Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

Tan Xiu's tone was filled with reluctance and grievance, as if the emotions that had been suppressed for so long had finally found an outlet for release.

Yi Mu was shocked when he heard this. Although he knew that Tan Xiu was dissatisfied with him taking over as the island master, he did not expect that he had so many grievances in his heart. "Brother, I never knew..."

Tan Xiu interrupted him: "You don't know? Of course you don't know! You only think about revenge for your parents all day long, how can you care about my feelings?"

Yi Mu knew that he was not doing a good job as the island master. "Brother, stop it. I will resign the position of island master and give it to you."

Tan Xiu refused: "No, I don't want your charity, I want to defeat you fair and square, so that Master can see clearly who is truly suitable to be the island master! His initial choice was a mistake!"

"Amu, from now on, we will each rely on our own abilities." After saying that, Tan Xiu decisively hung up the phone, leaving a busy tone echoing in Yi Mu's ears.

……

After leaving the desperate situation, Shen Lingtan looked solemn and went directly to the Li family.

Although he failed to bring Yi Mu back, Li Qingchi concealed the fact that he had attacked Yi Mu, and he wanted an explanation no matter what.

"Are you here to call me to task?" As soon as Li Qingchi saw Shen Lingtan's gloomy expression, he knew that he had met Yi Mu.

Shen Lingtan was furious: "Li Qingchi! Yi Mu is my grandson, did you consider me before you touched him!"

It would be fine if he touched Bai Sheng, because she was his own granddaughter and he had no right to interfere. But Yi Mu was from the Shen family and was Xiao Yi's child, so he had to protect him!

"Are you heartbroken?" Li Qingchi disagreed, even with a hint of contempt.

"Even if it hurts, you have to bear it. You owe me this. If I hadn't saved you, you would have died long ago."

The serious injury to Li Qingchi was caused when he tried to save Shen Lingtan.

They were good friends in childhood and often played together. Since Shen Lingtan was a few years younger than Li Qingchi, Li Qingchi always took care of Shen Lingtan like his younger brother.

One time, Shen Lingtan accidentally entered the Giant Beast Ridge. At that time, he was only in his teens and had only cultivated to the sixth level of martial arts. For the beasts at the eighth level of martial arts, Shen Lingtan, who was at the sixth level of martial arts, was simply vulnerable.

It was Li Qingchi who appeared in time and rescued him from the beast's mouth at all costs. Li Qingchi was only at the seventh level of martial arts at that time. It is conceivable what a painful price Li Qingchi had to pay to rescue Shen Lingtan.

He tried his best and fought the beast to the death. He suffered multiple injuries, especially internal injuries, which damaged his foundation. From then on, it was difficult to improve his cultivation, and he was neglected and ridiculed by his family because of this.

In short, all the cold stares and ridicule that Li Qingchi endured were due to Shen Lingtan's reckless intrusion.

Shen Lingtan has always felt deeply guilty about this, so when Li Qingchi asked him for help with a way to achieve immortality, he agreed even though it went against his principles and conscience.

At this moment, Shen Lingtan clenched his fists and his body trembled slightly.

"But because of that experiment, I have already lost Huaiqin and Xiaoyi. Now you won't even let Xiaoyi's child go. Do you want to destroy my family?"

Twenty years ago, Li Cenyuan took Lian Wen away from Xuanzhou, and soon after that, Chen Lanyi returned from a trip outside the continent.

She happily shared with Chen Huaiqin the interesting things she had experienced outside the island. After that, she was humming a song on her way back to her yard to rest when she heard someone talking about what Li Cenyuan had done in the Li family.

The Li and Chen families have a good relationship and close contacts. If something happens to one of them, the other family will hear something about it.

She was worried about Li Cenyuan, so she hurriedly called him, but found that the call was not going through.

She became more and more anxious, so she rushed to the Li family, hoping to plead for Li Cenyuan.

However, when passing by the abandoned yard, Shen Lanyi heard a scream coming from inside.

The voice was sharp and shrill, like a call from hell, and it immediately made her stop.

Chen Lanyi was full of doubts. That was a place for confinement, so how could someone be screaming?

Driven by strong curiosity, she walked into the yard, turned on the rockery switch with ease, went into the basement, and then saw a scene that she would never forget in her life -

Several people had blood tubes inserted into their bodies, and those tubes were like greedy snakes, mercilessly sucking away their vitality.

Their faces were as pale as paper, their eyes were empty, as if their souls had been taken away, and only the remaining shells were making their final struggle in this endless darkness.

Her mouth was blocked by a rag, but she still couldn't help but let out a faint whimper in pain.

Among these people, there were even people who looked familiar to Shen Lanyi.

When they saw Chen Lanyi, they seemed to see hope. They struggled desperately and made whimpering sounds in their throats.

Save us...

Ren Hui then realized that someone had come. He had been concentrating on observing the instrument before, but when he turned around, he found that it was Shen Lanyi. His face froze, "Lanyi? Why are you here?"

Shen Lanyi pointed at the heart-wrenching scene with a trembling hand and asked, "Elder Ren, what are you doing?"

Ren Hui's eyes dodged and hesitantly said, "This... this is not something you should care about. Get out of here!"

Chen Lan shouted angrily, "How can I ignore it? This is simply insane! Why do you treat them like this?"

"what happened?"

During this tense confrontation, a voice sounded behind Shen Lanyi.

It’s Li Qingchi coming over.

Ren Hui just opened his mouth: "Chief, Miss Lan Yi..."

Li Qingchi raised his hand to interrupt him, signaling him not to speak.

Shen Lanyi turned to Li Qingchi, a trace of surprise and confusion flashed in her eyes, and then she suddenly realized, "Uncle Chi, are you drawing their blood?"

Li Qingchi had no expression on his face and said coldly: "Lan Yi, you shouldn't have come here."

Shen Lanyi shook her head in disbelief: "Why? Uncle Chi, how could you do such a thing?"

Li Qingchi: "Why can't I do this? Lan Yi, you don't understand. Just pretend you didn't see anything today."

"I won't!" Chen Lanyi shouted firmly, "You are taking human life lightly, I can't let you continue to make mistakes!"

"Let them go immediately, or I'll tell everyone what happened here!"

However, Li Qingchi was not threatened. "If you tell anyone, your father will be held responsible."

Shen Lanyi was stunned. "What did you say? My father...was also involved?"

"Yes." Li Qingchi pointed at one of them, "Do you see him? Does he look familiar? He is from your Shen family, your father, and he was sent to me for experiments."

Shen Lanyi was struck by lightning, and tears immediately burst out of her eyes: "No, it's impossible! Father will not do this!"

"That's the truth. Be obedient and keep this secret..."

"No, I can't do it!" Shen Lanyi wiped the tears from her face, her eyes full of anger and determination, "Even if my father is really involved, I will expose your crimes!"

Li Qingchi's face darkened instantly: "Then don't blame me for being rude!"

Shen Lanyi did not back down: "You'd better kill me, otherwise I will definitely tell everyone about this!"