Chapter 300

Chapter 300 Li Xuan Comes to Surrender!

 

Lin Family Villa.

Su Rui was sitting in the dining room, eating while glancing at Lin Aoxue.

The Lin family’s eldest daughter was wearing a very simple moon-white nightgown, as if she were at home. In front of Su Rui, she no longer cared about her attire—having already worn a bikini in front of him, what else would she worry about?

Seemingly aware that Su Rui was constantly stealing glances at her, Lin Aoxue lowered her head and took small bites of her food, a faint blush rising on her face.

Looking at Lin Aoxue’s reddened face and snow-white neck, Su Rui couldn’t help but marvel at how wonderful life was.

Wei Shuling sat between them, her eyes scanning back and forth between their faces, then she lightly coughed twice and said, “As I get older, my appetite keeps decreasing. You two take your time eating, I’ll go out for a walk first.”

After Wei Shuling left, Su Rui looked at Lin Aoxue, smiling continuously.

“What are you smiling at?” the young Miss Lin asked irritably, her face growing even redder.

“Your mom is creating an opportunity for us to be alone,” Su Rui said cheerfully.

Lin Aoxue put down her bowl and turned her face away, “I’m full too.”

“Why don’t we go for a walk?” Su Rui suggested.

It was now early summer, and ordinary people usually went out to enjoy the cool air after dinner, while the wealthy preferred to stay in air-conditioned rooms.

“Okay,” Lin Aoxue nodded. Now she hardly ever objected to Su Rui’s suggestions.

The two of them strolled around the Lin family villa, one wearing shorts and a tank top, the other in a nightgown, truly looking like a young couple.

Lin Aoxue didn’t speak along the way, but she seemed to be enjoying the current state, the lines of her face very soft.

Holman and Jin Taizhu weren’t following nearby. With Su Rui present, these two naturally weren’t needed.

Just then, a battered car came speeding from a distance, looking somewhat frantic!

Su Rui’s eyes immediately narrowed. He instinctively felt something was about to happen and stepped forward to stand in front of Lin Aoxue, alert and vigilant.

Seeing Su Rui protect her without a word, Lin Aoxue’s eyes flickered.

At that moment, the car had already driven up beside them. The door opened, and a person fell directly from the driver’s seat! He was covered in blood!

Dangerous light flashed in Su Rui’s eyes!

“Li Xuan, it’s you?”

…

In the security room of the Lin family estate, Li Xuan slowly regained consciousness. Just as he tried to move, a wave of intense pain shot through his body, making him grimace!

Su Rui sat nearby, slowly drinking tea, with the cold-faced Jin Taizhu standing behind him.

“Shot four times and still alive, that’s truly remarkable.”

Su Rui said coldly, “Tell me, why did you come here?”

Previously, Su Rui hadn’t killed Li Xuan because he had other plans. He had wanted to use him to spread the news about the White family sending Nightingale. From the subsequent results, Li Xuan hadn’t “disappointed” Su Rui’s expectations. But Li Xuan showing up now with four gunshot wounds left Su Rui puzzled.

Li Xuan struggled to say, “Nangong Shun… wants to kill me…”

“Nangong Shun wants to kill you?” Upon hearing this, Su Rui raised his eyebrows and said with apparent interest, “Aren’t you his trusted subordinate? Why would he want to kill you? If you can’t give me a satisfactory reason, I’ll kill you too.”

“Nangong Shun harmed Nangong Zhou, and I witnessed everything. That’s why he wants to silence me.”

Recalling the scene of Nangong Shun’s frenzied attack on his relative, Li Xuan still found it difficult to breathe.

“What?” Su Rui was well aware that Nangong Zhou was the current head of the Nangong family! Why would Nangong Shun want to kill his own grandfather?

So Li Xuan recounted everything in detail, not daring to conceal any part of what had happened!

In Li Xuan’s view, although the plan to ambush Su Rui had failed, the responsibility didn’t lie with him as the commander. Even Maitaishan had been killed, so how could his forty-nine men have been enough?

But Nangong Shun had pushed all the blame onto him, and it was when the young master was kicking Li Xuan furiously that the latter’s heart gradually grew cold.

After exerting so much effort for him and doing so many dangerous things, in the end, all he got was a beating!

Almost instantly, Li Xuan had made up his mind to betray Nangong Shun!

Having stayed by Nangong Shun’s side for so long and successfully becoming his trusted subordinate, Li Xuan’s intelligence couldn’t be underestimated. So during Nangong Zhou’s lecture, he had “timely” interjected a few words, directing all the flames toward Nangong Shun!

Originally, Li Xuan had planned to quietly leave after Nangong Zhou punished Nangong Shun, but when he saw the former unexpectedly collapse, he knew he couldn’t stay any longer! Not even for a second!

