"What—what!?"
Ning Ruoxuan was stunned. Then she cried out urgently, "My brother's in trouble? Uncle, what happened to him? What's going on?"
Lin Qingzhu and Zhu Xiyan, standing nearby, were stunned too.
They hurried over.
"Ruoxuan, what happened? Is your brother in trouble?"
Lin Qingzhu looked alarmed.
Ning Ruoxuan was about to answer when Xiao Jianguo's voice came through the phone. She immediately switched on speakerphone...
"Ruoxuan, I'm not sure exactly what happened. But earlier, one of my former superiors suddenly hinted that something had happened to your brother."
"And..."
Xiao Jianguo paused briefly, then continued, "Also, those families who clashed with you last time, along with the Zhong family of Kyoto, have suddenly joined forces to turn against me, hoping to force me out of the central leadership."
"Even several Great Grandmaster retainers from Hidden Dragon and the other three Dragon Generals from Bureau 95 have joined in, pressuring the higher-ups."
"Director Xu from Bureau 95 has also been targeted by them. They've jointly proposed removing him from his post as Bureau 95's director."
"I also tried to contact Director Xu earlier, but couldn't reach him."
"So your brother... may really be in trouble!"
Ning Ruoxuan, Lin Qingzhu, and Zhu Xiyan were all stunned by this. They stared blankly, their minds reeling.
"H-how could this happen? Wangshu..."
Lin Qingzhu looked devastated, her voice strained and her face full of grief and anger.
But then she suddenly cried out, "No! That's impossible! Wangshu couldn't possibly be in trouble!"
"He's so powerful. He told me himself that he's already a true Half-Immortal. There's almost nothing in this world that could harm him!"
"That's right. Brother Ning will definitely be fine!"
Zhu Xiyan said firmly.
They had been stunned when they first heard that Ning Wangshu was in trouble, but once they