Ch. 1221..1230

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1221

Sasha didn’t pay him any mind. After she stopped his stomach issues through acupuncture, she sent him to go to the temple’s apothecary to get some medicine.

That night, Sabrina scurried over to Sasha’s room with the baby in hand. She seemed as if she was overjoyed at the chance to sleep apart from that man.

Sasha took care of both mother and daughter, and they slept peacefully throughout the night.

They thought they would have a calm couple of days, but they were faced with bad news the very next morning.

“Master! Things are going badly below the mountain. We got wind of Louis’ crimes being released to the public. Now, several other countries are attacking us for it.”

“Attacking our country?”

The old monk, who had woken up early to prepare for his prayers, was mildly confused at his apprentice’s news.

His apprentice nodded confidently. “Yes. All the news outlets below the mountain are reporting on it, and a lot of country leaders are confronting our country and asking us about what Louis has done.”

“So what do they want exactly?”

“T-they said our country’s leaders were secretly building illegal firearms factories and producing illegal military goods. They were angry that all the weapons and explosives made there were nuclear weapons that other countries haven’t had access to,” the apprentice said, explaining everything he had heard from below the mountain.

The old monk fell silent after hearing that.

He had known Sebastian already had a plan brewing when he pretended to be sick and went down the mountain, but he hadn’t imagined that it would be this crazy of a plan.

“Master?”

“I got it. Go and inform Mrs. Hayes and the others. Tell them I have something to ask them,” the old monk finally said mildly.

About ten minutes or so later, Sasha, Edmund and Sabrina walked over with the baby in tow.

“Is something wrong, Master?”

“Yes. Not long ago, I bumped into some trouble in the temple and wanted to ask for your help. Would you be so kind?” the old monk asked with his ever-pleasant smile as he sat down.

That was an unnecessary question.

Sasha nodded without even thinking about it. “Of course, Master. What is it?”

The old monk chuckled and looked at the apprentice next to him. “Don, bring these three over. Remember to tell them what to do.”

“Yes, Master,” Don said as he bowed politely.

Soon enough, he escorted Sasha and the others toward the mountain peak.

Where are we going? Sasha wondered.

Since even she was confused, Sabrina and Edmund were even more so.

They finally reached a deep canyon and spotted a rather simple courtyard attached to a small hut.

“What’s this?”

“This is where Master meditates. He’s mentioned that he wanted to come by and meditate in a few days, so we have to trouble you to help clean this place up a little. We truly aren’t free to do so right now,” Don explained.

Sabrina finally knew what was going on. She walked over with the baby in her arms, and Edmund followed right behind.

Sasha, however, studied the small yard and frowned slightly. “This yard seems pretty unused. There’s such thick dust on the fence and around the yard. Are you sure your master said he wanted to come here for meditation?”

“Yes, Mrs. Hayes.”

Don had already opened the gate to the yard, but at the sound of Sasha’s suspicions, he gave her yet another firm answer.

Sabrina didn’t really think too much and entered with the baby.

Edmund was also about to step in.

Suddenly, Sasha looked down at the threshold she was about to walk over.

“What’s this?”

Clang!

At the same time as Sasha noticed something off, a loud clanging noise of metal against metal rang out. A bronze object quickly rose from beneath her feet. Before they could even blink, the old monk’s apprentice had already pushed all of them over the threshold.

If Sabrina hadn’t caught her in time, Sasha would have collapsed face-first on the ground.

“Please don’t worry and just stay where you are! No one will be able to find you there. The minute things become peaceful again out here, you will be released,” Don said as the bronze doors started closing.

Sasha finally understood what was going on. She no longer cared about the intense shaking from the floor under her feet and started rapidly bashing the door with her palms.

“Let me go! What is the old monk planning to do? What do you mean by ‘peaceful?’ What does he have to do with all of this? Let us go right now!”

She screamed until her throat went hoarse and her palms became red from slamming them against the doors.

When Edmund and Sabrina realized what she was doing, they rushed over and began screaming and hitting the doors as well.

However, they couldn’t hear anything from the outside anymore. All they could see were the bronze doors that were slowly rising higher and higher.

Soon enough, they realized that the doors weren’t rising higher but that they were the ones sinking below the ground. The place they were standing on turned out to be a platform of sorts that had been hidden inside the small hut all along.

Soon enough, there was nothing except for an empty yard in that canyon.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1222

Secret

When Sasha finally came to, her surroundings had already gone quiet.

“She’s awake! Quick, help her up and pour her some water,” a familiar female voice said worriedly.

Almost immediately, someone helped her up and held a cup of something warm to her mouth.

Sasha was as exhausted as if she had been run over by a truck. Her throat and mouth were also drier than a desert, so she began taking huge gulps from the cup in front of her.

After she finished drinking the water, she finally began to look at her surroundings.

“W-what’s this?”

“You fainted. When we came down, Ed-he was focused on helping me and Jaena, and he forgot to watch you, so you bumped your head pretty hard against the wall. Are you feeling a bit better now?”

