Chapter 42 The Bloody Wedding 13
Lu Cen shuddered, regretting it so much that she just wanted to strangle the person she had just been.
The monkeys nearby also looked terrified. What was going on?
He didn't believe Lu Cen's words yesterday, but then Chen Ning got entangled with Su Lu, and Lu Cen got approached by Su Lian. Next, it's his turn!
He doesn't like stiff, unyielding men!
Su Lian looked at him with deep affection: "You came to find me, why didn't you acknowledge me? I thought you were dead..."
Lu Cen: "I...I don't remember anything from before."
Su Lian's face stiffened: "Don't you remember?"
Lu Cen nodded with a forced smile. This dungeon had told more lies than he had in half his life: "He probably broke his head when he fell off the cliff."
Su Lian's gaze swept over his head before returning to her own: "It's alright, we have a lifetime to find our memories. Even if we can't, it's okay. Do you still remember falling off the cliff?"
"I don't remember."
Su Lian pulled him down to sit and poured him a cup of tea: "Let's not talk about the past for now. Tonight I'll take you to meet my father. He often urges me to get married. Now that you're back, it's time to put this matter on the agenda. Don't be afraid, my father is very easy to talk to."
Lu Cen stared in disbelief: "Huh? Getting married?"
“It’s something that should have been done a long time ago. I owe you a title.” As Su Lian spoke, she pulled Lu Cen up again: “My father is home right now, so let’s do it now.”
"Wait, wait a minute." Lu Cen quickly grabbed him: "Isn't that a bad idea? I didn't bring any gifts. Besides, my family doesn't know about this."
Su Lian asked curiously, "Don't you only have an older sister who disappeared ten years ago?"
These words stunned everyone present. Lu Cen, dazed and incredulous, exclaimed, "Ten years?! You're saying my sister has been missing for ten years?!"
When the mission was first issued, Lu Cen assumed that his sister had only recently arrived at the Su residence. He even guessed that either his sister had been taken somewhere by Master Su, or that she was in grave danger. However, even if she was dead, he still had to find her body and bring it back to complete the mission. Now he was being told that his sister had disappeared ten years ago.
He got the time wrong!
Lu Cen's mind was a mess, as if it were stuck, and she couldn't find a way out.
Su Lian: "You've forgotten about this too?"
Lu Cen smiled wryly. It wasn't that he forgot; the plot simply hadn't told him!
"It's okay, we'll take it slow."
Lu Cen was in a daze until Su Lian took his hand and said solemnly, "Father, the person I love is him. I hope you will grant my wish."
These words brought Lu Cen back to his senses. He looked up and saw Master Su sitting in the high seat, dressed in fine clothes, his face full of uncontrollable rage. On either side of him were Su Lie and Su Lie. The former's eyes darkened as he stared at Lu Cen, his emotions churning. The latter's emotions were written all over his face, and he looked even angrier than Master Su, his fingers trembling.
"You bastard!" A furious shout rang out, accompanied by the sound of a teacup shattering on the floor. His fingers trembled as he yelled, "You...you don't even have any respect for me as your father anymore!"
Su Lie's eyes were deep and unfathomable, his gaze like a sharp knife, slowly slicing through his flesh. Su Lie smiled and said, "Brother, are you doing this to ensure the eldest branch of the family line ends?"
Master Su was even angrier when he heard this: "Don't even think about it!"
Su Lian's expression was indifferent as she held onto Lu Cen's hand tightly: "Father, my mind is made up. If you agree, we will hold the grand ceremony here in a few days. If you don't agree, the world is vast and there are plenty of places for us to go."
Master Su's face turned ashen. He pointed at him, speechless. After a long pause, he said, "You're threatening me! Are you bewitched by him?! You're going to marry him? Tell me, can he even have children?"
Malice surrounded Lu Cen from all sides, but only Su Lian's fingers gave him warmth. He had no idea how things had turned out this way.
He smiled bitterly to himself. He was afraid that he would be killed by these people before he even left the door. Su Lie looked at him with ill intent, as if he had cheated on his wife. Su Lie was even worse. He didn't know what role Su Lie had taken to his role. As for Master Su, he looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at a vixen.
Su Lian remained calm: "No, even if he can have children, what does that have to do with the Su family?"
Master Su's face was grim. These words were more painful than having a male daughter-in-law. He finally relented: "If you really like him, you can keep him in your room. I won't interfere. Do whatever you want with him."
Now it was the other two brothers who changed their tune, which changed Lu Cen's status. Su Lie hurriedly said, "Father, this is not in accordance with the rules."
“Father, we can’t set this precedent.”
Su Lian was completely unmoved: "I said I want to marry him, and he will be the only one for me in this life."
Lu Cen: "..."
Su Lian didn't shy away from being close to him in public. The two returned to Linyu Pavilion, and Lu Cen said, "Maybe we should call it quits."
Su Lian: "Why?"
Lu Cen avoided his gaze and told another lie: "I don't want to put you in a difficult position."
In reality, he was afraid of being retaliated against by Su Lie and Su Lie.
Su Lian reassured him, "Don't worry, he will agree. The grand ceremony will definitely take place. You should rest well these next few days."
Lu Cen almost cried.
In the quiet of the night, the three met in a corner of the Su residence.
"Su Lu said that this town was a necessary stop for people traveling north and south. Years ago, she and her family passed through this place and were kidnapped by the townspeople. Her family was also killed. At first, she just stayed in a courtyard. People kept coming in and going. Later, she found that these people either became wives of the townspeople or disappeared. Until she was sent to a family. At first, she had two boys. Although life was worse than death, the children gave her some comfort. Later, she gave birth to a girl. She saw them drown her and put her in a large vat in the alley. After a certain period of time, they would carry her into the deep mountains. They said it was a ritual to bless them to have a son in the future. Their movements were restricted. They could not leave the house. If they resisted, they would be beaten. Later, people in the town kept dying. She realized that those were women who were poisoned because they could not give birth to boys. She wondered if it was because they had committed too many sins. The birth rate of boys in this town was getting lower and lower."
"So, our target is also among these poisoned women?"
"Based on the information we have now, this is very likely. The target we are looking for is most likely already dead and his body left to rot in the wilderness."
"Was he buried alive, or was he thrown into the morgue?" Yang Xing frowned deeply. "Both places are filled with mountains of corpses and seas of corpses. How are we supposed to find him?"
"Another problem is that after ten years, the body has turned into bones, making identification even more difficult."
The three of them were stumped and couldn't come up with a solution.
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