The abandoned factory creaked open.

Lu Jiu'an saw the two people walking towards him from the middle of the crowd, and his face stiffened.

A week ago, my son and I were kidnapped and brought here.

The other party said they would take them hostage, forcing her husband Xie Yunning to hand over the data on the National Dragon Program.

But, Xie Yunning had already died.

If he hadn't died... Back then, when those scum from the Lu family forced her to have an abortion and marry an old man, how could he not show up?

When he was driven to desperation and giving birth in the snow, how could he not appear?

While rushing his feverish son to the hospital on a stormy night, how could he not appear...

For fifteen years, I have single-handedly raised my son.

If he had even a little bit of responsibility or conscience, he would be here!

Lu Jiu'an spoke in a hoarse voice, "Big brother, you have the wrong person. My husband is already dead. As long as you let me and my child go, I am willing to give you all of my assets..."

Xie Mingjin mocked, sarcastically clapping his hands and saying: "Your pathetic things, keep them for the underworld. Jiaqi, haven't you always been afraid to return to the Meng family and take everything away from you? Now I'm giving you a chance, from now on, you will never be awakened by nightmares again..."

Saying that, he shoved a work knife into Meng Jiaqi's hand.

Lu Jiuan followed Xie Mingjin's gaze and, under the dim candlelight, saw a face strikingly similar to her mother's.

Who is it?

Meng Jia also, taking advantage of the faint firelight, saw the face that filled her with terror to her very bones. Her hand holding the work knife trembled slightly, but thinking about being exposed, she might go from a wealthy heiress to just a country girl.

Then, she made up her mind again. Holding a work knife, she walked up to Lu Jiuan.

"You...what are you going to do?"

Lu Jiu'an, tied to the chair, looked terrified and instinctively wanted to dodge.

Meng Jiaqi grabbed a handful of Lu Jiu'an's hair and pointed the sharp blade of her work knife at his face.

She slashed viciously across Lu Jiu'an's face, crimson blood streaming down from his porcelain-white cheek.

Lu Jiu'an was in excruciating pain.

"Don't you dare hurt my mother!" Xie Xinghe, eyes blazing red, struggled desperately, trying to stop him.

He could be pressed to death by someone standing nearby.

He roared with fury, like a wild beast unleashed.

Meng Jiaqi's heart surged with a wave of delight, and she said viciously, "Lu Jiu'an, don't blame me, blame the person who switched us at birth. You said you stayed in the countryside for so many years, why didn't you just stay there? But you had to come to the capital and get seen looking like this! You want to ruin everything I have, I can only fight back!"

One knife after another, cruelly carving up Lu Jiu'an's face that resembled a Meng family member, blurring it and rendering it unrecognizable.

"Lu Jiu'an, remember this, you killed yourself and your son!!"

Xie Mingjin stepped forward and gently shook Meng Jiqi's hand, which was full of fresh life. He whispered softly and warmly: "It's alright, no one will recognize you anymore. Jiqi, from now on, no one will question your position."

Meng Jiaqi trembled, tears rolling down her face, gazing lovingly at her husband. "Mingjin, I'm afraid."

"Don't be afraid, I will take care of them all tonight. After that, no one will bother us again."

Lu Jiu'an doesn't even think about taking Jiaqi's share!

Xie Yunning also shouldn't try to use the Dragon Plan to replace his position in the Xie family!

Xie Mingjin, well-being to his wife, and treats his subordinates without showing favoritism.

"Xie Yunning, the moment you arrive, start a fire. I want Xie Yunning to watch his wife and children die right in front of him."

After he finished speaking, he led Meng Jia to the window of the second-floor factory.

In the distance, a car could be seen approaching from afar in the darkness.

When Lu Jiu'an, who was in excruciating pain and bordering on unconsciousness, saw the candle in the scar man's hand, he instinctively hugged the child in his arms.

The car came to a stop, and Xie Yunning, dressed in the wind, entered the factory alone.

"Stop!"

The scarred man let out a cold snarl.

Xie Yunning saw his wife and children. After fifteen years of separation, he could finally meet them openly, but he never expected it to be like this.

Lu Jiu'an looked at Xie Yunning in front of him, and in an instant, his eyes widened.

It feels like my whole life has been a joke.

The kidnapper said that Xie Yunning was still alive when he said it, but no one believed him.

Not until I saw Xie Yunning standing before me with my own eyes.

Lu Jiu'an only then truly realized that Xie Yunning had never treated him as a wife, and had never believed in him.

"The Dragon Plan and your wife and son, who do you choose?"

Before Xie Yunning arrived, the captain of the Criminal Police Team had repeatedly instructed him to try his best to buy time for them to rescue Lu Jiuan and her child.

"Alright, I'll give you the Dragon Plan."

The scarred man grinned wickedly, "Professor Xie, you have no bargaining power. I'll count to three, if you don't hand over the Dragon Plan, I..."

Xie Yunning, her face flushed with anxiety, interrupted the scarred man's words, pleadingly explaining: "The Dragon Plan belongs to a confidential project. I can't get a single piece of paper from the station, but if you really want it, I can memorize the whole plan and write it down for you, or... I can give myself up in exchange..."

Fifteen years ago, after faking his death, he went to "Project Dragon".

Fifteen years of agony.

Fifteen years of anonymity.

The Dragon Plan finally succeeded. Xie Yunning was still immersed in the joy of being reunited with his wife and children, unaware that a separation of life and death awaited him.

The scarred man couldn't make up his mind, just then, someone threw a burning torch down from the second floor.

Xie Yun Ning, upon seeing the blazing torches, instinctively rushed towards Lu Jiu An and his mother.

The scarred man pulled out a gun from somewhere and shot at Xie Yunning's

He walked up to Xie Yunning, who was stumbling and falling, grabbed Xie Yunning's hair with one hand, and pointed the pitch-black muzzle of the gun at Xie Yunning's brow.

"I'm asking you again, Dragon Plan or your wife and children? Which one do you choose?"

Xie Yunning has her own beliefs in her heart.

The Dragon Plan is not just his own heart, but the youth and hearts of countless people.

He absolutely won't allow the Dragon Plan to fall into enemy hands.

"Dragon... plan..."

Xie Yunning fearlessly looked at Lu Jiu'an and Xie Xinghe, her heart constantly hoping that the police would arrive soon.

"Jiu'an, I'm sorry."

"Galaxy, I'm sorry."

Lu Jiu'an and Xie Xinghe looked at Xie Yunning's eyes full of guilt. The mother and son felt a strange mix of emotions in their hearts.

I understand Xie Yunning, but Xinghe...the Xinghe is so small, how could it die here?

"I just love gnawing on bones like yours..."

The Scarface man savagely smashed Xie Yunning's head onto the ground.

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded from afar.

Meanwhile, gunshots rang out!

"Damn it!"

The scarfaced man spat, dragging Xie Yunning towards the factory exit.

As long as Xie Yunning is in their hands, they won't have trouble getting the Dragon Plan.

Xie Mingjin and Meng Jiqi, who were originally on the second floor, also rushed down in the alarm. Meng Jiqi took out a lighter, lit it, and threw it at Lu Jiu'an and her child.

The lighter's flame instantly ignited the gasoline, which burned rapidly.

Xie Yunning, like a frenzied wolf, fiercely bit onto Dao Scar Face's tiger's mouth.

Seizing the opportunity as he winced and loosened his grip, he dashed toward the factory ablaze with raging fire...

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