45: I want him!

Before Ye Chen's voice had even faded, the entire scene changed!

Bai Shanshan instinctively reached for her waist, but grasped only empty air...

She had left in such a hurry that she had actually forgotten her sidearm.

The Bodyguards reacted swiftly, immediately shielding Bai Wanqing behind them and vigilantly scanning their surroundings.

Just then—

"Who is it!!!"

A bestial roar exploded from the courtyard entrance, making everyone's eardrums tingle.

Everyone turned their heads in unison.

They saw an old man in a grey Zhongshan suit with messy, greying hair rushing into the courtyard like a madman.

His eyes were bloodshot, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and he radiated a chilling aura of malice.

"Who broke my formation?"

"You ruined my grand plan! I want you to pay with your life!"

Upon seeing the man's face, Bai Wanqing's pupils constricted, and she gasped, "Yao Bo?!"

Bai Shanshan also recognized him, her face full of disbelief: "Yao Bo!"

Yao Bo!

Six years ago, Tianyao Group was at its peak, flourishing like the midday sun.

However, an internal audit uncovered a massive financial loophole of one billion!

After following the trail, all evidence pointed to this veteran who had once been Old Master Lin's right-hand man.

He was one of the founding contributors who had "expanded the territory," deeply trusted and holding significant power.

But trust, in the end, could not withstand the greed of the human heart.

He had used his position to secretly embezzle the one billion in funds without anyone noticing.

When the matter came to light, Old Master Lin was heartbroken, but out of consideration for their past friendship and Yao Bo's previous contributions, he could not bring himself to send him to court.

In the end, the Lin family ordered him expelled from the group, never to be employed again.

The Lin family did not even pursue the one billion, treating it as a buyout of all past friendship and merit.

At the time, this was considered the height of benevolence.

Since then, Yao Bo had taken his family and disappeared into the crowd, never to be heard from again, and Old Master Lin had retired because of this.

Bai Wanqing never imagined...

That after six years, their reunion would be in such a scenario!

This old man who had been forgiven not only showed no gratitude but instead used such vicious means to cause the Lin family's ruin!

"Yao Bo!"

Bai Wanqing was furious, "The Lin family treated you well, and my father-in-law even spared you out of old friendship! You... why must you be so vicious? Harming my father-in-law and mother-in-law, harming my husband... You are truly worse than a beast!"

"Treated me well? Spared me? Hahaha..."

Yao Bo let out a manic laugh.

"I worked like a dog for the Lin family for decades, sweating and bleeding, how many great contributions did I make?!"

"That mere billion, compared to what I earned for the Lin family, what does it amount to?!"

"But what about you? Just because of this bit of money, you kicked me out of the group like a stray dog!"

"Making my decades of hard work go down the drain, turning me into a laughingstock!"

His bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at Bai Wanqing, as if he wanted to devour her alive.

"This is all what your Lin family owes me!"

"Since you won't let me live well, I will seize the Lin family's fortune, leave you without descendants, and destroy your home!"

"Using your whole family's lives to achieve wealth and prosperity for the rest of my, Yao Bo's, life!!!"

He pointed fiercely at the formation eye that Ye Chen had modified, gradually becoming insane.

"But... it was so close! Just one last bit!"

"As long as you bitch die, the Lin family's fortune will all belong to me!"

"Who is it! Who exactly ruined my good deed?"

"Making my relatives die in vain!"

That's right!

Those skeletons were all his closest relatives.

To take revenge, to seize Tianyao Group, he had personally killed them, one by one...

But now, it had all fallen short at the last moment!!!

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow and raised his hand: "It was me."

"It was you?" Yao Bo glared at Ye Chen with a ferocious expression.

Ye Chen nodded: "It was indeed me, but I really didn't expect you old guy to be this ruthless, able to kill your own relatives just to harm others? Is 'worse than a beast' a description for people like you?"

"Shut up!"

"You ruined my good deed, today you must go to hell!"

Yao Bo was enraged, whipped out a pistol, aimed the black muzzle directly at Ye Chen, and pulled the trigger without hesitation!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The shocking sound of gunfire tore through the silence of the courtyard!

"Watch out!" Shanshan cried out, pulling Bai Wanqing toward cover.

Ye Chen hadn't expected the other party to have a gun!

In a split second.

He executed the Tiangang Step, his figure flickering like a ghost, narrowly dodging the bullets!

The bullets struck the ground behind him, kicking up a series of sparks and stone fragments.

In just a few steps, Ye Chen had approached Yao Bo as if teleporting!

