49: Chapter 49 It was actually her.

Chen Hu had walked a short distance when he discovered a stumbling woman walking toward him.

The number appearing above her head indicated that this person was the newly refreshed Grade C connection.

"It's actually her!"

Chen Hu couldn't help but feel a mix of amusement and frustration, because this Grade D connection was actually Sun Lingyue of the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall.

As she drew closer, Chen Hu smelled the heavy scent of alcohol on Sun Lingyue.

Weren't the people targeting the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall arrested by the Zhenwu Division?

Why was Sun Lingyue out here drowning her sorrows?

Could it be because of the deceased Lu Jianfei?

Chen Hu decided to give up on this Grade D connection, so he deliberately bypassed her.

But just as they were passing each other...

Sun Lingyue's body actually fell toward him.

Helpless, he could only catch her.

Looking at the unconscious Sun Lingyue, Chen Hu couldn't help but look helpless.

As for sending her directly back to the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall?

That wouldn't do.

After all, this was an ancient feudal world.

If he carried Sun Lingyue to the martial arts hall like that, even if he was doing a good deed, it would definitely infuriate Master Sun Changming.

The best method was to take her home and wait for her to wake up from her drunkenness so she could return on her own.

It just so happened that this road was deserted.

Chen Hu picked up Sun Lingyue directly, executed Flying Bird Crossing, and dashed toward his home.

"Brother Hu, who is she?"

Seeing Chen Hu return carrying a woman, Qianxue and Qianyu hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"A female drunkard I picked up on the road!"

Chen Hu said casually, then placed Sun Lingyue into the vacant room and told Qianxue and Qianyu to look after her.

Then he left directly.

To go on duty at the branch.

Today was his first day of work, and skipping work wouldn't be good.

The entire afternoon, Chen Hu didn't have time to Cultivate.

Instead, he was checking and organizing the branch's ledgers and taking inventory of the branch's finances.

If there were problems with the ledgers, bringing them up now meant they had nothing to do with him.

Otherwise, if problems were discovered later, it wouldn't be easy to explain.

Fortunately, after some inspection.

Chen Hu didn't find any issues with the ledgers, and the amount of finances in the storehouse matched up.

Time arrived at dusk.

After arranging the night shift personnel.

Chen Hu left the branch and headed home.

"Brother Hu is back!"

Seeing Chen Hu return from work, the sisters Qianxue and Qianyu immediately greeted him while handing him a hot towel and tea.

"Has that woman left yet?"

Chen Hu took the hot towel, wiped his face and hands, and asked.

"She has woken up, but she hasn't left!"

"Oh!"

Chen Hu was a bit surprised.

So he walked outside the side room and knocked: "Young Miss Sun, it's Chen Hu. May I come in?"

"Come in!"

Sun Lingyue's slightly hoarse voice came from inside.

Chen Hu pushed the door open and entered, finding Sun Lingyue curled up in the corner of the bed like an injured little beast.

"Young Miss Sun, what's wrong?"

Chen Hu asked directly.

"My father wants to marry me off to the Hu Family's Second Young Master!"

Sun Lingyue said with a crying tone.

"The Hu Family in the Inner City?"

Chen Hu asked.

Sun Lingyue nodded.

Chen Hu subconsciously said: "Isn't that a good thing? The Hu Family is one of the Five Great Families of the Inner City, after all, and has a Bone Refining Realm powerhouse holding the fort!"

"As a concubine!"

Hesitating for a moment, Sun Lingyue said. For some reason, Chen Hu, who she usually found unpleasant, seemed quite agreeable today; otherwise, she wouldn't have been willing to speak of this matter.

"A concubine?"

Chen Hu couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

Although the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall couldn't be considered a top-tier force in Linjiang Prefecture.

It was at least a second-tier force, and Master Sun Changming himself was a Late-stage Tendon Refining existence.

There was no reason to marry his beloved daughter off to the Hu Family as a concubine.

Or could it be that the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall had encountered an irresistible crisis, forcing them to marry Sun Lingyue off to the Hu Family to seek protection?

