"Let go of me!" Nangong Xu roared, his eyes bloodshot and ready to tear.

"Boss, you can’t go in, it’s dangerous!"

"Motherf***er, if you don’t let go, I’ll kill you!"

"Boss, even if we die, we can’t let you go inside!"

Nangong Xu struggled like a trapped beast, but he couldn’t break through into the raging fire.

He looked up and saw Nangong Ruyue speaking to him.

Goodbye—

She could talk?

But in over twenty years, the only words she ever spoke to him were goodbye—

Nangong Xu stared at her intently, Nangong Ruyue smiled, turned around without any reluctance, and disappeared from his sight.

The helicopter finally arrived, and they planned to lower themselves from above to rescue Nangong Ruyue.

"Boom—"

A huge explosion sounded from inside the villa, followed by a terrible crashing noise.

The house collapsed—

The fierce fire continued to burn...

Nangong Xu’s wide, empty eyes stared as if in a dream.

Nangong Ruyue was dead, his child gone...

They all died...

After a lifetime of struggle, what was left for him?

"Ah—" Nangong Xu let out a piercing scream towards the sky, then suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed unconscious.

**************

Ruan Tianling had barely managed to bribe someone from the Nangong Family during this time.

Just as he planned to have that person help rescue Nangong Ruyue, they sent him a message.

The villa where Nangong Ruyue lived had exploded and burned down.

The entire Nangong Castle witnessed Nangong Ruyue perish in the fire.

The fire had burned for hours—

By the time they put it out, all they found was a charred body.

"Boss, this is the message from the other side. I’ve sent people to investigate everywhere, and it seems something big happened in the Nangong Castle." Sang Li said gravely to Ruan Tianling.

Ruan Tianling’s face turned slightly pale, and he opened his mouth.

"Is she really dead?"

Sang Li nodded: "Yes, it’s true. I heard Nangong Xu just woke up, and after witnessing it, he fainted again."

"Why did the fire start so suddenly?"

"I don’t know, it seems the kitchen exploded."

"Could a kitchen explosion cause the fire to spread so quickly?"

With so many people in the Nangong Castle, they had enough time to rescue Nangong Ruyue before the fire got out of control.

Sang Li voiced his suspicion: "Perhaps someone deliberately harmed Madam."

She was definitely murdered!

Everyone in there wanted the child in Nangong Ruyue’s belly dead.

Given the chance, they would definitely eliminate it...

Mi Sha said they wouldn’t touch Nangong Ruyue.

At least not in the short term...

He believed her, and focused wholeheartedly on finding the best way to rescue her.

And what happened...

He was a step too late, and Nangong Ruyue was still harmed.

If he had gone to rescue her directly, without worrying too much, there wouldn’t be today’s outcome.

So, he was also partly responsible for his mother-in-law’s death.

Thinking about Jian Yufei’s daily hopeful expression...

Ruan Tianling felt a dull ache in his chest, and his complexion wasn’t good.

"Boss, are you okay?"

"I’m fine."

"But you don’t look well."

Ruan Tianling clenched his fists: "I said I’m fine!"

"..."

"No one is allowed to talk about this. Do you know what to do?"

Sang Li nodded heavily: "I understand. Don’t worry, I will strictly seal the news, not letting sister-in-law know!"

Ruan Tianling nodded, at the moment, this was all he could do.