48: Chapter 48 Su Muxue is imprisoned in the ancestral hall, Lin Yuan leads Su Xiaonuan through the door!

Jiang City North District, commercial street side road.

The blind date man sat inside a black Mercedes-Benz.

His thumb slid across the photos exposed on the official account on his phone screen.

The image of Lin Yuan and Jiang Xiaowan standing next to the LaFerrari was frozen at the most suggestive angle.

He snorted coldly, opened WeChat, and found the contact labeled "Head of the Su Family".

He forwarded the news.

Then, his fingers tapped rapidly on the screen.

"Uncle Su, Lin Yuan is clinging to the eldest daughter of the Jiang Family, cheating on two people at once."

"I shouldn't be meddling, but Muxue is the person I truly want to marry. I can't bear to watch her being toyed with by someone like this."

Sending complete.

The blind date man lit a cigarette.

He touched his left cheek.

Although it didn't hurt anymore, the humiliation made him clench his teeth.

...

Su Family Manor.

Inside the Chinese-style hall, several rosewood armchairs were lined up on both sides.

The air was filled with the scent of agarwood.

The Head of the Su Family looked at the photo on his phone screen and slammed his hand heavily onto the tea table.

Tea splashed out, staining the rice paper he had just finished practicing calligraphy on.

He had obtained his daughter late in life; Su Muxue was a masterpiece he had crafted with his own hands.

When she wanted to study surgery at sixteen, he changed it to emergency medicine.

When she wanted to go abroad for an exchange at twenty, he shut it down with a single sentence: "Children of the Su Family must have a sense of responsibility."

He knew about Su Muxue's blind date a few days ago.

Although Lin Yuan was divorced, he had some money, and his daughter was not young anymore; the kid was barely qualified.

But he never expected that this beast would dare to cheat on two people at once!

The Head of the Su Family picked up his phone and dialed Su Muxue's number.

...

Looking at the violently vibrating phone.

Su Muxue pressed the answer button.

"Bring that Lin Yuan and get back here immediately!"

The roar of the Head of the Su Family came from the receiver, loud enough to echo in the quiet corridor.

Su Muxue frowned tightly.

"What's the matter?"

The Head of the Su Family roared: "Look at what you've been turned into online! Can't you see it?!"

"Understood."

After speaking, she hung up the phone directly.

She opened Lin Yuan's chat box and typed ["If I don't return in two hours..."]

Her fingertips paused for a few seconds, then she deleted it one character at a time.

She was not accustomed to asking for help.

Su Muxue stood up and walked toward Lu Yan, who had just come up from the basement.

"Captain Lu, Xixi's condition is very stable. All indicators are normal. There is something at home, so I'm going back. If there are any alarms from the equipment, call me anytime."

Lu Yan nodded: "Don't worry, Dr. Su. I'll send two brothers to take you."

"No need, I'll take a taxi back."

...

Half an hour later, Su Family Manor.

Su Muxue pushed open the heavy rosewood gate.

The atmosphere in the spacious living room was oppressive.

The Su Family ancestors had produced a martial arts scholar.

By this generation, not much physical prowess remained, but the rules were stricter than ever.

The living room was filled with plaques, ancestral precepts, and rosewood chairs, as if they were afraid others wouldn't know their ancestors had once been wealthy.

More than a dozen bodyguards in black martial arts suits stood on both sides.

The Head of the Su Family sat on the master chair, his hands leaning on a purple sandalwood cane.

Several uncles and aunts of the Su Family sat on both sides.

"Kneel."

The Head of the Su Family struck the ground with his cane!

Su Muxue stood where she was, her back straight: "I haven't done anything wrong. Why should I kneel?"

Second Aunt beside her curled her lips:

"Muxue, the whole Jiang City is saying that you're with a divorced freeloader. You have no shame, but the Su Family still needs to maintain its reputation in Jiang City."

"I don't understand what Second Aunt is talking about." Su Muxue looked straight at Second Aunt.

Someone chuckled while holding a teacup.

Someone said in a low voice: "When a girl has too much of her own opinion, it's a disaster."

Others looked at Su Muxue not as if looking at a relative, but as if looking at a defective piece of merchandise.

The Head of the Su Family's voice rose.

"It would be one thing if you were with a divorced loser, after all, you're not young anymore."

"No matter how capable a woman is, doesn't she have to marry eventually?"

"But now he's clinging to the eldest daughter of the Jiang Family while still keeping you on a string. You've ruined the reputation of the Su Family!"

A loser?

That man who paid 100 million out of his own pocket to buy equipment to save someone else's child, a loser?

Absurd.

"You don't understand him."

Su Muxue had no desire to explain.

These people in the family only saw what they wanted to see.

Second Aunt held her teacup, gently stirring the foam with the lid: "Muxue, Second Aunt just wants to ask, are you still a virgin?"

"If you called me back just to talk about this kind of thing, then I'm sorry, I'm very busy."

Su Muxue turned and walked toward the gate.

"Stop her!"

The Head of the Su Family roared angrily.

"After being a doctor for so long, you really think you're someone important."

Six bodyguards quickly surrounded her, blocking her path.

Su Muxue had received family training since childhood and knew some basics of ancient martial arts.

She did not flinch.

The first bodyguard reached out to grab her shoulder.

Su Muxue dodged to the side, her right hand hooking his wrist and twisting it in the opposite direction.

"Crack."

The bodyguard groaned and knelt to the ground.

A second burly man swept his leg from the right, carrying the sound of breaking wind.

