Chapter 389

Chapter 389

A Kind Warning

Lin Nannan chuckled lightly, "You've got one thing wrong. She's the one refusing to let herself go, not me!"

Cui Jie froze momentarily, clearly caught off guard by Lin Nannan's attitude.

She'd always looked down on Lin Nannan in her eyes.

Taking a deep breath, she spoke with apparent sincerity, "As long as you help resolve this matter, any condition—anything the Jian family can do—we will agree to it."

The offer nearly made Lin Nannan burst out laughing.

"Do you take me for a fool? Some empty promise, and you expect me to release someone who attempted murder? Does the Jian family really have that much influence?" When it came to commanding presence, Lin Nannan was second to none.

Her cold gaze bore into Cui Jie, leaving her breathless and forcing her to realize she had underestimated the woman before her.

"Then name your terms!" Cui Jie gritted her teeth.

Lin Nannan sneered, "What good would naming terms do, Ms. Cui? If I’m not mistaken, the Jian family must despise you right now. You were the one who sent Jian Lingzhi to the military camp, and when she got those crazy ideas, you didn’t stop her. So when this major incident happened, the Jian family blamed you and sent you here to mop up their mess, didn’t they?"

Cui Jie’s face turned ashen with shame.

Lin Nannan had guessed everything correctly.

"I won’t make things difficult for you," Lin Nannan said, giving a kind warning. "Jian Lingzhi won’t be released. No matter how powerful the Jian family is, they're no match for the Lin family of the capital. Remember, Jian Lingzhi poisoned a patient for some absurd reason. If the patient hadn't been fortunate, they’d be dead by now. Do you really think the Lin family would let Jian Lingzhi go after she harmed their eldest son?"

Cui Jie trembled, unable to imagine the storm awaiting her upon returning.

Any family that could spoil someone like Jian Lingzhi was far from decent people.

When it didn't affect them personally, everything was trivial to them. But once affected, their true colors would show.

"Go back and tell the Jian family that if they don’t want to be implicated, they should do nothing. Jian Lingzhi will not be released!" she warned. What they chose to do with that advice was up to them.

Cui Jie gave Lin Nannan a long, deep look, seeing now how badly the Jian family had misjudged the situation.

Lin Nannan was no simple woman from the countryside—her very aura was intimidating.

At this point, Cui Jie still didn’t know Lin Nannan’s true identity, as the Jian family had been barred from seeing Jian Lingzhi after her arrest.

Had Jian Lingzhi only harmed Lin Kangnian, the Jian family might have been able to pull some strings to intervene. But since she had targeted Lin Nannan, the nature of the crime changed entirely. If the Jian family acted wisely, they could avoid further trouble. But if they refused to accept the outcome, the consequences would be unpredictable.

After Cui Jie left, Lu Heng approached, eyes twinkling with amusement as he pinched Lin Nannan’s nose. "Did you do that on purpose?"

Lin Nannan tilted her chin up defiantly and huffed, "What do you mean, ‘on purpose’? I gave them a fair warning. If they don’t listen, what can I do?"

Yes, she had done it deliberately.

Any family that raised someone that reckless couldn’t be righteous.

She refused to believe Jian Lingzhi had come after only her—there had to be other victims.

The only reason it hadn’t come to light was because the Jian family had covered for her. And Lin Nannan wasn't about to let them off the hook so easily.

As for the final outcome, that would depend on their own choices.

Just as Lin Nannan had anticipated, the more she warned them, the more the Jian family resisted, taking it as an insult. They became determined to rescue Jian Lingzhi, if only to spite Lin Nannan.