Don't be afraid, I've truly come to bring you happiness.

Just as Chu Hua was about to unleash her "Severing God Thunderbolt".

Lin Yuanshan finally spoke.

"It's me, Kiryu Kazuma. There's no time for explanations. Get me some antibiotics and painkillers."

in the room.

Lin Yuanshan calmly removed the shrapnel from his body and roughly poured alcohol onto the exposed flesh.

Chu Hua was stitching up his other wound. Having experienced a life-or-death situation at the aquarium, she was quite methodical in doing this.

After some treatment, Lin Yuanshan was once again the familiar bandaged man.

This time, beneath the bandages was a genuine wound.

After cleaning up the mess, Lin Yuanshan briefly explained what had happened to Chu Hua.

"Is that so? Toyokawa Sadaharu is dead?"

Chu Hua's tone was calm, showing no emotion whatsoever regarding her father's death.

The father and daughter had only met a handful of times since childhood, not to mention that the guy had tried to kill her before.

"Yes, and also, if nothing unexpected happens, the Toyokawa family will be hit by an earthquake in the next couple of days."

"I'll give Xiangzi a call!"

Chu Hua picked up her phone and dialed Xiangzi's number.

then.

Something even more terrifying than an unanswered phone call has happened.

"Kachika Dakokoro Appendix Ero"

The phone rang at the door of the room.

It's Xiangzi!

How did she get in?

As mentioned before, she used to live at Chu Hua's house, so she has a key.

"Chuhua?"

Xiangzi opened the door to the room.

What she saw was Mitsukasa standing there, her face contorted in an awkward smile.

"That bastard dad has disappeared. He's not replying to my messages. Do you have any clues?"

"Me? Why...why would you ask me that?"

"Because you didn't reply to my messages either."

Xiangzi's eyes held a hint of resentment.

Chu Hua picked up her phone and saw that the screen was full of unread messages from Xiangzi, sent when she was treating Lin Yuanshan's wounds.

"Moreover, I just saw that your door lock had been pried open, and I'm very worried about you."

This is why Xiangzi used the key to open the door directly.

Although she had some doubts about something, she was more concerned about her friend's safety.

Inside the wardrobe, Lin Yuanshan's phone screen lit up; it was a message from Chu Hua.

Chu Hua: [Why are you hiding?]

Lin Yuanshan: [Subconscious Reaction]

Chu Hua: [It wouldn't matter if we told Xiangzi the truth now, right? After all, this has already happened.]

Lin Yuanshan: [Are you sure things won't get more complicated after Xiangzi finds out the truth?]

Chu Hua: [Indeed, it wouldn't be good if she did something impulsive.]

Lin Yuanshan: [But the truth will out eventually; she'll find out sooner or later.]

Chu Hua: [So what you mean is?]

Lin Yuanshan: [Before she takes any drastic action, let's go all the way and take her down first, then put her under house arrest for a while.]

Looking at the message, she thought for a moment and typed in the chat box, "This is indeed the most efficient solution at the moment."

Just as she was about to type out the line, "But telling Xiangzi everything is the right choice,"

My hand suddenly slipped.

Then, the phone slipped from my hand and fell to the ground.

It slid down to Shoko, who was on the phone with Wakaba Mutsu.

Chu Hua reacted immediately, diving forward like a valiant goalkeeper.

But it was still too late.

Xiangzi lowered his head.

"Chuhua, you're so careless! Wait a minute, let me pick it up and hand it to you."

Her gaze swept to the phone screen,

They stood there, stunned.

[Hide]

[After something like this happened...]

[More complex]

She'll find out sooner or later.

[If you're going to do something, do it thoroughly!]

The most efficient approach

Xiangzi gradually came to understand everything.

In an instant, various classic fairy tale plots flashed through her mind.

Snow White, Cinderella, The Temptation of Going Home

"Mu."

"Could you please tell me in detail about the knowledge we had discussed before regarding how to dispose of the carcasses of large mammals?"

After saying that, she hung up the phone.

Chu Hua, who had failed to make the save, lay on the ground covering her face.

"Xiangzi, let me explain."

Chapter 28 The Sole Victim of the Divine Thunderbolt

Lin Yuanshan, inside the wardrobe, sensed that the silence outside was somewhat eerie.

Chu Hua's voice disappeared.

Only a muffled "thump" remained in the room.

He pushed open the cabinet door.

What I saw was Chu Hua, who had just used [Thunderbolt of Divine Severance].

And Xiangzi, his eyes swirling like mosquito coils, lying stiffly on the ground.

"Uh... Xiangzi was too excited just now, I can only..."

Chu Hua tried to explain, but Lin Yuanshan simply walked over and patted her on the shoulder.

"Well done."

When Xiangzi woke up, he found himself lying on Chuhua's sofa.

The rough texture against my wrist was from a rope.

She was tied up.

In the kitchen, "Old Dad," covered in bandages, was cooking while wearing an apron.

Chu Hua, however, stared blankly at the news on television.

"Are you awake?"

Upon discovering that Xiangzi had woken up, Chu Hua finally took her eyes off the news.

Xiangzi's gaze unconsciously swept over the television news.

A line of text on the screen made her stop breathing instantly.

"Toyokawa Sadaharu, chairman of the Toyokawa Group, died at home. Police have preliminarily determined that he committed suicide by poisoning."

"Ha, he was beaten into a pulp and then tried to commit suicide."

"Xiang's father" came out of the kitchen carrying a pot.

"How about we have sukiyaki for dinner?"

"Grandpa is dead?"

The shock of the news made her instantly forget about her kidnapping and the ambiguous relationship between her father and aunt.

"Well, that's why I can only hide here with your Aunt Chuhua to avoid being purged by those mad dogs from the Fengchuan family."

After all, despite being betrayed, Qinggao actually belonged to the Dingzhi faction.

Xiangzi's situation was even more dangerous than his.

Nominally, she is the first in line to inherit the Toyokawa Group.

But this title is not an honor at this moment, but a death warrant.

An heir with no foundation or real power within the family will only be drained of all value once they return, and then packaged up like a commodity and sent for a marriage alliance.

Xiangzi looked at his father.

Although his grandfather is dead, this man is still alive.

He seemed to know everything inside.

"Don't ask how Dingzhi died. Come and eat."

Lin Yuanshan gestured to Chu Hua.

"Untie it, it's time to eat."

The rope loosened, leaving a faint red mark around my wrist.

The family of three sat around the steaming sukiyaki.

“AveMujica’s activities must be suspended.”

Lin Yuanshan spoke first, serving himself a bowl of soup.

"Also, we can't stay in Tokyo anymore; we need to go somewhere else to hide for a while."

Xiangzi had no appetite; he picked up his chopsticks, then put them down again.

Are we going to hide like this for the rest of our lives?

Lin Yuanshan shook his head.

"You don't need to hide for too long, just wait until I'm healed."

Xiangzi took it as his father comforting him, and felt a strange warmth in his heart.

Chu Hua, on the other hand, didn't seem to have any psychological burden.

If they just wait a few years and the storm passes, the powerful Toyokawa family will probably have long forgotten about these insignificant people.

Moreover, Xiangfu, who is far away in Southeast Asia, may have a backup plan.

She thought optimistically, and surprisingly, her appetite was not bad.

Lin Yuanshan suddenly said again at this moment: