Jin Dong woke up from a nightmare and opened his eyes. He saw a huge rat gnawing on the beam on the dark top, making a sound like a saw sawing wood.
After a blink of an eye, he moved his fingers and immediately felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, which made him hunch over like a shrimp.
The events of yesterday suddenly flooded into his mind like a tide, and he was shocked to realize that what happened before was not a nightmare, but something he had actually experienced.
This made him feel as if all the blood in his body had frozen. His originally groggy brain suddenly became clear, and he suddenly sat up, enduring the pain.
The penetrating wound on his shoulder was real. He just sat up with force, but he couldn't help but scream out in pain and fell down again. He was so anxious that he didn't know what to do when he heard a chuckle from the side.
Then the cell suddenly became bright. He subconsciously squinted his eyes and looked towards the source of the sound. At a glance, he saw Su Rong who had disappeared for a long time.
Su Rong... ... He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word, as if there was a mouthful of thick phlegm stuck in his throat, but he couldn't cough it out no matter what. For a moment, the blue veins on his neck bulged.
Su Rong leisurely pulled a chair to the side and sat down. He straightened his robe and smiled as he raised his eyebrows to thank Jin Dong: "Master Jin, I really want to thank you for taking such good care of me. In order to set a trap for me, you not only deceived and instigated both sides, but also sacrificed dozens of brothers at once, making them innocent dead souls."
The nightmare became reality. Jin Dong could no longer feel the pain. He sat back a few steps with a pale face, his back against the wall. He shook his head with lifeless eyes: "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Really?" Su Rong moved his chair forward without comment, forcing Jin Dong to retreat no further. He met Jin Dong's eyes, smiled and asked back: "Master Jin, do you know what's going on next door now?"
Jin Dong stiffened his neck, perhaps because of the severe injuries and the excessive blood loss, his head was dizzy and he was hit by waves of dizziness, making it impossible for him to think normally. He lowered his head in silence, pretending that he didn't hear it.
Su Rong didn't care what his mood was now, and kindly explained to him: "It's the group of people hiding in the restaurant under your wife's name. Among them are your former confidants and some of your distant relatives. You should remember what you asked them to do, right?"
Jin Dong's expression was somewhat painful, and his throat was itchy, but he still gritted his teeth and looked at Su Rong with a sneer: "Whatever you say, we have all the evidence, so you can take me to the capital for trial."
"Master Jin is so loyal that it really makes people feel awe." Su Rong's face suddenly turned cold, and his tone suddenly turned cold: "But Master Jin, do you think you can take all the blame like this? Master Jin, have you forgotten what you asked Lao Liu to do?"
Lao Liu! Jin Dong hadn't seen Lao Liu since he fainted last night, and thought that something had happened to them, but at least Lao Liu and his men should have escaped safely. But now, from what Su Rong said, Lao Liu was also caught? !
His teeth were chattering, and he couldn't tell whether he was more frightened or suspicious. He stared at Su Rong without saying a word.
Su Rong was also staring at him closely: "Master Jin, you must know that you are guilty of something real. With so many eyes watching you, there is no chance of turning things around. So you think that since things have come to this point, you might as well take the blame. Maybe someone will feel sorry for you and help you out, right?"
Having his thoughts exposed, Jin Dong immediately looked at Su Rong with a sneer, "Since Master Bo knows everything, why are you wasting your breath on me? If you want to kill me or chop me up, just do it."
He acted as if he was ready to die, but Su Rong just looked at him coldly.
After a confrontation, Jin Dong opened his eyes first, just in time to meet his teasing and mocking gaze. Jin Dong froze for a moment, feeling angry and ashamed of being seen through. He didn't know how to react when he suddenly heard faint sobbing and scolding not far away. He couldn't help but look at Su Rong in disbelief.
Su Rong just raised his eyebrows leisurely.
Not long after, Mrs. Jin rushed in crying, pulling her son and young daughter. When she saw Jin Dong's miserable appearance, she almost fainted.
The two children had never seen such a scene before. When they saw their father being taken prisoner in such a miserable state and their mother bursting into tears, they immediately started crying too.
Jin Dong suddenly felt his head hurt more. Not only his head hurt, but his heart also hurt. He endured it again and again, holding Mrs. Jin's hand with one hand, and looked at Su Rong with a sharp gaze: "What do you want?"
Su Rong looked at him with a half-smile, and said meaningfully: "What can I do? Lord Jin is a smart man, he should understand what I mean, right?"
He smiled, and seeing that Jin Dong seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, he smiled and pulled Jin Dong's son over, and touched his head: "This is really a good boy, and he looks quite smart. It's a pity that Master Jin made such a big mistake, and I don't know what will happen to him in the future..."
As he spoke, without waiting for Jin Dong's reaction, he looked directly at Mrs. Jin and said, "Madam, I have seen it. I still have something to say to Master Jin. Why don't you take the children out first?"
Mrs. Jin's tears never stopped, and when she heard him say that, her tears fell even harder. She held Mr. Jin's hand tightly with tears in her eyes. After a long time, she hesitantly let go of Jin Dong's hand under Su Rong's urging.
Jin Dong felt heartbroken when she looked at him, and even more heartbroken when he saw the two children crying loudly out of fear. For a moment, even the pain in his body didn't hurt that much, and he shouted to Su Rong, "Don't do anything to my wife and children! Otherwise, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"
Su Rong turned her head and stared at him silently, with no expression on her face. However, Jin Dong felt his legs go weak for no reason. When he saw that Mrs. Jin and the children had already left, he closed his eyes and said dryly, "I will let you do whatever you want, but please let my wife and children go."
Jin Dong had no way out and had to bow to Su Rong.
It was a different time. When Su Rong first came from the capital, he never thought that one day he would have to beg for mercy. He thought that with the support of Prince Fenyang, no matter how big the problem was, there would always be someone to cover it.
But this time, he knew clearly in his heart that the prince probably could not help him.
He looked at Su Rong expectantly.