Anger

President Wang's face darkened. After hanging up, several more Huayi staff members came up from the other end of the stairwell.

"You people stay here and keep an eye on Miss Tao. Call me immediately if anything happens," President Wang instructed, anger smoldering in his eyes. "There's definitely something shady about Li Shan. I'm going to catch her myself!"

After saying that, he turned back to Li Ruobing and Su Rui. "I'm terribly sorry, but I need to leave for a while."

"If you need any help, call me." Su Rui handed over a business card, his smile carrying a deeper meaning. "Li Shan's parents are both dead. She has a younger brother in Nanning."

President Wang paused, then understood what Su Rui meant.

"Thanks."

With that, President Wang strode away, dialing a number again as his voice gradually faded...

"Hello, Ziteng! Have your men take a trip to Nanning. Yes... Li Shan has a younger brother..."

Li Ruobing and Su Rui looked at each other.

Huayi's people could handle Tao Wanqing's assistant. Su Rui and Li Ruobing had more important matters to attend to.

Sitting in the quiet vehicle compartment, Li Ruobing closed her eyes and slowly massaged her brow with her thumb.

"You said before that you knew everyone's secrets." Li Ruobing suddenly spoke.

Su Rui gripped the steering wheel with practiced ease and nodded. "That's right."

"What about Qin Lan's?"

"If it's everyone, then of course that includes her." Su Rui chuckled. "The dirt I have on Qin Lan is enough to destroy her in one blow."

Li Ruobing let out a long breath, a cold gleam flickering in her eyes.

"Give it to me. Name your price."

Li Ruobing was furious.

When she had heard President Wang recount the events in the hospital corridor, her expression had not changed, but she had already been seething inside.

Qin Lan had not even bothered to hide her intentions.

She had openly sent her men driving a Li Residence car to Huayi. When they were turned away, she had caused this car accident—or rather, this attack.

She wanted to tell Li Ruobing: I did this. Whatever resources Mingzhu wants, I'll cut them off bit by bit!

From the rejected loan to the spokesperson's car accident this time, Li Ruobing had never felt so angry and stifled since starting her business.

She was a highly rational person, but even she had been provoked now.

"No." Unexpectedly, Su Rui shook his head.

"Why?" Li Ruobing gritted her teeth.

"Qin Lan is connected to too many people and forces. Her position is too sensitive. Even if you released that information, the Li family and certain officials would do everything they could to protect her," Su Rui explained. "Even if you could bring her down that way, your Li family would be deeply implicated as well. It's a stupid move that harms the enemy by a thousand while injuring yourself by eight hundred."

"And have you considered whether your father might also have been involved in some of the things Qin Lan did in the dark?"

"Or perhaps, in some matters, your father was actually the one in charge..."

Su Rui's words were meaningful and clearly hinted at something more.

Li Ruobing fell silent.

She knew very well that the Li family had taken decades to rise from nothing. It was impossible for Li Guodong to have built his fortune from scratch without getting his hands dirty at all. It was just that those matters had been carefully covered up later on, draped beneath a dark curtain, and the higher-ups all knew it.

If Qin Lan's dirt was exposed, Li Guodong could not possibly remain uninvolved. Once that veil was torn away, many things would be laid bare before the public, and the consequences would be impossible to contain.

"There are plenty of ways to bring down Qin Lan..." Su Rui said calmly. "I don't want to hear that kind of mutually destructive idea from you again... It will affect my impression of you."

"What methods?" Li Ruobing naturally ignored the latter half of Su Rui's words. Su Rui had never shown her much respect anyway.

Besides, she had no mood to trade barbs with Su Rui now.

She only wanted to vent the anger burning in her heart.

"The simplest one... assassination. You know, in the eyes of certain assassination organizations, every life can be measured in money. Someone like Qin Lan isn't worth much." Su Rui hesitated, but still did not mention that organization's name. For the current Li Ruobing, that level of existence was still beyond her reach. "Just five million! A Barrett rifle, one 12.7-millimeter bullet, and she'll be sent on her way within three days."

"Qin Lan has seven or eight highly skilled bodyguards following her at all times," Li Ruobing said coldly.

"If that organization wants someone dead, no one can escape. They once successfully assassinated the president of a small African country and escaped from an armed force thousands strong." A trace of reminiscence and gravity appeared in Su Rui's eyes as he smiled nostalgically. "Those assassins are monsters, kings of the mercenary world."

Li Ruobing had never seen Su Rui wear such an expression. After a moment of silence, she asked, "You... couldn't have come from that organization, could you?"

She was somewhat uncertain.

She had indeed seen Su Rui's detailed records, but records were easy enough to forge.

If there truly was such a terrifying assassination organization in the world as Su Rui described, it would not be difficult for its members to fabricate a file.

The more Li Ruobing looked at Su Rui, the more she felt he fit that description.

He was mysterious, cunning, powerful and ruthless, able to control everything.

Ever since Li Ruobing had met Su Rui, nearly everything that had happened had been within his strategizing.

And there was the scene where he had cleanly defeated Lin Jiatao's men. Those chilling moves had clearly been killing techniques!

"In this life... no." Su Rui smiled and waved his hand. "I only want to tell you that killing Qin Lan would be easy, but the consequences would be severe."

"The sudden death of a high-level family member would cause intense upheaval. The Li family would undergo major changes, and that does not align with my previous plan."

Li Ruobing calmed down.

She had indeed been furious before, but after hearing Su Rui's words, she regained her composure.

She wanted to vent her anger, but she did not want to throw the Li family into turmoil because of it. After all, Li blood ran through her veins.

Yet the fire trapped in her chest was truly difficult to release.

"If you simply want to vent, I wouldn't suggest moving against Qin Lan." Su Rui smiled. "You have a better choice."

A glimmer moved through Li Ruobing's beautiful eyes, and in an instant, she understood whom Su Rui meant.

"Want to go over there?" Su Rui smiled as he asked for Li Ruobing's opinion.

Li Ruobing's face remained expressionless.

"Let's go deal with him."