I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!

When he said this with a smile, the ferocity in his eyes was no joke. This proficiency in causing pain was as skilled as a butcher honed from decades of practice. Second Brother hadn’t expected this woman to really be so heartless, slicing his hand repeatedly, each cut a stab in his heart too. And she seemed to have a knack for finding just the right spots, the ones that would hurt quickly and where he was most vulnerable.

The pain was intense, and he didn’t know what she had put on the blade, but it made his whole body incredibly uncomfortable. He couldn’t help but want to submit, and after thinking it over, he figured that those bastards had betrayed him anyway. Protecting them was useless now. It would be better to trade them for his own life, hoping this woman would keep her word.

With the chance of being reassigned, he wouldn’t have suffered all that pain for nothing. So, gritting his teeth against the pain, he whispered:

"Fine, I’m willing to work with you. Now give me the antidote first. It’s unbearable. I willingly cooperate with you, but you must promise me that after this is over, you’ll negotiate a new fate for me with those people. Don’t just let me die in vain. Can you do it?"

Second Brother spoke directly, aware he had no choice, but still desperately pleading. If this woman continued without restraint, then he was ready to die, since he had no plans of living on.

He used to be particularly fond of life, but at such a critical juncture, clinging to life was meaningless. After all, it was just a matter of dying sooner or later.

If later, he’d die in prison, suffering through an unpleasant interrogation – he might as well die at the hands of this woman. Maybe he’d even haunt her with a shadow of guilt, making her hesitate to wield a knife again.

In that case, his death would have some meaning – that’s what Second Brother was thinking.

Lin Qi knew this was the man’s bottom line. If she pushed him further, she might end up with nothing, so she immediately agreed, saying, "I hope I can keep my promise. Here’s to a pleasant cooperation. As long as you help me, I assure you’ll have a chance to make it out alive. Don’t you agree?"

Lin Qi really had a knack for persuasion, a simple sentence convinced the steadfast man to submit.