What? You're a notorious bandit? What a coincidence, me too!

Lin Chang'an knew perfectly well that the old man intended to burn Ge Sanbao and his son to the ground.

He sat motionless on the rock, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes.

"Give me the fire, and you can leave."

Master Shan's tone was completely calm, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

The blond-haired man, soaked in gasoline, was trembling with fear and unable to speak.

Ge Sanbao, however, feigned composure and shouted to Master Shan Liu:

"Sixth Master! I know you harbor resentment after you went to jail! Here's what I'll do: I'll give you 20, no, 50! Can you let us off the hook?"

Master Shan Liu didn't speak, but just stared at him coldly, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

He slowly strolled towards Ge Sanbao, step by step.

Ge Sanbao felt a chill run down his spine under his gaze. His forced composure crumbled, and his voice began to tremble: "Sixth Master, we're all brothers!"

Master Shan looked at him coldly, his eyes full of mockery: "Brother? You dare call yourself my brother?"

He held a knife, the tip pressed against Ge Sanbao's throat.

The icy touch made Ge Sanbao freeze instantly, and cold sweat streamed down his face.

The blond-haired man was so frightened that he burst into tears.

Master Shan Liu coldly slapped the blond-haired man across the face, "Shut up."

The blond-haired man immediately stopped crying.

Lin Chang'an sat there eating melon seeds.

He couldn't lift his injured arm, but he didn't care. He simply took off his work clothes, gave himself a quick fix to stop the bleeding, and continued to slowly smoke.

At this moment, Master Shan slowly spoke, a hint of ruthlessness in his voice: "Before I went in, I asked you to take care of Chang'an. How did you take care of him?"

Lin Chang'an was taken aback. Why was he involved here? He continued listening.

"I can accept that he went astray, after all, I'm a bad person myself. But I never expected... he would die!"

When he said the word "death," Master Shan's voice suddenly became heavier, and he pressed the blade against Ge Sanbao's throat again, drawing blood.

Ge Sanbao's face was deathly pale, and he dared not move his Adam's apple.

"I only have one child, Liu Chang'an. How are you going to explain this to me!" Master Shan said, coughing repeatedly.

"Chang'an's death was an accident," Ge Sanbao said, forcing himself to speak.

Lin Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out they just had the same name.

A glint of light flashed in Master Shan's cloudy eyes: "An accident?"

He moved the blade slightly, and without the slightest hesitation, cut off one of Ge Sanbao's ears.

Blood immediately gushed out.

Ge Sanbao screamed in agony, and the blond-haired man trembled uncontrollably.

Lin Chang'an raised an eyebrow and a smile appeared on his lips.

This is the legendary ruthless Master Shan Liu!

Master Shan ignored him and slowly said, "Now tell me, was it an accident?"

Ge Sanbao gritted his teeth in pain and shook his head after a long while.

"You think I'll never get out of here in this lifetime, right?!"

Master Shan wiped the blood from the knife onto the other person's body.

"I hate drugs more than anything in my life. My woman died from a drug overdose."

I told you not to let Chang'an touch drugs, but what did you do? Not only did you not listen to me, you encouraged him to use them, letting him become addicted, and in the end, he suffered the same fate as his mother.

Ge Sanbao's face turned pale, and he still tried to argue, "Sixth Master, I didn't. He came to me himself."

"You think I know nothing?"

Sixth Master Shan's face was cold, but his eyes were blazing with anger. "Not only did you ignore his drug use, you even encouraged him to do dirty work for you to earn gambling money..."

Ge Sanbao immediately deflated.

"The reason I'm entrusting Chang'an to you is to tell you that as long as you treat Chang'an well, I won't reveal your past misdeeds; I'll take them to my grave."

Master Shan said coldly, "But what about you? What did you do...?"

Lin Chang'an, who had been watching the drama unfold, finally understood the feud between the two.

Before the old man went in, he asked Ge Sanbao to take care of his son, but Ge Sanbao ended up letting his son die from drug addiction.

