Chapter 226: The Trap

Jin Yunchu followed Ling Wu's instructions to meet up with Ming Tan, then took him to the Research Institute.

Ling Wu received Yin Huaiyu's message right on time: 【I am waiting for you in room 4111】

-05: Wait for me.

After editing the message, Ling Wu walked in the opposite direction of room 4111.

The vanity fair on the cruise ship was visible everywhere; Jin Liangjin stood with Father Yu and Mother Yu, with several well-dressed heads of noble families standing at his side. Jin Liangjin was clearly the focus of the social scene, and people came over to toast him from time to time.

Jin Liangjin could not decline such scenes and had a few more drinks with Father Yu.

Both of them were beaming with joy.

The champagne liquid shimmered under the lights. Butler He shuttled through the banquet hall, quickly arrived at Jin Liangjin's side, and whispered something close to his ear.

Jin Liangjin's expression changed slightly, and he made an excuse to leave.

Ling Wu looked at the wall clock and counted down the time in his heart. He looked out the floor-to-ceiling window; the Empire was located in a high-latitude region, and the sky was completely dark by six o'clock in winter.

The daylight was gradually swallowed by the clouds, the indigo sea surface reflected the leaden clouds, the evening wind was biting, the lighthouse in the distance illuminated a very narrow stretch of sea, and the curling waves shimmered with a cold, pearl-like light amidst the churning...

"Creak!"

Jin Liangjin walked into the spacious and bright room.

He saw Ling Wu sitting alone on a high stool with his back to him. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the wings of a seagull brushed against the water surface, then tilted up and rushed toward the horizon, chasing that little bit of scattered light.

"A-Wu?"

Ling Wu's voice broke through the loneliness: "You're here."

He dragged his toes lightly across the floor and lifted his chin slightly, gesturing to the documents placed on the table beside him: "The things you want are in that file bag, open it and take a look."

Jin Liangjin flipped through it carefully, and after confirming there were no errors, a joyful smile appeared on his face, and his tense jawline softened instantly.

He walked over and hugged Ling Wu with relief, his voice wrapped in a rare warmth: "A-Wu, you are more outstanding than your mother."

"Is that so?"

Facing the light, Ling Wu's face appeared completely gloomy. The needle in his hand plunged into Jin Liangjin's neck without mercy, instantly paralyzing his nervous system.

If you walk by the river often, how can you not get your shoes wet? Jin Liangjin was cautious and careful, never imagining he would fall at the hands of his own biological son.

Jin Liangjin lay on the ground, and the file fell straight down beside him. Before losing consciousness, he saw Ling Wu's eyes looking down from above, as deep and dark as a snake's eyes, making one feel as if they were in an ice cellar.

Yin Huaiyu waited until five-thirty, during which time he called Ling Wu countless times, but no one answered.

The knuckles holding his phone turned white, his chest heaved rapidly, and he slammed the phone onto the ground, loosened his tie, and squeezed words through his teeth: "Ling Wu... you lied to me again!"

"Lied to me again!"

Yin Huaiyu rushed out the door and headed toward the banquet hall on the ground floor.

Yet, the wedding ceremony was about to begin, and Ling Wu was nowhere to be found.

When Yu Shixue heard the news, the air pressure around him was very low, his eyes as dark as night. He looked at the person reporting, his Adam's apple rolling violently twice, his tone full of violence: "The ceremony is about to start! And you're telling me now that the person is missing?"

"Can't you go look for them?!"

The subordinate trembled.

"I... I looked."

"I didn't find them."

The veins on Yu Shixue's neck bulged, his whole person was incredibly irritable, he bit his back teeth hard and kicked over the chair in front of him: "Can't find them?"

"If you can't find them, go die!"

Inside the banquet hall, an archway made of lily of the valley and white roses stood at the entrance of the runway, but the guests on both sides had yet to see the bride and groom appear.

Seeing that Jin Liangjin was also absent, Father Yu and Mother Yu felt that something was wrong, so they frowned slightly and ordered the people around them to urge them.

Xiao Yu was indifferent to this; it would be best if Ling Wu's wedding didn't happen, but this cruise ship belonged to the Yu Family, and there were guards everywhere, so what could possibly happen?

Under the cover of her hair, she rolled her eyes impatiently, feeling a bit suspicious in her heart as to why Jin Bei and Jin Liangjin were both absent at the same time.

Discussions began to rise all around: "Where are they?"

"Isn't the ceremony supposed to start at six?"

"What is going on?"

"Could there have been an accident?"

Jing Du sat in his seat and raised his arm to check his watch. Just as he was preparing to go out, the big screen suddenly flickered twice and then slowly lit up.

Just when everyone thought the wedding ceremony was about to begin, a few words flashed on the big screen: A surprise for everyone.

The person in charge of the scene looked blank.

Was this segment arranged?

They rushed toward the backstage quickly.

At this moment, that bloody video had already begun to play:

"Jin Liangjin, I regret knowing you!"

The screen shook, blood splattered, and shrill screams rang out.

A child's crying, desperate voice sounded: "Mom, Mom! Let my mom go, I beg you, Dad... make these people stop, I will be obedient from now on, I will listen to everything you say, I beg you..."

"Director Fang, please, save my mom..."

Drowning out the child's voice were the hearty, cruel laughs of adult men, their movements of wielding butcher knives never ceasing.

Many people were nauseated by the bloody scene and retched; several young ladies covered their mouths one after another. Who were the people in the video? That was simply a horrific dismemberment.

Towards the end of the video, the victim's face was clearly revealed. The camera shifted, and there was a beautiful little boy being held down on the floor, followed by Jin Liangjin, Yin Cilan, and others.

Xiao Yu stood up abruptly; she would never forget that face even in her dreams: "Ling Tingwan!"

"It... it actually is her."

Her voice was not low, and everyone in the banquet hall heard it.

Ling Tingwan?

This name had been sealed away by time for a long time, but those in Beidu City close to the Jin Family all knew that when this kind of scandal was exposed, the muscles on Yin Shuyi's face twitched twice, and his entire face became incredibly gloomy.

Just as he was about to question Jin Liangjin, he realized that he was not present.

Jing Du stared fixedly at that video, his lips devoid of color; his whole body leaned back powerlessly against the chair, his trembling fingers fumbling for a lighter, which he clicked several times before it finally ignited, the flame making his face flicker between light and shadow...

So that was it!

Everything Ling Wu had done now had a reason; the reason he did this had no particularly profound meaning, it was simply revenge—he wanted the noble families within Beidu City, including everyone who had participated, to pay a tragic price.

It was not as simple as just killing a few people.

Ling Wu wanted to overthrow the noble class and establish a new regime.

Meanwhile, Yin Huaiyu was standing at the entrance of the banquet hall, having watched this video to the end.

He was as if under a spell, his whole body nailed to the doorway, unable to move his feet any further; cold sweat from the back of his neck slid down his spine, and his palms were slick and sticky.

"Boom—!"

The sound seemed to be twisted into a visible vortex, the deafening roar tearing through the silence; people in the banquet hall scattered in all directions, and only upon running to the deck did they see mushroom-cloud-shaped firelight and black smoke rising from the ground.

Immediately following that, several more sounds rang out, but from different directions.

The assistant reported: "Head of the family, news has come from the Southern Military Region that it has been bombed, and casualties are heavy."

Yin Shuyi's expression changed abruptly: "Stop the ship immediately, damn it, this is a trap!"

Inside the cockpit.

"Power system failure!"

"Control system failure!"

"Unable to navigate!"

"Unable to navigate!"