Is it... over just like that

"Why haven't Mazi and the others made a move yet?"

Dahei had a cigarette dangling from his mouth as he fiddled with his phone, his face full of worry as he complained:

"They aren't answering their phones either. Could something have happened?"

Just as Dahei was fretting, he caught sight of the tied-up woman out of the corner of his eye.

She had somehow ceased to look exhausted. Instead, she appeared somewhat agitated, her gaze locked dead onto a single spot, faint tears shimmering in her eyes.

What was going on?

Curious, Dahei followed her gaze. Through the faint, bright yellow light spilling outside the building, he saw a figure standing outside the door.

Before Dahei could call out and question the person, Hu Hao also noticed the tall, thin figure and sneered first:

"Lin Yu, you never thought you'd see this day..."

"..."

Before Hu Hao could even finish his sentence, he shut his mouth.

Because as Lin Yu entered the factory building, the bright yellow light completely illuminated his surroundings.

He realized that Lin Yu wasn't tied up, nor was there anyone escorting him from behind.

Lin Yu picked at his ear, looked at the group, and said:

"Let her go."

Lin Yu's expression was indifferent and his tone was lazy. He spoke as if he were giving orders to his own lackeys.

Hu Hao was so infuriated by his arrogant attitude that he wanted to laugh. He let out a cold sneer and mocked:

"Heh!"

"Lin Yu, what kind of big shot do you think you are?"

"You think I'll let her go just because you tell me to?"

"What?"

"Trying to play the hero?"

"A hero saving the beauty?"

"Sure."

"First, kneel on the ground and give me two loud kowtows. If you kowtow to my satisfaction, then I'll discuss the conditions for releasing Tao Yaoyao with you. How about that?"

Hu Hao's tone was arrogant, his eyes filled with hatred and madness.

Even though he knew very well that the few men he had might not even be enough for Lin Yu to warm up with, he wasn't afraid.

Because he still had Tao Yaoyao as a hostage.

With her here, Hu Hao didn't believe Lin Yu would dare to make a move.

Kidnapping Tao Yaoyao was indeed a decision Hu Hao had made in a moment of impulse.

But since he had already done it, there was no turning back.

Hu Hao didn't know exactly how powerful Tao Yaoyao's background was, but he knew deeply that it was something he couldn't afford to provoke.

However, Hu Hao wasn't completely brainless; he had already prepared an escape route for himself.

As soon as this was over, Hu Hao planned to go abroad immediately and seek refuge with his aunt overseas.

His family had long intended for him to go abroad, but he had always made excuses to delay it, partly because he didn't want to give up on Tao Yaoyao.

With things as they were, Hu Hao felt that even if he went abroad and could never return, it wouldn't be a pity.

At least he would have fulfilled a long-standing desire!

Hu Hao glared at Lin Yu with hatred.

He had firmly etched all the past humiliations into his heart.

This time, he absolutely would not let this dog couple off easy...

...

?

For some reason, as Hu Hao looked at Lin Yu, he couldn't help but feel that the gaze Lin Yu directed at him was full of helplessness and pity, as if looking at an idiot.

Faintly sensing that something was wrong, he immediately thought of Tao Yaoyao. Turning his head to look, he discovered that the ropes binding Tao Yaoyao had actually been untied!

And they had been untied by the very thugs he had hired with a heavy sum of money.

"You guys..."

Seeing the men keeping their heads down and eyes lowered, looking timid and defeated like frostbitten eggplants, Hu Hao was completely dumbfounded.

Turning his head to look at Lin Yu again, he suddenly noticed that behind Lin Yu, standing outside the door where light and shadow mixed, was a man in a suit. His face was as black as coal, but his eyes seemed to be spewing flames.

"Alright."

Lin Yu stood with his hands in his pockets, looking lazily at Hu Hao, and said:

"My stars are completely crossed today, so I won't bother beating you up myself."

"Pack up and get ready to go to prison."

"Seeing as a little bastard like you seems to really enjoy forced love."

"When you're in prison, I'll pull some strings and find a few burly men to play with you properly."

"When the time comes, whether you want to force your love on others or have others force their love on you, I'll make sure they accommodate you to the best of their abilities."

Although he said this, deep down, Lin Yu really wanted to personally teach this little bastard Hu Hao a lesson.

To use this kind of method to threaten Lin Yu, the head moderator of the pure romance forum.

This was no longer just stepping on Lin Yu's bottom line.

