore it, let alone when that person was Gao Hui!

"79 Hongchang Road, come quickly!"

Shen Qiang typed swiftly on his phone, sending a text message to Qian Shanxue.

Right after sending the text, the video call from the unknown number came through once more, and Shen Qiang walked briskly outside.

He hesitated for a moment, then rejected the call.

But right after hanging up, he immediately received a text message.

"Don't test my patience, it's limited."

After glancing at the text message, the video call came through again.

After pondering for a moment, Shen Qiang chose to answer.

After all, cultivators are human too; they have emotions. If they become excessively disappointed and lash out in anger, they might take extreme actions. If Gao Hui really died because of this, Shen Qiang might regret it in the future.

Gao Hui was just an ordinary person struggling to survive; her life should have nothing to do with Shen Qiang, nor should it be entangled with the Cultivation World.

Moreover, Shen Qiang was certain that he didn't love her.

When it really came to caring, Shen Qiang cared more about Lv Shuyao, Xin Xiaoting, and Su Xiaonuan compared to her.

And when he looked at Gao Hui, what Shen Qiang felt more was admiration for her strong desire to survive despite her adversities.

The video had switched to another room, where Gao Hui's husband, still in the recovery period after surgery, lay in pain on a single bed, having just consumed half a strip of painkillers.

Shen Qiang frowned and said, "I won't be bringing the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra to meet you; you can give up on that idea."

The cold and pleased voice from the other side of the video call said, "Oh, are you really sure you can bear it? That woman called Gao Hui is so pretty, don't you care about her at all?"

Shen Qiang looked at his phone coldly and raised an eyebrow, "I think you should have seen by now that I'm currently taking a stroll on the walking street; you should be able to tell whether I care or not."

The man on the other side of the video call laughed, "Shen Qiang, stop deceiving yourself. Men know what other men think. Do you believe that if you put on a completely indifferent front, I will doubt my own judgment?"

The video flashed.

In another room, a toddler was lying on a double bed, giggling. Gao Hui's mother-in-law was in her pajamas, playing with him. Clearly, from the pajamas hanging nearby, Gao Hui, her mother-in-law, and the child had been living in this room during this period.

"Such an enviable family bliss, this little guy is really cute," said the man on the other side of the video call, his voice cold and smug. He then turned the camera back to the room where Gao Hui's husband was.

"But unfortunately," the voice of the man inside the video call suddenly turned cold and dark, "I'm really annoyed by your attitude, so this little one is going to lose his daddy."

Shen Qiang was stunned, and almost at the same instant,

a middle-aged man of modest height and slender build had abruptly appeared beside Gao Hui's husband's bed.

Thud!

Blood splattered!

The slender middle-aged man then pressed down on Gao Hui's husband's head.

Gao Hui's husband struggled violently, convulsing, but after just a few seconds, he lay motionless.

"It seems like he died in great pain, and clearly, it's because of you," said the man in the video call, his voice arrogantly smug.

Shen Qiang looked at the motionless body, his voice unnaturally calm as he spoke, "I'm not a Savior; I can't protect everyone. But I can seek justice for them."

"Justice?" The man in the video call laughed wildly. "What a laughable notion. What you can do now is bring me the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, and in return, I'll grant you a chance to comfort them."

"If you're late, you will forever lose such an opportunity because, starting now, I will kill one every five minutes, starting with that old lady, then that cute little fellow."

"Finally, that full-bodied, beautiful, young woman."

"If you're late, just prepare to collect their bodies!"

With that,

the video call hung up immediately.

Walking down the pedestrian street, Shen Qiang clenched his teeth; with a flash, he appeared on a one-way street connected to the pedestrian thoroughfare.

His wrist flicked.

The sports car stored in the Storage Ring had appeared on the road; Shen Qiang got into the car, had just started the engine when his phone rang again. Glancing at the number, it was a call from Qian Shanxue.

"No. 79 Hongchang Road; what are you going there for?"

Hearing Qian Shanxue's question, Shen Qiang replied with unnatural calm, "To kill."

With that,

he hung up the call, and with the engine roaring, the sports car shot out like an arrow.

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