Chapter 1999 - 1972: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole
Chapter 1999 - 1972: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole
Upon hearing Rose’s words, Lu Tianxing was silent for a moment before finally agreeing to her actions, but he still said, "However, Rose, you need to be careful. If anything seems off, retreat immediately, understand?"
"I know."
Rose nodded and said, "But, little man, you must hurry to break the situation. Otherwise, once the opponent leads us by the nose, we’ll only step into their trap further. We must break the situation."
After hearing Rose’s words, Lu Tianxing immediately said, "Rose, are you suggesting that this time we take the initiative and lure the snake out of the hole?"
"That’s right, lure the snake out. Since the opponent has set up this game, they will definitely see it through to the end, and they would never allow Qiu Tianrui to live in this world. They will try to kill Qiu Tianrui no matter what, to ensure the perfection of their plan without any flaws. Moreover, when the time comes, the people they want to kill won’t just be Qiu Tianrui, but also Qiu Yingrong and her mother are included in their assassination plan."
"To drive someone insane, the best way is to push them to madness. Once a person goes mad, they lose reason. Qiu Tianrui and Qiu Yingrong are Qiu Zhengfeng’s weaknesses. If they die, Qiu Zhengfeng will lose his mind, and if some unfavorable news spreads about you, it would be enough to make the Qiu Family act against you. Then, the rumors they spread will become reality. After all, the Qiu Family is your partner, but if even your partner wants to kill you, what will the other families think...?"
At this point, Rose stopped talking, but her meaning was clear. If even a partner doesn’t trust you and thinks you killed Qiu Tianrui and Qiu Yingrong, then other families will certainly think that you, Lu Tianxing, are ambitious and want to swallow all the aristocratic families.
Listening to Rose’s words, Lu Tianxing was silent for a while before speaking, "Rose, I understand the situation now. I’ll discuss this with Elder Qiu later."
"You need to be careful yourself too, don’t be too careless," Rose said earnestly.
"I will be cautious."
"I’ll hang up now. Don’t worry about the safety of Zhiqing and the others, I will take care of them."
With that, Rose said no more and directly hung up the phone.
Hearing the busy tone from the phone, Lu Tianxing casually put the phone in his pocket, paused for a moment, and immediately walked towards the hospital room. After all, using Qiu Tianrui and Qiu Yingrong as bait was something he needed to discuss with Qiu Zhengfeng.
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Meanwhile, in another direction on Qin Island, when Jiang Tianbao heard the news of Qiu Tianrui’s serious injuries, and Wei Xu and Wu Shaochang’s deaths, he immediately smelled conspiracy and sensed a silent danger looming over Qin Island, threatening to eliminate Lu Tianxing and those around him entirely.
Since he was close to Qiu Tianrui, and even Wei Xu had once spent money in his underground fighting ring, if the other party was truly targeting Lu Tianxing, could he remain unaffected?
Just thinking this made Jiang Tianbao break out in a cold sweat.
"Ring, ring, ring... "
At this moment, Jiang Tianbao’s phone suddenly rang.
The sudden ringing of the phone made Jiang Tianbao shiver and almost fall off the couch in fright.
After a long time, Jiang Tianbao exhaled slowly and reached for the phone on the coffee table. Seeing the caller ID, he quickly answered the call, "Dad, is there something you need?"
"Tianbao, where are you now, are you still on Qin Island?"
"Yes, what’s up?"
"You need to leave Qin Island immediately."
Jiang Tianbao’s father spoke with an indisputable tone, "I have already arranged with the airline for a private flight to escort you back to Beijing. Pack your things and leave Qin Island now."
"Return to Beijing?"
Hearing his father’s words, Jiang Tianbao didn’t respond immediately and fell into silence. He was a descendant of the Jiang Family, but he was also a businessman, knowing what ’wealth comes with risk’ means.
If he left Qin Island now, his relationships with Qiu Tianrui, Lu Tianxing, and Sima Lingyun would likely cool down. Even if they didn’t, from now on, he might only be ordinary friends, not life-and-death brothers. Furthermore, returning to the Jiang Family without Lu Tianxing and Sima Lingyun as friends would make him just an ordinary member of the Jiang Family.
But if he chose to follow Lu Tianxing down a dark path, once Lu Tianxing survived, Jiang Tianbao would become his brother and reap incomparable benefits.
Now there were two paths before Jiang Tianbao: return to the Jiang Family, which would ensure his safety but mean he would remain an ordinary Jiang Family member forever. Or stay here, continue his alliance with Lu Tianxing, and perhaps in the future become the head of the top-tier Jiang Family in China, rather than an ordinary Jiang Family member.
Thinking of this, Jiang Tianbao took a deep breath and said grimly, "Dad, what good would it do me to return to the Jiang Family? It only ensures my survival. Besides, Dad, you know the only reason they brought me back to the Jiang Family was because of my good relations with the Third Young Master of the Lu Family and Sima Lingyun."
"If I return to the Jiang Family now, regardless of whether the Third Young Master can break the situation or Sima Lingyun can save him, do you think they will still consider me their friend? Without those relationships, Dad, do you think anyone in the Jiang Family will look up to me? They might even kick me out like before, like a dog. I’ve been kicked out once, and I don’t want to be kicked out like a dog again. This time, I want to take a gamble that Lu Tianxing will win."
At that moment, Jiang Tianbao chose to gamble, a gamble even bigger than Qiu Tianrui’s. If he lost, Jiang Tianbao knew his life would end on Qin Island, but if he won, he wouldn’t need to rely on the Jiang Family to create a new and more formidable Jiang Family of his own, not like a dog being kicked out again.
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