Chapter 26: Fighting Fire with Fire

Li Tianran lifted his foot and stepped on Liang Tianyu's face. He lowered his head and sternly asked, "Do you think I don't dare to touch you? Do you think your status can protect you?"

Liang Tianyu stared with eyes wide open, extremely surprised and terrified, and was momentarily speechless.

"I'll tell you, those prestigious titles you have mean nothing to me!"

Bang!

Li Tianran kicked Liang Tianyu's head. "Maybe before the world changed, your words could pose a threat to me. But now, what are you to me?"

"Less than a dog!"

Li Tianran struck again with a punch to Liang Tianyu's head.

"Stop... please stop! I take back what I said earlier!" Liang Tianyu was genuinely frightened at this moment. He didn't expect Li Tianran to act so decisively!

He was the kind of poisoner who was accustomed to hiding in the office and manipulating conspiracies, completely different from Li Tianran.

If Li Tianran let him go today, perhaps he could have played with Li Tianran to the point where he begged for his life and couldn't die.

But!

Li Tianran was standing here now, not playing any tricks or scheming!

Just with his fists, he shattered all of Liang Tianyu's calculations.

If Liang Tianyu could be compared to an emperor skilled in playing mind games, then Li Tianran was a martial artist who used force to break the law.

When an emperor gets angry, blood flows like rivers.

But when a commoner gets angry, within five steps, even the emperor will be covered in blood!

"If you hadn't spoken up earlier, I wouldn't have known how much evil you've done..." Li Tianran's eyes filled with killing intent. He picked up a hollow steel pipe nearby, gritted his teeth, and angrily said, "It's because there are so many despicable people like you, who are as rotten as maggots on the inside, that the world has become so terrible!"

"I've been living cautiously in the apocalypse, not wanting to harm anyone. But reality always forces me onto this path. Since that's the case, I'll use violence to counter violence, starting with you!"

Liang Tianyu sensed the strong killing intent in Li Tianran's words, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Li Tianran swung the steel pipe directly, and Liang Tianyu's head tilted, his pupils dilating instantly.

Three dull thuds shattered Liang Tianyu's skull!

A venomous schemer, full of ambition and ready to embrace a new life, died in the hands of an insignificant ant in his eyes!

...

Thirty minutes later.

A massive fire broke out in Warehouse No. 78. The flames were fierce, and by the time firefighters arrived, the entire warehouse had been reduced to ruins.

Within the ruins, two almost completely burned corpses were found.

Through difficult identification, they finally confirmed the identities of the two bodies.

Liang Tianyu, the general manager of Tianrun Company.

Chen Nan, the head of security at Tianrun Company.

Tianrun Company was the leading enterprise in Nan Cheng and the pillar of its economic development, so the news spread quickly.

Many people were stunned upon hearing the news.

Inside an office at Tianrun Company.

Deputy General Manager Ren was talking with the headquarters on the phone when urgent knocking suddenly came from the office door.

"Come in." Deputy General Manager Ren hung up the phone and turned to look.

"Assistant General Ren, something big happened! Liang Tianyu... Liang Tianyu is dead!" The door was pushed open, and the secretary stood at the doorway, panting and speaking urgently.

Deputy General Manager Ren's beautiful face showed a hint of astonishment, then quickly turned solemn. "Is what you're saying true?"

"It's absolutely true! The military hospital has confirmed Liang Tianyu's identity. They want us to go and claim the body!" The secretary's face turned pale.

"What was the cause of death?" Deputy General Manager Ren asked urgently, "Was he killed, or was it an accident?"

"It's still unclear at the moment, but it's said to be related to a fire!" the secretary answered. "There was a fire in a warehouse on the outskirts of the city, and Liang Tianyu's body was found in the ruins by the firefighters."

"On the outskirts..." Deputy General Manager Ren frowned, a puzzled expression flashing in her beautiful eyes. "Why would he go to a place like that when the company has no business there?"

"I don't know about that," the secretary shook his head.

"This is definitely not an accident." Deputy General Manager Ren's beautiful eyes suddenly burst with sharpness, like a falcon. Her red lips parted slightly. "Investigate immediately whether Liang Tianyu had any recent contact with strangers, as well as his communication records. I want to see detailed information in three hours!"

Aside from Liang Tianyu, Deputy General Manager Ren was the most powerful person in Tianrun Company. With Liang Tianyu's recent death, it was an excellent opportunity for her.

If she could seize this opportunity, she could become the one wielding great power.

The secretary thought this way and went to carry out the orders.

After the secretary left, Deputy General Manager Ren took a deep breath and murmured to herself, her gaze flickering, "This is definitely a murder, but who was the one who made the move?"

"Was it only directed at Liang Tianyu, or... at Tianrun Company?"

"If it's the former, I'll celebrate with two bottles of wine tonight."

"But if it's the latter, then he is my enemy..."

Deputy General Managers Ren stood there, muttering to herself. A complex emotion appeared on her stunningly beautiful face.