Chapter 219: The Person I Want
Lian Zhou and his men escorted Han Tong away, and the farther they went, the more intense Han Tong’s unease became.
After a tense journey, the moment he saw the familiar alley entrance, Han Tong’s eyes flew wide open!
The Han manor!
His former manor—how had it become a pile of ruins!?
More importantly, the streets and alleys were filled with soldiers standing guard, on high alert!
Han Tong’s gaze swept past the crowd and finally landed on a tall, upright figure. His heart felt as if it had been seized in a tight grip.
’Shen Yanchuan, what in the world is he planning?’
Before he could sort out his thoughts, Lian Zhou and his men shoved him forward.
"Master, the man has been brought back."
Shen Yanchuan turned, his deep-set eyes brimming with an icy chill.
Han Tong met that indifferent gaze and couldn’t help but shudder.
"Prince-Princely Heir?"
Shen Yanchuan ignored him, his gaze returning to the house. His voice was as cold and crisp as the clink of jade.
"I’ve brought you the man you wanted. Can you return the one I want to me now?"
Han Tong followed his gaze and was horrified to discover his own son had the audacity to take Ye Chutang hostage!
His vision swam and his body swayed; he nearly fainted on the spot.
’Has that defiant son of mine gone mad! How could he dare do such a thing!’
"You wretched son!"
Overcome with rage, Han Tong screamed himself hoarse.
"Let Second Miss Ye go at once!"
He finally understood why Lian Zhou had intercepted him on the way to the execution ground. Given the circumstances—if anything happened to Ye Chutang, not only he, but Han Yao would also be dead!
Seeing that his father was still alive, Han Yao felt a wave of relief, but hearing his words, he couldn’t help but grit his teeth. "Father, I had no other choice! They’ve gone too far!"
Han Tong was momentarily stunned. "Who?"
Han Yao snarled, "Who else could it be but that Ye Heng! He didn’t just refuse to help you, Father—he tried to kill us to cover his tracks and wipe out our Han Family! How could I possibly let that slide!?"
...
Han Tong’s mind was reeling.
It was too much information to process at once.
Seeing his state, Lian Zhou, who stood at his side, offered a helpful explanation. "Oh, right. On the way here, I forgot to mention to you, Lord Han, that the Han manor caught fire last night. Everything was burned to the ground. Also, before that, Ye Heng came to your door with his men and started a fight with Mr. Han, which ended with Mr. Han being knocked unconscious."
He shook his head, his tone full of pity. "And Su Pei’er lost the child in her womb as well."
Han Tong felt as if he had been plunged into an icy abyss.
’How could so much have happened in just a few short days!?’
But he was, after all, an old fox who had navigated the treacherous courts for decades. Hearing all this, how could he fail to guess what had happened?
Stringing these events together, the truth was revealed!
’He thought he could control Ye Heng with the leverage he had, but he never expected to provoke such deadly retaliation!’
Han Tong felt the blood rush to his head, the veins on his forehead throbbing.
’It didn’t matter if he died, as long as his son lived on. But he never imagined Ye Heng would be so ruthless as to wipe out the entire Han family line!’
"Good! Good! Good! So that’s Ye Heng for you! I misjudged him... I underestimated him!"
Shen Yanchuan, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, spoke again to Han Yao. "This is a dispute between you and Ye Heng. Why drag an outsider into it?"
The implication was clear: they were to release Ye Chutang at once!
Hearing this, however, Han Yao couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
"An outsider? What outsider? If it had been anyone else, I wouldn’t have said a thing. But of all people, she just has to be Ye Heng’s niece and Ye Zheng’s own daughter, doesn’t she!?"
Han Yao’s eyes were bloodshot. He pressed the dagger to Ye Chutang’s cheek and said menacingly, "Ye Chutang, did you know? Your own father and mother, and that dear older brother of yours—they all died at the hands of Ye Heng!"