"Young Master, I’ve done all I can for you. The rest of the journey is yours to walk on your own." The old man shook his head helplessly, then disappeared from the spot.
"Hey, what’s going on?"
Hearing Chu Qingxue’s puzzled voice, Ye Chenfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Nothing, keep going!"
He continued calling Chu Qingfei, Qiu Muran, and others to confirm that they were also safe.
"Huh? Could it be that the old man was just playing a trick on me?" Ye Chenfeng licked his dry lips.
"No, the old man’s efforts wouldn’t just be to play with me ." Ye Chenfeng shook his head again, muttering to himself, "My woman? Could it also include Lu Wanqing and the others?"
Feeling uncertain, Ye Chenfeng started calling Lu Wanqing and the others, finally confirming that Lu Wanqing and Lin Qingzhu were also safe.
"Then it’s Shen Yuqin."
When he called Shen Yuqin, no one answered, as expected.
Ye Chenfeng’s heart sank, and he immediately hurried to Huating International.
"Huh? Mr. Ye, why are you here again?" Shen Yuqin’s colleagues knew Ye Chenfeng and said something odd when they saw him arrive.
Ye Chenfeng asked urgently, "Is Shen Yuqin here?"
"Didn’t she just leave with you?"
After speaking, Ye Chenfeng hastily headed to Shen Yuqin’s house.
"She’s not here, just left!"
Seeing the messy room, Ye Chenfeng judged that someone had just left here.
At that moment, Ye Chenfeng’s phone rang.
"Jiang Qi!" Ye Chenfeng answered the phone, immediately shouting the name.
"Ye Chenfeng, you figured it out!" Jiang Qi laughed, "Let me guess where you are now. Are you perhaps at Shen Yuqin’s house?"
"Speak up, where have you taken them?" Ye Chenfeng said coldly.
Jiang Qi on the other end chuckled, "Why don’t you go check out Chu Corporation?"
"What?" Ye Chenfeng’s heart sank again.
As expected, Chu Qingxue should have been taken by Jiang Qi as well.
"Where are you?" Ye Chenfeng asked bluntly.
"Top floor of the Times Building. There’s no need for me to remind you; if I can take people right under your nose, you should know I’m not afraid of those small fry! Haha, it sounds like I’m some kind of kidnapper!" Jiang Qi said.
Ye Chenfeng’s eyes narrowed into slits, radiating beams of sharp light.
"Your target is me. Don’t hurt them!" Ye Chenfeng said.
"I just want to kill you. If I wanted to kill them, would I need to go to such lengths?" Jiang Qi retorted.
Just after hanging up the phone, the door to the room opened.
Shen Tianfang walked in from outside, curiously asking, "Chenfeng, when did you arrive?"
"I just got here, Uncle Shen."
"Did you come with Yuqin?" Shen Tianfang asked curiously, seeing only Ye Chenfeng and not Shen Yuqin.
"Yuqin didn’t come. She’s still at work. I came to see you." Ye Chenfeng smiled, "Saw you, Uncle Shen. I’ll be off now. Yuqin and I will have dinner outside tonight."
"Alright, Chenfeng, be careful driving!" Shen Tianfang reminded.
After Ye Chenfeng left, Shen Tianfang stood there as if he had become a different person.
His expression was solemn, his eyes sharp, and he exuded an oppressive aura.
"What must come will come!"
Shen Tianfang sighed deeply, limping to the balcony.
The balcony was full of miscellaneous items, including an ancient-looking red-painted wooden box out of place in this era.
The box had a huge, rusty lock that matched the old box.
Shen Tianfang slowly opened the box, initially stunned, but then he took out something from inside...
On his way to the Times Building, Ye Chenfeng lit a cigarette and smoked silently.
He wasn’t sure if it was due to the old man’s warning or something else, but Ye Chenfeng felt uneasy, his right eyelid twitching incessantly.
He had two questions on his mind: First, who was behind Jiang Qi to easily take Chu Qingxue and Shen Yuqin, knowing they had people around them. Second, why was Shen Yuqin the other one taken besides Chu Qingxue?
These two questions left Ye Chenfeng puzzled.
With doubts in mind, Ye Chenfeng arrived at the Times Building.
Minutes later, Ye Chenfeng quietly reached the top floor. From the time he left Shen Yuqin’s house, he had been concealing himself, aiming to surprise the opponent.
"Ye Chenfeng, since you’re here, why sneak around?"
At that moment, a voice suddenly echoed in Ye Chenfeng’s ear.
A thought flashed in Ye Chenfeng’s mind: Either Jiang Qi had become a super expert, or he had a powerful backer.
Since he was discovered, Ye Chenfeng walked in openly.
It was a large hall like a conference room, lavishly decorated in stark contrast to the desolation outside.
In the vast space, only three people were present: Jiang Qi, Chu Qingxue, and Shen Yuqin.
But Chu Qingxue and Shen Yuqin were tied to chairs with masks over their heads. They appeared unconscious.
"We meet again, Young Master Ye? Haha..." Jiang Qi laughed incessantly upon seeing Ye Chenfeng, but his smile was creepy.
Moreover, his voice made people shudder, seemingly speaking differently from normal.
"So, you want to kill me? Can you?" Ye Chenfeng looked at Jiang Qi and asked calmly.
Jiang Qi laughed again, "Forbidden God King, you’re so confident! But you have the right to be!"
Hearing this familiar title, Ye Chenfeng’s eye twitched sharply.
Realizing the issue, Ye Chenfeng understood Jiang Qi probably knew everything about his identity, hence his lack of fear of him, likely having a plan to kill him.
"Since you’re idle, I’ll save them now. I assure you before you can harm them, I’ll reach you first," Ye Chenfeng’s eyes gleamed with a murderous intent.
"I admit that, but so what? If you think you can save them that easily, go ahead and try," Jiang Qi said nonchalantly, completely confident.
The calmer Jiang Qi appeared, the more unpredictable he became to Ye Chenfeng.
"Why hesitate? Aren’t you the Forbidden God King?" Jiang Qi sneered.
Ye Chenfeng said nothing, staring intently at Jiang Qi.
"Looks like the Forbidden God King is really angry. Will he kill me?" Jiang Qi appeared extremely arrogant.
Ye Chenfeng’s anger surged, but he had no outlet.
Jiang Qi then removed the masks from Chu Qingxue and Shen Yuqin, and they gradually regained consciousness.