Chapter 455: Someone Wants to Harm Me
In the dead of night.
Xiao Ye was sound asleep.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated.
His eyes shot open and he answered the call.
Zhu Chen's voice came from the other end. "Xiao Ye, help me..."
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP...
The line went dead.
Xiao Ye sat up and immediately contacted his subordinates. "Track Zhu Chen's location, now!"
Five minutes later, they had a lock on his position.
Xiao Ye drove there himself.
Whatever could get Zhu Chen into trouble was bound to be a serious matter.
Just sending his men wouldn't be safe enough.
The Zhu family were his partners; he couldn't let anything happen to them.
Besides, the Zhu family did good work. Xiao Ye couldn't find a single fault with them.
Forty minutes later, Xiao Ye finally arrived at the tracked location.
It turned out to be a bar.
'A man like Zhu Chen wouldn't be caught dead in a bar, and he probably doesn't even drink. Why would he suddenly come here?'
He pushed the door open and saw that the music inside had already stopped.
A crowd was gathered in one spot.
Xiao Ye narrowed his eyes and strode over.
Just as he'd expected.
Lying on the floor was none other than Zhu Chen. His face was streaked with fresh blood, and he looked to be in a miserable state.
Xiao Ye shoved people out of his way, walked straight to Zhu Chen, and reached out to take his pulse.
Zhu Chen had some strength. Although he wasn't as formidable as Xiao Ye, he shouldn't have been beaten to this state by a mob of hooligans.
Sure enough, Xiao Ye detected traces of a drug in his system.
His pulse also revealed that he was extremely weak—so weak he couldn't even stand up.
When Zhu Chen saw Xiao Ye, a light sparked in his eyes. "I was set up! Someone's trying to harm me!"
"Who?"
Zhu Chen's gaze fixed in one direction.
Xiao Ye immediately looked over. It was a man with thick eyebrows and large eyes, with a woman standing beside him.
The man looked at Xiao Ye as well. "What? You here to get justice for your friend? He dared to touch my woman, so he had to be dealt with!"
"I did not!" With Xiao Ye here, Zhu Chen's confidence returned. He was no longer silent as before, but shouted coldly, "I didn't even give your woman a second glance!"
"Bullshit! You followed my girlfriend all the way to this bar."
Xiao Ye raised an eyebrow slightly. 'Looks like there's more to this story.'
Zhu Chen hurriedly explained, "No, I wasn't following her! I was looking for someone else, another woman who was also wearing a white dress."
From his fragmented account, Xiao Ye pieced the story together.
Earlier today, while Zhu Chen was driving, a woman in a white dress had walked in front of his car.
Her facial features were very strange, but a single glance wasn't enough to be sure. Unable to resist, he got out of his car and followed her.
Those who practice metaphysics are always intrigued by strange occurrences. This wasn't just true for Zhu Chen; even Xiao Ye was the same.
If he, too, were to spot someone with peculiar facial features, he would definitely give chase.
Zhu Chen followed her to the bar, but the dim lighting and loud music gave him a headache, and he couldn't see clearly.
He finally spotted a woman in a white dress and, without a second thought, tapped her on the shoulder to get her to turn around.
But it wasn't the right woman. The next thing he knew, he smelled a fragrant scent.
All the strength drained from his body, and he nearly collapsed on top of her.
In the end, he was beaten up by the woman's boyfriend.
Completely powerless, Zhu Chen couldn't fight back. His only option was to pull out his phone and barely manage to dial Xiao Ye's number.
Zhu Chen gritted his teeth. "That scent came from her! If I hadn't been drugged, how could I have ended up beaten like this!"
'This is a total humiliation!'
The woman, with the look of a delicate, innocent flower, said, "I'm not carrying any knockout drugs. Stop spouting nonsense."
Without a second thought, the man beside her raised his foot to stomp on Zhu Chen.
Xiao Ye's eyes darkened, and he sent the man flying with a single kick.
"Whether he was actually trying to hit on your girlfriend or not, I'm sure anyone with eyes can see the truth."
"But you still chose to harm him like this. Whether you orchestrated this whole thing or not, you will give me an explanation!"
The man lay on the ground, in too much pain to stand. His friends saw this and hurried forward to help him up.
He pointed at Xiao Ye and roared, "Fuck! You dare to touch me? You're fucking looking for death!"
"I don't give a damn if the kid did it on purpose or not. He touched my girlfriend, and I'm going to chop off his hand today!"
"Go! Get it for me! Chop this kid's hand off!"
"You want to stick up for him? Fine! If you dare to stop me, I'll chop off your hand too!"
Xiao Ye knew that the world was never short of bullies who preyed on the weak.
He always tried to give people a chance, but he'd make an exception for the man before him.
On the surface, the man had thick brows and large eyes, appearing straightforward, but in reality, his methods were ruthless. He was the type to kill at the slightest disagreement!
Hearing him talk so casually about chopping off hands, it was clear he'd probably done it more than once.
Zhu Chen was also seething with anger. "They were just saying they were going to chop my hands off. I only lasted this long because they went to get a knife."
Xiao Ye nodded, reassuring him with a look. Then he scanned the crowd. "Who here is with him?"
"If you're with him, stay. If not, you can back off now. Don't get caught in the crossfire."
The man gave a scornful smile. "Don't listen to him. Just stay here and watch the show. In a minute, I'll let you see with your own eyes how I chop his hand off!"
Unsurprisingly, not a single person backed away.
Since that was the case, Xiao Ye would just treat them all as the man's accomplices.
He took out his phone and dialed a number. "Bring some people over."
The man was unfazed. "What, you're calling for backup? I'm curious to see who you can get. A bunch of petty thugs?"
"Or maybe some pretty boys like you two?"
Zhu Chen did indeed have a refined and handsome appearance, but Xiao Ye did not. For the man to say such a thing, he was clearly just jealous of their looks.
Mocking laughter erupted from the crowd.
Xiao Ye paid it no mind and looked at Zhu Chen. "Just hold on a little longer. My men are on their way. The day my poison flares up is approaching, so I can't get into a fight."
The man's eyes went wide as if he'd heard something incredible. He yelled theatrically, "Oh my god, did you guys hear that? He said his 'poison is flaring up'!"
"Kid, you got some chuunibyou syndrome or something? Or have you been watching too much TV?"
Xiao Ye simply ignored his racket.
'General He still hasn't found an antidote. I can only rely on the one sent by the Angel Association.'
'But it's unclear if the Angel Association will be on time this time.'
'To lessen the severity of the poison's flare-up, it's best not to fight if I can avoid it.'