The game's heroine has come true? The aloof school beauty is in tears.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Lu Yuan, standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, glanced back.

Huang Zhiyu remained silent in the darkness.

"You're going to die, I did it."

"Killing the person you care about most with your own hands is your destiny, which was predetermined long ago."

Lu Yuan doesn't seem like a prince right now; he looks more like a fortune teller.

He talks about fate all the time.

"destiny?"

"Yes, a person's fate is predetermined from birth."

"Why the sudden shift to metaphysics?"

"I'm not talking about metaphysics."

Lu Yuan tapped rhythmically on the handrail, the only sound in the room being the "tap tap tap" of the tapping.

It does sound a bit like a large-scale fortune-telling event.

But he didn't actually mention metaphysics.

"You're just like those people who spend all day complaining online about how bad they are at dating; losing the people you care about is an option destined for you."

"Isn't this just metaphysics?"

"The human body is the exoskeleton of the subconscious. All behaviors are unconsciously carried out following the subconscious, just like when I keep explaining to you that everything is a rumor."

But you still subconsciously want to believe that I'm going to die.

The earliest influence on a person's subconscious is their family, and since you can't choose your family and parents, what else could this be but fate?

Huang Zhiyu remained silent, unsure how to respond.

But Lu Yuan was clearly not finished speaking; he asked a question in return.

He said, "If we're not siblings, then what are your feelings for me?"

"like."

"It's not love, it's the subordinate's possession of the superior."

Lu Yuan didn't forget to add a sentence:

"Don't be discouraged, because this is how most men and women in the world talk about love: pursuing their beloved but not getting them, crying after a breakup and saying they still love them..."

It seems that everyone tries to possess the other person in the name of love, and habitually uses the concept of love to explain all selfish behavior.

For example, when someone is too controlling of their partner and drives them away, they often cry and say, "I just loved him too much."

Huang Zhiyu scratched his head and asked in a somewhat confused tone:

"Isn't this love?"

"Excessive possessiveness is a demanding behavior to compensate for inner fear, but true love is not about demanding, it's about giving."

Huang Zhiyu fell silent.

Because she knew that the words were directed at her personally.

"Therefore, killing the people you care about is your destined fate."

Because you are filled with the fear of being abandoned, any behavior that does not meet your expectations will be judged as abandonment.

This will completely ignite your inner fears.

When people are in a state of extreme panic, all their behaviors become extreme.

"Don't even mention killing me, I'd dare to go toe-to-toe with Godzilla if I had a kitchen knife."

Huang Zhiyu stood silently in place, without saying a word.

Her only redeeming quality is that she admits her mistakes quickly.

"I was wrong."

"His attitude is good, better than many people, but it's hard to correct it," Lu Yuan said, counting on his fingers.

"How do I correct it?"

"Redefine love, discard all your past notions and beliefs, and experience it for yourself."

"When is it considered a success?"

"When you are no longer afraid of me leaving."

Lu Yuan even said quite frankly:

"My purpose in coming here is to resolve the turmoil within the Five Lakes Gang; that is my only purpose."

I used you as a tool, and my compensation is giving you the entire Five Lakes Gang. Other than that, we have no relationship whatsoever.

Honest advice is hard to hear.

We have already done everything we could, even from afar.

The rest depends entirely on Huang Zhiyu's fate.

...

The news of Huang's impending death began to spread rapidly. The first to protest were the Lin Tang faction, who attempted to establish their own independent business, refusing to relinquish their building materials supply business to headquarters, refusing to participate in meetings, and beginning to obey orders but not directives.

[All the smaller gangs in the northern region began to stir, recruiting members and even tentatively extending their reach into the Five Lakes Gang's core territory—the entertainment industry.]

If gangs cannot achieve a smooth transition of power, unrest is inevitable.

After Huang Feiyang's downfall, Huang Shenyi emerged with great force and suppressed everything. But what if Huang Shenyi also falls?

Everyone is trying to become the next Huang Shiyao.

As a role model for many young people, they are beginning to emulate you.

[As a result, many of Huang's illegitimate children appeared on the market.]

[Someone has done the math: if you wanted, you could immediately have thirty-two wives and fifty-five children.]

Of course, this is on the premise that you don't mind your son's beard being longer than yours.

After all, Huang Shiyao's story has become a legend in the underworld, and your portrait has even appeared on the bedroom walls of many small gang leaders, who regard it as a spiritual belief.

Unfortunately, they encountered a cold-hearted aunt.

Huang Zhiyu began to appear frequently as the person in charge, and she calmed Lin Tang's restless heart in just one night.

[Because four of Lin Tang's underlings died on the same night at the same clubhouse, shot dead.]

[Upon hearing this, you slammed your hand on the headboard and yelled, "Damn it! I told you not to stand together in the center!"]

She then swiftly eliminated the smaller, restless gangs and rapidly recruited and absorbed peripheral agents.

Because the leaders were all sniped.

[Your style is quite different from Huang Zhiyu's. If you wanted to take down Lin Tang, you would definitely charge in with a machete, howling and screaming.]

[But Huang Zhiyi could meticulously calculate shooting distances, locate strategic positions, and plan escape routes, as meticulously as a machine.]

You are bold and decisive, suited for periods of upheaval; she is meticulous and cautious, suited for maintaining the status quo.

[Your plan worked perfectly. By faking your death, you cleared away all obstacles ahead of time, and Huang Zhiyu officially seized power in the Five Lakes Gang.]

You're just one step away from becoming a great gangster henchman.

A ward meeting quietly began.

Lu Yuan was still leaning against the bed railing, coughing softly:

"The Five Lakes Gang will undergo a complete restructuring. From now on, the Five Lakes Gang will be officially renamed the Five Lakes Group. The industries involved will still be entertainment and building materials, but it will no longer recruit new blood according to street rules. Instead, it will recruit openly from all sectors of society."

"Wouldn't that mean we'd have to pay for his insurance?"

"Just hand it over. There will be fewer shootouts in the future, and fewer people will get into trouble."

"Your Highness, tell us the truth, about your illness..."

"I am indeed going to die."