Chapter Eighty-Seven: Taking Action

The sudden voice startled Ye Gang so hard he nearly jumped out of his skin.

“What exactly are you doing out there? Don’t you know I’m handling important business in here?”

Ye Gang left Qin Xue’er’s side and stood up, smoothing back his hair.

Just as he was about to go outside and take a look, the private room door was kicked open with a thunderous crash.

The moment he looked toward the entrance, cold sweat broke out across his forehead.

Standing there was none other than Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye said nothing. Yet the icy glint flashing in his eyes was like a pair of razor-sharp daggers, as though it could slice clean through every fiber of Ye Gang’s body.

Outside the room, Ye Gang’s bodyguards lay strewn across the floor.

Facing the man who had appeared, Ye Gang stammered helplessly, unable to get a single word out.

At that moment, Qin Xue’er was lying senseless on the sofa. He had no defense at all.

Before he could say anything, Xiao Ye charged straight at him and drove a knee hard into his stomach.

...

About half an hour earlier, he had driven to the hospital.

Chi Long’s condition was already much better than before. Xiao Ye had specifically arranged for someone to take care of his daily needs.

Chi Long had followed Xiao Ye for many years and had seen all manner of situations; his body’s recovery was far stronger than that of an ordinary man.

When he saw Xiao Ye arrive, Chi Long made to get out of bed.

“Don’t move around.”

Xiao Ye held him down and said, “Seeing you’re all right, I can rest easy.”

“In the next few days, help me look into the Chen family in Jiangnan District.”

“The Chen family?”

Chi Long looked somewhat puzzled. He had been lying in the hospital for quite some time, and a great many things had happened in the meantime.

It was hard to explain everything in a few words, so Xiao Ye could only briefly tell him about Chen Ning.

“Besides this man named Chen Ning, help me investigate the Shu family in Jianghai City as well, especially their business structure.”

Chi Long nodded. He had already rested long enough in the hospital. Right now, this was exactly when Xiao Ye needed him.

The two chatted a little longer, but before Xiao Ye could finish speaking, two men came into the ward, their faces rather grave.

“Lord Xiao, something’s happened with Miss Qin. She went alone to a bar, and we don’t know who she was going there to meet.”

At those words, Xiao Ye’s eyes visibly tightened.

Qin Xue’er had no friends in Jianghai City, and Shu Ran was at home. At a time like this, who could she possibly be going to see?

His instincts told Xiao Ye that Qin Xue’er was in danger.

His expression turned stern in an instant. After saying a few words to Chi Long, he walked out of the ward.

Fortunately, he had arrived a little faster, rescuing Qin Xue’er before Ye Gang could make his move.

Ye Gang cried out in pain. With a sloppy lurch, he vomited up all the liquor he had just drunk.

Red and white splashed over the floor in a filthy mess, impossible to tell whether it was wine or Ye Gang’s blood.

Before Ye Gang could even react, Xiao Ye slapped him twice more across the face with brutal force.

It was as if he meant to spin him around in midair.

The savage impact left Ye Gang dizzy and disoriented, a roaring like an airplane engine pounding in his ears.

Before he could recover, Xiao Ye was already in front of him again.

“Don’t kill me! I can explain this. I was only trying to help!”

Ye Gang’s face had swollen into a pig’s head as he muttered those words.

He could already feel death closing in on him. His voice was hoarse and trembling.

But Xiao Ye paid him no mind at all. Grabbing him by the hair, he hurled him straight onto the marble table.

With a thunderous crash, the marble tabletop shattered at once. The broken glass beneath Ye Gang scattered everywhere, shards driving straight into his body as blood slowly seeped out.

The injuries he had only just recovered from in the hospital instantly worsened again.

Since the last time Xiao Ye had beaten him, Ye Gang’s resistance to pain had increased somewhat.

Even with this level of agony, he still had not passed out.

His consciousness remained, and he tried to crawl toward the door, desperately yearning for a miracle, praying that someone might descend from heaven to save him.

Unfortunately, once you provoked the man behind him, not even the gods could rescue you.

“I already spared your life once before. But you crossed the line again and again, so don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

After saying that, Xiao Ye stomped heavily on Ye Gang’s waist.

A clear crack rang out. With the last of his strength, Ye Gang let out a strangled howl, then blacked out on the spot.

His waist had been broken, and with it his hope and his ability to walk on his own two legs had been crushed beneath Xiao Ye’s foot as well.

At this rate of bleeding, Ye Gang would probably not survive.

If someone found him in time, perhaps he might still be able to hold on to his life.

If you dared to lay hands on the people around you, you had to be prepared for this.

Qin Xue’er was lying quietly on the sofa. Looking at her sleeping face, Xiao Ye felt both anger and a strange sense of amusement.

Fortunately, he had arrived in time, preventing a catastrophe.

He lifted Qin Xue’er into his arms and left the bar at once.

...

“Where... am I?”

Qin Xue’er, having just awoken from unconsciousness, asked drowsily. White light filled her vision. Turning her head, she saw Xiao Ye standing at her bedside, his face solemn.

