Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

It was not until the evening that the Xiaohun Restaurant gradually quieted down and orders stopped being taken. There were only three or four tables of guests who had not finished their meals. After sending these people away, the business for the day was completely over.

"Damn! I'm finally done!"

Lin Mei grinned and pulled at her collar in an unruly manner, through which a glimpse of spring could be vaguely seen.

On the other side, Lin Shu, who had just cleaned up the kitchen, also came out wiping herself with a towel. She glanced at the few remaining customers in the restaurant, and then walked to the counter and spoke lightly to Lin Yan who was calculating the bill.

"Lin Yan, I want to rest tomorrow."

"Okay, let's close the store tomorrow."

Lin Yan nodded slightly and did not object. They did not open the shop to make money. They could close it if they wanted to or open it if they wanted to. It was completely up to them.

"Boss Lin, bring another bottle of plum wine."

"OK, wait."

Hearing the order coming from the corner of the restaurant, Lin Yan responded loudly, saying that although the kitchen had stopped working, ready-made items such as drinks could still be served.

Lin Shu was just about to turn around to get it when Lin Wu, who had just finished tidying upstairs, came down. She glanced at the two people in the corner and whispered to Lin Shu.

"Sister Lin Shu, I'll go get it."

After saying that, he turned and entered the wine cellar next to the kitchen. Lin Mei glanced at Lin Wu who entered the wine cellar, then glanced at the two people in the corner. She couldn't help but frowned and came to Lin Yan and asked quietly.

"Lin Yan, is Lin Wu's contact with them becoming more and more frequent? Is that okay?"

"Don't worry about it. They can't detect it with their strength." Lin Yan rolled her eyes at Lin Mei. "You are always concerned about these insignificant things."

The corners of Lin Mei's mouth couldn't stop twitching. Although she was angry, she quickly calmed down.

That's true. If those two people could have noticed something, there's no way they could have stayed in the Black Horn region in hiding for three years.

At this time, the camera moved to a table in the corner of the restaurant where a man and a woman were sitting, where they had just ordered plum wine. The man looked unrestrained and uninhibited, and the woman also had an extraordinary temperament. It was obvious at a glance that both of them were extraordinary people, and this was indeed the case.

Xiao Yan's cousin, Xiao Ning, the director of the Evil Prison Intelligence Department, has the strength of a one-star Dou Zun, and Xiao Mei, the director of the Evil Prison Logistics Department, has the strength of a peak Dou Zong.

"Ah~~~ I haven't seen cousin Xiao Yan for a long time. I miss him so much. I wonder when he will come back."

Xiao Mei held a stern face. Although years of time and work had made her mature from her once spoiled personality, when she mentioned Xiao Yan, the expression on her face was still filled with nostalgia as it was when she was a child.

Xiao Ning on the opposite side waved his chopsticks and responded casually.

"I'm afraid there's no hope during this period. I've often received news from Zhongzhou during this period. He's very busy. Compared to what's happening over there, the Black Horn Region is nothing."

The news of Xiao Yan's establishment of the Tianhe Alliance had spread to the Black Horn Region a long time ago. That was a super alliance that covered almost the entire Zhongzhou. It was simply not comparable to the Black Horn Region, a central commercial area in the northwest continent. Considering that the Tianhe Alliance was currently dealing with a lot of things, Xiao Ning really couldn't think of a reason why Xiao Yan would find time to come back.

Of course Xiao Mei understood what Xiao Ning said and sighed deeply.

"That's right. Cousin Xiao Yan has a lot of things to do in Zhongzhou, and the children have taken over. There is no need for him to come back."

"Hey~ Speaking of children, Xiao Yan has been in love with many people in his life. How many do he have?" Xiao Ning joked happily, and looked at Xiao Mei who raised her eyebrows and smiled maliciously, "What? You haven't given up yet?"

Xiao Mei's nerves were slightly aroused, and her light red eyes stared at Xiao Ning with resentment and said coldly.

"If you can't speak, you don't have to. If you really can't, I can sew your mouth shut."

"Hey hey hey ~ forget it, I rely on this mouth to work now."

Xiao Ning quickly raised his hands in surrender. He really had no idea what to do with his sister. Even though he was now at a higher level than her, he was still pinned to the ground and beaten.

Of course, Xiao Mei had no real intention of taking action. Xiao Ning's status in the Black Horn Region was not low now. Although Xiao Mei's attitude towards him had always been like that, she still had to give her cousin some face, otherwise he would really not be able to work in the future.

