Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Chapter 256: Chapter 256: Welcoming

"No need for goodbyes, this is our last meeting. I once learned some face-reading skills from a fortune teller, and I can see that you have the face of someone who won’t live much longer. I wish you a peaceful departure." Xu Ke suppressed the hostility in his heart, returning a gentle smile to the middle-aged man, yet successfully wiped the smile off the man’s face. He seemed to see a fleeting bloodthirstiness in the man’s eyes, but in the blink of an eye, it was as if nothing had happened, as if it was all just an illusion.

"Hurry up, don’t linger here." A policeman, about the same age as the middle-aged man, looked at the man with disgust and pushed him forward. As the middle-aged policeman passed by Xu Ke, he gave Xu Ke a friendly smile, as if he hadn’t heard Xu Ke cursing the middle-aged man.

Although he was a policeman, he was also a father, and he naturally loathed human traffickers, wishing to eliminate them hastily.

The middle-aged man was pushed away by the policeman.

The child’s mother was still sitting on the ground, holding her child and crying her heart out. As the onlookers gradually dispersed, the mother finally vented her emotions enough and forced herself to stand up. Just as Xu Ke was about to walk toward Lin Mengyao, the woman called out to him.

"Thank you for today. I don’t have much to repay you with, but this is a token of my appreciation. Please accept it." The woman took off the bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into Xu Ke’s hand, then bowed to Xu Ke gratefully before leaving with her luggage, without looking back even as Xu Ke called out to her.

"What’s going on here?" Lin Mengyao, carrying their few pieces of luggage, came to Xu Ke’s side, looking somewhat surprised at the retreating figure and asked curiously.

she might just be eager to get home. This is a token of her thanks." Xu Ke said as he handed the bracelet to Lin

bracelet into her bag, keeping it properly. After all, this was a gesture of

who saved me earlier? I’m really grateful to you." A timid voice

Ke and Lin Mengyao turned their heads simultaneously to look behind them. It was the

they both turned their heads, their

subtly. He wasn’t too fond of delicate girls who seemed fragile enough

caught a faint signal nonetheless. Not knowing what she had done to annoy Xu Ke, her breathing turned slightly shaky,

lip, as if terribly frightened, "I just came to thank you. If it weren’t for you, I might have been hit just

about?" Xu Ke watched as she stumbled away, finally frowning, "Do I look that

Mengyao laugh and cry at the same time. She reached out and patted Xu Ke’s head, her sharp eyes softening. "You don’t look scary at all. You look very handsome, dashing,

was delighted. He took the suitcase from Lin Mengyao’s hands and walked out with a spring in his step, making Lin Mengyao’s heart soften even more, as her nervousness and anxiety about coming

walking ahead was

immediately drawn to the stretch Lincoln parked nearby. But