Prevention is better than cure.
This is something any adult would understand.
And people in the Western lands also admire this kind of behavior: nipping danger in the bud!
Li Qianfan stared blankly at Su Nanyin, and in a voice unfamiliar even to himself, asked, "What did you say?"
"I said, you kill Dai Paipai with your own hands."
Su Nanyin's repeated words were as clear as ever.
Li Wujiang opened his mouth—
But felt his collar gently tugged by Li Xiao.
She subconsciously turned her head to look at her husband.
Li Xiao nodded slightly.
Li Wujiang suddenly understood: "So Brother Xiao had already thought of what Su Nanyin said before coming. He had the intention to kill Dai Paipai."
Indeed!
When he said goodbye to Old Su and the others, he had glanced at Dai Paipai at that moment, and the killing intent in her eyes was not mistaken by Zi Ye.
It was just that Li Xiao was not sure at the time if his thoughts were correct.
After all, Dai Paipai and Li Qianfan had an unusual relationship.
He was even Dai Paipai's elder, so he definitely couldn't kill someone on a whim!
But after Su Nanyin also spoke his "inner thoughts," Li Xiao became certain that his thoughts were not wrong.
Slowly.
Li Qianfan withdrew his hand from Su Nanyin's.
*Clink.*
He lit a cigarette, looked up at the ceiling, his expression shifting between anger and indecision.
Tonight.
They were supposed to be discussing how to use Jiao Yin to break the siege of the Black Water Forest.
But the topic had veered to Dai Paipai, and ended up with the conclusion that she must die, lest she become a future major threat?
This was too melodramatic!
Although.
Li Qianfan firmly believed that Su Nanyin's decision was based on an absolutely objective perspective.
Yet, he still couldn't accept the suggestion that he personally kill Dai Paipai!
Not just him—
No one should kill Dai Paipai based on Su Nanyin's deductions.
Paipai was already pathetic enough.
The key was that she had never done anything to harm others!
Smoke curled in the room.
No one spoke.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Nanyin sighed softly and took out her phone.
Since Li Qianfan was truly reluctant to be ruthless towards Dai Paipai, and Li Xiao and his wife couldn't do it.
Then—
"I, Su Nanyin, will be the villain."
Su Nanyin's tone was cold as she dialed: "If I kill the wrong person, I, Su Nanyin, will bear all consequences. If I kill the right person, then it means we have preemptively eliminated the top expert of the Dark Net. This can indirectly prevent our forces, including Dark Blade, from suffering terrible losses."
She had brought a few subordinates with her to Qingyun this time.
As the deputy director of Dark Blade, Su Nanyin could fully mobilize Dark Blade members to kill Dai Paipai tonight.
Li Qianfan reached out and snatched Su Nanyin's phone, hanging up the call she was about to make.
He returned the phone to Su Nanyin, stood up, and said with a hoarse voice, "I, will go find Paipai myself."
Without waiting for Su Nanyin and the others to say anything, Li Qianfan quickly walked out the door.
Li Wujiang looked at Li Xiao and asked, "Are we doing the right thing?"
Li Xiao said nothing.
This was equivalent to tacit consent.
Su Nanyin, however, asked, "Qianfan, can you be ruthless towards Dai Paipai?"
Li Xiao still said nothing.
This was equivalent to him also being unsure—
*Beep beep.*
A car sped past the road outside a park, honking its horn. Li Qianfan, sitting by the small lake, took out another cigarette.
He had come to this park before with Murong Mingyuan at night.
At that time, there were two men who seemed possessed, one jumping into the lake, the other banging his head against the railing.
Tonight.
The woman accompanying Li Qianfan here was Dai Paipai.
Dai Paipai's face was full of happiness. She hugged Li Qianfan's arm with both hands, her head resting on his shoulder, and accompanied him silently, watching the lake.
She didn't care at all why Li Qianfan had asked her to come here and then remained silent.
She just cherished every second of being alone with him immensely.
"Paipai."
Li Qianfan remained silent. After finishing another cigarette, he softly called out.
For the past two hours, he had been smoking quietly, his throat feeling extremely uncomfortable. When he spoke, his voice was as rough as a splitting bamboo.
"What is it, Dad?"
Dai Paipai, her eyes slightly closed, opened them: "Do you have something important on your mind that you want to tell me?"
She didn't care about Li Qianfan's silence, but that didn't mean she didn't sense something was wrong with him.
"Can you—"
Li Qianfan turned his head, using the moonlight from the sky to look at her extremely alluring face: "Leave Qingyun alone, right now?"
"What?"
Dai Paipai was stunned.
"Leave now."
