So Xu Qinghai's thought now was, after he escaped, he would definitely dismember that assassin to vent his anger.
He just didn't know that the assassin had already gone to the underworld, and had no chance to be dismembered by him.
"Your money can't buy your life. Come on, tell me, was it you who wanted to deal with me, or someone else? Speak, and I'll let you go more comfortably."
Ning Beichen put down his legs crossed over his knees, leaned back, presenting a sixty-degree angle. The dilapidated chair, with only two legs remaining, remained steady, still supporting Ning Beichen's body.
"Ning Beichen, you... you can't do this. I am Beile Ye, I am Xu Qinghai, I am a wealthy businessman. If you kill me, you will be in big trouble. Spare me, and I'll tell you who wants to kill you."
Xu Qinghai said fearfully.
"I never accept bargaining. You either speak, or you can play with these little things for a while."
Ning Beichen snapped his fingers and saw a man walking over from somewhere, carrying a black plastic bag.
"Brother Chen, these things are not easy to catch. I spent all morning looking and only found a nest."
The man walked up to Ning Beichen and opened the black plastic bag. Inside, the bag was full of ants, densely packed, an unknown number of them. Just looking at them made one's scalp tingle.
"Thank you for your trouble, Xiao Wei. After this is over, I'll treat you to a big meal."
Ning Beichen said.
"It's not hard, not hard. It's my honor to do things for Brother Chen. Brother Chen, you said you'd treat us to a big meal just now. Are you cooking?"
The person named Xiao Wei asked, his eyes lighting up.
"Alright, I'll cook myself."
Ning Beichen said.
"That's great, Brother Chen. Being able to eat the food you cook, I'd be willing to catch ants for ten days if you asked me to."
Xiao Wei was so happy he danced, as if eating Ning Beichen's cooking was a great honor.
Outsiders didn't know, but they might think that the dishes Ning Beichen cooked were incredibly delicious. But for Xiao Wei and the others, it was a supreme honor.
Because only those who had truly tasted the dishes personally prepared by Ning Beichen could be considered part of the "King of Darkness's" inner circle.
If Ning Beichen were to announce to the outside world that for one hundred million, one could eat his personally cooked meal, it's believed that many wealthy businessmen worldwide would flock to him.
Even if the price of one hundred million was only for a bowl of plain rice and a plate of vegetables, those wealthy businessmen would still feel it was worth it.
"Then now, let's let our esteemed guest taste our famous Eastern dish—Ants Climbing a Tree!"
Ning Beichen instructed Xiao Wei.
"Yes, Brother Chen."
Xiao Wei was merely polite and respectful to Ning Beichen, but not so much to Xu Qinghai. He directly grabbed his hair, and amidst Xu Qinghai's screams, he directly placed the bag full of black ants over his head.
Tens of thousands of black ants immediately crawled all over Xu Qinghai's face, making him scream incessantly.
Although these black ants were not deadly, they would burrow into any opening. They filled his nostrils, ears, eyes, mouth, and hair, covering his face everywhere.
Xu Qinghai screamed continuously. While this torture might not have a specific name, it was more devastating than any other brutal punishment. In less than a minute, Xu Qinghai couldn't take it anymore and begged for mercy.
Ning Beichen gave Xiao Wei a look, and Xiao Wei immediately understood. He removed the black plastic bag from Xu Qinghai's head.
"Yes, it was a foreign woman I met at a banquet. Her name is Connie. She said... she said you offended her, and then... then I couldn't resist her temptation and acted foolishly. I... I found someone to do it."
Xu Qinghai confessed everything, word for word, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
From beginning to end, he had no grievances with Ning Beichen or Liu Yilin. He didn't even know them. It was only because of the pillow talk from that foreign woman named Connie that he did this.
Xu Qinghai, being a wealthy businessman and called Beile Ye, was always arrogant. He thought this was a small matter, just getting rid of two people.
For him, anything that could be solved with a little money was not a problem.
But he never expected to run into trouble this time, and not just any trouble, but solid trouble. At this moment, he regretted it immensely, wishing he could go back and kill that foreign woman who instigated him.
"Xiao Wei, have someone bring that woman here."
Ning Beichen instructed Xiao Wei, who was standing nearby.
Xiao Wei nodded and immediately took out his phone to make a call.
About half an hour later, Xiao Wei received a call and said to Ning Beichen,
"Brother Chen, that foreign woman named Connie has disappeared. Her name was probably fake too. This guy is just a fall guy."
Ning Beichen sat on the chair and pondered for a moment, then waved to Xiao Wei and said, "Give him a quick end. Have others keep an eye on that woman, but don't alert her. I want to know who is behind her."
"Understood, Brother Chen."
Xiao Wei walked towards Xu Qinghai with a ferocious expression...
Ning Beichen stood up from the two-legged broken chair, without even looking at Xu Qinghai, and turned to walk down the mountain.
Not long after, screams from Xu Qinghai could be heard from behind him.
No one who offended Ning Yanwang could live happily. Although Xu Qinghai was a fall guy, he committed the act. Regardless of whether he was a fall guy or not, his fate was sealed.
"It seems I still can't relax!"
Ning Beichen watched the setting sun descend and couldn't help but sigh.
When Ning Beichen returned to find Liu Yilin, Shi Yong and his group appeared again, as expected.
Such a big incident, with so many witnesses, couldn't be hidden from them.
However, Ning Beichen always left such matters to Liu Yilin to handle. In the eyes of Shi Yong and his men, he was just a useless bodyguard.
As for how they escaped from the river, it was naturally thanks to him, the bodyguard, who desperately broke the windshield in the car and miraculously escaped the river with Liu Yilin.
Ning Beichen had already told Liu Yilin about this escape process many times, so the answer Shi Yong would get from Liu Yilin was naturally the standard answer provided by Ning Beichen.
In the end, the matter naturally died down, because it all looked like an accidental incident, not a premeditated murder.
After Shi Yong and his group left Liu Yilin's house completely unaware, Meng Mei questioned with some dejection.
"Captain, do you really believe this was just a simple accident?"