Ye Xiao watched as Songzhu Mingsan made his escape, but he didn't give chase. As the saying goes, never force a desperate enemy; who knows if they have reinforcements waiting outside?

In any case, today has taught Ye Xiao a lesson: he has many enemies, who could appear anytime, anywhere.

Ye Xiao quickly walked towards Li Siqi; if it weren't for Li Siqi's sudden appearance today, Ye Xiao might not have survived.

"Qiqi, what are you doing here?" Ye Xiao asked as soon as he reached Li Siqi.

Li Siqi glanced at Ye Xiao and said, "If I hadn't come, would you still be alive here?"

Hearing Li Siqi's words, Ye Xiao broke into a cheeky grin and said, "I really have to thank you today, Qiqi. Honestly, if not for your shot, I might have been a goner. So Qiqi, I've decided, to repay your life-saving grace, I'll reluctantly offer myself as your husband."

At these words, Li Siqi glared at Ye Xiao and said, "Who wants you to offer yourself? Hmph, I must have been out of my mind to save a sleazy guy like you."

Ye Xiao looked helpless at Li Siqi's response and said, "Qiqi, how can you say that about me? I'm really sincere about offering myself. If you don't believe me, you can feel my heart."

Li Siqi, hearing Ye Xiao's words, took a few steps back and said with a huff, "Who... who wants to feel that?"

Seeing Li Siqi's defensive and charming expression, Ye Xiao chuckled silently. But just then, Ye Xiao suddenly sensed many people coming from the front yard. Without a word, he grabbed Li Siqi and ran behind a nearby building.

Li Siqi was yanked by Ye Xiao so suddenly that she hadn't even reacted before finding herself behind that building.

"What are you doing?" Li Siqi asked, annoyed that Ye Xiao was holding her wrist and standing so close.

Ye Xiao quickly gestured for silence and whispered, "Don't make a sound, people are coming."

Li Siqi was half-convinced, yet at that moment a group indeed approached from the front yard. It looked like at least fifty people, with over forty dressed like guards from the Fu family. At the front were Fu Donglai, Zhang Quan, and a few strangers to Ye Xiao.

"Huh?" After entering, and seeing no one in the backyard, they were quite puzzled.

"Where is everyone?" A tall, nondescript man glanced around in confusion.

Fu Donglai surveyed the area and then said, "Brother Zhao, I've bet everything on you, don't tell me you failed."

The man glanced at Fu Donglai and replied, "I just heard a gunshot. Could someone else have entered the backyard? Is your Fu Mansion so easy for others to come and go from?"

Hearing this, Fu Donglai's face turned grim. Normally, he would have lashed out immediately at such words, but now he couldn't. Fu Tianjue was dead, and he was the helmsman of the Fu family, while the Zhao man had family backing.

"For now, let's think about what to do next." Fu Donglai sighed.

The Zhao man snorted and said, "Ye Xiao committed such an atrocity against my cousin Zhao Pu; we absolutely cannot let him live. I suppose now Songzhu Mingsan has chased him away, so let's hope he can kill Ye Xiao."

Fu Donglai looked at the Zhao man and asked, "So what do we do now?"

"Hmph, you're asking me what to do? Whatever," the Zhao man replied, turning and walking towards the front yard.

Ye Xiao watched the Zhao man leave and exchanged glances with Li Siqi; it was clear Fu Donglai and the Zhao man were planning against him earlier.

Fu Donglai was someone who would harm even his closest kin, let alone Ye Xiao. If Fu Tianjue was like the Supreme Emperor, then to Fu Donglai, Ye Xiao was the Supreme Leader, whose words couldn't be defied.

Fu Donglai understood this very well.

As for Ye Xiao's earlier revelations to Zhang Quan about the Zhou family, they were matters for another day from Fu Donglai's perspective.

"Young master, do you really plan to collaborate with Zhao Yang?" Zhang Quan asked, surprised, as the Zhao man left.

Fu Donglai sighed and said, "I'm suddenly regretting killing grandfather. If he were here, would Zhao Yang dare to act arrogantly in front of me?"

"Young master, it was also unexpected earlier. He actually eavesdropped on our conversation. Now that the Zhao family knows how the Elder died, I'm afraid they'll speak out." Zhang Quan said worriedly.

Hearing this, Fu Donglai frowned and asked, "What should we do? Is there any way to fix this?"

"The best solution now might be to actually ally with Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao probably wants us to follow his lead, just hoping he doesn't get involved in Fu family matters." Zhang Quan said, sounding resigned.

Fu Donglai was infuriated by Zhang Quan's words but had no better options.

