Chapter 097

"Master Lin, I know you're clever, but we have professional ethics. We don’t do things like this."

Lin Ran: "100,000? That’s way too cheap for me. Let me go, and I’ll give you a billion. How about that?"

Thud!

The driver-kidnapper nearly lost control and swerved into the roadside greenery. Lin Ran’s offer almost shattered his mental defenses.

"Master Lin, stop struggling. It’s useless. We like money, but we value our lives more."

Lin Ran knew that if a billion couldn’t sway them, two billion wouldn’t either.

"Ten billion."

The driver-kidnapper: "Holy shit, dumbass, hurry up and gag him! I might actually choose money over my life."

"Got it."

Lin Ran: "???"

"Wait, hold on—I won’t raise the price anymore, okay?"

"No, you talk too much," the kidnapper said firmly.

Lin Ran: "I—muffled screams!"

Dumbass kidnapper: "I think he’s cursing at us."

Driver-kidnapper: "Pretty filthy stuff."

Soon, the car arrived at an abandoned factory in the suburbs, and Lin Ran was dragged out.

Pushed step by step into the factory warehouse, the place was dim and damp, clearly untouched for ages.

Once his eyes adjusted to the darkness, Lin Ran took a look around. A woman seemed to be standing in the shadows.

"Hey there, handsome. I told you—you’d be mine sooner or later. Happy?"

Hearing that voice, Lin Ran thought, Of course. If anyone would pull something like this, Luo Wuyou is the prime suspect.

If he hadn’t gotten together with Luo Yao, she would’ve been the most likely culprit. But since he was with Luo Yao now, Luo Wuyou had taken up the role.

At this point, Lin Ran was starting to question the Luo family’s genetics. Were they all born with some kind of innate madness?

"Why did you kidnap me? Didn’t I already give you everything you wanted?"

Luo Wuyou: "Yes, I checked. It was exactly what I needed, and there were no issues. I’m thrilled. But I also said I would have you."

"Why?"

"Because you’re the man Luo Yao loves."

Lin Ran simply sat down on the floor, spreading his hands. He wasn’t not nervous, but he wasn’t overly worried either. He knew Luo Yao would send someone to rescue him.

The kidnappers had searched him, but how could they have guessed the tracker was inside his body?

My wife really planned ahead. She must’ve anticipated a kidnapping and planted a tracker in me. Impressive.

"If you just wanted me, why go this far? You could’ve waited until after I helped you take down Luo Yao! Aren’t you afraid she’ll find out?"

Luo Wuyou’s face lit up with excitement. "But I couldn’t wait! Today’s kidnapping was planned long ago. That bitch Luo Yao would never suspect me—because right now, I’m supposed to be at Pangu Hotel."

"Let me enlighten you. Luo Yao is the real owner of Pangu Hotel. I slipped out right under her surveillance. She’d never realize I’m gone."

"But what baffles me is that she knew you met with me, yet she still didn’t suspect you when you handed over the company data."

"That just shows how much she trusts you. It’s insane. Since she loves you that much, I have to have you."

"Then, after I crush her, I’ll send her a video of me enjoying you. She’ll lose it—hahaha!"

Lin Ran imagined the scenario. If that really happened, Luo Yao would break.

Good thing I never actually cooperated with Luo Wuyou, and Luo Yao’s USB drive was never compromised.

Still, this woman was no joke. To pull off these schemes right under Luo Yao’s nose—he’d already respected Luo Wuyou’s cunning, but now he realized he’d underestimated her.

He had no idea how she’d escaped the hotel’s countless watchful eyes, but it didn’t matter.

At least she doesn’t know Pangu Hotel is mine now. That would’ve been disastrous. Close call.

"Give it up. I’m just Luo Yao’s plaything. She spoils me when she’s happy, but if I become a threat, she’ll drop me without hesitation."

Luo Wuyou nodded. "I’ll give you that. But, little brother, none of that matters. What does matter is that I get to own you. Even just using you to piss off that bitch would be worth it."

As she spoke, Luo Wuyou stepped closer, forced Lin Ran’s mouth open, and popped in a small blue pill.

Lin Ran’s eyes widened. "What the hell did you just give me?"

Luo Wuyou: "Yin-Yang Powder."

"You’re fucking insane."

Luo Wuyou giggled. "Hehe! Don’t blame me, little brother. You brought this on yourself."

"Expletive-filled rant."

As the saying goes, To catch the bandits, first catch the king; to insult someone, start with their mother.

Lin Ran took Luo Wuyou’s mother as the center, her relatives and organs as the radius, and her ancestors as the target, unleashing a verbal AOE attack.

But Luo Wuyou wasn’t fazed. Instead, she giggled. "Little brother, you’re hilarious. Keep going. Make it nastier."

Lin Ran, exhausted from cursing, swallowed dryly. "Give me some water."

"What? Tired already? Keep cursing. I’m not done listening."

Damn, this woman really is a freak. She’s asking to be insulted.

So Lin Ran launched a second wave—this time targeting Luo Wuyou’s looks as the center, her figure as the radius, and her personality and love life as the bullseye. Finally, she cracked.

See? Even the toughest nut has a weak spot. For Luo Wuyou, it’s her appearance, body, or love life.

What actually set her off was Lin Ran’s line: "A psycho like you will never be loved."

Yes, Luo Wuyou had been nothing but a tool her whole life. She’d fought tooth and nail for respect, for a chance to live freely—only for Luo Yao to appear.

The path she’d walked for decades, Luo Yao had surpassed in just over ten years—and done it better.

If memory served, Luo Yao was only eighteen when she returned. And what had she done at eighteen? She’d been forced to kill the man she loved.

Pathetic. Ridiculous. Infuriating.

Why did Luo Yao get everything, while she lost the right to love and be loved?

"Shut up! You’re lying! No one in this world deserves my love!"

Lin Ran froze. He hadn’t expected love to be Luo Wuyou’s trigger.

Does someone like her actually have a tragic backstory?

"Hah! So what? Did the one you love betray you? Or did you betray them?"

Luo Wuyou snapped. "Aaaah! I’ll rip your mouth off—no, I’ll break you first, then tear your mouth off. And after you die, I’ll slaughter your family too."

Lin Ran: "??? That sounds like a win-win."