After learning about Jing Yuexin's methods, Qu Jianlei was somewhat surprised.
He was not surprised by execution-style killings, nor was he unable to accept them—such methods were meant to threaten and intimidate.
As for implicating family members, that was nothing new in the Empire. When Young Master Qiao made money, those people all got to spend it too.
What surprised Qu Jianlei was, Since when had she become so ruthless?
But... being more ruthless was not necessarily a bad thing. Better for one family to weep than many families.
From yesterday's conversation, Qu Jianlei had already guessed that Young Master Qiao was probably not the only one impersonating their name.
Rather than killing them one family at a time, it was better to find one and kill them viciously—was the Digital Phantom's face really so easy to slap? Not long afterward, Shui Xisheng contacted him. "That person from yesterday... has come again."
"I can't be bothered to go," Qu Jianlei replied directly. "Leave him to you..."
When Shui Xisheng received the head of the Mine Management Department, he found the man's face deathly pale, as though he were seriously ill.
He asked in surprise, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
And you still ask me? A bitter smile appeared on the Above Supreme's face. "Young Master Shui, Lord Shui, please don't joke around, all right?"
"I only want to ask one thing... is it over?"
Shui Xisheng looked at him for a full three seconds before shaking his head. "I don't know, but... what do you think?"
"Just as I thought," the head of the Mine Management Department muttered, reaching out to grab the other's arm.
"Brother, I'll have to trouble you again today... I won't let you help for nothing."
"Ow, that hurts!" Shui Xisheng sucked in a breath. "Don't