The man had just sat up when he spat out another mouthful of blood.
A cold killing intent surfaced on Mu Feng's face. "I'll give you ten seconds to consider. Tell me your name."
As he spoke, he lit a cigarette.
Smoke curled and drifted out.
"Ten seconds are up. It seems you don't want to talk, but that's fine. I believe you'll tell me honestly."
Mu Feng stomped down with his foot.
"Crack!"
The sound of shattering bone rang out.
It was accompanied by screams.
"I said I'm the Pretender!"
"That's my nickname. My name... I've almost forgotten it myself."
A smile appeared on Mu Feng's face. "You're playing games with me here, aren't you?"
"What your name is, is actually of little consequence. Anyway, when I find you, you won't have any chance of survival. The only difference is whether you leave this world quickly or die in extreme agony."
"You should recognize this, shouldn't you?"
As he said this, Mu Feng opened his palm. On it lay a jade pendant.
It was the very one Xiao Qi had given him earlier.
Upon seeing the item, the Pretender's pupils contracted sharply. "How is this in your hands?"
"This clearly belonged to the second brother."
"Did he already fall victim to your wicked schemes?"
Mu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly, "Then do you know where this item came from?"
"The material of this jade pendant is the finest Hetian jade. Jade pendants like this have virtually no repeating patterns, and the craftsmanship is something that hasn't been seen in over a decade. The master craftsman passed away many years ago."
"What you've obtained now comes from the Mu family. My name is Mu Feng."
Upon hearing this, the Pretender trembled even more violently.
His voice quivered, "How... how can you be Mu Feng?"
"We have no grievance with you, why are you looking for trouble with us?"
"Du Weicai clearly has a feud with you, why are you helping him?"
A cold, half-smiling look flashed in Mu Feng's eyes. "I don't believe a single punctuation mark of what you're saying right now."
"You yourself said your nickname is the Pretender."
"There are no wrong nicknames, only wrongly named people."
"I have reason to believe you are quite capable of fabricating stories and are good at pretending, so I need to wait until your spirit has completely broken down before I slowly extract the information from you."
"You may not know that there's something in this world called 'qi and blood reversal'."
"It makes your internal organs push out blood, as if an invisible hand has reached into your stomach and is pulling out all your internal organs."
As he said this, his voice was very calm, as if he were narrating a story that did not concern him.
But to the Pretender, it made his face turn ashen white, and he looked even more terrified.
"You... don't mess around. I already told you, I have nothing to do with this matter. I only wanted to deal with the Du family."
"If you don't believe me, I can call you right now and tell you where Du Chao and his mother are."
"When you go there and see, you'll know we weren't causing you trouble."
Mu Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. "Alright then, tell me why you're looking for trouble with the Du family now. Du Weicai is gone, and Du Jia is just an empty shell."
"No... there's still Du Weiqiang."
The Pretender's voice trembled. "Du Weiqiang has a backer, a truly formidable expert. That guy was already being tortured to the point where life was worse than death, but he was saved by that expert."
"It was either for money or he was eliminated by that person."
"Originally, they were both in the operating room, and we had no enmity with them."
"But Du Weiqiang, for some reason, has almost turned into a monster. He attacked us first. We formed a small group to earn some commissions."
"But after he found us..."
At this point, the Pretender's voice choked. "My son and daughter died by his hand."
"Merely to snatch something from us."
"These items are the jade pendant in your hand, but it's another one."
When he heard this, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. "Since you've already told me my identity, you should know about the tragedy of that year."
"Tell me, where did you get these two jade pendants?"
The Pretender knew very well that if he couldn't give a clear answer today, he would die a most agonizing death.
Without any hesitation, he shakily stood up, leaning against the wall.
"Give me two minutes to get the receipts. You'll understand after you've seen them."
Mu Feng nodded. Most of what he had said earlier was to intimidate the man in front of him.
After hearing his name, the Pretender was already so scared that he was emotionally unstable.
Coupled with the mention of commissions, it was likely they were from overseas. It wasn't uncommon for people overseas to have heard of Flying Eagle. As the young master of Flying Eagle, his reputation overseas was immense.
Mu Feng watched as the Pretender rummaged through a password-protected case and pulled out a stack of receipts.
Among them were records of the sale of those two jade pendants at an auction house.
"These receipts can be faked, but you can check online for the auction video."
"On it, only these two jade pendants are family heirlooms of your clan; the rest have no relation to your clan. The reason I'm so sure is that these two jade pendants were consigned for auction by Du Weiqiang."
"Our return to this city is mainly to obtain more good things from Du Weiqiang."
"Because we know that he was definitely one of the people who attacked your family back then, and he also stole my precious treasures."
"The Mu family of that year was like the economic lifeline of a city, all held in their hands. Their financial strength was unparalleled."
What he said was the absolute truth. They were merely greedy for petty gains and didn't expect such a disaster to happen.
"I've told you everything I know. I brought Du Chao and his mother to get benefits from Du Weicai, but who knew that scoundrel Du Weiqiang would kill his own elder brother."
"And he even framed you for the entire incident."
Mu Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. "Are you sure?"