Ye Linyan glanced at the old ghost but didn't say anything.
When Ye Linyan entered the last suite at the end of the corridor, Lin Zheng was sitting on the sofa waiting for him.
"uncle."
Ye Linyan looked at Lin Zheng, who looked noticeably older than a few years ago, and hesitated before asking the question.
"Sit down, Ayan. You shouldn't have come here."
From the moment Ye Linyan entered, Lin Zheng's eyes were fixed on him. Although he didn't want Ye Linyan to come here, he missed him very much and couldn't get enough of looking at him.
"Uncle, it's been years since I last saw you, and you've got gray hair."
Seeing that the old ghost showed no sign of leaving, Ye Linyan glanced at the two people he had brought with him and said:
"I need to talk to my uncle. You all go outside and wait for me!"
The two nodded, turned around, and went out the door.
Seeing that the two men had left and he was the only outsider left in the room, Old Ghost glanced at Lin Zheng and said with a smile:
"Uncle Lin, you two have a good chat. I'll head out first and also entertain the two brothers the young master brought!"
Lin Zheng nodded.
Ye Linyan watched as the old ghost left before turning his gaze away.
"I've never seen this person before!"
"His name is Old Ghost. He only started working for me a couple of years ago, so he's reliable..."
Lin Zheng coughed twice, and Ye Linyan quickly opened a bottle of water and handed it to him:
Are you feeling unwell?
After putting the water down, Lin Zheng coughed a few times before speaking:
"I'm getting old, it's a minor problem."
Looking at the hideous scar on Lin Zheng's face, Ye Linyan thought that Lin Zheng must have suffered a lot of injuries in the years immediately following the incident. When she saw him a few years ago, his health was not very good.
The questions I wanted to ask stuck in my throat.
"I've heard about what happened at your company, why are you still looking for Xu Nuo?"
Lin Zheng's words were interspersed with a few light coughs.
"There's more to this than meets the eye, Uncle. Where's the promise?"
Ye Linyan turned around to face Lin Zheng, and before he could speak, he added:
"I know, you must know where he is!"
Lin Zheng looked at Ye Linyan, thinking that he had ignored his advice and flown over directly. He was determined not to give up until he got an answer.
"I really don't know where he is."
Lin Zheng wasn't lying; he genuinely didn't know Xu Nuo and Ye Mao's current locations.
"However, that kid has turned against me! I haven't been able to use the lines he had for a while now!"
Ye Linyan had expected that Lin Zheng wouldn't easily tell him the promised location, but he didn't expect this to happen.
"My people saw Xu Nuo and Ye Mao together at the border. Did Ye Mao betray them too?"
Lin Zheng paused, his hand holding the water to his lips.
"I can't get in touch with Night Owl, so I can't be sure!"
Hearing Lin Zheng cough a few more times, Ye Linyan pursed her lips and continued:
"Uncle, Xu Nuo can't be allowed to get into trouble! He's very important to me! I don't believe he'd betray me!"
Lin Zheng's eyes narrowed: "What's so important! Ayan! Cough cough~~~ You're going to get married and have children in the future! Stay away from him!"
"uncle..............."
Lin Zheng raised his hand, stopping Ye Linyan from saying anything more:
"Ayan, your uncle has lived most of his life! What hasn't he experienced and seen!"
As he spoke, Lin Zheng coughed violently again!
Ye Linyan stood up and stood beside Lin Zheng, patting his back.
"Look at the word 'profit'—how terrifying it is! One carries a knife, the other blood! Money can corrupt people's hearts; this is an eternal truth!"
Lin Zheng pulled Ye Linyan's hand and made him sit down.
"Your grandfather died because of these two words, Ayan. Your mother and I both longed for you to be well and for your family to be happy and complete! Do you want your mother to shed tears for you in the afterlife?"
Ye Linyan moved her lips, looking at Lin Zheng's aged face, but did not make a sound.
"I came to see you to make you give up!"
Lin Zheng knew that Ye Linyan had come all this way and wouldn't give up easily after hearing just a few words from him.
Another bout of coughing struck Lin Zheng, who felt a metallic taste rise in his throat. He closed his mouth tightly and swallowed it back down.
After a moment's pause, he spoke again:
"You just asked me about Night Owl, and I'll tell you the truth: they did leave together, but I've already given Night Owl a kill order! He won't survive!"
Upon hearing the last few words, Ye Linyan's heart sank, and she stood up abruptly.
"Xu Nuo can't die! Uncle! Tell me, where are they now!"
"I don't know! Cough cough cough! Cough cough cough!"
Lin Zheng turned his face away and coughed again.
Ye Linyan could tell that Lin Zheng was really sick. She composed herself and handed Lin Zheng another bottle of water.
"I have another question..."
Seeing that Lin Zheng had calmed down a bit, Ye Linyan tried her best to keep her emotions calm.
"explain."
"Was my mother's death related to the Ye family?"
Lin Zheng suddenly looked up at Ye Linyan.
Ye Linyan had already thought of this matter long before he learned about the old lady surnamed Wang crying in front of the Ye family's gate!
There was no doubt that the old lady surnamed Wang was acting under someone's orders. And with his company also having an incident at almost the same time, Ye Linyan realized something was wrong when he put everything together!
Seeing Lin Zheng's expression now, Ye Linyan was even more certain of her guess.
"Xu Nuo already knew about this, didn't she!"
"Don't interfere in this matter, I'll handle it! Ah Yan, go back! You won't find Xu Nuo, and even if you do, he'll be a dead body!"
Lin Zheng's chest began to ache, and he gently covered it with his hand.
"I won't go back until I see Xu Nuo! Uncle, for my sake, please don't touch him!"
Ye Linyan's tone became pleading at the end.
Lin Zheng was so angry at Ye Linyan's words that he coughed a few more times. As he coughed, he regretted in his heart that if he had known earlier that Ye Linyan had such deep feelings for Xu Nuo, he should have killed him sooner!
"I came to see you despite being ill! All you ever talk about are promises!"
Lin Zheng clutched his chest and said in a trembling voice:
"Give up on that idea! Xu Nuo might be dead by now! If Night Cat doesn't kill Xu Nuo, he'll have to come back to me with his head on his hands!"
The pain in his chest was getting worse and worse, and Lin Zheng's hand, which was covering his chest, was trembling.
"You go and rest first. I'm not feeling well and need to take my medicine!"
"Where's the medicine? I'll go get it for you!"
Although Ye Linyan was worried about Xu Nuo, seeing Lin Zheng's increasingly pale face and trembling hands, she stopped mentioning Xu Nuo.
"No need! You go and rest first, just call Old Ghost in for me!"
Lin Zheng tried to get up, stood for a moment, then slumped back into his seat.
Seeing Lin Zheng's insistence, Ye Linyan had no choice but to go out and call Lao Gui.
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