"Don’t go, please." Chen Yuxin finally grabbed Ye Shikai’s wrist. Her tone was so pleading, like Lin Daiyu’s sorrow, endearing and evoking sympathy. Perhaps no man could refuse her request.
However, Ye Shikai was the exception. He needed to go to the hospital to look after Su Qingyu, and if others knew that he was alone with Chen Yuxin in a room, it would affect his reputation.
"I’m sorry." Ye Shikai said indifferently, then turned around and left the conference room. A short pain is better than a long one. He hoped that the alcohol could numb Chen Yuxin’s heartache.
After Ye Shikai left, Chen Yuxin slowly stood up from the sofa. The flush of drunkenness on her face gradually faded, returning to her natural pale complexion; her eyes fixed on the door, fists silently clenched...
This trip to the Chen family yielded nothing. Ye Shikai drove back to the hospital feeling gloomy, seeing Su Qingyu still lying quietly on the hospital bed, his heart wrenched with pain.
Ye Shikai entered the ICU, sat down on the bed next to Su Qingyu, silently gazing at her profile. The romantic proposal of kneeling on one knee – promising to grow old together, I remember at that time, in the dimly lit auditorium, the tranquil atmosphere, Ye Shikai knelt to propose, and the silence was so profound one could hear each other’s breath.
"Bang." The beautiful scene was shattered by that gunshot.
"Qingyu, I’m sorry for you. Ever since you’ve been with me, one disaster after another has followed you. Is it true that I really don’t deserve you?" Ye Shikai muttered, "If your condition could improve without me, I hope I never appear in your life again."
Ye Shikai seemed reflective. His life had been full of hardships, even though he was only in his twenties. He thought he could live a peaceful life but, it seems, there is no fate between him and Su Qingyu.
Su Qingyu was assassinated, but Ye Shikai didn’t blame Ghost for the lack of vigilance. Under those circumstances, his response was nearly perfect. There’s no such thing as a perfect defense, no impregnable guardians...
"Qingyu, please wake up." As Ye Shikai’s thoughts spun in his mind, drowsiness began to creep in. Soon, he fell into a slumber...
National Security Bureau, Director Jin’s office.
"Director Jin, the mission failed." In the office of the Director of National Security, Tianjing unusually presented a debriefing report. When the Bureau received anonymous information regarding the sighting of a fugitive, Tianjing took his team to capture him immediately, but they still escaped. It was all because of those white-clothed assailants, especially an old man wielding a cane, who was extremely skilled.
"Can you tell me something I don’t know?" Director Jin sipped his tea with a solemn expression. Since the establishment of the National Security Bureau, there have been few who dared to attack their officers, let alone overpower National Security Bureau Members.
"Those white-clothed people, how’s the investigation going?" Director Jin inquired.
"Not many clues. They come and go in a hurry, without leaving a trace," Tianjing admitted, bowing his head again. He was not only defeated but also unable to capture those people. It wasn’t that there were few clues; there were none at all. Actually, Tianjing had tried to find them, but those white-clothed people were mysterious, as if they appeared out of thin air. Otherwise, how could they have suddenly appeared on a highway?
"If they could leave traces, they wouldn’t have come to rescue anyone," Director Jin gently tapped on the table and chided.
"That person in the car, was he the War God, one of the Main Gods?"
"Yes, so I speculate that those white-clothed people could be his subordinates or something similar."
"In that case, you can start from this angle." Director Jin spoke indifferently, then suddenly, he stopped, as if something dawned on him, and excitedly said, "You said those people used smoke to appear, catching you off-guard, is that right?"
"Exactly. Furthermore, they escaped in the same way, using the smoke as a cover. Moreover, the survey team checked the nearby area and found no traces of any smoke grenades or other smoke devices."
"Director, have you thought of someone?" Tianjing asked tentatively.
"Yes, this style of combat reminds me of a certain group."
Late at night, in a hotel in Yanjing.
A beautiful woman was sitting on the bed, glancing at her watch from time to time, as if waiting for someone’s arrival.
"Ding-dong." At that moment, the room’s doorbell rang. The woman excitedly walked to the door, checked the peephole, then opened the door.
"Sister, you’re finally here. I’ve been waiting for you for so long." A white-clothed woman walked in directly from outside. The visitor was Ji Qian, and the woman who had been in the room was naturally her sister, Ji Yu.
"Elder Chen led a rescue today; you arranged that, right?" Ji Qian smiled faintly. She recognized today’s white-clothed reinforcements – the White Mist Army of the Ji Family, known for their stealth and lethal force. Appearing amidst the mist, dressed in white, they killed unseen.
"Sis, how did you know?" Ji Yu smiled as if she was a child who did a good deed, expecting praise from family and elders.
"Elder Chen, as one of the Ji Family’s honored cultivators, how did you manage to get him to act?" Ji Qian said with a smile. Elder Chen, full name Chen Ligong, was one of the Ji Family’s honored cultivators. A family like the Ji Family had many cultivators, and the top masters among them, the elders, were honored as such. They enjoyed the high-quality cultivation resources provided by these big families, and with their exceptional talent, they naturally became the "cherished" members of these families. Chen Ligong was one of the Ji Family’s great honored cultivators, the leader of the secretly elite White Mist Army, holding direct command over the family’s elite forces, which showed just how much the Ji Family trusted Chen Ligong.
"Hehe, actually I didn’t say much, just that the eldest miss was besieged and needed him to resolve it immediately. I didn’t expect Elder Chen to take action as soon as he received the order," Ji Yu said with a giggle. When she mentioned "eldest miss," Ji Qian’s expression flickered conspicuously, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"How did you know I would be in trouble?" Ji Qian suddenly asked curiously.
"Actually, I overheard it." Ji Yu said mysteriously, leaning close to Ji Qian’s ear and whispering, "At the time of the wedding, I happened to hear a voice in the restroom. It sounded like someone was calling the National Security Bureau to capture someone."
"Can you identify who it was?"
"Of course, I would never mistake Wang Qian’s voice."