The sour tone left An Yan speechless. After a moment, she finally said, "You’re not bringing a single person with you. What if you encounter danger?"
"How could I possibly encounter danger?" The man was very confident.
An Yan wrapped her arms around his waist, saying helplessly, "Then you don’t know that Gu Shifang has been reborn into a Great Witch who can practice witchcraft. He can even control insects!"
"Controlling insects? So that means he could also control birds?" Li Tianyao finally understood why their plane had been attacked by birds.
So it was Gu Shifang who wanted to use birds to make the plane crash and blow me to smithereens.
An Yan exclaimed in shock, "You encountered birds? What about the plane?"
"As he wished, it crashed."
No wonder when she saw him, he was parachuting; it was Gu Shifang’s doing again.
"His abilities are just too powerful!"
An Yan felt somewhat depressed. With Gu Shifang being so formidable this time, how were they going to catch him?
"Don’t worry, I’m here now, right? I have experience dealing with him."
"Alright. Then you must be careful! I’ll go prepare some insect repellent for you. I’ve tested it, and my medicine can indeed repel the insects he summons."
An Yan got up and busied herself. Before she realized it, daylight had arrived.
When she went downstairs for breakfast, Wen Ya reported that Lu Feng and Lin Ling had already arrived at dawn. "Ninth Master, do you need me to call them over?"
"No need. Let them rest a bit longer."
Wen Ya moved a large stack of files and documents that Lu Feng had handed her into the study.
While Li Tianyao dealt with the files, An Yan sat beside him, listening to Luolie, Liang Chen, and Mu Enyu report on all aspects of the incident.
As she had guessed, someone had relayed the news of her group’s peril to Liang Chen, Mu Enyu, and Officer Xiaohe.
At that time, Liang Chen, Mu Enyu, and Officer Xiaohe decided to descend the mountain. Once their phones had a signal, they immediately notified Mo Shiyan, Li Tianyao, and the Yuncheng police.
"That person was a bit far from us, and the clothes he wore were similar to Brother Luolie’s and the others’, so we kept thinking he was one of us," Liang Chen said.
After Liang Chen finished speaking, Mu Enyu added, "Originally, we wanted Sister Chuwei to come back to the villa with us to wait for news, but Sister Chuwei insisted on going into the mountains with the police here. I think she always remembered that her mission in coming to Yuncheng was to protect Miss An Yan."
An Yan nodded. Officer Xiaohe was indeed a very reliable police officer.
The following matters were reported by Luolie.
After An Yan and Li Tianyao had left, Luolie and his group, along with He Peng and the others, began descending the mountain, only to unexpectedly encounter several Living Dead.
"They were obviously targeting Mo Shiyan."
Considering Mo Shiyan had once taken a bullet for An Yan, Luolie led his men in a valiant resistance.
When the fight was at a stalemate, Officer Xiaohe arrived with the police. With overwhelming firepower, those Living Dead were eliminated one by one.
Not even He Peng’s squad was spared in the battle.
"Preserve their ashes well and bring them back for burial," Li Tianyao said.
An Yan hung her head. She actually knew He Peng and the others were gone, but hearing they didn’t even have bodies left still saddened her. After all, those seven people had died because of her.
"What about Golden Crow? Have you caught him?" Li Tianyao asked.
Luolie shook his head. "We didn’t find him. My men and I searched the mountains for a day and a night but found nothing."
"Did you find any suspicious individuals near the Ancient Tomb?"
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An Yan, having composed herself, chimed in, "The thumb ring is inside. Gu Shifang might go to retrieve it, don’t you think?"
Lu Feng and his team, having rested, came to report to Li Tianyao.
Li Tianyao asked them to wait outside the door and turned to look at An Yan. "Are you heading to the laboratory first?"
An Yan was stunned for a moment. "Can’t I listen?"
Li Tianyao glared at her. "No! From now on, stay away from any situation where Lu Feng is present."
This man’s possessiveness was truly extreme; he’d even started to guard against his own subordinates!
An Yan looked at him speechlessly, then turned, jumped out the window, and went downstairs to the laboratory. She wouldn’t stoop to his level!
From a distance, He Chuwei saw her approaching and immediately trotted over, saying, "Miss An Yan, it’s confirmed—the Mo Family’s butler is the one who has been opening doors wide for international drug traffickers. The Yuncheng police are already investigating deeply, but they’re short-handed, so I was thinking..."
An Yan nodded. "Go ahead!"
Officer Xiaohe was a public servant who had come to Yuncheng to protect her. Now that Li Tianyao had arrived, her safety was no longer an issue, so there was no need for Officer Xiaohe to stay by her side constantly.
An Yan had Wang Yong provide Officer Xiaohe with a car. "Contact us anytime you need anything."
"Thank you, Miss An Yan."
After seeing off Officer Xiaohe, An Yan immersed herself in research on the Brain-eating Insect.
She hadn’t realized it before, but after experiencing these events, An Yan deeply felt that five minutes of X-ray vision was far too short. Only by curing Old Mr. Mo could she possibly increase the duration of her X-ray vision.
"Sister Yan?" Mu Enyu came up beside An Yan and called out to her softly.
An Yan returned to her senses. "What is it?"
"Sister Wen Ya is outside calling for you."
An Yan left the laboratory, and Wen Ya reported, "Miss, someone from the Mo Family said that Mo Shiyan’s injury, for some reason, has shown no signs of healing, and they would like you to take a look."
Mo Shiyan’s shoulder had been hit by a bullet, but it hadn’t reached the bone. Generally speaking, as long as the wound was cleaned properly, recovery was only a matter of time.
Could there be other complications?
An Yan made a quick calculation. Strangely, Mo Shiyan wasn’t in any great danger! It couldn’t be ruled out that Young Master Mo was simply too delicate, feeling like he was at death’s door over a minor injury. Perhaps it was just psychological.
An Yan hadn’t planned on bothering with him, but the thought of a possible conspiracy immediately piqued her interest.
"Then I’ll go check on him."
An Yan went back to her room to change clothes, then went to the study.
Li Tianyao was sitting behind the desk, head down, flipping through file after file. Still dressed in black, he had removed his tie, the collar of his shirt casually open, revealing an alluring Adam’s apple and beautiful collarbone.
He was a man who looked good from any angle, at any time.
Upon hearing movement, he looked up. His eyes carried a hint of coldness, but seeing it was An Yan, the chill vanished. "Not busy anymore?"
"I want to step out for a bit."
"Where to?" The man’s voice was clearly displeased.
He was here, and this little girl still wanted to run off?
"The hospital. Mo Shiyan’s injury isn’t healing well, and I need to check on him."
"You’re not allowed to go!" The man predictably objected.