"Dudu..."

After Ye Feng dialed the number, a series of beeps started coming through, and the phone displayed numbers that weren't ordinary Arabic numerals, but rather a chaotic mix including asterisks.

This series of beeps lasted a while before the call suddenly connected, and a sinister voice came through.

"You'd better give me a reason, or no matter who you are, you'll have to..."

The voice was extremely cold and fierce, as if emerging from hell itself, making one's whole body feel icy cold upon hearing it.

Upon hearing this voice, Ye Feng felt a warmth in his heart and then said, "Vulture, it's me!"

...

The other end of the phone fell completely silent, only to become excited and frenzied moments later:

"Boss... boss! Is it really you?"

The voice on the phone even trembled a bit at this moment, as if conveying the excitement of the person on the other end of the line.

"It's me!"

Ye Feng sighed. Those three years of blood and fire, life and death had bound the members of the Shadow Group tightly, not as blood brothers, but even closer, bonded by life itself.

"Boss, so you're in Jiangnan City, I'm coming to find you right now!" The person on the phone seemed unable to control his excitement and said hurriedly before attempting to hang up.

Ye Feng, with a deadpan expression, that irrepressible impulsive still the same said, "Vulture! I'm contacting you for a reason!"

"What is it! Boss, you just say! Is it some underground force in Jiangnan City that's messing with you? Just give the word, and I'll take care of them right now!" Vulture immediately said eagerly.

"Help me locate someone! Find out her location! Her number is..."

Ye Feng immediately gave Xu Ningxue's mobile number to Vulture, who, being a high-tech genius, found locating someone through satellite technologies a simple task.

In less than a minute, Vulture's voice rang out again:

"Boss, the number you're looking for is currently moving towards the outskirts, ten kilometers in your eight o'clock direction. There should be a factory there!"

Vulture had clearly collected the satellite coordinates for Ye Feng's location and the entire Jiangnan City, and now spoke as if he were right there next to Ye Feng, clearly stating it out.

Ye Feng noted down the location and then said, "Alright! I've got it! I'll contact you later!"

"Boss! Should I leave the Shadow Group too? Wherever you go, I'll follow!" Vulture cautiously said at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng's expression immediately darkened: "Vulture, repeat what you just said!"

The menace was evident in Ye Feng's tone, and Vulture suddenly let out a nervous laugh:

"Ahem... boss, I... was just joking! By the way, should I tell Shadow about this? She's been frantic looking for you! Minister Zhang has been beaten by her several times already, still she hasn't managed to extract your whereabouts from him!"

Hearing Vulture mention Shadow, Ye Feng rubbed his brow, slightly frustrated:

"Don't tell her for now! I want some peace in Jiangnan City! Alright, I have other things to handle, we'll talk later!"

After finishing, Ye Feng promptly hung up the phone, then slammed on the accelerator, shooting towards the eight o'clock direction.

Jing'an District, adjacent to Shallow Water Bay District, is far less bustling than Shallow Water Bay District.

Following the road northwest from Jing'an District, just five or six kilometers out, the area became desolate, and further ahead lay a cluster of abandoned industrial warehouses.

At that moment, at the entrance of a warehouse, a gray Nissan sedan slowly came to a stop.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

A middle-aged man got out of the car and immediately called out to a woman in her thirties in the passenger seat.

"Damn it! Move it, we don't want to handle her when she wakes up!"

The middle-aged man saw the woman hesitating to get out of the car and cursed loudly at her.

Seeing the man getting angry, the woman reluctantly got out of the car.

"Minister Zhang, could this cause any trouble? If we really do something to this girl, what if it gets out?"

This woman, referred to as Sister Yang by Xu Ningxue and a key member of the sales department, now looked at Minister Zhang with worry.

"Don't worry! After we deal with this girl, she can never go back! This matter will be known only to heaven, earth, you, and me; it will never get out!" Minister Zhang immediately hugged Sister Yang, comforting her:

"Once this is done, I'll give you a hundred thousand! Plus, I'm about to be promoted. When the time comes, this position of minister will be yours!"

The allure of money and power clearly moved Sister Yang, as she bit her lip and made up her mind.

"Alright! I hope Minister Zhang keeps his word! Otherwise... you know the consequences!" Sister Yang said, while still unable to resist threatening Minister Zhang.

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed through Minister Zhang's eyes, though his face remained full of smiles as he reassured, "Don't worry! Everything has been arranged for you!"

"That's good!" Sister Yang took his words as true, then opened the rear car door and slowly helped Xu Ningxue out.

Xu Ningxue now had a flushed face and was hazy from intoxication. Clearly, after being captured by Minister Zhang and Sister Yang, she had been forced to drink a lot and was now completely drunk and disoriented.

