After midnight

Lin Nuan pulled herself away from her memories.

She blinked her dry eyes. The elongated memory seemed to still retain some warmth, making her feel as if she were in another world, and she felt that she should still be there, and should still be the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Lin Nuan.

But memories are like a broken string that can never be reconnected. This memory is not so perfect, it is like a light cloud that floats across the sky and drops a few raindrops that do not quench thirst. But even this is enough, Lin Nuan is a grateful person.

She looked up and ahead; there was her path.

When Lin Nuan was in a daze, the sedan chair suddenly stopped. She immediately tensed up and reached out to lift the curtain of the sedan chair. The curtain was thrown open with great force, and she saw that the sedan bearer arranged by Lu was trembling all over.

Lin Nuan walked out, she calmed herself down and looked at the person blocking the sedan chair.

"Lin Nuan... don't you want to go home and visit? Maybe..." Song Yu opened his lips slightly, deliberately attracting Lin Nuan's attention.

“You’ll never see me again after today…” Song Yu put his hands in his pockets and spoke slowly, taking a step closer to Lin Nuan.

"...your parents." He said, laughing wildly. Song Yu's eyes did not hide his sharpness and cold-bloodedness.

“Song Yu! What on earth are you going to do?!” Lin Nuan’s pupils suddenly widened and she became panicked. This was not one of the countermeasures that she had been warned about before.

As soon as she said this, Lin Nuan regretted it immediately. As expected, Song Yu's smile became even more disgusting.

"you guess?"

Lin Nuan calmed down. "Please move aside so as not to miss the auspicious time. Of course, if you want to be a guest at the wedding, I welcome you."

"No, I'd rather be your guest."

Lin Nuan had a gloomy face and said nothing. She couldn't say anything because her father had specifically told her that no matter what happened, the wedding must go smoothly.

Seeing that Lin Nuan still didn't move, Song Yu didn't bother to argue any more. He looked at her steadily and made way. He walked back, in the opposite direction of the bridal sedan, towards the Lin residence.

Lin Nuan's eyes flashed with anger, helplessness and fear, but she stood there motionless. After Song Yu walked away, Lin Nuan finally let go of her strength. She hurriedly got back into the sedan chair, her whole body stiff.

"Hurry!" The bridal sedan started again in a panic.

Lu Li had been standing in front of the mansion for an hour. Today was his big day, and he was nervous and a little uneasy. Finally, he saw the bridal sedan approaching him little by little, and his eyes became affectionate and passionate. The person walking towards him was Lin Nuan, who was about to marry him.

Lin Nuan was wearing a red wedding dress, so charming. This was the scene he had dreamed of the most. He couldn't help but reach out his hand, hoping to hold her hand and grow old together. For the first time, he understood the meaning of this sentence so deeply. He had a smile on his face that he had never had before, and his eyes were frighteningly bright.

Lin Nuan took his hand, and he felt that Lin Nuan's hand was a little cold.

Lin Nuan placed her hand on Lu Li's, unconsciously tightening it for a moment and then loosening it. Lu Li glanced at Lin Nuan. Lin Nuan's face was covered by a red cloth, so he couldn't see her expression. He was too familiar with Lin Nuan, and he could sense Lin Nuan's heart with every subtle movement.

Today, Lu Lihui held Lin Nuan's hand, and the two walked towards the hall together. Although Lu Li didn't know what happened, his true joy had faded a little.

Compared to the Lin Residence, the Lu Residence was much more lively. Too many people gathered at the Lu Residence. Lu Li and Lin Nuan walked into the hall amid the crowds, with expectant eyes.

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

“Husband and wife bow to each other!” Lu Li and Lin Nuan bowed again.

"The ceremony is completed! Send it to the bridal chamber!"

As soon as she returned to the room, before Lu Li could close the door, Lin Nuan tore off her veil. Her shiny and smooth hair was tangled up, and Lin Nuan felt very uneasy.

"Lu Li, I have to go home quickly. Song Yu and the others went to my house, and I'm scared." Lin Nuan held Lu Li's arms with both hands, her eyes red.

"I'm going too!" Lu Li blurted out.

"No! You have to stay here and tell your uncle!"

Lin Nuan didn't have time to wait for Lu Li's reply. She pushed the door open and ran out through the back door in panic. Her red wedding dress made her face pale. Lu Li's eyes dimmed for a second before he hurried to find his father. He didn't have time to look at Lin Nuan's figure that was about to run away.

