Chapter 423: Chapter 421: Speak or Die!
Yu Qianqian thought she had fooled Qin Hao. Just as she relaxed her emotions and hadn’t even had a sip of water, Qin Hao once again violently slammed open the door and stormed in.
Yu Qianqian was startled, then forced a slight smile on her face, walked up, and said flirtatiously, “Hehe, President Qin, what’s this? Changed your mind again?”
“I said, we’re secretly developing a romance in the office, and no one knows. President Qin, I really like you, you know.”
As she spoke, her whole being dragged out a seductive tone, then she twisted her body and leaned close to Qin Hao.
The buttons on the front of her shirt were not fastened, exposing a large area of fair skin and a deep cleavage.
Qin Hao’s eyes turned cold; he immediately grabbed her neck tightly and coldly asked, “Tell me, what were you doing in Lin Yuhan’s office earlier?”
A flash of panic appeared in the depth of Yu Qianqian’s eyes; however, her facial expression remained unchanged. Maintaining a coquettish demeanor, she looked at Qin Hao and said pitifully:
“N-n-nothing, President Qin, you are so fierce, you’re really scaring me. Now, there’s only the two of us in this office. If you want, I can cooperate with you voluntarily. This roughness isn’t good.”
A sneer instantly curled up at the corner of Qin Hao’s mouth; Yu Qianqian was trying to evade the issue and seduce him to divert his attention. How could he not see through such little tricks?
Immediately, Qin Hao tightened his grip, choking Yu Qianqian’s throat. He then sneered and said, “I’ll give you one last chance. I’ll ask, and you nod or shake your head. Blink if you understand.”
Yu Qianqian felt as though her throat was caught in an iron clamp and she couldn’t breathe. The intense sense of suffocation accompanied by the threat of death made her hurriedly nod after hearing Qin Hao’s words and seeing the coldness in his eyes.
“Did you go into Lin Yuhan’s office just now?”
“Was she not in the office when you went there?”
Yu Qianqian nodded again, but her face had already turned crimson from holding her breath, and her eyes began to roll up. In a short while, she would directly faint.
Seeing she was somewhat cooperative, Qin Hao loosened his grip a little, allowing her a slight gasp, then again tightly gripped her throat.
“Good. Like that, answer one more question honestly, and then I’ll let you take two breaths.”
Under the threat of death, unless one has exceptionally strong willpower and has undergone special training, in desperate situations, once there is hope of survival, one would absolutely comply without regard.
With the last bit of reason in her head, all Yu Qianqian could think about was Qin Hao’s promise of two breaths. In the extremely suffocating, oxygen-deprived state, a breath of fresh air became her greatest desire.
“Did you poison Lin Yuhan’s teacup?”
Yu Qianqian almost instinctively nodded hard, but then she suddenly realized and started shaking her head vigorously.
Seeing this, Qin Hao angrily shouted and fiercely slapped her across the face.
With the loud slap, Yu Qianqian screamed and then fell backward onto the desk.
Qin Hao pressed on step by step, grabbed her collar, and mercilessly questioned her again:
“Is it or isn’t it, think carefully before you answer. This is really your last chance.”
An unsuppressable killing intent naturally exuded from Qin Hao!
Feeling the murderous aura emanating from Qin Hao, Yu Qianqian felt like she was in a blood-soaked mountain of corpses, scaring her out of her wits.
Her last line of defense collapsed, and she immediately said, “Yes, yes… I poisoned her.”
When Qin Hao heard this, he was instantly enraged and backhanded another fierce slap across her face.
This time, the slap was even louder. Yu Qianqian’s face on both sides swelled up high, all red and inflamed.
“Who gave you the poison and who’s behind the plan? I’ll give you three seconds to think it over, then tell me everything in detail.”
His voice was oppressive and cold, like a volcano about to erupt, with boiling magma underneath. Qin Hao naturally knew that Yu Qianqian was unlikely to possess such poison; she might not even know what it was, merely being an executor.
Once afflicted with Cold Ice Vein Poison, the longer the delay, the more disadvantageous for the poisoned person. Qin Hao was in great anxiety, determined to find the mastermind and obtain the antidote as quickly as possible.
Their aim, Qin Hao could now infer a bit. Cold Ice Vein Poison leans more toward a chronic, controlling poison. If someone truly wanted to kill Lin Yuhan, a bit of lethal cyanide would suffice, without the need for the hassle of obtaining such a rare and precious poison.
And since Lin Yuhan was poisoned with Cold Ice Vein Poison, it indicated that the perpetrator had other motives for using this particular poison. Considering the people Lin Yuhan encountered regularly, it didn’t seem like she had any enemies with access to such a poison.
So, Qin Hao had a preliminary guess in his mind.
This time, probably another Ancient Martial Family is targeting him, but it implicated Lin Yuhan.
Thinking of this, Qin Hao’s gaze at Yu Qianqian became even colder. Yu Qianqian didn’t dare to play any tricks; she quickly organized her thoughts and hurriedly said:
“President Qin… it was my boyfriend, Hou Qi, who asked me to do it, and he gave me the poison. I only put it in President Lin’s cup at the end. I don’t know anything else, really, I don’t know anything!”
Hearing the name Hou Qi, Qin Hao’s eyes flashed coldly. Time was of the essence; he didn’t have the luxury to continue questioning Yu Qianqian for the truth, and the best way was to verify immediately.
“Where is Hou Qi?” Qin Hao asked coldly.
Yu Qianqian thought for a moment and then said, “Star Garden, Block A, Building 19.”
Good, her cooperative attitude pleased Qin Hao, and instantly, he backhanded a karate chop, striking firmly on Yu Qianqian’s nape. Yu Qianqian’s vision went black, and she fainted immediately.
“Hmph, you stay here quietly for now. I’ll deal with you again after I find Hou Qi. If there’s a shred of falsehood in what you said, you’ll rest here forever.”
Looking at her unconscious body, Qin Hao dropped the words with a cold smile, then dashed out of the door, closed the office properly, and rushed toward Hou Qi’s residence.
Before leaving, Qin Hao also instructed a few reliable company security guards to seal off the scene and keep watch over Yu Qianqian.