Looking at Xu Ningxue's face, as beautiful as peach blossoms, Minister Zhang licked his lips, his eyes glinting with wickedness:

"You hold onto her, I'll go knock on the door!"

Then, Minister Zhang walked straight to the shabby door of the warehouse, stretched out his hand, and knocked three times on the rusty iron door, then paused for a moment before knocking twice more, followed by another three knocks, then two more.

This was obviously their secret code: three long, two short!

After Minister Zhang knocked, a voice immediately rang out from inside:

"Who's there?"

"Delivery!" Minister Zhang replied directly.

"Who ordered the delivery?"

"The boss ordered it!" Minister Zhang responded again.

As his words finished, the iron door was swung open from the inside, and a ruffian-looking guy poked his head out.

He first glanced at Minister Zhang and Sister Yang, and then his eyes lit up when he saw Xu Ningxue:

"That's right! It's the goods our boss ordered!"

After saying this, the young man pushed the iron gate open, allowing Minister Zhang and Sister Yang to come inside.

"Follow me!"

The young man then shut and locked the iron door and immediately led Minister Zhang and Sister Yang into the factory.

As soon as they entered, Minister Zhang saw that there were over ten other ruffian-looking young men inside, and additionally, a man dressed in black and wearing sunglasses stood quietly to one side.

This man's expression was extremely cold, like an iceberg that had not thawed for thousands of years, making one feel chilled to the bone when they came close.

"Alright! Since everyone's here, let's start filming now!"

The ruffian young man walked in and pointed to the center of the factory, directing Minister Zhang.

Minister Zhang and the other person turned to look and saw a mattress placed in the center, surrounded by several cameras.

Seeing Minister Zhang staring blankly, the thug kicked him, shouting angrily:

"Fuck! Hurry up! Stop dawdling! Finish the shoot and deliver it to the boss, he's waiting!"

"Okay, okay! Filming now!" Minister Zhang quickly nodded, then a hint of a malicious smile spread across his face as he looked at Xu Ningxue, full of satisfaction:

"Heh heh... I'll send the video to that bastard, I'm really looking forward to his reaction!"

After murmuring to himself, Minister Zhang seemed to remember something, glanced at Sister Yang, and said to the thugs:

"Brothers, this woman is all yours!"

What!

Sister Yang was taken aback, her expression changing dramatically, but just as she realized something was amiss and tried to turn and flee, several thugs immediately grabbed her!

"Minister Zhang, you beast! What did you promise me, have you forgotten? If you let them continue this way, I'll blow the whistle on this, and we'll all go down together!"

Sister Yang was now cornered in the factory, her upper clothes already torn by the young men, as she could only shout at Minister Zhang.

"Blow the whistle? Hmph! Since you came, don't think about leaving!" Minister Zhang sneered, then turned to the young man with a flattering look and said:

"Brother, this woman is yours! Do whatever you like with her! Just make sure she doesn't talk afterwards!"

Minister Zhang had a good eye; he could tell these young men looked like thugs, but each displayed a fierce gaze and an aura of evil Qi, definitely accustomed to bloodshed.

The possibility of Sister Yang escaping from their grasp was almost nil.

The young man then nodded in satisfaction, "Don't worry! After we're done with her, we'll dump her in the sea. A dead person can never speak!"

As the young man spoke, his eyes glinted coldly at Minister Zhang, adding mentally,

You'll be dumped in the sea too!

Minister Zhang, unaware of the young man's thoughts, shifted his gaze towards Xu Ningxue, who lay passed out on the mattress. He licked his lips, smiled sinisterly, and eagerly walked toward the mattress.

Just as he reached it, a sudden, sharp screeching of brakes could be heard.

The noise was harsh, and upon hearing it, everyone inside the factory changed expression.

"Fuck, who else did you bring!"

The young man's face darkened, and he immediately kicked Minister Zhang to the ground, asking fiercely.

Minister Zhang was also stunned; after pondering a moment, he was sure no one else knew about this.

"No! It wasn't someone I brought!" Minister Zhang said hastily.

His words caused the young man's eyes to narrow, sensing something was amiss.

"Xiao San, grab your weapon, and check who it is! If something's off, just kill them!"

"Yes, big brother!" one of the young men responded, pulling a dagger from his waist, and immediately stepped out of the factory.

Just as he stepped out, a terrible scream suddenly erupted, followed by the young man's body violently flying back inside, landing on the ground.

"Xiao San!!!"

Seeing the young man's chest caved in and him spitting blood non-stop, clearly beyond saving, the expressions of the others changed dramatically. They each pulled out their weapons and stared intently at the factory door.

Not just them, the man in black, cold like an iceberg, was the most anxious.

He looked at the injured young man on the ground, his face darkened, threw his sunglasses away, and from within his jacket, he drew a silenced pistol, ready for whatever was coming.

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