"What's this?"
"CLICK!"
Having regained consciousness, Qin Lin looked at the handcuffs on his wrists and the small, dark room he was in. He instantly understood that he must have been handed over to the airport security bureau by the plane's security officer.
Everything that just happened… HISS—?
In an instant, feeling a warm current gathering within his dantian, Qin Lin knew that everything he had vaguely seen on the plane was real!
Not only had he seen his long-lost grandfather, but he had also acquired the mysterious Qin Family legacy!
"Qingyun Immortal Technique, Qin Family medical arts!"
Feeling the Qin Family legacy in his mind, Qin Lin's eyes glinted fiercely. Chen Mengyuan, Shen Zhao, your doom has come! You despicable pair, I will make you pay in blood!
Shen Zhao, I will return this 'hat' you've given me tenfold, a hundredfold!
Clenching his fists tightly, Qin Lin's eyes seethed with intense hatred. If Chen Mengyuan no longer had feelings for him, she should have just broken up with him earlier. They could have parted amicably, and that would have been that. But for this despicable couple to play him for a fool like this... that, he could not endure!
The priority now is to get out of here. If I get convicted, it'll all be over.
Looking at the handcuffs on his wrist, Qin Lin's expression was grave. He could forcibly break them and flee, but that would make him a wanted fugitive. Even if he was in the right, he would become the one in the wrong.
"CREAK."
Just as Qin Lin was pondering how to resolve this trouble, the door to the small, dark room suddenly opened. A tall woman walked in. She wore a green cheongsam that accentuated her curvaceous figure, and her face was stunningly beautiful, though her expression was ice-cold.
The moment he saw the woman in the cheongsam, and especially after smelling the faint fragrance emanating from her, perhaps due to his new constitution, Qin Lin felt an instant, fiery urge flare up in his heart. It was followed by a strong impulse to pounce on her and possess her right then and there!
"HISS."
Taking a deep breath, Qin Lin suppressed the sudden impulse and eyed the woman with suspicion. Shouldn't a security officer bribed by Shen Zhao be the one interrogating me right now? What's this woman in a cheongsam doing here?
"Qin Lin."
The woman in the cheongsam sat elegantly in front of Qin Lin, her eyes scanning him from head to toe. As his confusion grew, a flash of contempt crossed her eyes before she parted her rosy lips. "My name is Su Yanran. To be precise..."
"I'm your fiancée!"
"Fiancée!?"
Su Yanran's words stunned Qin Lin. He looked at her in the modified cheongsam—her waist so slender one could wrap their arms around it, her figure irresistibly alluring. He furrowed his brow tightly.
What in the world is going on? Where did this fiancée come from?
"You don't know?"
A flicker of surprise crossed Su Yanran's eyes, but she quickly recovered. Looking at Qin Lin's wretched state, she grew worried. Since he's in such a sorry state, now that he knows about our engagement, he'll definitely cling to this chance to marry up. He's not going to agree to an annulment easily!
"I really don't know."
Qin Lin shook his head frankly. Although Su Yanran is undeniably beautiful, after what just happened with Chen Mengyuan, I really don't want to marry a stranger. After all, as a wise woman once said, the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to cheat!
I certainly don't want to make the same mistake twice!
"Over twenty years ago, your grandfather did my Su Family a great favor, so he and my grandfather arranged our engagement," Su Yanran said slowly under Qin Lin's puzzled gaze. "Has your grandfather really never mentioned this to you?"
"He might have mentioned it in passing when I was a child, but I thought he was just joking."
Qin Lin, whose parents and grandparents had all mysteriously disappeared during his childhood, had grown up in an orphanage since he was five. He shook his head. "So it's actually true!?"
"It's true."
Now understanding why Qin Lin had never gone to Yanjing to marry her, Su Yanran hesitated for a moment before speaking directly. "Qin Lin, you're well aware of your current situation, while our Su Family is one of the four great families of Yanjing. To be honest, we are no longer from the same world. The old marriage arrangement is canceled. I am here to annul our engagement."
"I know a bit about what happened to you. As long as you agree to the annulment and return the marriage certificate to me, I can get you out of here and help you settle the score."
"Ha!?"
Qin Lin couldn't help but laugh at her words. Am I from Mars or something? Why does every woman I meet tell me we're from different worlds?
"If you get me out of here, I'll give you back the marriage certificate. We'll call it even."
"As for getting even, that's unnecessary. I'll settle my own scores!"
Having received the Qin Family's legacy, Qin Lin was determined to get his revenge on Chen Mengyuan and Shen Zhao himself. He looked at Su Yanran candidly. "My grandfather's things are in my rented room. I need to go back and find the certificate."
"Alright."
Su Yanran gave Qin Lin a deep look. Since he clearly didn't want her help, there was nothing more to say. After she gave some instructions to her bodyguard, a guard from the security bureau brought the keys and released Qin Lin less than three minutes later.
"Get in the car."
After leaving the security bureau, Su Yanran slid directly into the driver's seat of a Maserati.
"Okay."
Without hesitation, Qin Lin glanced back at the large characters on the airport security bureau's sign. A contemptuous smile touched his lips, and he stepped into the car.
"This is...?"
Back at his rented room, he pulled a wooden chest out from under his bed. Inside, within a dusty old wooden box, he found seven marriage certificates. Qin Lin was completely dumbfounded.
It turns out I don't just have one fiancée in Su Yanran... I have seven!
"Your name is Su Yanran, right?"
Looking at the equally shocked Su Yanran, Qin Lin quickly flipped through the certificates and handed the first one to her. "That's right. This one is yours."
"GULP."
Her eyes unintentionally fell upon the bride's name on the second marriage certificate, and she froze in shock. Qin Lin's second fiancée was none other than—