Chapter 176: Su Wen
Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Su Wen
Huang Bo Lin put down his pen. With a kindly smile, he reached out and stroked his daughter’s head.
Looking at his daughter’s face, he was reminded of his wife.
"I’m sorry, Zhi, Dad hasn’t found him yet," Huang Bo Lin said apologetically.
When Huang Wan Zhi heard this, her cute little face immediately puffed out in a pout.
"Dad, there’s actually someone you can’t find? Did he leave the Capital Star?"
As she spoke, a sad expression washed over Huang Wan Zhi’s face, completely replacing her previous cheerfulness.
Seeing his daughter’s distress, Huang Bo Lin pressed his lips together, internally debating whether he should tell her who the person was.
Huang Wan Zhi reached out, grabbed her father’s sleeve, and looked up at him with her big, sparkling eyes, pleading, "Dad, please help me find him."
"If he hadn’t pulled me back that day, I would’ve really fallen into that ornamental lake."
Huang Bo Lin couldn’t bear to see his daughter looking at him like that. After hesitating for half a minute, he sighed and said, "Alright, I’ll send people to look for him."
Then, his expression turned serious. "Zhi, let me be clear. If they can’t find him, you have to give up. Understand?"
Hearing her dad agree, Huang Wan Zhi happily leaned in and kissed Huang Bo Lin on the cheek.
A sweet smile bloomed on her face, her eyes crinkling into crescents as she said, "Thank you, Dad! I love you, Dad."
Huang Bo Lin was clearly pleased, his own smile growing even kinder.
"Weren’t you about to go out? Do you have enough Star Coins? If not, I can transfer you some more."
Huang Wan Zhi replied, "I have plenty, plenty!"
With that, she left the study. As his daughter’s figure disappeared from view, the smile on his face vanished.
He plopped down into his chair, then opened his Star Ring and pulled up Shi Feng’s file.
Huang Bo Lin read through Shi Feng’s file again and again, then rewatched the video of Shi Feng saving his daughter.
Shi Feng and Gu Kaiwen were standing by the ornamental lake, eating grilled squid. Perhaps because they hadn’t eaten something like this in a long time, both of them were eating with great excitement.
Shi Feng finished first. He threw his trash into a nearby sanitation robot’s bin and was walking back along the path.
He stepped aside to let the crowd pass, and as he neared Huang Wan Zhi, he saw her get accidentally bumped by someone.
Huang Wan Zhi was wearing high heels that day, and the collision sent her stumbling.
Seeing this, Shi Feng rushed forward and grabbed Huang Wan Zhi just as she was about to fall into the ornamental lake. After pulling her aside, Shi Feng let go and left.
Huang Wan Zhi watched him leave and wanted to chase after him to thank him, but her high heels made it difficult to push through the crowd.
Moreover, Shi Feng seemed to vanish as soon as he entered the crowd.
Huang Wan Zhi gave chase but couldn’t find him.
When he first saw this video, Huang Bo Lin suspected the two had intentionally approached his daughter. But after reviewing their files, he found that they had no idea who he was back then.
Let alone who his daughter was. It was just a coincidence.
But for his daughter’s safety, Huang Bo Lin still chose to lie and tell her he couldn’t find the man.
Huang Bo Lin closed Shi Feng’s file and sent a message to his butler.
After sending it, he stood up, opened a secret passage in the study, and went inside.
The secret passage led straight down. He walked for an unknown amount of time before he reached level ground.
Below was a large room. After turning on the lights, Huang Bo Lin walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
The moment he sat down, strips of light around him automatically lit up.
Before him was a large bed. On it lay a woman wearing a respirator, a needle in her arm delivering Nutrient Liquid.
A machine was placed beside the bed, its screen flashing with various data.
It was Su Wen’s vital signs.
Her heart was still beating weakly, indicating that the woman on the bed was not yet completely brain-dead.
The woman on the hospital bed was pale, her eyes shut tight, showing no reaction at all.
This seemingly lifeless person was Huang Bo Lin’s wife, his childhood sweetheart.
She had been tortured for nearly a day by a powerful figure while trying to save Huang Bo Lin. By the time that person lost interest, his wife, Su Wen, was on the brink of death.
Doctors had tried everything to save her, using Advanced Recovery Agents and an Advanced Treatment Box on Su Wen.
In the end, the doctors still declared Su Wen to be in a vegetative state and that brain death was inevitable.
In other words, Su Wen wasn’t far from death.
In the end, nothing happened to that powerful figure. Instead, Huang Bo Lin was the one who had to pay a hefty fine in Star Coins just to be released from the police station safely.
At that moment, Huang Bo Lin, who had always been an honest, law-abiding man living a conventional life, completely broke down.
The powerful could do as they pleased, while ordinary people could only endure.
’Why does it have to be this way?’
Back then, after learning his wife wouldn’t survive, Huang Bo Lin had grabbed a knife, wanting to rush out and kill that monster.
But his daughter brought him back to his senses. It was from that moment on that Huang Bo Lin decided he wanted one thing: to completely destroy the entire Empire.
He spent a long time on this plan, first by taking over the company he worked for and becoming its absolute master.
After reaching this position, he worked hard to develop his own power base.
They say a commoner can’t fight the officials, especially someone like him with a vast fortune in Star Coins.
It’s easy to become their cash cow. So, Huang Bo Lin managed to get several of his own people into the cabinet.
After building up his influence in just three short years, Huang Bo Lin began to set his sights on the entire Empire.
’If the world is unjust, then I’ll just destroy this world.’
"A Wen, I’ll take you traveling in a few days."
"I own a planet named Star Tree. It’s like spring all year round—perfect for recuperating."
"I’ve had many of your favorite roses planted there. I’m sure you’ll love it when you see them."
"Our little Zhi has grown up. The other day, she was sparring with a Single Pilot Mecha in the training room and took it down in just a few moves."
"But she seems a bit distracted lately. Could it be that she’s fallen for that poor kid?" As he said this, a troubled look appeared on Huang Bo Lin’s face.
"Let me be clear, I’m fine with her dating, but I don’t approve of her being with a poor kid."
Huang Bo Lin rambled on like this for a long time, his handsome face filled with loneliness.
If it weren’t for seeing Su Wen’s heart still beating on the monitor, Huang Bo Lin wouldn’t have endured for so long.
After speaking for a long while, Huang Bo Lin stood up and tucked Su Wen’s hand under the covers.
Then he leaned down and kissed Su Wen’s cheek. "Honey, I’ll come see you again next time."
"I love you."
As Huang Bo Lin turned and left, he didn’t notice that the hand tucked under the covers twitched.