Seeing Ma Xiaokang appear, Zhang Chuiping immediately looked very angrily at the twenty-something Onmyoji beside him. Clearly, one or a few of them had informed Ma Xiaokang of their whereabouts. In other words, there were traitors among them.

"Boyfriend, these people really can't be trusted!" Ye Yuqiao's voice rang out in Chen Hao's mind again.

"Ma Xiaokang, what are you doing here?" Zhang Chuiping stood up and glared at him fiercely.

Ma Xiaokang's face revealed a faint smile, and he spoke in a very light tone, "Don't worry, I'm not here to catch you. I'm just here to see someone."

"Who are you here to see?"

"Chen Hao!" said Ma Xiaokang.

"Me!" Chen Hao was somewhat surprised, "You want to see me? We shouldn't know each other, right?"

Ma Xiaokang approached Chen Hao. Suddenly, the originally indifferent expression on his face froze in astonishment upon seeing Ye Yuqiao standing beside Chen Hao.

He was stunned by Ye Yuqiao's breathtaking beauty.

"Boyfriend, this guy is so annoying!" Ye Yuqiao sent a secret message to Chen Hao. At that moment, her face bore a disgusted expression, as the fixed gaze of Ma Xiaokang made her feel very uncomfortable.

As she said this, Ye Yuqiao turned her body towards Luo Luo.

Only then did Ma Xiaokang come back to his senses from his astonishment. After swallowing his saliva, he redirected his gaze back to Chen Hao and said, "I'm sorry we didn't get to meet when we first saw each other last night, as you were in a hurry to leave."

The first meeting Ma Xiaokang mentioned was when Chen Hao had suddenly burst into the conference room the night before and broken Luo Pengfei's neck.

"Is that so?" Chen Hao's eyes held a bit of bewilderment; he seemed to not remember how many people were in the conference room last night or what those people looked like. After pausing, he scoffed derisively, "It's nothing to regret. I don't want to know you anyway, and we're even less likely to be friends in the future."

Suddenly, Ma Xiaokang's eyes widened to twice their size, and his gaze filled with rage. For anyone who was self-righteous and arrogant, being ignored was like being slapped hard across the face.

"Can we find a place to have a private talk?" Ma Xiaokang said with a sullen face.

Chen Hao slightly raised the corner of his mouth and shook his head.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaokang clenched his teeth and huffed, "Since ancient times, our demon-expelling Ma Family, the demon-suppressing Mao Family, and your vile-vanquishing Chen Family have always had interactions. You wouldn't want those to end on your account, would you?"

Hearing this, Chen Hao sneered. Although what Ma Xiaokang said was true—the Ma Family, Mao Family, and Chen Family had always interacted—in the past, ever since his grandfather had resigned as the President of the Y City Yin Yang Master Association, the Ma and Mao families had ceased contact with his family, and invitations from his grandfather for them to visit had been declined multiple times.

Now, hearing Ma Xiaokang mention the interactions among the three families, all Chen Hao felt was disgust.

"Since our two families have always interacted since ancient times," Chen Hao said, "then I declare that, from today onwards, there will no longer be any interaction between you and me."

"Don't you want to hear what I have to say?" asked Ma Xiaokang.

Chen Hao shook his head and then, with a sudden change of expression, yelled at Ma Xiaokang, "Get lost!"

"You!" Ma Xiaokang let out a stuttering teeth-grinding sound, his face flushed red with anger. After hearing the mocking laughter of several Onmyoji beside Chen Hao, the infuriated Ma Xiaokang turned around and left, leaving only one sentence behind, "Chen Hao, you will regret this!"

He came to find Chen Hao with the intention of joining forces to take down Luo Pengfei, with the condition that the chairmanship of the national Yin Yang Master Association should be rotated among the Mao Family, Ma Family, and Chen Family. However, what he hadn't expected was Chen Hao's lack of gratitude, unwilling even to listen to a word he had to say.

"Chen Hao, perhaps you should listen to what he has to say!" At this point, Luo Luo muttered quietly behind Chen Hao, "He might have a clever plan to deal with Luo Pengfei, or an important leverage over him."

"There's no need!" Chen Hao said coldly, "Since he's one of the seven directors of the Yin Yang Master Association, he must have done many bad things over the years. I have nothing to say to such people."

"Sigh," Luo Luo lamented silently in her heart. In her eyes, Chen Hao was too impulsive and obstinate, acting without proper measure and method—it was his youthful vigor.

"Bang!" At this moment, Zhang Chuiping slammed the table and stood up, then turned to the Onmyoji beside him and angrily demanded, "Who leaked our whereabouts to Ma Xiaokang?"

Everyone looked at each other, clueless.

"Brother-in-law, let it go, it's not important who did it. There are no impenetrable walls in this world!" Chen Hao advised, "The day after tomorrow is the national conference for Onmyoji. Everybody should be careful these next two days, it's best to stay in hotels or inns next to the police station."

After discussing for another hour, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao bid farewell to Luo Luo and her group, walking on the wide and clean streets of D City.

At that moment, Chen Hao was anxiously waiting for news from Ye Fei.

Seeing Chen Hao frown, Ye Yuqiao held his arm tightly and whispered, "Boyfriend, don't worry, Ye Fei must have found something in these two days, you haven't forgotten they are the famously known Campus Heroes!"

"Mhmm," Chen Hao nodded, "Girlfriend, there's nothing to do now. We haven't been shopping for a long time, I'll take you to buy clothes, just spend freely, your boyfriend will foot the bill."

"Yay, yay!"

...

As night fell,

After half a day of shopping, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao returned to the hotel with big and small bags. As soon as they entered the room, they were so tired that they collapsed onto the bed.

"So tired!" Ye Yuqiao laughed breathlessly, "But it was still really fun."

"It's said that women go crazy when they shop, looks like the Nether King is no exception."

Ye Yuqiao flipped over and landed on top of Chen Hao, huffing, "What's the matter? Are you regretting spending your money?"

"Not at all, in fact, seeing you happy makes me feel happy too, so as long as you're happy, that's what matters."

Just then, Chen Hao's phone rang. Seeing that it was Ye Fei calling, he was pleasantly surprised and quickly answered the call.

During the call, Ye Fei informed Chen Hao that by reviewing H City's surveillance footage, his partner had discovered that the car he was tracking had visited a cold storage plant in H City three times within a week, a month ago, accompanied by more than a dozen trucks.

His partner also checked the road surveillance cameras in the southern regions of East Country, in various districts, cities, and counties, and found that those dozen or so trucks had gone on a trip to H City a month ago, but also visited two other cities, a county, and a town. These places all had one thing in common: they were major transportation hubs connecting nearby cities and districts.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hao immediately called Xie Xiaofeng in Y City.

However, Xie Xiaofeng was encountering a bit of a problem.

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