Then Xiao Mei's expression became slightly gloomy, and she spoke slowly.

"By the way, there is still no news about Sister Xiao Yu."

"Well"

Xiao Ning's hand that was picking up the food suddenly stopped, and his expression instantly became depressed.

It has been almost seven years since Xiao Yu was abducted, but there is still no news and no one knows how Xiao Yu is doing now.

They all believed in Xiao Yan and believed that Xiao Yan would do his best to bring Xiao Yu back.

But some things cannot be accomplished by just trying your best.

"Hello, is this the plum wine you ordered?"

Just when the two were feeling depressed, a pleasant voice broke their thoughts. Turning around, they saw Lin Wu standing by the table holding a jar full of plum wine. Xiao Ning reacted, chuckled and nodded.

“We ordered it.”

"Sister Lin Wu, thank you."

Xiao Mei also smiled and nodded in thanks. Lin Wu smiled softly, holding the wine jar and began to pour wine into the glasses in front of the two people, then asked softly.

"The Xiao Yu you just mentioned, is he the previous acting leader?"

"Eh? Did you hear that?"

Xiao Mei was slightly stunned, while Lin Wu apologized softly and embarrassedly.

"Sorry, I didn't eavesdrop on you on purpose. I just happened to hear some of it when I came here just now." Lin Wu slowly placed the wine jar on the table. "It's just that I've often heard this name in the Black Horn Region in recent years, but I've never seen her, so I'm a little curious about this person."

"It's okay, it's okay. Sister Lin Wu, you don't have to apologize. Sister Xiao Yu's affairs are not a secret in the Black Horn Region."

Xiao Mei waved her hand lightly, and Xiao Ning spoke slowly while holding the wine glass.

"Sister Xiao Yu is my biological sister, and also Xiao Mei's clan sister. She was abducted in the Black Horn Region a few years ago, and there has been no news since then."

"I see. Sorry, I shouldn't have asked."

Lin Wu's face revealed an apologetic look. After drinking the wine, Xiao Ning shook his head slightly and smiled.

"It's okay, there's nothing to be taboo about." Xiao Ning picked up the wine jar and poured himself some wine. "And I don't know why, but I always feel that Sister Lin Wu gives me a special feeling of intimacy, so I often come here to eat."

"Eh? You too? Me too. I always feel like I've seen Sister Lin Wu somewhere, but I can't remember where." Xiao Mei was also surprised, and Lin Wu looked at them in astonishment.

Although she didn't say anything, Lin Wu actually had an inexplicable feeling in her heart, as if she had known Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei for a long time.

After that, the three of them chatted for a while. When the wine was almost finished, Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei asked Lin Yan to pay the bill. Then they waved goodbye to Lin Wu, left the restaurant and strolled under the moonlight.

After seeing the two off, Lin Wu came to the table and started to clean it up, humming a little tune softly, obviously in a good mood.

"Hey, Lin Wu, what are you so happy about? Tell me."

Lin Mei suddenly came up and put her arm around Lin Wu's shoulders. Lin Wu was startled at first, but then she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lin Mei and smiled softly.

"Nothing, I just had a very happy chat with Xiao Ning and the others."

"Xiao Ning? Those two just now?"

Lin Mei's expression froze, and there was clearly something wrong with her eyes, but Lin Wu didn't notice at all and continued talking to herself.

"Well, I don't know why they give me a very familiar feeling, as if we have known each other for a long time."

"Is it."

Lin Mei frowned tightly, turned around and winked at Lin Yan and Lin Shu. Lin Yan raised her eyebrows slightly, walked over slowly and chuckled.

"It feels very intimate. Is it more intimate than with the three of us?" Lin Yan raised her sleeves to wipe the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, looking miserable. "Look, the three of us sisters worked so hard to take care of you, but we didn't expect that two random people would just take you away and run away. Wuwuwu~"

Lin Mei and Lin Shu looked at Lin Yan pretending to cry and were speechless. Your method of changing the subject is too...
"Sister Lin Yan, don't cry, you must be the ones who love me the most!"

Holy shit! It really works?
Lin Mei and Lin Shu looked at Lin Wu in astonishment as she came forward to comfort Lin Yan. When Lin Yan saw Lin Wu rushing up to comfort her, the feigned sadness on her face disappeared. She smiled gently and raised her hand to gently stroke Lin Wu's hair.

"I'm just kidding. Of course the sisters are very happy that you have other friends. The restaurant happens to be closed tomorrow, why don't you go and ask them to go out with you?"

