Ouyang Zhenhua chuckled and said, "Look at you, still so easy to tease. Of course, I'm asking how the medicine preparation is going. Oh, and how is Miss Su's injury?"

"You know her?" Luo Chao asked, suddenly remembering that with Ouyang Zhenhua's family background, it's not surprising he knows Su Yan, but why didn't he mention it at the start?

"Of course, she's my Uncle Su's eldest daughter." Ouyang Zhenhua smiled proudly again.

"Does she have any siblings?" Luo Chao placed the medicine on the coffee table in the living room and asked absentmindedly.

Seeing Luo Chao's interest in Su Yan, Ouyang Zhenhua felt both happy and complicated inside, so he asked, "Do you like her?"

Luo Chao rolled his eyes at Ouyang Zhenhua and said, "Why is it in your eyes that it's only like or dislike? I just know her, having met once."

Ouyang Zhenhua nodded and then said, "You can't like someone else; Phoenix is still waiting for you."

"Haven't I already talked about this? Hound, Phoenix is great, really great, but she's not my type, and I can't afford her." Luo Chao looked at Ouyang Zhenhua seriously and said.

Ouyang Zhenhua felt a hint of joy upon hearing this, but thinking of Phoenix's longing for Luo Chao, his heart sank again. He irritably scratched his head and asked, "What if you didn't have to pay and she was delivered to you instead?"

"That would still be impossible." Luo Chao sat down on the sofa and said, "Let me tell you, I don't want Phoenix, not because I don't like her, but because I can't. Her family is beyond our control, and I don't like others controlling me either. It's all about destiny, we are meant to be strangers."

Ouyang Zhenhua nodded and said, "I understand."

Luo Chao pointed to the medicine on the coffee table and said to Ouyang Zhenhua, "There are seven packs in total, one pack a day, three times a day. Boil it from seven bowls of water to one bowl of medicine. You can make it three times, and you must drink it for seven days. Manage it yourself."

After saying this, he was ready to leave. Ouyang Zhenhua called after Luo Chao, frowning, "What about the one upstairs?"

"Take care of her, since your families have old ties. Don't do it just for my sake. Her identity is a bit complex, and you don't need to explain anything to her family. I'll come again tomorrow. If she wants to leave, let her go."

Thinking it through with nothing else to explain, Luo Chao finally left.

When he got home, it was already ten at night. Luo Chao took out his phone to call A Yuan, asking him to open the door. Who knew that as soon as the phone rang once, the entryway door swung open? Luo Chao tiptoed inside, continually praising A Yuan's attentiveness in his heart.

Who knew that just as he walked through the door, a cold gust hit him? Luo Chao instinctively ducked, only to hear a "bang" as something collided with the shoe cabinet beside him, shattering the vase on top.

Luo Chao stood up and reached for the switch to turn on the lights, but the power was out.

Damn it, something doesn't feel right. Luo Chao crouched and carefully surveyed the living room. Logic dictated that with such a loud noise, A Yuan should have come out, but it was eerily quiet.

Something must have happened while he was away. Luo Chao heightened his senses and focused his Qi Condensation, sensing the sound of breathing coming from the sofa.

Luo Chao swiftly moved in front of the sofa, and as he flipped over, he reached out a hand, spreading his fingers wide towards the source of the breathing.

"Ah..."

A sharp scream echoed, and Luo Chao recognized the voice's owner, quickly withdrawing his hand and grabbing Jiang Yuanyuan's hand, saying, "Yuanyuan, it's me!"

Jiang Yuanyuan was terrified. Hearing Luo Chao's voice, she hurriedly clung to him, her body trembling severely.

"Luo Chao, where the hell were you! Uncle Yuan, Uncle Yuan he..." Jiang Yuanyuan's body shook, her voice choked, unable to continue.

Luo Chao's heart jumped, wondering if Uncle Yuan had perished.

"Don't be afraid. What happened to Uncle Yuan? What happened at home?" Luo Chao asked gently, using a calm voice to comfort Jiang Yuanyuan.

Jiang Yuanyuan cried for a while before recounting what had happened earlier.

As it turned out, just twenty minutes before Luo Chao returned, Jiang Yuanyuan intended to go downstairs for water but heard sounds of fighting below. She opened the door to see A Yuan and several bodyguards struggling but soon being asked where she was. Frightened, Jiang Yuanyuan hid in a utility room upstairs, which had the main switch to the villa's main breaker. Just in case, Jiang Yuanyuan switched off the power.

The other bodyguards were dragged elsewhere. Because Uncle Yuan refused to talk, he was taken away, and Jiang Yuanyuan overheard them urgently searching her room.

Finally, she didn't know what was said, but it went silent outside. She waited for a long time, until there wasn't a sound at all. Wanting to call her father, her phone was lost in the panic. Later, she thought of going out because Chen Xiaoqi's family's villa was just opposite, and Jiang Yuanyuan thought she could at least let Chen Xiaoqi see her if she ran out. But as soon as she opened the door, Uncle Yuan's phone rang, and Jiang Yuanyuan hid once more.

That previous noise was from a gun left by the sofa that Jiang Yuanyuan groped for. Hearing the word "gun," Luo Chao was shaken, realizing that if he hadn't dodged quickly, it'd be his brains, not the vase, scattered.

But in the next second, Luo Chao sensed someone else, full of energy but without Killing Intent. After concentrating, he knew who it was.

Luo Chao gently patted Jiang Yuanyuan and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know this would happen when I was absent. I'm truly sorry. Now let's find Uncle Jiang, don't be afraid, I won't leave you again."

With Luo Chao's reassurance, a "pfft" laugh came from the kitchen, followed by the living room lights flash on with a "bang." Luo Chao squinted and saw Chen Xiaoqi and A Yuan walking out of the kitchen.

A Yuan looked embarrassed, while Chen Xiaoqi clapped and laughed, walking over with Jiang Yuanyuan. Jiang Yuanyuan regained her composure and pushed Luo Chao away, looking disdainful.

Luo Chao blinked, got up from the floor, and then said, "Are you guys done playing? Did I perform well?"

Jiang Yuanyuan, seeing Luo Chao not get angry but instead claim he was cooperating, asked in surprise, "You knew I was lying?"

Luo Chao rubbed his nose without saying anything, feeling he was too careless, almost allowing this little girl to fool him. Realizing he couldn't afford to be careless in the future, Luo Chao looked at A Yuan and said, "Uncle Yuan, I already took leave from you, just for three hours. Was it necessary to hold such a grudge?"

A Yuan laughed awkwardly, "Don't look at me, it wasn't my idea."

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