Sabrina was standing in front of her and was looking at her worriedly.

Sasha finally came back to her senses.

After shaking her head lightly to clear it, she looked around her dim surroundings.

As she looked around, she slowly felt more and more surprised.

Once she got used to the dim lighting, she noticed how huge this place was. They were in a huge cave that seemed completely well-equipped with everything they could have needed. Even the water that Sasha had just drunk came from a steaming kettle on a table not far off.

What’s going on?

Stunned, she asked, “Where is this? Why does it look like someone’s house?”

Edmund nodded. “Someone probably has lived here before, but it seems as if they haven’t been here for a long time.”

He pointed at the dusty furniture placed not far away. On the plain wooden bed, Jaena was fast asleep with a nightstand next to her.

Sasha looked at the lamp closely and was surprised yet again.

It was an electric lamp, not a gas or oil lamp like she expected.

She searched around the cave, trying to see if there was somewhere they could escape from.

“Sasha, why did that monk throw us in here? Also, when you asked him to open the door, did you already know what was going on?”

“Yes,” Sasha murmured in response as she wandered through the cave.

Sabrina immediately asked urgently, “Then what’s going on? Please tell me. Did something happen out there?”

Sabrina was usually slow on the uptake, but even she had finally realized something was up.

Sasha told her as simply as possible, “Something probably did happen. Your brother’s plan has already been put into action. That old monk was probably afraid that Louis’ subordinates would come after us, so he sent us down here to keep us safe.”

“What?” Sabrina asked, her face pale. “Since we’ve been hidden away here, is something going to happen to the old monk? Louis isn’t the nicest person. He’s going to do something to them, isn’t he? Also, if it’s already dangerous in a place like that, isn’t it worse for my brother? He’s completely alone now. If Louis goes insane and decides to hunt him down, what’s going to happen then?”

“That’s why we have to find an exit as soon as possible so we can escape, all right?”

Sasha was getting fed up and quickly chased Sabrina away to look for an escape route.

Sabrina fell silent, clearly annoyed as well, but Edmund walked over and immediately pulled her away.

“Let’s not talk to her for now. She’s probably more worried than anyone about your brother. Let’s find an exit so we can leave as soon as possible.”

“I wasn’t trying to worry her,” Sabrina said with a pout before going with Edmund to look for an exit.

Their main priority was definitely to escape. Hiding here was their safest bet, but what would happen to the people outside trying to protect them?

The old monk, the whole temple, as well as Sebastian.

No one dared to think about the others and merely focused on finding even the smallest crack that they could escape from.

However, there was a thin corridor further into the cave that opened up into an even bigger cave.

“What is this place?” Sabrina marveled.

They weren’t just amazed at the sheer size of the cave, but also the rows and rows of metal shelves that had wooden boxes piled on each one.

What’s that? Sabrina’s curiosity got the better of her and she scurried toward the boxes.

Their noses were assaulted with a damp, rotting smell the moment they opened one of the boxes. Lying in the box right was some tattered, completely rotten clothes.

“W-why are there clothes here?”

Sabrina pinched her nose in disgust as she glared at the tattered pieces of clothing.

Sasha didn’t really mind and walked over, poking at them gingerly. “This looks like…

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1223

Does This Woman Not Fear Death

“It’s military clothing.” Edmund finally recognized what they were.

The tattered clothes were once a military uniform.

It didn’t seem like modern military uniforms, however. It wasn’t army green and wasn’t of the same good quality as modern uniforms. It even felt much coarser than any other form of clothing.

The strangest part was probably the lack of any insignia on the uniform.

The only way one could recognize it as a uniform was from the bronze rivet spikes at the collar.

“These look like the uniforms that the army used to wear back at the very beginning of our country.”

“What?”

Sasha’s head shot up to look at Edmund.

“Is it really that old?”

“Yes. I can actually tell from the fabric that it was made during that time. I wonder why something like that is down here, though. Let’s check if there’s anything else.”

Edmund turned to look through the other boxes with a frown.

They discovered a bunch of other things in the other boxes. Edmund opened one box to see an old rifle while a few telegraphs were in another.

Telegraphs?

“Could this have been an army outpost back then?”

“Possibly,” Edmund replied after taking an even closer look at the telegraphs.

Apart from her initial shock, Sasha frowned in confusion as well.

If this temple was built over an old army outpost, then who exactly is the old monk? Have our guesses been wrong from the very start?

If we were wrong, then why is he helping us so fervently? Sasha wondered.

This time, he couldn’t even ensure his own safety. Why did he bother to protect Sasha and the others when he could barely protect himself?

Sasha was beginning to feel completely out of her depth.

She continued rummaging around the shelves, trying to find more clues.

However, she was soon disappointed by the lack of evidence. There was nothing else in the other wooden boxes apart from a rusty key.

“What would this key be for?” she murmured as she took it out.

Sabrina shook her head, just as confused as Sasha was.

Edmund also came forward to look at it closely, but rather than shaking his head as well, he studied it carefully before beginning to look around the cave once more.

