"Ye Tong? I've looked into her. Isn't she Xu Mu's wife?"
Fang Chu asked, looking at Dai Xuan.
"What? Xu Mu's wife is Ye Tong?"
Dai Xuan was stunned; he hadn't done a background check on her previously.
Miyako Fuka also furrowed her delicate brows; she knew of this Xu Mu as well.
"What's the matter?"
Fang Chu asked Dai Xuan.
"I recall Xu Mu mentioning before that he and Ye Chen are enemies,"
Dai Xuan said softly.
Hearing this, Fang Chu pondered for a moment before nodding. "True, Xu Mu and Ye Chen definitely don't get along."
If they were on good terms, why would Ye Chen have sent someone to steal the Xu family's medicine?
"If that's the case, Ye Tong probably won't be enough of a threat to Ye Chen. We should look for someone else."
Dai Xuan didn't explicitly mention Xu Mu's background.
Xu Mu also had the backing of a sect. With Ye Chen not yet dealt with, Dai Xuan had no intention of provoking Xu Mu on top of that.
"I have a candidate in mind. She's very beautiful and is at the Divine Ability Realm. That woman is definitely Ye Chen's woman."
Fang Chu thought of Xiao Ran; if he captured her, Ye Chen would surely submit.
"A Divine Ability Realm cultivator... snatching her away in plain sight won't be easy,"
Miyako Fuka said, looking at Fang Chu.
"Don't worry, I consider myself a professional when it comes to kidnapping,"
Fang Chu said with a grin. "Especially when it comes to women."
"Good. Brother Fang Chu, I'll leave the kidnapping to you. I will reward you heavily afterwards."
Dai Xuan cupped his hands in respect toward Fang Chu.
"You're too kind."
Fang Chu waved his hand dismissively, then asked, "When should I make my move?"
"Right now,"
Dai Xuan replied immediately.
Time was of the essence. No one knew when Ye Chen might come looking for trouble with the Dai family again.
They had to deal with him as soon as possible.
"Alright then. But Patriarch Dai, you should tell me what my reward will be first. That way, I'll be more motivated."
Fang Chu looked at Dai Xuan with a beaming smile.
"I'm willing to give you two stalks of Third-Grade Heavenly Treasures. How does that sound?"
Dai Xuan asked tentatively.
"Patriarch Dai, are you trying to send away a beggar? Either two stalks of Fourth-Grade Heavenly Treasures, or one of Fifth-Grade."
Fang Chu countered.
"Fine, two Fourth-Grade stalks!"
Dai Xuan decided to go all out; the goal right now was to eliminate Ye Chen.
Fang Chu nodded and stood up to leave.
Once Fang Chu's figure disappeared, Dai Dongyang punched the sofa in frustration. "That kid Fang Chu is bullying us too much!"
"Right now, our primary objective is to deal with Ye Chen. Fang Chu is at the Divine Ability Realm; having such an expert help us is a good thing, isn't it?"
Dai Xuan signaled Dai Dongyang with his eyes.
Dai Dongyang understood immediately, and his clenched fist slowly relaxed.
Fang Chu was only at the Divine Ability Realm. Once Ye Chen was taken care of, his own grandfather could easily dispose of Fang Chu.
...
Xu Mu raised his reclined seat back up. That was quite the show he had just witnessed.
Everyone had their own sinister designs; everyone had their own little schemes deep down.
Unless he was mistaken, the person Fang Chu mentioned was Xiao Ran.
Xu Mu planned to monitor the entire process and try to ensure Xiao Ran's safety, but he wouldn't warn them.
As expected, only if Xiao Ran were captured would Ye Chen personally go to rescue her.
He didn't want to ruin this perfect opportunity, so Xiao Ran would just have to suffer a little grievance for the time being.
Watching the direction Fang Chu took, he seemed to be heading to Yang City.
Xu Mu decided to drive there first, switch cars upon arrival, and then head to Ye Chen's current company to wait for Fang Chu.
...
Yang City.
After getting off the highway, Xu Mu rushed non-stop to the Xu family's branch company.
Upon arriving, he headed straight for the company lobby.
"Little Mu!"
Li Yun, who was chatting with a few people in the lobby, walked over with a look of pleasant surprise.
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Xu Mu looked at Li Yun's appearance. Overall, she hadn't changed much; the buttons on her chest were still strained tight.
However, her aura had undergone a massive transformation. Compared to before, she now commanded the dignity of a high-level executive.
"Sister Yun, it's been a while,"
Xu Mu said with a smile. He then recalled the Water Fusion Technique Li Yun had displayed before; it was indeed incredibly domineering.
Li Yun thought of that incident as well.
Ever since it happened, she had dreamed about it almost every night.
"Little Mu, is there something you need here?"
Li Yun spoke up first, stopping herself from dwelling on those thoughts.
"Actually, yes. I want to borrow your car to tail someone."
Xu Mu handed his car keys to Li Yun. "If you have anything urgent to do, you can drive my car."
This was the reason he had come to find Li Yun. His own car was fine for long-distance tracking.
However, if he parked his car downstairs at Ye Chen's company, and Fang Chu parked there as well, Fang Chu would likely check the surroundings first. If that happened, he would naturally spot Xu Mu's car.
"Okay, here are the keys."
Li Yun took out the key to her electric car and handed it to Xu Mu.
Xu Mu nodded with a smile, took the key, and turned to leave.
Driving Li Yun's small electric car, Xu Mu left the company. He already knew the addresses of the two companies Ye Chen had opened, as the Xu family had been constantly monitoring Ye Chen's movements.
Arriving in front of Ye Chen's newly acquired company building, he expanded his perception and immediately sensed Ye Chen in the top-floor office.
Xiao Ran was sitting on the sofa, looking at her phone; the two weren't interacting at the moment.
Xu Mu parked the car by the roadside and waited quietly, keeping his perception expanded to watch for Fang Chu's arrival.
About twenty minutes later, a Buick GL8 appeared within Xu Mu's perception.
There were two people inside: a driver and Fang Chu himself.
Wearing sunglasses, Fang Chu stepped out of the vehicle and walked toward the company building.
At the main entrance, he approached the security guard.
"Hey buddy, I want to ask you something."
As Fang Chu spoke, he took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills and, shielding the action from the surveillance cameras, stuffed it into the security guard's pocket.
The security guard immediately put his hand in his pocket. Feeling the thickness, he estimated the money to be nearly ten thousand yuan.
"Go ahead, what is it?"
The guard asked after taking a sneaky look around.
"I passed by here earlier and saw a woman with short hair, styled so it covers one eye. Have you seen her?"
Fang Chu asked with a smile.
"Of course. That woman is very beautiful; I noticed her a long time ago," the security guard replied.
"Is she in the company right now?"
Fang Chu asked.
"Yes. Do you see that Yangwang parked over there? That's her car,"
The guard answered.
"Are the security guards here all new recruits? I want to place someone here,"
Fang Chu asked with a smile.
"They're all new. I don't even know all their names yet,"
The guard explained.
"I'll give you another ten thousand. You don't have to work today. Give me the uniform you're wearing, and go change in my car."
Fang Chu said, revealing a grin.
"Deal."
This security guard had only been here for three days. If he could make twenty thousand yuan, he would just quit; it wasn't a big deal.
A security job wasn't exactly a high-value career anyway.
Xu Mu frowned slightly, wondering what kind of plan Fang Chu had come up with.

villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)

ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!

ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!

grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)