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Chapter 911 - 912 Borrowing a Knife to Kill Someone

Chapter 911: Chapter 912 Borrowing a Knife to Kill Someone

But Cheng Hui never expected that after two years of fruitless pursuit, it would be Li Changlin who swooped in and succeeded first.

With Cheng Hui’s status, how could he swallow such frustration?

He couldn’t make a move himself and it wasn’t appropriate to dispatch a Family expert, but just then, the situation with the Tang Family arose, providing a perfect excuse to borrow their strength.

If Tang Zhongtian killed Li Changlin, blame could be attributed to a dispute arising from cooperation, and by then, Ye Xiyao wouldn’t suspect him.

Even more, Cheng Hui could use the opportunity to console Ye Xiyao and thus win her heart in one fell swoop.

Over the years, Cheng Hui had had his share of romantic involvement; he knew that Ye Xiyao was still a virgin. Although Li Changlin had won her favor, it seemed he had not conquered her body.

Such a thing proved Ye Xiyao to be a self-respecting woman.

Cheng Hui believed that only such a woman could match his status.

What he didn’t know was that it wasn’t that Ye Xiyao was unwilling, but rather that Li Changlin did not desire her.

Given Ye Xiyao’s terminal illness, Li Changlin naturally couldn’t bring himself to defile her.

After all, doing so would damage Ye Xiyao’s health significantly.

"Yes, I’ll have to trouble Elder Tang with this matter. I hope to see his corpse within three days. Elder Tang, I really apologize, as I don’t have much time to stay in Nanfu. I leave everything in your capable hands." Cheng Hui nodded with a smile, as if human life were worth nothing to him, merely providing Tang Zhongtian with a Shaoyang Pill to kill Li Changlin.

Of course, Tang Zhongtian didn’t see it that way.

Cheng Hui had given him the elixir first, then asked him to take action, which wasn’t merely transactional.

Besides, it was just killing an ant from the Late Transformation Realm; how could Li Changlin’s humble status compare to the value of a Shaoyang Pill?

Thus, Tang Zhongtian decisively agreed to Cheng Hui’s request. Normally, this task could have been easily handled by a clan elder at the Virtual Energy Early Stage, but since Cheng Hui asked him to do it personally, Tang Zhongtian wasn’t going to defy him over such a trivial matter.

The matter was thus settled, and afterward Tang Jinshui and Tang Zhongtian arranged for people to start investigating the cutting factory affair, which naturally didn’t interest Cheng Hui, so he took his leave.

Seeing this, Tang Jinshui and Tang Zhongtian personally escorted Cheng Hui outside.

Originally, the Tang Family wanted Cheng Hui to stay at their residence, but staying in a hotel was undeniably more chic; Cheng Hui could only gratefully acknowledge their intention.

After seeing off Cheng Hui, Tang Jinshui began mobilizing personnel, while Tang Zhongtian returned to his residence to prepare for the night’s actions.

He had no idea where Li Changlin lived, but Tang Hongyu was able to contact him; these matters had already been handed over to Tang Jinshui by Tang Zhongtian to be immediately arranged.

Li Changlin naturally didn’t know that Cheng Hui was scheming behind his back, and Tang Zhongtian harbored deadly intentions towards him.

Upon receiving a call from Tang Hongyu proposing a meeting to discuss the Jade Stone issue and to clarify things, Li Changlin became suspicious.

Indeed, this was Tang Zhongtian and Tang Jinshui’s plot.

Tang Hongyu had always kept in mind the billion-dollar assets the Family had taken from Li Changlin. Tang Zhongtian decided to take advantage of this, directing Tang Hongyu to inform Li Changlin about the true value of the Jade Stone and then arrange a meeting to discuss the fund resolution.

Tang Zhongtian believed this plan was foolproof since he had placed a gag order on the entire Family regarding the Jade Stone theft and hadn’t let Tang Hongyu know.

To lure Li Changlin out, Tang Jinshui and Tang Zhongtian were indeed willing to exploit even the future heir of their Family.

However, Li Changlin was well aware of their schemes.

By now, all the Jade Stones of the Tang Family were stored in the Yan Family’s underground vault. Tang Hongyu talking about discussing the Jade Stones with him clearly meant they were attempting to lure him out.

Yet, Li Changlin wasn’t afraid.

His strength was now nearly at the Peak of Virtual Energy, and with the Power of Two Dragons—or four thousand kilograms—under his belt, he naturally did not fear a mere Tang Family.

While in Yan Family’s residence, Li Changlin had learned from Fang Xiaowei that Tang Zhongtian’s Late Stage of Virtual Strength had plateaued for twenty years.

An old decrepit fellow, even at the Late Stage of Virtual Strength, couldn’t have much power,

possibly not even the force of Two Dragons at his peak!

However, Li Changlin wasn’t careless; reaching the Late Stage of Virtual Strength was no mean feat, after all.

So before he went to the meeting, Li Changlin made some necessary preparations.

At seven-thirty, he drove out himself; that afternoon, Xie Wendong had taken his men back to Huacheng, and Li Changlin had given him twenty Life Fruits, delighting the man.

Now Xie Wendong already possessed the Power of One Dragon—ten thousand kilograms—and would soon approach the Peak of Early Stage of Virtual Strength.

Upon reaching the location Tang Hongyu mentioned, which was a villa with a unique courtyard, Li Changlin pulled up, and the villa’s automatic gate opened, with Tang Hongyu’s voice coming from the entrance intercom, "Brother Li, just drive in."

Li Changlin restarted his car and drove into the villa’s courtyard, the iron gate closing behind him.

After getting out of the car, Tang Hongyu was already waiting for him at the entrance. Seeing Li Changlin, Tang Hongyu hastily raised his hand in greeting, "Brother Li."

"Hello, Brother Tang." Li Changlin smiled faintly, sensing no hint of murderous intent on Tang Hongyu, which made everything appear normal.

"Brother Li, my family’s patriarch is in the hall. When we discuss splitting the funds, if you could yield a little, even just a bit—it was my forefather and father’s intent not to split the large funds evenly with you!" Tang Hongyu stealthily glanced behind him, then whispered to Li Changlin.

"Brother Tang, you’re thinking too much," Li Changlin chuckled and patted his shoulder.

After that, Li Changlin stepped inside.

Tang Hongyu was briefly startled then hurriedly followed into the hall.

In the hall, Tang Zhongtian sat calmly on the couch, eyes closed.

When Li Changlin entered, he immediately sensed a subtle aura of lethality.

Thus, he knew Tang Hongyu might truly be unaware of the Jade Stone theft.

"Patriarch," Tang Hongyu softly called out, signaling to Tang Zhongtian that Li Changlin had arrived.

Tang Zhongtian slowly opened his eyes, then looked directly at Tang Hongyu, "Hongyu, leave us. I’ll talk with Mr. Li alone."