After Awakening, She Tore Apart Her Enemies and Joined the Army on an Island - Chapter 16

He was very cautious, lowering his voice as he spoke.

But the words stopped short on his lips.

Su Meng anxiously grabbed his hand, “Where is my father?”

She looked at Su Ada with pleading eyes, and in her urgency, her grip unconsciously tightened.

Su Ada seemed not to feel any pain.

He gazed at Su Meng and sighed, “Xiao Meng, don’t rush! Once I can move, I will definitely bring the family head back.”

“I can do it! Tell me, I can definitely do it.” Su Meng wanted to find her father as quickly as possible.

She missed him!

Su Ada withdrew his hand, avoiding Su Meng’s gaze, and stiffly changed the subject, “First, tell me about the situation in Shanghai.”

Su Meng thought he wanted to understand the external threats to weigh whether it was time to retrieve Su Mianzhi, so she recounted the events of the past few days in detail.

Of course, she omitted her awakening to the plot, obtaining the space, and emptying the family assets.

She thought that even in front of her father, she might keep these things hidden.

Ada listened quietly as the girl calmly described Zhong Wanrou and others’ sinister faces, his gaunt face showing no expression.

But his tightly clenched fists and whitened knuckles revealed his inner turmoil.

“You did very well!” Ada said.

A girl sent abroad to live alone at the age of ten, returning eight years later only to face the schemes of wolves and tigers, escaping unscathed was the best outcome.

Unexpectedly, she had also managed to bring the wrongdoers to justice without drawing attention.

“Truly worthy of being a member of the Su family! Xiao Meng, your father will be proud of you.” Ada praised sincerely.

At some point, Granny had entered and was leaning against the doorframe, her handkerchief soaked with tears.

“Yes! Our young lady is the best! Brave and resourceful, comparable to General Xue Rengui.”

Su Meng smiled modestly, “Granny, I’m not that impressive. I must thank you for repeatedly risking danger to warn me. You are the wise and courageous Lady Yang.”

Without the space as her backup, Su Meng would have retreated upon first receiving Granny’s warning.

In that case, she wouldn’t have sent Shen Wuyang away so quickly.

“By the way! How did you rescue me from the young master’s hands?”

Hearing Ada’s words, Su Meng instinctively looked at Granny and parted her red lips, “I was…”

Before she could finish, the courtyard gate was knocked.

A voice called out, “Sister Cuihua, I saw your eldest young master. Come quickly!”

Cuihua was Granny’s name.

Granny froze for a moment, slapped her thighs hard, exclaimed “Ah,” and turned to run outside.

The “eldest young master” they referred to was Su Meng’s eldest uncle.

“Uncle?”

Su Meng was stunned for a moment, then also ran out after her.

She knew full well that her maternal grandfather’s family had gone into hiding to avoid the political movements, so even if her eldest uncle were to return home, he wouldn’t make such a public display.

At the same time, she didn’t find it odd that Granny called her “young lady” or that others referred to him as the “eldest young master.”

Having not seen her relatives for over a decade, her joy overshadowed everything else.

Ada withdrew his outstretched hand, shook his head, and chuckled, “After all, she’s still a child.” Prone to impulsiveness.

He was originally a martial artist.

After taking the life-saving pill Su Meng gave him and getting sufficient rest, his body’s recovery functions were naturally stronger than an ordinary person’s.

Ada tried to sense the flow of his inner energy.

However, due to years of torment, his meridians were severely damaged, and the flow of his vital energy was obstructed, causing him excruciating pain. Sweat poured from him like rain, and his face grew pale.

But he refused to accept defeat, unwilling to remain a cripple. He longed to stand up again as soon as possible.

Enduring inhuman suffering, he tried again and again, only to fail repeatedly.

When Su Meng rushed back, she saw Ada with a pained expression, his eyes closed as he regulated his breathing.

“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?” she asked with concern, reaching to check his pulse, but Ada dodged her hand.

“I’m fine. Why are you back so soon? Where’s your uncle?” Ada asked in a trembling voice, his gaze shifting toward the door.

Su Meng chuckled softly. “That wasn’t my uncle. But I need to go out again. A foreign delegation has arrived, and they need my help with translation.”

Ada frowned. The words of concern that swirled on the tip of his tongue transformed into, “If there’s any danger, run. Understand?”

Given the current situation, although not everyone with overseas connections was immediately subjected to investigation without cause, the Su family was already on the list for “cutting off capitalist tails.” Su Meng had narrowly escaped trouble, and it was best for her to keep a low profile.

Su Meng understood his worries. Though Jiang Weimin had promised to help her avoid being targeted as a capitalist, if she were reported for other reasons, she would undoubtedly face punishment. Their arrangement was a one-time deal.

Su Meng carried the blood of the Su family and could never fully shake off the identity of a capitalist’s daughter. She didn’t want to live in constant fear, hiding and evading. She wanted to live openly and freely under the sun.

“Don’t worry! This foreign delegation is an opportunity. I want to seize every chance to change my fate.”

Even if this opportunity didn’t become the bargaining chip for her to live freely, there would be another.

Earlier, when Su Meng had gone out, she had seen a man in a Zhongshan suit whose profile closely resembled her uncle’s, struggling to explain something to a group of foreigners in broken English.

“Sister Cuihua, isn’t that your eldest son? Why is he standing with foreign spies?” an elderly neighbor remarked.

Hearing this, the crowd that had gathered out of curiosity about the foreigners grew wary, casting suspicious glances at Cuihua and Su Meng.

Su Meng, startled by the woman’s disdain and provocation, corrected her sternly, “Elderly aunt, you can’t just slander us like that. That man is not my uncle, and we are just ordinary citizens. There’s no ‘eldest son’ here, and we are certainly not spies as you speculate. If you continue like this, I’ll report you for defamation.”

The elderly woman quickly realized her mistake and shook off the old lady’s hand, declaring righteously, “I thought you were a friend, but it turns out you’re trying to harm me. You see a suspicious person and immediately claim he’s my nephew. How could you be so malicious?”

The commotion caught the attention of the man in the Zhongshan suit and the foreigners. It was hard to ignore, the hostility from the onlookers was palpable.

The man in the Zhongshan suit looked over sternly. “What nonsense are you spouting? This is a foreign delegation here for an inspection. I’m one of the reception staff, here’s my identification.”

Fearing that the crowd might wrongly label him a spy, he quickly pulled out his work permit.

Nie Rongchang?

Su Meng remembered.

In the book, before Zhong Wanrou left for Yangcheng, she encountered a few foreign friends. As a graduate of an international school, she had been about to show off her skills when she was jostled by the crowd and fell into the river.

By a stroke of luck, she happened to rescue a little girl from the river.

It was Nie Rongchang’s youngest daughter, Nie Pingting, who was also Nie Ronghua’s niece.

Because of this life-saving favor, Zhong Wanrou became an honored guest of the Nie family, laying the foundation for her future role as a daughter-in-law of the Nie family.

Su Meng looked amusedly at the wide street and the tree branches swaying in the wind on either side.

Only the moat described in the book was nowhere to be seen.

Could it be that because the female lead had responded to the nation’s call to go to the countryside, the plot had also changed accordingly?

How interesting!

Su Meng’s smile bloomed like a chrysanthemum in September, charming and enchanting.

Especially the small dimple on her left cheek, which seemed to be filled with the rich aroma of fine wine, making one unconsciously captivated.

“They’re calling you!”

Hearing this, she snapped back to reality and was abruptly pushed forward in a fluster.