Chapter 20

The whole Lin family knew about Lin Wanfu’s kidnapping.

As Lin Wanfu’s younger brother, Lin Chuanwu wanted to visit, but since he was still on a business trip, Wen Yan had to go alone.

Coincidentally, Wen Yan wanted to find out if Lin Wanfu had discovered any clues.

He went directly from the company to Lin Wanfu’s house. There were more people than he expected, but Wen Yan didn’t recognize anyone.

Everyone’s reaction upon seeing him was a bit strange, as if they looked down on him but were also somewhat afraid, not daring to say anything.

Wen Yan ignored these looks and walked up to Lin Xiangyi.

Lin Xiangyi saw him and lifted his chin, looking at Wen Yan through his nostrils.

Wen Yan politely greeted him, “…Dad.”

“How have you and Mom been lately?”

Lin Xiangyi flicked his sleeve and said coldly, “Our affairs have nothing to do with you.”

Wen Yan lowered his head, showing a hurt expression.

To outsiders, he looked like a pitiful daughter-in-law being mistreated by her in-laws.

Lin Xiangyi walked away, and Wen Yan maintained his gentle demeanor, moving around to find where Lin Wanfu was.

Soon, he saw Lin Wanfu surrounded by a group of people on the sofa in the living room.

“Brother Wan, what did those kidnappers look like?” someone asked.

“Idiot, if I knew what they looked like, I would have found them already!”

“They didn’t hit you? Just asked you some questions and then let you go?”

Lin Wanfu frowned, “Get lost.”

“Brother Wan, calm down,” said an alpha whom Lin Wanfu trusted the most.

“You get lost too.”

The space around Lin Wanfu cleared.

Wen Yan walked over, “Are you okay?”

Lin Wanfu held his forehead, “What about you? Does your face still hurt?”

Wen Yan shook his head.

“Did you find any clues?”

“We checked the license plate of the car that brought us back. The owner is a seventy-year-old scavenger. Damn it!”

Wen Yan felt relieved.

“There are no secrets that can’t be uncovered. Even if we can’t find them now, they’ll definitely show up at the banquet on Haitianyihou in a week.”

Lin Wanfu felt a bit better, sat up straight, and seeing no one was paying attention to them, suddenly leaned closer to Wen Yan.

“Is Lin Chuanwu coming back soon?”

“Tomorrow.”

Just as he finished speaking, a servant from Lin Wanfu’s house rushed in, shouting that someone had arrived.

Wen Yan thought it was a relative of the Lin family and didn’t pay much attention.

However, when that ‘relative’ came in, everyone in the room acted as if they had seen something terrifying, not only stopping their actions but also holding their breath.

A suffocating silence.

Wen Yan was sitting with his back to the door, and when the room suddenly quieted down, a chilling sensation shot up from his tailbone to the back of his head, filling him with a strong sense of fear.

Lin Wanfu was about to whisper to him, “Stay tonight,” when he smelled a very intense pheromone, so strong that it made his heart ache, instinctively filling him with terror.

He looked up to see Lin Chuanwu standing two meters away, coldly looking down at them.

Lin Wanfu looked as if he had seen a ghost and immediately distanced himself from Wen Yan.

And Wen Yan… couldn’t care about his reaction because he felt like someone was staring at his back…

A creepy gaze, like a knife, cutting inch by inch over his exposed skin, finally stopping at the back of his neck, almost piercing through…

His heart was about to leap out of his throat…

Wen Yan started trembling, almost too scared to turn around…

It was Lin Wuyou who hurried over, “Wanfu, your brother is here to see you, aren’t you going to stand up?”

Lin Wanfu swallowed hard and stood up, “Why, why did you come back early?”

Wen Yan didn’t hear anyone answer, only footsteps, and then he saw a pair of shiny leather shoes appear in his line of sight. The next second, his right hand was grabbed.

It was turned over and examined, seemingly checking his… ring, which Wen Yan hadn’t worn since Lin Chuanwu left.

Wen Yan’s heart raced, and he quickly felt the gaze on him grow heavier, making his scalp tingle and his throat tighten with fear… The next moment, he was pulled up.

“Early?” Lin Chuanwu’s voice was chilling, “My business trip’s location and time are confidential. How did you know I was coming back tomorrow?”

“I, I… guessed…”

Lin Chuanwu sneered at him, “Seeing that you won’t die anytime soon, my wife and I will head back first.”

Wen Yan was led out of Lin Wanfu’s house.

Lin Xiangyi caught up, “Lin Chuanwu! Is that beta all you see? Didn’t you see your father?”

Lin Chuanwu turned back and gave him a look.

Lin Xiangyi was startled, his legs going weak.

The car door slammed shut.

Lin Chuanwu said coldly, “Drive.”

“Weren’t you supposed to come back tomorrow?” Wen Yan forced a smile, trying to suppress his fear.

Lin Chuanwu half-closed his eyes, not saying a word.

The car was filled with a suffocatingly tense atmosphere, and Wen Yan’s face turned pale, almost unable to breathe.

Wen Yan pinched his palm, his anxiety reaching its peak.

Upon arriving at the villa, Wen Yan saw the male lion in the hunting ground frantically ramming the fence, its eyes blood-red, staring at Wen Yan.

It seemed like it would break out of the hunting ground at any moment…

Looking up, he saw Lin Chuanwu staring at him with a dark gaze…

Wen Yan started trembling all over…

The mute woman who was familiar with Wen Yan was happy to see him return, but upon seeing the master’s expression, she stood worriedly in place.

As soon as the door closed, Wen Yan was pinned against the floor-to-ceiling window by his wrist.

The heavy, imposing figure made the blood drain from Wen Yan’s face.

“Let me go…”

“Seems like you’ve been living quite a fulfilling life while I was away?” Lin Chuanwu’s voice was dark and hoarse.

“How could I, I really… missed you,” Wen Yan said, trembling.

A cold laugh came from behind.

Lin Chuanwu’s voice bit into his ear, the breath spilling out seemed to burn directly into his brain.

Wen Yan tilted his neck back.

“You’ll get to try it in a bit.”

Try it…

Wen Yan was terrified…

“Chuanwu…”

He was lifted up entirely.

Was it because he was too close to Lin Wanfu that he was so angry? Or did he find out about the fake affair with Lin Wanfu?

Wen Yan was extremely scared.

Lin Chuanwu gave him a look.

He wasn’t carried out.

As soon as his back touched the bed, the alpha pressed down on him.

The tie was undone.

And his work badge was still dangling…

He had come in such a hurry that he hadn’t taken off his work badge…

In this situation, still wearing his work badge… Wen Yan looked down in embarrassment, immediately wanting to take it off.

But Lin Chuanwu wouldn’t allow it, letting him keep it on.