"Comrade Zhang Liunian, this isn't my fault; he forced me." Officer Tu slowly raised his right hand, pointing the black muzzle of his gun at Zhang Liunian.
Facing this situation, he was naturally extremely tense. Just as he was about to make the first move, Officer Tu's hand suddenly shifted, aiming at Tang Shikang.
With a loud "bang," Tang Shikang did not fall, but a man in black behind him collapsed to the ground first.
Everyone was shocked, not quite understanding what was happening. Even Zhang Liunian was a bit bewildered. He thought he was doomed this time, but then Officer Tu switched sides again, standing with him.
No, perhaps it wasn't standing with him, but rather he had his own considerations.
"Tu Lu, what are you doing? Do you know how serious the consequences will be if you anger me?" Tang Shikang was furious. Since this Tu Lu dared to shoot at him, it seemed he no longer cared about his daughter's life.
If that were the case, he would make sure his daughter's corpse was collected after he escaped.
"You don't need to lie to me anymore. My Cai Cai fell into your hands, could she be okay? Take your life!"
Officer Tu, like a furious lion, spat through gritted teeth and was about to act.
Tang Shikang, seeing this, was not afraid, as another dozen or so thugs emerged from the house. These were all personnel who had been guarding the place.
Now he had over twenty men, while Tu Lu had only a dozen or so. Judging by numbers alone, the other side would not be his match.
"Take them all down," Tang Shikang said, backing away.
Seeing this, Zhang Liunian pulled Master Huang out of the battle.
As the two left the battlefield, the fires of war began to blaze.
"Bang, bang..." Over thirty people fired at each other, each wanting to kill the other. The battlefield grew larger.
Zhang Liunian retreated further and further until he was hiding on the side of the wooden house, managing to evade their chaotic battle.
Because both sides possessed firearms, the battle was quickly decided. As expected, Tang Shikang won.
"Tu Lu, you will regret this, I told you." Tang Shikang stepped forward triumphantly and stomped on Tu Lu's wounded abdomen.
Tu Lu showed no fear, suddenly laughing heartily, "Do you know why Zhang Liunian was released? Do you know why I dared to make a move against you? Tang Shikang, I'm telling you, your Tang family is finished, completely finished."
Upon hearing this, Tang Shikang's expression instantly turned as frosty as the ice in the twelfth lunar month. "Of course I know. It was Zhang Liunian, that bastard, who found our research lab and reported it to you. Didn't you inform me about this? Have you forgotten?"
However, Tu Lu's betrayal at the last moment was something he hadn't anticipated. He didn't understand why Tu Lu would do this.
Unless he already knew... Impossible. How could he possibly know about Tu Cai's situation?
Tang Shikang dismissed the thought, but the gloom in his heart lingered.
Their Tang family had been engaged in drug research for ten years. Initially, it was simple medication, but as their capabilities grew stronger, they embarked on research that was anti-human.
Such anti-human research was always forbidden by the authorities. But the Tang family was ambitious, wanting to develop a drug that could enhance intelligence, thereby giving the Tang family an advantage and allowing them to ascend step by step to the pinnacle. However, before their research could achieve a breakthrough, Zhang Liunian discovered the laboratory, forcing them to flee.
Tang Shikang originally intended to use Tu Cai's life to get Tu Lu to help them delay for a few days. But as soon as they relocated, Director Wang and his team appeared and found the live subjects under their old residence. Now they had concrete evidence and no way to escape. Even if his third brother were present, he wouldn't be able to help them turn the tide. It was precisely because of this that he found an excuse to escape the Tang family.
When he decided to flee, he had no intention of returning. After all, as long as his third brother was safe, they could always come back sooner or later.
"It seems you still don't understand who you've offended. You've offended half the independent business owners and factory bosses in southern town, which is why you've ended up in this situation." Tu Lu tilted his head back, mockingly enjoying Tang Shikang's ignorance of his downfall. The latter couldn't stand his demeanor and kicked him several times.
Just then, Zhang Liunian crept up behind Tang Shikang, intending to capture him from behind. But at that moment, Tang Shikang smiled at him and said, "Look, who is that?"
After saying that, he had someone help Tu Lu up, and then walked directly behind Zhang Liunian.
Zhang Liunian followed his gaze, his eyes suddenly widened, and he involuntarily cried out, "Mom?"
Indeed, the two people behind Zhang Liunian were his mother, Yu Xiaohua, whom he had tied up, and a black-clad bodyguard holding a gun to Yu Xiaohua's head.
"If you dare to make a move, I'll have your birth mother sent to hell immediately. You know I'll do it." Tang Shikang walked to Yu Xiaohua's side and removed the cloth from her mouth.
As soon as Yu Xiaohua was free, she immediately cried out, "Third child, hurry and leave! This person is crazy. Everyone here is a lunatic. They are so terrifying. You leave quickly, don't worry about Mom."
Hearing this, Zhang Liunian's thoughts stirred, but his feet didn't move an inch. "Mom, you gave birth to me and raised me. I can't watch anything happen to you."
After saying this, he looked at Tang Shikang. "Let my mother go, and I'll surrender."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaohua immediately shed tears of regret. "Third child, why are you so foolish? Mom is old and doesn't need you to save her. Even if I die now, I've lived enough. You are different; you are still young and have a long road ahead. You can't be in trouble. Mom was a bit biased before, I'm sorry to you and your eldest brother. Now Mom regrets it. Mom will be proud to have a son like you. You must live well, do you understand?"
"Mom, I don't care about what happened before. Let the past be the past!" In fact, when Zhang Liunian heard Yu Xiaohua telling him to leave, he had already forgiven her past favoritism. As a person approaches death, their words become more sincere. If he were to die here, he didn't want to carry resentment towards his parents.
"Third child, Mom doesn't need you to save her, Mom doesn't want it. Hurry and leave. Mom just wants you to live well. Listen to Mom, okay?" Yu Xiaohua looked at her youngest son, who was about to sacrifice himself, and finally had to admit that this son was probably the son she was most proud of in her life.
He was handsome, capable, and most importantly, at the critical moment of life and death, he was still wholeheartedly trying to save his biased mother.
She had truly wronged this younger son. If there were a next life, she would definitely be a good mother.
"What touching mother-son affection. Unfortunately, only one of you can survive today. Who lives and who dies, I can give you six seconds to consider. Starting now, one, two..."
Tang Shikang wanted to toy with them, the mother and son. In fact, he wouldn't spare anyone.
But he just wanted to see the ugliness of humanity displayed by this mother and son in front of him.