Master Shan picked up his knife and, with a furious expression, slashed at the other man's throat.

Just then, Lin Chang'an grabbed his wrist.

The mission isn't over yet, and I can't let him kill anyone. If he does, the mission will fail, which would be a real problem.

Although the task description did not specify the penalty for failure.

Lin Chang'an estimated that the reward for the task was 500 merit points, and if he didn't complete the task, he would probably lose some merit points.

Don't let the old man killing these two affect your own merit and shorten your lifespan; that would be a loss.

Master Shan stared at Lin Chang'an, clearly somewhat surprised.

Lin Chang'an had no way to explain, thinking to himself that once he received his mission reward, he could have these two skinned alive.

Just then, a cell phone rang abruptly.

Lin Chang'an took out his phone from his pocket; it was a call from Fang Qingzhu.

I hung up first, but the other party called back.

"Sixth Master, please wait a moment before you act. I need to take this call."

As he spoke, he stuffed cloth wads into the mouths of Ge Sanbao and the other man to prevent them from making any noise.

"Chang'an, where are you?"

Fang Qingzhu's voice came through the phone, tinged with a hint of reproach, "Why didn't you answer the phone when the photo studio called? They're delivering your wedding photos today."

Lin Chang'an slapped his forehead, realizing he had completely forgotten about it, and quickly replied, "Oh dear, I forgot..."

"You..." Fang Qingzhu sighed helplessly.

"Then I'll ask my third uncle to help me collect it," Lin Chang'an said.

"No need, I'm at your house right now, with Shengnan. You're really unreliable." Fang Qingzhu snorted.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Chang'an turned around and met the astonished gaze of Sixth Master Shangshan.

"Your name is Chang'an?"

Master Shan's voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating that he had heard what was happening on the phone.

Lin Chang'an nodded, put his phone in his pocket, and said, "Lin Chang'an."

Master Shan's tone was noticeably calmer: "Why are you stopping me!"

"I could tell from your voice that you have a deep grudge against Ge Sanbao, but killing these two wouldn't be worth it."

Lin Chang'an retorted, "You must have just come out of there not long ago. It's not worth getting shot for these two."

With rags stuffed in their mouths, Ge Sanbao and Huang Mao could only nod repeatedly in agreement with what Lin Chang'an said.

"My son is dead!" Master Shan said, trembling.

When he said this, Lin Chang'an could clearly sense that the decisive old man from before had changed.

"If your son were still alive, he probably wouldn't want to see you take another bullet for him," Lin Chang'an said.

He suddenly felt like he was a bit of a saintly, innocent type.

I glanced at the taskbar, but there was still no activity.

Why isn't this task finished yet?

Master Shan paused for a moment, then coughed a few times, turned the knife downwards, sighed, and sat down on the steps.

Lin Chang'an noticed that the old man's fierce aura seemed to have faded somewhat.

"Do you have a cigarette? Give me one." Master Shan Liu said, raising his eyes.

Lin Chang'an tossed one over and lit it for the other person.

Master Shan took a long drag and spat it out forcefully.

"How old are you today?" he suddenly asked.

"25," Lin Chang'an said.

"If my son were still alive, he wouldn't be much older than you," Master Shan murmured.

Lin Chang'an didn't respond, but sensed that the old man was somewhat forlorn.

He could understand the other person's feelings. Even the most powerful gangster, at this age, has nothing left. How could he not feel lonely?

As Lin Chang'an smoked, he suddenly felt a warmth in his chest; the mission notification window flashed, and a smile appeared on his lips.

[Task to eliminate negative karma completed]

[Mission Outcome: Liu Shanben successfully protected]

[Reward for Eliminating Karmic Obstacles: Merit Points +500, Karmic Obstacles -0.5 (Current Karmic Obstacles: 166.1)]

The mission is finally complete.

Lin Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief.

I can finally leave.

Then you'll see the content loaded at the bottom under "Task Extension".

His eyes widened immediately.

"Depend on!"