"Huh? What's going on outside?" Bai Yiling asked curiously, putting down her chopsticks after hearing screams from the courtyard.
Cheng Xiaofan smiled faintly and said, "Two people are trying to force their way in through the courtyard gate. Their malevolent aura was too strong, triggering the defensive formation I set up, and they've been knocked down."
Bai Yiling's delicate eyebrows furrowed. "Who are these two, daring to cause trouble here?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled. "If I'm not mistaken, these two are here for Tong Nian!"
Tong Nian looked bewildered. "What? They're after me?"
Cheng Xiaofan said, "Back in Nanshan, I sensed from your aura that you and Jiang Xinyi were being followed."
"And you're being followed because you owe someone money, right?"
Tong Nian was dumbfounded. "Cheng Xiaofan, you have eyes like a fiery gaze, to be able to see even this!"
"You're right. I took out a loan from a US bank called Huide Li Bank to invest in a transnational project. However, after the project was completed, the entire thing came to a standstill due to the impact of the pandemic."
Huide Li Bank?
Cheng Xiaofan found the name very familiar.
His mind suddenly lit up. He thought, wasn't this bank founded by Degeliel?
When Degeliel transferred his family's assets to Cheng Xiaofan, although he had the other party hand over the documents to Melissa and didn't look at them himself, his Dragon Eye's X-ray vision was incredibly powerful.
He had only glanced at the documents, and all the information within had been scanned into his mind and stored.
He hadn't expected such a coincidence that Tong Nian's loan bank was Huide Li.
At this moment, Tong Nian added, "But because the loan was due, I couldn't repay it immediately. The American side sent two killers to capture both me and Jiang Xinyi."
"In fact, our outing this time was not only to help Jiang Xinyi relax but also to evade the pursuit of those two killers."
He couldn't help but shake his head. "I never imagined that even after coming here, we would still be tracked by those two assassins."
Cheng Xiaofan laughed. "You were in plain sight, and they were hidden. You were already being tracked, you just didn't know it."
Jiang Xinyi said, "Cheng Xiaofan, since you knew we were being tracked by assassins, why did you invite us to your place? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled faintly. "Just a couple of petty assassins. What is there for me to fear?"
"Naughty Bao, go out and drag those two assassins in from the courtyard gate!"
"Woof woof!"
Naughty Bao was under the table gnawing on bones and meat with ten white swans. Hearing his master's command, he was quite displeased.
Where did these scoundrels come from to disturb this dog's delicious meal time?
He leaped up like lightning and flew out the door.
"Ah, Lord Dog, spare me!" Immediately, desperate screams from the two assassins echoed from outside the courtyard gate.
Clearly, the enraged Lord Dog had rushed over and given the two a taste of his power.
Cheng Xiaofan beckoned Tong Nian and Jiang Xinyi. "Come, come, Tong Nian, old classmate, let's drink!"
Tong Nian said with a heavy heart, "Thank you for your kindness, Cheng Xiaofan. Alas, it's so embarrassing. I never imagined that investing in a project would lead to this outcome!"
Cheng Xiaofan waved his hand and smiled. "It's nothing, it's nothing. Who doesn't encounter a setback when pursuing a career!"
"Since you are my old classmate's boyfriend, I will handle this for you!"
"Woof woof!"
At this moment, Naughty Bao entered the house dragging two stout men by a rope, like trackers pulling a towline.
Their clothes were almost in tatters from Naughty Bao's biting.
Likely terrified, the two assassins shivered uncontrollably upon entering the house, shrinking into a corner, too scared to speak.
Cheng Xiaofan glanced at the two men and chuckled. "I see you're not locals. You have quite some nerve, carrying weapons and trying to break in without my permission?"
"Tell me, what do you want here?"
"A Mao, you go first!" Cheng Xiaofan pointed at one of them.
"..." The man Cheng Xiaofan called A Mao looked utterly bewildered.
He thought, when did I, a grown man, ever have the name A Mao!
Cheng Xiaofan glared at him. "If I call you A Mao, then you are A Mao. If you don't understand human language, I'll have Naughty Bao beat you up again!"
"Woof woof!"
Hearing his master's words, Naughty Bao immediately barked fiercely at A Mao.
The assassin, forced to change his name to A Mao, shivered at Naughty Bao's bark and quickly said, "I'll talk, I'll talk—"
He thought to himself, what kind of family is this!
As soon as they reached his doorstep, they were both thrown to the ground by a mysterious force, and the sudden, terrifying pain almost killed them.
Especially this dog, it was incredibly ferocious.
With just one bark, he felt like he was being torn apart.
And this young man opposite them, although his face was full of smiles, was clearly a man who hid a dagger in his smile.
Looking at his eyes, they could kill.
Assassins were the most sensitive. Both of them clearly felt that Cheng Xiaofan was a formidable opponent!
A Mao stole a glance at Tong Nian, who was sitting beside Cheng Xiaofan, and said, "We were ordered to capture Tong Nian and his girlfriend, Jiang Xinyi!"
Cheng Xiaofan asked, "Whose orders are you following?"
A Mao said, "Orders from Boss Baldy of the debt collection agency!"
Cheng Xiaofan then asked the other assassin, "A Shu, is what he said true?"
The assassin, named A Shu, immediately nodded. "Everything he said is true, not a single lie. Boss Baldy sent us to track you down."
Cheng Xiaofan asked, "A Shu, what's Boss Baldy's name?"
A Shu shook his head. "Boss Baldy is American. We've never met him!"
"We only know that Boss Baldy recruits killers in countries all over the world for his debt collection agency. All tasks are communicated by phone."
Hearing him speak, Cheng Xiaofan had a rough idea of the situation.
Huide Li Bank was a pillar of Degeliel's family business, lending money worldwide. To ensure timely repayment of funds, it was normal to establish a debt collection agency.
This Huide Li Bank was also a key industry managed by Yameti. She would definitely know this Boss Baldy.
With this thought, he asked Tong Nian, "Tong Nian, do you know a woman named Yameti in the US?"
Tong Nian immediately replied, "Cheng Xiaofan, I only know that Yameti is the owner of Huide Li, and her status is unusual. It is rumored that her father is a highly influential figure in the US."
"A person of my standing could never know the daughter of such a prominent figure!"