Su Muxue raised her arms to block it head-on; the impact made her take two steps back.

Her left arm was already numb.

The third and fourth ones rushed forward almost simultaneously.

Su Muxue did not retreat.

Instead, she met them head-on, her knee strike hitting the third person's ribs, earning a muffled roar from him.

The fourth person had already locked her neck from behind.

"Elbow strike! Break free!"

The fifth person's low sweep kick had arrived.

"Slap! Her lower leg was hit squarely."

Six against one.

In less than three minutes, two burly men pinned Su Muxue's arms from behind and forced her to kneel on the ground.

Her knees hit the bluestone floor heavily, making a dull sound.

Su Muxue did not struggle again.

For a moment, she thought of Lin Yuan's cold eyes.

If he were here...

But Su Muxue quickly suppressed this thought.

She did not allow herself to turn asking for help into an instinct.

The Head of the Su Family leaned on his cane and walked in front of her.

He raised his right hand.

"Slap!"

A slap landed on Su Muxue's face.

"The Su Family raised you this big, and this is how you speak to me?!"

The corner of Su Muxue's mouth was split, and blood oozed out.

She did not cry out in pain.

She just raised her head, swept a cold gaze over those mocking relatives, and finally fixed it on the face of the Head of the Su Family.

"Hand over the phone."

The Head of the Su Family commanded.

Su Muxue did not move.

Seeing this, Second Aunt immediately stepped forward to dig into Su Muxue's pocket, then respectfully handed it to the Head of the Su Family.

"Lock her in the backyard ancestral hall. Reflect on it properly!" The Head of the Su Family took the phone and waved his hand.

"Without my permission, no one is allowed to bring her water."

"When she figures it out, then she can come out and admit her mistake."

Two bodyguards lifted Su Muxue and dragged her toward the backyard.

The heavy ancestral hall wooden door closed, and a large copper lock was applied.

Only a few eternal lamps illuminated the ancestral tablets covering the wall.

Su Muxue knelt on the ground.

The pain in her knees surged up in waves.

She looked at those ancestral tablets and suddenly felt it was absurd.

She had saved the lives of so many strangers, yet she couldn't save herself.

Inside the hall.

Second Aunt leaned in.

"With this temper, she'll still make a scene even in the ancestral hall."

"Need to let her know that her limbs were given by the Su Family, and they can be taken back."

The Head of the Su Family nodded.

Then he took Su Muxue's phone.

He flipped to the recent call logs in the address book.

He pressed it.

...

Cloud Top Palace, Villa No. 12.

Lin Yuan had just finished showering.

Wearing a black bathrobe, he was sitting on the living room sofa, watching Tang Qiqi say some nonsense in front of him.

If it weren't for the -3% favorability rating remaining unmoved, Lin Yuan would have almost believed this little girl's acting.

The phone screen on the table lit up.

Caller ID: Su Muxue.

Lin Yuan picked up the phone and answered.

"Lin Yuan, right?"

An old and arrogant voice came from the other end of the phone,

"I am Su Muxue's father."

"Come to the Su Family Manor for a cup of tea, and let's have a chat."

Lin Yuan's gaze turned cold.

"Where is Su Muxue?"

"Her?" The Head of the Su Family snorted coldly,

"Young man, the foundation of the Su Family is not something an upstart like you can understand."

"Come over obediently, and I will find a few media outlets. If you publicly announce that you were cheating and it has nothing to do with Su Muxue, I will let you off the hook."

Lin Yuan leaned back on the sofa.

His fingers stroked the seam of his trousers.

"Fine."

In the living room, Tang Qiqi, who had been chattering away, shut her mouth.

For the first time, she felt that when Lin Yuan said "Fine," it was scarier than when he said "Kill them."

After speaking, Lin Yuan threw the phone onto the sofa and pressed the intercom in front of him.

"Xiaonuan, come to the living room."

Less than ten seconds later.

Su Xiaonuan pushed open the study door and walked out.

She was wearing a light-colored Uniqlo T-shirt and sports shorts, her petite figure making the clothes look very large.

She was holding a tablet computer, counting the inventory list of supplies from the past few days.

"Boss Lin." Su Xiaonuan walked quickly to Lin Yuan, squatted down, and lowered her head slightly.

Tang Qiqi looked in amazement at this secretary who had been imposing during the day, yet was like a quail in front of the Great Demon King.

Qin Yumo knew they had things to discuss and quickly dragged away Tang Qiqi, who was still harboring some little thoughts.

"Go change your clothes." Lin Yuan said to Su Xiaonuan, "The best-looking one."

Su Xiaonuan was stunned for a moment.

"We're going to the Su Family."

Lin Yuan added.

Su Xiaonuan's fingertips paused.

The inventory numbers on the tablet suddenly blurred for a moment.

She instinctively wanted to say "Boss Lin, can I not go," but when the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back.

Boss Lin told her to go.

Then she would go.

She placed the tablet on the coffee table and turned to walk into the walk-in closet on the first floor.

Lin Yuan stood up and returned to the master bedroom.

He changed into a well-tailored black suit.

Ten minutes later.

The door to the walk-in closet opened.

Su Xiaonuan walked out.

A black small Chanel-style suit set tightly wrapped around her petite frame, and nude high heels lifted her height to nearly 1.6 meters.

She didn't wear heavy makeup, just a layer of light lip glaze.

But the look in those eyes had changed.

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"Let's go." Lin Yuan stepped toward the door,

"We're going to visit your maiden home."