Ye Xiao, Ling Shuya, and others had enjoyed a very sumptuous dinner at the Ling family villa, and during that time, everyone was talking and laughing. At least, while eating, nobody could feel that anything was amiss.

"Eh? That's really strange!" Zhou Yuyan sat on the sofa, holding her phone with a puzzled look on her face.

Hearing Zhou Yuyan's words, Ling Shuya immediately walked over curiously and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yuyan said, "I'm using the top-quality 4G, so in theory, it should be very fast, right? But why is there no signal?"

"No signal?" Ling Shuya laughed when she heard Zhou Yuyan's words and replied, "How is that possible? There must be something wrong with your phone. Look at mine!"

Ling Shuya took out her phone, but as soon as she turned on the screen, she found out that her phone also had no signal.

"How come there's not even one bar of signal?" Ling Shuya said in surprise, "Isn't the top-quality service supposed to have a very strong signal? And it's a leading domestic brand, how can there be no signal? Nowadays, it's really true that anything can be of poor quality, even the signal!"

"That's not right!" Just then, Shen Qiuyu, sitting nearby with a slight frown, spoke up, "If one phone had no signal, or if we didn't have signal in the basement, it would be understandable. But we're not in a remote place, and all of our phones have no signal."

"What's so wrong about that? You're overthinking it, Sister Qiuyu. It must be the local signal tower that's having issues," Ling Shuya said nonchalantly.

"But I'm using Tonglian!" Shen Qiuyu said seriously.

"It looks like both the top-quality and Tonglian signal towers have issues," Ling Shuya said with a laugh, "Never mind this, we can just use the TV to get online, right?"

"I hope this works," Shen Qiuyu said, looking at the television screen not far away.

At that moment, Zhou Yuyan looked up towards the second floor; after dinner, Ling Hengyu, Ye Xiao, and Weei Jie had all gone upstairs and hadn't mentioned when they'd leave, considering it was already nine o'clock.

"What are those guys doing upstairs?" Zhou Yuyan asked curiously.

Ling Shuya said, "Nothing good, that's for sure, when it's men plotting things among themselves."

"It's already nine o'clock. Do you think they're not planning to let us leave today?" Zhou Yuyan asked.

"That shouldn't be the case," Ling Shuya said as she picked up the remote control to turn on the TV, but after a moment, she immediately threw the remote aside.

"This damn TV, are we supposed to live like it's the Stone Age today? None of the networks are connecting!" Ling Shuya exclaimed, frustrated.

"Sister Qiuyu called it!" Zhou Yuyan immediately said, laughing, when she heard Ling Shuya's words.

Suddenly, Shen Qiuyu stood up and said, "Go find Ye Xiao!"

"Find Ye Xiao for what? Do you want to go back?" Ling Shuya looked towards Shen Qiuyu.

"We can't stay here any longer. My intuition is telling me that it's dangerous here," Shen Qiuyu said earnestly.

However, when both Ling Shuya and Zhou Yuyan heard Shen Qiuyu's words, they burst into laughter, obviously feeling that Shen Qiuyu's reliance on intuition was a bit unreliable!

"Sister Qiuyu, I've always thought you were reliable. How can you say something so arbitrary today? This is the Ling family villa, the absolute safest place!" Ling Shuya said confidently.

Shen Qiuyu shook her head and said, "I trust my intuition and I trust my judgment even more. Shuya, go upstairs!"

"Ah? Now?" Ling Shuya asked, "I don't want to give Ye Xiao the impression that without him, we can't manage. How about we drive back instead?"

"No way!" Shen Qiuyu said firmly.

"Why?" Ling Shuya was even more perplexed, as Shen Qiuyu seemed too serious now.

Shen Qiuyu looked at Ling Shuya earnestly and said, "Shuya, go."

Although Ling Shuya didn't want to go upstairs, Shen Qiuyu's serious demeanor made her feel that not going might be inappropriate.

Meanwhile, upstairs in the study, Ling Hengyu, Ye Xiao, and Weei Jie were discussing the evening's matters, but then there was a knock at the door.

"These girls must be getting impatient!" Ling Hengyu recognized the knocking sound immediately—it was his precious daughter!

Weei Jie walked to the door and opened it.

"Dad, Sister Qiuyu is asking for Ye Xiao," Ling Shuya said as soon as she entered, addressing Ye Xiao directly.

"Oh?" Ling Hengyu looked at Ye Xiao.

"What's up?" Ye Xiao asked.

"There's nothing up, Sister Qiuyu is just being paranoid, claiming that it's extremely dangerous here," Ling Shuya explained.

After Ling Shuya finished speaking, everyone was perplexed; clearly, they were all curious as to why Shen Qiuyu would have such an idea.

"Is there something wrong downstairs?" Ye Xiao asked as he walked towards the door.

"Nothing, oh yes, the internet isn't working anymore!" Ling Shuya added.

Hearing Ling Shuya's words, Ye Xiao immediately stood still, took out his phone, and frowned deeply!

