Chapter 250
Ye Tian chewed a piece of meat and swallowed it down with some wine.
"Let’s put it this way. Think about it, eagles have wings, so they fly up into the sky, as high and as far as they want. Tigers have teeth and claws, they eat whoever they feel like, and everything tastes delicious to those with good teeth and appetites. Let’s not talk about animals and talk about you instead. Look at you, with your background, your abilities, and the efficient helpers at your beck and call, right? So you can go wherever you wish. But I can’t. I’d fall to my death if I flew to the sky, get eaten by wolves in the woods leaving not even my bones behind, and if I challenged you one-on-one, I’d be utterly crushed! I can’t take the high road, nor can I take the road to death, so there’s no choice but to take the lesser path."
"People have to live, and living is the best strategy. I don’t want to take risks or stray from the path, but if there’s no path left, I have no choice but to take that one."
Liu Liyue sipped her wine little by little, listening intently to Ye Tian’s words. By the time he finished, her cup was almost empty.
"What you’re saying really can’t persuade me to abandon my final decision to kill you. One must walk the path they’ve chosen themselves, and that’s something no one can change. Don’t think your situation is tough, there are many others who have it worse than you. You can still sit here and talk freely; you’re already quite fortunate. I’ve always despised those who go around whining to others, acting as if they’re the most miserable, as if God has dumped the hardest and saddest lot onto them alone. It’s just that they haven’t come to me with their complaints, or else, I’d kill every single one of them! There’s a saying that a hateful person must have something pitiable about them, and it works the other way around too. Pitiable people can be particularly detestable. Instead of wasting time with this rubbish talk, it would be more worthwhile to just fart!"
She glanced up at Ye Tian, who was staring blankly into his bowl of peanuts. "Ye Tian, appealing to emotions and reason won’t work on me. If it did, you might as well recite a prepared speech. It would be less trouble and more emotionally compelling."
Ye Tian tilted his head back and took a swig of wine, his mouth reeking of alcohol. "Still drinking?"
"Drink!"