Chapter 74

Chapter 74

"Li Xiujin took Li Wei to see the Prime Minister. They stayed for two hours before leaving with him. Aides to the Prime Minister say he doesn't intend to detain Li Wei. Instead, he and Li Xiujin have agreed to secretly send him abroad," a colonel under Liu Cheng's command reported.

"It seems the Prime Minister does care about Li Wei."

The colonel cautiously glanced at Liu Cheng, who was resting his forehead on his hand, pretending to be asleep.

The long-haired cat he had adopted jumped down from the windowsill, stretched, and came to Liu Cheng's feet. After rubbing against him, it rolled over, exposing its belly. Liu Cheng opened his eyes, picked it up and cradled it in his arms, his slender fingers stroking its fur.

"If the Prime Minister doesn't intend to kill him, then we will."

Liu Cheng placed the cat on the floor. "Watch for when they plan to send Li Wei away. Once you discover their movements, notify me immediately. If I can't get there in time, you are authorized to kill him on the spot."

"Yes."

After the colonel left, Liu Cheng picked up his coffee and took a small sip.

*

"You said you were taking me to see the Prime Minister. Why did you take me inside, stay for two hours, and then just leave with me?"

Ever since Li Xiujin took him to the Central Headquarters for those two hours, he had returned to his residence. He waited several days before Yang Yu finally arrived.

Yang Yu handed him the designer clothes and shoes Li Xiujin had asked him to buy. Li Wei immediately brightened up, forgetting all his earlier doubts. Seeing him like this, Yang Yu felt a twinge of sympathy.

"You really don't remember anything from when you were in the red-light district?"

"You don't remember your parents either?"

Li Wei shook his head. "Actually, I keep having nightmares about drowning. I suppose my parents and I must have died in a shipwreck, and I was the lucky survivor."

A shipwreck?

"Why didn't you say this before when we asked how your parents died?"

Li Wei said, "Well, do you think you would have believed me if I said I dreamed my parents died in a shipwreck?"

Before knowing Li Wei was the Prime Minister's son, it would indeed have been hard to believe.

Yang Yu frowned, took out his phone and quickly searched for maritime accidents from previous years. He actually found one that matched Li Wei's family of three. He sent this information to a subordinate, instructing him to look into the details.

Then he asked again, "So why did you end up in the red-light district?"

"Oh, when I woke up, I was in a man's house. He said he saved me and paid my medical bills. He told me I owed him money. I tried to find a job, but no one would hire me. I heard selling myself could make money, so I went there."

"How old were you then?"

"Probably eighteen?" Li Wei said. "That's where I met Liu Cheng. He was very generous. Every time I finished with a client, he would give me a lot of money. My late husband was also introduced to me by him."

"What do you think of Liu Cheng?"

"He's okay, I guess. To me, anyone willing to give me money and buy me clothes is good to me. But Liu Cheng... sometimes I feel the way he looks at me is terrifying. It's like... he wishes I were dead." Li Wei said without much concern.

Hearing this, Yang Yu was almost certain Li Xiujin's suspicions were correct.

"Change into your new clothes. We're leaving," Yang Yu said.

"Where to?"

"To a bigger seaside villa for you to live in."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Li Wei hurriedly changed his clothes, checked himself out in the mirror for several minutes, then followed Yang Yu out. Seeing the car Yang Yu drove wasn't as expensive as Li Xiujin's, he said, "Could you drive a more expensive car next time you pick me up?"

Yang Yu snorted. "Sure, next time I'll drive our General's car to pick you up."

Li Wei leaned back comfortably in the passenger seat. "The General has such a high military rank, and he's so rich too. That car he drives must cost millions, right?"

"His house must be really big and luxurious too, huh?"

Yang Yu nodded while simultaneously noticing a car tailing them. He pretended not to notice and drove on.

After about half an hour, if he kept pretending not to notice, it would seem suspicious. So, he acted as if he had just noticed he was being followed and began taking detours.

"Where exactly are you taking me?" Li Wei asked after noticing Yang Yu was driving in circles.

"Someone's following us."

"Who?"

"Liu Cheng's people."

"Why are they chasing us?"

"They're chasing you."

"Huh?"

"He wants to kill you."

Li Wei's excitement about moving into a big house instantly vanished. "Colonel Yang, please, I beg you, don't let me die."

"Don't worry. You're crucial to us right now."

After saying this, Yang Yu accelerated, shook off the pursuers, and headed straight for the port.

Not long after, the other car caught up again. Figuring the time was right, Yang Yu quickly called Li Xiujin.