If the news of Nangong Shun killing his grandfather got out, he would be cast into an irredeemable situation! And Li Xuan, as the only witness, would naturally be silenced by the crazed Nangong Shun!

At that moment, Li Xuan had unhesitatingly left immediately! Such decisiveness was extremely rare!

Nangong Shun indeed had intentions to silence him. Realizing Li Xuan had escaped, he immediately sent people to hunt him down. Li Xuan was fortunate enough that despite being seriously injured in one hand, he managed to steal a car and flee frantically from the capital to Ninghai!

After betraying the Nangong family, he had only one thought: to seek refuge with Su Rui! He possessed all of Nangong Shun’s valuable information, things Su Rui would definitely be interested in! And would definitely spare his life for!

Shot four times, though not in vital areas, he had still lost a lot of blood. If Li Xuan hadn’t persevered, he might have passed out on the way!

Even so, when he saw Su Rui, his tense spirit relaxed, and he instantly lost consciousness!

The man he had once desperately wanted to ambush had now become his only hope for survival—quite ironic when you think about it!

After hearing Nangong Shun’s account, even someone as mentally resilient as Su Rui couldn’t help but fall silent.

In life-and-death situations, the dark side of human nature was fully exposed. Nangong Zhou had always been very fond of Nangong Shun, and was just speaking in anger. How could he possibly kill his own grandson because of Maitaishan?

“Nangong Shun went too far this time,” Su Rui shook his head. “In fact, the Nangong family can’t choose any other heir now. The remaining candidates are even more incompetent than him. The old man Nangong understood this very well and would have at most punished him and let it go, but instead…”

After a pause, Su Rui continued, “I originally didn’t take Nangong Shun seriously, but now it seems his danger level needs to be raised another notch.”

Li Xuan’s expression was bitter: “There’s no place for me under the sun anymore. As long as I’m alive, Nangong Shun will hunt me down.”

“So you think I’ll protect you?” Su Rui looked at Li Xuan, who was wrapped in bandages, and sneered.

“This is my only choice,” Li Xuan’s voice was bitter. “If I’ve bet wrong, then I accept my fate.”

“Then I must congratulate you,” Su Rui smiled slightly. “I’m interested in what you have. So, you’ve won your bet.”

…

Nangong Zhou wasn’t dead but had fallen into a deep coma. This level of impact was completely beyond what a man in his seventies or eighties could endure. The severe concussion had nearly turned his brain to mush. The doctors had concluded that unless a miracle occurred and the brain hematoma dissipated on its own, Nangong Zhou would never wake up and would permanently become a vegetative patient.

Of course, the doctors had been well-compensated by Nangong Shun. They knew whether the injuries were man-made or not, but some things absolutely couldn’t be spoken about outside. With the Nangong young master’s threats and bribes, these people naturally kept their mouths shut.

With the old master Nangong unconscious, apart from a few uncles, Nangong Shun naturally became the undisputed leader, momentarily at the height of his power.

The feeling of holding great power was indeed good, but Nangong Shun hadn’t been happy for long before rumors began to quietly spread.

These rumors were simple yet devastating—Nangong Zhou had been turned into a vegetative patient by Nangong Shun.

There was even a post that appeared online, describing the entire process of Nangong Zhou’s fall in great detail and vividness. It was widely shared, with many people discussing it in the comments.

“Nonsense! Complete nonsense!” Nangong Shun sat in front of the computer, slamming the table with a thunderous noise!

“Who posted this? Who? I’ll find them and grind their bones to dust!”

“That’s my own grandfather, how could I do such an inhuman thing?” Nangong Shun kept shouting, but no one in the room tried to dissuade him.

“Actually, that’s hard to say. Perhaps some people would harm their closest relatives for their own selfish desires.”

“Yes, I’ve seen it. If the grandfather had fallen on his own, how could he have such severe injuries?”

“I feel like someone deliberately caused this!”

Several sarcastic voices sounded in the room.

After hearing them, Nangong Shun was extremely nervous inside, but his face showed rage: “Saying such things is heartless! Grandfather cared for me so much, why would I do this to him? What reason would I have?”

At this moment, another sinister voice spoke up: “Some people, the more righteously indignant they appear, the more they’re trying to hide their inner unease. Regardless, I will get to the bottom of what happened to grandfather.”

Nangong Shun didn’t want to speak anymore. The reality was vastly different from what he had imagined. Despite seizing family power through such dishonorable means, instead of commanding universal respect, he was overwhelmed with problems, nearly facing a general uprising!

Just then, a man who looked like a secretary rushed in, shouting: “Young Master, something terrible has happened!”

“Just say it, why panic?” Nangong Shun’s head was about to explode!

“The White family has unilaterally withdrawn 50% of their investment and canceled our cooperation in the new energy sector!”

Hearing this news, Nangong Shun’s eyes bulged, and he nearly spat blood!