Experienced divers know that ascending too quickly can lead to decompression sickness, causing tissue damage due to oxygen deprivation. Seeing Lin Shi rapidly closing in, while he was still four or five meters from the surface, Shen Jinbin visibly panicked. Ignoring the risk of decompression, he swam upward as fast as he could.
Shen Jinbin, too afraid to look back, didn't see that Lin Shi had stopped his pursuit and was now watching him with a mocking smile. This time, Lin Shi didn't hide; he flipped his hand, and the gun vanished into a spatial pocket, replaced by a black weapon—a crossbow! He calmly tied a rope to the end of the bolt, aimed at Shen Jinbin, who was getting closer to the surface, and fired!
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The rapid ascent made Shen Jinbin's face pale, but his eyes were bright. The surface was near, so very near. Finally, Shen Jinbin's head broke through the water. He removed his breathing apparatus, ready to call for the guards to pull him up. But at that moment, his body jolted violently! Looking down, he saw a sharp arrowhead protruding from his abdomen, blood quickly staining the surrounding water red.
The guards, noticing Shen Jinbin, immediately jumped in to rescue him. However, before they could reach him, a powerful force pulled Shen Jinbin back underwater! Suddenly submerged again, the intense pain in his abdomen caused Shen Jinbin to lose consciousness. Lin Shi, now holding only a rope, was pulling Shen Jinbin down. The guards, realizing the severity, dived in without their gear, but they had to return to the surface after a few meters due to lack of oxygen. By the time they put on their diving suits, Lin Shi and Shen Jinbin were nowhere to be seen.
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Lin Shi dragged the unconscious Shen Jinbin, like dragging a dead dog, and threw him onto the beach. Due to the rapid ascent, Shen Jinbin's body already showed signs of decompression sickness, his upper body swollen. The wound in his abdomen, soaked in seawater, was turning white, and infection was inevitable. Choking on water, he barely had any breath left. Lin Shi first removed his diving suit and performed some emergency measures on Shen Jinbin. He didn't remove the arrow, knowing it would likely kill Shen Jinbin instantly. He still had questions that needed answers and couldn't let Shen Jinbin die so easily.
"Cough, cough, ah!" Shen Jinbin spat out water, coughing violently, the pain from his wound causing him to convulse on the ground. Seeing Lin Shi again, Shen Jinbin no longer had the arrogant and violent expression. He pleaded, "Let me go. I can give you a lot of money..."
"Why did you want to kill me?" Shen Jinbin's eyes flickered.
"I didn't want to kill you..." Lin Shi's eyes turned icy, and he placed his hand on Shen Jinbin's abdominal wound, pressing hard.
"Ahhh!!" The excruciating pain twisted Shen Jinbin's face, and he screamed, his body convulsing.
After Shen Jinbin regained some composure, Lin Shi asked again, "Why did you want to kill me? My patience is limited."
This time, Shen Jinbin didn't dare to lie: "You... You exposed Li Duocai's scandal online, which implicated my father's company. The stock prices plummeted for a week... I just wanted to teach you a lesson."
"You mean to say, you wanted to kill me." Shen Jinbin's expression changed. "What are you talking about? What about your father?"
"Three years ago, during your visit to the factory, you poured a drink into the machinery, causing an explosion and killing a power electronics engineer. Need me to refresh your memory?" Lin Shi's voice was cold as December frost, and he placed his hand on Shen Jinbin's wound again.
Shen Jinbin trembled uncontrollably, "No, no, no, I'll tell, I'll tell!"
"It was my father who ordered me to do it. He had long coveted your mother and wanted to take her, but she refused, saying it would ruin her reputation. So, my father ordered me to kill that engineer..."
The truth was cruel. His own mother was the one who led to his father's death, and the true mastermind behind his father's murder was the chairman of Tianqi New Energy Company, the man who controlled Hai City in the previous life!
Seeing Lin Shi's increasingly terrifying gaze, Shen Jinbin defended himself, "I was forced to do it. If I didn't, my father would have stripped me of my inheritance. He has other sons outside!"
At that moment, the sound of a yacht's engine approached, and a glimmer of hope, mixed with a hint of malice, flashed in Shen Jinbin's eyes.
"One last question," Lin Shi leaned in close.
"Ask, ask, I promise to tell you everything," the overwhelming desire to survive filled Shen Jinbin's eyes. He hoped Lin Shi would ask more questions, giving his men time to rescue him.
"What does hell look like? Go and check for me," Lin Shi's eyes filled with murderous intent. He yanked the arrow from Shen Jinbin's abdomen and thrust it into his heart!
Hearing the approaching engine, Shen Jinbin's eyes were filled with resentment and malice. No!! He couldn't die!! He had a glorious life ahead, endless wealth! To die at the hands of someone he wanted to toy with and punish, how could he accept this!!
The intense will to live momentarily cleared Shen Jinbin's dimming eyes. Seeing this, Lin Shi prepared to deliver another blow, but a prickling sensation on his back warned him. Lin Shi rolled to the side, and a loud gunshot echoed. The bullet hit the sand where he had been standing, sending dust flying. It was a sniper!
If he hadn't moved, the bullet would have struck his head! A chill ran down Lin Shi's spine. Turning, he saw the yacht within two hundred meters, seven dark muzzles aimed at him, firing a barrage of bullets. Dodging left and right, Lin Shi was still hit in the arm by a pistol bullet. Not daring to stay, he sprinted towards the nearby forest!
Entering the woods, the sense of danger lessened. His arms and legs were scratched by bushes and grass, but he didn't stop, continuing deeper into the dense forest.