Chapter 0501

An old man appeared. Luo Yao turned her head and saw it was Yu Paoyan, the head of the Yu family.

He was being carried out, and upon seeing Luo Yao's actions, he instinctively shouted, "Stop!"

As for why he was here, it was naturally Lin Ran's doing.

Lin Ran had contacted people to "rescue" him as soon as he sensed something was wrong.

Not only Yu Paoyan, but Ai Renqi had also been released by Lin Ran.

"Luo Yao, you've won. We admit defeat. Hand Yu Taiduo over to me," Yu Paoyan's voice was very weak.

After all, he had just been forced to have his "second brother" removed, a fate worse than his grandson's.

Luo Yao narrowed her eyes. "If I had arrived a moment later, would your son have spared A'Ran?"

Yu Paoyan remained silent. The answer was obvious: no.

Seeing Yu Paoyan, Yu Taiduo was utterly bewildered. He couldn't understand why the old man was out here.

Then he saw the woman beside Yu Paoyan and nearly died of rage on the spot.

"You bitch! Who let you two out?"

Facing his son, Yu Paoyan also wore an angry expression. Grown man, still getting angry over a woman.

"You unfilial son! I won't allow you to speak to Lüfù like that. And you... I truly regret having you."

Chang Lüfù leaned against Yu Paoyan with a gentle look. "Husband, from now on, you might have to call me 'stepmother'."

Yu Taiduo took an incredulous step back, even the pain from his severed finger momentarily forgotten.

"You... you... Pfft!"

A sweet taste rose in Yu Taiduo's throat, and he spat out a mouthful of hot blood.

Lin Ran was screaming internally like a groundhog.

Seriously? Even after losing that function, Yu Paoyan was still playing such games?

Yu Paoyan looked at Luo Yao. "Luo Yao, I admit you are formidable, but are you sure you can walk out of here? As for this Yu Taiduo..." At this point, his face filled with resentment.

"Let me deal with this unfilial son personally."

Luo Yao gave a disdainful smile.

You tell me to hand someone over, and I just do it? Who do you think I, Luo Yao, am?

"Even if you have a thousand troops and ten thousand horses, would I, Luo Yao, be afraid?"

A cold glint flashed in Luo Yao's hand, and Yu Taiduo's entire arm fell off. The scene fell silent, with only Yu Taiduo's agonized scream.

"Ah... damn it!"

Yu Taiduo had mobilized all the capable forces of the three major families to capture Lin Ran this time, only to end up with a severed arm.

What was most infuriating was that Zhang Deshuai from the Zhang family still hadn't shown up. Truly maddening.

"Luo Yao, you really refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

Yu Paoyan could lose a son, but he couldn't bear being humiliated by Luo Yao like this.

Just then, a continuous "humming" sound filled the air as black Maybachs approached one after another.

Brother Dao rushed to the scene with at least a hundred men, bowing as soon as they got out of the cars.

"President Luo, Young Master Lin."

Yu Paoyan's face was filled with shock.

He never imagined that the top underground power in the capital was actually Luo Yao's subordinate.

This was trouble.

Because their Yu family had many unspeakable dealings with Brother Dao.

He swallowed hard. "Luo Yao, Yu Taiduo wanted to kidnap Young Master Lin. He's yours to deal with. This old man won't disturb you any further."

As he spoke, he tried to leave with Chang Lüfù, but they were surrounded by Brother Dao's men.

Although the Yu family had brought many people, filling dozens of cars, Brother Dao's men plus those Luo Yao brought roughly matched their numbers.

If a fight broke out now, it would be a true, massive showdown.

Since the founding of the nation, such a large-scale conflict had never occurred in the capital; this had escalated to the political sphere.

"Disable them all," Luo Yao commanded, and Brother Dao's men uniformly drew steel blades.

It wasn't that Brother Dao was law-abiding, but using cold weapons was safer in a fight of this scale.

If firearms were used in a conflict of this magnitude...

What? Are you trying to rebel?

"Stop!" Another furious shout rang out as a man was carried forward.

It was Ai Renqi, who had just arrived. Crippled by Yu Taiduo, he would likely need assistance to stand in the future.

"Luo Yao, can you hand Yu Taiduo over to me? I'm willing to offer the Ai family's pharmaceutical company in exchange."

Ai Renqi hated Yu Taiduo to the core. After being released, he didn't even go to the hospital but came straight here.

The pain in his body was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.

Luo Yao glanced at Ai Renqi with interest.

"Heh! Trash isn't qualified to negotiate with me."

Ai Renqi fell silent. The impact of those words was too strong.

Luo Yao's tone shifted. "But since you're here, you might as well stay too."

Lin Ran thought, 'Good grief,' he couldn't even imagine how severe the consequences of today would be.

But if his wife wasn't afraid, then naturally, he wasn't either.

Even if the final outcome was bad, he would stand by Luo Yao's side and face it together.

"Stop!"

Another furious shout. Lin Ran rolled his eyes dramatically, thinking, 'Is there no end to this?'

Let me see who it is this time.

However, when Lin Ran looked over, his expression turned serious.

A military-green vehicle drove into the center of the area, and four men in military uniforms got out.

The leader was a robust man around fifty years old.

Simultaneously, a special police siren sounded from the periphery of the crowd.

Lin Ran had heard it online before; it was the sound used only when the military was dispatched on an urgent mission.

Abu came to Lin Ran's side. "This man is very strong and well-equipped. If something unexpected happens, I might need to hold him off. Don't stay too far from the young lady."

For Abu to be this serious showed the newcomer was no ordinary person.

The man stepped forward.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Chen Lin, from the Chinese military. You have created a large-scale armed conflict in the capital. I am here to coordinate with the police department to take you all in for investigation. Everyone, put down your weapons now."

Chen Lin's words carried immense authority, projecting an aura that was hard to resist.

Yu Paoyan thought, 'This is bad.'

The instigator of this chaos was Yu Taiduo.

Although Yu Taiduo... wait.

If he could provoke Luo Yao into killing Yu Taiduo, could he then use Yu Taiduo as the scapegoat?

"Officer, my Yu family abides by the law and will fully cooperate with the investigation. However, my son is in their hands. You must save him."

Chen Lin nodded, looking at Lin Ran and Luo Yao.

"Lin Ran, let him go."

Chen Lin's eyes signaled Lin Ran not to resist. Lin Ran understood, but he didn't want to comply.

Suppressing his anger, Chen Lin said, "Yu Taiduo, Lin Ran, Luo Yao, Yu Paoyan, Ai Renqi, and..." At this point, his gaze swept sharply towards Brother Dao.

"Wei Fazhe, I order all of you to put down your weapons."

Chen Lin knew of Brother Dao and also knew he had an official identity, as Brother Dao's superior happened to be an old classmate of his.

The reason Chen Lin named Brother Dao was precisely because naming him would less likely expose him.

Personally, he disliked the official tactic of using darkness to govern darkness, but being military, not law enforcement, he had no authority to intervene.

Luo Yao narrowed her eyes. "Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Military Region?"