Du Zhaohui was a bit stunned.

He had anticipated Liu Tianquan’s appearance but hadn’t expected him to show up in such a ghastly state.

From the exchange between Liu Tianquan and Du Chengrong, Du Zhaohui guessed what Liu Tianquan had endured—but Liu Tianquan was right, which “son” was the old man avenging?

When Du Chengrong demanded harshly, Du Zhaohui dismissed it:

“I’d like to kill my father, but it seems I’m too late.”

Thump, thump, thump—footsteps echoed clearly from the cabin, heavy steps climbing up the stairs.

The second person to appear was Liu Keying, heavily pregnant.

Behind her followed Du Zhaoqi.

Du Zhaohui wiped water droplets from his face: “Look, here’s the one who wants to kill his father. Oh my, your precious son, sent to study in England, and this is how he turned out, hahaha!”

Liu Keying, visibly pregnant, sweetly called out “Mr. Du,” then smiled at Du Zhaohui:

“Eldest Young Master, I admire your courage for remaining fearless even now.”

Du Zhaohui let out a strange laugh, “If I were afraid, would you spare me?”

Liu Keying thought seriously for a moment, then shook her head: “That won’t do. We still have to kill you. You’ve grown too quickly. If we don’t kill you this time, I won’t be able to sleep well at night. You must understand, I’m a pregnant woman—if I can’t rest well, how can my baby be healthy!”

Du Chengrong now understood what was happening.

“Zhaoqi, when did you join forces with Keying?”

Du Zhaoqi smiled:

“Since I discovered you were becoming confused. You built Chengrong Group through life-and-death struggles, surely you wouldn’t want to see the Du family enterprise fall. But despite your age, you refuse to relinquish power. You wanted to give Big Brother more time to grow, right? Though Big Brother doesn’t appreciate it, I know you only favor him—all the other Du family children combined don’t match up to him… Father, you’ve worked too hard trying to put such a fool in power. I had no choice but to join forces with Fourth Mother and Uncle Liu to make you hand over your power and correct this mistake.”

Liu Keying held onto the cabin door: “It’s a pity the Eldest Young Master couldn’t appreciate your intentions, Mr. Du. You said I would be the Du family’s last concubine, so why did you break your promise and make me the laughingstock of Hong Kong? My brother served the Du family like an ox, and when we first moved against the Eldest Young Master, you didn’t stop us. Your tacit approval nurtured our ambitions. Now that you’re old and want to clear obstacles for the Eldest Young Master, you kick us siblings aside. When I begged you to spare my brother’s life, how did you respond?”

Everyone had their grievances.

Everyone felt Du Chengrong was unfair.

The old man had built his fortune from nothing and had many women and many children.

In the end, it seemed no one was truly loyal to him.

Du Zhaohui was quite pleased—this was like a grand criticism of the old man, hanging him up for a public flogging.

Of course, the most laughable part was that Du Zhaoqi and Liu Keying were both deeply jealous of him, believing the old man did everything for him—they were thinking too much, the damn old man didn’t do anything for anyone, he was just selfish!

Naturally, Du Zhaohui wouldn’t argue against this.

Being “envied” by Liu Keying and Du Zhaoqi made Du Zhaohui feel quite satisfied.

Seeing Du Chengrong’s silence, Liu Keying became emotional:

“Just like now! You’ve ignored my feelings for over ten years. Others think I’m favored, not knowing how carefully I had to gauge your thoughts, living in constant fear… Haha, never mind, everything is coming to an end now! Mr. Du, I won’t have to please you anymore. I thank you for letting me be Fourth Madam all these years. I will continue to be the Du family’s Fourth Madam, but without you, there won’t be a Fifth or Sixth Madam. No one will come to shame me anymore, and I won’t lie awake at night, afraid you’ll take back what you’ve given me.”

Liu Keying laughed until tears streamed down her face.

Du Chengrong finally spoke slowly:

“Liu Keying, how can you be so foolish? After being by my side for over a decade, the most important lesson you should have learned is to trust no one. If the benefits are great enough, your sons, parents, and siblings can all betray you—how can you be sure that after joining forces with Zhaoqi to eliminate me, he won’t discard your siblings like pawns?”

