Staring seed to be the only thing that Ah Sha was capable of at the mont. She was stunned, utterly shocked by the bombshell that Lin Musheng had dropped monts ago. Other than her two-year career as a bounty hunter, her had been leading a simple and clean life. Her circle of acquaintances was by no ans large; in fact, she could pretty much recite the nas of all her acquaintances from mory in under a minute. Well, she did just that, and Lin Musheng wasn’t part of her circle.
“Wait, you’re not going to tell that you were kidnapped before and was rescued by the younger , are you? What, after that you couldn’t forget about and have been trying to track down for years, and now your wish finally ca true?”
Lin Musheng rely smiled at her, saying nothing.
“Seriously?” The disbelief was clearly written on Ah Sha’s face. “Impossible, I’ve never even t you before.”
“Well, that’s the gist of it. But it wasn’t a kidnapping.” Suddenly, Lin Musheng had a faraway look in his eyes. “Five years ago, I took over the leadership of the Triad. A lot of the mbers weren’t happy about it. One ti, when I was taking care of a business transaction for the Triad, one of my n betrayed .”
Five years ago, Lin Musheng was betrayed by one of his trusted henchn. He ended up being held captive by a bunch of terrorist in a warehouse, after which he was tortured and beaten. The henchman who betrayed him didn’t kill him right away. Instead, he decided to bring Lin Musheng back to the Triad and then force him to give up his position as the leader. Only after that would he kill Lin Musheng. All hell broke loose when a bunch of n showed up at the warehouse. Among the newcors was a little girl. The n managed to take out the terrorists as well as Lin Musheng’s betrayer with ease. In a matter of minutes, the floor of the warehouse was filled with corpses; Lin Musheng was the only one left alive.
When the n were about to leave, the little girl stopped beside Lin Musheng’s half-dead form.
“Uncle Tie Dan! This man is still alive!”
“Ignore him, young miss,” said Tie Dan. “He was foolish enough to be betrayed by one of his own. Just let him die. I don’t think he could live with the sha anyway.”
At that mont in that filthy and decrepit warehouse, Lin Musheng could feel his own life slipping away with each drop of his blood that he lost through his wounds. He knew that the end of his life was near, and yet right before his eyes was a little girl who was as pretty as a doll. She girl crouched down beside him and began wiping his face with her handkerchief.
“Uncle Tie Dan! Look! He’s so pretty! I don’t want him to die!”
And that was how Lin Musheng got dumped in front of the hospital’s entrance by this Tie Dan guy. The last thing he heard before he passed out was the little girls angelic voice.
“He’s not going to die, right?”
“He lost too much blood. Don’t think he’s going to make it…”
Lin Musheng’s leveled a stare at Ah Sha. “Do you rember now, Ah Sha?”
“You…” Ah Sha swallowed. “You really didn’t die?”
Boss Wan had sent Uncle Tie Dan and his team on a mission that year. Ah Sha snuck into their car without them knowing it. That was how Ah Sha ended up at the warehouse. Back then, she did find it to be a huge waste to allow a man with that kind of pretty face to die, so she begged Uncle Tie Dan to save him.
She had selectively forgotten about the incident because Wan Qingsi had spanked her in front of everyone after the mission. Wan Qingsi was unhappy about her sneaking into the car. It was one of the most mortifying experiences of her life.
“I survived,” Lin Musheng said, chuckling. “I survived because of a simple statent from you. But… you never recognized .”
Ah Sha shot him a look of annoyance. “What else do you expect? You were covered in blood back then. You look totally different now!”
“But you said I look pretty back then.” Lin Musheng’s intense gaze was fixed on Ah Sha’s face. Subtext: “How could you forget about even when you think I’m pretty? What a fickle.”
Ah Sha broke eye contact and chuckled. Now she rembered everything. The reason she thought Lin Musheng was pretty back then was because his eyes reminded her of her favorite ani character…
Well, Ah Sha decided that, for the sake of her personal safety, to never reveal that secret to Lin Musheng.
“In that case, I’m your savior, right?”
Lin Musheng nodded. “That’s right.”
“So I’m exempted from the one hundred million I owed?”
“I never wanted you to pay in the first place.”
“Then send ho right now!” Ah Sha stood up. “Do that and we’ll call it even!”
A dark look ford on Lin Musheng’s face. “I can’t let you go back.”
“Are you holding captive?” Ah Sha’s eyes beca cold. “The Ying family will hunt you down.”
