Chapter 218: Parting Ways

At the back of the Yu family villa, Su Tianyu looked gravely at Yu Mingyuan, seeing only the madness in his eyes and his numb expression under the moonlight.

After a long silence between them, Yu Mingyuan drank another half glass of red wine and said hoarsely: "I won't use them for free - you can name your price."

Su Tianyu didn't respond, only stared at him with tightly furrowed brows.

"Price not enough?" Yu Mingyuan turned to look at Su Tianyu saying: "Then how about this - I'll have my uncle think of ways - even if we can't work you into the system in the end, we'll find a way to get you into a state-owned enterprise with good prospects. How's that?!"

Yu Mingyuan's words at this moment were full of utilitarianism, with no emotion in his tone.

"What are you saying?!" Su Tianyu demanded, suppressing his anger. "Are you trying to make a deal with me? If it's just a transaction, then how do you account for using my people before? Wasn't the money a bit too little?!"

"Then how much do you want?" Yu Mingyuan asked calmly.

"Am I talking about money?!" Su Tianyu stared at Yu Mingyuan asking back. "Do you think killing all suspects makes sense?"

"They killed my father!!!" Yu Mingyuan's emotions finally changed as he growled with a twisted expression: "I'm avenging my father - doesn't that make sense? Huh?!"

Looking at Yu Mingyuan's expression, Su Tianyu paused for several seconds before waving his hand to calm his emotions: "OK! OK! Let's not argue, let's talk properly... First, you're not Bai Hongbo, not Kong Zhenghui, and definitely not me! With Uncle Yu gone, you're the link connecting everyone, you're the helmsman! You need to understand - behind you stand over four thousand Tongji Association members, three families bound to death with you, plus the Zhou family providing financial support, and connections like Wang Daolin who've helped you multiple times. Emotionally, I can understand your feelings, but as the sword-bearer of a group, you can't ignore everyone and act completely on your own emotions! This is irresponsible - do you understand?!"

"Little Yu, I now...!"

"Let me finish," Su Tianyu interrupted him, staring intently as he continued: "With Uncle Yu gone, many upper-level connections may not have confidence in us now - they're all watching and waiting. And people in the association currently lack confidence too - at this time you should stand up, give everyone new..."

"Give what bullshit!!" Yu Mingyuan suddenly stood up. "The father who gave birth to and raised me is gone, stabbed seven or eight times with his internal organs pierced - you want me to fucking care about whose feelings?! Huh?! I don't want to hear you say these things - just tell me, can I use those people or not? If not, I'll find others!"

Hearing this, Su Tianyu could no longer suppress the fire in his heart and also suddenly stood up shouting: "Can you calm down a bit?! The Xue family, Changqing, Dock Workers Association, Longkou District dock gang, Xu Hu's escaped brothers, plus Li Xing, Li Hongze in prison - these people, these forces, could all be the masterminds behind this - can you really kill them all in one round? Is this realistic?! Have you considered that the killer behind Uncle Yu's death might most want to see you in your current state? They'd love nothing more than for you to go crazy like this and stir up the waters again. Also, even if you really succeeded, what about your future?! Hide in some corner as a fugitive, or get shot at the execution grounds? Finally, what about all of us following you? If you cause trouble, everyone in the association will suffer - the Zhou family who invested in you, their four million will also be completely wasted."

Hearing this, Yu Mingyuan's lips curled in a cold smile: "You finally spoke the truth! You're afraid if I do this, it will implicate you, implicate the Su family, right? You're worried your little vested interests will be wasted because of my actions, right?! Su Tianyu, don't fucking forget - without the Yu family, you couldn't even protect your little patch of sanitation contracting company now, what future are you talking about?! You can choose not to help me, can dodge matters, but your attitude is too utilitarian! Let me tell you, the night before my father left, he was still asking people to help with your matters - he treated you like his own disciple!!"

Under the moonlight, they stared at each other as Yu Mingyuan shouted again excitedly: "Don't forget, killing Gu Tongshan was your idea - it was your radical plan that led to the series of changes afterward! You also bear responsibility for my father's death!!"

Su Tianyu slowly closed his eyes and let out a long breath. At this moment, his heart was full of disappointment, and he didn't plan to explain the Gu Tongshan matter further, because Yu Mingyuan had clearly fallen into endless negative emotions - an unstoppable obsession that made him unable to hear anyone's words.

The plan to snipe Gu Tongshan was indeed proposed by Su Tianyu, but the person who ultimately approved it wasn't him but Yu Jinrong himself - all plan details were approved and decided by the latter.

Whether a battle succeeds or fails, the final responsibility always lies with the chief military commander, never with the staff team.

The staff's duty is to offer advice and make plans - if they don't speak up and dodge when issues arise, that would be dereliction of duty.

But Su Tianyu didn't plan to argue these points with Yu Mingyuan. After taking quite a while to recover, he raised his hand pointing at Yu Mingyuan saying: "To raise investment and save Zhou Tonghui, I took just over ten Zhou family people to rob Nick at the Longkou Dock Workers Association; to stabilize Tianhong Port and give us a chance to turn things around, I went alone to find Wei Xiangzuo and was chased up the mountain by over forty Xue family private armed men - the rock I hid behind had over a hundred bullet holes! If I feared death, feared trouble, why the fuck would I do these things?! Yu Mingyuan, your father died - you're devastated, grieving, can't control your emotions, but have you thought about it? To do this business, Bai Hongbo's brother Bai Hongtao also died! To run this association, how many people are gone?! Go look at my Big Brother, Second Brother, and all those following you - how many more scars are on their bodies?! We risked our lives to create a turning point, finally seeing some hope, but in the end discovered the person we trusted is a complete waste! A young master who can't handle things at critical moments!! You've failed the trust of three companies, and even more fucking failed the Zhou family's real gold and silver investment, and those connections who risked helping you!!!"

After pointing and speaking to Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianyu turned to leave, saying with his back turned before leaving: "You think we have an interest relationship - that's fine too. Come when there's profit, leave when there's none - we Su family can't play anymore, we're withdrawing now!"