“Xiao Ye, what happened just now?”

Qin Xue’er tried to sit up, but suddenly felt as though her head would split apart and her stomach churned violently.

In an instant, she remembered that she had just been drinking with Ye Gang.

“What, you’ve just finished drinking and your head isn’t working properly?”

Qin Xue’er pressed a hand to her forehead, not knowing what to say.

Before she could speak again, a warm towel was placed on her forehead.

“You drank so much just now. Your stomach must feel awful. If you’re about to throw up, tell me first.”

Seeing that Xiao Ye was a little angry, Qin Xue’er immediately felt awkward.

“I’m sorry.”

She said this with some shame.

“No need to apologize. Since nothing else happened, I can forgive you.”

“But I want you to remember one thing: next time something happens, you should choose to trust me, not anyone else.”

Xiao Ye seemed to know what Qin Xue’er was about to say and cut her off.

Qin Xue’er nodded and said nothing more.

She roughly understood what had happened just now. If Xiao Ye had not shown up, what followed might very well have been...

At that moment, she wanted nothing more than to scold herself mercilessly. Why had she been so foolish as to believe Ye Gang would help her?

Qin Xue’er had merely taken a hallucinogen earlier. After she was given an IV saline drip at the hospital and her circulation was helped along a little, she was fine again.

When she left the hospital, her legs felt weak. Seeing this, Xiao Ye simply gathered her into his arms.

Feeling Xiao Ye’s firm chest, what she felt was not embarrassment, but boundless shame.

After giving the caregiver a few instructions, he left the ward directly.

Halfway along the road, Xiao Ye received a call from Chi Long.

“Lord Xiao, the matter you asked me to investigate has been cleared up. Everything was done by Ye Gang.”

So Xiao Ye had long sensed that something was not right, and it turned out to have really been him.

“All right, I know. Get some rest. In the next few days, I’m going to move against the Ye family.”

Xiao Ye hung up, and only one thought remained in his mind.

So what if it was the Ye family of Jiangnan District? Since you are courting death, then I shall act on Heaven’s behalf.

...

The news that Ye Gang had been gravely injured quickly reached the ears of Ye Cheng, the head of the Ye family.

At that moment, a man stood beside him, speaking fearfully.

“The young master has already been sent to the hospital, but... his condition is not optimistic.”

Cao Hui looked at Ye Cheng’s grim expression and spoke with some hesitation.

“How not optimistic?”

Ye Cheng’s eyes were red. Hearing that his son had been injured, he naturally could not accept it.

“It’s just that... a great many of the young master’s bones are shattered. Conservatively speaking, he will need a very long time to recover.”

Hearing this, Ye Cheng let out a sigh of relief. As long as Ye Gang still had one breath left in him, he could treat the rest of his injuries little by little.

But Cao Hui’s face remained ugly. Looking at his phone, he seemed uncertain whether he should continue.

“Is there more?”

Ye Cheng looked at Cao Hui, unease rising in his heart.

“The waist was broken. When he arrived at the hospital, his spine was already damaged. I’m afraid... I’m afraid the young master will never be able to leave a wheelchair or live a normal life again.”

After Cao Hui said that, the entire study fell into silence.

Ye Cheng’s eyes began to redden, and his fists clenched involuntarily.

“I understand. You can go out first.”

After a long silence, Ye Cheng spoke again. Looking at the man before him, Cao Hui, who had been with the Ye family for so many years, had never seen Ye Cheng look so aged.

Just as Cao Hui closed the door, a violent crash came from inside. The shattering of glass and the sound of heavy objects smashing to the floor startled the bodyguards outside.

They were about to push the door open and enter, but Cao Hui stopped them.

“Leave it. Wait until there’s no sound inside, or until the master comes out, and then go in to clean up.”

After saying that, Cao Hui walked away directly.

Inside the study, unseen by anyone, Ye Cheng was venting his rage in a frenzy.

Although Ye Gang was an illegitimate son, he was his only son. Now that he knew his son would be paralyzed for the rest of his life and spend the rest of his days in a wheelchair, he truly could not hold it in.

Paralysis did not merely mean Ye Gang had become a useless cripple; it also meant his ability to father children had vanished.

In other words, the Ye family line was about to be severed. Xiao Ye’s kick had cut off the Ye family’s descendants in one stroke.

What he could not understand most was this: although he had little influence in Jianghai City, who on earth would dare to strike so ruthlessly just because of his name?

After smashing everything in the room that could be smashed, Ye Cheng finally calmed a little and sank weakly into his chair.

Staring blankly at the wreckage before him, there was a flash in his eyes—an icy glare that seemed to cut to the bone.

“Cao Hui!”

Ye Cheng suddenly shouted.

The door opened at once.

“Master, what are your orders?”

“Go and find out exactly who was vicious enough to do this. I must make him pay the price!”

Ye Cheng’s expression was heavy to the extreme, and his words were even colder.

But before the man could finish speaking, the sound of high heels striking the floor suddenly came from the doorway.

“No need to investigate. The one who attacked Ye Gang is named Xiao Ye, and he is from Jianghai City!”