Chapter Ninety-Two: He Was Afraid of Me

Chapter Ninety-Two: He Is Afraid of Me

"Oh, then that is best of all." Shen An smiled faintly, and that smile was like the grin of a demon.

At that moment, the man named Du Shang suddenly changed color.

Without warning, a sword pierced his chest.

He stared wide-eyed at Shen An in utter disbelief.

"Why are you making an enemy of Zhi Cheng Pharmaceuticals? Aren't you afraid of death?" he wanted to cry out, but there was no one around, and Shen An had him by the throat; he could not make a sound.

"You have misunderstood. I am not the one afraid of him. He is afraid of me. Otherwise, he would never have thought to come and bargain with me."

A sharp crack rang out.

With a forceful twist from Shen An, the man was dead beyond all doubt.

Flames erupted from the void and in an instant burned him to ashes, leaving nothing behind.

Then Shen An turned and looked toward the towering building not far away.

High above, the four bold advertising words of Zhi Cheng Pharmaceuticals stood out clearly in his eyes.

His gaze narrowed slightly.

He looked into the building.

He had originally intended to use his penetrating vision to investigate.

Suddenly, a burst of intense light came from within.

A stabbing pain shot through Shen An's eyes, and he hurriedly closed them.

Only after a few seconds did he shake his head and open them again.

Elsewhere, Xu Tianming suddenly felt a warmth in his chest. Confused, he turned to look.

Behind him was a wall.

Had the heat in his chest not reminded him, he might have thought what had just happened was merely an illusion.

"Hmph. A little gift for you. This thing can prevent others from spying on you. Since you are working for me, if the other side wants to monitor you, it will react. By then, you will know."

The voice of the man who had given him the item long ago still echoed in his ears.

Xu Tianming suddenly walked into his office and dialed a number.

"Beep, beep, beep... The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable..."

"Damn it." He slammed the phone hard to the floor.

The noise outside drew attention, and someone hurried in.

"Boss, what happened?" Seeing Xu Tianming's expression was off, he asked carefully.

"Where is Du Shang? Go find him. Dead or alive, I want an answer." His face was extremely ugly.

Anxiety and unease clogged his chest, giving Xu Tianming nowhere to vent.

"Oh, right. Check on Shen An. Where is that guy now? Where has he appeared before?"

After giving the order, Xu Tianming waited.

Very soon, the other man returned.

"Boss."

Seeing that something was wrong with him, Xu Tianming grew even more irritable. "Speak. What exactly happened?"

"Du Shang went to see Shen An, about half an hour ago. They went into an alley, and after that Du Shang disappeared." He spoke very cautiously, his eyes fixed on Xu Tianming.

"Du Shang is dead."

Strangely, after hearing the report, Xu Tianming suddenly calmed down.

"This Shen An does not seem to have any scruples at all. He is harder to deal with than I imagined. He killed Du Shang; next, he will likely turn his attention to me. Damn it, this plague."

Xu Tianming was helpless, utterly powerless.

"Send someone to assassinate him. I do not believe he can guard against it forever. I will make him disappear for good." He finally could not endure it and erupted.

This Shen An had been ruining his plans over and over.

Now, not only did he treat him with utter contempt, he even openly killed the man Xu Tianming had sent. Du Shang had been one of his most trusted men.

If it had been some other subordinate who died, he would not have been so enraged. But this time, it was someone close to him.

Even though Xu Tianming had endured and restrained himself all along, he still burst forth.

"Boss, that will not do. Let alone an assassination now, I am afraid it would be impossible even to get close to him. Since even Du Shang could be killed without a sound, what about anyone else?"

Xu Tianming knew he had been out of line just now and had clouded his own judgment. Still, he had only been venting his anger; it did not necessarily mean he truly intended to have someone assassinate Shen An.

He knew the other man would not care in the slightest.

"Enough. Leave for now."

He sent his subordinate away and remained alone in the office.

At this moment, Xu Tianming was exceptionally weary.

Suddenly, he picked up a phone and dialed a number.

Soon, the call connected.

"Hello, Sun Wu. Haven't you always wanted to cooperate with me? Now the chance has come. It only depends on whether you have the nerve."

On the other end, Sun Wu's voice sounded: "I do not understand what you mean. Besides, my grandfather said he does not want me to have anything to do with you. Let's leave it at that."

"Don't. You haven't heard me out yet," Xu Tianming said. "Your father is dead. Don't you want revenge?"

"What does his death have to do with me? He brought it on himself." The tone on the other end suddenly rose, sounding angry.

"Heh heh heh. Shen An killed your father, and your whole family has become cowards hiding in their shells. Fine. It seems the Sun family back then was full of cowards too. Especially you and your grandfather—one a son, the other a father, and neither of you has any intention of revenge. The Sun family is finished..."

"Enough!"

Suddenly, an elderly voice came from the other end. "Xu Tianming, what do you want me to do?"

Although Sun Qidao did not allow his son to inherit the family business, no matter what, he was still his son.

Whatever he had done before, since someone had killed him, someone should pay with his life.

But just as he was about to act, word came from above that the matter ended there and he was forbidden to make any further move.

That completely quelled Sun Qidao's anger.

And now Xu Tianming's words had thoroughly enraged him.

"Sun Li was, after all, my son. Nothing can change that. Your call is nothing more than an attempt to use my hands to get rid of Shen An, but you should know that he is not so easy to deal with."

He spoke very realistically. At present, Shen An was not someone he alone could handle anymore.

"Rest assured. I have my own plans. When the time comes, it will be up to you. I look forward very much to our cooperation."

"I have no wish to cooperate with you again." Sun Qidao hung up.

Xu Tianming formulated a long plan, a plan that would drive Shen An into utter ruin.

This plan would implicate many people.

But in order to kill him, Xu Tianming could no longer care about that.

At the same time, before the plan was set in motion, he also had to investigate the whereabouts of the Black Jade Stone.

That thing was very likely in Shen An's hands.

Before, the Black Jade Stone had always been with Sun Li. They had cooperated for a long time, and Xu Tianming had always wanted the Black Jade Stone in his possession. Unfortunately, Sun Li had kept hold of it and never handed it over.

Originally, after he killed Shen An, the Black Jade Stone would have been given to him.

Who would have thought that in the end, it was Sun Li who died?

The leader of the Dark Group ultimately did not escape his fate, and the Black Jade Stone slipped from his hands as well.