Chapter 85: The Mysterious Old Man

Hearing the old man’s words, Chen Duxiu’s expression fell, and he remained in a daze. After a long time, he finally spoke: "Does that mean I don't have many years to live either?"

"You could say that. At most four or five years, and you will lose your life," the old man nodded.

The old man looked at Su Xueya, helped her untie the ropes and the tape on her mouth, and carefully checked her. Finding that Su Xueya was fine, he nodded and said to Chen Duxiu: "Fortunately, the young lady is fine, otherwise I would have slapped you to death right now!"

"Young lady?"

I, Chen Duxiu, and Su Xueya were all stunned, looking at the old man, not understanding what he meant.

"Is your name Su Xueya?" the old man looked at Su Xueya and asked.

Su Xueya nodded.

"And are you an orphan?"

"No, I have a mother and a father, though my father abandoned us when I was young!"

"Didn't your mother tell you that you were adopted?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? You’re the one who was adopted! Don't think that just because you saved me, you can insult me and my mother!" Su Xueya was getting a bit agitated.

Seeing this, I understood a little. I had heard Su Xueyan say before that Su Xueya was adopted, but she didn't know it herself. As for Su Xueyan and her mother, they knew. It seemed this old man was likely Su Xueya’s family.

"It’s fine. It’s normal that you can't accept it for a moment. Go back and ask your mother later, and you’ll know," the old man said indifferently.

Su Xueya’s expression was full of panic. She looked at me and asked: "Yang Yun, is what he said true?"

I nodded and said: "It should be true!"

"Do you know something?" Seeing that I wasn't surprised, Su Xueya looked at me with sharp eyes.

"This, I found out by accident before. Xueyan told me at the time. I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to overthink it and affect your studies!" I lowered my head, my heart pounding, fearing that Su Xueya would do something crazy right now.

"So, you all knew, and only I didn't?" Su Xueya’s body trembled, and her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at me.

"Xueya, it’s not what you think. Listen to me!" I grabbed Su Xueya’s shoulders to comfort her.

Su Xueya looked at me with a cold face. Seeing her gaze, I felt a momentary panic. I wanted to speak, but Su Xueya pushed me away and shouted at me with a cold face: "I don't want to hear you speak!"

I lowered my head, not daring to speak. Not far away, Chen Duxiu looked at us with a cold face and said: "Since I don't have long to live, then you, Yang Yun, shouldn't expect to have it easy either!"

After speaking, Chen Duxiu rushed over to attack me. Seeing this, I hurriedly retreated to the side, fearing that Chen Duxiu would attack Su Xueya.

Just as Chen Duxiu was about to reach me, Su Xueya suddenly blocked my path. I hadn't reacted in time, and when I prepared to push her away, I felt it was already too late. My heart was burning with anxiety.

At this critical moment, the old man suddenly flashed over, blocked Chen Duxiu’s attack, and then threw Chen Duxiu to the side with a move that used minimal force to deflect a great one.

Chen Duxiu gritted his teeth and looked at the old man: "Are you planning to protect him?"

"I’m not that bored. His life or death has nothing to do with me, but you cannot touch Su Xueya. If you touch her, your fate will be the same as your companion’s!" the old man said with a cold snort as he looked at Chen Duxiu.

Hearing the old man’s words, Chen Duxiu’s face turned ashen. He looked at Su Xueya and gritted his teeth: "What is so good about him that makes you protect him like this?"

"That’s none of your business!" Although Su Xueya had been angry with me on the surface, she was actually very concerned about me in her heart.

The old man seemed impatient with these matters and said to Su Xueya: "Young lady, let’s go. The Master is looking for you!"

"I am not your young lady, you have the wrong person, I don't know you!" Su Xueya clearly didn't accept the result mentioned earlier.

"Sorry, the Master has given the order. You must come with me; this is not up to you!" The old man’s expression remained unchanged. He didn't care about Su Xueya’s reaction at all. He tapped Su Xueya lightly, then hoisted her onto his shoulder and walked away.

Seeing this, Chen Duxiu was overjoyed. His gaze toward me turned fierce: "Yang Yun, it seems heaven wants you dead!"

I was actually a bit worried about the old man. Although he said he came to protect Su Xueya, no one knew his true identity. If he were a bad person and kidnapped Su Xueya now, I would have nowhere to look for her.

"Calm down. We don't know if that old man is a good person or a bad person. He has taken Su Xueya away now. If he is a bad person, Su Xueya is in danger!"

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Su Xueya is in danger, don't you care at all?"

"What do I care about? I’m a person who’s about to die, what do I care about? I only care about how to kill you now!"

Although Chen Duxiu’s expression was clearly unnatural, his gaze was fixed on the direction the old man had gone.

"I know you still care very much about Su Xueya. We can still catch up if we go after them now, otherwise it will be too late!"

Hearing my words, Chen Duxiu’s expression changed. He said to his lackey beside him: "When the ambulance comes, please take care of Xiao Wu!"

After speaking, Chen Duxiu quickly rushed to find the old man, and I hurriedly followed.

We saw the old man slowly put Su Xueya on the ground and open a black Mercedes-Benz. However, Su Xueya’s reaction was strange. She stood there motionless, without any struggle, as if she had been immobilized.

Chen Duxiu shouted at Su Xueya crazily from not far away, but Su Xueya had no reaction at all, which made both Chen Duxiu and me very anxious.

The old man opened the car door and tapped Su Xueya lightly. Su Xueya exclaimed: "What did you do to me just now?"

Before the old man could speak, Chen Duxiu and I jumped over to block Su Xueya. I said to the old man: "Who are you, and what did you do to Xueya just now?"

"Sigh, I said you young people, you’re not very old, but you worry quite a bit. I already told you, I’m here to protect Su Xueya, don't you believe me?"

"Why should I believe someone I’ve only just met?"