All in all, the advantage was mine

Long Ya's legs went weak, and he nearly fell off his chair.

Twenty years?

He, the mighty Long Lao Ba, one of the Eight Great Generals of the Dragon Soul Organization, was going to be locked up in a place like this for twenty years?

In that moment, he suddenly regretted coming to Huaxia more than anything.

Damn it, if he hadn't gone and messed with that stupid hotel, none of this would've happened!

"I'll keep looking for a way to help. Don't worry. Maybe you'll be out in a little while."

Ye Chen reassured him.

Once he had taken control of all of Suhang, would it really be hard to get one person out of prison?

His campaign to conquer the Four Great Families had already begun to wrap up!

The plan to take control of the Wang Family had run into a small snag, but things were still within his grasp.

Things were also going smoothly with the Qin Family, and the results would be clear soon.

With Chi Yin and a few other pieces on the board in the Tang Family, taking them down would only take some time.

Once he had taken down three families, bringing the weakest, the Su Family, to heel would be a piece of cake!

All in all, the advantage was mine!

Until he took control of Suhang, Long Ya would just have to put up with things for a while.

Long Ya sighed.

"Young Master Ye, sorry for the trouble. I hope I can get out as soon as possible and serve by your side like before, eating the little hamburgers I make with my own hands."

"Sure. We'll see each other again soon, brother."

Ye Chen gave Long Ya a resolute look, then got up and left the visitation room.

Antique Street, inside an antique shop called Debao Pavilion.

The shop was one of the largest in Suhang, and it belonged to the Tang Family.

The man in charge was Zhao Gaoshen, a longtime employee of the Tang Family.

He had started working at the antique shop when he was just a teenager and had stayed there for over thirty years.

He was capable in every respect and had earned the Tang Family's deep trust.

"Young Master Tang, take a look at the ledger. This is last month's turnover. Our shop's profits have been pretty good these past few months."

Zhao Gaoshen handed Tang Yu a ledger. Times had changed, but antique shops still preferred to keep their accounts in ledgers.

"Good work. Thanks."

Tang Yu smiled, took the ledger, and casually flipped through it.

He had barely turned two pages when a man and a woman walked in from outside.

Tang Yu glanced up, closed the ledger, and ducked behind a display cabinet, deliberately turning his back to them so they wouldn't recognize him.

The pair who had entered were Ye Chen and Qin Kexin.

As the Qin Family's eldest daughter, Qin Kexin was a famous beauty in Suhang.

But today she looked utterly haggard, like a rose on the verge of wilting.

The reason she looked this way was that something had recently gone wrong with the Qin Family, though they had no idea what.

No one in the family could sleep well. Whenever they fell asleep, they had nightmares.

After a while, everyone's health started to suffer.

Some of the Qin Family's servants and bodyguards were so frightened that they quit and left.

And once they had left, the strange phenomenon stopped.

So the Qin Family began to suspect that something was wrong with the feng shui in their home.

She had come to the antique market today to see if she could find something to improve the feng shui, and had unexpectedly run into Ye Chen on the way.

Of course, this chance encounter had been arranged by Ye Chen himself.

As the Dragon King, he spent every day either flirting with women or on his way to flirt with women!

"Miss Qin, I know a thing or two about feng shui and mysticism. If you're hoping to improve the feng shui in your home, I'm afraid you won't find what you need in these antique shops."

Seeing Qin Kexin eagerly looking through the shop's wares, Ye Chen offered from beside her.

"You know about feng shui?"

Qin Kexin asked, her face full of surprise.

She hadn't known Ye Chen for very long.

Last time, a snake had somehow crawled into her home and scared her half to death.

Ye Chen had been patrolling the neighborhood at the time. When he heard her scream, he rushed over.

After he dealt with the snake for her, the two of them had gotten to know each other.

"Of course. I'm quite capable. I only took a security guard job because I needed a place to stay for a while."

Ye Chen curled his lips into a roguish smile.

Get close to a woman first, then pique her curiosity—that was his secret to picking up women.

[Sure, you're more than capable. You only became a security guard because you wanted to pick up women.]

[The lengths you'll go to! You actually put a snake in her home, then played the hero and rescued her. I've never seen anyone as shameless as you.]

[If you hadn't pulled that dirty trick, would the Qin Family's feng shui have gone wrong? You've got some nerve putting on an act. You should be on stage—you're wasting your talent.]

[And you're building a harem all over the place. You love cheating so much, why don't you take up ballet?]

In a corner, Tang Yu heard their conversation and silently roasted Ye Chen in his thoughts.

Qin Kexin, who was browsing the antiques, suddenly heard a string of voices and froze.

She looked around, but no one seemed to be speaking beside her.

Yet the voice sounded strangely familiar.

Like the voice of someone she knew?

What bothered her even more was that the words had revealed so much.

Someone had put a snake in her home and staged the whole thing?

Was he also behind the feng shui trouble at the Qin Family?

She knew perfectly well that every one of those accusations was directed at Ye Chen, standing beside her.

She glanced at him, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Was this seemingly harmless man really behind it all?

Or was she so exhausted from several sleepless days that she was hallucinating?

Ye Chen saw Qin Kexin staring blankly at him and thought she must have been captivated by his handsome face.

So he smiled even more confidently and spoke.

"Miss Qin, from what I can tell, there must be a feng shui problem in your home. It's attracted Killing Intent."

"It's not realistic to expect these antiques to fix the feng shui. How about this? I have a protective talisman here. Take it home and wear it, and see if it helps."

With that, he pulled a yellow protective talisman from his pocket and showed it to Qin Kexin.

"I learned how to make this talisman from an expert. It took me three months to finish. Once you wear it, it'll definitely protect you from being invaded by Killing Intent."

[You're making this up without even stopping to think. Three months to make this thing? You could do it in three minutes.]

[You can just scribble a Ghost Scribble Talisman for this. The important part is that it needs your blood.]

[You're the one who created that Killing Intent. Naturally, it won't attack her once it has your blood.]

[Poor, stupid Qin Kexin. She got completely taken in, and still thinks this man is her Prince Charming, sent by heaven to save her.]

When she heard the voice again, Qin Kexin was finally certain she wasn't imagining it!

Someone was speaking to her, but it seemed only she could hear the voice.

She had no idea what was going on.

But she was getting angry.

If all of this was true, then he'd better not expect her to go easy on him!

Still, she wouldn't confront him before she had proof.