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Chapter 50 The Qin Family on Fire (7k Words Plea for Follow-up Read 1/2)

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Time ticked away, second by second.

Soon, it was 7:25.

Yan Chen left the Qin Family's Main Residence under the escort of a motorcade, heading towards the City Center Garden villa where Yan Chen lived, five minutes earlier than Qiu Tu had predicted.

Through his Spiritual Vision, Qiu Tu watched from afar as Qin Heng left and took out his communicator to call Master Qin Si.

The call connected, and Master Qin Si's deliberately lowered voice came from the other side, "Hello? What's happened?"

Qiu Tu said indifferently, "Commissioner Qin is gone. We can act now."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Master Qin Si felt a surge in his heart.

He reflexively looked at the wall clock, which showed it was 7:26. Four minutes earlier than Qiu Tu's original plan.

It might seem like a mere four minutes, but it signified a completely different meaning: Qiu Tu had actually been in control of Qin Heng's movements all along!?

At that thought, Master Qin Si first felt a bit annoyed—he had truly underestimated Qiu Tu before, not expecting Qiu Tu to be so capable; then he felt somewhat pleased—after all, the more capable Qiu Tu's methods were, the more his own safety was guaranteed.

With this in mind, he also adjusted his mood and then asked, "So, we start executing the plan now? Do you need me to do anything?"

In response to his question, Qiu Tu said in the gentlest tone possible, "Fourth Master, the first thing you need to do now is call your wife and children to pack their valuables and be ready at a moment's notice."

"Oh, and remember to have them pack all the house deeds and wealth they can carry with them. Take whatever you can and hide what cannot be taken."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, a sudden shock went through Master Qin Si. Having been a figure in this field for many years, he immediately sensed something amiss.

Having his wife and children pack up house deeds and money...?

This...?

Master Qin Si tentatively asked, "Qiu Tu, why are you making these arrangements? Wouldn't it be more convenient for them to stay at the Qin residence?"

Qiu Tu spoke with genuine earnestness, "Fourth Master. You're breaking away from the Qin Family to join the military's side, which means confronting Director Qin and the Investigation Bureau fiercely."

"This is a fight to the death, not some dinner invitation."

"If at this time, your wife and children are still at the Qin residence, and they discover something is wrong and use it to threaten you, how will you deal with that?"

Master Qin Si instinctively opened his mouth, intending to make some arguments, but Qiu Tu, as if guessing his thoughts, directly said, "To take a step back, even if your elder and second brothers wouldn't use their brother's wife and nephews to blackmail you. But... what about the Investigation Bureau? The Political Department?"

"They have no kinship with you. Why should they consider your feelings?"

Qiu Tu said indifferently, "Fourth Master, don't forget what I told you yesterday: There are never any miscarriages of justice within the Political Department."

"Are you really willing to gamble with your wife and children's lives?"

At Qiu Tu's words, Master Qin Si's expression changed rapidly. After a moment, he said in a deep voice, "I understand. I'll arrange for them to start packing right away."

After hanging up the phone, Qiu Tu stood quietly by the window, looking into the distance.

He didn't care about Master Qin Si's distrust and doubts. After all... he never had good intentions.

To truly control a person, just offering incentives is not enough. Between life and death, the best approach is to grasp their vulnerabilities—their family.

Hostages from enemy states, families of devoted soldiers... it has always been so throughout history.

Therefore, the first step Qiu Tu had to take was to grasp Master Qin Si's vulnerability.

Of course... with their current identities, Master Qin Si would certainly not willingly give up this leverage, so Qiu Tu had to make him see reality and then gradually guide him...

Qiu Tu patiently waited half an hour.

8:00.

As Patriarch of the Qin Family Qin Heng stepped into the City Center Garden and began his conversation with Yan Chen, Qiu Tu picked up the communicator and issued a second command to Master Qin Si.

"Next, please arrange for several of your confidants to escort your wife and children out of the Qin residence to a safe place to hide temporarily, waiting to rendezvous with you."

Fishing could never solely rely on brute force, a mix of slack and tension is required to successfully reel in the fish that takes the bait.

Just now, Qiu Tu had made Master Qin Si worried about his family's situation, even suggesting that Qiu Tu was about to grasp his vulnerability.

Now, Qiu Tu needed to dispel that suggestion, releasing the leverage: he let Master Qin Si send his own confidants to escort and chose the safehouse himself, not interfering at all, just to "tell" Master Qin Si that he had no ulterior motives.

This contrast would not only thrill Master Qin Si, making him too excited to think clearly in these critical moments about whether Qiu Tu might have other plans...

Therefore, he agreed very readily, and in less than ten minutes, everything was arranged.

And Qiu Tu...

Turned and left the room, called for Eagle, and gave his service weapons to Eagle...

Eagle, holding the gun, went downstairs.

Downstairs stood the group of temporary detectives who had originally come to Qiu Tu's aid and... Ah-Tai, who had since joined the Special Service Department, dressed in the formal detective uniform, equally armed with a service weapon, towering at a height of 1.9 meters, with a build like a bear, resembling a King Kong...

8:15.

The wife and children of Master Qin Si left the Qin residence quietly under the escort of six bodyguards, heading towards one of Master Qin Si's safehouses.

Before entering the safehouse, they were intercepted by Ah-Tai and his people.

Faced with two handguns, a Special Service Detective, and over a dozen temporary detectives wielding police weapons, the six bodyguards had almost no chance to resist, were disarmed, and not a single one managed to escape....

Meanwhile, Qiu Tu's third order was issued to Master Qin Si: he instructed Master Qin Si to have the maids take Qin Shuman to the main residence's garden for a walk and to arrange a team of confidants for her protection.

