Failure!
This was something he, filled with confidence, had never considered before!
He had always been bold yet meticulous, preparing thoroughly for everything he did, striking when the moment was right.
His business ventures had always been successful, with him achieving victory in a single stroke. Only with Jiang Nuan and Mu Jiuchen had he consistently failed.
"A brave man may not be a wise one," his father often told him.
Mu Jiuchen was the same. His father had called him an idiot, a fool in everything but business, but he had been mistaken.
This man had long seen through his ploy to lure the tiger away from its mountain.
He had watched him enter the club, deliberately letting him in, the intention being to finish off the couple here, then he would set the entire building ablaze, successfully destroying all evidence. Mu Jiuchen and Jiang Nuan's deaths would become a mystery, and he would then obtain everything he desired.
He had thought too simply.
Jiang Nuan possessed strong counter-reconnaissance abilities, and Mu Jiuchen had gone to the top floor to patrol.
He, however, headed directly downstairs, to the first floor.
Specifically, to the monitoring room on the first floor.
She hadn't taken the elevator; it was out of order.
This clearly indicated that the other party had made thorough preparations to end their lives!
She descended via the fire escape. Each floor had two bodyguards stationed on it.
This instantly slowed her descent.
Mu Jiuchen reached the top floor, found no one, and quickly descended.
He soon caught up with Jiang Nuan. He thought the same as Jiang Nuan: the monitoring room on the first floor.
"Nuan Nuan, I'll deal with them. You go quickly," Mu Jiuchen roared.
Jiang Nuan kicked away a bodyguard and quickly ran downstairs.
Mu Jiuchen, clearing a path for her all the way, quickly found the monitoring room on the first floor with Jiang Nuan. The surveillance footage was still frozen on the private room on the fifth floor, showing the segment where Jiang Yuxin was being surrounded and insulted.
Mu Jiuchen pulled Jiang Nuan into his embrace, shielding her from the disgusting scene.
Jiang Yuxin's screams were loud, and she appeared to be thoroughly enjoying herself. Mu Jiuchen quickly turned off the monitor.
The sound gone, Jiang Nuan finally looked up at Mu Jiuchen, her face flushed, her eyes darting away slightly.
She never imagined she would witness such a scene.
Mu Jiuchen smiled, his voice suggestive, "Wife, are you shy?"
Jiang Nuan glared at him, knowing he was asking the obvious.
This man was too wicked!
"Alright, quickly find the person. They left not long ago," Jiang Nuan struggled out of his embrace and headed for the exit.
Behind her, Mu Jiuchen's suggestive voice echoed.
Jiang Nuan stumbled, nearly falling to the ground.
"Heh heh..." Mu Jiuchen burst into laughter.
Jiang Nuan ran out onto the road. A black sedan slowly drove past her.
The man inside glanced at her through the glass with a dark, gloomy expression.
Jiang Nuan also noticed the black car. A flicker of suspicion crossed her eyes, and she followed it.
However, the car rapidly accelerated, merging into the traffic and disappearing into the flow.
Jiang Nuan looked at Mu Jiuchen, who was walking towards her, and asked, "Where's the car?"
Mu Jiuchen replied, "The mall parking lot."
Jiang Nuan: "..."
A voice from Jiang Nuan's hidden earpiece reported, "Number One, I've dispatched people to pursue."
Jiang Nuan breathed a sigh of relief and said to Mu Jiuchen, "Husband, no need to chase. We can go home."
Mu Jiuchen knew Number One had sent people to pursue.
"Good! Let's go home and sleep!" Mu Jiuchen looked at her suggestively.
Jiang Nuan retorted, "You're never serious."
But...?
Jiang Nuan turned and asked him, "Regarding Jiang Yuxin's situation, do you need to give her father an explanation?"
Mu Jiuchen frowned and said in a deep voice, "Why should I give him an explanation?"
Jiang Nuan understood. "Then let's go."
Mu Jiuchen held her hand and led her to the parking lot.
After a day and a night, Jiang Nuan received a message from Number One: the person had escaped.
Their whereabouts were erratic and difficult to track!
Jiang Nuan pondered this but said nothing.
The next day at noon, Jiang Yuxin woke up in a cold room, completely alone. She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. The light was dim, and a nauseating smell permeated the air.
Her fingers twitched slightly, and the revolting scene from yesterday flashed through her mind.
"Ah... ah..." she screamed in despair.
Why had such a terrifying thing happened to her? Why had such a disgusting thing happened to her?
Jiang Yuxin knew her life was ruined.
Her fragile heart had been defeated by the cruel reality.
This should have been Jiang Nuan's fate; instead, it had become hers.
"Jiang Nuan, I will make you wish you were dead!"
Jiang Yuxin wept, now more miserable than anyone.
Faint sounds came from the doorway. Jiang Yuxin startled and looked nervously towards the door.
A black-robed man slowly appeared at the entrance.
Jiang Yuxin frantically searched for clothes to cover herself.
However, due to her complete lack of strength, she could only cover the essential parts.
While Jiang Nuan was cruel, this man was the executioner.
"Why didn't you save me?" Jiang Yuxin roared, questioning him.
"Trash, how dare you speak like that? I gave you so many people, and you couldn't even deal with one woman."
Jiang Yuxin didn't understand what was happening.
The person who should have been drugged was Jiang Nuan, so why had it turned out to be her?
"Why is Jiang Nuan okay?" she asked loudly. "Didn't you say you would ensure it was foolproof? Didn't you say Jiang Nuan would definitely die in this room?"
"Wuwuwu..." Jiang Yuxin covered her face and cried.
"Jiang Nuan is the divine doctor Vicky. Do you think such a drug could control her? You were too hasty. You should have let her eat something. If you had left then, Jiang Nuan truly wouldn't have escaped."
"You ruined yourself. What does that have to do with me?" the man's heartless voice rendered Jiang Yuxin ashen.
"Heh heh..." she let out a laugh of despair.
"Yesterday, you clearly knew it was me, yet you still didn't save me," Jiang Yuxin slowly got up from the ground.
Her icy gaze fixed on him. "Aren't you afraid I'll report what you did?"
"If you dare, you can report it," the black-robed man said indifferently.
Jiang Yuxin was astonished to realize that she had no idea who he was.
She only knew that Mu Yichen was allied with them, but she had never seen the face of the man in the black robe before.
"Ahhh..." Jiang Yuxin suddenly stood up in a frenzy and lunged at the black-robed man.
"Today, I must know who you are!" Jiang Yuxin's hands reached out to tear off the man's hood.
The man, already prepared, kicked her hard in the stomach.
Jiang Yuxin fell to the ground in a sorry state, clutching her stomach, writhing in excruciating pain, unable to express her despair beyond tears.
The man's eyes, like venomous snakes, stared intently at her, watching her sprawled on the ground like a dead dog, a look of triumphant pleasure on his face.
He had initially intended to abandon Jiang Yuxin, but then he realized that Jiang Yuxin's hatred for Jiang Nuan and Mu Jiuchen had deepened, and he could use her again.
"Jiang Yuxin, you either obey obediently, or you die! You have two choices. Tell me now, which one do you choose?" the man asked mercilessly.