"I'm doing this for your own good." Chen Luo said that so often it had practically become his catchphrase.
Big Strong was dumbfounded. You lied to me, and that was for my own good?
You really are something.
Big Strong sneered between ragged breaths. "Keep spinning your bullshit. Go on. Let's hear how this was for my own good."
Instead, Chen Luo asked, "Big Strong, if I hadn't lied about you being poisoned back then, how would things have turned out?"
Big Strong froze. If he hadn't been poisoned, he would definitely have stayed far away. Who even are you? You're that dangerous, and I'm supposed to hang around you? Do I have a death wish?
What had left the deepest impression on Big Strong was how his big bro had killed a Mutant with a single question.
By now, Big Strong understood that his big bro hadn't actually stumped it to death. Some of his kind simply dropped dead after a sudden surge in strength. Digging out their crystals was just dumb luck.
But Big Strong hadn't known that at the time. It had scared him out of his wits.
Chen Luo continued questioning him. "If you hadn't been poisoned, would you have listened to me? Ask yourself that."
"How did we first meet? I was driving, and you came straight at me to cut out my kidneys. Later, you brought another zombie to get revenge on me, and I let you go again."
"I only let you go time and again because I took a liking to you. If our positions were reversed, would you have spared me?"
Big Strong sank into his memories. It was true. He had tried to kill his big bro repeatedly, only for his big bro to effortlessly foil him every time.
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