*

Li Chongyi was almost four months old. To let him play, Lin Ze had set up a nursery. He laid a thick blanket on the floor, put up a playpen, and filled it with many stuffed toys.

After placing Li Chongyi on the blanket, Lin Ze watched as the baby immediately grabbed a carrot-shaped toy, opened his mouth, and started chewing. After gnawing on the carrot, he moved on to a rabbit...

While Lin Ze was focused on watching him, someone suddenly wrapped their arms around his waist from behind. His collar was pulled down, and the back of his neck was enveloped in a warm, wet mouth. Since his last heat cycle, where it had been repeatedly sucked and bitten, the nape of Lin Ze's neck had become extremely sensitive. His body trembled lightly, and his cheeks quickly flushed...

"Xiu Jin..."

Li Xiujin's lips wandered to the area behind Lin Ze's ear. Like Li Chongyi, he opened his mouth and took Lin Ze's delicate earlobe between his lips, sucking gently...

"Xiu Jin, Chong Yi is still here..."

Breathing heavily, Li Xiujin turned him around, making him sit facing forward on his lap. Just as he was about to do something, Li Chongyi suddenly started crying.

Flustered with shame, Lin Ze scrambled off his lap, picked up Li Chongyi, and held him in his arms. His clothes, which had been undone earlier, hadn't been fastened yet. So, Li Chongyi, whimpering, buried his face against Lin Ze's chest, quickly nudging aside the loosely covering fabric with his cheek and latching onto Lin Ze's breast...

Every time Li Chongyi cried, they couldn't get anything done. Li Xiujin frowned, then wrapped his arms around Lin Ze from behind again, kissing his dark, soft hair...

Meanwhile, Li Chongyi, despite not even having all his teeth yet, displayed a startling possessiveness towards Lin Ze. Upon discovering Li Xiujin holding Lin Ze, he refused to drink his milk, opening his mouth and wailing loudly...

I originally thought Li Chongyi would get along better with his dad as he grew up, but that wasn't the case. When his attempts to soothe Li Chongyi failed, Lin Ze could only feel guilty and had to tell Li Xiujin to go out first.

Not wanting Li Xiujin to think he was favoring Li Chongyi, Lin Ze, his cheeks flushed, promised to wear the clothes Li Xiujin liked and have sex with him after Li Chongyi fell asleep...

Li Xiujin was grudgingly satisfied.

As soon as Li Xiujin left, Li Chongyi stopped crying and became sweet and docile. Lin Ze patted his head with resignation, then fed him and coaxed him to sleep.

After putting Li Chongyi to sleep, Lin Ze went to the walk-in closet and found the clothes Li Xiujin had recently bought. Looking at the thin fabrics, Lin Ze felt a twinge of embarrassment. He finally chose one with slightly more fabric—a deep V-neck miniskirt that would risk exposing him with any significant movement. Lin Ze spent a long time in the closet mentally preparing himself before heading to the study...

When Li Xiujin saw his outfit, his lower abdomen instantly tightened. He pressed Lin Ze against the door, breathing heavily as he stared at Lin Ze's face, which had taken on a seductive allure from the attire, then his gaze fell on his body...

The skirt was too short; even like this, he could see the matching sheer lace undergarments beneath...

Lin Ze, flushed with shame, tried to pull the hem down...

Li Xiujin swallowed hard and squatted down.

Lin Ze's cheeks slowly flushed crimson...

"Xiu Jin..."

Li Xiujin ignored him, almost obsessively licking and sucking. Sticky, wet sounds filled the study. Just as Lin Ze felt he was about to be licked into melting, even ruined, a sudden, jarring phone ringtone shattered the moment...

No one answered, but the caller kept calling relentlessly.

Lin Ze quickly clamped his legs together. "Xiu Jin, Xiu Jin, is it something important..."

Li Xiujin's face was completely wet, his eyebrows and pupils appearing even darker. He wiped it casually and saw it was Yang Yu calling. The fire in his heart instantly cooled by half.

Lin Ze adjusted his clothes, then, feeling embarrassed, wiped Li Xiujin's handsome face, which he had soiled. "It's so late, and you still have to go out. Has something bad happened?"

Li Xiujin only said, "I'll tell you when I get back."

*

After informing Li Xiujin, Yang Yu took Li Wei to a villa near the port.

"If we come here like this, won't those chasing us find us quickly?"

Yang Yu stood by the window. "I'm afraid they won't find us."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of men armed with guns burst in. Seeing Liu Cheng leading them, Li Wei was terrified and hid behind Yang Yu.

"General Liu, what are you doing?"

"Hand him over." Liu Cheng had no intention of wasting words.

