After the woman finished speaking, she conducted another meticulous search, ensuring Su Wan had no metal objects, electronic devices, or sharp items that could be used for self-harm.
“She’s completely clean,” the woman reported coldly.
“Mm, take her down.” The man had watched clearly; Su Wan indeed did not have a phone on her.
Su Wan was carried into a room and dropped onto the cold, hard floor.
The iron door closed heavily behind her, followed by the sound of a latch clicking into place.
The footsteps faded into the distance.
Only after confirming no one else was around did Su Wan silently open her eyes, her gaze filled with icy frost.
She had stored her phone and the cards containing her money in her Portable Storage Space, which was why they hadn’t been found.
The room was small, about ten square meters.
There were no windows, and the walls were made of a special soundproofing material.
The entire room was devoid of decoration. Aside from a metal bed frame bolted to the wall and a lidless toilet, it was empty.
The Quiet Room...
Su Wan sneered inwardly.
This was exactly the kind of place a pervert like Xu Tianlin would create.
She had heard hidden rumors about the Xu family’s western suburb villa. It was said that Xu Tianlin often held private parties here and even imprisoned and tortured girls he took an interest in who had no power to resist.
It seemed this “Quiet Room” was one of the cages from the rumors.
She remained in a lying position, only moving her eyes extremely slowly to observe every detail of the room.
She didn't dare make any large movements because a hidden camera was silently monitoring everything.
Icy killing intent boiled in her chest, but Su Wan’s mind remained exceptionally calm.
Since Xu Tianlin said he would “attend to her” personally, she would be safe until he arrived.
And the moment he stepped into this room...
The door to the secret room was pushed open once again.
A thick stench of alcohol immediately flooded Su Wan’s nostrils.
Xu Tianlin swayed his obese body as he walked in, a sinister, triumphant grin plastered on his face.
“All of you, get the hell away! No one is allowed near here without my orders!” he barked toward the hallway.
Several subordinates responded and left.
Xu Tianlin turned and closed the heavy iron door, even pulling the thick iron chain on the outside for good measure, terrified that Su Wan might escape.
Only then did he turn around, rubbing his hands together as he approached Su Wan, who lay on the cold floor. Filthy words poured from his mouth.
“You little bitch, why are you playing dead? Getting impatient? Today, I’m going to...”
He leaned down, his greasy, fat hand reaching toward Su Wan’s cheek with a nauseating warmth.
At the very moment his fingertips were about to touch her skin—
The prey on the ground suddenly snapped her eyes open!
There was no confusion or fear in those eyes—only icy killing intent!
Xu Tianlin didn't even have time to be shocked. He felt a blur before his eyes, followed by a sudden, agonizing pain in his wrist, as if it had been clamped by a steel vice!
Immediately after, an unimaginable force surged. His nearly two-hundred-pound frame was yanked forward, sending him crashing down!
“Urgh—!” His cry was cut short halfway as a fair hand, as hard as rebar, accurately seized his throat, choking off all sound!
Su Wan gripped Xu Tianlin’s neck, using the momentum to flip herself up. Her movements were as swift as a ghost.
She didn't use her mental power; she relied purely on her Level 2 physical strength to pour all her long-suppressed hatred and rage into her strikes!
Thud!
A heavy punch slammed into Xu Tianlin’s stomach. His eyes bulged, and bile mixed with alcohol sprayed from the corner of his mouth as his body curled up like a shrimp.
Su Wan released her grip on his throat. The moment he slumped toward the ground, she grabbed his thinning hair and slammed his head violently against the cold, hard floor!
Bang!
The dull thud was accompanied by the faint sound of bone cracking. Blood immediately gushed from Xu Tianlin’s forehead and nose.
“This one is for my brother!” Su Wan’s voice was as cold as a blade.
Crack!
She stomped on the arm Xu Tianlin tried to use to shield himself. The sound of bone shattering was clearly audible.
Xu Tianlin let out a pathetic, pig-like shriek, but it came out raspy and weak due to the pain and suffocation.
“This one is for me—for nearly being destroyed by you in that hotel!”
She hauled Xu Tianlin up and slammed him against the wall like a discarded sack of trash! Boom!
Xu Tianlin’s obese body left a bloody smear on the wall before he slid down limply.
His face was a bloody mess, several ribs were likely broken, and his arm was bent at a grotesque angle. Not a shred of his previous arrogance remained.
Su Wan walked over and crouched down. Using a blood-stained finger, she lifted Xu Tianlin’s swollen and deformed chin, saying coldly, “You wanted to get revenge on me that badly?”
Xu Tianlin was dazed from the beating, his face filled with terror.
He couldn't understand how Su Wan, who was clearly a fragile and pampered young lady, had suddenly become so terrifying!
The pain and fear overwhelmed everything. Tears and snot flowed as Xu Tianlin stammered out a plea for mercy:
“No... no, I didn't plan on looking for trouble with you. It was... it was Bai Ruochu... she was the one who sent the message...”
Bai Ruochu!
It really was her!
The cold light in Su Wan’s eyes grew even more intense.
“Who’s idea was it to scheme against me and lure me to your room back then? And what did your Xu family do to my Su family?”
Su Wan’s voice carried the pressure of her mental power, drilling directly into Xu Tianlin’s chaotic consciousness.
Under the suppression of absolute power, Xu Tianlin’s psychological defenses completely collapsed. He blurted out the truth in fragments:
“It was the Gu family! Gu Huaian set the trap! He knew I had my eye on you, and he created the opportunity. He called me and told me that if I went to that room, I could have you...”
Gu Huaian?
Su Wan’s heart jolted. Her fingers tightening around Xu Tianlin’s throat instinctively clenched a bit harder.
It wasn't Gu Huaiyu?
It was Gu Huaian?
That low-profile, almost unremarkable younger half-brother of Gu Huaiyu?
In a flash, numerous images and fragments of information collided and reorganized in her mind: the chaos at the hotel that night, the image of her brother Su Zhuo rushing in after receiving the news, and the public outcry that quickly fermented afterward...
When Su Zhuo was taken away by the police, Gu Huaiyu had appeared on the scene.
Back then, Gu Huaiyu had a cold expression as he negotiated something with the police!
If Gu Huaian was the one who set the trap, why was it Gu Huaiyu who stepped in to clean up the mess and used it as an opportunity to further suppress the Su family?
Who was truly the mastermind behind her brother Su Zhuo’s imprisonment?
“Our Xu family... we didn't originally want to touch the Su family. It was the Gu family... the Gu family wanted to drag us in! My father only got angry after your brother injured me, and the Gu family took the chance to persuade us to carve up the Su Corporation together...”
“The Su Corporation could have still held on, but once your brother went in and we made our move... it completely collapsed...”
Having obtained the answers she wanted, Su Wan showed no more mercy.
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