Inside the room, on a row of cold beds, lay twenty-five corpses neatly arranged.

"Are these all Long Yuqing's bodyguards?"

Old Master Jin nodded and said, "All the twenty-five bodyguards Miss Long took with her have been killed, without exception."

These twenty-five bodyguards Long Yuqing took were all elites, strong and skilled in close combat, firearms, and various cold weapons.

Yet now, they lie here neatly,

Old Master Jin realized the seriousness of the situation. Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn't have sought out Ye Tianfan, but throughout Jiangzhou City, apart from Ye Tianfan, he couldn't find anyone else to help the Long Family.

Ye Tianfan slowly walked to the corpses on the ice beds and began examining them one by one.

All twenty-five people were killed with a single slash, the murderer seemed to have used a standard military knife, with cuts on the right side of the neck, penetrating about half a centimeter—just enough to sever the carotid artery and throat.

The deceased could not make any sound other than the gush of blood from their necks.

Ye Tianfan's face grew more solemn, and he couldn't help but shiver inwardly. To make such cuts with a knife, it proved that the assailant was a top-notch expert!

After examining the last body, Ye Tianfan looked up at Old Master Jin and said coldly, "To kill twenty-five bodyguards in such a short time is no easy feat. This person is either an insider who knows Long Yuqing's travel habits well, or someone with extremely strong investigative abilities, able to pinpoint the hidden bodyguards accurately within minutes."

Ye Tianfan's words made Old Master Jin shiver, looking at Ye Tianfan with astonishment, he asked, "Mr. Ye, do you suspect there's a traitor among us?"

"Is that possible?"

Old Master Jin frowned, thinking carefully for more than a minute before looking up and saying, "It shouldn't be. Miss Long's travel details and the number of bodyguards is decided by her temporarily. No one would know."

Ye Tianfan's lips curled into a cold smile. Looking at Old Master Jin, he said, "Old Master Jin, I remember when I first entered, you said that all twenty-five bodyguards Miss Long took were killed without exception.

If the number and arrangement of the bodyguards Long Yuqing took were decided on the spot, then how did you know she took twenty-five bodyguards in total?"

"This..." Old Master Jin was momentarily speechless, unsure how to respond, then suddenly looked up and said, "Mr. Ye, you don't suspect me, do you?"

Ye Tianfan shook his head, "It's not you."

If Old Master Jin did this, he had no reason to seek Ye Tianfan's help.

"What I meant is, Long Yuqing took more than just twenty-five bodyguards."

"More than twenty-five?" Old Master Jin's face suddenly changed, saying, "Are you suggesting..."

Ye Tianfan walked slowly to the first body, raised his hand to touch the neck of the corpse, and said coldly, "The cuts on all the corpses are almost identical in size and depth, showing that the person using the knife is a top expert, but the cut on this first body's neck is different!"

"Different?" Old Master Jin hurried forward and checked carefully for a long time, but couldn't see any difference: "How is it different?"

"The direction of the cut is different, all other corpses were cut from left to right, but the first body was cut from right to left, and the wound is one millimeter deeper than the others."

Before Ye Tianfan finished speaking, Old Master Jin examined it again, but he couldn't see such a minute detail with his eyesight, so he gave up.

"Mr. Ye, what does this imply?"

Ye Tianfan frowned and said gravely, "The cut is one millimeter deeper, and the slash goes from right to left, proving the murderer was very close when killing this person! And they used their right hand, reversing the knife to slash from left to right."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold gleam appeared in Ye Tianfan's eyes as he said coldly, "If my deduction is correct, on the day Long Yuqing went missing, she took twenty-six bodyguards! The remaining bodyguard is the killer!"

"Find out who this person is!"

After Ye Tianfan spoke, Old Master Jin's expression became very solemn. By the third day of Long Yuqing's disappearance, he had already mobilized all underground forces, searching the entire Jiangzhou City, but found no trace of Long Yuqing.

But he never expected, there was a traitor in the Long Family!

"Damn it!"

Old Master Jin angrily slapped the wall, the bones in his clenched right fist crackled, and veins bulged on his forehead.

"Miss Long treated them so well! They repaid kindness with betrayal! Damn, they're worse than beasts! Even cats and dogs know gratitude!"

Old Master Jin's furious roar immediately drew Ye Tianfan's attention. Raising an eyebrow, Ye Tianfan looked at Jin, surprised at seeing him, usually composed, losing control in this way.

Realizing his outburst, Old Master Jin hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry for making a scene, Mr. Ye. Perhaps you don't know, but all the bodyguards under Miss Long were from very poor backgrounds, some grew up in orphanages, others were beggars. It was Miss Long who gave them food and she always cared for both them and their families, regularly giving them money to send home.

But...but...sigh..."

Old Master Jin could only let out a heavy sigh, turning to look at the row of bodies on the ice beds, and bowed deeply: "Brothers, rest assured, I will avenge you!"

Watching Old Master Jin, Ye Tianfan's appreciation for Long Yuqing increased. He believed Jin's words and also believed in Long Yuqing's character.

Long Yuqing had been so considerate to Ji Liancheng before, proving she was a woman of deep feelings. Despite being a woman, she valued brotherhood even more than some men, and the term 'righteousness that covers the sky' was no exaggeration for her.

"How long until you can identify this person?" Ye Tianfan inquired.

Old Master Jin's face darkened, he said angrily, "Very soon!"

"Will half an hour be enough?" Ye Tianfan slowly walked to a sofa in the underground hall and sat down, seemingly waiting for Old Master Jin's investigative results.

"Enough! Please wait, Mr. Ye, I'll start investigating right away!" Old Master Jin nodded, didn't waste another word, and left with a blazing anger.

Ye Tianfan sat on the sofa, slowly closing his eyes,

Long Yuqing, what kind of woman are you?

Ye Tianfan felt he knew too little about Long Yuqing, she exuded an aura that felt magnetic, seemingly drawing him to explore more.

"Rest assured, no matter where you are, I will definitely rescue you!"

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