"The Prime Minister has already issued the order for me to send him overseas. Haven't you always been the one to follow his commands most closely? Why are you planning to disobey his order this time?"

Liu Cheng had lost all patience for pretense. His expression was like a venomous snake's as he let out a cold, sneering laugh. He then yanked Li Wei out from behind Yang Yu, kicked him to the ground, and pointed his gun...

Following Li Xiujin's instructions, Yang Yu questioned:

"General Liu, even if you disregard the Prime Minister's order, Li Wei is still your blood-related brother. You were responsible for the deaths of his mother and stepfather. You arranged for him to enter the red-light district as soon as he came of age. And that wasn't enough? Now you want to kill him too?"

Liu Cheng paused, then shifted the gun away from Li Wei and stared at Yang Yu. "Not bad. You've found out so much in such a short time."

Hearing him not deny it, Yang Yu gritted his teeth fiercely. So, the incident seven years ago was indeed his doing!

Yang Yu was carrying a voice recorder. Seeing the situation, he continued to stall for time, trying to get him to talk.

"Seven years ago, Li Wei's stepfather, Zheng Hai, was secretly directing the Regeneration Plan, valued by the Prime Minister. After you found out, you sent people to kill Lin Ze's teacher and teammates, right?"

"After the killings, Zheng Hai resigned out of guilt and took Li Jie and Li Wei on a private yacht overseas. After you learned about it, you attacked their yacht. Zheng Hai and Li Jie died, but Li Wei survived. Then you maliciously lured Li Wei into the red-light district, didn't you?"

Liu Cheng pressed the gun barrel against Yang Yu's temple. "Since you're about to die, there's no need to hide it from you. You and your general are very clever. You've perfectly recounted everything I've done over these years."

After speaking, Liu Cheng's eyes turned icy. His finger twitched on the trigger. Yang Yu, thinking he was really about to meet his end, broke out in a cold sweat. However, a bullet came faster, piercing through the window and hitting Liu Cheng's gun-wielding arm, causing it to jerk. The bullet meant for Yang Yu's temple grazed past his face instead.

Yang Yu reacted swiftly, pinning Liu Cheng to the ground. Just as Liu Cheng's men were about to open fire, a large group of people stormed in from outside, surrounding them all.

Li Xiujin walked in last.

Having heard Liu Cheng's confession through the listening device on Yang Yu, Li Xiujin approached Liu Cheng and looked down at him with a terrifying expression.

With his face pressed to the floor, Liu Cheng laughed. "So, you were setting a trap for me?"

Bloodshot veins appeared in Li Xiujin's eyes. Realizing he was intent on killing, Yang Yu was shocked and hurriedly said, "General, you can't kill him now. We haven't made him disclose the detailed specifics of how he killed Colonel Lin's teacher and teammates seven years ago. He can't die like this."

Regaining a sliver of clarity, Li Xiujin said coldly, "Lock him up. No one is to see him without my orders."

After Liu Cheng was taken away by Li Xiujin's men, Yang Yu asked, "General, should we notify Colonel Lin to come now?"

"I'll tell him when I get back." Before leaving, Li Xiujin instructed again, "Make sure to guard him well, especially from the Prime Minister. If he comes to you, do not allow him to see Liu Cheng."

"Yes, sir."

Li Xiujin took the voice recorder and hurried home.

In the bedroom, Lin Ze was sleeping, holding Li Chongyi.

Li Xiujin sat beside him, gazing at him, and suddenly felt a sense of relief he had never experienced before. The truth from seven years ago was finally revealed. Lin Ze no longer had to live in guilt and remorse. They could finally live a happy, peaceful life together.

The happy, peaceful life he had longed for since first seeing Lin Ze on screen.

He leaned down and kissed Lin Ze's cheeks...

Lin Ze, who hadn't slept deeply due to worry, opened his eyes.

"Xiu Jin, you're back?"

Li Xiujin nodded.

"Did something happen when you went out earlier?"

Li Xiujin took out the voice recorder.

"What's this?"

Li Xiujin switched it on.

Yang Yu's questioning voice came through clearly. At first, Lin Ze thought it was about work matters. However, upon hearing the phrases "seven years ago" and "Regeneration Plan," his pupils contracted sharply. He held his breath, listening intently. Soon, Lin Ze's face turned ashen...

After the recorder was switched off, Lin Ze's lower lip was bleeding from where he had bitten it...

Li Xiujin hugged him. "I've already captured him. Get some rest first. Tomorrow, I'll take you to see him."

When the time came, whether Lin Ze wanted to kill Liu Cheng or slowly torture him, Li Xiujin wouldn't utter a single word of objection...