745: Chapter 737: Small Gains 745: Chapter 737: Small Gains Xia Chen and Zheng Aiai meant well, but the more cruel the means Li Jinfang used to torment those two men, the deeper his impression would be.
Those two who had harmed Li Jinfang grievously were indeed miserable, but whether Li Jinfang could truly find relief was really hard to say.
Looking at the still conflicted Li Jinfang, Gao Yang couldn’t help but think of Grand Ivan.
Driven by the same hatred, Grand Ivan, who had lost his wife and children, had taken even harsher revenge than Li Jinfang.
He had killed his enemy’s entire family and then locked up his enemy like a dog for over a decade, but the question was, had Grand Ivan really found happiness from it?
Gao Yang felt the answer was no.
To a large extent, Grand Ivan, while torturing his enemy, was also torturing himself.
Time is the best remedy for pain, but Grand Ivan locked up his enemy and then sat idle every day, merely watching his enemy’s miserable state.
In doing so, he was constantly reminding himself of the pain he had endured.
Therefore, Gao Yang felt that Grand Ivan would have been better off killing his enemy with a single shot.
By doing this, he would have given his enemy a swift end but also a release for himself.
Now, Li Jinfang was facing a situation similar to that of Grand Ivan.
Although the degree was different, the idea was pretty much the same, that is, to give the enemy a swift end while also giving himself a break, or make the greatest effort to torment the enemy, leaving himself with a profoundly deep impression.
Gao Yang had originally planned to stand by as an observer and not comment on whatever means Li Jinfang chose to use.
But after understanding the key point, Gao Yang decided it was better to say something.
However, just as he was about to speak, it seemed Li Jinfang had also made up his mind.
With a long sigh, Li Jinfang said in a deep voice, “That Monk, the Monk who saved me, once told me, ‘Samsara is endless, turning back is the shore.’ Okay, I’ve decided to let them go.”
After Li Jinfang finished speaking, he looked at Li Pengfei and Zheng Aiai, who were holding the two murderers, and said, “Let them go.”
Li Pengfei and Zheng Aiai exchanged glances, then let the two murderers go and stepped aside, while the two young black men collapsed on the ground like two heaps of mud.
Li Jinfang slowly said, “Put down the butcher knife and instantly become a Buddha, I’ve decided to forgive you.”
Gao Yang was greatly surprised.
He didn’t want Li Jinfang to use torture to deepen his own heartache, but he wanted even less for Li Jinfang to let those two murderers go so easily.
After finding the culprit they were after, if Li Jinfang didn’t seek revenge and just let them go like that, he couldn’t bear it.
While Gao Yang was astonished, he saw Li Jinfang walk up to the two murderers, raise the rifle in his hand, and shoot one of them in the head.
Then he pointed the gun at the remaining murderer’s eye and said in a deep voice, “Put down the butcher knife and instantly become a Buddha.
I’ve decided to let you go, not to torment you further, but to give you a swift end.”
Li Jinfang fired again, blowing the heads off both murderers with one shot each.
He then let out a long sigh, looked up to the sky, and said, “Lizhe, revenge is now served, I hope you are satisfied.”
As Li Jinfang finished speaking, Gao Yang couldn’t help saying, “Toad, you talked about putting down the butcher knife and instantly becoming a Buddha, but you just killed them.
Does this count as putting down the butcher knife?”
Li Jinfang nodded and said, “Of course it does.
I was planning to torture these bastards severely.
But now I just shot them dead.
Doesn’t that count as putting down the butcher knife?
You don’t think I was going to let them go, do you?
What a joke.
I would rather die than let them go.
Just killing them like this is really letting them off easy.
Of course, I consider it like becoming a Buddha on the spot.”
Gao Yang gave a wry smile and said, “Your threshold for putting down the butcher knife and becoming a Buddha is too low.”
Li Jinfang sighed and said, “I just remembered what that Black Monk told me, his phrase ‘Samsara is endless, turning back is the shore’ really moved me.
So, I also wanted to use a Buddhist phrase to respond, and after thinking for a long time, this is the only phrase I know.”
Although the reasoning was nonsensical, Li Jinfang felt it was fine, and aside from a wry smile, Gao Yang had nothing more to say.
Apart from a few Huaxia people, no one could grasp the significance of what Li Jinfang had said, but for Gao Yang and the others who had grown up watching movies and TV, the phrase “Put down the butcher knife and instantly become a Buddha” was all too familiar, they couldn’t help but be startled.
Xia Chen said with a puzzled look, “What are you guys talking about?
What Black Monk?
What is all this about?”
Gao Yang waved his hand and said, “Toad was insane back then, crashing cars, and it was a black Monk who saved him and took him back.
We found him in a temple, and it’s that Monk who saved him I’m talking about.”
Li Pengfei’s eyes widened and he said, “What?
There are Monks in this godforsaken place?
Bald-headed Monks?
You must be kidding!”
Gao Yang spread his hands and said, “You find it strange, so do I, but there are Monks here.
If not for a Monk, where would such phrases like ‘Samsara is endless, turning back is the shore’ come from, and still spoken in Chinese too.”
