According to Chen Ziran, she and Mi Lan were university classmates and good friends during school.

However, since knowing Mi Lan, Chen Ziran felt that Mi Lan was very independent and never asked for a penny from her family.

Initially, Chen Ziran thought Mi Lan's family conditions were not good, but one time, by chance, she saw Mi Lan getting into a luxury car with a Wenzhou license plate with five eights.

That car was worth tens of millions, and such a license plate couldn't be bought just with money.

After that discovery, Chen Ziran often joked with Mi Lan, asking if she came from a rich family, but Mi Lan always found excuses to brush off the topic, seemingly unwilling to mention her background.

Over time, Chen Ziran stopped bothering to ask.

Ye Guichen listened quietly without interruption, the two nestled together on the sofa, enjoying a rare moment of silence.

But after a while, Chen Ziran became motionless.

Ye Guichen looked down and found that Chen Ziran had fallen asleep, a sweet smile still hanging on her lips.

Chen Ziran had been working overtime a lot recently and was indeed very tired.

Ye Guichen smiled, gently carried Chen Ziran to the bed, tucked her in, and softly said, "Sleep well."

"Guichen, I am so lucky to have met you." As Ye Guichen was about to leave the bedroom, Chen Ziran suddenly mumbled a sentence.

Ye Guichen paused, looked back at Chen Ziran, saw her smacking her lips, her face full of happiness, clearly talking in her sleep.

Unconsciously, a smile also appeared on Ye Guichen's lips: "Me too."

Saying that, he gently closed the door, walked to the living room, his expression gradually turning grim, and glanced towards the kitchen: "Since you're here, come out now!"

The kitchen lights were off, the room lit dimly.

As soon as Ye Guichen finished speaking, a figure emerged from the kitchen, it was Red Scorpion.

Red Scorpion clearly did not expect Ye Guichen to realize he was there.

"Oh, didn't expect you to be quite alert!" Red Scorpion sneered, aiming a crossbow at Ye Guichen, "You're Ye Guichen, right? Ha, seems like you didn't take my words to heart. It's almost nine now, and you still haven't transferred the money."

Ye Guichen glanced at the crossbow in Red Scorpion's hand, sat back on the sofa, without a hint of tension on his face: "I'll give you one chance, get out now."

"Haha, kid, you're quite arrogant!" Red Scorpion pulled a chair and sat opposite Ye Guichen, keeping the crossbow aimed at him, "What, kid, you think you can ignore me?"

Ye Guichen's tone turned cold and impatient: "I don't care who you are or want to know. You're just doing your job for money. But if you think you can extort money from Chen Ziran, think again. And let me remind you, go back and kill the one who sent you. That's the only use you have now."

"Damn, you dare order me?" Red Scorpion didn't expect Ye Guichen to speak like this at such a moment, and was instantly enraged: "Kid, seems like you won't shed tears until you see the coffin! Haha, fine! Since you don't want me to get rich, let's see the power of my Divine Machine Crossbow first!"

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Red Scorpion's eyes as he pulled the trigger.

The next second, the crossbow arrow shot straight towards Ye Guichen's shoulder.

Red Scorpion, being greedy for money, naturally wouldn't kill Ye Guichen so easily.

He believed that if he intimidated Ye Guichen at first, they would naturally hand over the money later.

Such a large Chen Group, it wouldn't be hard to come up with ten million, would it?

As long as he got the money, Red Scorpion would then kill Chen Ziran, completing his task.

He had done this many times before without failing once, earning money from both sides, why not?

However, what Red Scorpion didn't expect was that as the crossbow arrow flew out, Ye Guichen suddenly raised a hand.

Initially, Red Scorpion thought Ye Guichen was just putting on a show.

In such a situation, instinctively people would try to dodge, but at such close range, it was impossible to evade, let alone catch the arrow.

However, before this thought could even settle, Ye Guichen's hand caught the crossbow arrow as if it was lightning.

"This..." Red Scorpion's pupils constricted, his face full of astonishment, instinctively wanting to retreat.

But Ye Guichen flung the arrow back: "Return to you!"

"Whoosh!" The arrow flew back at lightning speed, barely taking a second in its roundtrip.

Red Scorpion's expression changed drastically, he wanted to dodge but it was too late.

Thud!

The arrow, carrying great penetration power, pierced through Red Scorpion's shoulder and embedded itself into the wall behind him.

The force of the impact threw Red Scorpion back several steps, nearly making him fall.

A sharp pain radiated from his shoulder.

Red Scorpion was shocked, realizing he had encountered a master, and dared not linger, turning to escape through the window.

But at the moment he turned, Ye Guichen was already in front of him, a cold smile on his lips: "Since you're here, it's not so easy to leave."

With that, Ye Guichen struck down with his hand.

Red Scorpion had no time to react and fainted on the spot.

"This kind of assassin dares to extort me?" Ye Guichen sneered, dragged Red Scorpion out of the door.

Over ten minutes later, Red Scorpion slowly awakened.

But as soon as he woke up, Red Scorpion was horrified.

Though his shoulder had stopped bleeding, his entire arm was numb.

Looking down, he saw his leg hanging limply, likely with bones completely shattered.

"Who are you?" Red Scorpion couldn't believe there was such a devil in the world, his voice trembling as he saw the figure squatting not far away, "Do you know who I am? I'm from Yama Hall. If you dare kill me, Yama Hall will send stronger assassins for you. You're dead!"

Ye Guichen fiddled with the crossbow, casually saying, "There aren't many who could create this crossbow, and even fewer who can use it. But from Yama Hall, there's only one person who excels in using this Divine Machine Crossbow to kill. That's the Yama Hall bronze-level assassin, known as the quasi-third-rate expert, Red Scorpion, right?"

"What? You..." Red Scorpion's pupils shrank, unable to believe Ye Guichen not only knew his name but also his assassin rank: "Who are you?"

"Haha, it doesn't matter who I am, but sparing your life doesn't mean I'll let you go." Ye Guichen stood up, loaded an arrow onto the crossbow, and aimed at Red Scorpion's forehead.

Red Scorpion was terrified.

Greedy for money, he also feared death immensely.

Despite killing many over the years, he never considered he might be killed one day.

"What do you want?" Red Scorpion nervously asked, swallowing hard, his voice trembling.

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