Chapter 2400 — Rather Than Lay Our Cards on the Table
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"This... We each serve our own master. There are some things I cannot say." Zhu Lingtou refused him. "You can expose my identity to Chen Xi, but when it comes to the Zhao family, I still cannot tell you anything."
"Expose you?" Wei Zhao regarded Zhu Lingtou with an amused look. "Do you think that if you refuse to talk, everything will be fine?"
"Then... what do you intend to do?" Zhu Lingtou's expression stiffened slightly.
"I even dared to cripple Elder Bi. What do you think you are in my eyes?" Wei Zhao looked at Zhu Lingtou with utter contempt. "I asked you into the car to ask you a few questions. Don't imagine that means I'm begging you for anything. If I want to kill you, it will take me no more than a few minutes. Do you believe that after your death, not a single person in the reclusive Zhao family would dare stand up for you?"
"I..." Cold sweat instantly broke out across Zhu Lingtou's body. Wei Zhao was right. Elder Bi had nearly been beaten into a vegetative state by Wei Zhao, yet the reclusive Zhao family had not even dared make a peep. If they had dared confront Wei Zhao directly, they would not have gone to such lengths to use someone else as a weapon.
"There's nothing wrong with serving one's master. But your master is a little too spineless." Wei Zhao glanced at Zhu Lingtou. "Perhaps you'd have a brighter future if you followed Zhao Qilei instead? And your younger brother, Uncle Zhu, might not have to remain crippled forever..."
"You... What do you mean?!" Zhu Lingtou raised his brows slightly and stared at Wei Zhao with wide eyes, unable to determine what he was really getting at.
"Nothing. I was just speaking offhand." Wei Zhao's tone remained indifferent. "Wu Chengtian was crippled by someone, yet he has now recovered and become an early-phase Earth-rank expert. And that Medicine King Zhao in your Pi Zhitao family's circle was said to be beyond saving, but isn't he perfectly fine now?"
Since Zhu Lingtou had managed to find his way here, Wei Zhao believed that he must also have seen the people from the reclusive Pi family coming out of the gambling house.
By this point, if Zhu Lingtou still did not understand what Wei Zhao meant, he would have had to be a complete fool. The hint could not have been clearer: following Zhao Qibing offered no future, while following Zhao Qilei did. And not only did Zhao Qilei offer him a future, he might even be able to restore his younger brother's injuries.
Zhu Bo's injuries were severe, but in Zhu Lingtou's eyes, Wu Chengtian and Pi Zhitao had been hurt even more badly. Since both of them were fine now, then in Wei Zhao's eyes, Zhu Bo's injuries probably amounted to nothing at all. Treating them properly likely would not be difficult.
"I... May I think it over? This is far too重大..." Zhu Lingtou fell silent for a moment before asking.
After all, asking him to betray the Zhao family was somewhat impossible. He had served the Zhao family for so many years that Zhu Lingtou could never bring himself to join Wei Zhao in destroying them. But changing masters and serving Zhao Qilei was something he could accept.
After all, Zhao Qilei was also a member of the Zhao family. If Zhao Qilei became the family head, Zhu Lingtou could live with that. It was simply that he could not change his way of thinking overnight and needed time to consider it carefully. (To be continued...)
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