They were stunned!
At that moment, Su Mu’er and her assistant Xiaoyun simply couldn’t believe their eyes!
They had just been discussing Lin Han’s imprisonment, unable to think of a single way to save him!
But they never would have dreamed!
That this guy would be brazenly…
strolling down the street?
“It’s you?”
Lin Han’s brow furrowed as well.
‘What rotten luck,’ he thought.
The people he hated seeing most right now were Su Mu’er and her entourage.
‘A bunch of idiots, every one of them.
Morons with their noses in the air.’
At that thought, Lin Han immediately turned to leave.
Seeing this, Su Mu’er quickly got out of the car, ran up, and blocked Lin Han’s path.
“Lin Han, you’re being too reckless!
Don’t you know the Patrol Office is run by the Sun Family?”
“If you get caught again while you’re out strolling around like this, you’ll be completely finished!”
“And then, even I won’t be able to save you!”
Hmm?
Lin Han paused, then let out a sneer.
“Save me?”
“Sorry, but I don’t need it.”
You!!!
Su Mu’er’s pretty face flushed crimson with anger.
She couldn’t believe Lin Han was throwing her good intentions back in her face!
Taking a few deep breaths to suppress her anger, Su Mu’er tried to persuade him again, speaking with painstaking patience.
“Lin Han, can you please stop being so naive?”
“I admit, you getting engaged to Miss Xian’er and becoming the prized son-in-law of the Tang Family was a surprise to me.”
“But you are no match for the three great families!”
As she spoke, Su Mu’er’s expression grew more complicated.
‘Back then, at the engagement party, I watched Lin Han hold Xian’er’s hand.
They were a perfect match, like a couple of Immortals descended to the mortal world.’
‘I truly regretted it.’
‘I regretted not holding on back then!’
‘I regretted going against my heart and breaking our engagement!’
‘But now…
all I want to do is make it up to him.
That’s all.’
“Lin Han, I’m begging you, go back to the Patrol Office!
Rest assured, I will plead with the Sun Family to spare your life!”
“With my pleading and the Tang Family’s influence, you’ll definitely get out of this safely!”
Su Mu’er thought her words were born of great pains and good intentions.
But in Lin Han’s eyes, she was nothing more than a clown—laughable and pathetic.
“After today, there will be no Sun Family in Jiang City.”
With that, Lin Han couldn’t be bothered to argue with Su Mu’er any further.
He turned on his heel and left.
Leaving Su Mu’er and her assistant Xiaoyun to stare at his departing back as if he were a madman.
That Lin Han has gone completely mad!”
Assistant Xiaoyun shook her head.
“Wipe out the Sun Family?”
“He’s truly hopeless!”
Hearing this, Su Mu’er said nothing.
As if her soul had left her body, she slowly got back into the car.
She stared into the pitch-black night ahead.
Memories of the past came flooding back.
WAAAH!!!
Su Mu’er couldn’t hold it in any longer.
She collapsed onto the car seat and began to sob uncontrollably.
DRIP.
DROP.
Her tears fell like pearls from a broken string, rolling down her cheeks before splashing and shattering.
“Miss, why…
why put yourself through this?”
Assistant Xiaoyun’s heart ached for her as she tried to offer comfort.
“Back then, if you hadn’t broken off the engagement with Lin Han and agreed to marry Zhao Tianming, the Su Family would have become the next Lin Family—completely annihilated!”
“For the past five years, you’ve endured endless humiliation just to survive, forcing a smile for the sake of your family, yet you never once let Zhao Tianming lay a single finger on you!”
“Was it worth it…
for him?”
‘Was it?’
‘Five years…’
Su Mu’er lifted her head, her vision blurred by tears.
‘She had once been Lin Han’s biggest admirer.
Her greatest wish in life was to marry him.’
‘And one day, she succeeded.
She got engaged to Lin Han.’
‘In that moment, she felt like the happiest girl in the world.’
‘She swore she would spend her life taking care of him, cherishing him.’
‘To grow old together with him.’
‘To be by his side for the rest of their lives.’
‘But then, a group of mysterious, Ghost-faced People paid the Su Family a visit.’
