The Master Descends the Mountain: My Destined CEO

'Something's wrong!'

Xiao Ye's expression changed abruptly!

He shot out of the coffee shop in a single bound, grabbing the stunned waitress and pulling her out with him.

BOOM!

A massive explosion followed immediately after.

Along with it came a chaotic scene and thick black smoke!

It was an explosion!

The waitress was thrown by the blast, and since Xiao Ye had pulled her so abruptly, she lost her footing and tumbled onto the roadside.

Xiao Ye, however, was completely unscathed.

The explosion startled the people and cars nearby.

The scene instantly descended into chaos. Two startled drivers crashed into each other.

Xiao Ye's eyes darkened.

'Looks like the person behind this knew I was coming. They even planted a bomb in advance.'

'How ruthless!'

'To dare pull something like this in the Imperial City, right under the nose of the powers that be... They must have a foolproof plan.'

'The investigation will probably conclude it was a gas explosion. In short, it has to be ruled an accident, not a deliberate act!'

Due to traffic jams on the street, the fire department didn't arrive until half an hour later.

By then, Xiao Ye had already taken the waitress to the hospital.

He left as soon as he dropped her off. Now, he had to figure out where the people who were always one step ahead of him were watching him from.

Xiao Ye sat in the taxi, feeling a little weary.

He opened his phone, just as a news alert popped up.

The news was about the coffee shop that had just exploded, and it even had footage of him rescuing the waitress.

Just as Xiao Ye was about to tap on the comments to take a look, an error message suddenly appeared.

When he tried to reload it, he found the news story was gone.

Xiao Ye immediately searched the entire internet for it, but surprisingly, he couldn't find it!

'They deleted the video that quickly? There can only be one reason!'

'The mastermind doesn't want anyone to see this news story.'

'The news of the coffee shop explosion is impossible to hide, so what else would be worth them doing this?'

'Me?'

'No, that's impossible.'

'Then it must be... the waitress...'

'She must know something, which means she's marked to be silenced.'

'They're preventing people from seeing it now so that no one finds out she was rescued!'

'Perhaps later, she'll be reported as one of the victims caught in the blast, dead after failed resuscitation attempts!'

Realizing this, Xiao Ye's eyes snapped open. He looked at the driver and said, "Back to the hospital!"

At the same time, he didn't forget to pull out his phone. "Shishi, send people to protect the waitress from the coffee shop explosion immediately. The faster, the better!"

By the time he rushed back to the hospital, the waitress was, as expected, already gone.

Her injuries weren't serious, and being a blue-collar worker, she didn't want to spend money at the hospital. So, after Xiao Ye left, she left too.

She was now at her own residence.

Shishi's people didn't disturb her, but were protecting her covertly from nearby.

This was an urban village, home to all sorts of shady characters and extremely dangerous.

Xiao Ye didn't get close. Instead, he leaped up into a tree.

He hadn't hidden his tracks when he came, but he also hadn't gone looking for anyone. He was betting the mastermind wouldn't be able to wait to make a move on the waitress.

Sure enough, a man soon appeared at the door.

He was an expert lockpick; it only took him two tries before it opened. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was using a key.

'Trying to kill her in broad daylight. They really can't wait!'

Xiao Ye immediately descended from the tree.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

The man who had picked the lock walked straight into the room.

The waitress was drinking a glass of water, a look of complete confusion on her face. "Who are you?"

The man gave a chilling smile and lunged at her.

His savage expression terrified the waitress, causing her to drop the water glass in her hand.

The next second, however, the man suddenly collapsed.

From behind him, a tall figure emerged—it was Xiao Ye.

He looked at the astonished waitress and kindly reminded her, "The glass broke. Be careful you don't step on it."

The waitress, not yet recovered from her shock, stared at Xiao Ye in bewilderment. "You... How did you get here?"

"Wait, how do you know where I live?"

"And who is he?"

"You have a lot of questions, and I don't have time to answer them one by one."

Xiao Ye shut the door with a CLICK. "That man was here to silence you. It's not safe here anymore. I'll have my people arrange a new place for you to live."

"But before that, you need to answer my questions."

"What happened with the explosion at the coffee shop earlier?"

"I... I don't know!" The waitress shook her head frantically, her face pale with fear. "I really don't know! I'm just an ordinary person who works there every day!"

Xiao Ye frowned. "Did anything unusual happen today? Or, let's say, did any customers go to the lockers?"

"No, we had very few customers today. It wasn't even noon yet. We only had some in the morning, but nobody used the lockers."

At that time of day, everyone is in a hurry to get to work, so naturally, no one would be thinking about storing things.

The waitress's tone changed. "Wait, there was one person. But he wasn't a customer; he's from a company nearby."

"That company is one of our major clients, so they can use the lockers whenever they want."

"I think he put something in one today, but he left very quickly. What he put in there... it couldn't have been the bomb, could it?"

Xiao Ye's brow relaxed slightly.

'Looks like I've found my prey.'

'I only just visited Xiao Wenbin's mistress today, and then the coffee shop exploded so suddenly. It was definitely not a coincidence!'

After getting the details, Xiao Ye immediately called Shishi. "I'm giving you five minutes. I want all the information you can find on this man."

"Also, arrange a safe house for this innocent waitress. After all, she got dragged into this because of me."

Three minutes later, Shishi sent over the man's information.

The man was from the office building next door. He worked for a large company that was under the control of a first-rate family in the Imperial City.

Xiao Ye concealed his presence and headed straight for the family's old mansion.

Regardless of whether he would come back empty-handed again, he would never give up the chase!

Anyone who tried to kill him would have it returned a hundredfold!

Soon, Xiao Ye arrived at his destination.

It was a villa resembling a manor, nestled by mountains and water.

Moving like a swallow, Xiao Ye evaded all the security and slipped inside.

Outside the top-floor study.

The door was ajar, and faint voices could be heard from within.

Xiao Ye slipped inside in a flash, his speed at its absolute peak.

Before the people inside could even notice, he had already appeared behind the younger man.

The middle-aged man behind the desk shot to his feet, but when he saw Xiao Ye's face clearly, his own face lit up with ecstatic joy!

"Master Xiao!"

Xiao Ye, who had been about to take the young man hostage, raised an eyebrow. "You know me?"

Hearing the voice behind him, the young man was so scared he plopped right down on the floor.

Having someone suddenly appear behind you in an empty villa was just too terrifying!

"I do know you!"

The middle-aged man walked out briskly and said with fanaticism, "My surname is Zhuo, and my name is Zhuoran. I am also the Patriarch of the Zhuo Family!"

"Thirty years ago, the Lingxiao Daoist once helped me. From that day on, I have been his man!"

They were a major family, after all, so of course they knew the news of Xiao Ye descending from the mountain.

They just hadn't dared to seek Xiao Ye out rashly. They never expected the man himself to suddenly appear.

Xiao Ye pulled over a chair and sat down. "If that's the case, then this is much simpler. This man works for you, doesn't he?"

Looking at the person in the photo, Zhuoran nodded. "Yes, that's my assistant."

Xiao Ye stated calmly, "He went to the coffee shop today and planted a bomb. The goal was to kill me."