Chapter 553 Zhou Liang's Anger
The attack on Centraltown has enraged the townspeople, especially the friends of those who died, who all want revenge.
After treating the wounded, I had them stay in the infirmary for a day of observation. Some of their wounds were quite serious, and I was worried about infection. An infection would be a serious problem.
I inquired and found out that about thirteen people died and twenty-seven were injured in the central town. As for the prisoners, there were two in total.
I don't know what their current situation is, but I imagine they're not doing very well.
Zhou Liang is interrogating them. With Zhou Liang's abilities, these two will definitely spill everything they know.
I originally wanted to go to the prison in the central town to check on the situation. If those two really spilled all the information about Yao Chengjie, it would be a huge blow to Yao Chengjie's side, and I didn't want that to happen. So I thought I'd go and see, and if possible, kill those two prisoners. That way, they could keep their secret.
After all, the dead can't speak.
However, before I even reached the prison in the central town, I saw Zhou Liang walk out of the prison, his hands covered in blood. I guessed that the blood must have come from the two prisoners.
The moment Zhou Liang saw me, a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and then he turned around and went to wash his hands.
After he had cleaned himself up, he came up to me and said, "Let's talk."
We went into his room, and as soon as we entered, he pulled a gun out of the bedside table drawer, cocked it, and pointed it at my head.
I didn't dodge, and asked, "What do you want?"
"I'll kill you!" Zhou Liang roared.
I wasn't in a hurry, and asked, "Why?"
Zhou Liang sneered and said, "Don't try to act tough with me. You must know about the attack on Central Town yesterday, right?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't know."
Zhou Liang narrowed his eyes and said, "I found it strange when you left the day before yesterday afternoon. Why would you leave so suddenly with your people? At first, I thought you wanted to escape and didn't want to get involved in this matter anymore, but later I found out that you went to the resort. I didn't expect you to have such a good plan. Even I didn't guess it. If I hadn't been careful last night, I would have been blown up long ago."
"Are you really hoping to see me get blown up? Is that why you came so early today?"
I stared at Zhou Liang and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Zhou Liang said, "Okay, you don't know what I'm talking about, do you..."
As he spoke, Zhou Liang put away his pistol and punched me in the waist.
I was in so much pain that I bent over and couldn't breathe.
Zhou Liang grabbed my hair to prevent me from falling to the ground and continued, "Lu Xiaonan, let me tell you, I can let this matter go, but if you try to disrupt my plans again, I won't hesitate to kill you. Remember what I said before? I can still control Central Town without you. If you dare to mess around again, once I take control of Central Town, the first people I'll wipe out are your companions. I'll cut off their heads one by one and hang them on the wall outside Central Town so everyone can see it."
"Don't think I'm joking. You know I'm capable of doing it."
I raised my eyes and stared at Zhou Liang, saying, "If that's the case, why don't you just kill me? Why keep me here? If I'm a nuisance to you, why do you insist on keeping me alive?"
Zhou Liang said, "Because I need a witness, a witness to my unification of the entire world, and you, I think, are very suitable."
I gave a wry smile. "Unify the whole world? Are you kidding me?"
Zhou Liang sat on the bed and said, "Do you think I'm joking with you?"
I glanced at Zhou Liang's serious eyes, shook my head and said, "It doesn't seem like it, but I don't think you can do it."
Zhou Liang asked, "Why?"
I shook my head. "I don't know, it's just a feeling."
Whether Zhou Liang can unify the world or not, I don't know, and I don't care to know. That's his own ambition, and it has nothing to do with me. I just want to live a good life, and that's enough for me. As for everything else, I don't care.
Whether I control the central town or unify the entire delta region, it's none of my business.
Zhou Liang said, "I'm about to start my operation. I hope you'll keep a close eye on things and not cause any more trouble, or I'll make sure you suffer a terrible death."
I stared at Zhou Liang and asked an unrelated question, "How are those two prisoners?"
Zhou Liang said, "He's dead."
I nodded and said, "So you know everything?"
Zhou Liang shook his head. "No, they all committed suicide. I couldn't get anything out of them."
I stared at Zhou Liang, feeling that he was lying. When he came out earlier, his hands were covered in blood. How could those two prisoners have committed suicide? Zhou Liang must have questioned them and then killed them.
Zhou Liang said, "Now that I'm about to take action, there's one thing you need to choose."
I was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Liang said, "It's a question of who lives and who dies. Ye Qian or Wu Zhaolong, you choose one. Whoever lives, whoever dies?"
I was puzzled and asked, "Why do I have to choose?"
Zhou Liang said, "There's no particular reason, I just find it strange. If it were you, who would you choose to die?"
I said, "Wu Zhaolong."
Without hesitation, I said a name, though I don't know why I chose him.
But I think Ye Qian can't die yet.
Ye Qian is, after all, one of the most frequently appearing high-ranking figures in Central Town. If he dies, it will likely cause some turmoil in Central Town.
Aside from that, I didn't have a good impression of Wu Zhaolong. Anyway, I didn't know him, so his death is no big deal.
Zhou Liang said, "In that case, let Wu Zhaolong die."
I asked, "Are you really going to start taking action?"
Zhou Liang chuckled: "After waiting for so long, it's time to take action. Last time, I created some conflict between the two of them. Ye Qian definitely still doesn't like Wu Zhaolong. Since that's the case, let them fight each other. I'll then do some tampering, and no one will be able to tell what's going on."
I thought about it for a moment, and instead of dwelling on that question, I asked, "Are you planning to kill all these high-ranking officials in the central town one by one, and then take their place?"
Zhou Liang shook his head and said, "I won't tell you that. You can guess for yourself."
(End of this chapter)
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