"Won’t you reconsider?" Cheng Dongliang continued to persuade.
Li Xiaoyao looked at him and asked, "Do you still remember what you told me?"
"What did I say?" Cheng Dongliang certainly did not remember telling Li Xiaoyao about providing Spirit Fruits for free.
"The original purpose of building this botanical garden was to give back to the society. Given that, why should the fruits in the garden be used as objects for transactions?" Li Xiaoyao’s words rendered him speechless, and he did not know how to counter for a moment.
"Let’s settle the matter this way, you don’t need to convince me any more."
"I will be leaving Ling City for a while, remember to help me build a few rooms in this botanical garden, as I will need them for cultivation later on."
Li Xiaoyao left, or to be more precise, he went to look for Li Tu.
In the past few days, Li Tu was getting anxious waiting. Although Li Xiaoyao had agreed to go back with him, several days had passed and he had not even seen Li Xiaoyao’s shadow. His calls were all directly hung up.
Just when he could hardly wait any longer, Li Xiaoyao suddenly appeared like a ghost.
"Let’s go."
"Huh?" Li Tu was startled, then asked, "Where to?"
Li Xiaoyao looked at him as if he was an idiot: "Aren’t you supposed to take me back to the Li Family?"
"Oh, right, right!" Li Tu jumped excitedly, then said, "Let’s go."
The two left the hotel, and Li Tu, looking at the bustling traffic, suddenly asked, "How are we getting back?"
Li Xiaoyao: "..."
"The airplane, right, we’ll take an airplane back." Li Tu hailed a cab, pulled Li Xiaoyao inside, and told the driver, "To the airport."
Forty minutes later, the two arrived at the airport, and Li Tu realized he had not booked the flight tickets yet.
"Damn it, I’m so impulsive, what’s wrong with me?" Li Tu smacked his head while starting to book the flight tickets.
Ten minutes later, the tickets were finally booked, and the plane would take off in forty minutes.
The two passed through the security check and sat in the departure lounge, waiting.
Li Xiaoyao sat in silence, looking out the window, while Li Tu was so excited that he could hardly believe it.
"I need to call the Third Elder, almost forgot about that." Li Tu suddenly slapped his head and quickly took out his phone to make the call.
"Hello, Third Elder, yes, we are already on the plane, and we expect to arrive tonight."
"What? The Clan Leader will come to pick us up personally? Okay, got it."
After hanging up, Li Tu’s excitement not only did not diminish but grew even stronger.
"Brother Li, the Clan Leader will come to pick us up personally," Li Tu nudged him, saying excitedly.
"Hmm." He had heard the whole conversation loud and clear.
The Head of the Li Family?
The man who might be related to him by blood?
...
In the Li Family, in Xie Nan’s room.
"Mom, are you saying that I have an older brother?" Li Pengcheng was very surprised.
He had grown up thinking he was an only child and had never heard of an older brother.
Xie Nan casually set up a soundproofing array and said, "Your half-brother on your father’s side."
"Thirty years ago, your father met a woman, and twenty-eight years ago, they had a baby boy."
"It’s just that, as soon as the boy was born, he was abandoned. Everyone thought the boy had died, but who knew, he was still alive."
Xie Nan’s gaze turned slightly cold as he said, "Regardless of whether this Li Xiaoyao is the child from back then, I won’t allow him to return to the Li Family."
Li Pengcheng fell silent. He clearly understood what his mother meant by these words.
Nowadays in the Li Family, Li Pengcheng is the eldest and the only son, and without a doubt, the position of the Family Head will be inherited by him in the future.
But now, suddenly, a Li Xiaoyao has appeared.
He would absolutely not allow anyone to threaten his position in the Li Family, absolutely not!
"Where is he now?" Li Pengcheng asked.
Xie Nan replied, "According to the information I’ve received, Li Tu just boarded a plane with him. If nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive by six o’clock this evening."
Li Pengcheng narrowed his eyes; a hint of killing intent appeared on his handsome face. "Then let’s have an ’accident’ happen to him."
...
In a bedroom of a five-star hotel suite in Shu State, a bald foreigner suddenly opened his eyes and picked up a cellphone beside him.
"Hmm, okay, I got it," the bald man replied shortly, hanging up the phone and walking out.
"Wake up, time to work," the bald man called out as he stood in the living room. At his voice, three men emerged from three adjacent rooms.
All four men had the faces of foreigners, handsome features, firm silhouettes, and impressively fit physiques.
"Boss, what’s up?" A blond youth leaned against the door frame. With barely any movement seen, a dagger appeared in his hand. The dagger twirled dexterously in the palm of his hand, lively and skillful.
"Just received the latest news. The target has boarded the plane and is in the air on the way to Taihang Mountains. Our goal is to take him out before the plane lands," the bald man said indifferently.
"What?"
"Boss, are you sure you got that right?"
"The plane has already taken off, how do we kill him?"
All three were somewhat baffled.
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The bald man pulled a pistol from his pocket and casually said as he checked the bullets, "Then blow up the plane."
The three men’s pupils contracted for a moment, and a few seconds later they said, "Boss, are you sure?"
"This is Xuan Country; killing a few people isn’t a big issue, especially with our ability to easily evade the police."
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"But if we blow up the plane, we’ll likely become fugitives wanted by Xuan Country immediately."
The three were worried. Though they were international mercenaries and powerful Spirit Attachers, their usual missions involved assassinating a specific person or helping a small country stabilize its regime.
Blowing up a plane wasn’t something they hadn’t done before, but they had not done so in a major country like Xuan Country.
To put it bluntly, once the Xuan Country authorities discovered that they were the ones who blew up the plane, they would use all their resources to arrest them.
So, the risk was great.
"Boss, is this mission really worth the risk?"
"Three hundred million Euros," the bald man held up three fingers and said, "Those willing to do it, follow me; those who aren’t, stay. I won’t force anyone."
"Three hundred million Euros?"
"Holy shit, I’m in!"
"Damn it, what does it matter if we get discovered? Worst comes to worst, I just won’t come to Xuan Country for the rest of my life."
"Alright, if there are no issues, follow me," the bald man said as he tucked the pistol back into his pocket and went inside to grab a backpack and head out.
The four hopped into an off-road vehicle, with the blond youth driving. The bald man took out a map, drew a line with a marker, and said, "It’s one thousand seven hundred kilometers from Ling City to Taihang Mountains. By the flight’s speed, they will probably arrive over the outskirts of Shu Capital at about 2:50 p.m. That’s where we’ll make our move."
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