Upon hearing Zhou Yuyan's words, both Ye Xiao and Su Yun, who had just descended the stairs, had looks of astonishment on their faces. Su Yun glanced around and immediately said, "Who are these people? Why would they attack Rongrong?"

At this time, no one answered Su Yun's question, because nobody knew who these people were.

The only way to find out who these people were was to catch the two men in black.

Ye Xiao looked at the two men in black who were trying to escape, and his eyes immediately gleamed with a cold light.

"Speak up about who you are or what your purpose is, and I might not kill you," Ye Xiao said coldly, and the words he spoke were beyond doubt.

"Charge!" Said one of the men in black before he directly rushed toward Ye Xiao, pretending to attack, but in reality, instead of truly aiming to hit Ye Xiao, he deliberately threw a punch off the mark and then made a move to flee.

But who was Ye Xiao? How could he possibly let these men escape so easily?

Just as the man in black began to flee, he suddenly found himself unable to move, or more precisely, unable to run. When he turned his head, he saw Ye Xiao had grabbed him by the neck.

"Seeking death," Ye Xiao's voice was even colder, but as soon as he finished these two words, there was a crisp cracking sound, and the neck of the man in black was immediately snapped.

No one expected Ye Xiao to actually kill a person just like that, not even the beautiful women who had been following him. They too were extremely surprised. However, the most shocked person wasn't them, but the other man in black. Although they had been informed beforehand of Ye Xiao's formidable strength, they hadn't anticipated that he would be this powerful, far exceeding their expectations.

But not giving the man in black time to react, Ye Xiao turned his gaze to him and immediately said, "Well? Choose to die or to speak."

The man in black's eyes were cold. He glanced at his fallen comrade, realizing that escaping from the person in front of him was unlikely, so he charged forward in a desperate move, choosing to fight Ye Xiao to the death.

Obviously, it was difficult to get him to reveal the information Ye Xiao wanted to know at this moment.

Ye Xiao understood this as well; they were the ones left behind to cover the retreat.

The man in black charged, his approach fierce, aiming straight for Ye Xiao's vital areas, but...

When the man in black reached Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao's figure flickered and vanished from the man's sight.

What?

Before the man in black could react, Ye Xiao had already appeared behind him. With the speed of lightning, he grabbed the man's arms and twisted them violently backward. Following two sharp snaps, the man's arms dropped lifelessly, and a deep scream echoed from his mouth as he dropped to the ground.

Ye Xiao immediately stepped forward, arriving in front of the man in black and said coldly, "This is your last chance."

The man in black was even more shocked, having truly not anticipated the vast gap between his own skills and those of the person before him.

But as a guard of his family, adhering to strict family rules, the man in black knew that escape was no longer an option and made a move that surprised even Ye Xiao. Taking out a small knife from nowhere, he swiftly slit his own throat with the sharp blade.

Another death.

At that moment, everyone watched as the man in black committed suicide – Su Yun, Shen Qiuyu, Ling Shuya, and the others immediately ran over.

"He killed himself?" asked Ling Shuya with confusion.

Ye Xiao looked toward Ling Shuya and the others and asked, "Which direction was Rongrong taken?"

Ling Shuya immediately responded, "Northeast direction. They took off in a silver-gray Dongfeng van."

On hearing Ling Shuya's words, Ye Xiao leaped up and ran into the northeast direction, his speed astonishingly fast, especially in the eyes of Ling Shuya and the others; it was as if Ye Xiao had disappeared in a flash.

"How can Ye Xiao move so fast?" Lan Lan wondered aloud, curious.

At that moment, no one answered her question; in fact, nobody knew how to respond.

Then, Su Yun crouched down and picked up the small knife from the hand of the recently deceased man in black.

The knife was completely silver, with some patterns on it.

Suddenly, Su Yun's expression changed with shock as she said, "How could…"

Hearing Su Yun's surprise, everyone turned to look at her. Sensing something unusual in Su Yun's expression, Shen Qiuyu immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look at this pattern," Su Yun said as she handed it over to Shen Qiuyu.

After receiving the small knife, Shen Qiuyu was briefly startled upon seeing the so-called pattern and said, "Tang."

Those weren't mere patterns; it was an ancient stylized character for "Tang." Shen Qiuyu, steeped in the study of antiquity at Qiu Mountain, was able to recognize the character.

"Could it be that Rongrong…" Su Yun suggested.lp

"The Northern Territory Tang family." Shen Qiuyu confirmed.

Su Yun said, "Only people from the Northern Territory Tang family would have such a small knife. No one would risk their life to impersonate the Tang family. Tang Rong seems to have a significant connection with the Tang family."

