152: Is Kim Mi-jung being followed?

Ye Chen took out his phone and saw that it was a call from Jin Meiting.

He was stunned for a moment.

At this hour, Jin Meiting should usually be asleep.

After all.

Life at the clubhouse was always turned upside down between day and night.

He swiped to answer and put it to his ear: "Sister Meiting, what's wrong?"

On the other end of the line, Jin Meiting's voice sounded a bit tense.

"A-Chen."

"I... I think I'm being followed."

A-Chen's expression darkened. "What's going on? Tell me everything!"

Jin Meiting took a deep breath and began to explain.

"I was getting ready to drive home after work. Just as I left the clubhouse parking lot, I noticed three black SUVs following me."

She tried to shake them off several times, but failed every time.

Finally, after circling around and taking many turns, she managed to distance herself slightly and drove back to Sheshan Manor.

But just now... looking out from the balcony, Jin Meiting saw those three cars lingering nearby. She hadn't shaken them off at all.

Ye Chen's eyes turned cold. "They're still there?"

"Still there," Jin Meiting said with certainty.

"Wait for me, I'll be there right away." Ye Chen didn't hesitate for a second. "Lock the doors, don't turn on the lights, and wait for my word."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Jin Meiting's voice softened.

It seemed... this stalking incident had truly frightened this former "big sister" figure.

He hung up the phone.

Bing Lan came out of the kitchen and asked, "What happened?"

"Jin Meiting is in some trouble. I need to head over there."

Ye Chen kept it brief, grabbing his jacket from the sofa. "I'll be back soon."

Bing Lan didn't ask further, only nodding. "Be careful."

"Mhm."

Ye Chen gave a brief acknowledgement, his figure already sweeping out the door like a gust of wind.

Before long.

The car model roared as it surged out of Dijing Garden, speeding toward Sheshan Manor... Sheshan Villa.

Inside the room, Jin Meiting gripped her phone tightly, standing before the floor-to-ceiling window of her second-floor bedroom.

A small gap was pulled open in the curtains.

Those three black SUVs were parked quietly along the tree-lined road outside the villa.

However.

The people in the cars seemed unable to wait any longer.

Seven or eight dark figures stepped out of the vehicles.

Then.

They nimbly scaled the iron fence surrounding the villa and landed on the front lawn.

Jin Meiting's heart sank to the bottom instantly.

They weren't ordinary stalkers!

Who on earth were they?

And what did they want to do?

Jin Meiting forced herself to remain calm. She immediately pulled open the nightstand drawer and grabbed the handgun hidden inside.

Immediately after.

She quickly crossed the bedroom and ducked into the bathroom.

"Click."

She locked the solid wood door behind her, leaned against the tiled wall, and gripped the pistol with both hands.

Almost simultaneously—

"Crash!"

The sound of shattering glass erupted from the living room downstairs!

In the next moment.

Footsteps were heard, moving up the stairs!

Jin Meiting bit her lower lip hard, preventing herself from making a sound... Suddenly!

The footsteps stopped outside the bedroom door.

"Boom!"

The bedroom door was kicked open, and several dark figures appeared at the bathroom door.

"Whoever's inside, come out on your own!"

A cold, sinister voice drifted in.

"Otherwise, when we come in, we won't be so polite!"

Jin Meiting remained silent, her hands deathly tight on the gun's grip, aiming the muzzle at the door.

"Not coming out?"

The cold voice outside paused, clearly growing impatient.

"Then don't blame us—"

"Boom!"

Before the words could finish, the bathroom door was violently burst open by a massive force from outside!

Glass shattered!

Wood chips flew!

Three burly men in black appeared at the doorway like ghosts.

Jin Meiting's pupils constricted, and she instinctively pulled the trigger!

"Bang!"

A flash of fire erupted from the muzzle!

However—

The lead man in black reacted with startling speed. At the moment the gun fired, he raised his right hand, and a brilliant sword light slashed out like a bolt of silk!

"Clang!"

The sound of metal clashing rang out!

The bullet was actually deflected by the longsword, flying off at an angle.

Then.

It embedded itself into the tiled wall to Jin Meiting's left!

Jin Meiting's face turned pale, her heart trembling with shock!

He could deflect a bullet with a sword?

These people were definitely not ordinary thugs!

They were martial artists!

And extremely powerful ones at that!

Who... who on earth were they???

The three at the door exchanged looks.

The man in black in the center, with sinister eyes, spoke coldly: "The orders from above are... dead or alive, she's at our disposal."

To his left, a burly man grinned.

"Wouldn't it be a waste to kill her?"

"This woman looks tasty and has a hot body. Why don't we..."

"Let the brothers take turns having some fun before she dies?"