"Could it be that I, Fu Donglai, only..." Fu Donglai didn't finish his sentence, but the helplessness on his face had already told others that he was now at a loss.

If he had known that after Fu Tianjue's death, the Fu family would soon be devoured by others, he would rather have personally told Fu Tianjue the truth. But now everything was over; Fu Tianjue was already dead.

"Who is Zhao Yang?" At this moment, Ye Xiao looked at Fu Donglai and shouted loudly.

Fu Donglai was deep in thought at the time and instinctively answered upon hearing someone ask, "He's from the Zhao family..."

Before finishing his sentence, Fu Donglai suddenly froze. Clearly, the voice was somewhat familiar, and he couldn't help but look up, only to see Ye Xiao and Li Siqi coming out together, walking towards him.

Not to mention Fu Donglai being shocked at the moment, even Zhang Quan and the Fu family's guards were all startled, and then those guards immediately got ready for confrontation.

"You... you... you..." Fu Donglai said three 'you's in a row but didn't say anything else.

"What's wrong? You seem very surprised." Ye Xiao chuckled as if he were chatting with an old friend, Fu Donglai.

Ye Xiao was clearly behind that room, having overheard Fu Donglai and Zhao Yang's conversation just now.

Thinking of this, Fu Donglai became even more astonished.

Zhang Quan was the first to react, hurriedly bowing to Ye Xiao and immediately saying, "Mr. Ye, please don't be angry. Our young master also has his reasons."

"Still calling him young master?" Ye Xiao chuckled and said, "Fu Donglai is the Family Head of the Fu family now."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Quan quickly agreed.

Ye Xiao continued, "So, he's pretty capable now and feels like no one can do anything to him."

"No, no, no!" Zhang Quan hurriedly said, "Mr. Ye, you must have misunderstood. Our Mr. Fu really wants to align with Mr. Ye. It's just that Zhao Yang heard the truth about Elder Fu's death, and out of desperation, was rude to Mr. Ye. Please, for our Mr. Fu's forced situation, don't be angry, Mr. Ye."

Zhang Quan knew Ye Xiao's strength, and thus he knew that if Ye Xiao got angry, everyone present would die.

At this moment, Fu Donglai also quickly said, "Mr. Ye, I apologize to you."

"Haha, why bother with such politeness? Apologize? I can't accept it. If it hadn't been for Qiqi's appearance, I might have died here prematurely. I really hadn't expected this level of expertise hidden within the Fu family." Ye Xiao chuckled lightly.

Fu Donglai certainly knew Ye Xiao was referring to Songzhu Mingsan. To avoid drawing fire upon himself, he hurriedly said to Ye Xiao, "That person isn't from the Fu family; he was an expert Zhao Yang brought, specifically aimed at Mr. Ye. I did tell Zhao Yang about Mr. Ye's affair in the backyard, but it was indeed out of desperation, Mr. Ye. Please forgive me this time."

"Spineless!" At that moment, Li Siqi curled her lips, her face full of disdain.

Hearing Li Siqi's words, Fu Donglai glanced at her and then, blushing, lowered his head.

Ye Xiao looked at Li Siqi, then at Fu Donglai, thinking that these two seemed quite familiar?

Ye Xiao chuckled and turned to Li Siqi beside him, asking, "Qiqi, should I kill him or let him go?"

Li Siqi raised an eyebrow at Fu Donglai upon hearing Ye Xiao's question and said, "What's the use of keeping someone like this?"

"Qiqi, please don't speak in anger. I know I wronged you in the past, but now... now is a matter of life and death." Fu Donglai became a bit agitated upon hearing Li Siqi's words and looked at her urgently.

Li Siqi's expression instantly turned icy upon hearing Fu Donglai's words and said, "Fu Donglai, you cowardly creature, I wish I could shoot you dead, yet you still dare speak to me like this?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao grew even more curious about what relationship the two of them had. Could it be that they were a couple in the past?

Ye Xiao suddenly smiled and then looked at Fu Donglai with a pointed smile, saying, "Not killing you is possible, but I have a condition."

"You... you speak!" Fu Donglai saw hope upon hearing Ye Xiao's words and quickly replied.

Ye Xiao said, "This matter isn't suitable for others to hear. How about this; you come over, and I'll ask you quietly."

Upon hearing this, Fu Donglai dared not express disagreement and quickly walked towards Ye Xiao, who also took a few steps forward.

"Mr. Ye, please ask." Fu Donglai cautiously said, looking at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao then whispered, "What's the relationship between you and Qiqi? Was there anything between you?"

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