Chapter 302: Unrepentant, Deserving of Death

“Xiaoyun!” Long Xiaoyun cried out in panic as he saw the Short Arrow lodged in Long Xiaoyun’s forehead, and he rushed over to scoop Long Xiaoyun into his arms.

“Hmph, unrepentant and deserving of death!” A Fei said coldly.

This scene also fell into Lin Xianer’s eyes, and her pupils shook with shock. They… really would kill.

“Xiaoyun, Xiaoyun…” Long Xiaoyun called out in pain, but Long Xiaoyun no longer gave him any response.

Seeing that Long Xiaoyun was beyond saving, Long Xiaoyun’s eyes instantly became bloodshot. He looked up at Yu Xian! He usually used a long spear, but since he hadn’t brought a weapon out today, he immediately pulled a Short Blade from his boot and stabbed directly at Yu Xian.

He could tell that Long Xiaoyun had just fired the Short Arrow at Yu Xian, but the arrow had suddenly flown back. It must have been Yu Xian’s doing, so it was Yu Xian who killed his son! Therefore, he wanted to avenge his son!

Yu Xian paid him no mind. Instead, A Fei pulled Lin Xianer to the side and held his Iron Sword across Yu Xian’s front, directly blocking Long Xiaoyun’s Short Blade and knocking it back.

Seeing that his strike had missed, Long Xiaoyun attacked once more, but he was easily blocked by A Fei.

Like father, like son. Since Long Xiaoyun was like that, it must be inherited from his father, so his father was clearly no good either! A Fei wanted to kill him with a single stroke. However, just as his sword was about to finish off Long Xiaoyun, it was knocked away by a flying dagger.

A Fei glared at the person who had thrown the flying dagger! To think he had treated him as a brother, yet the man couldn’t distinguish right from wrong!

“A Fei, spare my sworn brother!” Li Xunhuan pleaded.

“Hmph!” A Fei picked up his sword. Knowing there was no point in continuing, he stood back by Yu Xian’s side. Seeing that Lin Xianer hadn’t run away, he didn’t grab her again, but simply stared coldly at Li Xunhuan.

Looking at A Fei’s expression, Yu Xian thought that A Fei and Li Xunhuan’s brotherhood was likely over.

“Li Xunhuan, actually, I’d quite like to be your brother. After all, as your brother, you give away both your wife and your family property,” Yu Xian looked at Li Xunhuan with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Li Xunhuan’s expression changed. His lips moved, but he said nothing.

Yu Xian glanced at Long Xiaoyun. At this moment, Long Xiaoyun knew he couldn’t defeat A Fei and had gone back to clutching his son’s corpse, weeping bitterly.

“Li Xunhuan, do you think I’m slandering your ‘good brother’? Did you know that Long Xiaoyun’s father and your father were once officials in the same court? Long Xiaoyun’s father was reported to the imperial court by your father for corruption, which eventually led to the Long family’s assets being seized and their decline.

Having escaped with his life, Long Xiaoyun viewed the Li family as enemies from then on and swore revenge. Later, he deliberately orchestrated a situation to save you, gaining your trust and becoming your sworn brother.

After learning that Lin Shiyin was your fiancée, he pretended to fall in love with her at first sight, and then faked being so lovesick that he couldn’t eat or sleep. To repay his ‘kindness,’ you proactively stepped aside to fulfill his wishes and even gifted him the Li family’s properties.

Tsk tsk, Li Xunhuan, never mind Long Xiaoyun, I expect any man would want you as a brother. After all, you’re so generous, aren’t you?

But you didn’t know that Long Xiaoyun’s seizure of Lin Shiyin and the Li family’s assets was not only to satisfy his own desires but also to take revenge on the Li family, venting the hatred brought about by the previous generation’s grievances. But you…” Yu Xian shook his head with a smile.

Long Xiaoyun had been holding Long Xiaoyun in agony, but he also heard Yu Xian’s words. The more he heard, the more his body trembled.

