“Mommy, Cacao doesn’t want to die, I want to see Daddy? Can Mommy tell Cacao who my daddy is? Can Daddy come visit Cacao? Cacao isn’t a child without a father, huhuhu.” Tears streamed down Khương Vũ Nhu’s face. She tightly clutched Cacao’s small hand. The little girl lay on the hospital bed, covered in blood, sobbing as Khương Vũ Nhu said, “Daddy will come, Cacao. Listen to Mommy, okay?”
In a frantic panic, Khương Vũ Nhu pulled out her phone and dialed a number she hadn’t touched in five years. “Xiao Zhan, it’s Khương Vũ Nhu. Cacao was in a car accident. Our daughter is dying. Please, I beg you, can you come back and see Cacao? She’s always wanted to meet you. Please, I’m begging you. Where are you, huhuhuhu?”
Khương Vũ Nhu collapsed onto the floor, sobbing silently, her entire body trembling uncontrollably.
“Khương Vũ Nhu?” On the other end of the line, far away on Mount Tai, Xiao Zhan stood on a platform, clad in the Azure Dragon military uniform. At this moment, his entire body trembled!
The entire Mount Tai region was closed today. Below, a hundred thousand soldiers stood, military flags obscuring the sky. Today was the Dragon Nation’s decennial general investiture ceremony. Xiao Zhan, with his 300,000 Dragon Breaker Army, had annihilated a million-strong army from eight nations, quelled border wars, and become the supreme commander of the five major military regions of Northern Liang! Today was his investiture ceremony! But at this very moment, he had suddenly received a call from a number that hadn’t contacted him in five years.
Xiao Zhan immediately called back, but no one answered. Immediately after, he directly abandoned the investiture ceremony. Under the gaze of hundreds of commanders and generals, he sprinted down to the foot of Mount Tai. Everyone was stunned. This was the investiture ceremony, the most glorious and magnificent moment! Yet Xiao Zhan had directly cast aside the ceremony. Where was he going?
Boom! In that instant, an infinitely cold aura erupted from Xiao Zhan. He rushed to a military jeep at top speed. Behind him, several loyal subordinates who had fought alongside him through countless bloody battles also quickly scrambled into the vehicle. “Quick! Drive to Su Hang immediately! Quick! Find her for me at the fastest possible speed!” Xiao Zhan roared hoarsely in anger at the person in the front seat.
At this moment, his voice boomed like a crimson dragon, the accumulated rage from five years of slaughter on the battlefield quickly erupted, shaking the nine heavens.
Meanwhile, at this moment, Xiao Zhan's face was already streaked with tears, his eyes bloodshot.
Inside the car, his subordinates, seeing Xiao Zhan's face streaked with tears from intense emotion, all wore expressions of fright, their hearts in turmoil.
Without a word, his driver immediately started the military vehicle, floored the accelerator, and the car shot out like lightning!
Meanwhile, the rest quickly used satellite positioning on the phone number in Suhang to pinpoint the exact location.
At the same time, three military jeeps also quickly followed Xiao Zhan's car.
As Xiao Zhan sat in the car at this moment, he felt not only invigorated, but his whole body trembled with intense emotion.
His eyes were already brimming with tears.
Jiang Yuru.
Cacao.
Our daughter.
Finally, Xiao Zhan could no longer suppress his surging emotions and let out a low roar.
Xiao Zhan had a daughter. For five years, he had never known he had a daughter!
"Ah! Faster! Drive faster! I want to see her!"
Xiao Zhan roared, his emotions impossible to calm, his self-reproach at this moment erupting like a tsunami.
The people in the front, hearing Xiao Zhan's roar mixed with indignation, dared not delay. They pressed the accelerator again, and with a boom, the military vehicle sped off at two hundred kilometers per hour!
The entire sky was filled with dark clouds, pressing down across the heavens and earth, as if a divine dragon was roaming, guiding their military vehicle.
Xiao Zhan closed his eyes, tears falling ceaselessly, as he repeated the names Jiang Yuru and Cacao.
Xiao Zhan was originally the eldest young master of the Xiao family in Suhang, a prominent family there.
Five years ago, Xiao Zhan married his childhood sweetheart, the eldest daughter of the Ning family in Suhang. But on his wedding day, he was framed by the Ning family and the four great families of Suhang.
