Long Aotian pulled out the dagger and smeared a handful of hemostatic powder over his chest.
"Sorry."
Lu Chengwen also leaned in. "Brother, no one can save you now. I promise, as long as you answer a few questions for me, I'll let you go. And I absolutely won't tell anyone that you were the one who told us. Besides, even if you don't talk, I've basically guessed most of it already."
Tang Niu burst out laughing. "Lu Chengwen, I know you businessmen all have slick tongues and quick minds. If you really know everything already, why bother asking me?"
Lu Chengwen said with a smile, "I just want to confirm it. Besides, I don't have any real grudge against you. I don't want you to suffer."
Tang Niu stared at him provocatively. "I like suffering! For the sake of the Tang... for the dignity of a proper man, I can suffer!"
Zhao Ritian nodded hard, his voice firm and powerful. "A real man!"
Tang Niu's heart skipped a beat.
In truth, Tang Niu was not afraid of Lu Chengwen or Long Aotian. Those two had brains. If someone had brains, you knew how to circle around them, stall them, or match wits with them.
But Zhao Ritian had no brains. You really could not be sure what stupid thing he might do once he got worked up.
Zhao Ritian said, "You two, stop interrogating him! A truly tough, unyielding man like this won't obediently submit just because he suffers a little. He's a man with dignity and backbone. In my opinion, we should just give him a quick end!"
Zhao Ritian had somehow found another big rock.
Good lord. He held the rock in both hands, lifted it high, and Stared with his eyes round and bulging. "Brother, those