Ye Xingchen handed him a cigarette and lit it.
"There's no point in resisting like this. Just tell the police what they want to know."
"Anyway, I'm going to die in the end, so what difference does it make whether I confess or not? If I confess, do you think you'll let me go?" Liu Kun glanced at Ye Xingchen.
"I can't let you go. Your crimes are heinous. The best outcome for you is to leave your body intact," Ye Xingchen confessed truthfully.
"Heh, then why should I cooperate with you?" Liu Kun retorted, "Anyway, we're going to die."
"Of course, the choice is yours, and the decision is yours too." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and said, "If those people don't ask me to help, fine, but if they do, do you think you'll end up being completely annihilated?"
Liu Kun had a gloomy face; he smoked without saying a word.
People in his line of work are quite superstitious. He has worshipped Buddha and Guan Yu, and before each shipment, he would lead a group of his underlings to burn incense and worship the gods.
I always repent after doing something bad, because I'm afraid that one day I'll go to hell.
However, the complete annihilation of body and soul that Ye Xingchen spoke of was far more terrifying than the hell he envisioned.
"Forget it, take your time to think it over. You can't persuade a dying man with kind words." Ye Xingchen shook his head: "It won't help if you don't say anything, because their methods are far beyond your imagination."
"Your life is your own. Do you want a quick and painless death, or to be tortured into a state of being neither human nor ghost, ultimately without even the chance of reincarnation? The choice is yours."
"What is your real name?" Liu Kun slowly raised his head to look at Ye Xingchen.
"Ye Xingchen," Ye Xingchen said calmly, "If you've come to your senses now, I can find a way to let you see your family one last time..."
"Heh, see your family?" Liu Kun laughed, his expression gradually turning miserable. He muttered to himself, "In my current state, it's better not to see them."
“Especially my family, who already think I’m dead, have already been sad once, and I don’t want them to be sad again.”
"Your thinking is correct," Ye Xingchen sighed and said, "If you could do it all over again, would you still choose this path?"
“I will.” Liu Kun slowly raised his head, veins bulging on his neck, and said coldly, “Because I have no other choice.”
“The end result of taking this path is quite tragic, but I don’t regret it. At least for the past few years, I’ve been able to do whatever I wanted and I’ll never be ostracized again. Even if I die now, it’s worth it.”
"Very good." Ye Xingchen nodded slowly: "It seems you really like the path you've chosen."
"Yes, I like it very much." Liu Kun smiled and said, "At least when I was neither human nor ghost, I had a path to choose from."
"A person's fate is what it is, and no one can change it or force it." Ye Xingchen looked at Liu Kun and sighed after a long while: "Alright, I came to see you because we are somewhat destined to meet."
"And I also know that you were not a bad person in the past. You went down this path out of desperation, so I came here to persuade you to turn back from your misguided path."
"But now it seems that my advice was somewhat superfluous. Never mind." Ye Xingchen shook his head and said, "Everyone has their own path to walk. If you don't want to cooperate, then don't. Whatever the consequences may be, you will have to bear them yourself."
Liu Kun stared blankly at Ye Xingchen: "Seriously, have you ever considered me a brother?"
"No." Ye Xingchen shook his head: "I infiltrated your side because of Jin Xiang. Serving you is also to gain your trust, so you don't need to feel any pressure. I am not your brother."
"Heh... I knew it would be like this, but Ye Xingchen, I truly consider you a brother. Not just you, but everyone around me who risked their lives for me, I consider them all true brothers."
Liu Kun sneered, "Maybe I'm not a good person, but I'm a qualified boss. I consider myself more noble than someone like you."
“You are no more noble than me, because I stand on the side of Heaven.” Ye Xingchen shook his head and said, “Don’t try to put these labels on your head, because you don’t deserve them at all. In the end, everything you do is for yourself.”
"Am I wrong to act for myself?" Liu Kun sneered, raising his head to look at Ye Xingchen.
“That’s right, everyone looks out for themselves.” Ye Xingchen said with a smile, “But to cause countless families to be broken up and killed for your own selfish interests is to go against the will of Heaven.”
"In this world, survival is not wrong, but defying the laws of nature is defying cause and effect." Ye Xingchen stared at Liu Kun and said, "Do you think you are greater than the heavens, greater than cause and effect?"
Liu Kun stared blankly at Ye Xingchen, unable to utter a single word.
Yes, he may think he is not wrong, but going against the will of Heaven is going against the will of Heaven.
These two things should not be confused. Even if he feels that the world is unfair, in the face of justice, wrong is wrong.
At that moment, he suddenly felt disheartened: "There is no justice in this world."
"There is no justice in this world." Ye Xingchen slowly shook his head: "The justice you seek will only come after death."
“Those who do evil will go to hell after death and be reborn as animals. The sins they committed, the karmic connections they made, and the consequences they violated in their lives will all be repaid after death.”
"This is the way of Heaven, the way of Heaven from which no one can escape."
"I understand." Liu Kun let out a long breath. At this moment, he seemed to have made up his mind. He slowly raised his head and looked at Ye Xingchen: "Ye Xingchen, thank you for reminding me of these things."
"There are some things that I may not want to admit, but I can never change the outcome."
"Fine, I'm going to die anyway. Let the police ask me whatever they want. I'll just consider it as accumulating some good karma and making some connections before I die."
"Okay, it's good that you've cooperated." Ye Xingchen nodded slowly, stood up, and turned to leave.
Liu Kun watched Ye Xingchen's retreating figure, gave a self-deprecating smile, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and threw it on the ground. Perhaps this was the last time he would smoke.
"He's going to cooperate, so ask him whatever you want." Ye Xingchen saw Bai Zilin coming towards him as he went out.
Bai Zilin had already brought a group of people from the special task force over. When she saw Ye Xingchen arrive, she nodded slightly and said, "Understood, thank you."
With a wave of her hand, the task force members went inside, while she stayed behind, watching Ye Xingchen.
"Is there anything else?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"We are interrogating Jin Xiang as quickly as possible, and then we will take him to Yanjing," Bai Zilin said.
"Do you think you can take him away?" Ye Xingchen glanced at her.
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