Father was right, as I walked, I noticed that there were indeed more patrol cars on the streets.

Flying was prohibited in the sky, and roadblocks were even set up at some important intersections, with the Police Department and Security Bureau checking passing vehicles.

Sheng Xinhua's car was also caught in the rolling traffic, waiting for the inspection ahead.

"Miss, please show your identification."

An officer walked to the side of the driver's cabin, saluted Sheng Xinhua, and then spoke.

"Okay." Sheng Xinhua handed over her ID card.

The officer swiped her ID card lightly on the scanner, and Sheng Xinhua's personal information immediately appeared on the screen.

Seeing that she was a professor at the Faculty of Arts of the Imperial First Military Academy, the officer looked over with some surprise.

Such a beautiful woman, and so cultured...

The Imperial First Military Academy is regarded as the top educational institution in the hearts of Phoenix people, and being able to attend is already considered a very proud achievement.

The honor of becoming a professor there brings even more pride to the family.

The officer glanced inside the car and said with extreme friendliness, "Professor Sheng, could you please open the trunk?"

"Sure." Sheng Xinhua pressed the automatic trunk open button and asked, "Do they check this thoroughly?"

"Yes, it's the order from above." The officer smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry to trouble you, Professor Sheng."

"Not at all, cooperating with police work is a duty we citizens should fulfill." Sheng Xinhua voiced, and did not refuse the inspection arrogantly despite her identity as the Finance Minister's daughter.

After a police officer checked the trunk, he waved to let her pass.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Goodbye, Professor Sheng."

Sheng Xinhua started the car and quickly left.

Returning to her solitary apartment, Sheng Xinhua placed her bag in the cabinet and kicked off her high heels.

She checked her phone, but found no awaited messages.

"Where did that guy run off to?" She threw her body vigorously onto the soft sofa.

"Could it be that Shen Leyou was murdered by him? Fengming Palace caused such a stir... Heard there was even an explosion..."

"Where did he go now? He hasn't managed to escape from Fengming Palace, has he?"

"I heard the Great Grandmaster also made a move... city lockdown must be to capture him..."

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Sheng Xinhua murmured, anxious and worried.

Upon hearing her father say Shen Leyou was killed in Fengming Palace, her first thought was:

Tang Fei's doing.

Including the previous Shen Lewen, although Tang Fei didn't say it explicitly, she knew it must have been Tang Fei.

Since he returned to Phoenix City, the retaliation against the Shen Family had started.

If Tang Fei was in a safe state, he would surely respond to her messages.

Until now, having received no messages, it proved Tang Fei hadn't escaped from danger.

Unfortunately, now Fengming Palace was full of Shen Family people, making it difficult to find someone to inquire about news.

Also, such matters are hard to ask...

Precisely because of her concern for Tang Fei's safety, upon hearing her father's words about the Fengming Palace's incident, she refused to stay at home, and hurriedly returned.

Could her father have guessed something?

Otherwise, why did he ask her to come home immediately after the explosion at Fengming Palace?

Does he want her to stay home... worried she's involved with Tang Fei?

Does he know Tang Fei returned?

She won't underestimate her father's intelligence; being one of the three ministers and managing a country's finances, such a person is no easy deal.

"Who are they trying to capture?"

A sudden voice startled her.

Sheng Xinhua jumped when she saw Tang Fei standing in front of her, asking, "When did you get here?"

"I came back with you."

"With me?"

"Yes." Tang Fei said with a smile, "Caught a ride."

"Impossible." Sheng Xinhua replied, "When I came back, the police searched my car."

"I should have been under the car, not inside it..."

"..."

"Because your identity as a professor at the Faculty of Arts is so impressive, they didn't check thoroughly enough." Tang Fei laughed, "If they checked under the car, I would have been exposed."

"What if you were exposed?" Sheng Xinhua asked with lingering fear.

"You should be worried for them." Tang Fei winked.

Sheng Xinhua understood Tang Fei's meaning; if he were exposed, he would start a massacre, leaving those roadside officers with no escape.

Seeing Tang Fei in nightwear and blood stains on his face, Sheng Xinhua asked, "Did you kill Shen Leyou?"

"Yes." Tang Fei confessed.

"You killed Shen Leyou... and just as my dad went to Fengming Palace to visit Zhong Tianque, you sneaked into his car..."

"Then, when we got to my place, you transferred from his car to mine... and I brought you back?"

"Yes." Tang Fei nodded, "Wanting to enter or leave Fengming Palace is no easy task."

"Moreover, after I killed Shen Leyou, the entire Fengming Palace went into emergency alert... Luckily, the Finance Minister appeared just in time. Otherwise, it would have been hard for me to get out."

"Not everyone's car can be checked. Even the Shen Family's servants have to show respect."

"Do you know how risky this was?" Sheng Xinhua angrily said, worried immensely for Tang Fei's safety.

Fengming Palace is heavily guarded, any misstep, and Tang Fei not only won't kill Shen Leyou, but also may fall into the hands of the Shen Family.

He's the most wanted criminal by the Empire, and the Shen Family's top target to eliminate is Tang Fei.

At that time, rescuing him would be almost impossible.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Tang Fei shrugged.

After a pause, he continued, "But it was dangerous indeed, and I didn't expect there to be a Great Grandmaster hidden in Fengming Palace... Isn't Zhong Daoling dedicating himself to cultivation at Luojia Mountain, uninterested in Royal Family affairs?"

"How could he be so pure? Country's gone, home's destroyed, and the Zhong Family is nearly wiped out... He has no time to cultivate?"

"How could someone as a Great Grandmaster be bullied so badly?" Remembering the scene of Dongguo Chenxi and Shen Leyou together, Tang Fei sighed in his heart.

The Zhong Family must be the most miserable Royal Family, right?

Zhong Daolong probably never imagined that after supporting the Crown Prince for so many years, not only would he never ascend the throne, but even his woman couldn't be protected...

"Have you met Shen Boyu?" Sheng Xinhua asked looking at Tang Fei.

"I have." Tang Fei nodded, "A small old man with deep mind... Why did you mention him?"

"Do you know what realm he's in?"

Tang Fei's expression was shocked, and he asked in disbelief, "There's no way he's also a Great Grandmaster, is it? I can't feel any True Qi flow from him at all..."

"My uncle once told me something."

"What?" Tang Fei asked.

"He went to Luojia Mountain and saw Shen Boyu sea fishing. He thought, if he pushed the old man into the sea, wouldn't the Shen Family be crippled?"

"And the result?"

"He lay in wait for a day, yet couldn't find a chance to make his move." Sheng Xinhua said.

"..."

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