Chapter 1 - Gu Yining

This was the celebration banquet for the further expansion of the Changsheng Group. Toasting each other in their rich attire. The woman sitting gracefully on the main seat was in a long red dress. Her dark lipstick and exquisite makeup made her look like the queen of the night. She swayed her black high heels as her lips slightly curved. Everyone present at the celebration had their eyes on her. They were either blatantly, secretly or disdainfully. Que Yining turned blind eyed toward those looks. She then sniffed the unnoticable smell of smoke that was concealed in the smell of the strong perfume. The smile on her face became more profound. The soothing music that flowed in the banquet hall was filled with people talking lively and humorously. When someone finally took notice of the fire, it was already out of control.

The smell of scorch and the heat caused panic, and the people who were originally reaching agreement with laughter were in a mess, trying to break out of the banquet. “Where is the fire extinguisher?! Where is the fire extinguisher?!” “Quickly get out of here!” “Put out the fire with water!” “So hot! It’s burning my clothes! Ahhhh!” The screams of the people were noisy and harsh. Dozens of people spinning around as if they were headless flies in the wide room. Que Yining sat leisurely in the main seat while watching the high temperature distort the air as she shaked the red wine glass. She looked at the panicked state of these people. “The door is locked!”

“It’s all locked!”

“The glass won’t break!” At this time, the group of people finally realized what had happened. They looked angrily at Que Yining who sat in the main seat looking at them as if they were a joke. “Que Yining, what are you trying to do?” An old man in a Tang suit asked in a low voice as he tightly squeezed the stick in his right hand. This place was Que Yining’s home ground and now that the house was on fire and even locked. It must be Que Yining’s doing. “Third uncle, the fire is about to burn your clothes. Do you still want to ask what I’m going to do?” Que Yining spoke neither too fast nor too slow with some natural charm and her lazy voice which lengthened the tone were filled with sarcasm. “Are you crazy? Open the door!” The man next to third uncle questioned as he looked at the fire that was burning fiercer and fiercer making him choke and cough from the smoke. This villa was located near the sea. The banquet was held on the second floor that had no other room. Even the kitchen was located on the first floor, so there were only two exits, however both steel doors were tightly shut. Tablecloths, curtains and other flammable materials have all been burned. There was no room for them to escape. “Do you want all of us to die here together?!” The middle-aged woman who opened her mouth had already had her makeup smudged by the smoke. The woman had no manners and her voice was sharp. “I didn’t expect someone as stupid as Aunt Liu, would be able to sometime guess correctly.” Que Yining placed the wine glass on the long table, pretending to be surprised as she clapped her hands, without concealing her face. “Que Yining, you’re crazy! Do you know what you’re doing?! We made great contributions to Changsheng today, do you want everything to be destroyed?!” More than a dozen guests were all beneficiaries of Changsheng Group. “I’m afraid these uncles and aunts have forgotten how you got your hands on Changsheng?” Que Yining’s voice wasn’t loud, but it made everyone stiff for a moment. “Yining remembered it for you.” Que Yining rare laugh had a little cleverness, but her eyes were as dark as the night. In other people’s eyes, Que Yining was born in a rich family brought up by thousands of gold, a winner who was borned to be on the top of life, a beautiful woman who can throw thousands of taels of silver, the focus of upper class whom everyone wanted, the leader of Changsheng group and the happiest person in the world.

The people of the Que Family had also thought so, so they naturally took the fire 20 years ago for granted. The fire that took Que Yining’s parents, newborn siblings and all the people in the house, together these were 10 lives, Que Yining had not forgotten. “Do you also want to die along with us?”

Third uncle coughed twice, covered his mouth and nose then stared at Que Yining. “You should have burned to death with me 20 years ago. As a matter of fact, this chance can make up for it.” Que Yining touched the burning flame with her hand. Facing those venomous eyes, she raised her lips then raised her hand to pour the liquor onto the fire. In the midst of the fire, the air had already been twisted into a ferocious appearance. The fire roared more. Some people were anxiously trying to contact the outside world, but desperately found that the signal had been blocked.

These people cursed at Que Yining, wanting to go up to her and coerce her to open the door or vent their anger by beating her up. Que Yining was already prepared. She took out a gun from under the long table and shot at the nearest personś leg without shaking her hands. This shocked those people for a while, but their loss of hope to survive made them even more distorted. “Madman! Que Yining, you lunatic!” Que Yining’s expression became more and more joyful. She didn’t care about her approaching death.

No one was innocent. She was going to go to take them to hell with her. Although she could get herself out of this good play that she had planned for many years, she didn’t choose to leave.

Que Yining was very tired. In order to do this, she had used all her means and dealt with everything before she could rest assured and deal with these people. The air was full of the smell of smoke and the smell of blood. Third uncle was the oldest and first to fall down. Those who had been shot had no strength to scream. These well-dressed men and women had already lost their spirits, they were dying on the ground. Some people were still trying to crawl to the door and struggling in vain. Que Yining watched this scene happily. Twenty years ago, she should have been burned in that sea of fire, but who let her live. From the moment she knew the truth and began planning, she had long waited for this day. It’s finally here. She has no more to regret. Now this seemingly gorgeous but actually full of dirty life, was finally coming to an end. The whole banquet hall was in a mess. The thick smoke made people unable to open their eyes. Que Yining had inhaled too much smoke, and even lost her strength to raise her hand. Before she closed her eyes, Que Yining’s mind was still on the sea of fire that she couldn’t control with her parents, brothers, and sisters who were buried in it. It’s over.