<h4>Chapter 1687: Chapter 1680: You Don’t Have Much Time Left</h4>


    "You’re right, there’s indeed nothing to say between us."


    Lu Tianxing’s voice came through the phone, calm and collected: "Just, a few days ago, Sun Family Master, you went to great lengths to send me a big gift, and as they say, courtesy demands reciprocity. Of course, I must return the favor. Sun Family Master, during this time, I hope you can eat well, drink well, and make yourself nice and plump. y if you must, eat if you must, drink if you must, otherwise, I’m afraid you might doubt whether you’ll have the chance to indulge yourself anymore."


    At the end, Lu Tianxing’s voice remained extremely calm, without much murderous intent, but in Sun Yaoyang’s ears, it caused his face to change drastically, with a chill rising in his heart, as if instantly being targeted by a bloodthirsty beast.


    "Sun Yaoyang, I once gave you a chance, but unfortunately, you didn’t cherish it. So don’t me me for being rude. I’m a person who repays kindness with kindness and retaliates against grudges. Since you dare to plot against me, then enjoy facing the consequences. You can choose to run, but I assure you, you won’t escape Qin Ind City." Lu Tianxing spoke coldly, with a trace of chilling murderous intent.


    Upon hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, Sun Yaoyang’s expression changed, eyes shing with fear, lowering his stance, he said: "Lu Tian..., no, Third Young Master Lu, I somewhat don’t understand what you’re saying, is there some misunderstanding here? I indeed wanted to kill you, but I truly didn’t plot against you. Could this be a misunderstanding, or could someone be trying to frame me?"


    "Misunderstanding? Sun Family Master, then just consider it a misunderstanding. After I destroy the Sun Family, I’ll stand before your corpse and tell you that I mistakenly destroyed the wrong family, that it’s a misunderstanding."


    "Sun Family Master, enjoy the uing days! Because the time you’re left with is running out."


    After speaking, Lu Tianxing had nothing more to say, he hung up and even turned off his phone.


    The busy signal on the phone made Sun Yaoyang’s face turn extremely ugly, with a deep panic in his eyes. He indeed feared what wasing; he never thought that despite Liu Jingshan telling him that everyone sent had been killed, Lu Tianxing somehow knew those people were his underlings.


    No, by all means he had to call again, to ask further. Perhaps Lu Tianxing was bluffing.


    Thinking of this, Sun Yaoyang hesitated not a bit, he dialed Lu Tianxing’s number again, but the message ’the number you dialed is powered off’ made Sun Yaoyang’s heart sink to the bottom. This act by Lu Tianxing clearly signaled that annihting the Sun Family was inevitable.


    "Yaoyang, what happened?" Zhang Yue, observing Sun Yaoyang’s demeanor, couldn’t help asking.


    "Just now, that little bastard Lu Tianxing called me, he already knows the people who attacked Avril were sent by us, and he says he wants to wipe out our entire Sun Family."


    Sun Yaoyang suppressed his voice, tightly grasping the phone, eyes bloodshot, giving a particrly sinister impression.


    "What?"


    Upon hearing Sun Yaoyang’s words, Zhang Yue’s face changed drastically, urgently she said: "How does Lu Tianxing know it was our doing? Didn’t Liu Jingshan say that all of them were killed?"


    "You ask me, who should I ask?"


    Sun Yaoyang’s voice contained unmistakable malevolence: "Yue’er, that little bastard Lu Tianxing has turned off his phone, obviously won’t let us go. You are wise and resourceful, tell me what we should do, give me advice, what should we do now?"


    Upon hearing Sun Yaoyang’s words, a bitter smile gradually appeared on Zhang Yue’s face.


    As the saying goes, a clever housewife cannot cook without rice, even though she is wise, at this moment she feels at a loss. Once Zhuge Liang scared away Sima Yi’s army of millions with an empty city stratagem, because Sima Yi was very suspicious, but Lu Tianxing is unlike Sima Yi, he does not have such suspicious nature, and his approach is straightforward—crush you with absolute power, without giving a chance to use an empty city stratagem.


    Furthermore, if Lu Tianxing were alone, then dealing with him might not be such a difficult task, various means could be employed to assassinate Lu Tianxing. After all, no matter how extraordinary a person is, in this world there are countless ways to kill him.


    However, it’s different, Lu Tianxing is not alone, beside him stand Jiang Lifeng and the Lu Family, these two forces are like mountains pressing on the Sun Family, whenever they want, they could eradicate the Sun Family.


    "Yue’er, don’t you even have a way?"


    Seeing Zhang Yue silent, Sun Yaoyang became increasingly cold, his face filled with unwillingness.