Lin Nuan gasped for breath. She kept running and running, as if the road was endless.

"Let's go back." After seeing Lin Nuan off, Lin Yaoyue gently put his arm around Jiang Yu's shoulders and said. The two had been standing in front of the Lin Mansion for a long time. At this moment, all the people surrounding the Lin Mansion had dispersed, leaving only the two of them.

"Will you blame me... for arranging everything at the Lu Mansion and not even allowing any relatives to come?" Lin Yaoyue said with his head down.

Jiang Yu exhaled a long breath and shook her head. She understood him. Lin Yaoyue patted her arm a few times with the hand that was around her, trying to comfort her.

The two had not walked far after entering the door when they heard three or two scattered footsteps behind them. They turned around at the same time and saw that it was Song Hongtian and Zhao Yunqi standing outside the door.

"Why are you here?" Jiang Yu stepped forward and questioned them, and Lin Yaoyue also quickly stepped forward and pulled her back into his arms.

"I didn't expect you to really go this far." Lin Yaoyue said to Song Hongtian.

"No, you have thought of it, otherwise you wouldn't have left only the two of you in the entire Lin Mansion. As for me, I really didn't expect that you would rather do this. It's great, isn't it?" Song Hongtian's tone was puzzling. There was admiration, but more of confusion and sneer.

Lin Yaoyue smiled and did not answer. At this moment, they stood opposite each other, both of them looked murderous.

"I really hate this smile of yours. Since you are ready, I won't be polite."

As soon as Song Hongtian finished speaking, a swirling swamp appeared under Lin Yaoyue's feet. The swamp turned and approached Lin Yaoyue quickly. Mud the size of a coin was thrown out and flew to the ground. The swamp approached Lin Yaoyue. If he had one more second, he would have been sucked in.

The huge rock rose from the ground, carrying Lin Yaoyue and his wife into the air. The swamp was blocked.

The swamp quickly surrounded the boulder, but the boulders also rose from the ground one after another. When Lin Yaoyue embraced his wife and jumped down to the flat ground, the boulder was also shattered.

"Song Hongtian, I believe you have gained a lot from the chaos in Xidu. Aren't you afraid that the revolutionary army will take advantage of you?" Lin Yaoyue shouted from a distance. At this time, Jiang Yu silently stepped aside.

"I will deal with the revolutionary army myself. You are disloyal and have brought disgrace upon the reputation of the three great families. The Lin and Lu families are no longer worthy of this title! One day, only the Song family will survive and prosper, and I will start with you!"

Lin Yaoyue just wanted to laugh at Song Hongtian's bold words. Everyone pursues something different, but you don't know how different they are!

"You actually planned this all along. You set up such a big game in Xidu, involving so many people, but it was just a smokescreen. Because you know that the union of the Lu and Lin families is something you can't stop. Since you can't stop it, just destroy it. So your purpose is just to kill me, it's that simple!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yunqi looked at Song Hongtian. Jiang Yu's eyes flashed, and he also stared at Song Hongtian fiercely.

"Yes, simple but effective. If you die, the Lin family will cease to exist."

"Then you underestimate my daughter Lin Nuan." Lin Yaoyue said calmly.

"Really?" Song Hongtian disagreed, "Then I'll wait and see."

"But you are right about one thing. I am indeed a beginning. From now on, starting from you and me, our results will definitely be completely different. Come on! Song Hongtian!" Lin Yaoyue shouted.

The rockery in the garden began to shake. Zhao Yunqi looked around and saw that the frequency of the shaking of the huge rocks was getting higher and higher. After a while, the feeling of the earth shaking swept towards his body. Suddenly, rocks flew out and hit him and Song Hongtian directly.

It was too dense, Zhao Yunqi had nowhere to hide, and he shot out his ice cone. The ice cone hit the boulder and returned empty-handed. He closed his eyes in fear, but the sound of the wind whistling from the boulder stopped.

Zhao Yunqi opened his eyes here and saw the mud protruding from the ground, sticking to the boulders coming from all directions like countless tentacles, forcing them to stop in the air.

"Yunqi, step back."

Zhao Yunqi obediently stepped aside.