Under Yao Bo's ghost-seeing gaze, he slapped the gun with lightning speed!

"Snap!"

Yao Bo felt intense pain in his wrist bone, and the pistol flew out upon impact!

"You... you deserve to die..."

Yao Bo was terrified, and before he could finish his sentence, Ye Chen's fist, carrying the sound of breaking air, smashed heavily into his face!

"Boom!"

Nosebleed sprayed everywhere!

The bridge of his nose collapsed!

Yao Bo's vision went black, his voice stopped abruptly, and he collapsed softly to the ground, passing out.

The surrounding Bodyguards had just reacted, but the battle was already over.

They stared dumbfounded at the unconscious Yao Bo on the ground, then at the unscathed Ye Chen, their minds completely blank.

How could a person's speed be faster than a bullet?

Shanshan let go of her sister, her almond eyes wide as she sized up Ye Chen: "You... how can your speed be so fast?!"

Ye Chen turned around and calmly explained.

"Actually, my speed isn't that fast."

Everyone was even more confused.

Ye Chen said something shocking: "The reason I could dodge the bullets is because I predicted its prediction."

Everyone: "???"

Predicting the bullet's prediction?

What the hell kind of explanation is that?!

It sounds even more absurd than "I'm faster than a bullet"!

Looking at everyone's CPU-overloaded expressions, Ye Chen couldn't be bothered to explain further.

After all...

He couldn't exactly explain the mysteries of the Tiangang Step, could he?

He would definitely be taken for a madman!

Ye Chen picked up the peach pit from the skeleton, then pointed at Yao Bo and said to Shanshan.

"Officer Bai, it's time to make an arrest; this guy has many lives on his hands."

"As long as he is brought to justice, and his relatives who died in vain are given a proper burial, this vicious Feng Shui formation will dissipate on its own."

Shanshan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart, and nodded in agreement.

She immediately took out her phone to contact the station while directing the Bodyguards on the scene to restrain Yao Bo.

Soon, the sound of sirens approached from afar, and within ten minutes, several police cars sped over, quickly sealing off the scene.

The criminal police efficiently handcuffed Yao Bo, lifted him into the police car, and immediately began investigating, collecting evidence, and recording statements.

Only then did Bai Wanqing recover from her shock and grief.

She walked up to Ye Chen and gazed at him deeply.

"Ye Chen, thank you!"

"If it weren't for you, we would probably still be kept in the dark."

"I, Bai Wanqing, will keep this kindness in my heart."

"Whatever reward you need, just say it."

Ye Chen pondered for a moment and held up two fingers: "Two million."

This number...

It was the reward he had proposed for Bing Lan.

Bai Wanqing took a black bank card directly from her handbag and handed it over.

"There are five million in this bearer card, the password is six eights, you can withdraw it at any time."

Ye Chen was slightly stunned, then smiled and took it: "Madam Bai is generous, so I won't stand on ceremony."

He asked for two million; how much the other party gave was not something he could control.

Right now.

If there's money to be made and you don't take it, you're an idiot!

"You found the real culprit for me and even saved my life." Bai Wanqing shook her head, "Five million is not too much."

Ye Chen didn't act coy, happily putting the card away before saying.

"Madam Bai has been frightened today, and you probably won't be able to go to the group, so get some good rest."

"I'll take my leave now, contact me if anything comes up."

Bai Wanqing nodded: "Okay, take care on the road."

Ye Chen said nothing more, hands in his pockets, leisurely walking past the police and Bodyguards, his figure soon disappearing outside the courtyard gate.

After he left.

Shanshan came to Bai Wanqing's side, seeing her still staring blankly in the direction where Ye Chen disappeared, and couldn't help asking: "Sis, are you okay?"

Bai Wanqing came back to her senses and shook her head gently.

"I'm fine."

"However... there is something I want to ask you."

"What?" Shanshan asked, puzzled.

Bai Wanqing asked: "Last time you said that the group of people who besieged Ye Chen were all Lin Jianren's men?"

"Yes, the bald guy with sunglasses leading them was Lin Jianren's head Bodyguard, no mistake." Shanshan was very certain, "Sis, why are you suddenly asking this?"

Bai Wanqing took a deep breath: "Help me investigate why Lin Jianren wanted to capture him."

Shanshan was even more stunned and couldn't help but look her sister up and down.

"Sis, you..."

"Seem to be very interested in Ye Chen?"

Bai Wanqing did not deny it, turned to look at the empty courtyard gate, and in her beautiful eyes, a gleam actually burst forth.

Her red lips were alluring, speaking word by word.

"I..."

"Must have him!"