The Finger Pulls the Trigger

Lin Xuan said coldly, "Huo Shen, tell me, you claim to have grown up with Hua as childhood sweethearts, that the two of you were always meant to be together—but Hua has never liked you, has she? She has never cared about you. So where do you get off saying I stole her away?"

Huo Shen gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't that because of you, Lin Xuan? What tricks did you use to steal Hua'er's heart?"

"It's fine. As long as you leave her, Hua'er's heart will surely return to me."

A smirk spread across Huo Shen's face.

He would make sure that from now on, Hua'er's heart belonged only to him.

Lin Xuan let out a cold laugh. "Huo Shen, you're overthinking it. I will never leave Hua."

"That's not for you to decide." Huo Shen sneered.

Lin Xuan asked, "Huo Shen, I'm actually curious—did you really save Hua'er back then?"

Huo Shen thought to himself that Lin Xuan would soon be hypnotized and forget everything anyway, so telling him wouldn't hurt.

"Lin Xuan, since you're so curious, I'll tell you."

Huo Shen said with a cold smirk, "That person—I arranged for him to shoot Hua'er. I wanted to be her savior, so that she would fall for me."

But.

Hua'er barely paid him any attention.

It was as if he had never saved her at all.

Old Master Su overheard Huo Shen's words and clenched his teeth.

"So that's how it was! And here I thought Huo Shen was Hua'er's lifesaver!"

That was why he had been so lenient with Huo Shen.

It turned out that all of this was Huo Shen's carefully laid scheme.

Su Hua's expression remained calm.

She had never considered Huo Shen her lifesaver in the first place.

Because she could have dodged that bullet herself.

Huo Shen had only stepped in front of her out of his own misguided sense of heroism.

How could she ever see him as her savior?

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow. "That's also why Grandpa Su has been so good to you."

"Don't mention that old geezer."

Huo Shen gritted his teeth. "He kept saying he would treat me like his own grandson, but in reality, he always saw me as an outsider."

"You, Lin Xuan—in his heart, you're far more important than me. He said he'd set me up with Hua'er, but he never actually did anything. Instead, he kept urging me to give up on Hua'er and be with other women!"

He had loved Hua'er since childhood. He had worked so hard for this—there was no way he would give up so easily.

And then there was the Su family's fortune.

If he ended up with another woman, wouldn't the Su family's wealth be forever out of his reach?

Letting Hua'er be with Lin Xuan, watching the Su family's assets fall into Lin Xuan's hands—dream on!

Old Master Su heard Huo Shen's words, a bitter smile spreading across his face.

It seemed that all the sincerity and care he had shown Huo Shen over the years had been wasted.

He had brought a wolf into the house.

Thank goodness Xiao Xuan was capable enough to uncover Huo Shen's scheme in time.

Otherwise, Xiao Xuan and Hua'er might have really been torn apart by Huo Shen, and he would have moved to take over the Su Corporation.

Step by step, he would have seized the Su Group.

In the end, even this old man might have been killed by Huo Shen.

Lin Xuan's subordinate said respectfully, "Mr. Su, Old Master Su, we can go find Young Master Lin now."

Even though Su Hua knew that Lin Xuan couldn't possibly come to harm, she couldn't help but worry.

The moment she heard Lin Xuan's subordinate's words,

she shot up from her chair.

"Let's go." Su Hua said urgently.

Old Master Su saw Su Hua's reaction and shook his head helplessly.

Hua'er was truly wrapped around Xiao Xuan's little finger.

Inside the villa.

Lin Xuan asked, "Huo Shen, what exactly are you trying to do by capturing me?"

Huo Shen replied, "I want to hypnotize you."

Since Lin Xuan was already in his grasp, letting him know his plan wouldn't hurt.

"Lin Xuan." Huo Shen smiled. "I'm going to make you forget Su Hua and implant memories of another woman into your mind, making you fall for someone else."

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow. "And what if I refuse?"

"Lin Xuan, you're in my hands now. You don't have a choice."

Huo Shen sneered. "If you agree to do as I say, I'll let you be with another woman and live a happy life. I'll even give you a hundred million—enough to set you up for the rest of your days. But if you refuse to be hypnotized, then I'll have no choice but to kill you."

Of course.

Even if Lin Xuan chose the first option, Huo Shen wouldn't let him off.

Lin Xuan's existence was still a threat.

Once Hua'er no longer liked Lin Xuan, he would quietly have Lin Xuan killed—and before that, he would make sure Lin Xuan suffered excruciating pain.

That would be his revenge.

Revenge for showing off his relationship with Hua'er and for taking her body.

"Lin Xuan, are you choosing to be hypnotized or not?" Huo Shen asked.

Huo Shen was very confident that Lin Xuan would choose the first option. After all, this was a matter of life and death—only a fool wouldn’t pick the first one.

“I choose…” Lin Xuan replied lazily, “not to be hypnotized.”

Huo Shen was taken aback.

When he came to his senses, he gritted his teeth and said, “Lin Xuan, are you sure?”

“I’m sure,” Lin Xuan answered.

Huo Shen aimed the gun at Lin Xuan’s temple again. “Lin Xuan, it seems you really aren’t afraid of death!”

“I’m giving you another chance right now. If you still pick the second option, this bullet will instantly penetrate your brain, and you will die.”

“Lin Xuan, don’t think I wouldn’t dare kill you!”

If he killed Lin Xuan, he could pin everything on Hong Yuanjie. He was certain Hong Yuanjie would take the fall for him.

Lin Xuan let out a chuckle.

“My choice remains the same—the second option. I won’t change it.”

Huo Shen’s face turned ashen.

He had never imagined Lin Xuan would be so obstinately stubborn. And yet, he needed Lin Xuan to choose the first option.

It seemed Lin Xuan was convinced that he wouldn’t dare pull the trigger!

Huo Shen decided to teach Lin Xuan a lesson.

He aimed the gun at Lin Xuan’s shoulder and pulled the trigger.