“Did you find something?” Sasha asked.

Edmund just frowned. “I was just thinking about it. If this was an old outpost, then this place would have been the storeroom, and the cave behind us would have been the living quarters. There should be one more place, which would have been their war room.”

“Huh?”

The two women were taken aback by Edmund’s sudden realization.

Sasha was especially excited at his theory.

He’s right! Where’s their war room? If we find that, there might be a map of this place in there. Once we find that, we might be able to leave!

Sasha finally felt hopeful once again. The three of them began searching the cave even more thoroughly.

After searching for quite a long while, they finally found a hidden entrance on the floor that looked like a modern manhole cover.

“Sh*t! Could there be even more caves down there?” Sabrina swore at the sight of the well-hidden door.

Sasha didn’t say anything, simply indicating for Edmund to open up the manhole cover.

The minute he took a closer look, he realized that the rusty key was a perfect fit for the manhole cover.

With a loud, rusty creak, the manhole cover slowly opened.

The minute they lifted the manhole cover, all three of them immediately felt the freezing gust of wind that swept up from below.

They shuddered at the frigid chill.

“What could be down here? It’s so cold and dark,” Sabrina said with a tremor in her voice after peeking down the pitch-black tunnel.

Sasha looked up.

“You don’t have to go down there. The baby is still sleeping in the next room, so someone needs to keep an eye on her. It’s also good to have someone up here to help us in case something happens,” Edmund quickly said.

Sasha looked at him in mild disdain, but she held back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

After a few minutes, Sabrina agreed to stay above ground while Sasha and Edmund entered the manhole with a flashlight in hand.

“Remember to use those metal sticks if you need help!” Sabrina called out after them.

She was still uneasy about them going down into such unknown depths.

Sasha didn’t answer.

She was way too creeped out by the immense chills that ran through her bones the minute she entered. After climbing down as quickly as possible, the cold, dank air permeated through her thin clothes and caused her hairs to stand on end.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1224

The Stunning Truth

“Is this some sort of ice cave or something? Why is it so cold?” Edmund couldn’t help but grumble as he shivered as well.

The two of them made their way through the cave rather quickly with the help of the flashlight.

They discovered that, contrary to the last two caves, this particular tunnel was much smaller. In fact, they were able to touch both sides of the tunnel walls just by stretching out their arms.

The tunnel only began to open up the further Sasha and Edmund walked in.

They eventually realized that the tunnel was completely empty, unlike the previous two, which had been filled with various items.

“Could we have made a mistake?” Edmund asked, mildly disappointed at their lack of a discovery.

Patiently, Sasha replied, “Let’s not give up so soon. We can still keep looking around.”

She continued walking deeper into the tunnel with the help of the flashlight.

They kept on walking until they reached what seemed to be the center of the tunnel they were in and bumped into something completely unimaginable—crystal clear blocks of ice.

Is this all actual ice? Both of them wondered as they stared in awe.

After a few seconds of marveling at the sight before them, Edmund finally walked forward to touch the transparent, crystal-like formations.

It was, without a doubt, blocks after blocks of pure ice.

“It really is ice. Are they insane? Why did they even feel the need to have such a huge ice cellar? It’s not like Jadeborough is some tropical country. We have four seasons, so there was no need to store so much ice here. Did they think they’d suddenly start craving shaved ice in the middle of a war?” Edmund scoffed, his short temper rising to the surface.

Sasha also felt extremely confused.

Rather than ranting, however, she started walking toward the blocks of ice. She wanted to find out what exactly these blocks of ice were used for.

All of a sudden, her footsteps froze, and she stopped moving.

Edmund looked on in curiosity. “What is it? Did you find something?”

He walked over as well.

When he came next to Sasha, his eyes widened as well before he froze, not daring to move at all.

“I-is that a dead body?”

His skin started crawling and his voice was practically squeezed out of his throat in fear.

A corpse was lying right in front of them.

Rather than looking like an accident, however, the corpse was propped up neatly on the ice blocks, with both of its hands crossed before its chest serenely.

In fact, instead of a corpse, it looked more like someone peacefully sleeping on the ice blocks.

What’s going on? Are they trying to preserve whoever this was?

Sasha’s fear was drowned out by her curiosity. She immediately started climbing the ice blocks, trying to reach the corpse.

Edmund was even more terrified as he watched her. “What’s wrong with you? That’s a corpse! Aren’t you scared?”

“Shut up!” Sasha said through gritted teeth.

Edmund obediently fell silent.

At that moment, Sasha reached the corpse, and a loud, “Oh my God!” erupted from her mouth once she got a closer look.

When Edmund heard her shout, he started mounting the ice blocks as well as he babbled, “What happened? Is something wrong? I told you not to go up there! You’re a woman, so surely you can’t stomach such a sight.”

He was finally acting like a man and knew he needed to protect Sasha in case anything happened.

He had only just reached the corpse when a closer look at its features nearly sent him rolling back down.

“What the h*ll? Am I seeing things? What is that old bugger doing here?”