Li Jinfang shook his head and said, “What can I say?
Right after Lizhe’s incident, my whole person was confused, all I wanted was to kill, my mind was blank.
Now that I think back, it really wasn’t right.”
Gao Yang quickly said, “It’s all in the past, stop overthinking it.
Besides, the ones you killed were no good anyway, they deserved to die.”
Li Jinfang let out a long sigh, then said softly, “Brother Yang, you know, you know Lizhe’s…, Lizhe’s…”
Unable to utter the words “dead body,” Li Jinfang’s eyes reddened again.
Fortunately, Gao Yang knew what he wanted to ask and hurriedly said, “I know, people from the embassy and her family have come.
Yes, they said they are going to take her back to Huaxia for burial.
I did make sure to find out about this.”
Li Jinfang nodded but found himself unable to speak.
At this moment, Gao Yang said in a soft voice, “Do you want to see her one last time?
If you want, uh, let’s think of a way.
I’ll go inquire about it.”
Li Jinfang shook his head and said, “No, better not.
With my identity, it’s not convenient to go.
Seeing her, in the end, would just trouble everyone else.
It’s better not to see her, I don’t have the face to see her.”
Gao Yang said soothingly, “It’s okay, don’t think too much.”
Li Jinfang turned his head away, choking up, “Not seeing her, truly not seeing her now.
It was not easy for you guys to keep me alive this trip.”
Gao Yang understood the underlying meaning of Li Jinfang’s words.
Li Jinfang still wanted to die.
He was afraid that seeing Zhou Lizhe would make him lose control and seek death again.
Li Jinfang was no longer worried about his own death, but was afraid that his death would drag Gao Yang and the others down once more.
Not seeing her was perhaps for the best.
After mentally sighing to himself, Gao Yang looked at Li Pengfei and loudly said, “Bull Demon King, this mission wasn’t a small ordeal.
Do you have a way to wrap it up?”
Li Pengfei waved his hand and shouted, “It’s nothing.
What could possibly go wrong?
At worst, we just won’t come back to Congo-Brazzaville.
Other than that, there’s really nothing else, too remote for the emperor to reach us.
Besides, Toad coming here was confidential, hardly anyone knew.
I’ll just pull people out and retreat, that’s it.”
After saying this, Li Pengfei patted Li Jinfang on the shoulder and said, “Toad, my apologies, brother.
If you hadn’t come, none of this would have happened.”
Li Jinfang shook his head and said, “No more talk, it’s fate, ah, it’s all destined.”
In the time it took to exchange a few words, the two boats brought by Little Donnie had docked.
Gao Yang clapped his hands and said, “Alright, those who needed to be killed are dead, and the revenge that needed to be avenged has been served.
Brothers, let’s withdraw.
Bull Demon King, come aboard with us, let’s leave here first.”
The speedboats couldn’t directly reach the beach, but the water wasn’t deep; Gao Yang and his men could wade through a bit.
The only trouble was Li Jinfang, whose legs had been badly burned and couldn’t touch seawater anymore, so Li Jinfang got into an inflatable raft lowered from a speedboat, dragging two bags of money onto the ship.
Upon getting on the ship from the water, the first thing was to stow all weapons and gear into boxes, then to leave quickly.
As the boat sped forward, the sound of the wind was particularly loud.
Gao Yang yelled to Li Pengfei, “Where are you guys heading, Pointe Noire or leaving directly with us?”
Li Pengfei also yelled, “Let’s say Pointe Noire.
Drop us off along the way.
We’ll handle the aftermath and then leave.
Don’t worry about us.”
Having understood Li Pengfei’s plans, Gao Yang suddenly remembered something; they were preparing to leave but Cui Bo had not yet arrived.
At a small dock on the outskirts of Pointe Noire, they dropped off Li Pengfei and his two companions.
Li Pengfei waved at Gao Yang and the others, saying, “We’ll talk later.
Take care, goodbye.”
After waving goodbye to Li Pengfei and his group, Little Donnie approached Gao Yang and spoke in a low voice, “How are we going to leave?
Toad’s leg needs urgent treatment, it looks infected.
These kinds of injuries are troublesome; delaying too long is not okay, and it’s better to go to America for treatment.”
Gao Yang frowned and said, “We have a private plane, Morgan’s private plane is still at the Pointe Noire airport.
It would be best if we could just fly straight from there, but how do we get Toad into the airport?”
After pondering for a moment, Little Donnie said solemnly, “Having a private plane makes it easier.
How about this?
I’ll take the weapons and Toad, I can find a plane for a direct flight to Angola.
The rest of you can leave on the private plane.
We’ll meet up at Luanda Airport in Angola.
It won’t take too long, how about that?”
Gao Yang clapped his hands and said, “Good, that’s the plan, we’ll meet in Luanda.
Oh, and these two bags are full of money, one million US dollars.
You take it with you.
Also, see if you can help me make arrangements, I need to go to South Sudan urgently.
Oh, speaking of which, I just remembered something else.
Andy He is still waiting to be contacted.
I have to give him another call.” (To be continued.
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