NOVEL NEXT Chapter 211: Free Contract
The silver needle was bent, part of it forming an irregular spiral, which Wang Ye had used just seconds ago to pick the lock of Hong Du's office door.
Wang Ye, smiling, looked at Hong Du and asked, "Hong Du, Director Hong, what did you just say about completing a task?"
"No... nothing."
Seeing Wang Ye and Xia Qingxin come out, Hong Du began to wonder if he was suffering from amnesia.
He hadn't actually locked the door just now, yet he felt as if he had.
"Stop thinking about it. I was the one who picked the lock. Before you brought us to the office, I had already detected your little schemes," said Wang Ye.
With ten minutes left on the bomb's countdown, Wang Ye stood still, showing no signs of panic. Instead, he calmly explained to Hong Du how he had sensed something was amiss with him.
"First, it was too deliberate!"
"The distillery, I had already investigated all the distilleries in Yun City half a month ago. At that time, your Bana Distillery was still doing well. It makes no sense that just within half a month, your Bana Distillery would suddenly fail."
"Second, even if your Bana Distillery did suddenly fail within half a month, as the owner, you should be thinking of how to revive Bana Distillery, not planning to dissolve it from the start, and dispersing all the employees of Bana Distillery in such a short time."
"Third."
Wang Ye glanced inside the room. The two cups of tea Hong Du had just poured for him and Xia Qingxin were now showing a faint halo on the side of the cups under the sunlight, resembling light refracted by water vapor at night.
This was different from other times during the day when sunlight shone on water and refracted a halo outside.
"Those two cups of tea, you had prepared with poison in advance, right? You probably knew I am good with medicine, so the poison in the tea was colorless and odorless, invisible and undetectable by smell," said Wang Ye.
"But the halo formed by sunlight passing through the tea and reflecting on the table surface was different. Yours had a distinctly dim feel to it."
Every sentence Wang Ye spoke was with a smile, but his words made Hong Du feel a chill in his heart.
He didn't realize that in less than twenty minutes of interacting with Wang Ye, he had revealed so many flaws.
Or rather, it wasn't that he had revealed too many flaws.
It was that Wang Ye's observations were extremely meticulous, which made his seemingly flawless plan appear full of holes to the young man, easily deciphering many of its weaknesses.
No wonder He Lei was willing to offer him a generous reward. Wang Ye was truly terrifying.
Xia Qingxin, standing beside Wang Ye, looked at her younger apprentice brother with a light smile on her face.
Her younger apprentice brother was making her more and more satisfied.
After finishing his deduction, Wang Ye fiddled with the silver needle in his hand, his gaze fixed on Hong Du, and he inquired, "Who is controlling you?"
"He Lei," Hong Du replied weakly.
The few sentences Wang Ye had just spoken had made Hong Du realize how formidable the young man in front of him was.
He knew that if he did not listen to this young man, his own carefully prepared grave that he had initially readied for Wang Ye and Xia Qingxin would soon be his own.
"He Lei, huh," said Wang Ye, without any surprise.
Fang Feifei was definitely on his side.
Yang Xin was his own person.
The Mei Family actually didn't harbor much hatred against him, and even if they wanted revenge, there was no need to act so swiftly.
Only He Lei was left.
"Is this Bana Distillery yours?"
"It's mine, it's mine," Hong Du hastily responded.
"Do you think this distillery can buy your life?" Wang Ye said, glancing at the time on his phone, "Just a friendly reminder, there are seven minutes left before the bomb goes off, so every minute we stay here is a risk."
Seven minutes!
Upon hearing Wang Ye's words, Hong Du was close to tears.
From here to the safe zone, it would usually take ten minutes at a relaxed pace, seven minutes meant he had to hurry, and if it was down to five minutes, he definitely couldn't escape from here.
The implication from Wang Ye was simple.
If you want to live, you can.
Trade it for the Bana Distillery.
Bana Distillery was practically all of Hong Du's assets.
An agonizing expression appeared on Hong Du's face.
The moment he handed over Bana Distillery, he would essentially lead a life of an ordinary person thereafter.
But if he didn't give it up...
Watching the turmoil on Hong Du's face, Wang Ye spoke, "You can keep struggling with the decision, but later you'll need to sign a contract, and only after it's signed will I let you go."
"Rest assured, since I can still stand here and talk to you so calmly, I definitely have a way of leaving the danger zone when the time is near."
Wang Ye's tone was nonchalant.
Seeing the unfazed expression on Wang Ye's face, Hong Du knew his words were true.
But the key issue was, Wang Ye could escape later, but if there wasn't enough time, he wouldn't be able to.
Hong Du clenched his teeth.
In the end, he could only say, "Fine!"
Life is more important!
"Agreed."
Wang Ye placed a contract in front of Hong Du and said, "Sign this deed of gift, and do it voluntarily, not under coercion."
Wang Ye turned to Xia Qingxin, instructing her, "When he signs the contract later, record it. Make sure to capture all the expressions on his face as he signs."
"Okay."
Xia Qingxin nodded.
This kind of contract had to be signed with the person's agreement and of their own free will.
Thus, to prevent Hong Du from exploiting this loophole later and not handing over Bana Distillery, Wang Ye had thought of this from the beginning.
Wang Ye looked at Hong Du again, "If one recording isn't enough, then we'll do it again. We have plenty of time to keep trying."
"No... no need, once is enough, take the property, take the property!"
Hong Du quickly agreed, voicing his consent in less than three minutes, Wang Ye had already assessed the water resources and their locations.
Having secured the water, Wang Ye immediately left with Xia Qingxin.
Leaving Hong Du behind.
Boom.
Flames roared.
Hong Du, watching the flames approaching, clenched his teeth and began to run as well.