What!
Xian’er, Old Master Tang, and the others all looked aghast!
They never imagined that even now, Tang Ren and Kong Jie were still scheming to get their hands on Xian’er!
Kong Jie smiled faintly and stepped forward.
His gaze burned into Xian’er’s beautiful face, a lecherous grin spreading across his own.
“Miss Xian’er!”
“Right now, I’m the only one who can save him!”
“Either you marry me, and he lives!
Or you refuse me, and he…
dies!!!”
Hearing his threatening words, Xian’er’s lovely face flushed red with anger!
“In life, I belong to Lin Han, and in death, I will be his ghost!”
“Marry you?
In your dreams!”
With that, Xian’er ignored Tang Ren and Kong Jie and stormed out the door.
Seeing this,
Kong Jie’s handsome face turned purple with rage, and his heart filled with extreme jealousy.
‘Damn it!
What’s so great about that loser surnamed Lin?
How did he bewitch Xian’er like this!’
Unresigned!
Furious!
He simply couldn’t accept it—that he, a distinguished young master from the provincial capital, was losing out to some poor loser!
Seeing the look on Kong Jie’s face, Tang Ren, the elder beside him, offered some comforting words.
“Young Master Kong, there’s no need to be angry!”
“The more Xian’er cares about that little loser, the better your chances!”
Hm?
Kong Jie paused.
Tang Ren gave a cunning smirk and continued.
“The Sun Family and the Zhao Family won’t let Lin Han walk out of the Patrol Office alive!”
“So if Xian’er wants to save that guy Lin, her only option is to beg you!”
‘That’s right!
Right now, in all of Jiang City, besides the three great families, I, Kong Jie, am the only one who can save Lin Han!’
At this thought, Kong Jie grew excited!
‘Heh heh!
Just you wait.
When you come begging me later, I’ll make you lie down and wait for me to ravage you!’
A thick, lecherous smile spread across Kong Jie’s face.
…
Meanwhile,
Xian’er had just stepped out of the banquet hall when she pulled out her phone.
Staring at the glaring phone number on the screen, a look of deep conflict appeared on Xian’er’s beautiful face.
‘It’s been seven years!
Do I really have to ask *him*?’
After a moment’s hesitation, Xian’er finally made her decision, pressing the number and making the call.
Soon, the call connected, and a voice, weathered yet dignified, came through the line.
“It’s been seven years, little girl.
You’ve finally decided to call this old man!”
The voice was filled with both doting affection and helplessness.
But hearing this, Xian’er’s pretty face grew even colder.
Biting her pearly white teeth, she spoke with difficulty. This story is hosted at g.com.
“I need to ask you to save someone!”
Hm?
The old man on the other end of the line was taken aback.
He knew Xian’er’s personality well.
She appeared gentle on the outside, but she was fiercely unyielding on the inside.
Ever since she broke ties with the family seven years ago, she had never contacted them, let alone ‘asked’ for anything!
“Who?”
“Lin Han!”
As soon as Xian’er said those two words, she heard the sound of a teapot shattering on the other end of the line.
It was immediately followed by a low, furious roar.
“That brat isn’t dead?”
“Seven years ago, you had a falling out with the family and insisted on going to Jiang City because of him!”
“Five years ago, you wore mourning clothes, remaining chaste as an unmarried woman, also for him!”
“Three years ago, you refused to return to the family for treatment, preferring to die and follow him to the grave, still because of him!”
“He…
deserves to die!!!”
The old man’s voice was filled with boundless fury toward Lin Han.
When he said this, Xian’er’s face turned deathly pale.
Her voice was thick with pleading.
“I’m begging you!
Please save Lin Han!”
“This is the first time I’ve ever asked anything of you, and…
it will be the last!”
The sorrow in Xian’er’s words made the old man on the other end of the line fall silent.
After a long while, the old man’s low voice finally came through.
“I can save him.”
“But you must return to the Lan Family and marry for the sake of the family!”
What!
Xian’er’s delicate body trembled violently.
The old man seemed to have anticipated her reaction and continued.
“Trade the rest of your life’s happiness for his life.”
“When you’ve made up your mind, call me.”
With that,
BEEP.
BEEP.
BEEP…
The line went dead, leaving a devastated Xian’er standing there, motionless as if she’d been turned to stone.
What should I do!
What…
what should I do!
…
Meanwhile, a Patrol car sped through the streets of Jiang City.
Inside the car, several Patrol officers aimed their pistols at Lin Han, ready to turn him into a human hornet’s nest at the slightest movement.
Especially Sun Yifei, who was in the front.
He looked at Lin Han like a lamb to the slaughter.
“Heh heh, Lin Han!
I have to say, you’re a real failure!”
“Five years ago, I crushed you under my heel!
Five years later, you’ve fallen into my hands again!”
“It seems the Lin Family is fated to have its line extinguished!”
At this point, the smile on Sun Yifei’s face grew even more sinister and savage.
However, Lin Han just smiled faintly.
“Perhaps it’s not me who will die today.”
the Sun Family!”
What!
Sun Yifei was stunned.
He couldn’t believe that Lin Han, with death at his doorstep, still dared to talk tough.
“Hahaha…
Idiot!”
“Lin Han!
Are you still dreaming?
Thinking you alone can wipe out our Sun Family?
My God, you’re killing me!”
Sun Yifei roared with laughter, rocking back and forth as if he’d just heard the funniest joke in the world.
“Oh, right!”
“The Patrol Office is under the Sun Family’s control now!
Aside from Chief Gong Bo and a few others, everyone here is a disciple of my Sun Family!”
“And let me tell you something else.
The rest of our Sun Family disciples are all wearing accessories taken from your Lin Family clansmen!”
Then, Sun Yifei began counting on his fingers with mock seriousness.
“For example, the jade pendant my little brother took after chopping off your cousin’s head!”
“And the jade archer’s ring my older cousin pried off after chopping off your Second Uncle’s finger!”
His cousin’s pendant!
His Second Uncle’s ring!
As he heard these words, Lin Han’s eyes turned an even deeper shade of bloodshot red.
“Sister Mei!”
“Second Uncle!”
Lin Han’s voice was hoarse, tinged with a hint of madness.
His cousin, Lin Mei, was arguably the kindest girl in the Lin Family.
She sponsored orphans and went to the mountains to teach in rural schools.
She adopted stray cats and cared for lonely elderly people.
She took exceptional care of the younger Lin Family disciples, treating them like a real older sister.
But now…
Not only had she been beheaded and her body desecrated, but even her most cherished keepsake had been stolen!
And his Second Uncle…
his death was a sharp pain in Lin Han’s heart.
He had watched Lin Han grow up.
When Lin Han was a child, his uncle would carry him on his shoulders.
When he grew up, his uncle taught him how to be a man.
He was one of the elders Lin Han respected most.
“Hahaha…
Lin Han, are you angry?”
“Don’t be!
Soon, you’ll be joining those ghosts in the underworld!”
At this moment, Sun Yifei’s laughter became even more wicked and sinister.
VROOOM!
Soon, the vehicles drove through the gates of the Patrol Office.
But as soon as they entered, Sun Yifei couldn’t help but freeze for a moment.
Silence.
There wasn’t a single person in sight in the entire Patrol Office courtyard, and the air was filled with an eerie stillness.