The na didn’t cause much visible reaction in the room.
"I didn’t expect his strength to be that high," Du Wuchen continued. "I underestimated him and lost."
His tone remained even, as if stating a simple fact. Though what he truly felt was sothing only he knew.
Su Mo looked at him for a second.
"What else?"
Du Wuchen paused.
He seed to understand what was being asked, but after a mont, he shook his head.
"If you want to know who sent ," he said, "I’m sorry. I can’t say."
There was no hesitation in his voice this ti.
"He is my benefactor. I won’t bring him trouble."
Even if he had failed.
Even if he was now indebted to soone else.
That line he would never cross. Even if it ans death.
Su Mo raised an eyebrow slightly.
"That’s all?"
Du Wuchen frowned faintly, a little confused.
Su Mo observed him briefly, then let out a small breath.
"I already know it’s the Gu Family," he said casually. "That’s not what I ant."
Du Wuchen stiffened slightly at that, but didn’t interrupt.
Su Mo continued, "Do you know what happened after you were defeated?"
Du Wuchen shook his head.
"I don’t."
"A mass jailbreak," Su Mo said plainly.
"More than fifty people died. All the guards and the prisoners who didn’t want to escape."
The words were simple, but their weight was clear.
Du Wuchen’s expression changed imdiately.
"What?"
[He didn’t seem to be acting.]
Su Mo watched him carefully.
"And Ye Chen escaped along with many criminals," he added.
For a brief mont, Du Wuchen froze.
Then sothing clicked in his mind.
"If he escaped..." his voice tightened slightly, "then Mr Gu—"
He stood up almost instinctively.
"I need to go."
The reaction ca without much thought.
But before he could take a step—
"Sit."
Su Mo’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried enough pressure to stop him.
Du Wuchen paused.
"Gu Xuan has already made enough preparations," Su Mo said calmly. "You going now won’t change anything."
Du Wuchen clenched his fists slightly.
He clearly wasn’t fully convinced, but he didn’t move either.
After a mont, he slowly sat back down.
Seeing that, Su Mo continued.
"Tell about yourself? Why were you imprisoned?" he said. "From the beginning."
Du Wuchen took a breath.
His thoughts steadied a little.
"I used to work under the owner of a casino," he began. "My job was to deal with troublemakers."
"At that ti, I didn’t think much about it."
He paused slightly.
"Later, I found out the casino wasn’t just for gambling."
"Secretly, it also supplied illegal drugs and prostitution."
His tone remained calm, but there was a trace of heaviness beneath it.
"I didn’t want to be involved in that kind of business, so I decided to leave."
He gave a small, almost self-mocking smile.
"That was a mistake."
"The owner thought I might expose him," he continued. "So he decided to get rid of ."
"I fought back."
"There was a fight. I took down most of his n."
He paused briefly.
"But I didn’t expect what ca next."
"He killed his own n... and blad it on ."
Leng Shuang’s eyes flickered slightly.
What a clean setup. Simple, but effective.
"I beca a fugitive," Du Wuchen said. "Not just him, his partners also ca after ."
"And then..."
He slowed slightly.
"They targeted my family."
The room grew quieter.
"My wife. My daughter."
His voice didn’t waver, but it wasn’t as flat as before.
"I didn’t have much choice."
"If I didn’t kill them, they would kill us."
"So I acted first."
He didn’t elaborate further.
"I kept running after that," he continued. "Fighting whoever ca after ."
"That kind of life..." he shook his head slightly, "I didn’t want my family to live like that."
He paused.
"That’s when I t Gu Xuan."
His tone softened just a little.
"He had been a regular at the casino before. So, he knew ."
"After understanding my circumstances. He lent a helping hand."
"He arranged a safe place for my wife and daughter."
"And I dealt with the rest of my enemies."
Du Wuchen’s gaze lowered slightly.
"I killed the casino owner."
"Finally, after making sure my family was safe..."
He lifted his head again.
"I surrendered."
He stopped there as the room fell quiet again.
Su Mo fell silent for a mont.
On the surface, he appeared calm, as if he were thinking about Du Wuchen’s words. But behind the contact lenses he wore, his gaze had already changed.
His Devil’s Eyes had been active the entire ti.
Every expression, every pause, every subtle shift in Du Wuchen’s tone—nothing escaped his notice. With the support of his Insight ability, he had already confird that everything Du Wuchen said was true.
A faint glint of approval flashed across his eyes.
[Soone like him... is worth keeping.]
Yang Qingxi, who heard his inner voice, curved her lips slightly. She leaned back in her chair, no longer intending to interfere. Since Su Mo had made his decision, she was more interested in how he would proceed.
Su Mo finally spoke.
"Du Wuchen," he said, his tone steady, "let tell you sothing."
Du Wuchen looked up, his expression attentive.
"You don’t need to feel indebted to Gu Xuan anymore," Su Mo continued.
Du Wuchen frowned slightly. "What do you an, Sir?"
Su Mo t his gaze calmly. "Because you’ve already repaid him." A brief pause followed before he added, "With your life."
The room grew quiet.
Du Wuchen stared at him for a mont, clearly not understanding. Then he let out a small breath and shook his head.
"Sir... I appreciate that you saved ," he said carefully, "but I’m standing here just fine. I didn’t die."
"That’s just what you think," Su Mo interrupted. "You were already dead."
Du Wuchen’s expression stiffened slightly.
"I brought you back to life."
For a few seconds, no one spoke.
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