Chapter 100 - 100 99 Poisoning to Death

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100: Chapter 99: Poisoning to Death 100: Chapter 99: Poisoning to Death “What did you say? You know about it?” Lin Mengmei blurted out, unable to restrain herself. “Wang Tiankun!” Wang Tiankun shouted, as if he still considered himself the eldest senior brother of the Lin Family troupe. “Eldest senior brother! Do you have any orders?” Li Gan responded to Wang Tiankun with due respect, always being Wang’s confidant. Ever since Wang Tiankun was expelled from the troupe, Li Gan’s days had become increasingly miserable. Now that Wang had finally come back, he naturally wanted to seize this opportunity for a turnaround. “Today, your eldest senior brother is here! To act on behalf of our master, to take charge of our Lin Family troupe! Now, don’t be afraid, speak whatever you know! What happened after all!” Wang Tiankun boldly took a seat on the stool and spoke to Li Gan, looking every bit the part of a man giving orders. Li Gan pretended to be all flustered and scared for a long while before he started to stammer, “Eldest senior brother, actually, it was done by Huang Jie! Ever since you were framed and forced to leave, that lad Huang Jie has been particularly close to someone with the surname Ling. Just today at noon, I personally saw him add a bag of white powder into master’s soup.” “Slap!” Wang Tiankun slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Huang Jie with an expression of profound hatred and asked, “Huang Jie! Speak! Who instructed you to poison the master?” Huang Jie’s legs wobbled as he knelt down in front of Wang Tiankun, kowtowing and saying, “Big... eldest senior brother, I know I was wrong! I was blinded by lard, threatened by someone!” “Who threatened you! Tell your eldest senior brother! I’ll stand up for you!” Wang Tiankun patted Huang Jie’s shoulder, seemingly in full control of the situation. “It was him! Liu Hun! It was the thing he gave me to put in our master’s soup to poison him!” Huang Jie stood up suddenly, pointing an accusatory finger at Liu Hun. “Bullshit! Wipe your ass clean before you spew nonsense! Liu Hun is the one who saved your troupe’s leader, would he do such a thing? Speaking such conscienceless lies, be careful not to be struck dead by lightning!” Ying Nanhong was the first to dissent, pointing at Huang Jie and cursing up a storm. “Shut your dirty mouth, you wench! This is our Lin Family troupe’s affair! It’s not your place to butt in! Here I am the one calling the shots!” Wang Tiankun arrogantly pointed at Ying Nanhong, feeling he had already taken control of the situation, ready to regain command of the Lin Family troupe with a single order. Liu Hun took a step forward like an arrow, and with a loud “snap!” like popping yellow beans, he slapped Wang Tiankun across the face. “Spit...” Wang Tiankun’s head spun from the slap, a sweet taste in his mouth as a tooth mixed with blood was spat out. “What did you just say? Say it again!” Liu Hun pressed, after slapping him, pinning Wang Tiankun to the stool. Wang Tiankun shook his head like a dog shaking water off its fur, struggling several times to stand up without success, and glancing venomously at Liu Hun as he was about to act, but “snap!” the other side of his face was struck again. “What did you just say? Say it again!” Liu Hun asked coldly, facing Wang Tiankun. The same simple sentence, but it sent shivers down the spines of everyone around when they heard it. Wang Tiankun spat out another tooth. The words “your mother” had hardly left his mouth when another explosion resounded on his right cheek. After enduring four consecutive blows, until four bloody teeth lay before him, he finally got the message and calmed down. Only then did he recall the fear of being dominated by Liu Hun back in the courtyard of the Lin Family troupe, and the arrogance that had surged in his heart instantly vanished. “Stop... don’t hit me anymore... I... I was wrong...” Wang Tiankun said to Liu Hun, shivering, his speech comical through his toothless mouth. He had thought that once Liu Hun laid hands on him, someone would stand up for him, but reality proved that to be just his fantasy. Liu Hun looked up, his piercing gaze sweeping over all the disciples of the Lin Family troupe as he stated, “Disciples of the Lin Family troupe, listen up. If there is anyone who wants to stand up for this traitor and beast, Wang Tiankun, and answer the question for him, come forward now! I’ll give him that chance!” “Just look at how boisterous you all were just now! Now that you’ve seen Liu Hun’s methods, every one of you has turned chicken, just the sight of it is so satisfying!” Ying Nanhong thought to herself, relishing the sense of vindication. With a thunderous approach, Liu Hun disciplined Wang Tiankun, instantly intimidating the entire Lin Family troupe. Those who had already respected him were cheering internally, while Li Gan and Huang Jie were scared out of their wits. They had seen Liu Hun in action before and knew he was formidable, but they hadn’t expected him to be this formidable. Lin Mengmei watched Liu Hun swiftly take control of the entire troupe, and her hesitant heart found solace, feeling secure as if she had found a mountain to lean on regardless of how Liu Hun would deal with her. “Huang Jie! Li Gan! Kneel down! I won’t say it a second time!” Liu Hun said coldly to Huang Jie and Li Gan, who had played the role in their own deception, and still