After hearing his old friend's words, the elder who had just left slowly walked back over.
"What?" Elder Li came to the chessboard, sat down, opened his thermos, and took a sip.
"Take a look. That kid is really ruthless. He wants to wipe out the Zhang family completely!"
Elder Xi smiled at Elder Li.
Elder Li took the notebook Elder Xi handed him, initially not paying much attention to it.
But as he read more and more of its contents—
Elder Li's brow furrowed tightly.
"Bastard! The Zhang family deserves to die!"
"They cultivated their own forces, treated human lives like grass, and even had factions laundering money!" Elder Li slammed his palm onto the table.
He was utterly furious.
"It seems you were right to clean house now. Two of the six families already have problems. If they were given more time to develop, who knew what they might do in the future?"
Elder Xi merely smiled without replying, slowly sipping his tea.
After leaving the courtyard residence, Xiao Bei returned to his car.
He pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag.
Then he started the car and drove away from the courtyard residence.
Xiao Bei knew that once he handed that evidence to the two elders, the rest was no longer his concern.
He was not worried in the slightest that the two old men would go back on their word.
After all, he was the fisherman now. While he still had value—no, as long as the remaining families had not been destroyed—he was absolutely safe.
Xiao Bei did not return directly to where he was staying.
Instead, he drove into the mountains on the outskirts of the capital. After getting out, he sat on the hood of his car.
His gaze turned