The rocks fell vertically, hitting the ground with a thud. The sticky mud began to slide and gather, forming a circle, getting higher and higher, spinning faster and faster until it spun more than two meters above the ground at high speed.

They stopped, and just when Zhao Yunqi was unsure of what move Song Hongtian was going to make, the two-meter-high mud wall suddenly spun out sharp arrows as hard as steel bars, and hundreds of hidden weapons flew straight towards Lin Yaoyue, leaving no blind spots.

The arrow hit the boulder, and it split. After the boulder fell to the ground, it stirred up clouds of dust. But everything was not over yet, everything was still going on. After the arrow pierced the boulder, it penetrated into the earth's crust and lifted up the entire ground, revealing the dark yellow soil beneath the ground.

Song Hongtian completely shattered the flat rock ground like cutting tofu cubes! Suddenly, a mud arrow shot straight towards Lin Yaoyue in the rolling smoke and dust!

Zhao Yunqi saw it, Lin Yaoyue saw it, and Jiang Yu saw it too.

"Yao Yue!" Jiang Yu screamed out of control, and the arrow broke into pieces.

Lin Yaoyue put his right hand in front of his chest. What he held horizontally with his hand, and what glowed blue was... pure power! As soon as the pure power came out, the mud flow finally stopped making noise. They fell together and finally stuck to the ground.

Song Hongtian pulled the corner of his mouth, snorted from his nostrils, and unleashed pure energy. Just as the battle was about to escalate, the ground under Lin Yaoyue's feet suddenly collapsed, and Lin Yaoyue fell into the sunken pit.

Song Yu walked in slowly from the door. "Too much concentration is definitely not a good thing, even in a one-on-one situation."

Zhao Yunqi stood there quietly, with a flash of disdain in his eyes. Lin Yaoyue quickly climbed up, straightened his back, and wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand.

"Yao Yue, are you okay?" Lin's mother ran over in panic, supported him, and looked at the bright red blood on the back of his hand.

"Exerting five times the gravity on the clod of earth is my limit. Uncle Lin, are you okay? I only used three times the force to deal with the 'Son of God'." Song Yu stood between Song Hongtian and Lin Yaoyue, his right thumb sliding across the tip of his index finger.

"You!" Lin Yaoyue pulled Jiang Yu, signaling her not to speak.

“There are indeed many talented people among the younger generation.” Lin Yaoyue was caught off guard. In panic, the pure power he had gathered dissipated in an instant. Song Yu had indeed made him suffer a lot just now.

"Song Yu!" Song Hongtian shouted at him, but he was not scolding him. He was just unhappy that Song Yu interrupted his duel with Lin Yaoyue.

"Father, it's best to end this quickly, but don't forget our purpose." Song Yu said with a smile. He still stood between the two of them, not even looking at Song Hongtian's expression behind him.

Song Yu has become even more paranoid since he escaped death. This is his first stage, and only his first stage, so how can he not perform well?

“On the way here just now, I seemed to…” He scratched his forehead, “… bumped into Lin Nuan.”

"What did you say? How dare you do anything to her?" Jiang Yu stepped forward and yelled at him.

"Don't worry, aunt. I didn't do anything to her. But do you think she would drop everything and rush back if she knew her parents were in danger?" Jiang Yu looked at him in shock, then turned his head away stubbornly.

"Okay, it's time to stop talking. Let's go together!" Song Hongtian looked at Song Yu with dissatisfaction, walked forward with a bad look in his eyes. Zhao Yunqi also walked over obediently again.

"This time, maybe I am not the omnipotent hero in your heart." Seeing this, Lin Yaoyue pulled Jiang Yu back into his arms.

"No, you always will be. I want to thank you for not choosing to push me away. Over the years, I have always been the one who let you down. You still remember what I said about living and dying together, but I couldn't fight alongside you."

Lin Yaoyue smiled very gently at Jiang Yu's red eyes. After she gave birth to Lin Nuan, she fell seriously ill and damaged her abilities. Since then, Jiang Yu's terrifying ability has not been used for more than ten years.

Lin Yaoyue's smile deepened, and he stroked her face with the back of his hand. Then, he took Jiang Yu aside and tapped her forehead with his finger. The blue light instantly enveloped her, trapping her firmly in a separated space. This was Lin Yaoyue's special ability, the barrier.

Lin Yaoyue turned his head and wiped away his smile.