Meanwhile, Ye Xiao, scrambling up and down at breakneck speed, chased after the silver van. Sure enough, within five minutes, Ye Xiao spotted the silver van speeding along from atop a ten-story building. He immediately leaped quickly in pursuit. After several more minutes and bouncing between two buildings, with a burst of speed, he suddenly found himself about a hundred meters ahead of the van.

A hundred meters closed in no time, and the silver van, seeing someone standing in the middle of the road, immediately stopped. By the time it reached where Ye Xiao had been standing, the van had already come to a halt.

"Are you looking for death?" The driver leaned out, looking at Ye Xiao.

But at that moment, as he tried to spot Ye Xiao at the position he had just been, Ye Xiao was nowhere to be seen.

"Huh? Where is he?" The driver was slightly surprised. However, just then, he realized there seemed to be someone beside him, looked up, and who else could it be but Ye Xiao?

"If you don't want to die, tell me, where is Tang Rong?" Ye Xiao's hand shot out like lightning, clutching the driver's neck.

The driver was suddenly terrified.

"I... I don't know who Tang Rong is," the driver said loudly, his life hanging by a thread.

Ye Xiao asked, "Is this your car?"

"No, someone just asked me to drive this car to the train station and offered me a thousand yuan for the trouble. Are you called Ye Xiao?" the driver inquired.

Hearing the driver's words, Ye Xiao suddenly realized he might have been tricked!

"I am Ye Xiao." Ye Xiao looked at the driver.

The driver immediately took out an envelope from his pocket and said to Ye Xiao, "This was given to me by that person, addressed to someone called Ye Xiao. Now that you're here, this is for you, and also, you can take the car. I won't drive it anymore. I can't put my life on the line for a thousand yuan."

Ye Xiao took the letter, then pushed the driver's head back into the van.

The driver saw Ye Xiao walking away with the letter, pocketed the thousand yuan he had taken out.

Ye Xiao quickly opened the letter, and it was indeed addressed to him. However, as soon as he finished reading it, he finally understood what had happened.

The letter was from Tang Fu, naturally, the person taken away was also by Tang Fu's doing. In the letter, Tang Fu told Ye Xiao that he had taken Tang Rong to the Northern Territory and mentioned that the route taken could be by land, water, or otherwise. Moreover, Tang He's corpse had been stolen and was already on its way to the Northern Territory Tang family. He was told to find Tang Rong at the Northern Territory Tang family, whose doors were always open for Ye Xiao.

It was a clear provocation. Ye Xiao tore the letter into shreds, regretting that he didn't kill Tang Fu the first time he met him. Ye Xiao could hardly imagine the distress Tang Rong must be feeling, coerced to leave against her wishes and arriving at an unfamiliar place that was her ancestry yet never visited.

Ye Xiao felt guilty. He had promised to take good care of Tang Rong, but now he had broken his word.

In a daze, Ye Xiao returned to the vicinity of Minghai Academy. There, Ling Shuya and the others were waiting for him. Upon seeing his return, they immediately approached.

"Ye Xiao, where's Rongrong?" Shen Qiuyu asked right away.

Ye Xiao sighed, "They used a distraction tactic, and I fell for it."

"Do you mean they weren't in the van?" Ling Shuya asked, astonished.

Ye Xiao slightly nodded and said, "No."

At that moment, Su Yun handed him the small knife and said, "A person from the Northern Territory Tang family."

Ye Xiao took the knife from Su Yun and said, "I had anticipated that the Northern Territory Tang family would send someone, but I didn't expect them to act so quickly."

"What will you do?" Su Yun looked at Ye Xiao, the others watching him too.

Ye Xiao looked up towards the night sky in the direction of the Northern Territory and said softly, "I'll make a trip to the Northern Territory."

"To find Rongrong?"

Ye Xiao said, "I promised Rongrong that I would take care of her for life unless she wanted to go to the Northern Territory Tang family."

Shen Qiuyu immediately added, "Ye Xiao, do you intend to confront the Northern Territory Tang family to demand her return? Be calm. The Northern Territory Tang family isn't any ordinary family—you should understand that. What you did in the Hong Family of the Northern Territory was a surprise attack; that's why you succeeded. Now it's different. The Northern Territory Tang family is expecting you, and if you go, it will surely be..."

Shen Qiuyu didn't finish her sentence, but the implication was clear.

"I have no choice; I promised her," Ye Xiao said with a gentle smile. "I'm going now."

"You're leaving now?" Everyone was surprised.

Ye Xiao said, "Can this kind of thing wait any longer?"

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