After Li Qianfan finally uttered the words, his voice became much smoother: "You don't need to ask anything. You just need to leave Qingyun as fast as possible. Go anywhere! Your car has already been brought to the park entrance by Chen Dong."
Dai Paipai stared at him blankly, not moving.
Li Qianfan could see.
If he didn't explain why he was asking her to leave Qingyun overnight, Dai Paipai wouldn't go.
But it involved many secrets, and Li Qianfan absolutely couldn't tell her!
He could only cup Dai Paipai's face in his hands and plead, "Paipai, please believe me. I have a reason for asking you to leave now. You must leave. Otherwise, you won't live to see tomorrow."
"Yes, who wants to kill me?"
Dai Paipai, her mind a blank, finally managed to speak.
Li Qianfan remained silent.
Dai Paipai raised her hand and tightly grasped Li Qianfan's hand: "Dad, tell me! Who wants to kill me? Since you know someone wants to kill me, why don't you stop them? Could it be..."
Who?
Before she could utter a name, Li Qianfan interrupted her: "It's me."
It's me—
These two short words struck Dai Paipai's heart like an invisible hammer.
"Dad."
Dai Paipai's face turned pale, her voice hoarse: "You, want to kill me?"
"Yes."
Li Qianfan pursed his lips: "Didn't my father come tonight? He brought the latest results from the Longxu laboratory's research on virus 209. I only then learned that you are very likely to become a terrifying, incurable monster in the next few months. To prevent you from harming others by mutating in a few months, I must kill you in advance."
The reason he gave was half a lie and half the truth.
Dai Paipai trembled all over: "Is, is that really true?"
Anyone in Dai Paipai's position, enjoying a sweet moment alone with her lover, would be unable to bear hearing such words suddenly.
Li Qianfan nodded.
"Dad—"
Dai Paipai grasped Li Qianfan's hands even tighter.
Indescribable fear turned into tears, which gushed out without warning: "Save me, I don't want to die! I don't want to leave you either. *Gasp!*"
She had only spoken this far when Li Qianfan suddenly grabbed her neck.
Dai Paipai immediately opened her mouth wide, her eyes bulging, her hands trying in vain to pry Li Qianfan's fingers open.
Her feet kicked and thrashed about.
But how could she break free from Li Qianfan's grip?
Gradually—
Her vision began to darken, her mind became white, and her struggling movements slowed.
She only felt herself rapidly sliding into an boundless abyss.
Just as Dai Paipai's world was about to completely still!
Her neck suddenly relaxed, and fresh oxygen surged into her respiratory tract, filling her shrunken lungs.
*Cough cough—*
For the next ten seconds or so, Dai Paipai coughed violently.
Death.
Li Qianfan, with just the right amount of force, made Dai Paipai deeply experience the taste of death! httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
She finally stopped coughing.
She looked at Li Qianfan blankly again.
In her eyes, there was no longer the former allure, nor the love that only wished to die in Li Qianfan's arms.
Only endless fear!!
"Go quickly. Otherwise, I'll change my mind."
Li Qianfan's voice, as he said this, was extremely cold, without a trace of warmth.
"Dad—"
"Go!"
Li Qianfan roared sternly.
Dai Paipai shivered, hurriedly scrambled to her feet, turned, and ran.
This was her instinctive reaction.
After watching her stagger away, Li Qianfan finally breathed a long sigh of relief, clasped his hands over his head, and closed his eyes.
In fact, he knew very well that Su Nanyin's decision was absolutely correct!
And it had even received his father's tacit approval.
He should have stood on the side of reason and ended Dai Paipai's life with his own hands.
But he couldn't bear it.
Nor did he have the heart to do it!!
Ever since he met Dai Paipai—
Her every smile, every frown, every tear, every moment of madness, flashed through his mind like a fast-forwarded movie.
"She clearly hasn't done anything wrong, so why must she suffer so much?"
"If I had known this would happen, why did I help her against Zhao Lianjin back then?"
"If I hadn't helped her, she wouldn't have been targeted by the Dark Net."
"Even if she was taken advantage of by Zhao Lianjin, it would have been much better than following me and heading towards death."
"I might even be worse than Zhao Lianjin."
"Alas—"
As Li Qianfan fell into these chaotic thoughts, he heard footsteps again.
He turned his head and looked.
Dai Paipai had run back.
Her face streaked with tears.
"Why haven't you left yet? Do you really want to force me to kill you!?"
Li Qianfan suddenly stood up, his face a little ferocious as he growled.
Dai Paipai grabbed his hand, tugging him forcefully, and dragged him into the small grove.
Inside the grove.
"Dad."
Dai Paipai looked into Li Qianfan's eyes, crying softly: "Love me one last time."