Su Yang curved his lips into a smile and said, "You are Shangguan Zhongtang?"
Normally, Shangguan Zhongtang would have slammed the table and accused Su Yang of audacity.
However, after days of sparring wits with Su Yang, Shangguan Zhongtang had come to realize that Su Yang was no ordinary person. If he were, he wouldn't have been able to confront Shangguan Zhongtang for so long.
Nor would he have pushed Shangguan Zhongtang to this point.
Shangguan Zhongtang's hair had turned significantly grayer these past few days.
Looking at Su Yang before him, Shangguan Zhongtang said, "That's right, I am Shangguan Zhongtang, the father of Shangguan Yi, whom you killed."
Su Yang chuckled lightly and said, "Let me tell you first, because you relentlessly pressured me and poisoned my master without any martial ethics, I poisoned your son. The poison was the same. Your son couldn't withstand it, and it's not my fault."
Su Yang then smiled again and said, "If you want to blame someone for your son's death, you can only blame yourself. If you hadn't poisoned Lord Shi Wuzun, my people wouldn't have extracted that poison to give to your son."
Hearing Su Yang's words, Shangguan Zhongtang took a deep breath and closed his eyes in meditation.
At this point, Shangguan Zhongtang was filled with regret.
He regretted it immensely.
He shouldn't have clashed with Shi Wuzun, shouldn't have provoked Su Yang, and perhaps shouldn't have poisoned Shi Wuzun.
If he hadn't acted back then, would his situation be completely different now? Perhaps his child would still be alive and well by his side.
Shangguan Yi was indeed a bit mischievous, but he was a child raised by Shangguan Zhongtang himself. The bond of affection and blood made Shangguan Zhongtang's heart ache.
"You seem to regret it now," Su Yang said. "But regret is useless. There's no medicine for regret in this world."
Shangguan Zhongtang sighed again and opened his eyes to look at Su Yang.
"You shouldn't have any regrets either.
You killed my child and pushed me to this point step by step."
Su Yang chuckled, "I, Su Yang, will not regret it. No matter what the outcome of my actions, I will never regret them.
These are the consequences of my choices, and I must bear them, whether good or bad."
Hearing Su Yang's words, Shangguan Zhongtang snorted, "You are quite insightful."
"I am far more insightful than you. You just can't let go, and you don't see this as punishment for your own wrongdoings, which is why you've ended up in this situation."
As he spoke, Su Yang sat down in front of Shangguan Zhongtang, crossing his legs. Su Yang said to Shangguan Zhongtang, "Surrender now, and I'll spare you."
Shangguan Zhongtang snorted, "Have you forgotten what I just told you?"
Su Yang certainly hadn't forgotten, but he didn't care about it at all.
At this moment, Shangguan Qianji posed no threat and was cooperating with Su Yang to put on a show for Shangguan Zhongtang.
Su Yang's family was in no danger. Why should Su Yang be afraid?
"Tell me what you just said."
"Your family, your parents in Songhai, and your wives and girlfriends are all in my hands."
The smile on Su Yang's face disappeared. At this moment, the act had to be complete.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Seeing the change in Su Yang's expression, Shangguan Zhongtang knew that this move of his had been absolutely correct.
Smiling at Su Yang, he said, "You can call and check."
Su Yang looked at Shangguan Zhongtang and then took out his phone.
However, he didn't actually make a call. Instead, he called his other number, creating the illusion for Shangguan Zhongtang that Su Yang had tried to call but no one answered.
A moment later, Su Yang hung up the phone and looked at Shangguan Zhongtang, asking, "What do you want?"
"What do I want?" Shangguan Zhongtang felt he had Su Yang cornered and chuckled, looking at Su Yang. "I want you dead."
Su Yang returned a light laugh, "Many people want me dead. Who do you think you are?"
"The people from the Eight Great Families of Qingcheng want me dead. You can go and see where they are right now."
Shangguan Zhongtang had already learned ten minutes ago that the people from the Eight Great Families of Qingcheng were all dead.
Hearing Su Yang's words, Shangguan Zhongtang chuckled, "If you don't die, your family will die. You decide for yourself."
Su Yang chuckled softly and then said, "Does Commander Jun know that I've cooperated with Sakata Chon?"
Shangguan Zhongtang looked at Su Yang in confusion, and then a lot of anger appeared on his face.
"I know. You are very capable."
Su Yang laughed again, "Capability is one thing, but the important thing is that I have money. I have a lot of money."
The corner of Shangguan Zhongtang's mouth twitched.
When it came to money, Shangguan Zhongtang indeed couldn't compare to Su Yang at this moment. Su Yang was willing to spend a billion to hire Sakata Chon. Shangguan Zhongtang had never earned that much in his entire life.
He originally had only a small target amount in savings, and these days, due to Shangguan Yi's affairs and various other things, he was almost broke.
But Su Yang had casually spent a billion to cooperate with someone.
This truly shocked Shangguan Zhongtang.
"Your money is yours, and your bribing Sakata Chon is also yours. It has nothing to do with me."
Su Yang curved his lips and looked at Shangguan Zhongtang, "How can it not be related? If I remember correctly, officials within Longguo are not allowed to have contact with people from Sangguo, right?"
As soon as Su Yang said this, Shangguan Zhongtang froze completely.
No matter what, he hadn't expected Su Yang to say something like this.
"Why Sakata Chon became my spy on your side, I don't need to elaborate, do I?"
Shangguan Zhongtang pursed his lips and stubbornly said, "It was just friendly exchange, no actual contact, it doesn't count."
"Is that so?" Su Yang relaxed and leaned back on the sofa.
"You've attempted to assassinate me multiple times, cooperated with people from Sangguo, and... you didn't just start cooperating with Sakata Chon this year, did you?"
Hearing Su Yang's words, Shangguan Zhongtang couldn't sit still.
He truly, truly hadn't expected Su Yang to know these things.
He also absolutely hadn't expected Sakata Chon to reveal such confidential matters to Su Yang.
But... thinking about it, Su Yang gave Sakata Chon a billion...
He suddenly stood up, looked around at the people present, and said, "Everyone, leave for now."
After Shangguan Zhongtang spoke, the people behind him hesitated. Mo Yu waved his hand, and those people left.
"Have your irrelevant people leave first."
Su Yang looked at Shangguan Zhongtang with a faint smile, "I won't. They are here to protect me."