Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

at this time,

In that popular alleyway restaurant serving local cuisine.

Boss Qin put down his phone, pulled his wife aside, and whispered, "I have to go out and take care of something urgent. Tell the kitchen staff to close early tonight, then go home and wait for me. Be careful not to be followed on your way back."

The proprietress nodded silently.

Her worst fears came true.

She knew this calamity was bound to happen sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Looking at his wife's graying hair, Boss Qin gritted his teeth and said, "I'm leaving. Take care of yourself."

The proprietress looked at Qin and said, "Brother-in-law, so many years have passed, you should let go now. Aren't you living a good life now? Running a local restaurant every day is down-to-earth, down-to-earth, and full of the warmth of everyday life. I want to live like this with you forever."

Upon hearing this, Boss Qin's expression changed slightly. Suddenly, a fierce glint flashed in his deep eyes, and he said resentfully, "This is a matter between us men."

"You don't understand, little sister. You know my heart. I won't rest in peace until I avenge this. So just leave it at that."

"Oh, by the way, I put your bank card under your pillow. It contains all my savings from the past few years, enough for your future needs. If I don't come back, go find Xiao Zhan; he will keep you safe."

"Then, then find an opportunity to talk to Huanhuan and tell her that Dad is sorry for not fulfilling his responsibilities as a father."

The proprietress's eyes instantly reddened, and she pleaded, "I won't tell Huanhuan. If you want to tell her, go tell Huanhuan yourself. Brother-in-law, why can't you let go of your obsession? Liu Yiran is already bedridden and unable to take care of herself. She will live a life worse than death for the rest of her life. This is her retribution, and God's punishment for her."

"You and Deng Zhi have taken over most of Qin Hanwu's business again. That's enough. You need to know that all the pain comes from caring too much. All the cages are built by your own obsession. The cruelest and fairest rule in this world is that as long as you give up, the problem is solved. As long as you stop caring, no one can hurt you anymore. Brother-in-law, listen to me and let go."

"Wouldn't it be nice if we found a place where nobody knows us and lived out the rest of our lives together?"

Boss Qin shook his head and said with a firm gaze, "It's absolutely impossible for me to give up my revenge. Only one of us can live. Either I, Qin Hanwen, will stand before the ancestors of the Qin family to repent, or he, Qin Hanwu, will die without a burial place."

The proprietress opened her mouth...

Boss Qin interrupted her, "Little sister, stop talking. I'm sorry. I've been prepared for this for a long time. Tonight is my life-or-death battle with him. I will take back everything that is rightfully mine. I will not be able to eat or sleep in peace as long as Qin Hanwu is alive."

After finishing speaking, Boss Qin resolutely turned around and walked towards the alley entrance. After taking a dozen steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at the proprietress with deep affection, and said, "Little sister, thank you for your companionship and care over the past twenty years. If I can come back alive, I will definitely take you to live wherever you want to go."

After saying that, Boss Qin strode forward...

"Whoosh!"

The landlady wept uncontrollably, her thin shoulders trembling silently. She didn't know if she could ever again wait quietly for her brother-in-law to return safely, as before...

Suddenly, the proprietress seemed to remember something.

She turned and ran back into the store, grabbed her phone from the counter, found a number she had saved beforehand, and dialed it...

In the darkness of night,

A luxury Maybach is speeding down the highway...

Inside the carriage,

Xiao Zhan was talking to Xia Keke.

"Beep beep beep".

When Xiao Zhan saw his phone ring and it was an unknown number, his instinct was to hang up. There were just too many scam calls these days.

But Xia Keke stopped him in time, saying, "Don't hang up yet. Calling at this hour is probably not a scam; maybe they have something important to tell you."

Xiao Zhan thought about it and agreed, so he answered the phone and asked, "Hello, who is this?"

A woman's voice came from the other end of the phone, asking weakly, "Are you Mr. Xiao Zhan?"

Xiao Zhan glanced at Xia Keke, as if to say, "You were right."

Xia Keke shrugged smugly…

Xiao Zhan said, "I am Xiao Zhan, and you are...?"

The woman said urgently, "Young Master Xiao, I'm the owner of this local restaurant! Something terrible has happened! Boss Qin just went out. He said he's going to have a life-or-death duel with Qin Hanwu."

Xiao Zhan was immediately startled and hurriedly asked, "How long has Boss Qin been gone?"

The proprietress said, "About ten minutes later, before he left, he told me to contact you if he couldn't come back, so I called you."

"Young Master Xiao, I don't want anything to happen to him. Can you stop them from fighting? After all, this cycle of revenge is endless!"

Xiao Zhan hurriedly asked, "Did Boss Qin say where he went?"

The proprietress choked back tears, saying, "I asked him, but he wouldn't tell me where he went, Young Master Xiao. I really don't want anything to happen to him. More than twenty years have passed. Whatever grudges we have should be put aside, whatever hatred we have should have dissipated. He's already in his forties, how much longer can he live? What's the point of fighting over those things?"

Xiao Zhan raised an eyebrow and said, "You don't understand. This is a matter between two men. Boss, don't worry. Don't worry, I'll find a way to stop them. Let me know immediately if you have any new information. Let's leave it at that for now."

What could the proprietress say?

All he could say was, "Thank you, Young Master Xiao."

The proprietress put down her phone and muttered to herself, "Young Master Xiao also said it was a matter between two men. I really don't understand. What's wrong with men? Are they willing to risk their lives for face? As long as they're happy, that's all that matters. What good is it if two brothers fight over the family fortune? What good is getting hundreds of millions? They still end up sleeping in the same bed and eating three meals a day. You can't take money with you when you die. In the end, you're just burned to ashes and put in a small box to return to dust."

"When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out; why argue about right and wrong?"

Just then, the head chef walked over and said, "Boss lady, are you leaving early today?"

The proprietress said, "Yes, we're not taking any customers now."

Xiao Zhan put down the phone and said to Xia Keke, "Qin Hanwen and Qin Hanwu are going to have a showdown tonight. You should immediately pass on the word and keep a close eye on their every move and report back to me at any time."

Xia Keke: "Are you really going to stop them from fighting each other?"

Xiao Zhan: "The boss's wife called me for help, so I had to check on her. Besides, Qin Hanwen can't die yet, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to Huanhuan later."

Xia Keke laughed and said, "You're afraid that Huanhuan will come after you when she finds out the truth, right?"

"Hahaha, I never expected that our upright and indomitable Young Master Xiao would be a henpecked husband."

Xiao Zhan wasn't angry at all; instead, he grinned and said, "Being afraid of your wife doesn't mean you can't eat. So what if you're henpecked? I think being afraid of your wife is a kind of happiness."

"Because the people in this world who can scare me are always the people I care about."

"If I don't care, what can Heaven do to me!"

Xia Keke gave a thumbs up and said with a hint of sourness, "Huanhuan is so lucky to have met such an extraordinary man like you in this life. She must have accumulated a lot of good karma in her past life."