Chapter 497 - Chapter 497: Chapter 504: Exposing Ones True Nature (2/2)

As it turned out, their suspicions were correct; Su Wenyue had indeed been taken by Jianghu People. But despite Feng Jianling’s inquiries in Jianghu over the past two days, not a single piece of information had leaked out. It was evident that those people were deliberately hiding information, clearly cautious and not wanting Su Wenyue to be found. However, Su Wenyue’s decision to jump from the cliff was a fluke; how could those people have received advance notice to wait there and whisk her away in time? Neither Han Yu nor Feng Jianling could fathom the reason behind it. Could it really be a coincidence?

After musing for a moment, Feng Jianling said, “The characteristics you’ve described do remind me of a few people, but those individuals weren’t supposed to appear here, so I can’t be sure if it’s really them just yet. I will go ask around Jianghu immediately, and if there’s any news, I’ll let you know at once.”

“I appreciate it, Big Brother Feng. Please, make haste. Those people might be moving my wife to a new location as we speak. We must act quickly, lest any misfortune occurs. Besides, my wife is injured, and I’m really worried,” Han Yu knew rationally that Feng Jianling would not delay, but with Su Wenyue’s welfare at stake, he couldn’t keep calm and thus made the appeal again.

“Of course, rest assured, Xiu Qi. I’ll go and make inquiries right away. We haven’t found anything before due to lack of a clear target. But now that we have a lead, I just need to ask if anyone has seen these people, and we’ll find their trail soon,” Feng Jianling knew Han Yu was eager to find his wife and immediately set out to do so after speaking.

“Subordinate pays respects to Master!” At this moment, the two female guards who had been with Su Wenyue were also found and brought back. Knowing that their mistress had met with such an incident while they had remained safe and sound filled them with indomitable shame, and upon arrival, they knelt before Han Yu.

That day, the two female guards had run ahead and, not hearing pursuers close behind, realized that the enemies must have gone after the other two groups. When they regrouped and found out the severity of the situation, they knew trouble had found their Madam instead.

Seeing the two women, Han Yu’s face turned icy. Regardless of the cause, they had been with his daughter-in-law when she got into trouble, yet here they were, unharmed. Just for that reason, he would not forgive them. But even though he was set on this, he still wanted to know what had happened at that moment.

“You were with my wife at the time. Speak! Why was my wife cornered alone at the edge of the cliff and finally forced to jump? Where were you at that moment, and why didn’t you stay with her?” Han Yu questioned with a chilling voice.

Not daring to conceal anything, the two female guards recounted the events as they happened, especially their last act of deliberately making noise to draw the pursuers. However, Han Yu was far from forgiving, and his expression grew even darker: “Complete fools! What you could think of, do you think the enemy couldn’t? If you had done nothing, at most they would have split into three groups to search or picked a route at random. But with your foolish act, you exposed your intentions before the enemy, which allowed them to pursue my wife and swiftly find her, ultimately cornering her into a dead end.”

The two female guards had not understood why the enemies had ignored them but caught up with their Madam until now. Hearing Han Yu’s words, they turned ashen. Their folly had endangered their Madam. What was meant to be a loyal sacrifice turned out to be the direct cause of their Madam being chased down and forced to jump from the cliff, a burden too heavy for them to bear.

“It is our stupidity that has endangered Madam. We deserve to die!”