A string of swear words came out of Edmund’s mouth.

He was right to feel freaked out. After all, the corpse that was sitting in front of them looked exactly like the man who had the whole country in the palm of his hand— Louis Limmer!

What is he doing here?

Edmund’s first instinct was that this corpse had on a mask, just like the one he had on right now.

However, he soon denied his own assumptions. The mask required a certain level of body temperature to keep it stuck on, and such a cold, frozen corpse couldn’t possibly keep it on since the adhesive would have been rendered useless.

That only meant one thing—this corpse’s face was real.

“What the f*ck is this? What’s going on?”

“Could this be the real Louis?” Sasha suddenly blurted out.

She was holding back her own shock and surprise as she finally said that one simple sentence.

Edmund stared on in shock.

“W-what do you mean?”

“Have you forgotten how much Louis fears the old monk? He’s already practically the most powerful man in our country, and yet he hasn’t laid a finger on the old monk. Why could that be?”

The entire ice cellar fell into a dead silence.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1225

Twins

It would be a shocking secret if it were true.

Edmund stood on top of the ice, overwhelmed by surprise for a long while before he finally heard himself say, “If… If this is who I think it is, then who’s the person outside?”

“I don’t know,” Sasha answered, an icy expression on her face. “However, when Sophie Jurding brought me to Golden Heights, I saw someone mentioned in the Limmer family’s introduction. He’s Louis Limmer’s younger brother.”

“Younger brother?”

Once again, Edmund was dumbstruck.

“I’ve never heard of this person. Based on what I know about the Limmer family, other than Louis and his few nephews, no other Limmers have been mentioned. When did he have a brother?”

“He did, but his brother had very little appearances, so they just skimmed past his details. Even his details at Golden Heights were written in just a brief sentence. It only talked about how his brother did not stay in the White House after the founding of the country. Instead, he had gone back to his hometown. That’s all,” Sasha said as she recalled the details she had seen at Golden Heights.

Indeed, the younger brother of the founding father rarely appeared in the Limmer family’s history. Technically, as the founder of the new government back then, many of Louis’ family members would have delved into the same political scene like him. That was what happened to his nephews, for all of them had multiple battle achievements.

Unfortunately, they all died on the battlefield.

On the other hand, this younger brother of Louis barely made a mark in the records. His name never appeared during those times of hardship, which was strange.

Sasha crawled down from the side of the corpse before continuing to explore the icy cave with her torchlight, hoping to find more clues.

“Huh? There’s a map here,” Edmund suddenly cried out.

Hearing him, Sasha spun around.

Indeed, it was behind the man. It had been concealed by the pieces of ice earlier, so they had not spotted it. Now that they had climbed up here, they could finally see that there was a map on the wall.

Furthermore, they spotted a table that was flipped to its side right under the map.

It seemed that something major must have happened here.

Sasha promptly shone her torchlight on the map and said, “Look. Isn’t this map the map of our country?”

“You’re right!”

Edmund nodded in affirmation as he stood behind her.

At that, joy and worry filled Sasha’s mind.

She was delighted, as that meant that they could confirm this place was in fact, a war room. However, what made her worry was that the map they were looking at was a military map from the war period instead of a map that showed them where the exits of this place were.

Sasha furrowed her brows.

Then, she lowered her head to look at the table. After brief contemplation, she motioned for Edmund to come over before they flipped the table upright.

Thud!

Something fell and shattered on the ground.

For a second, Sasha froze. Then, she shone the torch in the direction of the noise only to find a pair of glasses on the ground.

Beside it was a yellowed book.

“What’s this?”

Edmund continued to push the table to its upright position before walking over to pick it up.

“The Theory of State Policies?” His eyes widened in disbelief.

However, that was not the key point. What took him aback was the name on the long-lost book of military art—Eddie Limmer.

Eddie Limmer?

Edmund turned to look at the woman beside him.

Being the smart woman that she was, Sasha quickly took the book from his hands and said, “Eddie Limmer? He must be Louis’ brother.”

Edmund did not know what to say because, at that moment, the flame of fury was already burning in his chest.

“So he was here at that time. Has he been planning it for a long time? If this is an important spot, then Louis must have been here as well. The appearance of his brother’s book here is the proof of that.”

“I’m afraid you’re right. Moreover, I think…”

Sasha abruptly halted in her speech as she thought about the first cave she saw when she woke.

“What’s the matter?” Edmund asked.

Instead of answering him, Sasha suddenly started walking forward, which confused Edmund.

What’s going on with this woman? Why is she being so mysterious? So what if she’s smart? How am I supposed to keep up with her pace if she doesn’t tell me anything?

Doesn’t she know that she’s only irritating others if she keeps up with this kind of demeanor?

Edmund was annoyed, but he still quietly followed her.

About ten minutes later, the three were back at the cave at the start. Despite the dim lighting, Sasha began digging around the area.

Both Sabrina and Edmund were flummoxed by her actions.

“What is she looking for?”

“Who knows?”

