From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

The internal energy that Shi Jun had accumulated over many years went out of control and scattered along his meridians.

A muffled sound came from his dantian, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsing to his knees.

Lu Yunzhou withdrew his hand and stood in front of him.

The seventh-rank executor that Chu Zhengnan hired for 30 million had both arms broken and his dantian destroyed, leaving him without even the strength to stand up.

Shi Jun knelt in the pile of rubble, his arms hanging at his sides, a short knife stuck in the soil at his feet.

Lu Yunzhou stood before him, blood still seeping from the wound on his right shoulder, his voice low: "Who sent you?"

Shi Jun raised his face, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, his jaw clenched tightly.

"If you're getting paid to do a job, why ask so many questions?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his jaw suddenly tightened, and his Adam's apple bobbed.

Lu Yunzhou saw the small black pouch peeking out from between his teeth, raised his hand and flicked out three silver needles.

The silver needles pierced through the rain, embedding themselves in the stone falcon's chest and neck.

Lu Yunzhou rushed in front of him, grabbed his chin with his hand, and tried to force the medicine out.

But the stone falcon had already crushed the venom sac.

A strong, fishy smell emanated from his mouth, causing his internal energy to surge wildly.

A muffled thud came from Shi Jun's dantian, which had just been destroyed by Lu Yunzhou, and his body began to twitch, his facial muscles twitching incessantly.

The silver needles sealed his heart meridian, preventing the poison from killing him immediately.

Shi Jun raised his eyes and stared at Lu Yunzhou, squeezing out a few words: "You won't get any information out of me."

He forcibly reversed his internal energy, and the force that broke through crashed into his meridians.

His breathing, which had just stabilized, became chaotic again, and blood continued to flow from his nostrils and the corners of his mouth.

Lu Yunzhou pressed down on his shoulder, channeling his inner energy into his palm in an attempt to protect his internal energy.

But Shi Jun was already prepared to die, and even his dantian was shattered by his own actions.

Several silver needles trembled slightly, and Shi Jun's body suddenly lost all strength.

Lu Yunzhou released his hand and reached out to check his pulse.

Hopeless.

A seventh-rank master, a reward of thirty million, and in the end, not even the employer's name was left.

Lu Yunzhou pulled out the silver needles and searched Shi Jun's body, finding only a switched-off cell phone and a few bank cards.

He had just put his phone in his pocket when he heard the sound of stones rolling in the bushes to his right.

Lu Yunzhou turned his head and looked down at the patch of weeds weighed down by the rain.

There was someone hiding in the grass.

He walked over through the mud, parted the waist-high grass, and saw a pair of leather shoes covered in mud.

The man was crawling on the ground, his trouser leg caught in thorns, and he was clutching a cell phone in his hand.

Lu Yunzhou grabbed him by the back of his collar and dragged him out of the bushes.

Zhao Liqun fell to the ground, his glasses tilted to one side, and his lips trembled a few times.

"Lu Yunzhou, let me explain."

He reached for his glasses, but Lu Yunzhou stepped on the frame.

Zhao Liqun's hand froze in mid-air, raindrops streaming down his face.

Lu Yunzhou looked down at him: "How long have you been watching here?"

"I just arrived, and I haven't done anything yet."

Zhao Liqun spoke very quickly, his chest heaving violently.

Lu Yunzhou kicked his phone away, squatted down, and grabbed his collar: "When Shi Jun died just now, you hid faster than a rabbit. How much money did the Chu family give you?"

Zhao Liqun's face twitched, and after a few seconds, he finally lowered his head.

"Chu Zhengnan gave me 300,000 yuan and told me to keep an eye on your whereabouts. When Shi Jun makes his move, I'm responsible for waiting outside for news. As soon as I confirm you're dead, I'll send the message back to the Chu family."

"He arranged it himself?"

"It's Chu Zhengnan."

