Chapter 36: “That time”

"Still can't contact Shang Han?" In Mo Yuan's house, the occupants of the next execution of the New Blood Character were gathered. And not to Mo Yuan's surprise, among the occupants who would be executing the bloodletter together this time, there was indeed Qin Ziyuan. If we were to talk about who Mo Yuan loathed the most within this apartment, Qin Ziyuan ranked second and no one dared to rank first. The residents of the apartment all knew that Mo Yuan was a man of high character, he believed in the traditional chivalry of the Chinese people and valued everyone's life, so he was a good old man that many of the residents respected, and it was because of this that he was elected as the building manager. However, Qin Ziyuan, although both his and Mo Yuan's names have the word far, the two of them can be said to be completely not in the same category at all. It could even be said that they were completely opposite people. At this moment, the other residents had all gone to bed, and now, only Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan were left inside the room. Mo Yuan shook his head after hearing Qin Ziyuan mention the name "Fang Han". "He's gone to the United States now, he shouldn't be willing to have any contact with us anymore." Anyone who went out from this apartment could have wealth that could not be spent in several lifetimes. Back then, Fang Han, the resident who had completed the ten Blood Character instructions, had taken a huge fortune and immigrated to the United States with his family after leaving the apartment. Of course, there wouldn't be any problems with the unknown origin of the property; the apartment would have countless ways to whitewash the wealth that the residents brought out, and they didn't even need to pay taxes to own the wealth in perpetuity. No matter who it was, on a legal level, there would be no way to find out any problems with his money. As Qin Ziyuan said this, he looked out towards the window.K City was located in the Jiangnan region, and the location Qin Ziyuan was looking at was to the east. That was the location of the Pacific Ocean, and the United States was on the other side of that distant Pacific Ocean. "When I leave this apartment, I will go there as well." Qin Ziyuan had always wanted to immigrate to the United States before he entered the apartment, "As long as you have money, joining the American nationality is not a problem. After successfully surviving the fourth Bloodletter, I've already purchased real estate in Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York, respectively." "What?" Mo Yuan was stunned, "You can't even leave your apartment for more than 48 hours now, and you're buying properties overseas?" "Spending money to hire a lawyer, purchasing property abroad is not a problem. This apartment, no matter the dollars and euros can be withdrawn without restriction, even if the exchange rate changes again, it won't affect me. I have photos of the house I acquired in Los Angeles in my cell phone. In fact, I've been looking at another ocean view house in San Francisco lately, and I'll buy it as soon as Bloodletter manages to survive this time." "You seem to be obsessed with California. Why don't you just buy all of Hollywood?" Mo Yuan's tone was filled with a sarcastic tone, "It's a pity that you entered the apartment too late, ten years ago when the subprime crisis hit, the US housing prices were even cheaper." "Alright, no need to be cynical." Qin Ziyuan of course knew that Mo Yuan did not have half a good feeling about him, while he said, "When Fang Han left, he said something that both you and I should remember. No matter what, I will leave this damn apartment before 'that time' comes." "Are you that confident that you can leave before then? After the fifth Bloodletter Instruction begins, the time between Bloodletter missions will keep lengthening." And Qin Ziyuan showed a high degree of confidence, one could even say arrogance, "I have that confidence. Even if it's too late to release my tenth Blood Word before that time, then I'll still and do my best to prevent 'that time' from coming." "I hope so." Although Mo Yuan did not have a good feeling towards Qin Ziyuan, he could not help but admit that this person did have arrogant capital. After Fang Han left the apartment, joining forces with him became the best option for Mo Yuan. The "that time" they talked about, in the whole apartment, only he and Qin Ziyuan, and Nie Han, who had also survived four bloodletters, knew about it. Once the secret of "that time" was known to the entire apartment, everyone would fall into madness and despair. This is definitely not what they would like to see. The trio's agreement was that only residents who had survived at least the fourth bloodletter would be told the secret. At this time, Qin Ziyuan picked up the coffee on the table and took another sip, and the coffee cup bottomed out. This was the original Colombian bean coffee that he himself had personally sent someone to procure overseas, and ever since entering the apartment, no matter what he ate, wore, lived, or traveled, he was extremely particular, or rather, extravagant. Just the clothes he was wearing right now alone were all overseas name brands. At this time, he raised his hand to look at the Vacheron Constantin on his wrist and said, "Look at the time …… it's already four o'clock." Right now, it was four in the morning. There was only one last hour left before Zhao Long and his group's Blood Word Mission ended. It was also unknown, how the situation of the Blood Word Mission was. "Alright, it's about time to chat. I'm going to take a nap." Qin Ziyuan slowly stood up from the sofa and said, "It's almost time for you to go take a nap too, Mo Yuan. Do you think it's still possible for them to contact you?" At this moment on the table, Mo Yuan connected his cell phone to the charger to ensure that it was fully charged at all times. Obviously, he had been waiting for Zhao Long and the others to call him. "I won't go to sleep before the Blood Word mission starts." Mo Yuan's hands rested on his stubbled chin, "But thank you for bringing the coffee beans, it really is quite refreshing." Qin Ziyuan glanced at Mo Yuan as he put down the coffee cup in his hand and said, "If the fifth Bloodletter can survive, I will purchase a batch of fine French wines to be flown over, and when that time comes, I wish to savor them with you. If we are both still alive at that time." Mo Yuan nodded. "Good. If we can live, it's certainly worth a drink." After Qin Ziyuan left, Mo Yuan was left alone in the room again. He stared intently at the cell phone in front of him, just hoping when it would ring. After spending this period of time within the apartment, he still hadn't been able to completely see through the lives and deaths of others like Qin Ziyuan did. Mo Yuan never hoped that one day, he would become numb to death, viewing it purely as a string of numbers. "How many people are …… actually still alive right now?" …… "Past four in the morning." Dong Xie and Dong Ning, at this moment, were sitting at the corner of the stairs leading from the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor. This place had been chosen by Dong Xie, so that no matter where the evil spirits appeared from, they could quickly choose a direction to escape. Dong Ning couldn't help but look at her brother, she realized at this moment that her father always said that her brother wasn't as smart as her when he was alive, which wasn't actually true. From childhood to adulthood, her father always criticized her brother more than praised him, which also led to her brother's character becoming more and more inferior. "Brother …… thank you, at that time, if it wasn't for you going to use the cabinet against the door, it wouldn't have bought us time." Hearing Ah Ning say that, Dong Xie then bitterly laughed, "I don't understand at all why that hand retracted at that time. It's completely irrational. And after such a long time, it's amazing that we didn't even receive any attacks. Even with the safe interval period after Zhao Long's death to count, it seems a bit too long." There was still one last hour until the end of the Bloodletter mission …… The apartment would gradually lift the restrictions on the evil spirits at that time!