“This isn’t captivity, It’s called bonding.” Lin Musheng held her eyes. “You’ll just be staying with for a while. I’ll send you back once you’ve fallen in love with . After that, we’ll et your parents, where I’ll ask them for your hand in marriage.”
Ah Sha sat down and studied Lin Musheng. Seeing the look of concentration on Ah Sha’s face, Lin Musheng laughed. “Why, have you discovered my qualities?”
“You’re out of your mind,” Ah Sha said. “Send ho while you still have the chance. Or else Wan Qingsi will kill you.”
Lin Musheng laughed derisively. “Wan Qingsi? What’s so great about him, anyway? He’s just a useless nobody who relies on the Ying family. If you want to compare, I’m so much better than him!”
Ah Sha shook her head in amusent. “Obviously, your sources are totally unreliable.”
Lin Musheng frowned. “What’s that supposed to an?”
Boom! Tremors shook the floor.
“What the hell’s going on?” Lin Musheng sprang to his feet.
There was a series of explosions outside before Ah Sha heard a familiar voice.
“Ah Sha, I’ve co for you!”
A change went across Lin Musheng’s face. He grabbed Ah Sha, who was trying to run out of the room. “Who is he really?”
“His family na is Wan. Who do you think he is?” Ah Sha shook off his grip. At the door, a man was charging forward in huge strides. All of a sudden, a shadow pounced on the man. He opened his arms wide.
Ah Sha held on to the man’s neck tightly. “Xunxun, you’re too late. I’m already hungry!”
“I’m sorry. We have to make a stop to refuel the plane,” Wan Qingsi said. “We’ll have dinner at the night market, okay? I heard that Hong Kong’s night market is well-known.”
Lin Musheng clenched his fists and glared at the embracing couple while his henchn closed ranks around him. One of them seed utterly dejected when he turned around to face Lin Musheng: “Boss, those guys are from the Wan family.”
Lin Musheng closed his eyes. “The Wan family, huh? The f*cking powerhouse who controls all military munitions and secrets in the world! And it’s leader none other than Boss Wan, the man who deals with both criminal and law-abiding organizations!” All of a sudden, Lin Musheng was overwheld by a sense of bitterness. “I should’ve figured this out ages ago.” When Ah Sha showed up at the warehouse that year, he should’ve known that her background wasn’t simple…
“Lin Musheng,” Wan Qingsi said. “If you don’t explain your actions today, I’ll destroy the Triad!”
“How dare he touch my woman. And to take Ah Sha away from ? Not even death could pardon his actions.”
“Then you better pray you can kill every single one of us today. Or else, you and the Wan family better prepare to suffer the consequences of our vengeance!” Lin Musheng’s eerie eyes t Wan Qingsi’s gaze. “The Wan family. So what? Co on, then. If you’re so great, why don’t you try your luck and take out.”
“You have a death wish!” Wan Qingsi growled. Ah Sha tugged his sleeve before he could move in to attack. “Xunxun, forget it.”
“What? What did you say?” Wan Qingsi lowered his head and touched his forehead to Ah Sha’s; he thought she was delirious.
Ah Sha wrapped her arms around him. “He didn’t do anything to ,” she said. “He just wanted to take out to eat.”
Everyone in the room was looking at Ah Sha as if she belonged in a ntal institute. Yeah, hell would freeze over first before they would believe that kind of crap!
“Order them to stop the attack,” Wan Qingsi said, giving Wan Er a hand signal. The latter nodded and ran out.
Lin Musheng glanced around at his henchn. “Give us so privacy,” he told them.
After Lin Musheng’s n cleared out, Wan Qingsi pulled Ah Sha to the couch and sat her down. “Co on, tell . What’s going on?”
Ah Sha told him everything about how she’d rescue Lin Musheng all those years ago. Of course, she’d left out the detail about her rescuing Lin Musheng because she thought the guy was pretty.
Wan Qingsi remained silent for a long ti after Ah Sha finished. “Don’t go around saving random n next ti,” he said.
Ah Sha released him two forced laughs.
“See? Look how surly he is! You’d be better off with !” Lin Musheng added. “I’ll definitely treat you better than he does!” Clearly, Lin Musheng didn’t value his life at all.
Wan Qingsi snickered. “Save it. I basically raised her since she was three. I bathed, fed and clothed her.”
“So what? I could do the sa too!” Lin Musheng turned to face Ah Sha. “I’ll bathe you tonight.”