Edmund did not even feel like answering Sabrina. He grabbed a chair and began playing with Jaena, who was now awake.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1226

Who The Old Monk Really Is

Seeing that, Sabrina could only shoot Edmund a glare before helping Sasha search around.

However, what she never expected was to find tons of random things in the room that they assumed was the old monk’s bedroom.

Those random things included vintage lipsticks, perverted, narcissistic writings in relatively neat handwriting, and molding clothes in a wooden box.

Those clothes were small, and they seemed like they were meant for children.

However, there was something wrong with the box, for the moment they opened it, a wave of pungent scent struck them.

“Is he some kind of lunatic? Did he shit in this box? What the f*ck?”

Elegance was generally absent in Sabrina’s dictionary, so she instantly swore before slamming the box shut.

Sasha, on the other hand, remained silent. She then turned around to another wardrobe, and after a while of scouring, she found what she wanted.

I await the arrival of the ninth month, at which hour mine flower begins to bloom, and the others beginneth to wilt. Once its scent fills the land, a grand sight ’twill beest in its golden glory.

It was a famous poem that talked about how the author would thrive when the others died. At that time, the author would be the only one to shine.

It was a poem about aggression and ambition.

Sasha sneered before looking at the name under the poem—Eddie Limmer.

It’s the same person.

She continued searching through the room. Finally, she found several black and white photos in the drawer, where one of them was of two people with identical faces sitting together.

Edmund had walked over at one point, and when he saw the photo in her hand, he exclaimed, “Holy sh*t! They’re twins!”

Twins.

Indeed, Louis and his brother were twins.

However, in the picture, Eddie was not sitting beside his brother. Instead, his brother was carrying him.

He was only around four feet—about the size of a child. Furthermore, it was clear in the photo that there was something amiss about his legs. Even when he sat on his brother’s lap, his legs were hanging limply at the sides.

“It looks like this is the reason why,” Sasha said after looking at the photo.

“He must have been born with congenital defects, that’s why he couldn’t help Louis during the establishment of the new government as well as why his name is missing in historical records.”

“So, he has been staying here under the protection of his brother, right?”

Edmund finally realized what the things they found meant.

Sasha nodded. “That should be what happened. Look at this room and the book we found. From the things he wrote, we can see that he’s a brilliant man despite his physical disability. Therefore, I think it’s safe for us to assume that he did help Louis out by strategizing in this place.”

After mulling over the things she had found, she came to realize that that was the most plausible scenario.

If Louis did not have a strategist, he would not have been able to set up a successful plan like that after his retirement. He had the Ten Medals and the power to control the White House from the shadows for decades.

There were not many who could do that.

Edmund fell silent.

On the other hand, after Sabrina heard Sasha’s words, she asked, “I have a question. How did he recover from his physical disability, then? Doesn’t that old b*stard out there have two functioning legs?”

Both Sasha and Edmund were silent for a moment.

Between the three of them, Sabrina was indeed the best in cursing.

“It’s been decades, and we’ve had many medical advancements since then. It’s not entirely impossible that his disability couldn’t be fixed. Anyway, let’s not talk about that anymore. There’s something else we should be prioritizing. If this is where that old man has lived before, he’ll eventually come here now that we’ve gone missing. Therefore, leaving this place should be our topmost priority,” Sasha pointed out.

Her words snapped them back to their senses, and they quickly resumed their search for the exit.

Their efforts, however, were to no avail as they could not find anything indicating an exit from the place. In the meantime, when Sasha returned to the cave again, she spotted a heavy machine gun.

“This is…”

“D*mn! There’s nothing vintage about this machine gun. Look at its model and its caliber. Isn’t this… Isn’t this an AUK24? Oh my God!”

Edmund’s eyes widened until they looked like they were going to pop out of their sockets as he rushed toward the machine gun before crouching down.

AUK24?

Sasha knew nothing about guns, nor had she heard about the gun model. However, the look on the man’s face told her that the gun was certainly not the same as the things behind her.

It was very likely that it was a modern object.

Modern?

Sasha narrowed her eyes. All of a sudden, she spotted a small box on the ground with a meter on it.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1227

Becoming A Saint

“Stop!”

The loud shout came from the man who had been admiring the gun a moment ago, and it made Sasha jump in fright. When she came back to her senses, she realized her hand, which had been reaching out for the box, was grabbed by him.

What is he doing?

“Don’t move. This is a bomb. What kind of place is this? Why is this here? Who is the old monk? Why would he put things like these here?”

“What?”

Sasha’s mind went blank.

For a moment, she was confused; she did not know why he was mentioning the old monk and why he was asking those questions. Why is he so sure that the old monk is the one to put these things here?

Sasha remained stupefied for a long while.

Then, she slowly gathered her wits, and as she did that, the colors on her face gradually drained away.

Right. Why didn’t I think about the old monk?

Anyone with a brain would have think about him.

She was avoiding it. From the moment she fell down, she was avoiding the topic. Perhaps it was because of the fear in her heart, or perhaps it was because she did not want to dwell on the thought that they were trapped.