On his wedding night, he "ruined" the Ning family daughter's best friend, Jiang Yuru.
After the incident, the Ning family and the four great families caused trouble. In one night, the Xiao family collapsed, and his parents jumped into a lake to commit suicide to protect Xiao Zhan.
But the Ning family went back on their word and sent people to hunt down Xiao Zhan. Disheartened and discouraged, Xiao Zhan wandered through four cities seeking help from his sworn brothers. Unexpectedly, he was betrayed by them and was hunted down all the way.
Those few months were the darkest days in Xiao Zhan's life: framed by his childhood sweetheart fiancée, betrayed by his sworn brothers, and hunted down by others.
He was utterly broken and could only choose to commit suicide.
But when he jumped into the river to commit suicide, she appeared.
Jiang Yuru, the woman he had ruined that night, had searched for him all the way, then jumped into the icy river to save Xiao Zhan, and diligently cared for him.
Xiao Zhan once asked Jiang Yuru why she wanted to save him, when he was clearly the one who had ruined her.
But Jiang Yuru said nothing, and three days later, she left.
Before leaving, Jiang Yuru told him that he must continue to live, and if he wanted revenge, he should go south.
The deep blood feud for his parents had to be avenged, so Xiao Zhan headed south.
Later, after joining the army and being forged through five years of combat, he had now become the Commander-in-Chief of the five major military regions of Northern Liang in Long Country, leading 300,000 Dragon Breaker Army soldiers and the Divine Dragon Palace!
With the Dragon Breaker's emergence, the world trembled! The Divine Dragon rising from the sea, revered across the globe!
The 300,000-strong Dragon Breaker Army was feared not just in Long Country, but by everyone across the globe.
Serving the Dragon Breaker Army, the Divine Dragon Palace commanded the Four Great Dragon Venerables, Eight Great Dragon Generals, and Three Great Divine Doctors!
By now, Xiao Zhan wielded overwhelming power. He had originally planned to return to Suhang after the general conferment ceremony to settle all scores with his enemies from back then.
But to his surprise, he received her phone call.
As he recalled Jiang Wunrou's words from the phone call, Xiao Zhan couldn't help but tremble, his tears bursting forth like a broken dam.
After five years apart, she had actually given birth to a daughter for him.
“That year, I hurt you, but you were the one who gave me hope to survive.” Xiao Zhan looked out the window, a myriad of emotions swirling within him.
For five years, she had single-handedly given birth to and raised their child. Xiao Zhan knew, without even needing to think, the extent of the gossip and ill repute she must have endured.
In his memory, Jiang Wunrou was just twenty, a beautiful girl, radiant as sunshine, spirited and kind. She was the girl he had only known for a few short days, yet she had borne him a daughter.
But just moments ago, he had learned that their daughter had been in a car accident and was dying.
“Xiao Zhan, it’s Jiang Wunrou.”
“Cacao was in a car accident, our daughter is dying. Please, can you come back to see Cacao?”
“She’s always wanted to meet you, please.”
Xiao Zhan’s heart felt as though it would shatter, and his tears flowed even more profusely.
Five years he had a daughter, and the moment he learned of her existence, she was already on the brink of death.
“Ahhh! No! She won’t! She won’t die! Hurry, get me to Suhang! Immediately contact the Three Great Divine Doctors and have them arrive in Suhang at the absolute fastest speed! You must hurry! At any cost! At any cost!”
Xiao Zhan roared desperately, his face contorted with agitation.
Cacao was only four years old! Xiao Zhan’s daughter, the daughter of the Dragon Breaker Commander, the daughter he had never even met—she was only four, and hadn't even had a chance to see what this world truly held.
He himself hadn't even seen her with his own eyes, hadn't even had the chance to hold her. And now, she was to depart this world?
No! Absolutely not!
“Cacao, wait for Daddy! Daddy will be there immediately! Jiang Wunrou, wait for me!”
Xiao Zhan cried out in anguish, his voice echoing to the heavens, directly shattering the dark clouds overhead!
At that very moment, the military jeep sped to a nearby airbase. Xiao Zhan stormed directly onto a fighter jet, took the pilot's seat, and personally flew the warplane towards Suhang!