Only after confirming that there was no danger to anyone’s life did Li Zixuan push Jiang Yonghe away. “Yu Hongtu? How are you?”
Jiang Yonghe stumbled and nearly crashed into the coffee table Long Yuan had kicked over.
She braced both hands against the table and lowered her head, doing her best to hide her emotions.
She had thought that even if Jiang Youli managed to leave that night, she would at least have to pay a heavy price. Who would have thought that every man in the room would be completely useless?
Of course, even Long Yuan, whom she had placed all her hopes in, was no exception!
On his own turf, he had actually allowed Jiang Youli to slap him in the face!
Yu Hongtu groaned in pain. “Call… call someone to stop the bleeding…”
Only then did Li Zixuan hurry to press the button for the private-room service. But the entire Nightless City was in chaos, and no one responded over the intercom. No one came up either.
Once Jiang Yonghe had regained her balance, she forced a worried smile and leaned close to offer her advice. “Brother Li, you should call an ambulance directly. If we wait any longer, I’m afraid something might happen to Young Master Yu.”
Yu Linglong merely cast a cold glance at the half-dead Yu Hongtu. Without saying a word, she picked up her handbag from the sofa and left, leaving the people in the private room to scramble around and clean up the mess for Yu Hongtu.
……
Not far from the entrance of Nightless City, a black sedan sat quietly by the roadside.
From the driver’s seat, Cheng Jing stared intently at the entrance. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he turned toward Qi Huan in the back seat. “Young Master, Miss Jiang is out.”
Hearing Cheng Jing, Qi Huan shifted slightly. He straightened from where he had been leaning against the seat and looked through the window toward the entrance of Nightless City.
Sure enough, Jiang Youli’s figure appeared in his line of sight.
Qi Huan secretly let out a sigh of relief. He had heard Jiang Youli say that she was coming to Nightless City, but he did not know the specific reason. Although he trusted that Jiang Youli would certainly not encounter any danger given her abilities, he still could not suppress the worry in his heart.
As Jiang Youli’s figure moved farther away, the fireflies on her body rose one after another and flew toward the sky.
In that instant, Jiang Youli seemed to be surrounded by a layer of golden radiance, like a fairy descending from heaven.
Qi Huan’s gaze followed Jiang Youli closely until her figure completely disappeared from view. He slowly withdrew his eyes and remained silent for a moment before saying to Cheng Jing, “All right. Let’s go back to the old residence.”
Cheng Jing acknowledged him, started the car, and slowly drove away from Nightless City.
……
Inside Nightless City’s electrical control room, the lights were dim and the atmosphere heavy.
The manager stood before Long Yuan, a thin layer of sweat covering his forehead. Trembling with fear, he reported the results of the investigation to this immensely powerful man.
“Young Master Long, after a thorough inspection, we found clear wounds around the ankles of all the bodyguards. Our preliminary assessment is that they were bitten by some kind of poisonous insect, which caused the poisoning. Fortunately, the poison was very mild, so they recovered on their own not long afterward.” The manager took a deep breath before continuing. “As for the power outage, we discovered that the main switch—which had clearly been secured with an electronic safety lock—had somehow been pulled down.”
Long Yuan listened without expression. His gaze fell upon the safety cabinet containing the switch, which looked as though it had never been touched. His expression grew increasingly gloomy, as if water might drip from it.
The manager swallowed and explained in a slightly trembling voice, “Young Master Long, you know very well that this electronic safety lock was custom-made specifically for Nightless City. It has three layers of security. To open it, one needs not only your fingerprint, but also facial recognition and a password. Unless a world-class hacker was involved, it would be impossible to bypass Nightless City’s surveillance system, crack the electronic lock on the control room, and cut off the power.”
Long Yuan’s expression became extremely ugly. His brows drew tightly together, and an invisible pressure descended over the entire control room.
A world-class hacker?
Even if there really was one, would they go to all that trouble just to open an electronic lock at his Nightless City so that Jiang Youli could cause trouble for Yu Hongtu?
That would be absurdly excessive.
So Jiang Youli’s true purpose tonight had been to ruin Nightless City’s reputation throughout the capital, had it?
“What about the surveillance room?” Long Yuan continued coldly.
The head of the security team, who had been summoned over, swallowed nervously and replied in trepidation, “A-All of Nightless City’s surveillance cameras went down just before Jiang Youli arrived. They didn’t come back online until after Jiang Youli left.”
The veins on Long Yuan’s forehead bulged. “Jiang Youli, I really did underestimate you again.”
It seemed he would have to take the warning Jiang Youli had delivered tonight seriously.
“A-Wei, immediately have someone investigate Jiang Youli’s background before she was brought back to the Jiang family!”
After this incident, Long Yuan was certain that Jiang Youli was absolutely not merely an ordinary country girl brought back from some village.
There might be another power standing behind her.
It was that force that gave her the confidence to do whatever she pleased in the capital’s elite circles—even to offend the Long family!
He simply did not know how powerful the force behind Jiang Youli was. After all, the Long family also had a powerful enough protector behind it.
……
Not long after Yu Linglong returned to the apartment she had bought for herself, the doorbell suddenly rang.
She checked through the peephole, but there was no one outside.
Puzzled, she opened the door and saw a box sitting outside.
She picked it up. Out of caution, and worried that it might have been sent by an obsessive fan, she did not open it immediately.
A short while later, her phone rang.
It was Jiang Youli calling.
Yu Linglong answered excitedly. “Miss Jiang.”
“Did you receive the package? It’s a gift from me.”
“So you were the one who sent it. I was worried it had come from an obsessive fan, so I hadn’t opened it yet.” Yu Linglong turned on the speakerphone, placed the phone on the sofa, and opened the gift box Jiang Youli had sent her.
Jiang Youli’s voice continued from the phone. “I called for two reasons. First, to tell you that the package had arrived. Second, to tell you to return to the Yu family tomorrow. I have another surprise waiting for you.”
Yu Linglong was astonished. “There’s another surprise?”
“I was quite worried that something might happen to you tonight. I never expected you to make it out unscathed like that. Miss Jiang, you’re truly amazing.”
“Miss Jiang, thank you for teaching that bastard Yu Hongtu a lesson for me.”
Jiang Youli said, “Even if it weren’t for you, I would still have dealt with Yu Hongtu. Consider it a favor done along the way. Besides, don’t forget that I’m also after the shares of Da Feng Entertainment in your hands.”
Yu Linglong froze for a moment, then smiled. “All right. As long as you avenge me and destroy Yu Hongtu and his mother, I’m willing to sell you all my shares at a low price.”
She had never been good at managing a company. What she loved was acting.
She simply refused to let the company her mother had once worked so hard to build end up benefiting Yu Hongtu, the illegitimate son. She would rather drive it into bankruptcy.
……
The next day.
“Nightless City Hit by Mysterious Power Outage”
“Yu Hongtu Suspected of Fleeing the Scene After Causing an Accident”
These two trending topics surpassed the popularity of Jiang Youli and Li Zixuan’s bet, as well as her song showdown with Jiang Zhao, shooting straight into the top ten searches.
