Chapter 14 Qin Jinhai, Don’t Make Me Hate You!
The hallway was deserted, not a soul in sight. Only a still-fairly-bright sound-activated light responded to the noise. Fu Bing stood frozen. At that moment, a night breeze, bone-chillingly cold, blew down the hallway.
Inside the stairwell, Wu Shi peeked through the crack of the safety door at the now-closed apartment door, his gaze bleak. He silenced his phone and descended the stairs.
Fu Bing finished cleaning the entire house but still hadn’t received a reply from Qin Jinhai. She was of no use to him, yet she desperately needed his help. She sighed. The darkness outside the window was so thick it seemed impenetrable. Her own path forward felt no different. It seemed there were many roads, but in reality, they were all fraught with pitfalls.
It wasn’t until one in the morning that Qin Jinhai finally replied.
"You don’t have what I want."
Qin Jinhai refused her.
Fu Bing was already drowsy, but Qin Jinhai’s message felt like a bucket of ice water poured over her head, jolting her instantly awake. What else could she possibly offer Qin Jinhai in exchange? Just as she was pondering this, Qin Jinhai called. Fu Bing tensed.
As soon as she answered, Qin Jinhai’s mocking voice came through the phone. "Fu Bing, did prison make you stupid? Trying to use a genuine ledger to report my woman’s agent? When did you become so naïve?"
The voice on the phone was even colder and more impersonal than his actual voice.
"What if I could be of greater value to you?"