Li Xuan's eyes suddenly blazed with determination.
"Uncle, please don't speak. I'm not acting on impulse, nor am I playing games. I'm serious."
Li Ming said earnestly, "You! You just got the item. Anyone could be used by our Li family for this thing. As for following, hehe, it's not certain who will be following whom!"
This last sentence was directed at Zhou Xuan, its meaning obvious.
Seeing this, Zhou Xuan decided not to linger.
"Senior Li is absolutely right. Li Xuan, you can indeed consider it carefully. I'll take my leave first."
"Ling'er, let's go."
Xu Ying, Lu Ling'er, Baili Lie, and the others followed suit, leaving together.
Above the ruins.
Before long, only the uncle and niece were left.
"Uncle, what do you mean by this?"
"Although Zhou Xuan appears to be very influential now, he is just an ordinary person with no power or influence. Following him is not as good as following the Qin family."
"Do you trust the Qin family that much? When my family was destroyed and I was in distress, I didn't see the Qin family do anything. Instead, you've been their dog for so many years, and they've never even looked you in the eye!"
"Slap!"
"Who taught you to speak like that?"
Li Ming, enraged, slapped her.
"I hate you to death! No matter what, I will never follow the Qin family. I will follow Elder Li's dying wish and must follow the benefactor and benefactor!"
"You forget kindness and think of things that are out of reach. Hmph, who is foolish is not yet certain!"
Li Xuan, covering her swollen face, ran off aggrievedly.
Thus, the uncle and niece fell out again.
Li Ming remembered that his niece had become increasingly disobedient since the destruction of the Li family.
He sighed.
Thinking that the treasure was in her hands, he immediately followed.
Seeing her enter the Baili Manor, he felt relieved and started to leave.
However, before he had gone a few meters, he was stopped.
"Mr. Li, our master wishes to see you."
Li Ming recognized him as a guard next to Qin Zhantian.
Suddenly, a vague sense of foreboding arose within him.
Especially since these people looked expressionless and fierce.
"I still need to return to the Medicine King Hall. I don't have time. I will apologize to Master Qin personally."
"You have no say in this!"
Before Li Ming could react, he was struck on the back of the neck by a palm and immediately fainted.
Soon, he was bundled into a van by several people and driven away.
Inside Baili Manor.
Zhou Xuan asked, "Where is your uncle? Why didn't he come back with you?"
Li Xuan said indignantly, "I had a big argument with him because he refused to agree to me following you."
"Hey, hey, be mindful. My wife is here. If you say it like that, it's easy for people to misunderstand. What do you mean by 'following me'?"
Li Xuan's cheeks flushed, and she said apologetically to Lu Ling'er, "Miss Ling'er, I'm truly sorry, I didn't mean to. Anyway, you understand what I mean."
"It's alright. I understand. But you're really bold to run back like this. We just encountered pursuers a few minutes ago, and I was worried those behind-the-scenes culprits might target you."
"It's okay, Uncle. He can't bear to lose me and will definitely follow to protect me. Besides, Uncle raised me for many years. In the end, he will surely give in to me."
"Right now, he's just been brainwashed by that old fox Qin family. I never liked that old fox Qin Zhantian from the beginning, let alone now that they've swapped family positions. But Uncle trusts them a lot."
Zhou Xuan smiled inwardly. This girl's intuition was truly incredible. It was no wonder women's sixth sense was so uncanny.
Qin Zhantian was indeed not a good person.
Li Xuan's dislike for the Qin family also seemed somewhat inexplicable.
However, Zhou Xuan knew that the Qin family had not provided any assistance to the Li family over the years, and had even psychologically controlled Li Ming.
Such talent had already made the Qin family immensely wealthy through exploitation.
"It's not good, it's not good, Boss Zhou, everyone, it's not good! Just now, news came from the entrance. Mr. Li was abducted by a van. When our people chased after them, it was too late."
Li Xuan's eyes widened in disbelief. "How could that be?"
Zhou Xuan was the first to react.
"Did you get a clear look at who it was, or the license plate number?"
The guard shook his head.
Li Xuan slumped to the ground, dejected.
Suddenly, she grabbed Zhou Xuan's arm like a madwoman and knelt before him.
"Mr. Zhou, I beg you, help me. Uncle must have been kidnapped by the mastermind behind this. They must want to threaten me into handing over the family treasure. Please save him, he's the only family I have left."
"Don't worry, calm down. I have a plan."
"As long as they want the item you have, they won't stay hidden. We need to prepare ourselves. We might face a tough battle ahead."
Zhou Xuan rubbed his forehead.
Li Xuan said anxiously, "Thank you, sir, thank you!!"
"Xu Ying, stay with her and pay attention to any changes in communication. The other party should contact us soon."
"Yes, Boss. Don't worry, I'll take good care of her."
Indeed, an hour later.
The phone rang.
"If you don't want your uncle, bring the Li family's ultimate treasure to the post office box next to Fengze Street, number eighty-nine, Sinan Road."
"Hello, hello! I want to speak to my uncle, or I'll never give you the item!"
The call was abruptly hung up.
"What should we do? They wouldn't say another word."
"Should we call the police?"
"Let's not rush. I'm afraid if we call the police, your uncle might not return. Let's go to Sinan Road first."
"That's the only way."
Zhou Xuan rushed to the location with Li Xuan and the others.
This was a bustling commercial street.
Next to the post office, there was indeed a large box.
Li Xuan nervously clutched the small box in her arms, looking around cautiously.
The other party spoke through an earpiece from the shadows.
"At your three o'clock, that woman..."
Li Xuan's expression tensed.
The other party was indeed approaching.
In an instant, Li Xuan hurriedly threw the box in her hands into the mailbox.
She turned to run.
But the woman quickly approached her in high heels.
She was a cultivator.
Li Xuan had a knife pressed against her back.
"Don't make a sound. If you don't want to die, just walk forward obediently."
Not far away, Lu Ling'er and the others watched this scene, extremely anxious.
"Brother Xuan, what do we do? They must be suspicious."
"Shh... It's alright."
Li Xuan obediently walked in the direction indicated by the woman.
Halfway there, Li Xuan said, "I've already given you the item, and you're still doing this? Isn't this going too far?"
"Stop the nonsense!"
The knife was chillingly cold, silencing her instantly.
Watching the woman pick up the box from the mailbox.
She weighed it, then dragged Li Xuan into a nearby shop.
Zhou Xuan finally made his move.
He dodged the passersby with swift movements, and soon he also broke into the shop.
As soon as he entered.
With a "clang," a knife was placed at his neck.