NOVEL NEXT “I just heard from Kato that Leng Yuhe is alone outside the city. Kato has sent his subordinates to protect him. We must arrive there before them.”
Everyone was delighted to hear this news. Leng Yuhe had always been under great protection, and it was rare for him to be alone. Out of excitement, they took their weapons and were about to go after him.
“Kato’s subordinates are not easy to deal with, so you should be careful. If you are at a disadvantage, you must retreat. We still have other opportunities to kill Leng Yuhe in the future.”
Shen Nan’s death had made Su Zhiyou more mature and rational. She knew that Kato would not really help her. He only used her to have leverage on Shen Nan’s previous subordinates, so she had to keep these people safe and sound. Otherwise, she couldn’t avenge Shen Nan or keep her own safety.
However, seeing a glimmer of hope, these people were reluctant to give up so easily. After making a perfunctory promise to Su Zhiyou, all of them immediately took action.
Along the way, Leng Yuhe recalled what had happened between Su Ruoqing and him, and he couldn’t help wearing a bitter smile. It turned out that love could really distress a person so much. Although he had suffered a lot in the past, he had never been so anguished.
After a long while, Leng Yuhe gradually calmed down and gathered his wits.
Recalling Su Ruoqing’s words, he began to feel that something was wrong. She seemed to say those unpleasant things out of great rage. Thinking of this, Leng Yuhe felt he might have misunderstood her.
This idea brightened him up, and he had already entered the city at this time. He decided to go home and have a good talk with Su Ruoqing to remove their misunderstandings.
However, the person who came over suddenly pulled out a dagger and went straight at Leng Yuhe.
He quickly dodged. After grabbing the dagger from that person, he killed him mercilessly. Leng Yuhe felt that another assassination has begun.
Gunshots rang out. Since Leng Yuhe had no other weapons, he could only hide in a room beside him to observe the situation.
Some people slowly approached with guns. They shouted, “Leng Yuhe, you better prepare youself for death. We will avenge Commander Shen and cut you into pieces!”
Upon hearing this, Leng Yuhe understood that these people were here to avenge Shen Nan. Although he was a courageous and powerful man, he could not defeat so many people with guns.
“You want to avenge Shen Nan, right? It’s too disgraceful for so many of you to attack me. Did Shen Nan teach you this?” Leng Yuhe kept provoking them, hoping to buy more time before the guards came.
“Cut the crap. We will kill you today!”
Gunshots rang out, but those people didn’t shoot at him. Looking up in confusion, Leng Yuhe found that two groups of people were fighting against each other.
Leng Yuhe had thought it was the guards who came after seeing those people holding guns. However, after taking a closer look, he found he didn’t know any of them. Normally speaking, even if he couldn’t remember every soldier’s name, he could recognize their faces. However, none of these people came from his army.
When he was puzzled, the guards arrived in time after hearing the gunshots. Seeing this, Kato’s subordinates ran away instantly, but the rest were all caught. When the guards were about to take them away, Leng Yuhe appeared to stop them.
“Wait a minute.”
“General, why are you here?”
Leng Yuhe wouldn’t tell others the real reason why he was here. After clearing his throat, he said, “Let these people go.”
Everyone present was shocked.
“General, these people are dangerous. We’d better take them back and find out their identities.”
“Leng Yuhe, just drop the act. Since we dared to come here today, we aren’t afraid of death.”
The guards and Shen Nan’s subordinates quarreled for a long time. If it were in the past, Leng Yuhe would have killed them without mercy, but after spending a long time with Su Ruoqing, he seemed to be affected by her kindness.
“I know you want to avenge Shen Nan. Since you dared to come for me, you aren’t ungrateful people. I did kill Shen Nan, but that’s because he killed my friend with indecent means. I never kill innocent people, so you can go.”
Being stunned, one of them immediately retorted, “We all know you are a cruel man. Don’t fool us. If you want to kill us, just do it.”
Leng Yuhe turned around and said, “I was a cold-blooded person before. You’re lucky that I have become soft-hearted. Let them go.”
Although the guards were reluctant, no one dared to disobey his order. They had no choice but to let those people go. Shen Nan’s subordinates were also surprised that they could be released.
“Leng Yuhe, aren’t you afraid that we’ll find another chance to kill you?”
“I’ll be waiting for you at any time.” Leng Yuhe waved his hand without turning back.
“General, do you need us to send you back to the army? I heard that President Bai is in the army now. He is waiting for you to report your work.”
Leng Yuhe had wanted to go home to find Su Ruoqing, but President Bai must have something urgent to discuss with him. Therefore, he had to go to the army first.
“Let’s go. Send me to the army.”
After arriving there, he strode into President Bai’s office. He wanted to settle the matter as quickly as possible so that he could go home to see Su Ruoqing.
“President, what can I do for you?”
“Yuhe, I learned about a shocking piece of news some time ago. I don’t know if you’ve heard it.”
Leng Yuhe shook his head, not understanding what he meant.
“Province S has been under Shen Nan’s leadership all along. Since their overall strength is inferior to ours, they shouldn’t have fought with us. Have you thought about why this war broke out?”
