Chapter 2338 - 2311: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes

"Speak."

Lin Yafei’s expression didn’t change; she actually wanted to see what exactly Wu Qiuyang was trying to do.

After hearing Lin Yafei’s words, Wu Qiuyang took a deep breath and said, "I can tell you, Miss Lin, who the person behind you really is. I don’t expect you to spare me, but I hope you can let the other members of the Wu Family go. This matter has nothing to do with them, it was my decision alone. The mistake is mine to bear."

"Yours to bear?"

Lin Yafei looked at Wu Qiuyang with open ridicule. "Wu Qiuyang, you’re taking yourself way too seriously. You killed so many people from my Yama Palace this time. You really think you alone can carry that?"

"I..."

Wu Qiuyang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he just couldn’t get the words out. He couldn’t bear it.

"Miss Lin, is there really no second option?"

"There is."

Lin Yafei looked at Wu Qiuyang and said coolly, "I want everything belonging to the Wu Family. And I want you to call those experts who besieged Yama Palace, gather all of them in one place..."

"You want to wipe them all out."

Wu Qiuyang immediately guessed Lin Yafei’s intent, and a chill rose in his heart. If Lin Yafei made a move on these experts, she might be able to kill quite a few, but in the end many would still slip through the net. Yet this time Lin Yafei was having him gather everyone together. It was obvious she’d made up her mind to kill, and planned to slaughter this entire group to the last man. No matter who the mastermind was behind this operation, doing it this way would at the very least make the other side feel some real pain.

"Family Head Wu, you talk too much. Whether I want to wipe them out or do something else, that’s not something you need to worry about."

Lin Yafei’s face stayed perfectly calm as she said, "Family Head Wu, the only thing you need to do now is tell me whether you agree to my terms or not."

Hearing Lin Yafei again, Wu Qiuyang clenched his teeth and said, "As long as you, Miss Lin, can spare the other members of the Wu Family, I’m willing to do it."

"Don’t get happy too soon. That’s only my first condition."

Lin Yafei glanced at Wu Qiuyang, her expression playful. "Besides that, I want all members of the Wu Family to take the Discontinuation Pill."

"What...?"

After hearing Lin Yafei’s words, Wu Qiuyang’s face changed drastically in an instant. The Discontinuation Pill was an extremely terrifying poison. It wasn’t fatal to the body, but it could turn you completely into an ordinary person, never able to step onto the path of martial cultivation again. And its effect carried on for generations, even altering your genes. No matter how many descendants you had, it would be useless—they would all be unable to cultivate, doomed to live as ordinary people.

"What, you’re not willing?"

Lin Yafei narrowed her eyes at Wu Qiuyang, sneering as she said, "Wu Qiuyang, I know that several hours ago you already sent all your direct line out of Beijing, leaving the collateral branch here to wait for death. You think you did it so secretly that no one would know? If you don’t do as I say, I don’t mind selling them all to Thailand. I imagine your direct line will all be thrilled to be turned into ladyboys!"

Hearing Lin Yafei’s words, Wu Qiuyang’s face didn’t change much. He had secretly sent those people out of Beijing; no one knew about it. He didn’t believe Lin Yafei could know.

Seeing Wu Qiuyang’s expression, Lin Yafei let out a cold laugh and spoke again. "Wu Qiuyang, looks like you won’t cry until you see the coffin. I’ll let you die understanding, then."

As she finished speaking, Lin Yafei took out her phone from her pocket, unlocked it, pulled up a photo and put it in front of Wu Qiuyang. The photo showed more than twenty people, men and women, young and old, crammed together. The whole shot looked a bit messy, but every face could be seen perfectly clearly.

"Wu Qiuyang, I think you should be very familiar with these people."

At her words, Wu Qiuyang instinctively lowered his head to look. When he saw what was in the photo, his body trembled, and his face suddenly turned deathly pale, because the people in the picture were no one else but the Wu Family direct line he had secretly sent out of Beijing today—every one of them his own kin.

Wu Qiuyang had never imagined that after taking such pains to make sure no one knew, Lin Yafei would still manage to find them.

"Wu Qiuyang, there’s a saying in this world: ’If you don’t want people to know, then don’t do it yourself.’ You thought you’d covered your tracks so well that I wouldn’t know a thing?"

Lin Yafei looked at Wu Qiuyang with sheer mockery and said, "Are you ready to give me your answer now? If you still don’t want to talk, I don’t mind turning them all into eunuchs, so the Wu Family will never have descendants again."

Hearing Lin Yafei, Wu Qiuyang’s face instantly turned ashen, and he hurriedly said, "Miss Lin, I agree, I agree. As long as you can spare the people of the Wu Family, we’re willing to take the Discontinuation Pill."

At that moment, Wu Qiuyang’s psychological defenses completely collapsed.

Taking the Discontinuation Pill and living as ordinary people for generations wasn’t so bad; it was still much better than becoming eunuchs for people with special tastes to play with, better than having the bloodline cut off forever from now on.

After hearing Wu Qiuyang, Lin Yafei smiled and said, "Family Head Wu, congratulations on making the right choice."

Her smile was beautiful, but in Wu Qiuyang’s eyes it was like a demon’s grin, sending a chill straight through him.

"Alright, Family Head Wu, I’ll do what I promised you. But what you promised me—shouldn’t you be cashing that in now?" Lin Yafei spoke again.

"The mastermind behind this time is the Yang Family. It was the Yang Family that ordered me to strike at Yama Palace. Most of the experts this time were all sent out by the Yang Family."

This time, Wu Qiuyang did not hesitate; he said it directly.

"The Yang Family?"

Lin Yafei’s heart stirred. She looked straight at Wu Qiuyang and said, "Family Head Wu, you should know what my temperament is. The thing I hate most in life is people lying to me."

"Miss Lin, there’s absolutely no reason for me to lie to you about this. Besides, when Yang Anlong called me, I already recorded it. Miss Lin, you can listen."

As he finished speaking, Wu Qiuyang took out his phone, searched on it for a bit, and directly played a recording.

It was Yang Anlong’s call to him, ordering him to strike at Yama Palace tonight. He’d kept his guard up and recorded their conversation. Wu Qiuyang knew very well that from the moment he moved against Yama Palace, his fate was sealed. But if he didn’t make a move, the Wu Family would be annihilated, not even chickens or dogs left alive. He had no choice but to act. Still, to prepare for the worst, he deliberately recorded his dialogue with Yang Anlong—maybe, in Lin Yafei’s hands, it could win a sliver of hope for his family.

Obviously, that decision had been the right one.