Chapter 918: 918, Ending Part 5 Chapter 918: 918, Ending Part 5 Having pacified Han Qianqian, Shi Annuo once again looked at the old man and asked, “Just tell us directly, what will it take for you to let us go?”

After a brief exchange of glances, the old man gently laughed, “The answer? I believe you don’t need me to tell you.”

He, in a profound and inscrutable manner, tossed back the words Shi Annuo had just said.

“Give it up, you’ve run out of options!” Shi Annuo persuaded.

He actually still had feelings for the old man, hoping he would let go of all the right and wrong, regardless of how many mistakes he had made in the past. After all, he was the one who had raised him, and he still hoped that the old man could live out his last years peacefully.

The old man coldly spat out heartless words, “You’re not even taking a look at whose hands you’re in, yet you dare to speak so brazenly!”

The expression on his face was also very cold, devoid of any of the previous affection.

How could there be any affection between people who aren’t related by blood?

“It seems that everything should come to an end,” Shi Annuo’s black eyes piercingly targeted the old man: “If you want to use me to make my elder brother submit, then you’ve miscalculated. He is Shi Yuhuan, and no matter whom you capture, you can’t threaten him!”

“Is that so? In that case, maybe I should conduct an experiment to see if I can indeed threaten him,” the old man said with enigmatic depth.

Shi Annuo’s face turned utterly dark: “After so many years, even if you are not our grandfather, there should still be affection. How could you bring yourself to kill my father, then my elder brother, and now it’s my turn.”

“Affection? When Shi Yuhuan found out I wasn’t his grandfather, did he ever show a trace of grandfather-grandson affection?” the old man said, his face turning ashen, his voice suddenly as cold as ice, “If we’re talking about heartlessness, it seems your elder brother is the most heartless one. Annuo, although he said that the Shi Family would be yours, he certainly won’t give it to you. Why don’t we work together to take over the Shi Family? I don’t have many years left to live, and after I’m gone, the Shi Family will surely be yours.”

Shi Annuo scoffed derisively: “Back then, is this how you deceived Shi Guozheng?”

“Shi Guozheng?” The old man’s weathered face fell into contemplation, as if trying to remember who that was when suddenly his eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he seemed to come to a sudden realization, “Oh… I remember now. That useless one from your second uncle’s family, just like his father, good for nothing and prone to messing things up. His death isn’t my fault; if anyone is to blame, it’s his own stupidity.”

Shi Annuo clenched his teeth, filled with anger: “He was used by you.”

Even though they fought from childhood, in the end, they were cousins.

The old man spoke indifferently: “It wasn’t me who killed him; it was Shi Yuhuan. Your elder brother is such a ruthless man, completely disregarding brotherly affection, so you should all the more cooperate with me.”

Shi Annuo said coldly: “You deceived Shi Guozheng. You’re not our grandfather, but he chose to trust you, which is why he was accidentally killed by my elder brother. You say my elder brother killed him, but in fact, you should be the one responsible. Now you want to cooperate with me, probably hoping I’ll turn into the next Shi Guozheng, huh! Well, let me tell you, you’ve miscalculated.”

Surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the howling of the night wind passing by, causing the tree branches to sway and rustle, thus concealing the two women hiding behind the trees.