“These girls are so baffling, what on earth are they thinking about every day…”

Coming back to his senses, Lin Fan shook his head, feeling somewhat speechless.

What is this, a public confession?

But a master is a master, how could one cross the boundary of ethics to have a romance with a female disciple?

Can’t think about it, even thinking is a sin!

Settling his mind, Lin Fan picked up the two Green Phoenix Vine leaves, bringing them to his eyes to examine them closely.

Truly a rare and precious herbal plant, its faint fragrance alone was enough.

To stir the depths of the mark on his heart, subtly signaling restless activity.

“Can’t delay any longer… Xuanwu Mountain will definitely dispatch people promptly to resolve the Ying family’s troubles.”

Murmuring indistinctly, Lin Fan furrowed his brows, his heart filled with a stark resolve.

There’s always someone stronger, a higher mountain to climb.

To support a colossal entity like the Ying family, Xuanwu Mountain’s strength is undeniably extraordinary.

No matter how rarely Lin Fan encountered opponents on his journey.

He must approach the upcoming crises with utmost caution.

Exhaling a long breath, Lin Fan retrieved some of the medicinal ingredients he brought for this journey and went straight to the kitchen in the courtyard.

Pa!

Pressing the switch, he found a clay pot in the kitchen, as bright as daytime, and began brewing the medicine.

The medicinal liquid bubbled and boiled within the pot.

Strands of peculiar medicine aroma, accompanied by the steam, rose and filled the surrounding area.

As minutes passed, it became more intense.

After a while, seeing that the timing was right.

Lin Fan turned off the heat, poured the steaming green medicinal liquid into a bowl, blew on it, and drank it all in one gulp.

Boom!

In an instant, he felt as if he had swallowed a burning coal!

The potent medicinal effect erupted in his body, shaking countless veins and arteries.

“…”

Lin Fan gritted his teeth, his brows furrowed in deep pain, desperately channeling energy to suppress the rampaging Inner Breath.

Thankfully, the immense pain came quickly and went away just as fast.

About five minutes later, he relaxed completely, exhaling a long breath.

“Did it work…?”

Wiping the sweat off his forehead with a sleeve.

Lin Fan unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the Seven-Core Deadly Lotus on his chest.

The lotus flower-shaped colorful mark had become even more vivid and lively.

The previously dull green lotus petal now glimmered with a dim azure glow.

Only a sole red spot remained unchanged.

“What is this thing, could it be a living creature?”

Lin Fan’s cheeks moved silently as he fixed his gaze on that single red spot.

Only one step left to completely remove the Seven-Core Deadly Lotus’s toxicity.

Fire Fungus, just missing the Fire Fungus!

But the problem is, even his mother searched fervently for seven years with no results.

He’s not even sure if this heavenly treasure truly exists in the world.

“At least my strength has roughly recovered eighty percent, let’s take it one step at a time…”

Internally sighing, Lin Fan focused on the powerful energy within him, nodding silently.

Quickly tidying everything up, he turned off the kitchen lights.

Then returned to his room to sit cross-legged and meditate, further absorbing the lingering effects of the medicine.

At this moment.

At the Hilton International Hotel in the Imperial Capital, under the predawn sky.

“President, congratulations on returning safely!”

Outside the penthouse suite on the top floor.

The Sakura Country short-haired female assistant and Su Mengqing, still wearing her formal attire, endured her drowsiness while waiting.

Watching the elevator door open at the end of the corridor, Iguchi Tama walked out with a slightly fatigued expression.

The two couldn’t help but exchange glances, joyously stepping forward.

“Hmph, I knew those Xia Country people wouldn’t dare to trouble you.”

“Our Iguchi Pharmaceutical Group’s international influence is beyond their imagination!”

The short-haired female assistant showed a proud expression, full of superiority.

Su Mengqing nodded along, somewhat awkwardly walking behind Iguchi Tama, unsure of how to speak.

She had been discarded once as a pawn by the other party.

But in order to rise again, she could only swallow her pride, suppressing her inner emotions.

“Is someone sent to keep an eye on the Xia Family Mansion?”

The three returned to the suite’s living room together.

Iguchi Tama took off her black trench coat, revealing a high-necked, black, thin sweater.

Her exquisite and alluring curves were immediately revealed without doubt.

She reclined on the leather sofa behind the coffee table, took the champagne handed over by the short-haired female assistant, and sipped gently.

“Everything has been arranged, and any sign of movement over there won’t escape our eyes!”

The short-haired female assistant smiled confidently, speaking with full assurance.

“Mengqing, don’t blame me. You should understand the situation at that time very clearly.”

Iguchi Tama nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the standing Su Mengqing.

“I made such a choice to keep you out of it.”

“Hmm, I understand.”

Su Mengqing agreed sullenly, a flash of reluctance and helplessness in her eyes.

“…How much do you know about Lin Fan’s past? Has he ever told you about his days in the Hulin Guard?”