Since President kept beating around the bush, Leng Yuhe became impatient.
“President, you know I’ve always been a straightforward person.”
Hearing Leng Yuhe’s blunt words, President gave a short laugh. “Then I’ll get straight to the point. Shen Nan has been working for someone from Country Y. If I’m right, it was that person who asked Shen Nan to launch a war against us.”
His words surprised Leng Yuhe. Before he could say something, President Bai continued.
“I’ve sent someone to investigate. This person from Country Y is called Kato. He has been in secret contact with Shen Nan for many years. I’m not sure about the rest, so please help me look further into this matter.” After saying that, President Bai left on the pretext of feeling uncomfortable.
Leng Yuhe was skeptical of his words, and he immediately asked someone to carry out further investigations.
“General Leng, your brother came here and said he had something urgent to talk with you. He asked you to return to the Governor’s Office.”
Although Leng Yuhe was anxious to go home, he also feared that Leng Yulin’s emergency might have something to do with their father. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to go to the Governor’s Office first.
“Brother, why did you want to see me? Is it about our father…”
Leng Yulin rest reassured after seeing Leng Yuhe. “It’s not about our father, but your fiancee.”
“Ruoqing?” Leng Yuhe was a little confused. “Is there anything wrong with her?”
“You should have seen the news about her. As far as I know, you even had a big fight with her.”
Becoming a little embarrassed, Leng Yuhe quickly denied, “No, I didn’t.”
“You don’t need to hide it from me. I’m your only brother. I called you here today to tell you that the news you saw on the newspaper is fake. Someone is trying to frame your fiancee.”
Hearing this, Leng Yuhe could not help but concentrate.
“How did you know this?”
“Since you went out to fight, I took the responsibility to investigate this matter. I bought some people working in the newspaper and they told me the culprit was a woman.”
Leng Yuhe quickly asked who it was.
“It should be Su Zhiyou.”
“Su Zhiyou… Do you know this woman?”
Shaking his head, Leng Yulin continued, “Of course not. But Mingzhe knows her. To investigate this matter, I first went to the Ming family. Later, Mingzhe helped me with the investigation. After hearing the description of that woman’s appearance, he was sure that it was Su Zhiyou.”
Leng Yuhe fell into a long period of silence. “Then Ruoqing and Mingzhe…” he murmured.
“I think you are too sensitive sometimes. She indeed met with Mingzhe, but it didn’t mean they had an affair. I told you this with the hope that you won’t further misunderstand her. I am afraid that she might feel wronged and your relationship will be worsened.”
Seeing Leng Yuhe just remain silent, Leng Yulin thought he still misunderstood Su Ruoqing. “She is a good girl who loves you whole-heartedly. She even dared to risk her own life for you. You must not suspect her, or you will hurt her feelings.”
Thinking that the two of them must have met when Su Ruoqing went to the border, Leng Yulin didn’t explain too much. He just persuaded Leng Yuhe to have more trust in her.
Truth be told, Leng Yuhe no longer suspected Su Ruoqing. He just regretted having a quarrel with her.
“Brother, I’m glad you told me about all this. Otherwise, I’ll really piss her off. I must go home to talk with her now.”
Before Leng Yulin could answer, Leng Yuhe left.
Seeing Leng Yuhe rush outside, Leng Yulin found it funny. It never occurred to him that his cold-hearted brother would be in love with a girl one day.
After being released, Shen Nan’s previous subordinates returned to Su Zhiyou.
“Judging from your expression, I guess you guys didn’t succeed. But that’s okay. There must be another chance.”
These people looked at each other in frustration and said, “We were about to attack Leng Yuhe, but Kato’s people rushed to stop us. Later, Leng Yuhe’s guards arrived and caught us.”
Su Zhiyou was very surprised. “What? Then you…”
“Leng Yuhe just let us go without saying anything. He is so hypocritical.”
Su Zhiyou also didn’t understand why Leng Yuhe released them. She could only ask them to be patient and wait for the next opportunity. However, she had no idea that Kato had already taken precautions against her.
“Colonel, I’m afraid that woman will destroy our plan.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Wearing an unreadable look, Kato said, “We can have control over Shen Nan’s previous subordinates by keeping her. Moreover, her identity is special, for she is closely related to Leng Yuhe. This meant we can make good use of her to achieve our goal.”
Hearing that Su Ruoqing had returned home, Mingzhu rushed to the Leng’s villa to find her.
“Ruoqing, how did you become like this?” Looking at Su Ruoqing’s pale and weak appearance, Mingzhu couldn’t help shedding tears.
Su Ruoqing reached out her slightly cold hands to wipe Mingzhu’s tears. “You silly girl. I am fine. Don’t cry for me.”
“I remember that you went to the border to find Leng Yuhe. Why did you get hurt? Why didn’t he protect you?”
At the mention of Leng Yuhe, Su Ruoqing trembled subconsciously. Seeing her unusual behaviour, Mingzhu was even more puzzled.
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
Perhaps it was because of Mingzhu’s repeated questioning, or because she couldn’t bear the mental sufferings anymore, Su Ruoqing decided to air her grievances to Mingzhu.