Chapter 53: Had He Loved Someone?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

His straight figure stood in the heavy rain. Although he was drenched, the rain could not wash away the air of a king within him.

He stood there, facing a negotiation. That negotiation did not seem like one that would threaten Qian Tao’s life, but was rather like a usual daily business negotiation. He was calm and steady.

Qian Tao was shocked.

He was indifferent. No one could see through the endless void in his eyes.

She could not help but to wonder if his indifference could be due to their relationship which was not too close. Even if he failed in this negotiation, all he would lose would only be fifty million dollars and nothing more.

To Li Hengzhi, fifty million dollars was not a big amount.

What if the person in front of him now was a woman he loved? What would the scene be like? Would he be worried and scared and allow these emotions to show on his face, or even just let one little expression slip?

Qian Tao didn’t have the answer, just as she didn’t know if he had truly loved someone before.

Would an indifferent man, who was as calm as a millpond and might be regarded as heartless, act like any other normal man and give his heart to a woman?

She didn’t know.

“Stand back!” the kidnapper threatened. “Ask them to stand back or I’ll kill her!”

The rain was too heavy and Qian Tao could not open her eyes, and neither could Li Hengzhi. Rain had drenched them completely. His hair, which was gelled up, had fallen due to the rain.

Qian Tao had seen him with his hair down. His soft hair would fall randomly whenever he woke up early at home but did not set his hair in time, adding a sense of gentleness, unlike his usual aggressiveness.

Qian Tao had seen his appearance which no outsider had seen before.

His hair fell to cover his bright eyes but could not cover the fearful radiance that reflected in his eyes.

He ordered the people behind him in a low voice, “Stand back.”

His words contained various emotions and the most obvious emotion was his suppressed anger. He was still furious at their non-alertness, spoiling his plan.

Li Hengzhi had long been in a higher position where people would flatter him. He had never deliberately flattered anyone before. His aura of extreme superiority was not only inborn, it was also accumulated.

If someone was unpleasant to his eyes, he would show them clearly, no matter who, so that they would not go near him.

Li Hengzhi never lacked connections. To him, one friend less or one enemy more would not pose a threat.

“You too, go farther away!”

Li Hengzhi slowly took a few steps back.

At the same time, the kidnapper pulled Qian Tao backwards so they were a greater distance away from Li Hengzhi.

“Young Missy, I don’t want to hurt you but we don’t want to be caught. He shouldn’t have called the police,” Brother Lee spoke with a trembling voice.

“I know…don’t be rash.” Qian Tao’s lips were trembling slightly too. “I did not ask him to call the police…”

“Please don’t move. I won’t kill you. We just want to escape.”

“Wait…”

Qian Tao suddenly screamed, “Brother Lee…put your dagger down quickly.”

“No! If I do, we’ll all be caught!”

“If you don’t, you’ll all die! Listen to me. Put your dagger down!”

Qian Tao was not too sure but she thought she saw a shadow from the balcony of a house opposite the waste plant. She had a premonition. Could that be a sniper?