Zhao Liqun swallowed hard, his hands on the ground, his voice growing softer and softer: "I have no choice. I owe money. The Chu family said they'd give me the rest of the money as soon as this matter is settled. You beat me up and sent me to the hospital, and you even made me lose my job. I've always remembered that."

Lu Yunzhou looked at him, his fingers slowly loosening his collar.

Back then at Ye Churan's house, Zhao Liqun forced Ye Churan to submit.

That night, Zhao Liqun knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and Lu Yunzhou spared his life.

Unexpectedly, this path eventually led him back to the Chu family.

When Zhao Liqun noticed Lu Yunzhou's silence, he quickly moved back: "I can testify for you, and I can tell you everything about the Chu family. Let me go, and I'll leave Sheng'an immediately and never come back."

Do you think I'd still believe you?

Zhao Liqun's lips were dry, and he hurriedly shook his head: "What I said is all true."

Lu Yunzhou picked up his phone and opened the transaction records.

The record of the 300,000 yuan being deposited is still there, with the note "Operation Stone Falcon" written in the remarks column.

Below is another message from Chu Zhengnan's assistant, dated tonight.

Zhao Liqun was responsible for confirming the results, while Shi Jun was responsible for the killing.

The two had a clear division of labor, and the Chu family had already made arrangements for their escape route.

Lu Yunzhou put away his phone and stood up: "Go back and tell Chu Zhengnan."

Zhao Liqun raised his head, a hint of relief in his eyes.

Lu Yunzhou walked up to him, pressing his shoe against his right ankle, and said in a flat tone, "Just say I'm still alive. Starting today, I will personally collect every single debt the Chu family owes me."

Just as Zhao Liqun was about to speak, a dull thud came from his ankle.

He hugged his calves and fell into the mud, his shouts piercing the rain, his face contorted in pain.

Lu Yunzhou withdrew his foot and looked down at him: "This foot is the first interest you collected for the Chu family."

Zhao Liqun clutched his ankle, crawled a few steps on the ground, his palms scraped raw by the gravel, and kept begging for mercy.

Lu Yunzhou didn't look at him again and turned to walk towards the SUV.

The wound on my right shoulder was reopened by the movement just now, and my sleeve was soaked.

He opened the car door, got in, took out some gauze to simply wrap the wound, and started the car to leave the quarry.

The windshield wipers swung back and forth, and the headlights cleaved through the curtain of water ahead.

Shi Jun died, and Zhao Liqun also lost a leg.

But this price is far from enough.

Chu Tiankuo's legs were injured; Lin Yuxuan had been taking medication for him for three years; the Chu family sent people to hunt him down; Mu Qingying was kidnapped; and Yuanchuan Construction was almost dragged into a situation of work stoppage.

Lu Yunzhou remembered everything clearly.

The car drove out of the mountain road, and it was almost midnight.

As I passed through the old street in the west of the city, a woman was standing at the bus stop by the roadside.

Half of the light on the bus stop sign was broken, and rainwater was leaking down from the roof.

The woman carried no umbrella, held an unlit cigarette in her hand, her gaze fixed on the distant intersection, letting the rain soak her hair.

Lu Yunzhou recognized her.

Gardenia jasminoides.

The bartender at Night Flight Bar was also an informant he bought for 140,000 yuan.

She wasn't wearing her bar uniform tonight, just a short black jacket, the hem of which was wet from the rain and tucked to her legs.

There was an old canvas bag at my feet, with half of a medicine box sticking out of the bag.

Lu Yunzhou stepped on the brakes, and the car stopped beside her.

The car window rolled down, and the sound of rain immediately filled the car.

Bai Zhi turned her head and saw Lu Yunzhou in the driver's seat, the cigarette in her hand resting on her lips.

Lu Yunzhou glanced at her soaked clothes and said directly, "Get in the car, I'll take you home."

Bai Zhi didn't move, only watching him through the rain.

Lu Yunzhou pushed open the passenger door, his tone decisive.

"Don't stand in the rain, get in the car first."