8:35.

As planned, Qin Shuman arrived at the main residence's garden and started walking near the pond where she and Qiu Tu had fished together.

Master Qin Si's confidants quietly took their positions.

8:45.

Just as Patriarch of the Qin Family Qin Heng and Yan Chen's conversation was heating up...

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Qiu Tu finally cast off his disguise and issued the fourth command to Master Qin Si, he directed Master Qin Si to arrange for a confidant to, within 20 minutes, gather as much kindling, gasoline, and fuel oil as possible to act as accelerants.

This time, Master Qin Si distinctly felt something was wrong and asked with a cold face what Qiu Tu was really planning to do.

But Qiu Tu simply said indifferently, "Fourth Master, just do it."

After hanging up the phone, Master Qin Si's complexion rapidly changed.

Kindling, gasoline, fuel oil— all inflammable materials. It was not hard to guess what Qiu Tu planned to do with these gathered together: it was to start a fire.

But...where this fire was to be set, where it burned to, bore completely different implications.

Master Qin Si was intent on clarifying everything, but by this time, Qiu Tu had already hung up the phone.

Coupled with the fact that so much had already been done and the constraint of a 20-minute deadline...

In the end, Master Qin Si grit his teeth and still played his luck. He picked up the communicator and made several calls...

Qiu Tu was not surprised by Master Qin Si's choice.

The reason he didn't inform Master Qin Si of the entire plan for the evening beforehand was not only to prevent Master Qin Si from leaking information, but also to give him no chance to refuse.

If he had laid out the entire plan, Master Qin Si might have refused or hesitated, either because the plan was too outrageous, or there was a part of it he didn't like.

However, when Qiu Tu guided him step by step, because Master Qin Si was unaware of the full extent of the plan, by the time he realized something was amiss, he no longer had an escape route.

Could he call back his confidants? Could he bring his wife and children back to the Qin Family? Take back the money and deed to the house?

He wouldn't. The enormous sunk costs would press on him to continue moving forward.

So, 20 minutes later, when Qiu Tu called Master Qin Si, although the latter's tone was poor, he still had everything ready.

And at this moment, Qiu Tu revealed his ultimate goal.

He issued the final command to Master Qin Si:

To set the Qin Family's Main Residence ablaze in the chaos, kill the rotational detectives and maids guarding Qin Shuman's side, and then flee the Qin Family with Qin Shuman.

Upon learning Qiu Tu's ultimate intent, Master Qin Si went mad.

He thought he was crazy enough, but Qiu Tu was even crazier!

So he roared on the other end of the communicator, "Do you have any idea what you're doing! Setting fire to one of Xinjie City's largest clan's main residence! Assassinating officers with official statuses!"

"Are you trying to make me rebel?!"

"If I do this, who could protect me!"

"You want to play! I'm not playing with you anymore!"

Hearing Master Qin Si's hysterical roar, Qiu Tu laughed.

Then he simply said, "You might want to call your sister-in-law and your little nephew."

"They must really want to see you."

Upon hearing this, Master Qin Si's mind went blank.

He suddenly realized he had missed something!

Qiu Tu had seemed too innocent before, making him forget that this was a schemer who delighted in manipulating others and betraying them for fun!

Qiu Tu painted a grand vision for him, and step by step, he was led into Qiu Tu's rhythm, along with Qiu Tu's constant "countdown" that rushed him to execute the plan, leaving him no time to consider any underhanded moves by Qiu Tu.

Now, as he calmed down, he realized he had been duped: if Qiu Tu could monitor Qin Heng, he could just as easily surveil him and his family!

Even if he sent his trusted aides for protection, his aides were exposed while Qiu Tu lurked in the shadows, able to amass more people than his confidants to take his wife and children hostage!

So... did he just hand over half of his fortune and his wife and children to Qiu Tu?!

Perhaps sensing the incredulity and rage emanating from Master Qin Si, Qiu Tu spoke slowly,

"Please don't misunderstand, Fourth Master. The reason I sent someone to protect your sister-in-law and nephew is because only I am authorized to interact with the military, and they do not allow contact with anyone else."

"Thus, as long as you carry out the task well, once you reach the military's safe house, you and your sister-in-law, and your nephew will be reunited."

"As for... burning the Qin residence and murdering the detectives. Heh... isn't it just a messy affair?"

"As long as we win, we just need to find a few fall guys, have the military mediate, and what trouble can't be overcome?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Master Qin Si was seething with fury. He didn't believe a word from Qiu Tu any longer!

But... he really had no other choice!

Half of his wealth, his wife, his child—they were all in Qiu Tu's hands. His trusted aides had been dispatched, and the materials for the fire were ready!

What could he do? Give up?!

Thinking thus, Master Qin Si ominously said, "You better keep your word. If you dare to trick me... I'll fight with my dying breath and not let you off!"

Qiu Tu chuckled, "Fourth Master, you jest. Aren't we dear friends, almost like brothers?"

"How could I possibly trick you."

Master Qin Si snorted coldly and hung up the phone!

10 minutes later, at 9:20 PM.

Flames ferociously erupted at the Qin Family's Main Residence! The fire raged and roared like a furious beast, devouring one eave after another!

At that moment... In a villa in City Center Garden, Qin Heng had finally reached an agreement with Yan Chen. The two stood up, shook hands, each with relieved smiles on their faces.

They were completely unaware of the dramatic changes occurring at the Qin Family's premises at that moment...

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This chapter is 3500 words, and there will be another update of around 3500 words at 12 PM. That's a total of 7000 words.