After a moment of silence, Iguchi Tama put down her wine glass, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.

For some reason, she increasingly felt that that bastard was very much like a detestable guy from deep in her memory.

“No, we got married after a year of knowing each other and lived together for four years, but he was always reticent and rarely talked about his past.”

Following Iguchi Tama’s signal, Su Mengqing sat down diagonally opposite her with her head lowered.

Recalling those past scenes as if they were from another lifetime.

Su Mengqing’s expression was momentarily dazed, murmuring as she shook her head.

Come to think of it, how could she have had the extra energy and time back then?

To care about someone she instinctively distanced herself from and was indifferent to?

She was entirely focused on work and business, without even noticing all the mysteries surrounding Lin Fan.

“He deliberately kept things from you, didn’t you ever think to ask more?”

Hearing this response, Iguchi Tama was visibly dissatisfied.

“Perhaps at that time, he was also unwilling to reveal those unbearable past events.”

Su Mengqing shook her head, feelings of resentment and sorrow welling up inside her.

Living under the same roof for years, that bastard remained unfathomable.

If only you, Lin Fan, had revealed even a little sooner.

Things would never have reached the point they’ve reached today!

Making me, Su Mengqing, live under someone else’s roof, fallen so low as to appear like a stray dog someone picked up?

Lin Fan, I hate you.

I, Su Mengqing, will hate you for eternity!

“…Bring over Lin Fan’s information.”

Seeing Su Mengqing’s eyes redden and her head lower in silence, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Iguchi Tama realized nothing more could be gleaned through questioning.

Feeling quite disappointed, she turned and spoke to her short-haired female assistant.

“Ling Qianfan… why wasn’t your name on the list of new recruits for the Hulin Guard back then?”

After a moment, Iguchi Tama pored over the data on the tablet, her delicate brows knitted tightly.

Back then, on the northern border, she and that self-proclaimed “Ling Qianfan” Xia Country soldier shared an unforgettable wilderness survival experience.

The two supported each other, gradually developing feelings.

Even after many years, recalling it brought Iguchi Tama sweet feelings.

But just as they were about to be rescued.

The boy silently abandoned her, never to appear again!

This emotional scar ran through almost all of Iguchi Tama’s youth, never fully healing.

Unwilling, she was full of hatred.

She wanted to search the entire northern region of Xia Country.

Just to find that detestable guy and ask him face to face why!

“No, this can’t be, this is absolutely impossible… why were you enlisted in the same year, and served there for training at the same time?”

The next moment.

Iguchi Tama opened up Lin Fan’s (Ying Bufan’s) detailed records.

And when her eyes fell on those well-documented records.

Her pupils contracted intensely, suddenly realizing something.

“Ling Qianfan, Lin Qianfan… Lin Fan, haha, hahahaha!”

Boom!

Her mind went blank in an instant, her vision blacking out for a moment.

Iguchi Tama laughed.

Suddenly laughing heart-wrenchingly, tears streaming down her face!

It was him, it really was him!

No wonder, from the first glance, she felt a sense of familiarity.

“So, when you were in Haicheng, did you fail to recognize me because you had already forgotten me, Iguchi Tama?”

“Bastard, you damned bastard, baka!!”

Bang!

Suddenly awakening to the truth, Iguchi Tama flew into a rage, crying and laughing simultaneously.

Unexpectedly grabbing the wine goblet on the coffee table, smashing it into pieces on the carpet!

Who could have imagined that fate would play such a colossal joke on her.

That the Xia Country soldier who left such a deep mark on her heart would unintentionally become her adversary once again.

But now stands as a mortal enemy directly opposing her!

“President, you, what’s wrong?”

Seeing this, both the short-haired female assistant and Su Mengqing were startled, exchanging dismayed glances.

The former cautiously, quite concerned, asked in a low voice.

“Ah Long, I found him, I finally found him… Lin Fan is the man who abandoned me in the wilderness years ago!”

Iguchi Tama trembled all over, desperately holding back her tears, smiling through gritted teeth.

The cold, stunning face now stained with tears, appeared incomparably resentful and full of hatred.

What, what?

So Iguchi Tama and Lin Fan knew each other long ago?

It seems… she was the woman he abandoned!

A sharp intake of breath sounded.

Only to see the short-haired female assistant Ah Long gape, gasping in shock.

Su Mengqing’s eyes narrowed sharply, nearly biting her tongue in disbelief!

“Right, isn’t it laughable?”

“I, a distinguished descendant of the Iguchi family and president of Iguchi Pharmaceutical Group, was once mercilessly abandoned by someone…”

Iguchi Tama wiped away her tears, her mouth filled with bitterness, looking at Su Mengqing with a complicated expression.

“That detestable bastard abandoned you and also abandoned me back then… we are both women Lin Fan abandoned.

“But I refuse to accept it, I must make him regret!”

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