‘And everything changed.’
‘Steel blades were pressed to the necks of her parents and family, forcing her to choose.’
‘Break the engagement, and they would live.’
‘Stay with him, and her entire family would be annihilated.’
‘Back then, how she’d wanted to die to prove her loyalty, to protect the man she loved!’
‘But when she saw the terrified despair in her parents’ eyes and heard the desperate pleas of her family…’
‘…she could only break the engagement.’
‘And so, she told Lin Han that she was breaking their engagement, that she was going to marry Zhao Tianming.’
‘She clearly saw the disappointment in Lin Han’s eyes then, saw the hope in his heart die.’
‘She knew that from that moment on, he would never forgive her.’
‘But what he didn’t know was that she had locked herself away and cried for three days and three nights.’
‘When she finally emerged, a bolt from the blue left her completely stunned.’
‘The Lin Family…
had been annihilated!!!’
‘And worse, Zhao Tianming had used her name to seize the Lin Family’s assets, one after another!’
‘When she learned what had happened, she ran to the Lin Family estate like a madwoman.’
‘But all she found was a sea of blood and countless bodies.’
‘She screamed and cried, searching frantically for Lin Han among the dead.’
‘But…
he wasn’t there.’
‘When she tried to bury the members of the Lin Family, the Ghost-faced People appeared once more.’
‘And once again, she retreated.’
“It’s been five years!”
“Every single night for these past five years, I’ve dreamed of the time we were engaged.”
As Su Mu’er spoke, a sweet smile graced her lips.
“But every time I wake up, I’m plunged into deep despair.”
DRIP.
DROP.
Tears fell upon her smiling face, the sweetness drowned in bitterness.
“Xiaoyun, when you told me that Lin Han might still be alive, that he might be coming back…”
“Do you have any idea how happy I was?”
“But I…
I’m so scared!”
Su Mu’er wiped the tears from her face.
“I’m afraid to face him again.”
“I’m afraid of…
losing him again, even though he’s not mine to lose anymore.”
Seeing Su Mu’er’s heart-wrenching despair, Xiaoyun was already choked with sobs.
For five years, she had been by Su Mu’er’s side day and night; of course she knew how her mistress felt about Lin Han.
Otherwise, Su Mu’er wouldn’t have gone five whole years without marrying Zhao Tianming, much less letting him lay a finger on her.
And now…
“Miss, what are you going to do now?”
‘What am I going to do?’
“First, we’ll go plead with the Sun Family.”
“If that doesn’t work, I’ll go to Zhao Tianming.
As long as he can guarantee Lin Han’s safety, I’ll…
I’ll marry him immediately!”
What!!!
Assistant Xiaoyun jumped in alarm.
She couldn’t believe Su Mu’er was still willing to make such a great sacrifice for Lin Han!
She wanted to protest, but seeing the resolute look on Su Mu’er’s face, she swallowed her words.
She started the car and sped toward the Sun Family estate.
However, as they approached the Sun Family compound, the scene before them made both women freeze in shock.
VROOOM!
VROOOM!
VROOOM!
One after another, military vehicles belonging to the Guard Army sped away from the estate.
“My God, what happened?
Why is the Guard Army here?” Assistant Xiaoyun was completely stunned.
It wasn’t just her.
Su Mu’er instantly spotted several Rolls-Royces nestled among the military vehicles.
“Those look like the cars of the three great leaders!!!”
The realization sent a shock through her.
The three great leaders were here, too!
Something major must have happened at the Sun Family estate!
“In that last car…
I think that’s the Chief!
I’ve met him a few times.
I’ll call him now and ask what’s going on!”
As she spoke, Su Mu’er quickly pulled out her phone, found Chief Gong Bo’s number, and dialed.
The call connected almost instantly.
However, after Su Mu’er finished listening…
CLATTER.
The phone fell right out of her hand.
“Miss, what happened?” Assistant Xiaoyun asked, full of curiosity.
Hearing her question, Su Mu’er turned her head, her pretty face still a mask of utter shock and disbelief.
“Xiao…
Xiaoyun!”
“The Sun Family…
has been annihilated!!!”