Chapter 295: Su Yan's Confrontation

Knock, knock, knock.

First came the sound of knocking, and then Du Jinsong, Ma Chulong, and Su Yan walked in.

Considering Kong Nian's current condition, Du Jinsong had specifically arranged for the others to wait in the hallway.

Kong Xiang had to exert every effort to suppress his emotions, making sure no one could see anything unusual.

However, the moment Kong Nian saw Su Yan, her emotions immediately became agitated.

"You... it's you..."

No one expected her to have such a sudden reaction, and all eyes turned toward Su Yan in unison.

Kong Nian's originally pale cheeks flushed bright red, and her chest heaved violently.

"Miss, please calm down. What happened?" While comforting her, Kong Xiang simultaneously stared at Su Yan, a shadow of gloom surfacing in the depths of his eyes.

To be able to make the Miss lose control like this, there was definitely something wrong.

Du Jinsong and Ma Chulong exchanged glances. Although they were also puzzled, seeing Kong Nian in this state filled them both with a sense of unease.

Yet, as the person involved, Su Yan remained standing in place with extreme composure, showing no discernible emotion.

Kong Nian gasped for air, taking several dozen seconds before she was finally able to speak normally.

At this moment, her gaze toward Su Yan was filled with fury.

"My energy... was absorbed by her."

These few words not only exhausted all her strength but also caused the air to freeze instantly.

Ma Chulong gasped, even wondering if Kong Nian had made a mistake.

Du Jinsong's first reaction was denial, because he had personally witnessed the energy within Su Yan's pupils.

She already possessed world-destroying power; she had no need for anyone else's energy.

Besides, Su Yan wasn't Feng Zong; how could she possibly know the method of plunder?

Regardless of what the two men thought, Kong Xiang felt as if he were shrouded in a shadow, his gaze locking onto Su Yan with an extremely terrifying intensity.

"Did you steal my Miss's energy?"

It looked as if he might tear Su Yan into ten thousand pieces in the next second.

Seeing that the situation was going wrong, Du Jinsong instinctively stepped in front of Su Yan to protect her.

"Mr. Kong, since the situation is unclear, shouldn't we ask for clarification first? Furthermore, Su Yan is not a member of the Feng family; she is also a victim of this incident."

Although Kong Xiang was furious, he had not lost his reason. Following Du Jinsong's reminder, the hostility in his eyes subsided significantly.

Ma Chulong immediately looked toward Kong Nian on the hospital bed. "Miss Kong, can you explain clearly? How could Su Yan possibly absorb your energy?"

Kong Nian clenched her teeth, her hands gripping the bedsheets tightly.

"It was her! At that time, I was being controlled by Feng Zong. To prevent his scheme from succeeding, I wanted to perish along with him, so I released all my energy. But I didn't expect an accident to happen. That energy actually broke through the formation and rushed to her side, where it was directly absorbed by her!"

By the end, her entire body couldn't help but tremble as she stared deathly at Su Yan.

"..."

The ward fell into a deathly silence.

A moment later, Ma Chulong had no choice but to turn to Su Yan. "Su Yan, is what she said true?"

It sounded utterly preposterous.

"Do you think it would be true?" Su Yan did not answer directly, but instead asked a counter-question.

Ma Chulong hesitated.

Even a look of doubt appeared on Du Jinsong's face.

Kong Nian's breathing became rapid. "Everything I said is true! What reason would I have to frame her?"

"I believe my Miss. Su Yan, please tell me, what exactly did you do to my Miss in the dungeon?" Kong Xiang chose to stand on Kong Nian's side.

However, his heart did not hold the trust he displayed on the surface; he knew exactly one reason why Kong Nian would frame this girl, but he would not voice it.

Su Yan did not get angry, but instead laughed. "First, in such a situation, even Miss Kong wanted to perish along with Feng Zong. If I could deal with Feng Zong, I wouldn't have been locked in there for so many days. Second, is your Miss's energy something that just anyone can absorb at will?"

"This..." For a moment, Kong Xiang was left speechless by the question.

None of the people in this ward were ordinary; they knew very well that aside from the Feng family's plunder techniques, it was absolutely impossible for anyone else to absorb another's energy at will.

And Su Yan could not be a member of the Feng family.

Kong Nian hadn't expected Su Yan to deny it, and she felt a fire of rage burning in her heart.

"I saw with my own eyes that the energy entered your body!"

Su Yan retorted, "Then you saw incorrectly. Even Feng Zong needed to obtain Miss Kong's eyeball to contain that energy; do you think I wouldn't?"

Kong Nian was already extremely weak, and now, being both anxious and angry, she was completely unable to speak.

Su Yan began to analyze the situation very seriously. "The situation was urgent at the time, and Miss Kong was on the brink of life and death. It is understandable that one might see things incorrectly in a moment of confusion."

Du Jinsong and Ma Chulong exchanged another glance. Compared to Kong Nian's version, they were more inclined to believe what Su Yan said.

At this moment, even Kong Xiang let out a silent sigh in his heart.

The Miss's approach was simply too unwise. Because Su Yan was Gu Yang's fiancée, if she slandered her like this, who would believe her?

"Even if my Miss truly saw incorrectly, you still have a problem!"

This single sentence was equivalent to acknowledging Su Yan's words.

Kong Nian looked at Kong Xiang in disbelief, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Uncle Kong, you don't believe me either?"

"Miss, of course Uncle Kong believes you, but..."

"But you all think I saw incorrectly! You think it's impossible for her to absorb my energy!" Kong Nian interrupted Kong Xiang's explanation, roaring with a hoarse, desperate voice.

"Miss, as long as the green mountains remain, there is no need to worry about firewood. As long as your eyes are still there, your energy will grow back through slow recuperation." Kong Xiang raised his voice, signaling her intensely with his eyes.

After all this commotion, if they didn't rationalize it this way, everyone would soon know that she had completely lost her innate energy, and the Kong family could never allow such a thing to happen.

Therefore, it was no longer a matter of pursuing the truth, and even if what she said was true, what could be done?

The energy had been out of her body for so long; even if it were recovered, it likely wouldn't be able to return to her eyes safely.

She could only blame the fact that her energy wasn't truly innate. If this had happened to any other inheritors besides Kong Nian, losing a portion of energy would be nothing to fear.

Because the energy of a true inheritor would continuously regenerate; depletion would never occur.

However, this Su Yan had indeed caught his attention.

With a black cloth binding her face, this girl could handle Kong Nian's interrogation with such ease and manage to escape from the dungeon set by Feng Zong unscathed. She was definitely not as ordinary as she appeared on the surface.

To say she was merely Ma Chulan's personal maid—in his view, she was certainly more than that.

How could Kong Nian not know what Kong Xiang was thinking? Though she hated it, she could only grit her teeth and swallow her resentment.

(End of Chapter)