Chapter 559 Surprise
"Xu, Xu Xin???"
I stared wide-eyed at the girl coming down the stairs, unable to believe she was still alive.
Wait!
Xu Xin and Xu Sanshui both have the surname Xu, and the father and daughter look quite alike.
I knew it! When I first saw Xu Sanshui, he looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place where I'd seen him before. Now that Xu Xin is coming down the stairs, I understand why.
After Xu Xin came downstairs, she didn't seem to recognize me immediately. But when she saw me threatening her father with a knife, she instantly pulled out a pistol from behind her back, pointed it at me, and shouted angrily, "Stop! Put down the knife!"
Hearing this, I was both amused and exasperated; it turned out to be all a misunderstanding.
I obediently listened, put down the scalpel, gave a wry smile, and took two steps back.
Xu Sanshui looked at me jokingly, then turned to Xu Xin and said, "Put down the gun, we're on the same side."
Xu Xin didn't seem to recognize me yet. After I put down the scalpel, she listened to Xu Sanshui and put down her pistol. Then she stared at me with no kindness in her eyes.
Xu Sanshui said, "Nannan, don't be so nervous. Let's see who he is."
Xu Xin looked puzzled, her eyes fixed on me. After a moment, the resentment in her eyes disappeared, replaced by surprise and delight. Then, she exclaimed, "Lu Xiaonan!"
I said with a wry smile, "You finally recognized me."
Xu Xin came up to me and hugged me without saying a word, which made me a little stunned. Was she being a little too enthusiastic?
"You, you're still alive!" Xu Xin said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Yes, still alive."
Xu Xin and I were high school classmates, as I mentioned before. I had a crush on her for three whole years during high school. We became very good friends during that time, but we never got together.
Her hug right now makes me feel a little dazed, but also a little happy.
When I first left Hangzhou for Wutong City, I never imagined that any of my classmates or friends would still be alive; I thought they were all dead.
I really didn't expect that Xu Xin would actually survive.
What's even more unbelievable is that her father, Xu Sanshui, actually became one of the three big shots in the central town. What exactly happened in between?
"Ahem." Xu Sanshui coughed.
Upon hearing the commotion, Xu Xin immediately released me and retreated to Xu Sanshui's side, her pretty face slightly flushed.
Xu Sanshui looked at me seriously and said, "Now you believe that I am sincerely looking for you to cooperate, right?"
"Xu..." I was about to call out Xu Sanshui's name, but when I remembered that he was Xu Xin's father, I immediately felt it was inappropriate, so I quickly changed my words and said, "Uncle Xu, you really scared me to death. Couldn't you have told me beforehand? That way I could have been prepared."
"You didn't say anything, but threatened me and then tied me up and brought me here. It really scared me to death. I thought I wouldn't live to see tomorrow," I said with a wry smile.
Xu Sanshui sighed, beckoned to me, and after sitting down on the sofa, he said, "I had no other choice. I was a little surprised when I saw you in the conference room before, and I wasn't sure it was you at the time. I only realized it was you after I learned that you were a doctor. That's when I decided to go find you and help you out."
"I didn't explain the situation to you in the central town before because there were too many people and too many eyes and ears there. There might be someone eavesdropping. What if someone overheard us if I told you everything there? Now you should understand the situation in the central town."
Xu Sanshui is Xu Xin's father. I met him at a parent-teacher conference in high school, but I had never thought of him before.
I still have a lot of faith in them.
I nodded and said, "Yes, the situation in Central Town is indeed a bit helpless. Everyone knows that Zhou Liang and Ye Qian have joined forces, which is definitely not a good thing for you."
Xu Sanshui said, "Not necessarily. Tell me first, what exactly is your relationship with Zhou Liang? I've heard rumors circulating in Central Town that you two have that kind of relationship. Is it true?"
"That kind of relationship? Which kind?" I asked, puzzled.
Xu Sanshui frowned, his expression somewhat strange.
Seeing his expression, I instantly understood what he was going to say, and immediately said, "No! Zhou Liang and I are not in that kind of relationship at all!"
Xu Sanshui said, "But the whole town is talking about it. This can't be something that just came out of nowhere, can it?"
"..." I was furious. It must have been Zhang Lincai, that big mouth, who told this story. He had only mentioned it to me as a joke before, but I never expected that it would be the talk of the entire central town now.
I sighed and said helplessly, "I can tell you the truth, Zhou Liang and I are definitely not in that kind of relationship. I don't like men, I like women. Besides, my relationship with Zhou Liang is not what you think. We are definitely not friends, but enemies."
Xu Sanshui looked at me in surprise, "Enemies? How could you two be enemies?"
I said, "This is a long story. Back when I was still in Jiajiang..."
Afterwards, I told Xu Sanshui about the hatred between Zhou Liang and me. Xu Sanshui and Xu Xin were both surprised after hearing it.
Xu Sanshui said, "So, the reason he's able to be in Central Town now is entirely because he forced you to bring him in?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, I had no other choice at the time. And don't underestimate Zhou Liang. Even though he's only one person, he's very strong. He could easily take on ten people. What's most terrifying is his mind. His thinking is too fast and he has too many ideas. Fighting him is simply courting death."
"So you're just going to let it continue like this?"
I said, "Do you think I want to see him develop like this in the central town? But what can I do? Wu Zhaolong's death was entirely the result of Zhou Liang's planning."
"What's going on?" Xu Sanshui listened quietly to my words.
I continued, "Didn't Ye Qian say during the meeting that his research institute was attacked? Who do you think did it?"
"Isn't it Wu Zhaolong?" Xu Sanshui asked in surprise.
I shook my head and said, "No, the research institute was not attacked by anyone at all. The incident happened because Zhang Jianzhou wanted to escape from the institute. Zhou Liang used this incident to create a conflict between Ye Qian and Wu Zhaolong. He then used the impact of this incident on Wu Zhaolong to directly anger him, which is why Wu Zhaolong entered the central town with a gun and was killed."
(End of this chapter)
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