Hearing Lin Yan's words, Lin Mei and Lin Shu's expressions changed, while Lin Wu's face was full of joy.

"Is it really possible?"

"Yeah~ Of course." Lin Yan patted Lin Wu's head and said softly, "You can go back today and leave the rest to us. You have to dress up well when you go out with your friends tomorrow."

"it is good!"

Lin Wu nodded happily, waved goodbye to Lin Yan and the other two, and hurriedly left the restaurant.

After Lin Wu left, Lin Mei and Lin Shu's expressions suddenly became serious, and Lin Mei even stared at Lin Yan with resentment in her eyes.

"Lin Yan, what do you mean by that?" Lin Mei stood in front of Lin Yan, "Don't you know what the relationship between those two people and Lin Wu is? Why did you let Lin Wu get so close to them?"

Lin Yan and the other two already knew everything about Lin Wu when they first arrived in the Black Horn Region. That was why Lin Mei didn't want Lin Wu to have any contact with Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei.

What if Lin Wu really recovers her memory later? Then what will they be in Lin Wu's eyes?
Compared to Lin Mei, Lin Shu seemed much calmer. She knew that Lin Yan would never do anything without a reason. After thinking for a moment, she frowned and looked at Lin Yan and asked.

"Do you think the time is almost up?"

"Time? What time?"

Lin Mei turned her head to look at Lin Shu, her mind full of question marks, and she couldn't understand what she was saying at all. Lin Yan looked at Lin Shu and nodded slightly.

"Well, three years. To be honest, I feel like this time is too long." Lin Yan turned around and walked outside the restaurant, looking up at the starry sky. "I got the news some time ago that the Tianhe League established by Xiao Yan in Zhongzhou has done a lot of things in the past three years, and one of them is to start clearing out the outlaws who have committed numerous crimes in Zhongzhou."

"And that, of course, includes us."

Lin Yan's voice was extremely low. Not to mention what they had done with their own hands, just the fact that Yunying had put the blame on them was enough for Xiao Yan to kill them all.

More importantly, Xiao Yan already knew that Lin Wu was with them. Even if it was just for Lin Wu, Xiao Yan would never let them go.

“Besides, don’t forget, the two of you are still watching us.” Lin Yan glanced at Lin Mei and Lin Shu, who looked unhappy. “Even if we can hide with Lin Wu for a lifetime, we can never hide from her. If she wants, she can even wipe us out from this world right now.”

"The reason why she hasn't made a move yet is that she's just waiting for me to find her. However, it's been three years. With her patience, she can wait for us for three years. Even I'm surprised."

"That means we should face reality."

Lin Mei and Lin Shu were silent for a long time after hearing this. Lin Mei clenched her fists and asked in a deep voice.

"So what you mean is, get rid of Lin Wu as soon as possible, right?"

"What else?" Lin Yan turned around and looked at Lin Mei, and said coldly: "Or do you want to take Lin Wu with you to be buried with us?"

"I"

Lin Mei was about to speak when Lin Yan interrupted her.

"It would be fine if we were just buried with him, but the real problem is that we are not dead, and then the fact that Lin Wu followed us is exposed. By that time, everyone will naturally think that Lin Wu was involved in what we did, and then Lin Wu will become a villain who will be hated by everyone like us."

As Lin Yan spoke these words word by word, Lin Mei's expression became more and more panicked, and Lin Yan even asked a final question.

"Do you want Lin Wu to live the same decadent life as us?"

"It's for her own good to push her out as soon as possible before she's dragged into the abyss with us."

"The three of us have been on the run until now, hiding our identities and working in this shabby restaurant for three years, isn't it just for this?"

Lin Yan's words were so sharp that Lin Mei couldn't find any words to refute. She was silent for a long time, nodded, and responded in a low voice.

"Um"

After looking at the depressed Lin Mei, Lin Shu thought for a while and asked Lin Yan.

"So, when are you going to finish?"

"Let's wait for a while. It's not the best time yet. We must ensure that by the end, Lin Wu and the three of us are completely separated. No one else should know that Lin Wu has any relationship with us." Hun Yan lowered her head slightly, looking in the distance in the direction of their and Lin Wu's residence, and said softly, "Let's take advantage of this time to spend some last time with Lin Wu, as her sisters."

".That's true."

Lin Shu paused for a while, then shrugged her shoulders, a sad smile appeared on her face, mixed with a hint of relief.

For those of them who should have long since sunk into endless darkness, it was a gift from heaven to have a moment of companionship from a beam of light like Lin Wu. How could they greedily desire for more? (End of this chapter)