novelweb Chapter 1778: Go to war or surrender?
Chapter 1778: Go to war or surrender?
"Damn!!"
Han Ziming's voice sank and his aura suddenly changed.
He never expected that Netherworld Villa would act so quickly, target his son, and use kidnapping to force him to compromise and surrender.
"I'm sorry, brother... I was negligent. I didn't protect Mingxu well..."
Han Zilin said with tears in her eyes.
"this is not your fault."
Han Ziming shook his head, his face looking extremely ugly.
"You should recover from your injuries first."
After saying that, Han Ziming left the bedroom and went to the living room.
"Brother, is Mingxu in trouble?"
An old man asked hurriedly.
Han Ziming's face turned pale and he said nothing.
Just then, there was a noise outside, and two people who looked like family heads came quickly from outside.
Qingyang Villa is supported by not only the Han family, but by three major families: the Han family, the Qi family, and the Nangong family.
"Brother, what happened?"
The head of the Qi family, Qi Yongyuan frowned and said, the head of the Nangong family, Nangong Ping, beside him was the same, with a look of anxiety on his face.
"Youming Villa... attacked Xu'er and the others!"
Han Ziming told the others that although he appeared calm on the surface and knew his son's life would not be in danger for the time being, as a father he could not help but feel anxious.
"what?!"
Qi Yongyuan's expression changed.
"Damn it! How dare you use such a despicable method!"
Nangong Ping clenched his fists and his aura changed.
"They gave me one day, that is, before the sun sets, to bring Xing Yuntan to exchange for Xu'er!"
After Han Ziming finished speaking, he slowly sat down at the first seat.
"This……"
Qi Yongyuan and the other person exchanged glances with the elders. In fact, they were not very surprised by the other party's conditions.
"Brother, I will contact Feng Lei to teach them that even if it means a fight to the death with Youming Villa, we must not compromise and must rescue Mingxu!"
"That's right! You're going too far! If we fight with all our strength, we may still have a chance of winning!"
Several elders from the Han family spoke one after another, extremely indignant.
"I'll go back and prepare!"
Nangong Ping also said excitedly.
"The third one!"
Han Ziming called out to Nangong Ping, but he had not made a final decision in his mind.
"If... a full-scale war really breaks out, Feng Lei and the others... may not be reliable."
An old man said slowly, with a worried look on his face.
"We can't compromise. This is not just for Mingxu! It's for our entire Qingyang Villa to not become puppets of Youming Villa in the future! If we surrender now, we will definitely have no way out!"
Nangong Ping said loudly.
"Old Three, don't get excited yet."
Qi Yongyuan calmed down a bit and comforted Nangong Ping.
For a moment, everyone's expressions became extremely complicated. Whether to go to war or to compromise, everyone was very conflicted, but the answer in some people's minds seemed very clear.
Everyone argued again and expressed their own opinions, but there were not many voices of compromise, and the main voice was anger.
More than ten minutes later, everyone finally calmed down and their eyes all fell on Han Ziming, who had not said a word. At this time, the sun had slowly risen and a new day had arrived again.
"Second brother, what do you think?"
Han Ziming calmed down and looked at Qi Yongyuan.
"I……"
Qi Yongyuan was stunned.
"I'm not afraid of an all-out war, but we should still be rational. Compared to the size of Netherworld Villa, we..."
"Second brother, what do you mean? Do you want to surrender too?"
Nangong Ping questioned.
"Listen to what I have to say."
Qi Yongyuan didn't blame Nangong Ping for anything.
"Mingxu is not in danger of death right now. We still have some time. We should think of a foolproof plan. I'll go to Netherworld Villa first!"
"That won't work. If you get detained by those guys again, we'll just have to go to war!"
Nangong Ping spoke again.
"Rather than going to war, I hope our people can survive for the time being. They won't be able to use Xing Yun Tan's power for a while."
Qi Yongyuan insisted.
"But……"
Nangong Ping has to continue.
"Xu'er... although he is my son, compared to the fate of the entire Qingyang Villa, his life is not enough to threaten me and make me surrender completely."
Finally, Han Ziming spoke slowly.
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed again. Did the owner of the manor really intend to abandon his son Han Mingxu?
"Big brother..."
An elder from the Han family said anxiously.
Han Ziming raised his hand and interrupted several people.
"Since they are threatening me in this way, it just proves that they don't want to have a complete conflict with us. Then they will also suffer heavy losses, and they must be afraid that there is someone behind them!
As for the time limit of this day...even if we go tonight, it should be me, as the father, who goes to Netherworld Villa."
Han Ziming finally looked at Qi Yongyuan.
"I mean, I'm going alone!"
"Big brother..."
Qi Yongyuan and Nangong Ping wanted to say something else.
"Go ahead and let me think about it. But we still have to be prepared for the possibility that Netherworld Villa will initiate a war, just in case!"
Han Ziming glanced around and said majestically.
"understand!"
Qi Yongyuan and the others bowed in response, and without saying anything more, they dispersed. They were very uneasy in their hearts, and the shadow of a war was looming in everyone's mind.
"Take good care of the third one."
Han Ziming looked at the old man beside him, and the latter nodded vigorously.
Afterwards, Han Ziming came outside. A gust of wind blew, and large clouds in the sky were covering the sun, and the sky immediately became gloomy.
"Xu'er...I will definitely rescue you!"
Han Ziming said slowly, and then went to the training area.
Behind him, his second brother Han Zicheng quickly followed with a gloomy face.
"Big brother."
Han Zicheng followed him into the training area.
"What happened?"
Xing Yuntan noticed something and asked Han Ziming.
"It's Xu'er..."
Han Ziming put it simply.
"Brother, are you really going to Netherworld Villa alone?"
Han Zicheng asked.
"Second brother, if I have to, I will use myself to exchange for Xu'er, but you must be prepared!"
Han Ziming said seriously, looking at Xing Yuntan.
"Senior, until then, please take care of Xu'er!"
Hearing this, Xing Yuntan fell silent.
"If I can save the entire Qingyang Villa, I would rather you give me away."
After a while, Xing Yuntan spoke again, but he knew very well that Netherworld Villa was not targeting him entirely.
"Big brother..."
Han Zicheng seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
Han Ziming saw something and was very confused. This was not his second brother's style.
"Mingxu returned to Guangde Academy in secret. Along the way, Lao San and his team were on guard, one on the surface and the other on the cover. Logically, no one should know his whereabouts.
I just think that Netherworld Villa shouldn't know about this, so how did they determine Mingxu's return route?"
Han Zicheng hesitated.
"What do you mean? Could it be that there is a traitor in our Han family?"
Han Ziming frowned.
"Brother, I am just analyzing the facts. If I were someone from Netherworld Villa and didn't want to start a war, I would definitely want to disintegrate us from within."
Han Zicheng said seriously.
"If our Han family is like a fortress, then..."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Han Ziming shouted softly.
"I don't want you to speculate about my own people. I just want you to be on guard. In addition, there is one thing I am sure of. When Mingxu left, he ran into the head of the Qi family..."
Han Zicheng continued.
"Of course, I hope I am overthinking it. It is also possible that some people in the academy are secretly colluding with Youming Mountain Villa, which is why what happened at night happened..."