Sasha’s hands began shaking.

Edmund immediately noticed it, and he snapped his head upward. “What’s wrong? Are you scared? Don’t worry. This bomb won’t go off unless you touch it.”

Sasha shut her eyes tightly.

“Nothing. I’m just thinking if we should use this bomb to get out of here.”

“What?” Edmund blurted out.

Blow our way out of here?

Has she gone mad?

It seemed like that was the case. Right as she voiced the thought, she jumped to her feet and grabbed the box from the ground.

Edmund blinked.

“What the f*ck?” was all he could say before running toward the woman and the child like a madman to push them onto the ground.

Boom!

As expected, the thundering sound of an explosion echoed in the cave.

After the rain of pebbles and the shaking of the ground, they saw the large hole on the wall once the dust settled.

“Look! There’s a way out now!” Sabrina cried out as she tightened her grip on her crying daughter.

A hint of hope flickered past Edmund’s eyes as well.

Right then, while they were still sprawled on the ground, the woman who had thrown the bomb had clambered to her feet and headed toward the hole.

“Get back here, Sasha!” Sabrina called out when she saw Sasha running off.

It was pointless shouting though, for it was as if Sasha was possessed. She paid no attention to the shattered rocks still falling from above as she disappeared behind the hole.

This d*mned woman!

Sabrina was livid, and she clambered to her feet with her daughter before they rushed after her.

It was a sight that frightened the living daylights out of them.

Nevertheless, they managed to crawl out of the cave. When they found their balance, they saw the billowing smoke coming out from the millennium-old temple.

At the same time, they could hear the screams of the monks.

That animal!

Sasha’s eyes reddened as she continued running down the mountain.

“Shin, I’m giving you one last chance! If you don’t hand your daughter-in-law over, I’ll kill all the monks in this temple so that you and your son will have some company in the afterlife!” came a booming voice that reverberated through the space, scaring the creatures of the forest away and making Sasha skid to a stop.

Shin.

Her face paled further, and tears sprang to her eyes.

She picked up her pace. She could not hear anything other than the wind that blew past her ears. There was only one thought left in her head—she could not let anything happen to that man.

That night, Sebastian lay by her side, silent, but she noticed that he had been holding the medal against his chest, and he did not move the entire night.

That was why she could not let anything happen to him.

“Stop now, Eddie. God will never let a person whose hands are tainted with blood conquer the world. If you don’t want to be sent to hell, it’s high time for you to cease your murderous acts now,” said a familiar deep voice that came from the entrance of the temple.

The old monk was completely fearless, and he was even trying to persuade the devil-like man to stop.

Eddie let out a shrill laugh. “You’re talking about God with me? Shin, have you forgotten who you are? Or have you been living as a monk for far too long that you think that you’re now a saint? I hope you still remember that I was the one who made this arrangement for you!” he said, spitting out the last few words.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1228

The Secret Of Shin

Those were startling words.

The old monk turned out to be Shin Jadeson who had once been a commander and was supposed to be dead. When Sasha and Sebastian found out about the truth, they had been surprised.

Now, Eddie was saying that he was the one who kept Shin in the temple.

What’s going on?

What other secrets does he have? How did he survive back then?

All the screaming questions in Sasha’s head made her halt in her tracks. She wanted to hear what else that man would say.

Then, she saw the face of the old monk in grey clothes turn ashen after Eddie’s speech.

However, he soon recovered.

“Regardless of who had arranged for me to stay here, you are now standing on the ground of a millennium-old temple, and you’re facing the statue of the god that has been worshipped for thousands of years. God will not let an executioner like you rule this world.”

“Is that so? Why don’t I burn it down then?”

No one expected that Eddie would be mad enough to say that.

Meanwhile, Sasha’s heart leaped to her throat.

She had noticed that many were swarming toward the temple with guns and gasoline. It seemed like they were determined to raze the temple to the ground.

However, an astonishing situation soon happened.

Although many statues and altars were destroyed, other than the few monks that had been caught in the beginning, no one else was around after those people entered.

When Eddie noticed this, a murderous look entered his eyes as his hand moved toward his gun. “Quite impressive to escape from right under my nose. Seems like I have underestimated you. Shin, have you planned this with your son all along?”

From afar, Sasha blanched.

Still remaining as calm as ever, the old monk who was once Shin said, “No. Until now, he still has no idea that I’m his dead father.”

“Really?” Eddie questioned.

Shin answered, “Yes. Shin is dead. He died thirty-two years ago, so there’s no point for us to reunite. Now, the one standing before of you is nothing but a pawn of yours.”

“So you still remember that you’re my pawn?”

“Of course. How could I not? This is your headquarters. If I don’t, you’d have been exposed to the world a long time ago,” Shin casually noted.

By then, Sabrina and Edmund had caught up with Sasha, and they, too, were dumbfounded upon hearing Shin’s and Eddie’s words.

“What does he mean? Does he mean that he’s in league with that old b*stard?” Sabrina gasped.

