Perhaps it was the kiss Su Qingning gave him on the highway last night that completely broke Lin Xiao's seal. So much so that now, he wanted to stick to Su Qingning every moment of the day, hold her, and kiss her constantly.

He truly adored this woman. They hadn't even been married that long, but Lin Xiao was just completely, incredibly smitten.

It was supposed to be just a quick kiss, yet Su Qingning was left dazed and her entire body went limp. If she hadn't pushed Lin Xiao away with all her might, the man probably would have kept kissing her for a whole day.

After resting in the car for a few minutes, a shy, blushing Su Qingning finally stepped out. Lin Xiao watched the three young women enter the beauty salon. Just as he was about to find something to do, a call came from Xiao Shixiong.

Lin Xiao answered it.

"Boss, am I disturbing you?" Xiao Shixiong asked with a chuckle.

"What's up?"

"The Su Family wanted to meet the groom, but I turned them down. I told them to go directly to the hotel and that the groom would arrive at noon. They bought it and seemed quite excited."

Lin Xiao replied indifferently, "Let them be excited. The more excited they are now, the more devastated they'll be when the truth is revealed. After the wedding ceremony, forcefully take them to get the marriage certificate. And tell the Su Family that if they dare to get a divorce, we will annihilate them!"

"Don't worry, Boss. I've already obtained Su Qingfeng's ID card and have sent someone to pick up the marriage certificate."

"Well done!" Lin Xiao praised.

Xiao Shixiong laughed softly. "It's all thanks to your excellent leadership, Boss!"

"Alright, there's no need for that kind of boot-licking between us."

"Understood!"

"How was last night's situation handled?"

"It's been taken care of, but the Wang Family has likely figured everything out by now. Boss, should we give them a warning first?"

"No need. If they want to die, let them bring it on."

"Understood!"

"Has the Xue Family been dealt with?"

"Their assets are being transferred. Once everything is moved to Myth Corporation, it will be their doom!"

Lin Xiao responded with a grim expression, "Make it clean!"

"Understood!"

"I'll see you at noon, then!"

"Yes, Boss!" Xiao Shixiong replied respectfully.

Lin Xiao hung up the phone. He checked the time; it was about ten in the morning. In another hour, the mystery would be completely unraveled. Then, he would watch the Su Family collapse.

「The Su Family.」

At the Su residence, the air was festive. The entire estate was decked out with lanterns and streamers, bustling with excitement. As the patriarch of the Su Family, Su Daonong had always felt the heavens were kind to him. He had acquired his current fortune almost effortlessly.

But Su Daonong felt that the heavens doted on his daughter, Su Qingfeng, even more. First, she married a second-tier heir from a wealthy family in Jinling City. Although that piece of trash later disappeared without a word, Su Daonong didn't blame him in the slightest. In fact, he was grateful. If not for his disappearance, how else could his daughter have caught the eye of a scion from a prominent family in Shengjing?

That was right. Xiao Shixiong had told Su Daonong that a scion from a prominent family in Shengjing had taken a fancy to Su Qingfeng and wanted to marry her.

To be honest, when Xiao Shixiong first came to propose the match, Su Daonong couldn't help but doubt his motives. He had always considered his daughter exceptional—beautiful, with a good figure—but surely not enough to attract a scion from Shengjing. After all, she was a divorcée. But then Xiao Shixiong produced a check for one hundred million as a bride price, which completely dispelled Su Daonong's suspicions.

From that moment on, he was overwhelmed with joy. Su Daonong knew the Su Family was about to soar to new heights. The marriage was shrouded in oddities, of course—the bride and groom not meeting before the wedding, the groom not picking up the bride on the wedding day—but Su Daonong didn't care. His mind was completely consumed by the tremendous joy of his daughter marrying into a prominent family from Shengjing.

Su Qingfeng had already finished her makeup. She sat imperiously in the seat of honor, accepting the fawning compliments from her family and their friends.

Su Qingfeng was delighted.

The thought of finally being able to deal with Su Qingning and her beggar husband after the wedding made Su Qingfeng even more excited. Ever since they were children, everyone had doted on Su Qingning, not her. Because of that, Su Qingfeng had hated her cousin to the bone from a very young age, wishing she would just die. Now, she could finally fulfill that wish.

Of course, Su Qingfeng was happy about that. But what made her even happier was that the King of the Southern Town had said that once the wedding was over, she could move to Shengjing to live with her husband. Jinling City wasn't bad, but it was a world away from Shengjing.

Just thinking about becoming the wife of a man from a prominent family, the kind you only see in TV dramas, made Su Qingfeng tremble with excitement. She had lost count of how many times she had fantasized about a life of luxury. However, before she left for Shengjing, she first had to destroy Su Qingning and that stinking beggar.

"Dad, didn't you call that bitch Su Qingning and tell her to get over here and kneel at our gate?" Su Qingfeng asked, displeased.

Su Daonong replied with an obsequious smile, "What is it, my darling daughter? You want her to kneel at our gate?"

"Exactly! I want her and her beggar husband to kneel right at our gate! I want her to watch with her own two eyes as I take my first step into high society, and I especially want her to watch as I crush them!"

"I understand! I'll call her right now!" Su Daonong said hurriedly. As he spoke, he dialed Su Qingning's number.

After a few rings, the call connected.

"Uncle, what is it?" Su Qingning's extremely indifferent voice came from the other end.

Su Daonong barked coldly into the phone, "Get over to our house right now with that stinking beggar and kneel at the villa gate!"

Hearing his words, Su Qingning trembled with anger. Su Qingfeng wasn't even married yet, and they were already this eager to humiliate her and Lin Xiao.

Su Qingning desperately wanted to refuse.

But she didn't dare. Or, more accurately, she couldn't. She knew exactly what the consequences of refusal would be. If it weren't for her mother and Lin Xiao, Su Qingning wouldn't just refuse—she would have retorted sharply. At worst, they could kill her. But she had her mother and husband to think about. Su Qingning didn't want them to suffer.

"I understand," Su Qingning said through gritted teeth, her voice thick with unshed tears.

"Get over here quickly! Otherwise, your mother will pay the price!"

With that threat, Su Daonong hung up.

Su Qingning walked out of the beauty salon, her face pale. Lin Xiao was waiting right outside, about to head to the bar, when he saw her suddenly emerge.

He quickly got out of the car. "Honey, why are you out? Is the treatment... Why are you crying? Did someone at the beauty salon bully you?"

Lin Xiao's gaze instantly became terrifying. An icy, murderous glint flashed in his eyes.

Su Qingning hadn't been crying before, but upon seeing Lin Xiao, for some reason, she was overcome by an overwhelming sense of grievance.

"No, it's not the salon... My uncle just called me!"

"What did that old bastard say?" Lin Xiao asked in a low voice.

"He... he told me to bring you with me to their villa... and kneel at the gate!"

Rage instantly erupted from Lin Xiao.

Su Qingning wiped away her tears and looked at Lin Xiao, her beautiful eyes red-rimmed.

"Darling, can I ask you to do something for me?"

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