Ever since Ye Xiao found out that Su Yun had been outside in the early morning hours last time and later had Yang Ming investigate, he learned that Su Yun frequently visited various ancient pharmacies at midnight!

With just these facts, Ye Xiao had sufficient reason to suspect Su Yun's identity. Who exactly was Su Yun and what kind of secrets did she harbor?

Ye Xiao was very curious to know, but obviously, such matters were not so easily uncovered unless Su Yun revealed them herself!

However, getting Su Yun to confess seemed unrealistic—if she indeed had a secret, she would definitely not disclose it!

Ye Xiao drove near Minghai Academy, and his phone rang. When he checked, it was Zhou Hao!

Seeing Zhou Hao's call, Ye Xiao could guess the purpose of the call!

"Boss, I've got information about Chen Maozhong!" Zhou Hao's voice came through the phone.

Ye Xiao asked, "How did it go?"

With a chuckle Zhou Hao replied, "Chen Maozhong may not be young, but he certainly knows how to enjoy himself; he's kept two mistresses. I've taken some photos of Chen Maozhong indulging with them. I think these photos should be enough to take his life!"

Ye Xiao was quite confident in Zhou Hao's work. Although sometimes impulsive, Zhou Hao was mostly very careful. Zhou Hao was right; the power of public opinion was extremely strong. If Chen Maozhong's scandalous photos were leaked, he would definitely be done for!

It's known that many officials higher ranked than Chen Maozhong had been forced to step down due to leaked indiscreet photos!

Ye Xiao said smilingly to Zhou Hao, "Very good, copy those photos onto two USB drives and hand them to me when we meet!"

"Yes, boss, but there's something I'm not sure if I should discuss with you," Zhou Hao hesitantly mentioned.

Ye Xiao prompted, "What's the matter? Just speak up if there's something!"

Zhou Hao shared, "I've noticed an increase in the number of martial artists around Minghai City; I'm not sure what's going on. Should we investigate?"

Ye Xiao and Zhou Hao were different; the latter was now with Zhao Dapeng and the others every day, always in the thick of Minghai City's happenings, whereas Ye Xiao was almost always surrounded by beautiful women, naturally oblivious to such details.

Ye Xiao was just an ordinary man, not a clairvoyant - he couldn't predict the future!

So when Ye Xiao heard what Zhou Hao said, he was also slightly puzzled. Why had a large number of martial artists suddenly appeared in Minghai City? Could something be about to happen?

After a moment of thought, Ye Xiao instructed Zhou Hao, "Look into it carefully, find out who they are!"

Zhou Hao responded, "Yes, boss, there's one more thing: Fu Bin may have returned to the provincial city. I heard his grandfather is seriously ill."

Fu Bin's grandfather was no ordinary person. Could he really be seriously ill? Ye Xiao was baffled by this news but didn't dwell on it, and simply replied, "Let him go if he has to. Just focus on looking into this matter!"

Zhou Hao nodded in affirmation.

After hanging up, Ye Xiao was still quite perplexed. Why had those martial artists suddenly appeared in Minghai City? Was trouble really brewing?

Ye Xiao didn't particularly care about the number of martial artists in Minghai City; his sole priority was concocting pills. There were still some medicinal herbs left in the villa, so Ye Xiao thought it best to refine the Heart Cleansing Pill as soon as possible, then start on other pills. Once he had those pills, Ye Xiao would be able to help those he trusted rapidly improve their strength. Whether those martial artists were friend or foe, having one's own strength was the ultimate principle!

Originally planning to return to the Sunshine District to continue pill concoction, Ye Xiao reconsidered. He decided that making pills could wait until evening, and right now he should go to the academy since he was still, after all, a student.

Entering Minghai Academy, Ye Xiao quickly reached the classroom. Just as the third class had started, he apologetically knocked on the door.

Teacher Su, who was teaching the class, glanced at the doorway and saw Ye Xiao standing there. She wanted to ask why he had just arrived, but then remembered she was in the middle of teaching, so she simply said, "Come in!"

Ye Xiao walked into the classroom, but noticed that Tang Xuewen was still sitting in his seat.

Teacher Su seemed to notice this too and pointed to the spot where Han Fei used to sit, instructing Ye Xiao, "Ye Xiao, take the seat where Han Fei used to sit."

Ye Xiao didn't care where he sat, so he just went over and took his seat.

Throughout the class, Ye Xiao's eyes habitually followed Teacher Su's figure around the podium, completely tuning out the actual content of the lesson.

As the bell rang for the end of class, Teacher Su swiftly announced dismissal and hurried off.

Ye Xiao, watching Teacher Su rush away, felt very puzzled. He had indeed always watched Teacher Su closely during lessons, but today felt different. When he entered the classroom, he sensed that something was off with Teacher Su, because today her complexion seemed paler than before.

Could she be feeling unwell?

These doubts flickered through Ye Xiao's mind.

"Ye Xiao, where did you go just now? Why did it take you over two hours to get back to class?" Ling Shuya had approached Ye Xiao's desk at some point.

