Sun Meijia slowly let out a stuffy breath from her mouth and said, "Don’t try to lecture me. You think you’re that great?"
"Changing women like clothes, fooling around with one after another—today you’re all lovey-dovey with this woman, tomorrow you’re all lovey-dovey with that one!"
"Marshal, you’re a scumbag too!"
Ye Xunhuan laughed, and he laughed very happily.
"Sun Meijia, I really didn’t expect you’d use that to come at me!" Ye Xunhuan stared at Sun Meijia, the storm in his eyes clearing, and said, "But no matter how much of a scumbag I am, I’d never be like you—dumping your husband and daughter, and now you even want to use your own daughter for something."
"Her life was given by me. Now I’m using her for something—what, I’m not allowed?"
"To be honest, right now I really want to kill you!"
Ye Xunhuan’s eyes slowly narrowed, and a chilling gleam shot out of them, spearing straight toward Sun Meijia’s heart. Sun Meijia felt like she’d been struck by lightning, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.
At that moment, Sun Meijia felt like she’d fallen into an ice cave; a chill spread from head to toe, filling her heart with unprecedented fear and unease.
"Don’t get nervous. I won’t kill you for now. After all, you’re still Si Chan’s mother." Ye Xunhuan said lightly, "Even though I really want to kill you, I think it’s better if Si Chan knows you exist. She doesn’t have much affection for you, but I figure once she knows you not only abandoned her, you also kidnapped her, and now you’re approaching her with ulterior motives, she’ll give up on you completely."
"As for me, I won’t kill you. I’ll have someone turn you into a lunatic, a dementia case, and dump you in a nursing home!"
"You..."
"Sun Meijia, the reason I came here this time—one is to see Si Chan, the other is to see you, and by the way have you tell Ke Qinghong to stop fucking courting death!" Ye Xunhuan said coldly, "If he dares mess with people around me again, I’ll go all out with him, fish dead and net torn. Nobody’s getting any benefit out of it!"
"I’ll relay your words exactly. But Marshal, you call me an unworthy mother—does He Duoze deserve to be called a father then?"
"What kind of person He Duoze is, I won’t comment much. I haven’t had much contact with him. But I do know he raised Si Chan, treated her like a precious jewel. Even though he screwed up at times, he had his reasons!" Ye Xunhuan said with a blank face, "And taking ten thousand steps back, even if He Duoze were trash, he’s still better than you. At least he didn’t abandon his daughter!"
"He dragged Si Chan up single-handed, and whenever she talks about He Duoze, she’s full of happiness!"
"Then what about He Duoze, where is he now?"
"Dead." Ye Xunhuan let out a slight sigh. "In order to keep his daughter alive, he was killed. You can look it up at the police department in Jiangzhong City."
"You think I’m going to believe that?"
"Believe it or not, that’s how it is." Ye Xunhuan said very seriously, "He’s already dead. If you want to see him, the only way is to go down below."
"Marshal, don’t think I don’t know. He’s still alive, and living quite well!"
"You’ve seen him?"
"No."
"Then how do you know he’s still alive?"
"Instinct." Sun Meijia said heavily, "A woman’s intuition tells me he’s alive, and he should be searching the world for me. After all, the River Luo incident is known to only a handful of people!"
"He’s definitely convinced I’ve resurfaced, so he faked his death and is hiding in the shadows, trying to find me and kill me, to stop me from seeing Si Chan again!"
"If that’s the case, all I can say is—you fucking asked for it."
No matter what Sun Meijia said, Ye Xunhuan would never tell her anything about He Duoze.
"Marshal, don’t think that just because you killed the King you’re invincible, that you can go head-to-head with Ke Qinghong. When he really makes a move on you, you’ll realize that you’re actually not worth shit." Sun Meijia said with a touch of disdain, "You’ve got too many weaknesses. As long as he finds one, you’ll lose."
"He’s not going to get that chance. Once I’m back in Huaxia, the first thing I’ll do is kill him. And do me a favor—also pass the word to He Duoze: he’d better hide well. If I find out where he is, I’ll kill him for sure!"
"Right, I just remembered—he seems to have some ties with Goryeo. I can start digging from Goryeo."
"Marshal, are you trying to get me to spill something?"
"No." Ye Xunhuan said softly, "I just thought of a woman. Her name is Jin Zhengru. And I accidentally got hold of something of hers, so I asked a few friends to help me check it out, that’s all."
Sun Meijia said nothing. Her gaze kept sweeping back and forth over Ye Xunhuan, as if trying to read from his expression whether he was telling the truth or lying.
But in the end, Sun Meijia was disappointed. From beginning to end, Ye Xunhuan’s expression never changed; there wasn’t the slightest emotional ripple.
"Guess what I got?"
"How the hell should I know?"
"Go ask Jin Zhengru what she lost, then you’ll know." Ye Xunhuan said blandly, "Alright, enough talk. Go report to Ke Qinghong. I’m leaving first."
With that, Ye Xunhuan slowly stood up, ready to leave.
But just as he was about to go, Ye Xunhuan seemed to think of something again, and said to Sun Meijia, "Oh, and don’t let me find out you’re still hanging around Si Chan. Otherwise this cup will be exactly what happens to you."
As he spoke, Ye Xunhuan glanced at the coffee cup he’d set on the table.
The next second, it was as if the coffee cup was struck by some huge force; it instantly shattered into pieces.
The scene was eerie and deeply unsettling.
Seeing this, Sun Meijia’s pupils shrank sharply, and she stared at Ye Xunhuan in utter disbelief.
He... he’d actually taken his control of force to the pinnacle—he could crush a cup in his hand, then set it down perfectly intact, leaving no trace, and then have it shatter a moment later.
What kind of level of control over force did that take?
Sun Meijia didn’t even dare to imagine.
Ye Xunhuan ignored Sun Meijia and strode straight out. As he was leaving, his hand lightly patted Sun Meijia’s shoulder twice, then he walked away.
Right after Ye Xunhuan stepped out of the café, Sun Meijia felt as if something had invaded her internal organs; a searing pain flared up inside her. At the same time, a bloody taste surged into her throat. Her lips parted slightly, and a mouthful of bright red blood sprayed out!
"Marshal... Ye Xunhuan... you... you actually used Inner Strength to ambush me..." Sun Meijia said, her face twisted and dark.