Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

"You!" Li Qingchi looked at the person he had doted on since childhood. Although he felt a little reluctant, if she insisted on being so stubborn, he could not keep her any longer.

Just when Li Qingchi was about to make up his mind to kill Chen Lanyi, the air seemed to be filled with tension and danger.

At this critical moment, Shen Lingtan arrived.

It was Ren Hui who informed Shen Lingtan, and Shen Lingtan happened to be at Li's house, so he rushed over quickly.

As soon as Shen Lingtan arrived, he protected Shen Lanyi tightly behind him, "Qingchi, are you crazy! You actually want to kill Xiaoyi?!"

"If she wants to tell others about our affairs, we can't keep her here." Li Qingchi's tone was cold.

"I will persuade her. Anyway, you are not allowed to touch a hair of Xiaoyi!"

“Okay, you persuade me, I won’t move.” Li Qingchi took two steps back. He had no intention of killing Shen Lanyi in front of Shen Lingtan.

Shen Lingtan took Shen Lanyi's hand and left, "Xiaoyi, let's go home."

On the way back to the Shen family, Shen Lanyi remained silent. Her heart seemed to be swept by a storm, and every thought was struggling.

Shen Lingtan hesitated several times, wanting to explain but not knowing how.

He must have disappointed her.

It was not until she entered the Shen family's door that Shen Lanyi finally spoke. She called out softly, "Father."

Shen Lingtan's heart tightened, and facing his daughter's gaze, he felt a little at a loss.

"Xiaoyi..." He hesitated to speak, his eyes full of guilt and evasion.

Shen Lanyi's eyes were red, tears welling up in her eyes: "Did you really... do something that disregarded human life?"

Along the way, she was trying her best to digest the tragic scene she had witnessed. She could not believe that her father, who had always been kind and gentle, would do such a heartless thing.

Shen Lingtan took a deep breath, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the deepest part of his heart: “Xiaoyi, that’s not what I meant.”

"Qing Chi heard of a method from somewhere that said using the blood of people under 20 years old with high martial arts talent, it is possible to extract a powerful force that exceeds the ninth level of martial arts, and those who possess this power will be able to live forever."

"And to make it, it requires the blood of many people, so Qingchi came to me and asked me to help him."

Shen Lanyi's voice was mixed with tears, and she asked in disbelief: "So, you agreed?"

Shen Lingtan lowered his head, his voice almost inaudible: "Xiaoyi, Qingchi saved my life, he asked, I can't refuse."

"What about your conscience? Father, can you ignore the lives of so many people just to repay your kindness?" Shen Lanyi's question pierced Shen Lingtan's heart like a needle.

Shen Lingtan closed his eyes painfully, his face full of struggle and pain: "Xiaoyi, I know it's wrong to do this, but there's no turning back..."

"Father, please, just pretend that nothing happened today."

The tears on Chen Lanyi's face had dried up, leaving only paleness and despair.

"I want to be alone, I'm going back to my room first."

She knew that her father was a man of loyalty and friendship and would not easily betray his friends, so it would be futile to continue talking.

Back in the room, Shen Lanyi felt like a lone boat caught in a storm, her thoughts in a mess and her heart struggling.

The room was filled with a depressing atmosphere. The sunlight shone through the window onto the ground, but it could not bring a trace of warmth.

She sat in the chair blankly, her eyes empty, as if she had lost her soul.

After sitting there for an hour, the cell phone suddenly rang.

Shen Lanyi came back to her senses, her eyes fixed emptyly on the flickering screen.

Then, without hesitation, she threw the phone out as if she was shaking off a poisonous snake. It drew an arc in the air and fell heavily to the ground.

However, the cell phone's ringing did not stop because of this action. Instead, it rang more and more persistently, each sound like a hammer hitting her heart.

Shen Lanyi stared at the phone on the ground.

The ringing stopped and then rang again, as if the other party would keep calling if I didn't answer.

In this silent confrontation, Shen Lanyi was finally defeated. She slowly bent down, picked up the cold phone with trembling hands, and pressed the answer button.

"Lan Yi, what did your father say to you later?" Li Qingchi's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone.

Shen Lanyi held the phone tightly, her voice trembling, "Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

"Retribution? My retribution has come a long time ago."

"Do you think I had it easy? In order not to become the weakest of the four clan leaders, I practiced very hard, taking medicine as food every day, and successfully reached the ninth level of martial arts. But what happened? I couldn't live past the age of eighty."

His words were full of unwillingness, and every word was like a heavy stone, hitting Shen Lanyi's heart, accompanied by a slight buzzing echo.

Li Qingchi's breakthroughs from martial arts level 7 to martial arts level 9 were all beyond the limit of what his body could bear. His body was severely depleted, which was the reason for his short life.

Normally, martial artists could live to be one hundred and fifty years old, but his life span was shortened to nearly half, and he could only live to eighty years old at best.

"I won't accept my fate. I've paid so much, why should I suffer such a fate? I want immortality, I want the strongest power in the world."

Chen Lanyi listened quietly without saying anything.

Li Qingchi's tone gradually softened, but the implicit warning in it could not be ignored: "I know it is hard for you to accept, but you have to think carefully. Once it is exposed, the reputation of the Li and Shen families will be ruined. Not to mention my Li family, just talking about the Shen family, are you willing to let your family be cursed by everyone? Lan Yi, you are a sensible child and you know what to choose."

Shen Lanyi's body was shaking continuously, and her chest was rising and falling violently, as if a huge rock was pressing on her, making it difficult for her to breathe.

On one side is conscience, on the other side are one's own family members...

What should she do?

She bit her lower lip until her mouth was filled with the taste of blood, and her inner struggle reached its climax.

Li Qingchi waited patiently for her answer.

After a long silence, Chen Lanyi seemed to have compromised and said in a low voice: "Okay, I promise you, I won't tell anyone."

But then she put forward her own conditions: "But you have to let me go. I don't want to stay in Xuanzhou anymore."

She couldn't pretend nothing had happened and continue living in Xuanzhou, she had to leave.

But she knew such a big secret, Li Qingchi would never let her go easily.

Li Qingchi was silent for a while: "You can leave, but you must promise not to contact anyone here, including your family and friends."