From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Wu Jian'an leaned against a cement pillar, still shouting.

Looking at his face that needed a good scolding, Lu Yunzhou lost all interest in asking a second question.

He glanced at Ye Zhiwei.

Ye Zhiwei immediately understood.

She pulled a military-grade nylon rope from the toolbox, wrapped it around Wu Jian'an's neck, and pulled it back with both hands.

As she raised her hand, her sleeve slipped open, revealing a section of her snow-white wrist.

Wu Jian'an's smile froze instantly.

The nylon rope tightened quickly, leaving a deep mark on his neck.

The man who had just been spewing profanities opened his mouth wide, only able to squeeze out broken breaths from his throat.

He twisted his body desperately, but the rope tightened even more.

His back slammed against the concrete pillar with a loud thud, and one of his shoes flew off.

Ye Zhiwei remained expressionless, not loosening his grip even slightly.

Lu Yunzhou stood to the side, checking the time.

Thirty seconds later, Wu Jian'an's face began to turn purple.

A minute passed, and his legs were kicking wildly, with veins bulging on his forehead.

He wanted to beg for mercy, but he couldn't utter a single word.

His tongue was sticking out, and his eyes began to roll upwards.

Only at this moment did he realize that Lu Yunzhou was not afraid of his death at all.

A minute and a half later, Wu Jian'an's body lost all strength, leaving only intermittent twitching.

His crotch was also soaked, and the stench quickly spread.

Ye Zhiwei wrinkled her nose, her eyes full of disgust.

Lu Yunzhou stared at the countdown on his phone, his heart unmoved.

Trying to reason with this kind of person is a waste of time.

Two minutes later, he raised his hand.

Ye Zhiwei loosened the nylon rope.

Wu Jian'an slumped down, his head hanging over his chest.

He gasped for breath a dozen times, then coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of bloody mucus.

He came back to life.

But the feeling of helplessly waiting to die had crushed most of his courage.

Wu Jian'an raised his head, his face covered in tears and snot.

He looked at the rope in Ye Zhiwei's hand, and his body trembled a few times.

"Lu Yunzhou, do you really dare to kill me?"

Wu Jian'an shrank back, already feeling scared.

Lu Yunzhou did not answer, but simply took a step forward.

The sole of the shoe landed on the broken rib.

Wu Jian'an let out a scream and pressed his body against the pillar with all his might.

His face twitched from the pain, and the breath he had just caught dissipated again.

"The person behind me is someone you can't afford to mess with!"

Wu Jian'an gritted his teeth, trying to grab onto the last lifeline.

Lu Yunzhou increased the pressure on his feet.

Wu Jian'an's screams immediately changed tone.

Lu Yunzhou looked down at him, his face expressionless.

"It's five or six kilometers from the village, and there are no security cameras nearby. If you die here, no one can find any evidence. If we pour the body-dissolving liquid on you, your bones and flesh will be gone."

Wu Jian'an felt a chill run down his spine.

He originally thought Lu Yunzhou was a business owner, and even if he had some skills, he wouldn't dare to actually take someone's life.

He now realizes that his judgment was completely wrong.

Ye Zhiwei squatted down and flicked the folding knife away.

The blade flashed briefly in the dim light.

Her gaze slowly fell to below Wu Jian'an's belt, and a hint of disdain appeared on her face.

Wu Jian'an immediately squeezed his legs together.

He remembered the filthy words he had just uttered, and his crotch suddenly felt cold.

"Keeping that place around is just asking for trouble."

Ye Zhiwei used the tip of her knife to flick his belt; her eyes said it all.

Wu Jian'an shook his head frantically in fright, causing the cement pillar to tremble slightly from the impact.

Lu Yunzhou couldn't be bothered to watch him feign pitifulness.

"If your superiors really cared about you, they would have sent people to rescue you long ago. They didn't show up when you were in the car overseeing the construction site. They didn't show up when you were looking for people to carry your body. Now that things have been exposed, they're even less likely to show up."

Wu Jian'an's breath hitched.

With each sentence Lu Yunzhou spoke, his face paled a little more.

"You're just a gofer. If things go well, they'll make a fortune. If they fail, you'll be left holding the bag. Do you really expect your master to fight Yuanchuan to the bitter end for you?"

Wu Jian'an's lips began to tremble.

The other party has indeed not contacted him again in the past few days.

The promised final payment has yet to arrive.

He discovered he was being followed in the afternoon, so he hid in an abandoned auto repair shop.

He initially thought they were police officers.

Looking back now, those people were probably there to silence me.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, his back was covered in cold sweat.

Lu Yunzhou continued to exert force with his foot, the broken bone pressing against the flesh, causing Wu Jian'an's vision to go black from the pain.

"Cripple you, it's too easy for me. If you don't talk, I'll first turn you into a eunuch, then break your bones one by one. After I've asked enough questions, I'll clean you up."

Ye Zhiwei twirled the knife, her expression revealing impatience.

Wu Jian'an couldn't hold on any longer.

"I'll tell you everything!"

He lowered his head and cried, his last bit of backbone completely gone.

Lu Yunzhou then withdrew his foot.

Wu Jian'an, after catching his breath, began to explain in fits and starts.

Three days ago, someone contacted him through an overseas number and gave him a deposit of 300,000 yuan.

The other party asked him to prepare a fake identity so that Zhang Tieniu could be included in the list of temporary workers in Nanwan Old Port.

Zhang Tieniu had never worked on a construction site.

The body was brought in the night before last.

The person had already stopped breathing and had a wound on the back of their head.

Wu Jian'an hired two workers from out of town to hoist the body onto the tower crane platform, and then damaged the safety buckles and the site railings.

The two workers took the money and left after finishing their work, and Wu Jian'an didn't know their real names.

The next morning, he staged a death scene as requested by the other party and bribed the security guard to delete a surveillance video.

The curly-haired woman and the group of bald men were also recruited by him from a neighboring city.

Each person receives 2,000 yuan, and has only one task: to block Yuanchuan and demand money, and to make a big scene.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yunzhou's expression darkened.

This scheme, from fake identities to fake family members, is all aimed at Yuanchuan.

The people behind the scenes not only wanted to halt the project, but also wanted Cheng Ye to be implicated in a death.

After Wu Jian'an finished speaking, he hurriedly said that all the evidence was on his phone.

His cell phone was hidden in a discarded tire behind the factory.

Ye Zhiwei quickly found it and then forced him to reveal the unlock password.

No contacts were saved on the phone, and most of the chat history was deleted.

However, the screenshots of the transfers, Zhang Tieniu's fake ID, and photos of the two out-of-town workers were all hidden in an encrypted folder.

Ye Zhiwei continued searching and soon found a voice message that had not been deleted.

When Wu Jian'an saw the voice message, all the color drained from his face instantly.

Ye Zhiwei pressed play.

The processed male voice came through the phone.

"If things go wrong, just hide. If someone comes looking for you, keep your mouth shut. We know where your family lives."

After the recording ended, only Wu Jian'an's heavy breathing remained in the factory.

The next second, a new message suddenly came from that overseas number.

Ye Zhiwei opened the message, and her expression immediately changed.

There was only one sentence on the screen.

"Take care of Wu Jian'an before dawn."