Chapter 2543: Chapter 2543: Not a Single Bullet
"Do you really think that just because I came here alone, I can be at your mercy?"
Nangong Xu chuckled: "If you don’t do as I say, what else can you do?! Everyone here is mine. Now that you’re here, naturally, you’ll have to obey me."
"Listen to you and go die?" Ruan Tianling raised an eyebrow.
Nangong Xu suddenly tossed a handgun onto the table.
"You don’t have to die. I’ll give you a choice. Either you die, or Jian Yufei dies. The one who survives can safely leave here. I keep my word."
Ruan Tianling glanced coldly at the gun.
"Is there a third option?"
"No. Remember, only the one who survives can leave safely. Don’t you love Jian Yufei dearly? If you truly want to save her, then just kill yourself."
"No—" Jian Yufei gripped Ruan Tianling’s hand, "Don’t listen to him!"
Nangong Xu smirked: "Of course, if you don’t choose, both of you will die. Let me be clear with you both, I never planned to let you live."
"If you’re going to kill us, just do it. We’re not afraid of death!" Jian Yufei glared at him angrily.
Nangong Xu gently caressed the Ashes Box in his hand: "Are you willing to let Ruan Tianling die for you?"
Jian Yufei was speechless: "..."
He asked Ruan Tianling again: "With a chance to save Jian Yufei’s life, will you refuse it too?"
Ruan Tianling pressed his lips together, looking at him indifferently.
Nangong Xu’s gaze drifted towards the sea: "As I said, those who aren’t strong enough don’t deserve love. Your love is nothing but fragile, easily shattered!"
"You’re the twisted one!" Jian Yufei retorted.
Nangong Xu scoffed: "If Ruan Tianling were strong enough, no matter how twisted I am, you wouldn’t face such a dilemma, would you?"
Ruan Tianling leisurely picked up the handgun from the table: "What do you mean by a dilemma?"
Nangong Xu’s eyes glinted towards him—
Ruan Tianling raised his arm, pointing the gun at Nangong Xu’s head.
"I never even considered your so-called choices. Isn’t killing you a better option?"
As Ruan Tianling aimed the gun at Nangong Xu, several bodyguards nearby, in turn, aimed their guns at him and Jian Yufei.
Nangong Xu’s eyes were devoid of any emotion.
"Kill me, and you won’t survive either."
Jian Yufei quickly said: "We’re not afraid to die; dying together is even better!"
"Truly not afraid of death? Once you’re dead, there’s nothing left."
"Then so be it, who cares!"
Nangong Xu looked at Jian Yufei: "You’re so agitated. Are you afraid Ruan Tianling might choose to abandon you?"
She was not afraid Ruan Tianling would abandon her.
She was afraid Ruan Tianling would do something foolish and choose to end his life.
That’s why she expressed her intent to live and die with him so urgently.
Ruan Tianling wrapped his arm around Jian Yufei, smiling faintly: "How could I ever abandon my wife?"
"So, are you choosing to kill yourself?" Nangong Xu asked back.
Ruan Tianling extended the gun further, "Are you blind? Can’t you see I’m planning to kill you?"
Nangong Xu disdainfully shifted his gaze: "Do you dare to pull the trigger?"
"Of course I dare, and you seem unafraid of death too?"
Nangong Xu’s expression was filled with arrogance: "There’s nothing in this world that scares me!"
Ruan Tianling suddenly opened the magazine; there wasn’t a single bullet inside.
"You’re not unafraid of death; you just knew there were no bullets in it."
Jian Yufei was surprised to see the empty magazine.
Nangong Xu glanced at it and sneered: "You knew?"
Ruan Tianling twirled the gun in his hand a few times, then tossed it aside.
