You Owe Me, My Love

Chapter 435 Let Her Go

You are thinking too much and overconfident. They just don’t want to kill the wrong person.” “Maybe we can renegotiate. Tell me who's behind this, and I'll make Su Xuyan fall for you. At the very least, you get to bear his child and tie him down. Otherwise, he'll just kill you while I take away everything you care about,” Bai Rong said coldly.

The group outside has wrecked the lock and tried to barge in. Behind the door, the Shadow Samurais were pushing the sofa back, keeping the enemies at bay to buy some time for Bai Rong to negotiate.

“I don't believe you. What makes you think you can do it?” Zhou Hailan didn’t buy into it.

Bai Rong stood up and gazed at her. “Because I'm Bai Rong.”

“that's impossible. Bai Rong is dead.”

"Why do you think Gu Mingchen married me? You saw how much he trusts me. Of course, the choice is yours.” Bai Rong raised her hand and commanded, “Let them in and don’t shoot them. Their target is Zhou Hailan. They'll leave once she’s dead.”

Zhou Hailan looked at Bai Rong closely, Bai Rong just turned around and went into the room. "Wait!" Zhou Hailan called out to her, and Bai Rong stopped. “Are you really Bai Rong?” she asked. Bai Rong glanced back at her. “You asked me to take care of your son two years ago. You asked him to hurt his head on purpose to paint me in a bad light. Honestly, how did you convince that kid to do it? And that kid was stupid enough to follow through.”

That was something that only Bai Rong, Gu Mingchen, Xin, and herself knew. Since Gu Mingchen and Xin wouldn't tell anyone, that meant the woman standing before her was the true Bai Rong. Zhou Hailan broke down when she realized the woman was indeed Bai Rong.

“Su Xuyan is a poor orphan. His father died because he was accused to be a spy. We endured special training on a remote island since we were kids. He is both very capable and cruel too, but he’s nice to those people who grew up with him. He was already our leader at the age of twelve, and he has always been my boss. The only thing I know is that Cai Qingyun is his boss, but since his boss is dead, Su Xuyan took over the organization. I don’t know anything more than that, but I know that mission is a carefully orchestrated massacre,” Zhou Hailan said.

"A massacre? How so?” Bai Rong asked

“Silver found the organization's name list by chance, and he gave it to Gold. Then, Gold told his comrade, and they went to their lieutenant. Their lieutenant went to the captain, and the captain went to see Mr. Cai, and then this mission happened,” Zhou Hailan reminisced.

"What about Gu Mingchen and Xia He then? And all the deaths?” Bai Rong followed up.

“Gu Mingchen is Gu Tianhang's son. He's a credible man, so nobody would suspect anything amiss about the mission if he’s the one to carry it out. They can't have everyone in the squad to be the ones who know the secret, or Silver and his comrades are going to suspect something. So they slid a few people who're out of the loop,” Zhou Hailan explained.

“Is that face change planned too?” Bai Rong stared at the new face Zhou Hailan had gotten for herself.

“That's an accident. Silver noticed something off during the mission. She thought I'm a spy, so that fire happened.”

I see. “Su Xuyan's mother is the former commander-in-chief's woman, so he should be working for the commander-in-chief, isn't he? If I may take a guess, that organization's name is Invisible, isn't it?"

“Invisible belongs to Shen Yiyan, so I'm sure Su Xuyan isn't really working for the commander-in- chief, but his identity is rather special. I've never found out who he really is even after so many years. Maybe he has never been true to me before, and he doesn't trust me. Maybe that's why he’s killing me as per order,” she answered in despondence.

Boom. Then, the door started to burn.

“You need to leave now, Ms. Wu!” Zhang Xingyu urged her.

Bai Rong looked at Zhou Hailan. She can even die for him. It's impossible for her to be a witness against him. In fact, getting her to say all that was almost a miracle.

Zhou Hailan was of no value to them anymore, but Bai Rong pitied her. She was reminded of a story where a woman was enthralled with love. She wouldn't let go even if it was killing her, for love was her everything. She could give everything up just for the man she loved

“Take her with us, and keep her safe. I've promised her that,” Bai Rong ordered.

Zhang Xingyu picked Zhou Hailan up and retreated into a room. Guns were still blasting outside, but Bai Rong knew they'd lose very soon if they don't get any support.

She went to the edge of the room and called Su Xuyan. “What is it?" he asked

“Two things. One, I kidnapped Xin to threaten Zhou Hailan once, but she said nothing. You're more important to her than her son. To be precise, you're the most important thing in her life. Two, she told me the reason for the mission, and she doesn’t know who your boss is, because all she knows is that you're the leader. She won't sell you out, nor does she know who your boss is. Just let her go.” “That's not for me to decide. She'll be paying the price for talking out of line. I'm not the one who wants her dead but my boss,” refuse Su Xuyan.

“Let her go and I'll tell you where Bai Rong is,” Bai Rong negotiated.

Su Xuyan fell silent. “Where is she right now?”

“Let her go.” Bai Rong stared up into the night sky, her eyes gleaming. “Bai Rong told me about her marriage with you. She told me that you two weren't on the best of terms before you got married, but she looked forward to the nuptial night. She placed an apple on the cabinet and a boy's pants under the sheets because she thought she'd have a son and a daughter that way. It was a pity you didn't sleep with her that night. Furious and crestfallen, she smashed the glass and tossed the shards into the trashcan, along with the apple and the pants.”

She paused for a moment. “When you found out about it, you pushed her head into the trashcan and told her, “Do you think I'd sleep with you, you slut? You can dream about having two kids with me. I'd rather knock a hooker up.’ Because you weren't careful, the shards slashed her face, but you didn't console her. Instead, you left in disgust. It's in the past now, but she's still feeling sad every time she thinks about them.”