The sinister man in black frowned. "Old Five! Don't mess up the main business!"

The short, stout man on his right also spoke in a deep voice.

"Exactly. Killing her is quick and clean. We need to evacuate as soon as possible."

"Ye Chen might already be on his way. We can't afford to dally!"

Killing intent flashed in the sinister man's eyes.

"Do it."

The three of them stepped forward together.

Jin Meiting's expression changed drastically. She raised the gun again and threatened, "Don't come any closer, or I'll shoot!!!"

Hearing this, the coarse man ignored the threat of the barrel and continued to approach with a lecherous grin.

"Don't be nervous, beautiful..."

"You won't be in pain for much longer."

As he spoke.

He reached out, his fingers forming a claw, and lunged to seize Jin Meiting's snow-white neck!

"If you dare touch her, you will die a miserable death."

A cold voice suddenly rang out from the bathroom doorway.

The coarse man, who was grinning as he reached for Jin Meiting's neck, suddenly froze.

Everyone inside the bathroom was stunned.

In the next instant.

They all looked toward the source of the voice.

There.

A young man had appeared silently in the center of the master bedroom at some point, watching them coldly.

"A-Chen?"

Jin Meiting's face lit up with joy. "You're here?"

She had thought she was finished.

But she never expected... A-Chen would arrive so quickly!

The faces of the three men in black changed instantly.

The sinister man's pupils shrank as he barked, "Ye Chen? How did you get in? There were clearly people guarding outside!"

For this operation, only the three of them had infiltrated the villa, while others were left on the tree-lined road outside to keep watch.

There were four of them, all skilled!

Yet until Ye Chen spoke, not a single warning had come from outside... How was this possible?!

Ye Chen walked in step by step and said flatly, "They have all been killed by me."

The faces of the three men darkened immediately!

Cold light exploded in the sinister man's eyes as he growled, "Go! Kill him together!"

The burly man on the left grinned savagely and charged at Ye Chen like a wild bull, his fist the size of a sandbag aiming straight for Ye Chen's face!

The short, stout man on the right swayed eerily, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole. A short dagger gleaming with a faint blue luster appeared in his hand as he silently aimed for Ye Chen's ribs!

The sinister man flicked his wrist, and the longsword that had deflected the bullet let out a shrill whistle, transforming into a cold beam of light aimed straight at Ye Chen's throat!

The three coordinated perfectly, sealing off almost all of Ye Chen's room to maneuver, their strikes being lethal moves!

However—

Ye Chen's gaze turned cold. Facing this certain-death situation, he didn't even move his feet.

He simply reached out with both hands, one to the left and one to the right, grabbing the burly man's incoming fist and the stout man's wrist holding the dagger!

In the next second.

He exerted sudden force with both arms, as if swinging two empty sacks, and slammed the two of them together violently!

"Crash!"

The tooth-aching sound of bones cracking, accompanied by their shrill screams, erupted simultaneously!

From that collision, countless bones in the burly man and the stout man were broken, and blood sprayed from their mouths!

But Ye Chen didn't stop there!

Gripping them both, he twisted his waist and swung his arms like he was throwing a hammer, hurling the two men like cannonballs against the walls on either side!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two massive booms echoed out!

The walls shook violently!

The burly man and the stout man didn't even have time to groan before they were embedded into the walls like two piles of mud.

With every bone in their bodies shattered, blood trickled down the walls as they died instantly!

Seeing his companions die so miserably in an instant, the sinister man's face turned white.

Escape!

He had to escape!

He abruptly retracted his sword and kicked off the ground, retreating like a startled rabbit, hoping to burst through the window behind him to safety!

But before he could even take two steps back, a palm had silently landed on the back of his collar!

Then.

An irresistible, terrifying force took hold!

The sinister man felt his neck tighten as he was hauled back like a little chick and then slammed hard onto the floor.

"Thud!"

He was left dazed and seeing stars. Before he could even try to get up, a foot was already stepping on his chest!

The terrifying pressure bore down, making him feel as though his sternum would completely shatter in the next second!

"Whose people are you?" Ye Chen asked calmly.

The sinister man trembled all over, the fear of death completely breaking his mental defenses.

He broke down!

"Don't kill me! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

"We are from the Hidden Sect! We serve under Lord Shady, one of the thirty-six Earth Fiend Guards of the Inner Sect!"

Ye Chen frowned. "What's your plan? Why capture Jin Meiting?"

The sinister man explained in terror.

"No... it's not to capture her!"

"At least, she's not the primary target!"

"Our mission was to draw your attention and lure you here!"

"Lord Shady and the others took the main force to Dijing Garden!"

"They... their goal is to capture Bing Lan!"