Edmund frowned.

It seemed that there was no other explanation than what Sabrina had said.

No wonder Sebastian couldn’t find these people’s base. It turns out that their headquarters is in this temple. It also makes sense now that the old monk could bring Sebastian here.

He wasn’t getting out of danger back then.

He was getting locked up in these people’s base.

Cold sweat began soaking their backs, for they had been doing many secretive things in this temple back then. It was nothing short of a miracle that they had not been found out.

“Well then, I’ll let you off the hook today. As long as you hand over that woman, I won’t lay a finger on you or the monks.”

Eddie was backing down a little. As long as Shin handed Sasha over to him, he would let him and the other monks go.

Sasha’s expression darkened.

At the same time, Sabrina shot out a free arm to grab Sabrina’s and hissed, “You’re the one he wants. Let’s leave now.”

Edmund agreed, “She’s right. He’s going to use you to blackmail Sebastian. We can’t let him get his way.”

However, Sasha remained frozen in place.

“Didn’t I tell you that I don’t know where she is? She hasn’t been in the temple for a long while. Besides, since Sebastian’s waging this long, complex game with you, do you really think he won’t make some arrangements to keep his wife safe?” Shin responded.

Right then, every individual by the temple entrance spotted the flicker of wrath in Eddie’s eyes. Without any hesitation, Eddie raised the gun that he had been fidgeting with and aimed it at Shin.

“Master!”

“Wait!”

The few monks behind Shin cried out for him at the same time a woman’s voice rang out from outside.

Everyone turned toward the voice, including Eddie and Shin.

What they never expected was to see the woman they were looking for running toward them.

“Why are you here? Who told you to come?” Shin growled.

It was the first time he had ever been so furious toward Sasha. Even his mustache was trembling.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1229

Who Does She Look Like

Sasha ran over and stood in front of Shin, protecting him.

“I can’t just let you die. He hasn’t seen you yet. How am I going to explain to him if you’re gone?”

Sweat had beaded on her pretty face that was coated with dust from the earlier explosion.

However, her eyes were as bright as ever as she gazed at Shin, looking like burning flames in the dark. Her stubbornness and determination broke the old monk’s heart.

“You…”

Tears welled up in his eyes.

By then, Sasha had already turned around to glare at Eddie.

“I’m here now, so let all of them go!” She pointed at the monks around them before pointing at Sabrina and Edmund as well.

Eddie lifted a brow.

He had to admit that he was a little taken aback, for he did not think that Sasha would come to him on her own accord.

It seems like that madman has an interesting taste in women.

In the end, Eddie gestured for his men to let the monks go.

“Very well, since you seem like a smart woman, I’ll let them go. Don’t worry. As long as your husband appears, I won’t hurt you either,” he said, surprisingly trying to console her with his words.

Sasha scoffed at that. Then, she took a step forward, about to leave with him.

“No! You can’t take her. You can’t!” Sabrina exclaimed as she sprinted over to try and save Sasha.

Unfortunately, she was completely powerless to do so. The moment she moved, dozens of guns were immediately trained on her, and Edmund hastily pulled her back with a trembling arm.

Even Shin’s face had pale.

In truth, he had always been a calm and collected man. Decades of being a monk had softened his rough edges. Although he had been forced to stay in the temple back then, time had managed to take away most of his earthly desires.

That was why Sasha and Sebastian never saw him fazed by anything.

However, at that very moment, the concrete he had encased his heart in was starting to crack.

“Eddie, I’m warning you. Don’t you dare lay a finger on her. Take a look at her and think about who she looks like.”

Eddie, who was about to step into his car, paused. He then turned to look at the old monk, who had an uncharacteristically grim expression on his face.

What does he mean?

At that thought, Eddie’s eyes drifted toward Sasha behind him.

Similarly, the others at the temple held their breaths and looked at Sasha quizzically.

What they saw was a woman coated from head to toe in dust, while her hair was in a mess despite it still being in a ponytail. In other words, Sasha looked as if she had just crawled out of a dumpster.

Yet, the longer Eddie looked at her, the more he realized how familiar she looked. Right then, the profile of someone’s face appeared in his mind.

The mole by the corner of Sasha’s right eye, especially, was identical to that person.

“She’s… She’s…”

“That’s right. She’s Judith Silvester’s granddaughter. Back then, Judith and your brother took ten long and arduous years to establish the new government. Not only that, she even abandoned her young daughter and sacrificed herself for the country. Until now, her statue still stands proudly in the Legacy Hall. It’s best for you to think well whether or not to lay a finger on her granddaughter,” Shin gritted out.

At that moment, it was as if he had returned to his former glory self as a formidable general on the battlefield. There was a fire blazing in his eyes, and he was as ferocious as a mighty beast. Anyone who chanced a glance at him would have shudders running down their spines.

Eddie’s face lost all colors.

Judith Silvester?

The founding woman who’s as monumental and famous as my brother?

No. This can’t be right. How can this girl be her granddaughter? Didn’t they say that Judith lost her kid during the revolution?