"No signal!" Ye Xiao looked at his phone and then seemed to think of something, taking two steps at a time to the study's landline phone and picked up the handset.

Yet, there was no sound from the handset, and the landline wasn't displaying anything either.

"What's going on?" both Ling Hengyu and Weei Jie asked, turning to Ye Xiao, not understanding his behavior.

"I think all of our signals here have been blocked, and the wired ones have been completely cut off," Ye Xiao said. "That means whatever happens here now, no one will know what's going to happen next!"

"Ah?" When Ling Hengyu and Weei Jie heard what Ye Xiao had said, their faces instantly showed shock, while Ling Shuya didn't understand what Ye Xiao's words really meant, Ling Hengyu and Weei Jie did.

"But when I called Xiong Daoliang earlier, there was no problem," Ling Hengyu said, puzzled.

"That was an hour ago. It looks like we need to get ready for a fight," Ye Xiao said with a wry smile.

"Dad, what kind of nonsense is Ye Xiao talking about?" Ling Shuya found Ye Xiao's words very strange but didn't want to ask him directly, so she asked Ling Hengyu instead.

Ling Hengyu looked at Ling Shuya but didn't immediately answer.

"Let's go downstairs," Ye Xiao said!

Ling Hengyu nodded, turned to Ling Shuya, and said, "Yaya, let's go downstairs."

Then, Ye Xiao, Ling Hengyu, Ling Shuya, and Weei Jie, the four of them went downstairs!

"Ye Xiao, there must be a problem around here," Shen Qiuyu said immediately after seeing Ye Xiao coming downstairs.

"Yes, there is a problem," Ye Xiao replied.

After Shen Qiuyu got the confirmation from Ye Xiao, she was even more surprised and looked at Ye Xiao, "What exactly happened?"

Ye Xiao looked at everyone standing in the living room and said, "Everyone, please take a seat."

At this point, even Ling Hengyu obediently sat down.

"Today, we might face a battle of life and death!" Ye Xiao's eyes swept over everyone present, saying it in a calm voice.

However, Ye Xiao's calm voice didn't sound so calm to the ears of the listeners; it was more like a violent storm.

"Ye Xiao, what are you talking about?" Zhou Yuyan looked at Ye Xiao, puzzled, "Just because we lost signal, it's a life-or-death battle?"

At this time, Ling Hengyu said, "Actually, you all don't need to think too much about it; this has nothing to do with you. When the time comes, you and Shuya just stay inside the villa."

Ling Hengyu said this with a very serious expression, so Ling Shuya and Zhou Yuyan immediately exchanged glances.

"Dad, is it about Martial Artists?" Ling Shuya asked cautiously.

When Ling Shuya uttered those words, Ling Hengyu couldn't help but be stunned!

Just then, Ye Xiao turned to Ling Hengyu and said, "Uncle Ling, Shuya and Yuyan are Martial Artists now, but their strength is only around the Yellow Rank Middle Stage!"

Weei Jie was greatly surprised when he heard what Ye Xiao said and exclaimed, "Ye Xiao, this is no joking matter!"

Ye Xiao immediately said with a smile, "Do I look like I'm joking right now?"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's response, Weei Jie immediately looked at Ling Hengyu.

Ling Hengyu didn't show any surprise at this time but frowned and said to Ye Xiao, "Ye Xiao, who gave you such authority?"

Seeing Ling Hengyu suddenly become somewhat emotional, Ye Xiao was very puzzled, not understanding what was happening with him. For an ordinary person to want to become a Martial Artist was a great ordeal, but...

"Mr. Ling, we should focus on the immediate situation first," Weei Jie quickly said.

Ling Hengyu then realized he had lost his composure and sighed, "Never mind, what's done is done, what's the use of saying anything more now!"

The change in Ling Hengyu's mood surprised everyone, including Ye Xiao, Zhou Yuyan, Shen Qiuyu, and even Ling Shuya.

Especially Ling Shuya, who wanted to ask why Ling Hengyu didn't want her to pursue Martial Arts?

But after Weei Jie spoke, although everyone was puzzled, they didn't ask any more questions.

How clever Ye Xiao was, he knew he must have inadvertently touched on a taboo for the Ling family.

Then Ye Xiao said, "Although Shuya and Yuyan are now Martial Artists, their strength is still too low, so they must stay in the villa. Whatever happens outside, don't get involved, oh, and Miss Shen should stay in the villa too."

Shen Qiuyu had been very helpful to Ye Xiao, but this time it might be a real fight, and Shen Qiuyu's current strength was indeed a bit too low.

"I think..."

Shen Qiuyu had just said three words when they heard from outside the Ling family villa, a guard shouting, "Who goes there?"

Then there was the sound of fighting!

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao and the others immediately knew that someone had arrived!

Everyone stood up at once.

"Mr. Ling, I'll go take a look!" Weei Jie said and then walked outside.

Ye Xiao said, "I'll go with you!"

Weei Jie and Ye Xiao both stepped out of the villa, and upon exiting, they saw five or six people fighting fiercely at the gates of the courtyard.

These people were of similar strength and the battle was intense.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.