1674 A Level Higher
Shangguan Hou did not pick up the dagger from the ground. Instead, he retrieved a porcelain bottle from his pocket and said unhurriedly, “I’m a man of my word. If you take this, I will release these three men now.”
He paused and added. “Naturally, you don’t have to take it. After all, three lives mean nothing in Country M. I just need to make up some excuse to cover my tracks,” said Shangguan Hou airily.
Two gunmen pointed their guns at Li Chenhui and the others as they hung from mid-air.
He was forcing Huo Yao to make a choice.
Huo Yao glanced at Shangguan Hou and the guns trained on her mildly. She pondered for a few seconds and finally said, “Fine. Release them. I will do as you say. Otherwise… Well, you know very well what I can do to you. At the very worst, we can all die together.”
She spoke calmly as though she did not have a care in the world.
Shangguan Hou knew that she meant every word she said. After all, he had experienced her ruthlessness first hand back in the day.
Shangguan Hou paused briefly. He veered his head sideways and signaled a man. The man proceeded to pull Li Chenhui and the others up from the railing.
However, he did not release them after pulling them up.
Huo Yao did not insist on their release. After all, this was good enough for her.
This way, she had one less thing to worry about.
“If you try anything funny, they will die immediately.” Shangguan Hou handed the porcelain bottle to someone beside him and got him to hand it to Huo Yao to take it.