Chapter 1055: Chapter 286: Third Brother, New Company
Li Yan’s pupils slightly contracted, as he asked softly, "Third Brother... are your words a personal sentiment, or do they represent someone’s warning?"
"What do you mean?" Zheng Yixuan slightly frowned, seemingly not expecting him to say that.
"It’s nothing." Li Yan exhaled a smoke ring and sighed, "I was cultivated by ’him,’ and ’he’ wants me to be an assassin, so can I escape? I don’t dare to ’escape’ either."
This matter, after all, needs to be brought up. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yan straightforwardly clarified a bit.
"Are you talking about... the boss?" Zheng Yixuan laughed, then spoke seriously, "My earlier words were my own advice to you, not a warning from the boss. Ultimately, I’m older than you and have seen and encountered more things than you have. This time your gains are substantial, but I’m afraid you’ll be unable to resist the greed, indulging in such shortcuts, which truly is a dangerous thing!"
He noticed Li Yan seemed a bit inattentive, continuing to speak seriously, "You earn money as an assassin in a willing transaction, regardless of the amount, it’s voluntarily paid by the employer. You haven’t taken anyone else’s money. But this time, it’s no longer something beneath the surface!"
"I know. Just this once!" Li Yan agreed with a smile.
"I’m not joking with you! Just like us being lawyers, we can help good people or bad people, as long as they can pay, we’ll try to defend them. But if we conspire to acquire someone’s estate, that’s a different matter entirely."
Li Yan agreed with Zheng Yixuan’s lecture; if Liu Yuyang hadn’t tried to kill him first, he wouldn’t have taken such drastic actions. For instance, when two kickboxers tried to beat him up, he didn’t pursue it to the end. As for others, they didn’t have such good opportunities.
"Third Brother, I understand. It’s really not the boss asking you to warn me?"
Zheng Yixuan gave him a meaningful look and tentatively asked, "Why would you say that? Did you let overseas assets surface to further detach yourself?"
Li Yan did not confirm nor deny, "You live under the light, unaware of our difficulties in the dark purgatory. But as I said earlier, if ’he’ doesn’t allow it, I don’t dare do anything."
The atmosphere grew cold, and the two fell into silence.
After a while, Zheng Yixuan broke the silence, "Don’t think too much about it. Regardless, his constraints on us aren’t significant, and the reason we have today is all thanks to his cultivation and support. Anyone, any industry, requires paying a price to succeed."
From these words, Li Yan detected a hint of helplessness on his part. It seemed possible for everyone to form an alliance. But in his eyes, Zheng Yixuan, this Third Brother, was undoubtedly the most slick and elusive! He could trust Guan Ziyi, trust Yu Mocheng, even He Bin, but was wary of trusting Zheng Yixuan easily.
The boss was always mysterious, and the second had hardly appeared. The third, who followed next, was undoubtedly the most seasoned among them, and this led Li Yan to suspect him of being the boss’s spokesperson.
"You’re right, regardless, we have gained far more than most people. If I studied seriously, perhaps at best I’d become a small boss or executive like the other classmates, and that would be great. But now, although my earnings are black money, it’s enough to shock people. Of course, these are what I snatched back from King Yama repeatedly!"
In the last sentence, Li Yan gritted his teeth slightly. He knew best how those who trained with him back then killed each other in internal duels, one by one, batch by batch. Had he not survived through phase after phase, he would have long disappeared forever!
Zheng Yixuan patted his shoulder and comforted him, "I know, you and Old Eight are under far more hardship and danger than the rest of us. However... we each face our own dangers in different industries. Our pressures may not be much smaller than yours. Contentment brings happiness! Be content, now that we’re all living well."
Seeing Li Yan a bit lost in thought, he added, "If you can’t let go of the ruthless things you’ve done, perhaps you should think differently, consider living well for them."
Li Yan glanced at him; this was the first he’d heard such a saying. Normally, people might live well for deceased family or loved ones, but what about those who died in front of him?
What identities did they have?
Acquaintances?
Friends?
Comrades?
Seniors?
They seemed to fit, yet didn’t really match. In fact, many were complete strangers, strangers forgotten to the point of not remembering their appearances!
Professional targets, needless to say.
Zheng Yixuan laughed heartily again, "I spoke wrongly! It seems my words conversely plunged you further into demonic states. Let me change it up. How many girlfriends do you currently have? You should think well about them, live well for them, that should be easier to accept, huh?"
"I can accept that, I can accept all of it!" Despite steering clear of the topic, Li Yan didn’t want to miss this chance. They had already gotten this far in discussion, which would be advantageous for diving deeper. It would be inconvenient to bring it up again next time. "Third Brother, tell me about our boss! I know almost nothing, even when I encountered before, I’m not sure if it was ’him.’"
"This...’he’ is such a mysterious person, I’m not quite certain what kind of person he truly is." Zheng Yixuan’s response was slightly reserved.