“Piss off!” Ah Sha hurled a cup she’d picked up from the coffee table.
“She’s mine, both in life and in death.” Wan Qingsi glared at Lin Musheng. “You were seventeen years too late. Try reincarnating earlier in your next life. Maybe you’d get your chance.”
What ensued was a pissing contest between the two n. The longer Ah Sha listened to them, the more childish she found them both to be.
When she heard Wan Qingsi’s “My family owns an invisible plane, you don’t,” Ah Sha had enough.
“Enough!” Ah Sha slamd her palm on the table and stood up.
Both n glanced at Ah Sha.
Wan Qingsi reached out and took her hand. “I forgot that how hungry you are,” he said. Then, he glared at Lin Musheng. “Bla him.”
“Co, let treat you to sothing nice,” Lin Musheng said, standing up. “If you’re planning to check out the night market, it’ll be more convenient if you follow .”
Ah Sha rubbed her forehead. After that, she kissed Wan Qingsi and said, “He’s just a friend, Xunxun.”
“I understand,” Wan Qingsi said. He studied Ah Sha’s face for a while and then nodded. “I’ll let it go as long as he didn’t hurt you.”
The light in Lin Musheng’s eyes dimd when he heard Ah Sha’s comnt. “Just a friend, huh?” he thought. But soon, the light returned to his eyes again. “Regardless, I’ve already found her. That’s the most important thing for now. The other things can wait!”
In the end, the three of them went to dinner together. Ah Sha didn’t stay the night, but followed Wan Qingsi back to S City that night instead. Before they left, Wan Qingsi left An Ru to Lin Musheng.
“She’s ntally aware, but she can’t move her body,” Wan Qingsi said. “She’ll be bedridden for the rest of her life.”
To Wan Qingsi, death was the lightest form of punishnt. An Ru’s punishnt was to spend the rest of her life in a bed, paralyzed but conscious; even her ability to take her own life had been taken away from her.
Lin Musheng had no problems with it.
He ordered his n to bring An Ru to the old residence of the Lin family. When Old Man Lin, Lin Musheng’s father, was enraged when he saw the state his daughter was in. Old Man Lin insisted on seeking revenge for An Ru and punishing the ones who did this to her.
“The Wan family did it. You want revenge? Go ahead, I won’t stop you. Just don’t drag the Triad into this,” Lin Musheng said offhandedly. Old Man Lin went away to look for An Ru’s caretaker. The topic of revenge never ca up again.
“Let’s keep daddy out of this,” Ah Sha said once they were ho.
Wan Qingsi glanced at her briefly. “Why, you have a guilty conscience?”
“You don’t know what you’re talking about,” Ah Sha said in a tone of amusent. “I just don’t want daddy and mommy to worry.”
“What about my worry?” Wan Qingsi removed his bathrobe. “How are you going to make it up to ?”
Ah Sha stared the growing bulge between his legs. She blushed and reached out. “Will this do?”
“You little minx!” Wan Qingsi pulled her up. “Wrap your legs around !”
Ah Sha did as she was told obediently. She even removed her pajamas voluntarily and raised her neck.
“Good girl!” Wan Qingsi said. Evidently, he was happy with how compliant Ah Sha was. Trailing kissing along Ah Sha’s neck, Wan Qingsi kicked the door open and carried her into the bedroom.
A few days later, the news of An Ru’s retirent shook the showbiz. The reason for her sudden retirent was that the Lin family prohibited her from exposing herself in public. A lot of people on the internet didn’t believe that reason because An Ru had already signed a contract with Sky Entertainnt and was already in the middle of a movie production; the Lin family would be the ones charged with the fine if she breached her contract.
Then again, Sky Entertainnt soon released a statent claiming that they had agreed to An Ru’s withdrawal. They even announced that An Ru’s role would be taken over by a contemporary actress, Li Bier.
“Do you think An Ru has gone mad?” Xiao Zhao said during the middle of Tang Yue’s physical therapy session. “She shouldn’t have retired from the showbiz just because Boss Wan refused to accept her feelings!”
Tang Yue, who was supporting herself with the handrail attached to the wall, snorted derisively. “Did she retire voluntarily? Or was she forced to retire. She’s the only person who knows.”
Xiao Zhao was just about to ask her why when Tang Yue’s phone suddenly rang.
Tang Yue glanced at the caller ID, and her body went taut instantly.
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