「Meixin Community.」

The other house Zhao Dejiang had mentioned was located here. The neighborhood was showing its age, its walls mottled and bearing the marks of time.

The van stopped in front of a villa.

Yang Hu stuck his head out the window, checked the address number on the gate, and nodded. "Boss, this is the place."

They got out of the car. Chen Yang glanced around; the environment was impeccable and quiet, a rather nice place to live.

The interior of the villa was spotless. Without a doubt, Zhao Dejiang had arranged for it to be cleaned in advance.

After they put their luggage away, Chen Yang went out to the courtyard. He found himself looking up at the sky, gazing at the Bright Moon. Beside it, a brilliant star twinkled.

"Boss, thinking about her?" Yang Hu came over, offering Chen Yang a cigarette.

Chen Yang smiled without saying a word. Some things are better kept silent in the heart.

SCREECH!!

The quiet night was suddenly pierced by the harsh screech of brakes, followed by the sound of car doors being slammed shut. "Running off in the middle of a meal, do you look down on our boss? Think you can hide at home where we won't find you?"

BANG!

The violent sound of a door being kicked shattered the night's silence, startling several birds into flight.

"Hurry up and open the door, or you'll regret it!"

However, no matter how much they yelled, there was no response.

Chen Yang frowned slightly and turned to look outside the courtyard. The noise seemed to be coming from the house next door.

"I'll go check it out," Yang Hu said, his eyes flashing ferociously. From those few sentences, he already had a rough idea of what was happening. She leaves in the middle of a meal, so they not only chase her home but also start cursing and kicking her door down to drag her out? Hmph...

Chen Yang walked out as well.

Sure enough, a car was parked sideways in front of the neighboring villa, blocking the way. The doors were still open, and someone was waiting in the driver's seat, clearly ready for a quick getaway.

CRASH!!

The front door finally gave way under the repeated assault of two burly men and shattered. The two men rushed inside, followed by a stream of vulgarities.

"Get out here! Our boss has taken a liking to you, but if you piss us off, the consequences will be severe."

Chen Yang and Yang Hu exchanged a glance, a fierce light in both their eyes. They quickened their pace.

BEEP! BEEP!

The car's horn blared. The person in the driver's seat stuck his head out, shot them a vicious grin, and made a throat-slitting gesture. The message was clear: mind their own business, or he wouldn't be so polite.

They ignored him completely.

The man jumped out of the car.

"What's this? You insist on getting involved?" the man sneered. He was large and brawny, with a coarse, fleshy face. He squinted at them. "Are you prepared to die?"

His tone was chilling and his expression ferocious. He showed no signs of nervousness; clearly, he was a ruthless man who lived on the edge.

"Aaaah!"

A woman's terrified scream suddenly echoed from inside the villa. A moment later, a figure ran out onto the second-floor terrace. She immediately scrambled onto the ledge and, without a second thought, jumped.

Yang Hu's expression changed. While two stories wasn't extremely high, a jump like that could still be fatal.

WHOOSH!

He instinctively moved to rush forward, but a powerful gust of wind whistled past him.

Who else could it be but Chen Yang?

The full speed of a master at the Fourteenth Stage of Ten Thousand Phenomena Senluo couldn't be measured by common sense.

Before the falling figure hit the ground, Chen Yang caught her securely in his arms.

Huh?

Chen Yang was stunned. It's her!

The woman in his arms was also dumbfounded, her mouth agape as she stared motionlessly at the man before her. The two of them just looked at each other.

After a moment, the woman spoke tentatively. "Chen… Chen Yang?"

"It's me," Chen Yang replied with a smile.

What a coincidence. How big could Qiyun Road be for them to become neighbors?

"Oh my god, it really is you!" Zhou Yufei exclaimed, scrambling out of Chen Yang's arms. She stared at him, looking him up and down. "Is this real? This isn't a hallucination, is it?"

Just a moment ago—no, ever since she was being forced to drink at the restaurant, she had been thinking of him. The thought was especially strong at the very moment she jumped from the floor above, fleeing her pursuers. Her mind had been filled with Chen Yang. If he were here, would I have had to suffer so much? Who would dare to bully me? And then... he just appeared, right in front of me. It's too incredible. No wonder I can't believe it.

Chen Yang held out his hands. "Fairy, I'm surprised myself."

The woman was, indeed, Zhou Yufei. When they had parted ways before the new year, she told him she was coming to Qiyun Road to try her luck. Who could have imagined they would meet again in such a dramatic fashion?

Sobbing, Zhou Yufei threw herself into Chen Yang's arms, tears of relief and grievance finally bursting forth.

"It's okay now," Chen Yang said, gently patting her back to comfort her.

"Holy shit!"

Two brawny men walked out of the villa. Seeing the woman they were after wrapped in another man's arms, they grew furious. "Who the hell are you? Piss off!"

Zhou Yufei let go of Chen Yang and hid behind him, clutching the hem of his shirt. The ordeal had left her terrified.

"Li, this guy... he's a bit freaky," the man with the dagger said, having followed them out. His voice was laced with lingering fear. The speed Chen Yang displayed was terrifying. Is he even human?

"Freaky?" The bald man, addressed as Li, sneered coldly. "Even if he's a restless spirit, we're taking him down today!"

"Let's go," Chen Yang said, not even sparing them a glance as he took Zhou Yufei's sleeve to lead her away.

The bald man, Li, grinned viciously. "Did I say you could leave?" But before the grin could fully form, it froze on his face.

A handgun was pointing right at him.

In an instant, a chill shot through his entire body. He wasn't the only one; the other two men also froze in place.

Who… who the hell are these people?

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