Chapter 1543: Chapter 1543: The Eternal Wound in the Heart

After Chu Liyuan and Jian Dan left, Feng Qi Yun Yong tactfully departed as well, leaving only Qiu Zimo and Si Chengze in the office.

“You should be very clear that sparing you is the greatest mercy I can grant.” Qiu Zimo gave Si Chengze a cold glance before turning his gaze elsewhere.

“This kind of mercy, I would rather not have.” Si Chengze fixed his eyes on Qiu Zimo.

“Don’t think for a second that I truly won’t kill you.”

“To die at your hands would still be a worthy end.”

“Si Chengze, what on earth are you trying to do?”

“I only have one request: after my death, bury my body in the Baimu Forest.”

Qiu Zimo narrowed his eyes.

Baimu Forest was the secret domain of the Baimu Organization; apart from its members, outsiders couldn’t possibly know about it. How did Si Chengze know?

“Who exactly are you?” A chilly gleam flashed through Qiu Zimo’s eyes.

“Zimo, I would never do anything to harm you. I only hope that after my death, I can stay in the place where we first met, the place closest to you, and guard you forever.”

“You…” Qiu Zimo’s mind suddenly conjured the image of a youthful, innocent face.

To this day, Qiu Zimo still remembers how she rose to become the Young Master of the Baimu Group.

Back then…

“Why are you doing this? What have I ever done to wrong you, for you to treat me this way?”

To this day, Qiu Zimo clearly remembers the scene: her grandfather’s tragic death, followed by her mother’s desperate plea, kneeling before the man she once loved, begging him to spare her and her child.

“Things have come this far, so I might as well tell you–I never loved you. The only reason I married you is because you’re Long Guoyang’s daughter.

Now everything that belonged to Long Guoyang is mine, and as for you, you no longer have any value to me.”

“Zhang Xian’guang, I can only blame myself for being blind and falling for someone like you, leading to my father’s downfall. But I will never allow you to harm my mother and Zimo.” Long Yuqing, her icy gaze unwavering, slowly rose from the floor, removing her jacket to reveal the bombs strapped to her waist.

“Zhang Xian’guang, if you refuse to let us go today, then we can only die together.”

Qiu Zimo will never forget the expression on her mother’s face at that moment.

It was that man, Zhang Xian’guang, who turned a once gentle, fragile woman into the person she became.

“Long Yuqing, don’t think you can scare me with a fake bomb. I know you far too well.

Even if it were real, would you dare to detonate it?” Zhang Xian’guang sneered at Long Yuqing.

“Heh~ Zhang Xian’guang, why don’t you try me?” Long Yuqing’s gaze no longer carried its former fragility; in its place was resolute determination.

At that moment, Zhang Xian’guang saw something in her eyes he had never seen before.

This stirred a flicker of hesitation in Zhang Xian’guang’s heart.

“Mom, if he refuses to let us go, would you really ignite the bomb on your body?”

After the three of them drove away from the Long Residence, Qiu Zimo asked.

“Silly lass, the explosives on me were fake,” Long Yuqing said, her usual gentleness returning.

“Fake?”

“That’s right, because I was certain Zhang Xian’guang wouldn’t dare gamble.

He’s calculated everything to perfection, and now that he’s finally obtained what he wanted, how could he bear to lose it all?”

It was at that moment that Qiu Zimo understood a profound truth.

In this world, it all comes down to who is more ruthless and who fears death less.