The man’s face changed slightly, then he smiled coldly, "You are quite clever."
"I’m not clever, it’s just that your military boots and how your subordinates refer to you have exposed your identity."
"Miss Lin, rest assured, even if you don’t agree to my request, I won’t harm you. However..." The man turned and pointed to the tallest building in the distance on a hill, asking, "Miss Lin, you must know what that place is, right?"
Lin Yixun followed the man’s gaze and realized, belatedly, that from their position, they could see the prison perched on the peak of West Mountain.
As soon as she saw that conspicuous building, her heart sank abruptly.
Every change in her expression was noticed by the man, who curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "I heard that Miss Lin’s father once committed a crime and ended up there accidentally. Is that true?"
Without waiting for Lin Yixun to answer, he continued, "I also heard that over the years, Miss Lin’s father has been behaving well inside, and he would be released in a year if nothing goes wrong. But..."
The man suddenly turned around, took a file from the hand of a guard, and threw it on the stone table in front of Lin Yixun, "If I hand over this material, I’m afraid your father will have to stay in prison for another seven or eight years."
Lin Yixun stared intently at the file on the table, knowing she shouldn’t touch it, but unable to control her hands. The file consisted of only two pages, but these two pages could destroy her father beyond redemption.
Lin Yixun’s fingers began to tremble uncontrollably, "No, this isn’t true! My dad wouldn’t do something !"
"Really?" The man smiled sarcastically, "Miss Lin, your father has been an official for over twenty years. Do you really think he is that clean?"
"No, my dad isn’t that kind of person! These documents are fake, you fabricated them, didn’t you!"
"True or false, who can really say? But these two documents bear your father’s signature. Miss Lin, you must recognize your father’s handwriting, don’t you?"
Lin Yixun stumbled a few steps back, still unable to believe it. So much money, such a massive amount, how could her father do such a thing?
Suddenly, a flash of realization hit Lin Yixun, she recalled something. Back when the Leng’s disbanded and there was such a large financial gap, even with her father’s extensive power and connections, it wouldn’t be easy to fill such a gap unless...
If true, with the amount on those documents, her father could be sentenced to an additional twenty years easily.
Lin Yixun slowly raised her eyes and whispered, "You went through all this trouble to investigate my father just to make me leave Ouyang Hao?"
"Investigating your father indeed took me a lot of effort. But if it will make you leave Hao, it’s worth it."
Lin Yixun’s eyes suddenly reddened as she asked word by word, "Why are all of you against me being with him? I genuinely love him!"
"Love?" The man curled his lips mockingly. To him, love was the least valuable thing.