Li Tiannan took a deep look at Lou Yuesheng.
Lou Yuesheng was still shouting there, "Li Tiannan, you traitor, kill me!"
"Alas—"
"You're forcing my hand." Li Tiannan sighed.
"So be it."
"I'll grant your wish today."
Upon hearing this, Li Tianze shouted, "Li Tiannan, release Lou Yuesheng. You can do whatever you want to me, just don't harm them."
Perhaps touched by Lou Yuesheng's words, or perhaps because a sliver of humanity remained within him.
In any case, Li Tianze did not wish to see Lou Yuesheng die.
"Mr. Li, let me die!" Lou Yuesheng said with a face full of sorrow.
Li Tianze tried his best to persuade him.
However, Lou Yuesheng said, "I know you mean well for me, but I know too much. I fear I might not be able to keep these secrets someday."
From beginning to end, he had been loyal to Li Tianze, without any selfish intentions.
Li Tianze gave a bitter smile, "I am a dying man. Are those secrets still that important?"
Lou Yuesheng nodded vigorously.
In his eyes, they were indeed very important!
"Have you finished your discussion?" Li Tiannan had no patience for such nonsense. Whether he killed Lou Yuesheng or not made no difference to him.
Lou Yuesheng shouted, "Just kill me, I'll be waiting here!"
"You wouldn't dare, would you?"
Li Tiannan frowned.
Seeing that Li Tianze said nothing further, he raised his hand, pulled the trigger, and shot Lou Yuesheng on the spot!
Lou Yuesheng fell into a pool of blood, his eyes wide open in death.
Li Tianze closed his eyes in pain, unable to bear witnessing Lou Yuesheng's demise. He sighed, "I really should have listened to your advice back then and dealt with Li Tiannan earlier. Then we wouldn't have this disaster today! I have caused your deaths, and I have caused my own."
"My sins are unforgivable, and I have brought this upon myself!"
Li Tianze laughed up at the sky.
After his laughter subsided, Li Tianze glared at Li Tiannan, gritting his teeth, and said, "Li Tiannan, I should have known you would join hands with Chen Jin Chao to strike at the Li family. I just didn't expect you to form an alliance so quickly. I was too soft-hearted and didn't kill you back then, otherwise, how could you be in this position today?"
Li Tiannan waved his hand, signaling his men to withdraw from the infirmary.
Only he and Li Tianze remained in the spacious infirmary.
Li Tiannan said calmly, "Brother, whatever your last wish is, just say it. As long as I can fulfill it, I will not refuse."
"Heh heh, it seems you really intend to kill me." Li Tianze said with grief and indignation.
"Since you know this, why do you still cling to false hope? Those are merely unrealistic fantasies." Li Tiannan's expression remained unchanged.
Li Tianze wanted to curse.
But he felt that doing so would be undignified. A man's most important attribute is his dignity.
Thinking this.
Li Tianze calmed down and said to Li Tiannan, "I only wish for you to spare my wife and children and let them leave the country to live overseas. You must also promise me that you will never harm them. If you agree, I will take my own life."
While Li Tiannan killing Li Tianze and Li Tianze killing himself would lead to the same outcome, the nature of the act was entirely different.
Li Tiannan nodded, "Yes, I promise."
"Then can I wait until they reach the other shore before ending my own life?" Li Tianze's tone was almost pleading, but he was met with Li Tiannan's firm refusal. Li Tiannan said expressionlessly, "No, that would drag on for too long, and there might be variables."
"Brother, I hope you don't make things difficult for me."
Li Tianze couldn't help but sigh.
After a long silence, he said, "Alright, then wait outside for a moment. I need to write a letter to my wife and children. You must grant me this small request."
"How long will it take?" Li Tiannan frowned, seemingly impatient.
"Forget it, I'll watch you write it here."
Li Tianze knew he was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered and had no right to refuse Li Tiannan's requests. He retrieved paper and pen and began to write his final letter.
About ten minutes later.
Li Tianze's letter was finished, sealed, and handed to Li Tiannan.
"It's time to go," Li Tiannan reminded him.
Li Tianze looked deeply at his younger brother, "Tiannan, you've truly changed. You weren't like this in the past. I still cherish the memories of our youth, growing up together. Those carefree days are long gone."
"I hope you can continue to maintain this ruthless disposition until you become the master of this world!"
From beginning to end.
Li Tianze never inquired about Li Buyan's situation.
Perhaps he still trusted Li Tiannan, believing that Li Tiannan would not act against their grandfather.
Li Tiannan took a deep breath, clearly feeling some reluctance.
Had it really come to this between brothers?
Had he taken a wrong turn?
Before Li Tiannan could fully process this, Li Tianze took out a bottle of pills from his pocket and swallowed them in front of Li Tiannan.
By the time Li Tiannan reacted, Li Tianze had already fallen into a pool of blood, bleeding from all seven orifices.
Li Tiannan stood frozen, his heart in turmoil.
"I am truly an executioner," he murmured.
"However, things have reached this point, and I have no other choice."
"Next is Chen Jin Chao."
Li Tiannan ordered his men to arrange for Li Tianze's body.
If nothing unexpected happened, Li Tiannan would still ensure his brother had a dignified end, perhaps by the hand of the villain Chen Jin Chao, or someone else.
And Li Tiannan would then smoothly take over everything that belonged to Li Tianze.
Leaving the infirmary.
Li Tiannan walked to the front courtyard.
Chen Jin Chao was already surrounded by forty to fifty heavily armed soldiers.
Even if he were an S-class expert now, he would have no room to fight back under a barrage of intense firepower, becoming a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, just like Li Tianze.
Seeing Li Tiannan again, Chen Jin Chao caught a strong scent of blood from him and couldn't help but smile, "I guess Li Tianze is dead."
Li Tiannan replied with an air of certainty, "Yes, he died because of you."
Chen Jin Chao did not argue.
It was imaginable that in the history books a century later, Chen Jin Chao might be depicted as an utterly wicked man, nailed to the pillar of historical shame for future generations to judge.
However, Chen Jin Chao had achieved his goal, and his life was considered worthwhile.
Li Tiannan had cast aside Li Buyan's teachings, his sole focus now was to eliminate Chen Jin Chao, as he considered Chen Jin Chao a very dangerous individual. As long as Chen Jin Chao could still think, he would bring endless trouble.
"Chen Jin Chao, how do you wish to die?" he asked.
"Given that you were once our hero, I can arrange a dignified death for you. And rest assured, I will not harm Meng Zhi or the others. I still have some principles."
Chen Jin Chao shook his head and chuckled.
Even Li Tianze was dead. With no one to restrain Li Tiannan, he was bound to become an even more unscrupulous devil than Li Tianze!
He hoped Yu Meng Zhi and the others could think of a solution before Li Tiannan transformed into a complete demon.
This was all Chen Jin Chao could do.
"Tell them to open fire. Dying by the guns of your own men is not an undignified way to go,"
Chen Jin Chao said calmly.