deserved punishment. Huang Jie and Li Gan exchanged a glance, and then their knees buckled, and they knelt down. “Now, whoever I tell to speak, speaks. Whoever I tell to shut up, shuts up! Nod if you get it, understand?” Liu Hun asked Huang Jie and the others. Huang Jie and Li Gan hurriedly nodded, fearing that being a beat slow would cost them a tooth. Though some of the Lin Family’s disciples felt Liu Hun’s methods were somewhat improper, without exception, they all felt that Liu Hun was in control of the situation. Wang Tiankun, on the other hand, believed he had the situation under his thumb, and he actually fell for his own illusion. “Li Gan, speak! Who drugged the boss of Lin?” Liu Hun pressed Li Gan. Li Gan’s lips quivered for a long time. After glancing at Huang Jie and then at Wang Tiankun, he finally couldn’t bear the pressure of Liu Hun’s gaze. He collapsed on the ground like a deflated ball and said, “It... was me.” Li Gan’s confession caught everyone by surprise, and no one had expected him to admit it. “Then why did you say it was Huang Jie?” Liu Hun continued to interrogate Li Gan. Li Gan’s psychological defenses had been shattered, and he was like a heap of mud, eager to just get it over with, so he spat it all out, “It was... Wang Tiankun. He paid Huang Jie and me to work together on a sabotage plan, poison the master, and frame you for it, so he could take full control of the opera troupe. Afterwards, he promised to reward us both.” “Yes, yes, what Li Gan said...” Huang Jie had just begun to speak when he suddenly realized Liu Hun hadn’t allowed him to talk, so he covered his mouth in terror and nodded desperately. “No... No, no, no! Sisters, fellow brothers!” Wang Tiankun suddenly shouted out, realizing that Huang Jie and Li Gan were spilling everything, he figured there was nothing left to lose, and it was worth fighting for. “Everyone, see for yourself! This Ling surname is forcing us to admit it. Huang Jie and Li Gan are scared of being beaten by him! I’ve already lost four teeth from his beating! Think about it, if he treated any one of you like this, could you stand it?” Wang Tiankun didn’t care anymore, he looked around at the expressions of the people, many of which suggested to him that this move might have been the right one! Damn! Brother Ling is still too young and hot-tempered! Now he’s been used by Wang Tiankun! Probably many brothers have been swayed by Wang Tiankun. What to do now? The leader, Li, was anxiously mulling this over in his mind. Ying Nanhong and Lin Mengmei were both stunned. They had thought the matter was about to come to light when Wang Tiankun played this move. Ying Nanhong was filled with anger and disdain, while Lin Mengmei’s heart wavered again, and she began to doubt everything. “Bang!” Just as everyone was still pondering Wang Tiankun’s words, Liu Hun’s fist smashed directly into Wang Tiankun’s face. The punch was solid, fleshy, damaging bone, just one word emerged: satisfying! “Ah!” Wang Tiankun let out a miserable scream, collapsing to the ground as three more teeth spewed from his mouth mixed with blood. Seeing Liu Hun apparently outmaneuvered by Wang Tiankun, not offering an explanation but instead redoubling the beating, everyone present became more filled with doubt, anxiety, skepticism, and fear. What troubled Li and the others even more was that Liu Hun’s punch seemed to validate Wang Tiankun’s words; it was a very poor strategy! “To poison the boss of Lin, to stage a self-harm ruse to frame me, and now here you are, spreading lies to the masses! Wang Tiankun, let me tell you clearly today—the one I’m beating is you!” Liu Hun finished speaking, then kicked Wang Tiankun aside like kicking trash. After thoroughly slapping Wang Tiankun’s face, Liu Hun knew many in the opera troupe doubted him. Yet for him, the troupe was an extremely important and precious asset, not only as a means of making a living but even more so because having so many able-bodied people was useful for anything. “I know some of you are dissatisfied, and I know some have believed Wang Tiankun’s words. But! I want to tell you clearly why I dare to sort out this animal in front of you all—I have my reasons for cleaning up this beast!” Liu Hun continued, pulling Wang Tiankun over again and seeing a hint of a sneer on his face. Liu Hun said to his face, “Wang Tiankun, don’t smirk at me here, thinking that you’ve lost the battle but won people’s hearts. I just want to tell you, it’s useless! Don’t believe me? Watch!” Liu Hun then flung Wang Tiankun to the ground and said to the surrounding Lin Family disciples, “Brothers of the Lin Family troupe, I, Liu Hun, am not unreasonable, nor am I a schemer. About today’s incident with Wang Tiankun, I’ll give you an explanation, hoping we won’t be misled by outsiders and will remain a family in the future!” Faced with Liu Hun speaking so outright, as they saw Wang Tiankun in such a sorry state, some were already prepared to speak against Liu Hun and support Wang Tiankun. As Huang Jie and Li Gan exchanged glances, about to stand up, a voice came through that stunned everyone. “Well said! From now on, we are one family!” Just as Li, who had been anxious about how to salvage the situation for Liu Hun, heard the voice, he looked up and blurted out, “Master!” “Dad! Are you all right?” Lin Mengmei rushed over upon seeing Lin Shanhu walk out with a hearty expression.

Chapter 100 - 100 99 Poisoning to Death

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