latelenovela Chapter 90 I was obviously the one who came first
Chapter 90 I was obviously the one who came first
Lin Fan didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Now he didn't need to kidnap the second concubine. He just needed to subdue Niu Dadan and make him confess everything.
Lin Fan was holding a knife and had taken a powerful pill, while Niu Dadan was empty-handed. Even if Niu Dadan stopped hiding and unleashed his first-level martial arts strength, it would be of no use.
He was quickly slashed several times by Lin Fan's knife. If Lin Fan hadn't wanted to capture him alive and hadn't stabbed him in vital areas, he would probably be dead by now.
When Sun Ruolan saw her lover injured, she rushed forward without thinking twice to shield Niu Dadan from the knife.
"Just in time."
Lin Fan couldn't subdue Niu Dadan for a while, but he captured Sun Ruolan as easily as catching a chick.
He grabbed one of the second concubine's hands and felt its smooth, cold texture, just like wood!
Lin Fan was startled and looked at the other side where the puppet was still there, but she became uncertain. Doctor Lei had clearly seen that she was pregnant, so how could it be made of wood?
However, Niu Dadan's anxious demeanor didn't seem fake. "Release Ruolan. You can hit me or kill me as you please. I will absolutely not resist."
Lin Fan sneered, "You've even developed feelings for someone you've been cheating on?"
Niu Dadan angrily retorted, "Stealing someone else's wife? Ruolan and I were childhood sweethearts. If it weren't for her father insisting on her marrying into the family as a concubine to curry favor with Old Man Lin, I would be the one who stole someone else's wife! I was here first, so why am I the one who stole someone else's wife?!"
Lin Fan was taken aback; he really didn't know how to comment on this matter.
Fortunately, Sun Ruolan, who was the smarter one in the pair, interrupted in time, "Adan, there's no use talking about this now. We may have a misunderstanding with this strong man. Why don't we listen to what he wants first?"
Lin Fan held the knife to Sun Ruolan's neck and asked Niu Dadan, "Niu Dadan, I am Lin Fan, do you remember me?"
Niu Dadan stared at Lin Fan's face in disbelief for a long time before he finally managed to accept it. Then, as if all his strength had been drained, he plopped down on the ground. "Lin Fan, so it was you. I'm sorry. If it was you, I really deserve it."
Lin Fan didn't rush to do anything because of what he said. He wanted to find out more, especially whether there was anyone else behind Niu Dadan.
Niu Dadan took a breath and continued, "I knew they wanted to harm your mother, but I didn't dare to stop them."
Sun Ruolan quickly interjected, "Don't blame Adan. If I didn't tell him about this, how would he know? Blame me."
Lin Fan felt disgusted by their behavior; were they trying to feed him dog food?
"Stop talking nonsense! Who are they? Who killed my mother?"
Sun Ruolan answered with a trembling voice, "It was that ink-paper fan, and it was the Bodhisattva. It was the Bodhisattva who did it!"
Lin Fan's temper flared up instantly. Why don't you say it was the Amitabha Buddha who did it?
She grabbed Sun Ruolan's hair and said fiercely, "Stop with this nonsense and explain yourself."
Seeing his lover's pained expression, Niu Dadan quickly spoke up, "Lin Fan, don't hurt Ruolan. She was forced by Lin Caizhu to become a saintess. She doesn't want to turn those people into that kind of ghoul."
"Oh, you're actually a saintess? Turning people into ghosts? What the hell are you guys up to?!"
Sun Ruolan raised one hand with difficulty, "That's how it is. The Craftsman Bodhisattva blesses Lin the Rich Man, making him rich every day. So he sent his disciple, the Ink Boy, to perform supernatural powers for him. They told me to have the weavers chant Buddhist scriptures every day, so that they will make money for Lin the Rich Man for all eternity."
Lin Fan stared at Sun Ruolan's hand, which had turned completely into wood, and felt a little breathless. What the hell was this? Were all the puppets in the Lights Out Factory human?
Overwhelmed by her emotions, Sun Ruolan disregarded the knife in Lin Fan's hand and ripped open her clothes. Her entire left hand and many parts of her left side were already numb. When Lin Fan saw her wearing "pajamas" earlier, these areas were conveniently covered.
Sun Ruolan sobbed, "I only chant scriptures and never do any work, yet I've become like this. The katydid can turn into a puppet from head to toe in just ten or fifteen days. It doesn't need to eat, rest, or work, and it can't make any mistakes. It won't be long before I become like them. This must be my retribution."
Niu Dadan shouted hysterically, "We don't have the surname Lin, we're not from this village at all, why did Ruolan have to come here to experience this and suffer like this?"
It took Lin Fan a while to recover from the shock. Those were all people? Those were textile workers hired by Lin the Rich Man? Where did he hire them? These people have disappeared, aren't their families looking for them?
Dog shit, whenever Lin Fan felt that the world was even slightly normal, it would ruthlessly shatter his bottom line.
He no longer loathed the two people in front of him so much, provided that what they said was true.
"Hehe, Brother Lin, why are you hesitating again? If you had asked me for help earlier, I could have told you these things much sooner."
Ma Sijiao's figure appeared on the roof beam, her white, lotus-root-like feet swaying back and forth beneath her red dress.
"Stop pretending, do you think you're a god who knows everything!" Lin Fan retorted angrily.
"Hehe, Clerk Jia praised you for being smart, but do you really think you're so clever? These things are easy to figure out with a little thought, why are you running around like a headless fly? Just come here, kiss my toes, and you'll never have to use your pig brain to think about this and that again. Just do what I say."
Lin Fan was truly angry now, and he swung the black knife at Ma Sijiao.
The house was low, and the beams were not high. In fact, the two were very close. Ma Sijiao had no chance to dodge the fast and ruthless knife. However, she did not dodge. She stretched out her jade hand and accurately caught the hilt of the knife, then threw it back.
The black knife sliced across Lin Fan's cheek and then embedded itself in Sun Ruolan's shoulder.
"Hehe, Brother Lin, don't throw such dangerous things around. Even if it doesn't hurt anyone, it's not good to damage the flowers and plants." As she spoke, Ma Sijiao chuckled and then disappeared again.
Sun Ruolan and Niu Dadan were watching Lin Fan suddenly shout at the air and then throw a knife at the roof beam. The knife seemed to hit the beam and bounce back, or it seemed to fly back on its own.
"You son of a bitch, Lin Fan, I'll fight you to the death!" Niu Dadan roared and lunged forward.
Before Lin Fan could explain, Sun Ruolan spoke up to stop him, "Adan, Brother Lin probably didn't do it on purpose. He didn't throw the knife at me. Calm down, you two shouldn't be fighting each other anymore."
Lin Fan finally realized what was happening and apologized to Niu Dadan, saying, "I'm sorry, I've been having hallucinations lately. I swear I never meant to hurt you." Lin Fan wasn't sure if it was a hallucination or not, but he decided to let it go for now.
Niu Dadan pointed at Lin Fan, but said to Sun Ruolan, "Ruolan, you're still defending this man!"