After listening, Li Xunhuan was also incredibly astonished and looked at Long Xiaoyun in disbelief. He didn’t doubt what Yu Xian said, because he knew there was no need for Yu Xian to make up lies to deceive him.

“Big Brother, is what Young Master Yu said true?” Li Xunhuan asked Long Xiaoyun.

“Nonsense! He killed Xiaoyun and now he’s slandering me! He’s trying to sow discord between us brothers! Xunhuan, you must believe me!” Long Xiaoyun immediately panicked upon hearing Li Xunhuan’s questioning.

“Big Brother, Young Master Yu would not speak without reason.” Li Xunhuan already felt a faint sense of distrust toward Long Xiaoyun.

“You believe him and not me? I am your Big Brother!” Long Xiaoyun was furious that Li Xunhuan didn’t want to believe him.

“Does Big Brother know who he is?” Seeing Long Xiaoyun avoiding the question, Li Xunhuan knew he had a guilty conscience. He already had the answer in his heart.

“I don’t care who he is! I only know he killed my son and drove a wedge between us brothers! He wants to exterminate me!” At this point, Long Xiaoyun hated Yu Xian to the bone. He didn’t care about Yu Xian’s identity; he only wanted to tear him into a thousand pieces to avenge his son!

“Young Master Yu didn’t even lift a finger! It was Xiaoyun himself who used a Poisoned Arrow to try and kill Young Master Yu. He brought this on himself!” Li Xunhuan knew Long Xiaoyun was grieving over his son’s death, and he was sad too—that was Lin Shiyin’s son, after all.

But this wasn’t Yu Xian’s fault. Long Xiaoyun had attacked Yu Xian twice, and both times he was injured by his own Hidden Weapons.

Furthermore, what kind of person was Yu Xian? Provoking him only led to death!

Yet Long Xiaoyun showed no sign of reflection, shifting all the blame onto others. Combined with what Yu Xian had said, Li Xunhuan was beginning to no longer recognize the person in front of him.

“Xunhuan, help Xiaoyun get revenge! That’s Shiyin’s son! If Xiaoyun is dead, Shiyin will be devastated. You don’t want Shiyin to be that sad, do you? Kill him and avenge Xiaoyun!” Seeing Li Xunhuan actually criticizing Long Xiaoyun, Long Xiaoyun immediately brought up Lin Shiyin.

Lin Shiyin was Li Xunhuan’s Achilles’ heel. He had held onto this weakness for many years, and it worked every single time!

“If you do something wrong, you must bear the consequences. Big Brother, stop changing the subject. Is what Young Master Yu said true or false!” Li Xunhuan asked with a cold face.

“Fine, fine, fine! Li Xunhuan, I treated you as a good brother in vain! You actually believe an outsider over me! From now on, our brotherhood is severed!” Long Xiaoyun still didn’t answer Li Xunhuan’s question, but instead lashed out at him.

“What’s left to ask? It’s obvious he’s too guilty to face it,” A Fei couldn’t watch any longer.

Why ask so much? Wouldn’t it be over if he just killed him? A Fei was now very annoyed by Li Xunhuan’s indecisiveness. If it were his Young Master, the man would have died countless times already.

“Big Brother, at this point, can you really not tell me the truth?” Li Xunhuan asked Long Xiaoyun once more.

Seeing Li Xunhuan pressing him relentlessly, Long Xiaoyun realized Li Xunhuan no longer believed him. Since his son was dead, he no longer had any scruples and roared, “So what if it is! If it weren’t for your father, how would my Long family have fallen to such a state? Everything of your Li family, everything of yours, Li Xunhuan, should have been mine! It’s mine!”

Hearing Long Xiaoyun admit it with his own ears, Li Xunhuan couldn’t help but retreat a few steps despondently. He looked as if he had lost his very soul. His already sickly body was now even more unsteady. Li Xunhuan seemed to age several years in an instant.

“I never expected that for all these years, I’ve been kept in the dark, mistakenly treating an enemy as a brother.” Li Xunhuan’s eyes were hollow, clearly unable to accept the reality.