Upon hearing Ling Shuya's words, Ye Xiao immediately looked up at her, noticing Lan Lan by her side.

With a chuckle, Ye Xiao replied, "Nothing much, just helped a few old ladies cross the street, that sort of small deed."

Ling Shuya gave Ye Xiao a disdainful look and said, "Cut it out. Since when do you do that kind of thing? Teacher Su seemed a bit off today—did you notice?"

"How was she off?" Ye Xiao feigned ignorance.

Lan Lan then said, "It was really unusual. Teacher Su is always so gentle and elegant, but today during the morning reading, she criticized three students in a row. She seemed to be in a bad mood!"

Hearing Lan Lan and Ling Shuya's words, Ye Xiao just said 'Oh' and left it at that!

"Don't you want to know why?" Ling Shuya looked at Ye Xiao with a puzzled face!

Ye Xiao said, "What can I do about it? Am I supposed to ask her? I really don't want to make a fool of myself!"

"Sister Su has been really nice to you; you should go see her. If there really is something wrong, you might be able to help," Ling Shuya actually cared about Su Yun!

Ye Xiao, hearing Ling Shuya's point, felt it made some sense, so he stood up and said, "Alright, I'll go check it out."

Just then, they heard Weii Yang's voice from behind!

"Weii Yang, are you fucking looking to die? I'll kill you right here and now, you believe it?"

This shout made Ye Xiao and the others instinctively turn to look toward the last row, where Weii Yang's hand was choking Tang Xuewen's neck, whose face was beet red, clearly from Weii Yang applying too much force!

"Apologize!" Tang Xuewen glared at Weii Yang, managing to squeeze out these two words with difficulty!

"Fuck your mother!" Weii Yang, furious, punched Tang Xuewen straight in the chest. Tang Xuewen was sent crashing into the wall and then fell to the ground!

Weii Yang was about to hit Tang Xuewen again, but Ye Xiao stepped in to stop him with his hand!

"What happened?" Ye Xiao asked, looking at Weii Yang!

Seeing Ye Xiao approach, Weii Yang immediately said, "Brother Xiao, this Tang Xuewen is a fucking idiot; all he does is demand apologies as if, besides apologizing, he's got nothing else to say. Damn it, I'm going to beat him to death today!"

Tang Xuewen, leaning against the corner of the wall, stared at Weii Yang with bloodshot eyes and stubbornly said, "You must apologize; no one can do wrong and not apologize!"

"Fuck…" Weii Yang, after hearing Tang Xuewen's words, was about to hit Ye Xiao again, but was stopped by Zhan Bo, who had walked over!

"Weii Yang, let Brother Xiao handle it!" Zhan Bo pulled Weii Yang back and whispered to him!

Weii Yang immediately fell silent.

Ye Xiao looked at Tang Xuewen, helped him up, and said, "Let's talk!"

"I have nothing to talk about with you!" Tang Xuewen glanced at Ye Xiao and dismissively said!

"Why is that?" Ye Xiao asked with a smile!

"I won't discuss anything with a thug!" Tang Xuewen said.

Thug?

Ye Xiao, hearing Tang Xuewen's words, instantly understood the gist of it; Tang Xuewen's disdain for him and Weii Yang was probably because he viewed Ye Xiao and the others as thugs!

"Now I'm giving you two choices, first, come with me, or second, let them beat you to death. Besides, I assure you, if you're killed, absolutely nobody will dare to do anything to them!" Ye Xiao said and then immediately turned and walked out of the classroom!

Tang Xuewen hesitated a moment; what did he see in Ye Xiao's eyes? Confidence, almost bursting with confidence!

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Xuewen ultimately followed Ye Xiao out of the classroom!

"Humph, I thought he was braver than this. If he had the guts, he should've stayed; I would have killed him!" Weii Yang huffed to Zhan Bo at his side!

Zhan Bo laughed and said, "What exactly happened?"

Weii Yang responded, "This Tang Xuewen is just weird. If anything I do doesn't suit him, he demands an apology. How's anyone supposed to live like that? I seriously suspect the guy's head got squeezed by a door or something!"

…

Tang Xuewen followed Ye Xiao down the teaching building and soon arrived at a pavilion in the school!

Ye Xiao pointed to a stone bench and said, "Sit!"

Tang Xuewen, not being shy, sat down together with Ye Xiao!

"What do you want to talk about?" Tang Xuewen asked Ye Xiao first!

Ye Xiao said, "I like your stubbornness, but if it's excessive, it will backfire!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Tang Xuewen said coldly, looking into the distance!

Ye Xiao said, "You have prejudices against people like us!"

Tang Xuewen was quite candid and immediately responded, "You're right, I do have prejudices against all thugs!"

"But what if I tell you we're not thugs?"

"You are!"

"Wrong, we're not. We are something even higher level than thugs!"

Tang Xuewen was slightly taken aback when he heard Ye Xiao's words. Clearly, he was a bit confused by what Ye Xiao meant!

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