Chapter 145

She reached out to touch the scissors that had been knocked to the bedside the night before; they were meant for her to resist her father, Ling Tuisi.

She had intended to use them last night as well, but just as Gu Hanyuan had said, seeking death in front of him was useless, and so he had already gotten his wish.

Ling Shuanghua held the scissors, aiming them at Gu Hanyuan's throat, yet she could not bring herself to strike.

No matter how unwilling she had been in her heart last night, her body would not lie to her; it had been a beautiful night.

Ling Shuanghua looked at herself in the mirror, more beautiful and with a rosy complexion, and let out a long sigh before putting the scissors down.

She looked at the mask on Gu Hanyuan's face, wondering if it was out of habit, but it no longer felt as cold and terrifying as it had before.

Ling Shuanghua looked at the lower half of his face, suddenly very curious about what he looked like.

She reached out to grab the edge of the mask, wanting to take it off, only to find that it seemed embedded there, impossible to remove.

"Is it fun?"

The sudden voice startled Ling Shuanghua, and she saw that Gu Hanyuan's eyes were already open, staring straight at her.

Ling Shuanghua blushed and hid back under the covers.

Gu Hanyuan got up to dress and pressed the lower half of the mask back into place.

"Rest well. I will come to see you again when I have time."

After a long while, a faint, long sigh echoed in the room.

Gu Hanyuan ignored Ling Shuanghua's complex thoughts and went straight to find Ling Tuisi.

Upon seeing him, Ling Tuisi wore a warm smile.

"Good son-in-law..."

"Hmm?"

Gu Hanyuan cast a cold glance at him.

"Ah, Your Excellency Wutian, did you sleep well last night?"

Ling Tuisi's expression turned ugly for a moment, thinking that this bastard really intended to get a free ride, but since he had requests of him and feared his strength, he had no choice but to concede.

"It was fine. I just wonder when Prefect Ling will be able to send Qi Fang over?"

Gu Hanyuan pushed his luck.

Ling Tuisi's expression grew even uglier.

"Please, give me some time."

"I don't have much time to waste here. Don't force me to change my mind. While it is troublesome to take out the treasure all at once, it is no problem to take out a little at a time; it's just a matter of spending more time."

What Gu Hanyuan was saying now was completely different from what he had said last night; he wanted to pressure Ling Tuisi step by step. That is the nature of sunk costs—having already given up his daughter, how could he be content if he ended up with nothing?

What he said was exactly what Ling Tuisi feared.

Gu Hanyuan did not bother with Ling Tuisi further and used his lightness skill to vanish before him.

Ling Tuisi was indeed intimidated once again; with such high-level martial arts, if poisoning him failed, he would have no ability to resist at all.

Even using Ding Dian to deal with him would be useless; the gap was still too great.

Moreover, last night Ling Tuisi had once again tried to coerce and bribe Ding Dian, even promising to marry Ling Shuanghua to him, yet he still gained nothing, leaving him furious at this blockhead.

In truth, the severely wounded Ding Dian was heartbroken last night and hadn't paid attention to what Ling Tuisi said. Of course, even if he had heard, he would not have agreed to hand over the secret of the treasure, still clinging tightly to the righteousness in his heart as he drowned in it.

Brushing off the Blood Knife Sect gave 1200 villain points, and severely wounding Ding Dian gave 1400; with such a large gap in strength, the villain points awarded were becoming fewer.

Qi Fang also gave 1600 villain points, and it actually triggered a series quest; it seems the system classifies Qi Fang as a heroine.

He gained quite a bit from Ling Shuanghua: 3800 villain points and a large amount of spiritual energy, roughly equivalent to thirty Zhu Zhanglings.

As for the 500 villain points to exchange for the Beauty-Restoring Pill, it wasn't worth mentioning. He also placed a divine sense tracker on Qi Fang and Ling Shuanghua.

The Blood Knife Ancestor also had a divine sense tracker on him; this person was the same type as Yun Zhonghe, both extremely useful tools.

Gu Hanyuan then headed to the Wan residence.

Although he couldn't "eat the sheep three ways," eating it two ways was no problem.

As for Qi Changfa and Yan Daping, they were worthless and not even qualified to be tools.

At this moment, Wan Gui was conversing with Wan Zhenshan.

Naturally, it was the kind of conversation where every three sentences mentioned the treasure.

Gu Hanyuan had no intention of hiding his presence and appeared directly before them.

The two were startled and recognized Gu Hanyuan's Wutian identity.

"You are Wutian? What brings you to the Wan residence?"

Wan Zhenshan was an old hand in the Jianghu, after all, and showed no signs of panic.

Seeing that Gu Hanyuan had no intention of attacking, he knew he hadn't come for revenge; as long as it wasn't for revenge, there was room for negotiation.