Arthur Evans's Scheme

Su Shimao grabbed the baby's neck hard, but just as he did, he realized that if the baby cried, it would wake the whole family.

Su Shimao stopped his hand and paced irritably in the room, wondering whether he should take this wild brat out to the wilderness and kill him.

Suddenly, Su Shimao saw his pillow and had a bright idea: use the pillow to smother this wild brat, so he wouldn't cry, and no one would know!

A look of wild joy appeared in Su Shimao's eyes, as if amazed by his own brilliant idea.

He grabbed the pillow and mercilessly covered it over the baby's face...

"Tsk, even a tiger wouldn't harm its own cub. You're more ruthless than the beasts in the mountains, willing to kill your own son," a voice full of scorn suddenly sounded. Su Shimao shivered in fright, and the pillow in his hand fell to the ground.

The memory of being taken away by a mysterious person flashed through his mind again. Su Shimao cowered in the corner in terror. Was the mysterious person coming for him again?

Last time, it was when he kidnapped Su Lanxiang that the mysterious person appeared; now, as he tries to kill the wild brat, the mysterious person shows up again?

Could it be that even Heaven disapproves of his evil deeds and has sent a divine being to punish him?

Su Shimao's face turned pale with fright. When he looked up, he saw two people standing in the room.

"Tsk, so malicious... but it suits my taste," Prince Ling looked down at Su Shimao. "You must be Su Shimao, Su Li's cousin?"

Su Shimao was so scared his soul nearly fled. He hurriedly nodded, "Yes, I am Su Shimao."

Prince Ling looked amusedly at this man who wanted to kill his own son. Someone so ruthless and unscrupulous, willing to kill even his own child, is the easiest to manipulate.

Two silver ingots were tossed at Su Shimao's feet. Su Shimao was stunned.

"This is one hundred taels, for you," Prince Ling said disdainfully. "If you find a way to lure Su Li out alone, I'll give you another thousand taels."

"Really!" Seeing the silver, Su Shimao forgot everything, picked up the ingots, and greedily tucked them into his chest.

"Of course it's true, but it depends on whether you have the ability to get Su Li out," Prince Ling said.

At the thought of the money, Su Shimao didn't hesitate to say that even if it meant killing his own parents, he would do it without a second thought.

Su Shimao lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Su Li is usually accompanied by people when she goes out. It's hard to get her out alone, but not impossible."

"Oh? What method?" Prince Ling raised an eyebrow at Su Shimao.

According to the information Tang Shi gave Prince Ling, Su Li's cousin has had some schooling and seems to be somewhat clever. More importantly, he has a blood relation with Su Li and understands her preferences.

"My method is..." Su Shimao lowered his voice and whispered into Prince Ling's ear.

Prince Ling's eyes lit up as he listened, then he threw a gold ingot to Su Shimao and said, "If you dare tell anyone about tonight's matter, prepare to meet the King of Hell!"

Su Shimao caught the gold and his eyes gleamed. "I will never speak a word!"

Then, in the blink of an eye, the two disappeared.

Su Shimao looked at the baby on the bed and thought, "Now that I have money, I might as well keep this wild brat to continue the family line."

Late at night, Su Li was abruptly awakened by urgent knocking on the door.

Bai Lu burst in, panting and urgent, "Miss Su, something terrible has happened!"