How did this girl become her granddaughter?

“No, you’re lying. There’s no way she’s Judith’s granddaughter! Back then, after my brother was done with establishing the country, he went on a search for Judith’s daughter. But, he never found her. So how can this girl be her granddaughter?”

Eddie refused to believe in anything Shin said.

Shin sneered in response. “Why not? The first mission I got as the special forces’ commander was to search for the founding mother’s descendant. It took me three years to find her mother, Heather Blackwood.”

“H-Heather Blackwood?”

“Yes, she was taken in by the Blackwood family. Judith was forced to leave her daughter behind because the girl was suffering from a severe illness. Thus, her guard went to the Blackwood family with Heather. Back then, the Blackwood family was a family of doctors. Jackson’s father, in fact, had brilliant medical skills. Thus, Heather stayed with them,” Shin explained truthfully.

His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1230

Fate

Indeed, that was the first mission he had received after becoming a high-ranking military officer. However, that was a top-secret mission, so he never told anyone about it.

At the start, after finding Heather, he wanted to bring her home.

However, by the time he found her, the political scene in the country was changing again. He then received orders from his higher-ups to keep Heather’s real identity a secret.

That included not reporting back the status of the mission.

In the end, the mission was put aside.

As Shin was a busy man back then, who often headed overseas to deal with peacekeeping and anti-terrorism activities, he assigned someone he trusted in his team to protect Heather.

That person was Rufus Wand.

Hearing all this, Sasha was astounded. She never thought that her parents’ history would have such twists and turns.

Judith Silvester?

I’m the granddaughter of the famous founding mother?

“Master, is… is everything you said true?”

“Yes. You can even ask your father about it if you don’t believe me,” Shin said, his tone much softer when he spoke to her earlier.

Sasha opened her mouth, but no words came out from them.

At that moment, she recalled that her mother did have poor health. After she was born, her mother had undergone all kinds of treatment. That was why when Sasha was eighteen—when the Wand family went bankrupt and her father was sent to jail—her mother passed away.

At that memory, Sasha’s eyes reddened.

“So what? Do you really think that I’d be scared just because she’s Judith’s granddaughter? I’ll let you know right now that I’m going to kill anyone who stands in my way! I don’t care if she’s Judith or even Louis! As long as they’re in my way, I’ll kill them all!”

Like a madman, Eddie roared out those words before shoving Sasha into the car.

Realizing what Eddie was doing, Shin finally lost his calm demeanor and made a mad dash toward him. Yet, at that moment, the familiar pain under his right lung flared again.

Strength sapped, he could not even snatch a gun away from anyone before stumbling backward.

“Shin!”

“Master!”

Sabrina, Edmund, and the other monks let out an alarmed cry as they rushed toward him.

Right before he fell to the ground, they caught him.

During those few seconds, Eddie had left the temple with Sasha. By the time they realized it, the car was long gone from their line of sight.

At that, their eyes dimmed, losing all hope.

In the evening, when Sebastian brought his men to the temple, everything had returned to its peaceful state.

Bathed in the light of the setting sun was the thousand-year temple. The monks had yet to clean up the mess, so when Sebastian arrived and stepped out of the car, he noticed right away that something was wrong.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his handsome face was unshaven, making him look haggard and worn out.

However, the first thing he did was to hoarsely question, “Was he already here? Where is he now?”

Sabrina was still by the doorway of the temple. She looked at him with equally reddened eyes and choked out, “Why didn’t you come earlier? That b*stard has taken her. Chances are, he’s torturing her right now as we speak!”

Sebastian froze.

For a moment, all he could hear was a shrill, buzzing sound. Then, his already pale face turned completely colorless.

He had made the decision.

Back then, in an act of desperation, Eddie had tried to destroy the entire White House. He had somehow gotten his hands on nuclear bombs and planted them in the military base, planning to pin the blame on the country’s army after blowing up the place.

Hence, Sebastian had chosen to deal with that first.

He thought that he would make it by rushing to the temple after he was done.

In the end, it seemed that he had overestimated his capabilities, for he was only human. He had saved others, but in doing so, he failed to save the one he loved.

“Sebastian? Sebastian!”

“Sabrina, do you know what you’ve just said? How could you put all the blame on him like this? Don’t you know what he has been through these few days? Are you trying to kill him?”

At one point in time, someone else drove over. When he saw Sabrina’s confrontation, he began berating her.

Nevertheless, it was too late.

Sebastian could no longer hear anything. His vision turned blurry and the world looked like it had lost all its luster. The words uttered by Sabrina had pierced through his chest and ripped out his beating heart.

“Urk—”

He coughed up a mouthful of blood before falling to the ground.

Sebastian was no saint, nor was he a mastermind in the grand scheme of things. All he wanted was to spend a quiet life with his family.

How did things turn out like this?

Carrying Sebastian into the temple, Devin saw the blood that was trickling from the corner of the former’s lips. Unable to contain his emotions anymore, hot tears escaped his reddened eyes.