Chapter 11: If You Cut the Grass, Pull Out the Roots Too!
Ye Fan felt a warmth in his heart. He knew this little sister-in-law well—she was usually terrified of mice!
For her to make her way in through such a pitch-black night, she must have summoned tremendous courage.
Su Yixue truly cared about him!
How rare!
Ye Fan put away the icy aura he had just displayed and returned to his silly, innocent expression. "Wife Yixue, I'm all better now. I'm coming out!"
After answering, Ye Fan quickly darted out of the woods.
As he approached Su Yixue, he suddenly shouted, "Wow! Such a huge mouse!"
"Ah? Where?" Startled out of her wits, Su Yixue jumped up instantly, wrapped her arms around Ye Fan's neck, and instinctively leaped into his embrace.
Taking advantage of the moment, Ye Fan pulled Su Yixue into his arms, feeling the softness of her body and breathing in her fragrance.
"It already ran away... Wife Yixue, you smell so nice!" Ye Fan sniffed lightly at her neck twice, making her blush all over.
"You... you're so bad. You scared me on purpose, didn't you?" Su Yixue pouted as she lightly punched his chest.
For a moment, she couldn't tell whether Ye Fan was really foolish... or just pretending.
At that moment, Ye Fan simply wore a goofy grin as he carried Su Yixue toward the cars by the roadside.
Several drivers were still waiting in Zhao Tianlong's convoy.
They had been waiting for Zhao Tianlong and the others to return victorious, but after a while, they saw Ye Fan carrying Su Yixue out instead. Confusion immediately filled their minds.
"Where's Young Master Zhao and the others? Weren't they chasing Ye Fan? How did Ye Fan come out while they're still inside?"
"Could something have happened? Come on, let's go in and take a look!"
After Su Yixue drove away with Ye Fan, the remaining drivers hurried into the abandoned park to search.
Ten minutes later, they finally found the unconscious bodyguards behind an artificial rock formation.
"Quick... call an ambulance... notify the family head..."
In no time, the abandoned park became bustling with activity.
Zhao Dechang personally rushed over with his men. All the bodyguards were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. What worried the Zhao family head most was that everyone Zhao Tianlong had brought had been found—except Zhao Tianlong himself and the scar-faced man.
"How can two living people just disappear into thin air? Keep searching!" Zhao Dechang roared angrily at the Zhao family bodyguards.
Zhao Dechang had only this one son. If anything happened to him, the family line would end.
"Family Head, over a hundred of us have searched this place eight times. We've checked every corner, even searched the river. There's no trace of the young master!" One of Zhao Dechang's subordinates looked equally frustrated. "How about... we call the police?"
"Idiot!"
Furious, Zhao Dechang kicked the man in the backside.
"Has water gotten into your brain? How are you going to call the police? Tell them they came here to kill Ye Fan, and now they've gone missing?"
The captain of the bodyguard team realized he had a point and didn't dare say another word.
"What did the bodyguards who regained consciousness say?" Zhao Dechang demanded coldly.
"The hospital reported back. Their statements are basically identical. After following Ye Fan in, they encountered a stranger. That stranger attacked and knocked them all unconscious. They don't know what happened after that."
After hearing the report, Zhao Dechang slowly closed his eyes.
There had actually been another mysterious expert?
He injured so many bodyguards but only took away the scar-faced man and his own son. It seemed his son's chances of survival were slim...
Who exactly had targeted him?
Or had someone from the Ye family made a move?
"Let's go back! Seal off all news about what happened here today! Mobilize everyone in the Zhao family to search all over Yuncheng for the young master. Report to me immediately if there's any lead!"
With a gloomy expression, Zhao Dechang issued his orders. He still refused to give up hope.
Ye Fan!
That beast again.
They hadn't managed to kill him five years ago, and now he had finally brought trouble upon the Zhao family?
Hmph!
Since those above already wanted him silenced anyway, he had escaped by sheer luck this time. Next time, I'd better do it myself. Let's see how you escape then!
...
After taking Ye Fan back to his residence and settling him in, Su Yixue hurried off to the company.
The Xia family wanted to cooperate with the Su Group. It was an incredible opportunity for the company, and nothing could go wrong during the contract-signing process.
After Su Yixue left, Ye Fan carefully surveyed the area around the villa.
Although he was the only one inside, he detected several hidden figures lurking nearby.
Some were bodyguards arranged by Su Yixue to protect him.
Others were familiar to Ye Fan—they were bodyguards from the Ye family, most likely sent by his grandfather.
With the Ye family currently in such a precarious situation, although their enemies believed Ye Fan was merely a fool and hadn't targeted him, no one could guarantee those enemies wouldn't suddenly go mad.
But ordinary bodyguards like these couldn't keep an eye on Ye Fan.
He turned the television volume up loud in the living room, then silently slipped out through the villa's back door without attracting attention.
Since he had already made a move against Zhao Tianlong, Ye Fan had no intention of giving the Zhao family any time to recover.
Before Su Yixue returned, he planned to visit the Zhao family and wipe them out completely!
...
Yuncheng, Zhao Family Estate!
Feeling irritated, Zhao Dechang returned home. As usual, the family's big yellow dog wagged its tail and came over to greet him.
"Get lost!"
Enraged, Zhao Dechang kicked the dog flying. Whimpering in pain, it ran away, utterly bewildered about what it had done wrong.
Thinking about what had happened to his son, Zhao Dechang strode irritably toward his study.
"Nobody disturb me!"
He pushed open the study door and switched on the light.
The moment he saw the scene before him, his pupils contracted sharply.
"Y-you... Ye Fan? Why are you here?"
Inside the room, Ye Fan sat calmly in a grand armchair, staring coldly at Zhao Dechang. Those snake-like eyes made Zhao Dechang's scalp tingle.
"You failed to kill me five years ago. You must regret that now, don't you?" Ye Fan's lips curled slightly as he stood up and fixed Zhao Dechang with a burning gaze.
Zhao Dechang was completely stunned.
"Y-you... weren't you mentally impaired? You were never stupid? You were pretending? You..."
Instinctively, Zhao Dechang reached for the door to call the bodyguards.
But the moment he moved, Ye Fan struck!
Whoosh!
A pencil shot through the air and nailed Zhao Dechang's hand firmly to the door.
"Ah—"
Just as Zhao Dechang was about to scream, a rag was stuffed into his mouth, muffling the rest of his cries.
"Answer my questions honestly, and I'll let you suffer a little less."
Ye Fan stepped closer, speaking coldly. The murderous aura radiating from him made every hair on Zhao Dechang's body stand on end...
(End of Chapter)
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