"Do you find it ridiculous?"

Sun Lingyue asked, her tone filled with disappointment, resentment, and confusion.

She had always believed that her father treasured her like a jewel.

But now, she doubted her father's love for her.

Because she clearly didn't want to be a concubine for the Hu Family's Second Young Master, but no matter how much she fussed, she couldn't change her father's mind.

"Perhaps your father has a hidden reason for doing this!"

Chen Hu said thoughtfully: "Think about it. With the background and strength of the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall, there's no need to suck up to the Hu Family. But your father did it anyway. It's very likely he encountered a crisis he couldn't solve. Marrying you into the Hu Family might be to protect you!"

Hearing Chen Hu's analysis, Sun Lingyue was stunned, and then she also began to have doubts.

Because her father's attitude had changed so drastically.

"I'm going back to ask clearly!"

Thinking of this, Sun Lingyue immediately got up, jumped off the bed, and hurried away.

Regarding this, Chen Hu didn't stop her.

Sun Lingyue hurried back to the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall and made her way to the backyard.

After asking the servants, she learned that Master Sun Changming was in the study.

She immediately pushed open the study door and rushed in.

"Father, has our martial arts hall encountered some kind of crisis?"

"Who did you hear that from?"

Master Sun Changming was shocked inside, and he asked with a gloomy expression.

"I didn't hear it from anyone!"

Sun Lingyue shook her head: "I analyzed it myself. You used to love me so much, but now you are forcing me to be a concubine for the Hu Family's Second Young Master. You aren't doing this to suck up to the Hu Family, but to protect me, right?"

"You are overthinking it!"

Master Sun Changming shook his head: "Our martial arts hall has not encountered any crisis!"

"You are lying!"

Sun Lingyue stared fixedly at her father: "If you don't tell me the truth, I would rather die than marry into the Hu Family!"

After the father and daughter locked eyes for a few seconds.

Master Sun Changming sighed deeply: "Fine, our martial arts hall has indeed encountered an unresolvable crisis. Only by marrying into the Hu Family will you have a glimmer of survival!"

"Father, what exactly happened?"

Sun Lingyue asked urgently.

"Sigh!"

Master Sun Changming sighed again: "Since you have guessed it, Father will no longer hide it from you. In fact, your grandfather was a member of a Sect. Later, the Sect he belonged to was destroyed by a coalition of several forces. Only your grandfather and a few other Disciples managed to escape.

Later, your grandfather came to Linjiang Prefecture and founded the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall.

And those forces that destroyed your grandfather's Sect were actually trying to seize a top-tier secret technique that your grandfather's Sect had accidentally acquired!

Over these years, the others who escaped were all found by those forces.

But they didn't obtain the secret technique from them.

Therefore, they suspect that the secret technique is with your grandfather.

The strength of these forces is terrifying.

It is not something our Sun Family Martial Arts Hall can withstand.

But your grandfather never told me about that damn secret technique.

But they don't believe it and insist on making me hand over the secret technique.

If I can't hand it over, they will exterminate everyone in our martial arts hall.

Now you understand.

If you don't marry into the Hu Family, you will have to die along with the martial arts hall."

"Father, we can go to the Zhenwu Division and ask them to stand up for us!"

Sun Lingyue said.

"It's useless!"

Master Sun Changming shook his head: "Our Linjiang Zhenwu Division only has Commander Luo Ningshuang in the Bone Refining Realm, but she has already left Linjiang Prefecture. However, those forces have brought three Bone Refining Realm experts, so it's useless to go to the Zhenwu Division!"

Seeing her father's despairing face, Sun Lingyue said: "Father, have you checked the relics left behind by Grandfather? Perhaps the secret technique is hidden among them. As long as we find it and hand it to those people, we can be safe!"

"I have already checked!"

Master Sun Changming said helplessly: "If it were really there, I would have handed it to them long ago. Lingyue, since you already know the truth, you should obediently marry into the Hu Family!"

"I won't!"

Sun Lingyue said with a firm attitude: "At worst, I'll just die with you, Father!"