Ye Chen was naturally unaware that he had become the target of the Zhu family's efforts to win him over.
For him at present, all he wanted was to cultivate in peace and then head to the capital to slay the man who stood at the pinnacle.
Exiting Deren Hall, Ye Chen had intended to take a taxi, but perhaps due to the rush hour, he waited for a long time without a single car coming by.
"Forget it, I'll run back. The apartment isn't far away."
Ye Chen pulled up the hood of his sweatshirt and began to run, his steps steady and even.
Should anyone have been paying attention, they would have noticed a faint stream of air beneath his feet.
As he ran, he observed that Jiangcheng had changed significantly from five years ago.
The corner bakery, Fragrant Wheat Garden, on Youth Street was no longer there, replaced by a bubble tea shop.
Ye Chen remembered his mother often taking him there for cakes, those were the times he missed the most.
"Time flies, it's almost the anniversary of my parents' death..."
Suddenly, Ye Chen's eyes narrowed, and a playful smile curved the corners of his mouth.
Someone was following him!
Looking for death!
Ye Chen quickened his pace and soon arrived at an alleyway, disappearing from sight.
A few seconds later, a man in a duckbill cap appeared in the alley, looking around with a surprised expression on his face.
"Lost him? That's strange, this is a dead end, where could he have gone?"
Before he could finish his sentence, a dark figure dropped from the sky!
Without giving the man a chance to react, a pair of large hands directly gripped his throat, lifting him up!
"Bang!"
The large hand mercilessly slammed his body against the wall!
This simple action made the man in the duckbill cap feel as if his internal organs had been shattered.
His face was filled with horror, and he felt completely immobilized, as if suppressed!
He tried with all his might to break free, only to find his opponent's arm as immovable as a rock.
Due to extreme oxygen deprivation, his face turned red, then blue, his eyes bloodshot, the veins on his neck bulging menacingly, and he gradually lost consciousness, just a step away from death.
Just as he thought he was certain to die, Ye Chen released his grip and threw the man to the ground!
"Who sent you? Zhu Rende?"
This was the only person Ye Chen could think of, after all, he had just revealed his strength, and it made sense for the other party to send someone to investigate him.
The man in the duckbill cap breathed heavily, feeling the air was so fresh for the first time in his life.
After a while to recover, he looked at Ye Chen, his eyes filled with terror.
The man in front of him was too terrifying; those few seconds felt like he was locked onto by the Grim Reaper.
He quickly pulled out a photograph from his pocket and carefully handed it to Ye Chen: "Big brother... I... I didn't mean to, the whole of Jiangcheng is looking for you, above board or underhanded. There's a reward of one million if anyone finds you. I just got tempted and followed you, please don't kill me, I have a family to support..."
Ye Chen took the photo, glanced at it, and saw that it was indeed himself.
The whole of Jiangcheng was looking for him?
Ye Chen's eyes darkened. Could it be that someone in Jiangcheng had discovered he wasn't dead?
Or perhaps the man from the capital had come to eliminate any threats?
If that was the case, it was more than welcome.
Because one day, he would tell everyone in Jiangcheng that Ye Chen was back!
"Do you know who's behind the reward?" Ren Fanchuan asked.
The man in the duckbill cap felt as if there was a special aura in the air surrounding him, and if he dared to lie even once, he would surely die!
"It's the Shen family! Shen Haihua! I really don't know anything else... And in the past few days, I've heard that Shen Haihua has mobilized more and more power, it's said that he's even tapped into all the surveillance in Jiangcheng to find you..."
Ye Chen then realized.
He had given Shen Haihua three days to live; without the pills he had prepared, he was certain to die!
Only a man on the brink of death would go to such lengths to find himself.
As for whether to save Shen Haihua or not, he didn't have a heart of a Bodhisattva; it all depended on his mood!
"You go tell Shen Haihua, if he wants to live, stop playing games and come to me personally!"
These words carried a hint of true energy, thundering in the duckbill cap man's ears like a rolling peal of thunder. By the time he reacted, Ye Chen had already vanished.
...
North of Jiangcheng, in the Longyue Bay villa area. The Shen family.
Shen Haihua, dressed in a Tang suit, paced back and forth in the hall, his brows tightly furrowed, having lost his usual luster.
Shen Haihua, a former newspaper editor, had taken advantage of the reform and opening up wave in his youth, quit his job, and started a factory. It took him a full thirty years to create the Behemoth that is the Beiming Group! In Jiangcheng, he was also a well-known upper-class figure, attending various government meetings and charity dinners.
But at this moment, this upper-class figure was utterly at a loss!
Because he only had one day left to live!
If he couldn't find that divine doctor after a day, his life, everything he had created, would be destroyed!
In these two days, he hadn't closed his eyes once, and he had mobilized all the forces he could to find that divine doctor!
But for some reason, there was no result!
This divine doctor seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
All he knew was that this divine doctor was named Ye Chen!
He had gone to the Jiangcheng police station and pulled up all the information on men named Ye Chen, but none matched!
He even sent dozens of people to wait at the Chengbei Park where Shen Mengjia had seen Ye Chen!
Still, there was no news!
This Ye Chen seemed like a joke deliberately played on him by the heavens!
Giving him three days to live, giving him hope, only to disappoint him!
Beside him, Shen's mother asked worriedly, "Haihua, do you think that divine doctor Ye might have left Jiangcheng? Otherwise, it's impossible not to have any news."
Shen Haihua stopped in his tracks, his fists clenched tightly, seemingly a bit agitated: "I've already sent people to guard all the stations and intersections in Jiangcheng. It should be impossible for him to leave Jiangcheng. If there's still no news, forget it, I can only send people to search house by house. Even if I have to turn the whole of Jiangcheng upside down, I will find divine doctor Ye."
Just then, a phone rang!
Shen Haihua, like an arrow off the bowstring, rushed over, grabbed the phone, and said breathlessly, "Is... is there news?"
His body trembled, extremely excited.
"Mr. Shen, there's news. Divine doctor Ye has sent a message for you," said the voice on the other end of the phone.
"What! Hurry up and tell me! Hurry up, are you trying to drive me crazy?" This was almost roared out by Shen Haihua.
"Divine doctor Ye said, if you want to live, stop playing games and come to him personally!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Haihua felt a huge weight lifted, and he grabbed another phone on the table.
"Prepare the car, right away!"
...
Dadu Apartment.
When Ye Chen arrived home, he found that Sun Yi was already up and getting ready.
Today's Sun Yi looked even more sexy, with her smooth long hair falling over her shoulders, wearing a chiffon crop-top white short shirt on top, and a black mini-skirt on the bottom, paired with high heels, her beautiful legs were fully displayed in front of Ye Chen.
The key was that the top was too short, and Sun Yi's full chest was almost bursting out.
This was too sexy!