It was doing a triple-and-a-half forward spin right on his bottom line, followed by a four-month backward Neo Armstrong Cyclone flip, dancing a routine of Gokuraku Jodo, and topping it all off with a massive slap to the back of Lin Yu's head.

It was an absolutely unforgivable and heinous crime.

But whenever he thought of his miserable losing streak from that afternoon, Lin Yu would inexplicably be reminded of the night he met Qing Mo.

As a result, he began to resist the idea of getting physical and hitting people.

Thinking about it carefully, Lin Yu decided to just let it go.

Today was indeed a bit bizarre. A losing streak in his game, running into a kidnapping right after stepping out the door, and then this whole mess with Tao Yaoyao.

So it was better for him to behave. Less trouble was better than more. Once he sent Hu Hao to prison, he would have plenty of ways to properly take care of him.

Tao Yaoyao was successfully rescued. The men who had kidnapped her were like little chicks, keeping their heads down, not even daring to look at Wang Shuo.

Lin Yu didn't need to worry about their fate.

Wang Shuo would naturally deal with them.

As for Hu Hao, he would naturally be thrown into the police station, escorted there by Wang Shuo's men.

So.

Today is just...

Over?

Lin Yu looked at the orderly scenes unfolding before him, feeling a bit unreal.

He had thought some other troublesome disaster would happen tonight, but looking at it now, it seemed nothing much had happened at all.

Everything had gone so smoothly and simply that it was hard to believe.

Tao Yaoyao walked over with red eyes. At this moment, she no longer had her usual elegance and gentleness. She looked entirely aggrieved and pitiful. This time, she really did resemble Tang Manman a bit, and it wasn't just a fleeting illusion.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Yu asked with concern.

Tao Yaoyao raised her hand and gently wiped the corner of her eye with the pale back of her hand, shaking her head as she said:

"I'm fine. Hu Hao was planning to wait for you to come, so he never did anything to me."

Hearing Tao Yaoyao's words, Lin Yu couldn't help but frown slightly.

To be honest.

After being kidnapped for so long, if she hadn't been touched at all, Lin Yu felt it was a bit of a stretch.

After all, Hu Hao's obsession with Tao Yaoyao had reached a sickening degree.

But presumably, even if something had happened to Tao Yaoyao, she definitely wouldn't want to say it out loud.

So he decided to just pretend he didn't know anything and trust her unconditionally.

"Ding."

His phone suddenly let out a short notification sound for a new message. Lin Yu took out his phone and saw that it was a message from Z.

It was the buzz-cut man who had been following Zhao She earlier.

Seeing a message from him, the first thing Lin Yu thought of was the task he had entrusted to Zhao She: investigating Tao Yaoyao's background.

He had already found everything out?

That was fast.

"As long as you're okay."

Lin Yu gave Tao Yaoyao a gentle smile, quickly ending the conversation before turning to leave.

After all, he couldn't exactly look through her background information right in front of her face.

That would be far too inappropriate!

After leaving the abandoned factory, Lin Yu, feeling a bit guilty, subconsciously walked over to a hidden spot by the bridge.

With the rushing river right behind him, there was no way anyone could sneak up and see what he was looking at. Meanwhile, Lin Yu had a clear view of the area ahead, ensuring that Tao Yaoyao wouldn't catch him red-handed while he was checking her messages.

He swiped his phone screen and opened the message sent by Z. After reading just a few short lines, Lin Yu's expression darkened at a visible rate...

...

The moonlight was bleak, blanketing the earth like a layer of frost and snow.

In the distance, the long river roared with crashing waves. Illuminated by the moon, the churning surf gleamed like silver ingots rising and falling upon the rushing currents.

Amidst the dead silence.

A man's dark eyes glinted like blades, brimming with venom and hatred.

By offering zero resistance from the very beginning, he had successfully lulled the two burly men beside him into a false sense of security.

Ever since stepping onto the bridge, he had been silently counting down in his head.

Finally, upon reaching the perfect distance, he suddenly erupted into action. Shaking off the two men, he lunged toward the edge of the bridge with the speed of a hurricane and shoved hard with both hands.

Amidst Hu Hao's maniacal laughter, Lin Yu found himself in a free fall. Gazing up at the starry night sky, the first thought that crossed his mind wasn't resentment or regret, but rather...

That son of a bitch Destiny is a sore loser, and now it's flipping the table!

"Splash!"

Freezing river water flooded his eardrums, instantly cutting off all the noise.

As the powerful current swept him away, sending him spinning uncontrollably, the last thing Lin Yu saw was a silhouette in white diving into the water after him like a fish.