Forced to Marry a Female Billionaire CEO-Chapter 682: Many Reasons

Under the disdainful gazes of everyone, Shi Hongda and his two companions displayed an attitude mixed with both righteousness and a hint of haughty pride.

They had both taken poison, but those who consumed it earlier felt they had seniority.

However, what Xu Ke said next shattered their composure. "You need it."

Upon hearing this, the three's faces changed, and they asked in shock, "Why?"

"Because what you took before wasn't poison."

As these words were spoken, the three elders' eyes instantly bulged. "What did you say?!"

"Th-this is impossible! We clearly experienced the symptoms you described, and we even had diarrhea for several days…"

"Moreover, didn't you say you had a colorless, odorless poison that could make a person sick just by smelling it?"

"What I gave you was a laxative. The only symptom was diarrhea. As for the dark line on your chest, that was just a scare tactic…"

At this point, Xu Ke cleared his throat twice. "I do have a colorless, odorless poison that could make you instantly ill, but I didn't have it on me at the time, so naturally, I couldn't poison you right away."

"So, you understand now, right?"

Shi Hongda: "…"

The Yin and Yang elders: "…"

At this moment, the three of them completely crumbled.

They had worked so hard for Xu Ke, believing their lives were in his hands. And now they realized it was all a scam? So the "toxin" they'd been so afraid of was just a lie Xu Ke had used to trick them?

The three of them shattered.

At the same time, the fathers and sons from the Huang and Qin families, standing to the side, were stupefied, looking at Xu Ke in disbelief.

No matter how much they thought about it, they couldn't imagine that Xu Ke would be brazen enough to use a fake poison to fool people.

Doesn't he fear that the three would realize it?

They had even less considered that the intelligence of the three retainers their families had spent a fortune on was so low.

Couldn't you three use the brains in your necks to think about whether Xu Ke's poison was really that formidable?

And when they thought about the fact that the Qin and Huang families would become Xu Ke's subordinate clans because their retainers betrayed them, and the source of that betrayal was just a laxative…

At that moment, not only were Shi Hongda and the two elders' defenses shattered, but Huang Zhendong and Qin Feng also went insane.

Looking at Shi Hongda and the others, who were speechless for a long time, Xu Ke began to console them, "Eat it. Eat it first, then we can talk!"

After that, Xu Ke stared at the silent trio and added, "I can swear on my life that this time, it's real poison." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

With those words, everyone exploded.

Their faces collectively flushed red, their eyes bulged, and their breathing became rapid. They trembled while pointing at Xu Ke, struggling to spit out even half a sentence.

This was infuriating!

This time, Shi Hongda and the Yin and Yang elders ultimately didn't resist or try to escape taking the poison. They just sat lifelessly in their chairs, eyes vacant, having lost all passion for life.

Meanwhile, Xu Ke began to arrange the next steps. "This time we're going after Ye Yunfeng. I hope you'll take it seriously and carefully create an opportunity for me and Alliance Leader Chen to capture him."

Huang Sheng furrowed his brows and asked, "Is the Martial Alliance going after Ye Yunfeng?"

"That's right."

"For what reason?" Huang Sheng pressed on.

Huang Sheng knew clearly that the reason Chen Xiong was absent from Xu Ke's counter-encirclement at the stadium had to be the nature of the entrapment. As a representative of the Martial Alliance, it wasn't appropriate for Chen Xiong to be on the scene.

But if Chen Xiong could now join the fray, it meant Xu Ke must have solid evidence to capture Ye Yunfeng. In other words, they all understood that Xu Ke was about to send Ye Yunfeng to his doom, legally and rightfully.

But Huang Sheng was curious to know what evidence Xu Ke had obtained.

"I have the evidence of him killing Hua Hailong and forcing Old Hua to step down. I have both witness testimony and physical proof," Xu Ke said.

"I see." Huang Sheng felt a flicker of understanding and then asked, "So you reinstated Hua Xingxue to lead the Law Enforcement Hall so he could reappear as a witness?"

"It's not just that," Xu Ke shook his head.

Huang Sheng thought for a moment, his eyes narrowing. "You're also afraid that Long Capital will interfere?"

"Right!" Xu Ke smiled.

Huang Sheng chuckled bitterly, "You really do cover every base."

He knew that if Xu Ke didn't promote Hua Xingxue, the role of Law Enforcement Hall Chief would have gone to someone else. Capturing Ye Yunfeng, a Family Head, was a major matter that would procedurally require advance approval. By then, if Long Capital got wind of it, they would surely send their own people, officially to "assist the investigation," but in reality to obstruct Xu Ke, ensuring that Ye Yunfeng was captured but not killed.

Now that Hua Xingxue was in charge, Xu Ke could use the pretense of an emergency to kill first and report afterward. At most, he would face a slight public reprimand. In the worst-case scenario, an inquiry from above might result in Hua Xingxue being suspended for a couple of days, but that would be a trivial issue.

Thinking of this, the crowd collectively winced, a sense of discomfort welling in their hearts. It was only at this moment that they truly realized that even if they didn't obey Xu Ke, with Hua Xingxue and Yuan Shang around, wouldn't Tianhai still be at Xu Ke's beck and call?

But after their discomfort, they felt an inexplicable sense of relief. At least Xu Ke hadn't killed them, had he?

At that moment, Huang Zhendong suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, Xu Ke, with a powerful backer on your side, why didn't you simply poison Ye Yunfeng to gain control? Why must you kill him instead?"

Since Xu Ke could control them, he could naturally control the Ye Family as well. Why go through all this trouble?

But upon hearing this, Xu Ke couldn't help but complain inwardly.

I would if I could… but that would require my Second Uncle to actually make a move!

Though he thought this, he couldn't say it out loud. He explained, "Because Ye Yunfeng isn't as easy to control as you all are!"

At these words, everyone became thoughtful, and then all of their faces dropped at a visible rate. They stared at Xu Ke with ill temper.

Wasn't he basically saying they were dumber than Ye Yunfeng?

Xu Ke pretended not to notice their stares and continued, "Do you know about Martial Path technology?"

Huang Zhendong pondered for a moment, recalling the martial arts selection competition, and said with narrowed eyes, "You mean the drug he gave Qian Jun?"

"Exactly." Xu Ke nodded. "How much do you know about that stuff?"

Qin Feng said disdainfully, "Practically nothing, but we've discussed it. Such things aren't a real threat. Taking those drugs consumes one's life force. Anything that trades life for power can, at best, turn someone with poor talent into a slightly more formidable martial artist."

"What Martial Artist with even a little bit of talent would bother with such a shortsighted method?"

They truly believed that only the true Martial Path was the correct way and that Ye Yunfeng had gone astray.

"Exactly," Huang Zhendong agreed. "I haven't seen him achieve much over these years either."

But Xu Ke just smiled without explaining and changed the topic. "No matter how well his Martial Path technology is doing, I must kill this man."

"Only by killing him can I be free of worry."

Actually, he wanted to kill Ye Yunfeng not just because he was difficult to control or because of his Martial Path technology, but because he had far too many reasons to do so. The score for Ye Chen's death, and for Ye Chong's attempt to threaten the Wang Family using Wang Qiya—both of these had to be settled with Ye Yunfeng. Moreover, it was better to cooperate with Ye Feng than to control Ye Yunfeng. And standing with Ye Feng meant he had to kill Ye Yunfeng for the sake of his parents and sister. Besides, if Feng Wei had the power, wouldn't she also want to avenge her beloved? All these factors combined meant that Xu Ke had to kill him.

"Alright." The others nodded. "Then what do you want us to do?"