"Mom, you seem a bit off today. Did something happen?"
Although Zheng Shufen tried her best to act normal, Qin Lei noticed her unusual demeanor during dinner and asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. Little Lei, eat your food!"
Zheng Shufen replied, serving Qin Lei a piece of dish to cover her awkwardness.
Qin Lei was skeptical, but seeing that Zheng Shufen didn't want to talk, she didn't press further.
After the meal, Qin Yi called Zheng Shufen aside and told her that he had resolved the matter.
He assured her that Wei Teng and Li Yongfei would no longer bother them or Qin Lei, and that she shouldn't worry anymore.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Shufen breathed a sigh of relief, her heart that had been hanging for a day finally settled.
Just as Zheng Shufen was about to ask how he resolved it, Qin Lei called out from the side, "Brother, come here, I need to tell you something..."
At that moment, Qin Yi happened to be heading over.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to explain to Zheng Shufen.
"What is it?"
Qin Yi walked up to Qin Lei and asked.
Qin Lei said, "Sister Xin is going on a business trip in two days. Aren't you going with her?"
Qin Yi was startled, "A business trip? Where is she going?"
"Out of town!" Qin Lei blinked and said, "Anyway, I've told you. As for the rest, you'll have to ask Sister Xin yourself!"
With that, Qin Lei put her hands behind her back and skipped away.
So, Qin Yi returned to his room and made a video call to Han Xin.
"You still remember to video call me? I thought you'd forgotten me!"
As soon as the video connected, Han Xin, wearing pajamas and lounging on her bed, said with a hint of melancholy.
Qin Yi quickly apologized, "I've been a bit busy these past couple of days, that's why I haven't visited you! I went to the group this afternoon and wanted to see you, but you weren't there!"
"Hmph!"
Han Xin snorted, clearly displeased.
Qin Yi found it amusing.
Despite Han Xin being the CEO of Han Group, always in a position of authority and commanding respect, appearing aloof to outsiders, she actually had a bit of a girlish personality at heart.
Ever since Qin Yi and she had become a couple, these traits had fully emerged.
"Xinxin, my sister just told me you're going on a business trip soon. Where are you going?" Qin Yi asked.
"I'm not telling you!"
"Tell me, and I'll accompany you then!"
Hearing this, Han Xin's eyes lit up, "Really?"
"Of course, it's true. Would I lie to you!"
Qin Yi said, "Besides, I'm free lately and can accompany you..."
"Oh, so you're only thinking of accompanying me because you have nothing else to do!"
Qin Yi: "..."
They chatted aimlessly for over half an hour before ending the video call.
Qin Yi learned that in two days, Han Xin would be traveling to Kyoto for a business trip to discuss a collaboration with a company there.
Qin Yi agreed to accompany her.
Late at night, in the provincial capital.
Under the cover of darkness, several figures leaped into the Jiang family mansion.
None of the dozens of guards inside and outside the mansion noticed.
It wasn't until the figures landed in front of Jiang Xiong's room that Jiang Xiong's shout suddenly erupted from within: "Who's there?"
At the same time, Jiang Xiong's figure rushed out rapidly.
Hearing Jiang Xiong's shout, the Jiang family guards, alerted by the commotion, finally rushed over.
Jiang Hongxin and Steward Chen, who were in the mansion, also rushed out of their rooms towards the commotion.
In less than a minute, the intruders were surrounded.
However, the surrounded figures showed no concern. They stood their ground, not moving an inch.
Jiang Xiong rushed out and, seeing the attire and weapons of the intruders, his brow furrowed instantly, "Bushido!"
Indeed, the intruders were from Bushido.
And leading them was someone named Sen Mu Jun.
Sen Mu ignored the surrounding Jiang family guards, as well as Jiang Hongxin, Steward Chen, and other Jiang family martial artists. His gaze fixed on Jiang Xiong as he said, "You are Jiang Xiong, the head of the Jiang family! Who killed Yamamoto Kuroda and Oka Kenji at this exchange meeting?"
Jiang Xiong naturally did not answer. He ordered, "Capture them!"
The Jiang family guards, obeying the command, were about to move.
Jiang Hongxin, Steward Chen, and a few others also prepared to attack.
But to their surprise, at that moment, Sen Mu gave a signal to one of the Bushido warriors beside him. The latter instantly vanished from his spot.
Immediately after, Jiang Xiong, Jiang Hongxin, and the others saw several flashes of white light. The warrior returned to Sen Mu's side.
The dozens of Jiang family guards fell to the ground as if their bodies had fallen apart, motionless.
Upon closer inspection, one would notice a small cut on each of their throats.
They had all been killed by a throat slitting.
"!!!"
"???"
"..."
This scene caused Jiang Xiong, Jiang Hongxin, and Steward Chen to turn ashen, their solemn expressions solidifying into an unshakeable dread.
Sen Mu said, "I'll ask again, who was it? And where is he now?"
"Hongxin, you all escape quickly, I'll hold them off..."
Jiang Xiong shouted loudly and charged towards Sen Mu.
Steward Chen and the other Jiang family martial artists all charged towards the Bushido warriors.
Jiang Hongxin was initially unwilling to leave, wanting to fight alongside them.
But at Jiang Xiong's insistent command, he finally chose to leave, fleeing the Jiang family mansion as fast as he could.
More than ten minutes later, the Jiang family mansion was littered with corpses. Everyone in the Jiang family, whether ordinary people or martial artists, had been slaughtered by Sen Mu and his group.
Jiang Xiong knelt on the ground, covered in blood, looking at the corpses scattered everywhere, his body trembling uncontrollably.
He said with anger and despair, "Bushido, you dare to massacre my Jiang family! The Order Hall will not let you go!"
"Order Hall? Heh heh..."
Sen Mu chuckled dismissively and struck Jiang Xiong's head with his palm.
"Pfft!"
Jiang Xiong spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, lifeless.
"A mere Grandmaster dares to block me, so overconfident!"
Sen Mu clapped his hands and turned to ask the others, "Are we done here?"
The Bushido warriors, having finished off the last opponent in front of them, gathered together. One of them replied, "Sen Mu-jun, with the exception of the one who escaped at the beginning, all forty-three members of the Jiang family have been wiped out!"
"Good!"
Sen Mu uttered a word of approval, turned around, and walked towards the outside of the Jiang family mansion.
Soon after, the Jiang family mansion was engulfed in flames. They had directly set the Jiang family ablaze.
The next day.
Just as dawn broke, Qin Yi was still asleep when his phone suddenly rang.
He picked up his phone groggily and answered with impatience, "Hello, who is it?"
"Mr. Qin, are you alright? The Jiang family has been annihilated!"
Rhode Xuan's voice came from the receiver.