    "I really have no way out right now." Zhang Yue, after hearing Sun Yaoyang’s words, came back to his senses and shook his head with a bitter smile.


    Hearing Zhang Yue’s words, Sun Yaoyang took a deep breath, suppressing his voice as he asked, "Is there really no other way? Doesn’t he have grudges with many families? We couldpletely unite with other families to put him to death. At worst, we’ll abandon the Sun Family’s foundations, and our money is more than enough for us to live a carefree life abroad for the rest of our lives."


    "Yaoyang, that idea ispletely unworkable."


    Upon hearing Sun Yaoyang’s words, Zhang Yue shook his head slightly with a bitter smile and said, "Right now, Lu Tianxing has just broken through the siege of the Holy Mountain and the Church, and his momentum is as strong as ever. Moreover, standing behind him are two giants, the Lu Family and Jiang Liufeng. No family is willing to offend these two giants for our sake, not even the Yang Family or the Tang Family. They wouldn’t dare. Otherwise, when Lu Tianxing was in Beijing, the Yang Family wouldn’t have chosen to turn a blind eye."


    At this point, the bitter smile on Zhang Yue’s face grew even stronger. There was one more thing she hadn’t told Sun Yaoyang: Even if the Sun Family united with other families to kill Lu Tianxing, the Sun Family would still be doomed. Because if Lu Tianxing died, someone would surely have to take the fall, or else the rage of the Old Master of the Lu Family wouldn’t be something just anyone could bear. Quite evidently, the one to take the fall would very likely be the Sun Family, as it is the weakest.


    "This won’t work, that won’t work either, Yue’er, then what do you say we should do next?"


    Sun Yaoyang took a heavy drag on his cigarette, and the thick smoke wrapped around him, making his expression even more sinister and terrifying, giving off a chilling sensation.


    "There are only two paths before us now. Either find someone who knows Lu Tianxing well to act as a mediator and see if there’s any way to resolve the hatred between us and Lu Tianxing. But even if we do this and Lu Tianxing spares us, the price we’ll pay is unimaginable."


    With that, Zhang Yue took another deep breath and said slowly, "Other than that, the other path is to give up everything of the Sun Family right now, leave China, and go to a ce where no one knows us, living anonymously for the rest of our lives. Otherwise, if we are exposed, we are sure to die. But the feasibility of this n is very low since Lu Tianxing was bold enough to call us tantly. He probably has already set up a trap in Qin Ind City. I fear that before we even leave Qin Ind, we would be doomed."


    After hearing Zhang Yue’s words, Sun Yaoyang fell into silence. Zhang Yue was right. Lu Tianxing’s call made it clear that he wasn’t afraid of them running. If they wanted to escape, they were wee to try.


    Moreover, deep down, Sun Yaoyang didn’t want to run. Even if he managed to escape now, seeking revenge in this lifetime would be an illusion. He couldn’t bear to let his son’s death go in vain.


    "Yue’er, is it really true that there are only these two paths to take?"


    "Only these two paths are avable."


    Zhang Yue nodded with a bitter smile.


    Listening to Zhang Yue, Sun Yaoyang seemed to suddenly age several decades, with an undeniable look of exhaustion etched on his face. He never expected things to develop to this point. If he had known there would be a day like this, he should have tried his best to stop Sun Xiong when he first mentioned going to Modu for a trip. If he had stopped Sun Xiong, perhaps the Sun Family wouldn’t be in such a state today.


    If his son died and he swallowed his pride, not seeking revenge on Lu Tianxing, perhaps the Sun Family wouldn’t have reached this point.


    Unfortunately, there’s no medicine for regret, nor any "ifs" in this world.


    A heavy, oppressive atmosphere lingered over Sun Yaoyang’s heart, causing his breathing to be somewhat erratic. He truly did not know what to do now. The Sun Family only had two paths to consider: find a mediator to resolve the hatred with Lu Tianxing, essentially bing a turtle with its head withdrawn, with any chance of avenging Sun Xiong buried deep within, nearly hopeless within this lifetime.


    Or decide on a life-and-death battle with Lu Tianxing, but the only result of such action would be the annihtion of the Sun Family.


    "Yaoyang, you must think carefully. There’s a saying, ’As long as the green hillsst, there’ll be wood to burn.’ You’re still young; you have time on your side." Zhang Yue, observing Sun Yaoyang’s increasingly uncertain expression, spoke once again.


    "I know what to do."


    Sun Yaoyang nced at Zhang Yue’s worried expression, silently lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep drag, exhaled slowly, and then looked at the phone beside him, falling into silence.


    A momentter, as if making up his mind, Sun Yaoyang picked up the phone and dialed Liu Jingshan of the Liu Family.