Xu Nuo brushed the hair that was blocking her eyes aside and smiled calmly:
"I couldn't do it myself! I'm afraid of dying, Uncle Lin!"
Lin Zheng looked at Xu Nuo for a moment, suppressed a few coughs, and then spoke:
"I, a dying man, have no idea that you're afraid of death!"
Lin Zheng coughed a few times, and just as he raised his hand to call out to the people outside, Ye Linyan grabbed his hand from behind.
"uncle!"
Ye Linyan called out softly, her tone full of pleading.
Lin Zheng no longer wanted to reason with Ye Linyan; he had already reasoned with him far too much!
Night Owl understood Lin Zheng's meaning, stood up, took a few steps to stand in front of Lin Zheng, and seeing that Ye Linyan was about to say something, glared at him fiercely and said:
"Can you please shut up!"
Ye Linyan was inexplicably rebuked by Night Cat, but when she looked up at him, she immediately understood what Night Cat meant.
The more he showed that he cared about the promise, the more determined Lin Zheng was to take his life!
"Dad!"
The night owl crouched down, looking Lin Zheng in the eye, and called out:
"Spare his life! I swear on my own life! I'll keep him locked up for life, and as long as I live, he'll never leave this place!"
Xu Nuo looked at Ye Mao with some surprise. What a joke! He still had a lot of things to do. How could he stay here for the rest of his life?
But he knew that Night Owl was a man of his word!
He's different from me; if he dares to say that to Lin Zheng, he'll definitely do it!
We will absolutely not wait until Lin Zheng dies before letting him go!
Before Xu Nuo could speak, Lin Zheng asked first, "What if you die?"
The night owls fell silent. They lived a life of constant danger, and who could guarantee they would live a peaceful life?
Cough cough cough cough~~~~ cough cough cough~~~~~
"A wise son is better than a father!"
Lin Zheng coughed a few times, then looked up at Night Cat:
"You grew up beside me since you were little, I can tell what you're thinking without even looking at you..."
Xu Nuo smiled sadly, put the dagger back in her bosom, and said:
"Uncle Lin, how about we discuss this?"
Lin Zheng turned to look at Xu Nuo.
"I'll finish what I need to do, come back on my own, and never leave this place again. Even if Night Owl dies, I won't leave! Is that okay?"
Seeing that neither Ye Mao nor Ye Linyan could persuade Lin Zheng, Xu Nuo proposed a solution.
"You little brat! Cough cough cough~~~~~ If you hadn't come back, what could I have done to you... cough cough cough~~~ what could I have done..."
Lin Zheng coughed for a while, took a breath, and continued:
"Your words are not to be trusted!"
"I'll vouch for him, Dad!"
Night Owl immediately chimed in.
Lin Zheng pointed at Night Owl, then at Ye Linyan, coughed a few times, and then spoke:
"If he doesn't want to come back, what can either of you do to him? Cough cough cough... He... he can fool both of you completely..."
Seeing that Lin Zheng refused to believe him no matter what, Xu Nuo silently calculated in his heart the probability of surviving if he rushed out of here. There were mercenaries that Nan Qing'an had given him outside, but he didn't know how far away they were!
If they run out of here, they'll probably be dead before they even leave his lair!
Xu Nuo dispelled this idea!
What if there are hostages? Thinking of this, Xu Nuo glanced at Ye Linyan!
Ye Linyan felt Xu Nuo's gaze on him and looked at him in return. The two exchanged only one glance, and Ye Linyan guessed what Xu Nuo was thinking.
She released Lin Zheng's hand and moved closer to Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo wasn't surprised at all that Ye Linyan had guessed what she was thinking. Instead, she carefully considered whether the matter was feasible.
Lin Zheng caught a glimpse of Ye Linyan's subtle movements out of the corner of his eye, but remained silent.
Seeing Lin Zheng's downcast and silent expression, Xu Nuo rejected the idea in her heart.
Even if he only holds Ye Linyan hostage, Lin Zheng will not let him go unless he actually lays a knife on Ye Linyan. But the two shots he fired last time were enough to make him fearful!
If he were to hurt him again this time, Xu Nuo felt he absolutely couldn't do it!
He was left with no other option but to close the door, and there were snipers around. Perhaps Lin Zheng was waiting for him to do this, so that no one would have the chance to speak up for him!
Thinking of this, Xu Nuo looked at Lin Zheng with a somewhat miserable expression:
He really used every one of the thirty-six stratagems in order to save his own life!
"Xu Nuo, come here, I have something to ask you! Cough cough cough~~~"
Seeing that no one spoke for a while and nothing happened, Lin Zheng raised his hand in the direction of Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo walked up to Lin Zheng and looked at him.
"I'm asking you, didn't you and Nan Qing'an start cooperating a long time ago, cough cough cough... back in Yuncheng, cough cough...?"
After hesitating for a few seconds, Xu Nuo replied:
"yes!"
Ye Linyan looked over with some confusion. He had thought of it, but he didn't expect Xu Nuo to admit it so readily in front of Lin Zheng!
"Okay........cough cough cough......."
Lin Zheng clenched the handkerchief in his hand and continued to ask:
"If I let you go today... cough cough cough cough..."
Lin Zheng coughed until he was too weak to speak, managing only a weak breath: "You will continue to cooperate with him..."
"meeting!"
Upon hearing Xu Nuo's reply, Night Owl's heart sank.
Ye Linyan lowered her eyes, somewhat disappointed.
"Nan Qing'an used you to bring down the Ye family, so you'd better show us something real... cough cough cough... The first one to suffer will be Ayan, right... cough cough cough..."
Lin Zheng's pupils were deathly gray as he stared intently at Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo took a deep breath and replied:
"right!"
"Nan Qing'an is such a shrewd person... Even if you have what he... cough cough cough... wants, why would he... put himself in danger...? Why would he... help you so much? And why do you... think that after it's all over, you'll be useless to him... You know so much about him... Won't he silence you?"
After managing to finish the sentence, Lin Zheng couldn't stop coughing. Night Cat immediately opened a bottle of water from the table, held the bottle, and helped Lin Zheng take a small sip.
In those few dozen seconds, Xu Nuo had also come up with an answer:
"Because he likes me! We've already made a promise that when I get back, we'll go abroad to get our marriage certificate, and when we return to Yuncheng, he'll throw me a grand wedding!"
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