Du Chengrong stepped forward fearlessly toward Liu Tianquan’s gun: “He must have promised you something, even deliberately given you some leverage against him. But he’s only 23 this year and already dares to kill his father—do you think the ‘leverage’ he gave you can restrain such a young man?”

Du Chengrong smiled at Du Zhaoqi, “Had I known you were this decisive, I should have chosen to groom you—you might be more suitable than your elder brother to inherit the Du family!”

Liu Keying became unsettled by Du Chengrong’s words.

But Du Zhaoqi remained unmoved:

“Thank you for your recognition, Father, but it’s too late to change your mind now. We father and son have shown our true colors—if you leave this boat alive tonight, it will be the end for me, Fourth Mother, and Uncle Liu. Fourth Mother, you fear I might turn against you, but aren’t you afraid of Father? His scheming surpasses all of us combined. If Big Brother hadn’t lured him to the new city and invited him out to sea, we wouldn’t have succeeded tonight! This is our only chance, Fourth Mother, think carefully!”

Liu Tianquan shouted while gripping the gun: “Keying, don’t be foolish! Don’t trust Du Chengrong’s words—he said he’d spare me too, but look what he did to me! If Zhaoqi hadn’t sent people to save me, I’d be dead in the sea by now!”

Liu Keying touched her belly and nodded coldly.

“I won’t be deceived by him again. Second Young Master, take him to the cabin and make him sign the documents!”

Killing Du Chengrong alone would be useless—the Du family had many heirs.

Including the uninvolved third branch and Xia Ziyu.

Moreover, Du Chengrong likely had already made a will. After Du Chengrong’s “accidental death,” his assets would be distributed according to his will, and Liu Keying and Du Zhaoqi might not get much. The majority would probably go to Du Zhaohui… So they couldn’t blame them for being ruthless and eliminating both Du Chengrong and Du Zhaohui.

They would first spread the news that Du Chengrong and Du Zhaohui had met with a maritime accident, and while searching for them, they would have a new will override the old one.

Du Zhaoqi made a welcoming gesture:

“Please enter. Regarding the Du family’s vast assets, this will be your biggest ‘project’ to sign.”

Du Zhaohui clapped sarcastically:

“…I’m truly grateful to you all for letting me watch such a good show before I die.”

His insolence nearly made Liu Tianquan’s gun go off—personally killing Du Zhaohui had always been Liu Tianquan’s dream!

Du Zhaoqi stopped him, “Don’t be impulsive. The way we send off Father and Big Brother must be gentle. When their bodies are found, they can’t appear to have died from gunshots.”

Du Chengrong surprisingly approved:

“You’ve thought it through thoroughly. My and Zhaohui’s ‘accidental drowning’ will end the investigation quickly. If we’re found shot, the new Will you make me sign will be questioned. So, the people who came aboard with me and Zhaohui must be unconscious now rather than dead—they too must have died in the ‘maritime accident.’ And for such a secret act of patricide, you wouldn’t dare let too many people know—”

Du Chengrong had unconsciously moved very close to Liu Tianquan. He suddenly lunged forward, grabbing Liu Tianquan’s empty left sleeve and kicking his lame leg, seizing his gun.

The next second, Du Chengrong pulled the trigger without hesitation. Liu Tianquan fell with a thud, blood gushing from his chest, soaking a large patch of his clothes.

“A waste is always a waste! Given a second chance at life and you don’t run far away, yet dare to appear before me!”

“Brother!!”

Liu Keying screamed and retreated, while Du Zhaoqi pressed his lips together and aimed his gun at Du Chengrong:

“Father, don’t force me to kill you with my own hands!”

Du Chengrong sneered, “Now it’s two against two, and your side has a useless pregnant woman—who kills who remains to be seen… Du Zhaohui, why aren’t you coming over quickly? Still want to watch the show? Are you going to wait for your brother to throw you into the sea? I know you resent me, but if I die, you won’t live either. You haven’t gotten the Du family money yet—are you willing to leave this world?”

Du Zhaohui admitted the old man was right.

He certainly wasn’t willing to die.

He wanted to live in the biggest house, drive the best cars, and eliminate all those Du family bastards.

If he died, who would spend the Du family’s money?

Not only had he not recovered the 20% shares his mother left behind.

If he died, wouldn’t he be completely abandoning Xia Xiaolan to that dark-faced Zhou?