Reborn in Russia as a Big Shot

Chapter 103 Enforcing Family Laws

Li Xiang scanned Mike's basic information. This man, who was actually only 42 years old but looked older than Andrei, was Andrei's third younger brother.

Andrei walked straight over, grabbed Mike by the collar, and said in a trembling voice, "I'm your brother, and you betrayed me for your own sake!"

"I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing this for my family." Although Mike had no external injuries, it was freezing cold, and he was wearing only a thin shirt, locked in the trunk, his lips were so cold they turned purple.

"Am I not your family? Isn't Peter your family? You betrayed everyone for your own sake!" Andrei demanded, his voice hoarse with accusation.

"I have no choice, I have to protect my child." Mike's eyes were vacant.

Andrei loosened his brother's collar and asked coldly, "You've already been released, why don't you just leave Russia and go as far away as possible, so I'll never find you again?"

Mike resignedly said, "Things always have to come to an end."

"You're afraid I won't even spare your child, are you?" Andrei said emotionally, his upper right abdomen throbbing with pain, and he instinctively covered it with his hand.

Peter was worried about his father's health. "Dad, you should go back first. Li Xiang and I are here. I'll find Mike a good place."

Li Xiang showed no outward reaction, but inwardly he was so angry he wanted to kick Peter in the butt.

What a wonderful thing! You're still thinking of me!

Andrei stared at his younger brother for a long time without saying a word. The air suddenly became quiet. After half a minute, he finally asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"No." Mike replied quite readily.

"I'll give you thirty seconds to escape." Andrei turned to his son and ordered, "Unlock the handcuffs."

In the freezing cold, Mike was so cold that his whole body was stiff and he could barely feel his hands and feet. How far could he run in thirty seconds?

Driven by his will to survive, he staggered and fled into the distance.

Running along the tire tracks, the snow was compacted and easier to walk on. Mike, in his panic, stumbled along, his steps uneven, and he couldn't run fast at all.

Peter held a phone in his left hand to keep track of time, a pistol in his right, and even read out the counts to Mike.

Andrei reached out and pressed his son's revolver down, then turned to Li Xiang and said, "You carry out the family discipline."

Seeing that Li Xiang seemed somewhat reluctant, Peter stepped in to help, saying, "Let me do it."

"Do you even have the right to speak?" Andrei glared at his son, then, after calming down, said to Li Xiang, "Do as I just taught you, aim for his head, and hit it precisely."

Peter urged, "Eight seconds left."

There was no way to dodge this shot. Li Xiang mounted the Remington 700 on the hood of the car, turned on the [Depth Scan], and held his breath.

As Peter counted down, when he reached one, a gunshot rang out, and Mike fell to the ground.

At that moment, it was as if the whole world had fallen silent.

Andrei clutched his right abdomen, looking exhausted, and said, "I'm tired. I'm going back first. You two find him a good place. After all, we're still family. Don't let the wolves carry him away."

Andrei did not drive away but chose to walk, his back view filled with loneliness.

Mike was indeed hit by a bullet, but it only grazed his arm and did not hit any vital organs. His falling to the ground was a purely instinctive reaction after hearing the gunshot; he instinctively lay down to avoid it.

However, this shot also completely shattered his will to live.

There's no one around for 30 kilometers, where can we run to? We'd freeze to death.

Peter went over and was quite surprised to see that Mike was not dead, but lying on the snow with his eyes blank, having completely given up resistance.

In the end, I'll have to be the one to take you.

"The sky is so blue," Mike murmured to himself.

Peter was about to fire when Li Xiang stopped him, saying, "The family discipline has already been carried out. What's the point of firing this last shot?"

"The old man told us to collect his body!" Peter didn't fire, but he didn't put the gun down either.

Li Xiang pulled Peter aside, seemingly trying to keep Mike from hearing, but his voice was oblivious to everyone else: "Andrei knows I'm a bad shot and misses every time, so he deliberately let me fire."

"Family rules must be enforced, but this is his own brother. Today is Christmas, a day for family reunion, so let God decide. Whether he hits or not is God's will."

"Did you deliberately miss?" Peter asked, frowning.

Li Xiang replied, "Andrei told me to aim for the head, so I aimed for the head. With my marksmanship, I can usually miss as long as I play normally."

Peter paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your analysis is wrong. The old man had you carry out the family discipline for him because he wanted to pass the position to you."

Peter handed the revolver to Li Xiang, saying, "You'll have to finish this one off."

"Testing me?" Li Xiang's expression was quite exaggerated.

"No," Peter explained, half-laughing and half-crying. "The old man's opinion of you is his own. I won't voluntarily give up the position of heir. If you want it, you have to fight for it yourself."

"Let's hurry and save them," Li Xiang said, pointing to the jeep in the distance. "Andrei left the car with us because he wanted to—"

If the person is still alive and there's a chance to save them, get them to the hospital immediately.

"You're overthinking it, aren't you?" Peter frowned.

"Have you two finished discussing this? I'm so cold I can't feel anything." Mike lay on the ground looking up at the sky, still managing to crack a joke.

"Anyway, he didn't die by my hand. Whether you finish him off or not is up to you." Li Xiang turned and left, urging, "I'll go get the car. You make a decision quickly."

Peter stood there stunned for a few seconds, then went over and helped his uncle up. "Mike, I don't know what Andre is thinking. You were the one who guided me through my first time firing a gun and my first time sleeping with a woman. I hope you can live if I spare your life."

"Let's get you to the hospital first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

"You gave me my life, and I'll remember it." After declaring his loyalty, Mike asked, "Who's that black-haired guy? Andrei seems to value him quite a bit."

"Natasha's husband."

"A Korean? Why did you choose someone from an ethnic minority?"

Russia has people of East Asian descent, and the Asian population living in Vladivostok is mainly Korean; there are very few Chinese left.

Peter: "The Chinese man helped us a lot to get out so quickly."

Peter took it upon himself to send the traitor Mike to the hospital, but when he went back to look for him, Mike had already run away.

In front of the whole family, Andrei punished him with twenty strokes of the cane, made him stand shirtless in the yard to be beaten, and after the beating, he was put in solitary confinement.

In the dead of winter, there was no stove in the warehouse, so we could only wear more clothes and tough it out.

Li Xiang was an outsider and had no authority to make decisions, so he was not implicated.

Not only was he a guest of honor at the family dinner, but Andre also gave him his beloved Remington 700 as a Christmas gift.

He also told Li Xiang to practice more when he had time, and that they could go hunting together again next time, hoping that Li Xiang could be more accurate.

Andrei has already scheduled his surgery and will be on the operating table after Christmas.