Chapter 112: A Xing’s Choice

Throughout one’s life, countless choices must be faced.

Some decisions are trivial, born of mere fussiness—like whether to have fried dough sticks with soy milk or bread with milk for breakfast.

Others, however, shape the destiny of a lifetime—such as which university to attend, or whether to pursue steady employment or start one’s own business.

For Ah Xing, the choice before him at this moment was undoubtedly the most difficult he had ever encountered in his life.

His mind swung between memories of today’s reckless extravagance and the image of the lollipop he had refused twice before.

To shoot or not to shoot?

If he chose to shoot, whom should he shoot?

Ah Xing gripped the gun and slowly walked over to the three men—Li Daniu and his companions—hesitating once more.

All three were skilled martial artists. One was content to be a tailor mocked by others; another was willing to be a lowly laborer despised by many. Neither wished to use their martial prowess to bully others.

Yet Li Daniu, who had promised to teach Ah Xing martial arts and give him money to spend, abused his superior skills recklessly, showing no regard for human life and even loudly proclaiming his ambition to dominate the martial world.

Ah Xing did not understand what this “martial world” truly meant—it was too distant from his reality. But suddenly, he realized where Li Daniu’s money had come from.

It was nothing more than what he had taken from others by force.

No matter what grudges had existed before, in this dog-eat-dog society, who was truly right or wrong?

“What are you standing there for? Shoot!” Li Daniu urged, pressing Ah Xing to make a choice quickly, sensing two masters approaching.

“To shoot, but whom?”

“Of course, shoot them! Do you want to shoot me instead?”

“Master, please spare them! You’ve already won!” Ah Xing pleaded desperately again.

“Sparing them?” Li Daniu laughed with a manic edge reminiscent of Wu Zhenyu’s style. “Are you trying to play the good guy like them?”

Could he still be a good person? Ah Xing thought of the thefts he had committed and the robbery earlier today. Gritting his teeth, he raised the gun in his hand.

Upstairs, in a nearby room, the landlady was about to intervene but was stopped by her husband.

“Look carefully—who is that boy aiming the gun at?”

The landlady focused and saw that Ah Xing’s gun was pointed directly at Li Daniu.

“Master, let go!” Ah Xing shouted wildly. “If you don’t release them, I really will fire!”

“You want to shoot me?” Li Daniu narrowed his eyes. Though he was testing Ah Xing, if Ah Xing really pulled the trigger, it would be a different matter.

“Master, I beg you, please let go!”

“Go ahead and shoot,” Li Daniu intently watched Ah Xing’s finger, confident that he could counter in an instant if the trigger was pulled. He had also noticed that the safety was off.

“I really will shoot. I’ll kill you!”

“Come on, shoot then, damn it!”

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