"..."
Shen Shi looked at her with a slightly strange expression.
Still so beautiful, but after knowing her for so many years, I've never seen her with such a flush on her face.
Is the allure of money really that powerful?
Shen Shi ridiculed in his heart.
He had forgotten that the power he was showing now was not just about money.
However, he didn't pay attention to this at the moment. He seemed to be talking to himself as he continued, "When people are emotional, they can do anything, especially when they can do it at any time. The saying 'carrying a weapon, a murderous intent arises' speaks to this. However—if it's a decision made calmly, it shouldn't be controlled by emotions, right?"
As Ai Xin'Er listened, she didn't feel much, but Han Guangchao, who was kneeling on the ground, shuddered violently.
"Wh-what are you going to do?" He trembled as he cried out, "Don't act recklessly, please don't be impulsive. I was wrong, really, I was wrong."
Han Guangchao was truly scared.
People like him, who usually feel superior and think they're so amazing, but when they really encounter trouble, they're even more vulnerable than ordinary people because they've never truly faced setbacks.
Shen Shi listened with irritation.
With just a thought, the burly man in a suit behind Han Guangchao pressed down on his hands with one hand and fiercely covered his mouth with the other.
The wailing immediately turned into muffled sobbing.
No matter how he struggled, the palm seemed as indestructible as steel, not moving an inch, feeling an overwhelming force upon him, especially at his jaw, making it seem as if with just a little force...
Crack!
This was the sound Han Guangchao imagined!
The immense fear of death suddenly shattered all his defenses, utterly overwhelming him.
A rank odor spread out.
Shen Shi frowned, involuntarily stepped back a few steps.
What a weakling.
He was speechless, regretting a little bit for his impulsivity in the car earlier.
In fact, what Shen Shi said to Ai Xin'Er was true.
At the peak of his anger and aggression, he really had the impulse to kill without considering the consequences.
Not that his anger truly reached such a level.
But simply because, it was incredibly easy for him now!
And certain he wouldn't face any punishment.
In that instant, he had even thought, after killing someone, just wait right there for law enforcement, then call in his mimetic shapeshifting "bodyguards" to strongly resist. As the confrontation escalated, transform the mimetic material into tanks, warplanes, or even small monsters!
Finally, unleash the Cosmic Battleship, intimidating the entire globe, dominating the world!
Isn't it a bit thrilling?
What a joke!
As the anger gradually subsided, even Shen Shi couldn't stand his own juvenile thoughts.
Even to resolve things quietly was easy; does someone like that deserve him flipping the table?
If he really did that, it wouldn't be enough to describe it as risking everything for a beauty, not even King You of Zhou, who lit beacons for Lady Bao's smile, could compare. No matter humanity's future, such a "heroic deed" would definitely be remembered throughout history!
Impulsiveness when emotional happens to everyone, but the impulse when holding a sharp blade is particularly terrifying!
This is power!
It's alluring... and terrifying!
"I don't fail to understand your thoughts." Shen Shi picked up the microphone again, his slow tone seemingly filled with infinite indifference. "With a trivial, insignificant cost, you can vent your dissatisfaction and aggression. As for the trouble and pain it brings to others, what does it matter to you? Right?"
The noise in the venue gradually lowered.
All eyes were on Shen Shi.
Looking at this man who wielded power, and was overwhelmingly domineering.
"Unfortunately, I think the same way." Shen Shi's lips suddenly curved into a slight smile, then he raised three fingers, his voice echoing throughout the venue, "Three months! Within three months, you'll have nothing left. Everything you rely on, everything you care for, whether it's wealth or status, family or company, everything will be taken, destroyed. You'll spend the rest of your life amid endless trouble and pain, and for me, it will only require a trivial, insignificant cost!"
Boom——!
The entire onlooking crowd was in an uproar!
So domineering!
From the sound of it, not only is he going to take the opponent out, but also take out the opponent's company? Leave his family bankrupt, with no way out?
So ruthless!
However, compared to directly taking them out, this method of revenge had many spectators cheering!
The principle of equivalent retaliation may not be supported by law, but it resonates with human morality.
Since Han Guangchao could cause others pain with a "trivial" cost, then others can also deal with him at the same "trivial" cost!
However, Han Guangchao absolutely couldn't comprehend it.
Because the way he was looking at Shen Shi now, like looking at a madman, was filled with deep fear.
In his mind.
Ai Xin'Er's reputation couldn't possibly compare to the tens of billions in his family's assets?
However, in Shen Shi's mind, it could, and that was enough!
Even Ai Xin'Er's way of looking at Shen Shi changed completely, her eyes seemed to be sparkling with early autumn dew, she asked softly, "Do you really have to do this?"
"Who knows?" Shen Shi shrugged, "It's really easy anyway."
"Oh..." Ai Xin'Er's fingers subconsciously pinched the hem of her dress.
In truth, she realized that she completely wasn't like her usual self, wanting to perk up, clench a fist, and lightly punch Shen Shi on the shoulder like before, wearing a bright and confident smile, and say thanks or make some other joke.
But she couldn't do it.
Because her whole body felt soft, even inside her heart, so soft she didn't even know what she was saying or doing.
The usual intelligence and rationality seemed to lose their effect at this moment.
It wasn't until Shen Shi pulled her away, surrounded by a group of suited enforcers, walking out under the gaze of the crowd, standing in front of that brand new Rolls Royce, that she finally came back to her senses.
"Get in the car." Shen Shi opened the back seat door for her, then walked to the other side himself, "It's still early, let's find a place to talk."
"What about here..." Ai Xin'Er glanced around.
The others were still looking at her, and the meanings contained in those gazes made her slightly red faced.
"Don't worry, I gave you enough face today." Shen Shi laughed, "Also, I saved you from the fire, pulled you out of the wolves' den, you have to help me a bit."
"I'm just afraid of getting out of the wolves' den only to enter the tiger's cave..." Ai Xin'Er muttered softly, pinching her arm, taking a deep breath, and bending down to sit in the car.