After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 240 Death
Feng Li was in excruciating pain, her body numb. Her cold, azure eyes glared at Li Yubai: "You dog of a man, what are you laughing at?"

Li Yubai said in a low voice, "I know who you are."

That simple sentence sent a shiver down Feng Li's spine.

He gave a weak, cold laugh: "Are you sick? Is this the first day you've met me?"

“What I want to say is…” Li Yubai sighed, “Long time no see, old friend.”

Feng Li wiped the blood off the button with disgust: "I don't understand what you're saying."

Li Yubai looked at him gently: "You disappeared for five years, and it turns out you've returned to my side in this way, but I'm still very happy."

He called out in the softest, most gentle voice, "Lord Puppet."

The voice was so low that Feng Li almost didn't hear it.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

Beneath the turbulent currents, where danger lurked everywhere, Feng Li's gaze remained calm.

She gazed silently at Li Yubai, her peach blossom eyes reflecting a complex mix of emotions that were difficult to discern for a moment.

After a long while, Feng Li chuckled, a hint of amusement in his voice: "How did you discover that? Peach blossom bookmark, Chinese knot?"

“No, I didn’t expect it to be you at the time.” Li Yubai said as if chatting with an old friend he hadn’t seen in a long time. “It was last night when you spilled that glass of red wine.”

"Oh?"

Li Yubai said, "You may not know it yourself, but in the nearly 1,000 years I've been in your hands, no matter who you become, you've always had one little habit: you can't stand seeing buttons dirty."

Feng Li: "..."

“Last night, you spilled red wine, and your face and clothes were covered in dirt. The first thing you did wasn’t to wipe your face, but to reflexively wipe the wine stains off your buttons,” Li Yubai stated calmly. “At that moment, I became suspicious. And when I thought about your secret habits that were very similar to mine, my suspicions deepened.”

Feng Li: "Ha! You scheming dog!"

"Many of my little habits are unknown even to the young lady. But the puppet has been with me for a long time, and through constant exposure, those habits have become ingrained in him. But I only just confirmed it."

Feng Li was suddenly taken aback.

Li Yubai looked at Feng Li, whose expression was slightly awkward, with emotion. "Just like the spirit staff for the young lady and the butcher's knife for the new master, in this world, only my puppet will choose to protect me when life and death are at stake—no matter who he becomes, or who he is about to become."

"..."

"The real Feng Li, due to his physical condition, was taught from a young age that all resources should serve him, and he was incapable of doing such selfless things."

After Li Yubai finished speaking, Feng Li remained silent for a long time.

However, they didn't have much time for pleasantries. On the nearby reef, Ning Yunzhan was also scratched by several minor external wounds from the close-range explosion of the fighter jet debris. After the sensation of the explosion subsided, he slowly stepped forward, the butcher's knife once again flowing in his palm...

"I can't save you," Feng Li said softly.

Li Yubai nodded slightly: "I know."

Feng Li paused for a moment: "I can give you two of the burial plots I bought."

"..." Li Yubai politely declined, "I'm not interested in being separated and buried, one place is fine."

A sharp blue light swept down from the sky!
This time, without any hindrance, a red mark was drawn across Li Yubai's body.

The wind in the world stopped instantly. In the distance, Rong Jingchen looked at the positions of Li Yubai and Feng Li, his pupils shrinking sharply!

Li Yubai's already blood-stained body began to become ethereal, and his pale face gradually lost its vitality... Feng Li supported him with one hand, lowered his head slightly to meet his gaze.

"Leave the rest to me..."

Li Yubai slowly removed the ring from his ring finger and placed it in his palm. "Okay, here you go."

A second wave of fierce winds swept through, and this time, the aura of death enveloped Feng Li...

Jiang Shu ran, stumbling and staggering.

When she finally found the main battlefield amidst the turbulent currents, she saw Rong Jingchen, Feng Li, and Li Yubai covered in blood, as well as Ning Yunzhan, who was also injured and standing alone on the reef.

Li Yubai lay in Feng Li's arms, his body shimmering with layers of red starlight. Upon closer inspection, however, it was actually wisps of reddish-golden blood mist, slowly flowing away from his body...

Ning Yunzhan, looking down from his vantage point, was still wearing the clothes he had worn that morning, but his demeanor and aura had noticeably changed. His eyes were cold and bloodthirsty, his nails were long and sharp, and his entire body was enveloped in a strange aura. In his hand, a small knife emitted an eerie red and blue light, which he was about to thrust at Li Yubai and Feng Li for the second time.

Jiang Shu's pupils dilated in shock: "Ning Yunzhan, what are you doing!"

Amidst howling winds and a hail of bullets, Jiang Shu's voice was so faintly audible by the rushing sea waves that it was barely audible when it reached the ears of the men present.

But everyone fell silent!

Then, Rong Jingchen, who was closest to Jiang Shu, tackled her to the ground and said solemnly, "Xiao Shu, get out."

Jiang Shu looked at his disheveled and weak appearance, her expression turning slightly cold: "What exactly are you doing?"

"You don't need to worry about it, you go out first." Rong Jingchen's expression was slightly anxious. "It's dangerous here, go back to the hotel and wait for us."

Jiang Shu broke free from him, took a few steps forward, glanced at Ning Yunzhan, then looked at Feng Li and Li Yubai. Seeing that Li Yubai was almost not breathing, her expression changed drastically, and she suddenly ran towards where the two were!

Li Yubai was barely breathing. When Jiang Shu ran to his side, Li Yubai's gentle gaze held a hint of helplessness, but he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Jiang Shu took him from Feng Li's arms and looked at the crack that had almost split him in two. Her heart ached violently, and she felt an indescribable panic and sadness.

She dared not shake him forcefully, but instead used the hem of her clothes to desperately try to stop the bleeding from the wounds, calling out again and again, "Li Yubai, are you alright? I'll take you to see a doctor now."

“No need…” Li Yubai said silently, his eyes still filled with the same unchanging tenderness. “I’m sorry I can’t stay with you.”

He slowly reached out his hand, with longing and reluctance, wanting to touch Jiang Shu, but slipped halfway down.

Then, his entire body dissolved into a bloody mist and vanished completely in Jiang Shu's arms...

Jiang Shu stood there, bewildered.

Feng Li also remained unusually silent.

Rong Jingchen walked over, looked at the empty spot where Li Yubai had just lain, and then turned his cold gaze to Ning Yunzhan.

Jiang Shu suddenly looked at Ning Yunzhan, her eyes filled with anger: "Ning Yunzhan! What exactly did you do!"

Feng Li said softly, "He killed Li Yubai, and now he might be preparing to kill me."

Jiang Shu looked at the increasingly eerie butcher's knife in Ning Yunzhan's hand, "Are you the new master?"

Ning Yunzhan's brutal aura gradually subsided, but he did not answer.

Then, he sheathed the butcher's knife in his palm, stared intently at Jiang Shu for a few seconds, and slowly backed away. Jiang Shu pounced on him directly!
But Ning Yunzhan only glanced at her with a complicated expression:
"This time, I will not raise the out-of-control knife before you again..."

After saying that, he turned into a blur and disappeared into the distance!