"What happened?" Shen Zuimo saw that her brother's expression was off and asked.

"Nothing. Let's go. Set up the GPS tracking, we'll follow them." Shen Junjie did not tell Shen Zuimo about seeing Xiaofan.

However, before Shen Zuimo handed the binoculars to Shen Junjie, she must have already seen who was sitting in the driver's seat of the Audi. Judging by her expression, it was clear she hadn't remembered who that boy was.

The meeting lasted about an hour or so. Xiaofan was waiting outside the whole time. After the uncle finished the meeting, Xiaofan would accompany him to his office and stay there until Ye Dahe finished work and went home.

"Xiaolei, have you arrived? I'm about to head back."

"Yes, I've arrived, I also saw you on the balcony."

"Okay. Thanks for your hard work."

"You're welcome."

After the handover, Xiaofan walked back to the lobby, ready to go downstairs and leave.

"Where are you going?" Ye Dahe came out of the room just as Xiaofan was about to go downstairs.

"I'm heading back, I'll come by another day."

"Have a meal before you go, I've asked someone to prepare your meal. You've been running around all day; you can't just skip a meal. If your grandpa knew you came to my place and I didn't prepare a meal for you, he'd surely scold me to death." Ye Dahe's voice was always so serious. But Xiaofan understood the meaning.

Clearly, it's been a long time since Ye Dahe had a meal with family.

"Oh, that's nice." Xiaofan didn't stand on ceremony with his uncle. At least, having a meal here was much more pleasant than at the second uncle's house.

Since Ye Dahe lived alone now, he didn't cook at home himself, usually asking the bodyguards to call and arrange for take-out.

Of course, the bodyguards ate the same take-out. Twenty bodyguards rotated in two shifts to protect Ye Dahe.

The take-out was delivered to the door in less than half an hour, then personally brought to the villa by the bodyguards.

"Hello, Siyan? Sorry, I can't come back for dinner with you today. I'm at my uncle's place, yes. Right. I haven't mentioned it to you before. Yes, I'll introduce you to him when there's a chance. Okay, that's it."

"A girlfriend? Having a girlfriend at such a young age?" Ye Dahe was coming to tell Xiaofan to eat when he happened to overhear Xiaofan's call.

"She's not quite my girlfriend yet." Xiaofan chuckled softly.

"Haha, you young people, alright, wash your hands and let's eat."

"Okay."

The meals for Ye Dahe and Xiaofan were no different from the bodyguards' outside: a box of rice, a dish, and a clear soup.

No luxurious or extravagant food, just a simple spicy pepper stir-fried with meat, with some vegetables on the side. After eating, they threw the meal box into the trash, straightforward and simple.

His uncle also grew up in the countryside. Although he didn't suffer much hardship in his childhood, he didn't enjoy a luxurious life either. Xiaofan couldn't comprehend what kind of belief his uncle was holding on to in his heart. A life without family by his side, a job with the constant risk of losing his life, why was he persisting?

"Let's eat." Ye Dahe opened the meal box and handed a pair of chopsticks to Xiaofan.

The two of them unwrapped the chopsticks, opened the fragrant meal boxes, and stuffed large mouthfuls into their mouths.

Both of them had terrible table manners, but they were men, hungry men at that, and there wasn't anything wrong with that.

But...

The moment they both took the first bite, after chewing twice, they stopped simultaneously, exchanged glances, and immediately spit out the food.

Ye Dahe instantly stood up from his seat, rushed to the room, grabbed the intercom, and shouted, "Everyone, don't eat, there's poison."

Xiaofan moved even faster, leaping down from the balcony while dialing his phone, "Xiaolei, can you see the person who just delivered the take-out? Detain him for me."

"Yes."

Indeed, someone had poisoned the food, and it was a random poisoning since Ye Dahe's meals had nothing special, the bodyguards ate whatever he ate.

But who would have expected it? Both Xiaofan and Ye Dahe had grown up with Ye Aotian, and they knew more about herbal toxins than most.

The moment the food entered their mouths, they immediately sensed something was wrong, yet it was unclear how many of the bodyguards outside had been poisoned.

When Xiaofan reached the bodyguards' room, he found three people already collapsed on the ground foaming at the mouth. Without hesitating, he took out needles Ye Aotian had given him, attempting to sustain their heart pulses and block the toxins from entering their internal organs.

"Damn, Black Scorpion." After recognizing which poison it was, Xiaofan cursed quietly.

There were two paths ahead for Xiaofan. First, he could expend his inner strength to save the three bodyguards, with a seventy percent chance of success, but his own power would be significantly reduced, potentially needing several days to recover. Second, he could seal the toxins in them and wait for medical help or a specialist from Yanhuang Soul to rescue them.

Forget it, he couldn't wait. Black Scorpion's poison couldn't be treated by the hospital. Besides, it was unclear if anyone from Yanhuang Soul was adept at detoxifying others.

At that moment, Xiaofan immediately sat cross-legged on the spot, channeled his energy with both hands, and aimed at the first poisoned bodyguard.

"Leave someone to watch over me, and the rest go protect my uncle." Xiaofan ordered coldly.

"Yes."

Xiaofan's series of actions made it obvious to the bodyguards what he intended to do. They were comrades who lived and died together, and none wanted to see their fellow men die suddenly.

On the other side, Lei Xiaolei had traced the delivery person based on memory, only to find just a corpse.

The throat had been slit, and the pockets were filled with a heap of cash, suggesting he was paid to poison them, but ended up being silenced himself.

'Whoosh.'

"Who's there?" Sensing someone nearby, Lei Xiaolei immediately became alert and turned around.

"Lei Xiaolei? Why is it you?"

"Who are you? Shen Junjie of the Four Heroes of Yanhuang?" Xiaolei immediately recognized the person.

"How's it going? Is there any chance?" Shen Junjie asked in a soft voice.

"No use, he's already dead, clearly prepared ahead by the other party." Lei Xiaolei shook her head.

"Damn it. A lapse like this. How is Mr. Ye?" Shen Junjie asked again.

"Xiaofan is with him, they should be safe. So, I'll leave this place to you guys for now. I'm off." Lei Xiaolei was no longer part of Yanhuang Soul, and had only met Shen Junjie a few times in the past while in the organization.

"By the way, how did you get involved with that guy, Ye Xiaofan?" Shen Junjie asked.

"Oh, right, I wanted you to confirm something for me? Who exactly is Ye Xiaofan? What ties does he have with Yanhuang Soul? After he learned that I was a part of Yanhuang Soul, he asked if I'd ever met a woman named Shen Zuimo there. You share the same surname, is there any connection?" Lei Xiaolei didn't answer but instead asked back.

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