Chapter 303
Chapter 303: Assistance from the Liu Siblings
“What are you doing! Did I hire you just to loaf around?!” Xiao Chenggong was completely oblivious to what had just happened.
He ordered the two guest experts to quickly capture Jiang Ruoxi. She was their last leverage to ensure Su Lin’s surrender!
However, as the two guest experts advanced towards Jiang Ruoxi, they were suddenly blasted back more than twenty meters by a powerful force from behind.
“What are you doing! Can’t you even handle one weak woman?!” Xiao Chenggong was furious.
Just then, he saw Liu Bowen and Liu Shiwen appear, accompanied by two elders.
Why were people from the Liu family here? Su Lin was also surprised, not understanding why Liu Bowen and Liu Shiwen were present.
Liu Shiwen wrapped her arms around the frightened Jiang Ruoxi and then untied her. “It’s okay now.”
Jiang Ruoxi, still shaken, began to tear up upon realizing she was safe. “What about Zi Yu? Those people knocked me out and brought me here; is she alright?”
She was most afraid of causing trouble for those around her. The turmoil of today had started because of her, and she would live in guilt for the rest of her life if her friend was hurt because of her.
Liu Shiwen patted her shoulder reassuringly, “You don’t need to worry about that. Our people found Ziyu in the driver’s seat; I’ve already had someone take her back to Donghai. She was just knocked out and is not seriously hurt.”
Hearing this Jiang Ruoxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Chenggong, watching them chat as if ignoring his presence, became incensed. He signaled to the guest experts beside him to hurry up and seize the woman. Just as he was about to act, Liu Bowen turned to everyone with a smile. “I hope I’m not too late?”
“This is a matter between my Xiao family and Su Lin; what does the Liu family have to do with this?” Xiao Chenggong felt the situation was already chaotic enough, and now the Liu family had shown up too.
He shouted at Liu Bowen, “There are no grievances between the Xiao and Liu families that can’t be resolved. I advise you to hand over Jiang Ruoxi. Otherwise, our two families will be irreconcilable!”
Su Lin merely raised an eyebrow and watched Liu Bowen with amusement. Would the Liu family fear becoming enemies with a Xiao family that had no heir? He didn’t think so. The two shared a knowing look and smiled tacitly.
Liu Bowen looked back at Xiao Chenggong, his gaze sharp and cunning. “Aren’t you aware of what your Xiao family has done before? We’re here to help today. It’s already quite merciful of us not to strike you; and you still expect us to hand her over to you? Dream on!”
Liu Bowen stood in front of his sister and Jiang Ruoxi, shielding them from Xiao Chenggong. If Xiao Chenggong wanted to fight, he would have to get through them first.
Once sure that Xiao Chenggong wouldn’t dare to make a move easily, Liu Bowen then turned to Su Lin with a smile. “To repay your earlier assistance, the Liu family has come to help today. How do you feel about that, Brother Su?”
Liu Shiwen also smiled warmly, telling Su Lin, “Just do what you need to do; no matter the consequences, the Liu family will help with the aftermath.”
Her gaze grew colder, “If it weren’t for my circumstances, I would really like to kill this damned man myself.”
So the Liu family was his cavalry! Heaven was truly helping him! Su Lin couldn’t help but laugh, surprised at how timely the Liu family had appeared.
He tightened his grip on Xiao Feiyu’s shoulder, preventing him from moving. Xiao Feiyu, already pale-faced, fell into despair upon hearing Liu Shiwen’s words. He had known his end might come today, but he hadn’t expected it to be so soon.
Villains are born to be defeated by the hero. He closed his eyes in despair, without begging for mercy.
“Do you really have nothing else to say?”
Xiao Feiyu gave a bitter smile, “The victor becomes king, the loser is the outlaw, what more can I say? It’s just that I got the villain’s system, so I can’t beat you, the protagonist. Both of us transmigrated, but I just had bad luck.”
Bad luck meant not being the hero. Bad luck meant being humiliated today, without even a quick death.
Su Lin raised an eyebrow. He too was a villain, but he had been cautious and had amassed power to get where he was. If he had just arrived in this world, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to defeat these people.
It’s a pity, Xiao Feiyu was indeed a talent he appreciated but they were destined never to stand on the same side.
“Born Yu, why need Liang?” Xiao Feiyu gave a bitter smile, not even wanting to open his eyes. The dust in the air seemed to be seeing him off.
“Su Lin, let’s end this.”
“Alright, this is it then.” Su Lin did not hesitate, directly crushing Xiao Feiyu’s neck.
Instantly, Xiao Feiyu was silenced, his body falling heavily to the ground. An emerging tyrant thus met his end.
“Feiyu…” Xiao Chenggong felt a clutch at his heart, nearly fainting from the shock.
[TL: The phrase “Born Yu, why need Liang” refers to a classical Chinese saying, “既生瑜，何生亮” (Jì shēng yú, hé shēng liàng), which comes from the historical text Records of the Grand Historian or Shiji. The saying originates from a story about the rivalry between two court officials, Xie Yu (燮瑜) and Fan Liang (范亮), who were both talented but became rivals because their abilities and ambitions placed them in direct competition with each other.
The phrase is used to question why two similarly talented or capable individuals must exist at the same time, as their rivalry inevitably leads to conflict. It reflects on the nature of fate and the redundancy of having two comparable forces or talents, which could potentially cause strife and hinder each other’s paths.].